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OLIVIA“What’s wrong with you, Olivia? Your phone is ringing. Why don’t you answer it? You’ve been dull lately. Do you want to let something off your heart? Don’t worry, this is a safe place. There’s nothing to be scared of,” Adrian urged me after he noticed how restless I suddenly became after my phone rang.I didn’t respond to him. I would rather not complicate things further. I also didn’t want to put too much pressure on Adrian, considering the fact that he has been with me since my troubles started.““This isn’t about me being scared to speak, Adrian. You know I don’t hesitate to share my problems with you. It’s just kind of different this time. No matter how I explain, you will never understand,” I said quietly.He held my hand and forced me to look into his eyes. “Hey, look at me. I am here to support your every move. If you feel bothered, please share. You know I got good listening ears. Trust me when I say I will understand anything you say right now.”I was starting to fall
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ADRIANFrom the look on Olivia's face, I knew she was shocked to see me. If she could turn back the hands of time, she would have scanned the entire area before answering the phone.Her mysteries keep piling up. Who would have thought that Cyril was responsible for the attack we escaped? It's a question I couldn't respond to regardless of how I tried to rack my head.“We need to go back to the officer. I guess he must be waiting for us already,” Olivia insisted. She forced a smile to trick me into forgetting about the issue. She had no idea that I was smarter than she.“There’s no way I am letting you leave this place until you tell me what I want to hear,” I said in a commanding tone, blocking her exit.I didn’t mind causing a scene just to fetch the truth from her.I felt used.I felt ridiculed.Despite my efforts to ensure she gets justice, it is too bad she hasn’t acknowledged my efforts for once.I had a thousand reasons to back out from the case. Instead, I decided to stay back
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RENEI can’t wait to hear the devastating news of Olivia’s death. It will be the biggest thing that has happened to me in a while. In her next life, she wouldn’t dare stand in my way when I want to achieve something remarkable.I want Adrian to myself, and I’m going to get him, no matter how challenging it is.I haven’t stopped checking my phone, hoping my hired assassins will call or text to share the news about Olivia’s death. I paid them to eliminate her, and I’m pretty sure they’ll do a fantastic job.As I paced around my room, my phone rang. I immediately checked it, every belief in me screaming it was the hired assassins calling.Sadly, I was met with disappointment when I noticed that it was my mom calling my phone.“Like seriously? Oh no, not now. Why does it have to be my mom?” I hissed and dropped the phone immediately.Just like me, my mom had been yearning to hear the news of Olivia’s death. I am pretty sure that was what she wanted to speak to me about.The plan with my m
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RENE“Speak up this minute or forever remain silent. I didn’t sign up for any of this. Just go straight to the point and stop beating around the bush like a headless hen,” I yelled, practically tearing into Ghost. His silent treatment was messing with my head. He knew for a fact that I hate being kept in suspense, and yet, he kept doing it as if it were nobody’s business.“I don’t even know how to say this to you because I am pretty sure you’d be mad at me,” Ghost freaked out. He kept dragging his utterances, which didn’t sit too well with me.I was tempted to smash my phone against the ground in anger. I decided to hold on to my anger.“You should be lucky you are not here next to me right now. I would have smashed your head against the wall,” I threatened. It wasn’t something I would have done. I only said that to scare Ghost and force him to speak.“We missed out on Olivia, ma’am. It wasn’t the kind of assassination operation we had envisaged,” Ghost finally confessed.It’s safe to
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RENEI couldn't stop glaring at the photos Ghost had forwarded to my socials. How he managed to capture Cyril and Olivia in such a compromising manner remains a mystery to me. It was as though he had read my thoughts and knew exactly what I needed.After receiving the photos, I was tempted to request his account details to send him a token of appreciation, even though the operation has not ultimately been successful.As I admired the photos, my phone rang. I hoped it would be Cyril. He was the only person I wanted to speak to. His calls meant more to me than even my mother's.Just as I had thought, it was indeed Cyril. I looked away from the phone and smiled.I ended the call, overwhelmed with excitement. Not only that, I was also struggling with anxiety. I needed to compose myself before breaking the good news to Cyril, regardless of how he might feel about it.After assuring myself to stay calm, I returned the missed calls from Cyril."Where are you now?"We both spoke at the same t
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RENE “I ask you again, Rene, what the fuck am I seeing right now? Is this some sort of joke? Do you think I’m some kind of kid that can be easily fooled?" Cyril ranted repeatedly. He couldn't believe his eyes. He thought it was all a dream, venting his anger at me as though I were the one who cheated on him. I didn’t blame Cyril for acting that way towards me, and neither did I retaliate when he yelled at me. After banking on Olivia, believing she would never cheat on him, he suddenly saw photos of his supposedly faithful wife acting all cozy with another man. I would do worse if I was in his shoes. “Exactly what you saw, Cyril. I am pretty sure you have eyes, haven’t you? Or does your darling wife have a doppelganger you aren’t aware of?” I mocked him, my words dripping with sarcasm. I intended to get under his thick skin, to make him develop an even deeper hatred for Olivia. “Could this be the work of Photoshop? It’s difficult to believe Olivia would have the nerve to c
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RENE “After everything that happened, you still think I should call and ask about her whereabouts now?” “Of course, you just have to. I don’t want you stressing your head over someone who isn’t even worth it. Now look at you—she’s succeeded in making you a shadow of yourself,” I insisted, adding weight to my words to convince him successfully. Cyril stayed silent for a while. I knew he was processing what I had told him, so I didn’t interfere with his thoughts. I gave him all the time he needed to think things through. As much as I was desperate to become his legally wedded wife, I was still smart enough to know that excessive intrusion might ruin my chances—especially considering how sharp Cyril is. “I think you’re right. I’m going to give her a call right now,” Cyril finally decided after giving it a second thought. For a while, he called Olivia repeatedly, but she wasn’t answering. It frustrated him to the point where he nearly smashed his phone against the wall in anger
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OLIVIAAfter I got off the phone with Cyril, I lost what little happiness I had left. He always had a way of ruining my day at the slightest opportunity. It was as though he was being paid to do it.Telling him I was at the office was the biggest mistake I had ever made. I wished I had never answered the phone or uttered a word to him.“Do you really need to be here? I mean, you should be home by now. You’ve done a lot for me today. Besides, Cyril will be coming soon. I don’t want him to meet you here,” I told Adrian. Ever since I was nearly killed, he hadn’t left my side.He kept protecting me as though he were a special bodyguard assigned by the president of the United States.“Do you really expect me to leave just like that and let Cyril devour you? Come on, I can’t do something like that. I need to be sure that you’re safe before leaving. I won’t forgive myself if anything bad happens to you. I don’t mean to sound rude or anything, but I don’t trust you alone with Cyril. Yes, he m
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OLIVIA"Stay calm, ma'am. You're not helping matters," Officer Julian called me to order.I ignored him, saying, "Don't you dare tell me to stay calm. Didn't you hear what he said? He accused me of something I know nothing about. Now that's insane.""You were the target. We were paid by someone to kill you," the criminal finally confessed.His confession sent tiny shivers down my spine. I lost some brain cells and stood up from where I was.I now know what it feels like to be agitated."Who sent you? Start talking now," I moved a step closer to the criminal.Seeing how close I was, Adrian rushed to pull me back. "Don't do this. Let him speak. I understand how you feel right now, but this isn't the way out."I stood back. I forced myself to stay calm, but deep inside, I was a burning furnace.I was being consumed by the desire to kill the criminal even before he was done with the confession."Some lady called Rene. She gave us your photo and asked us to kill you," the criminal confesse
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OLIVIAAfter a failed attempt to kill me, the gunmen abandoned one of their members who had no gun in his possession.As he tried to escape, Adrian pounced on him and struck a powerful punch that tossed the masked man to the ground.As though that weren't enough, Adrian continued to punch the masked man until the police arrived at the scene and arrested him.After the arrest, we all rushed to meet Uncle Dante, who was in a pool of blood, struggling to stay alive.His eyes were slowly shutting down as we got to him."Don't leave me, Uncle. Please stay back," Adrian cried as he rested Uncle Dante's head on his lap.That was my first time seeing Adrian cry. As I tried to console him, I fought back my tears."Please take care of Olivia. She's got a heart of gold. Don't let her slip away from your palms." Those were Uncle Dante's last words before he passed away.All efforts to revive him proved abortive. He must have suffered severe internal bleeding as a result of the injury sustained f
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OLIVIA“Damn! This party is the bomb. See what we've been missing all along,” Kate told me at the party. She seemed to be having fun.She wasn't far from the truth.I can't recall the last time she attended a party of such magnitude.Cyril is such a joy killer.The son of a bitch is deprived of a life like this due to his insecurity.“I am glad you're having fun. But don't get too drunk. We still got work for tomorrow,” I reminded Kate.Adrian joined us some minutes later, shortly after I saw him with Uncle Dante.“I hope you're having fun already?” he teased Kate.“More than fun, Adrian. You've got no idea what this means to me. If Olivia doesn't get married to you, I will,” Kate joked as she continued sipping her vodka.Then she stormed out to allow Adrian and me to have some moments of privacy alone.“My uncle wants to see us. He asked me to bring you to his table,” Adrian said.“Shall we?” He stretched his hand forward to hold mine.“Of course.Why not?” I held his hand.As we wal
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OLIVIA Anxiety spread from my face and traveled down to my lungs' region as I stood at the prosecuting area, waiting for the judge to pass the final verdict regarding the allegations against me of being responsible for Cyril's condition.I lost count of how many times the case has been adjourned. I've lost all hopes of getting a favorable ruling. Currently, the only thing left inside of me is emptiness and fright. I might as well confess to the crimes I never committed just to be free from this dungeon of calamity and frustration.I looked behind me and saw Kate resting on the chest of Adrian. Poor girl! She's been through a lot this period. And she isn't even the one accused falsely.I drifted my attention back to the judge to avoid missing out on what she had a say.“So here's my verdict,” the judge said before she took a deep pause to put on his glasses. I was yearning for her to be done talking. Her silent treatment keeps raising my blood pressure. From the look of things, I
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OLIVIAMy legs quivered as I stepped outside with Adrian. They suddenly felt too heavy to move, as if some unseen force was dragging me back.The moment Kate saw me approaching the car, she rushed forward and embraced me. I fought back my tears.She thought the kidnapping had broken me. She had no idea it was something else entirely.Adrian looked equally disturbed. Just like me, he wasn’t happy. Sadness was written all over his face.That was when Kate sensed something was wrong. She pulled away from my arms and turned to Adrian. “Can you please explain what's going on? I know this isn’t about the kidnapping, so don’t lie to me.”After Adrian narrated everything to her, Kate lost her composure and fumed. “What the fuck? That ain’t true! Olivia had nothing to do with what happened to Cyril. They barely even spoke because I was there to kick him out!”As much as I appreciated her defending me, I wished she had done it back in Lily’s office—to prove my innocence where it mattered.“Now
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OLIVIA“What did you just say? Rene did what?” I lost my cool and jumped from my seat.It took the joint efforts of Adrian and the detective to calm me down.“Don't tell me to calm down! Didn't you hear what she said?” I blasted Adrian.I expected him to take my side—or at the very least, caution Lily about the false accusations thrown at me.“Ranting won't solve anything. We need to take this case lightly,” Adrian said to me.His words somehow calmed my nerves. But deep down, I was burning with curiosity. Why would Rene point fingers at me when I hadn’t even been in New York at the time of the incident?“Over to you, Detective. Why would Rene file a report against Olivia? Olivia hasn’t been to New York in recent times,” Adrian questioned Lily.For the first time in a long while, I was genuinely proud of him. That was the move I had hoped for.“Just a moment, please,” Lily said, shuffling through the files on her desk.“Oh, yes. I found this one.” She handed the file over to us and as
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OLIVIAI still can't wrap my head around what happened in the last couple of hours.It still seems like a dream to me. I never, for once, imagined that I was going to survive the assassination attempt.I had already accepted my fate—that I was going to be shot dead in the head with reckless abandon. Suddenly, Kate and Adrian showed up when I least expected it.“Hey, Olivia,” I heard a voice calling my name. I disregarded the voice since I couldn't recognize it.I drifted back into my thinking mode until I saw a hand wave across my face.Looking next to me, I discovered that it was Adrian. Apparently, he'd been trying to get my attention, but I seemed not to be bothered.I wasn't even conscious of my surroundings anymore.“What's running through your mind this time? Do you want to see the Detective?” Adrian asked me while we stood next to the car.“Nah! That won't be necessary. I'd rather wait for her to summon me to the interrogation room. Want to take this one step at a time,” I told
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ADRIANDetective Lily finally led us to the wood where Olivia was tied up around a tree like a sacrificial lamb.Lily wasn't wrong when she told us that she had been to the woods before to apprehend some criminals.Olivia wasn't alone in the woods. She's got two hefty men standing right in front of her. From a distance, I could tell that they were cold-blooded murderers.Right in front of her was a man pointing a gun to her head while she cried her eyes out.“Did you see that?He's trying to shoot her.We have got to save her now.We can't let that son of a bitch accomplish his mission,” I called the attention of Lily.At that point, I was tempted to snatch the gun from her and shoot the assassins from close range.“I saw them!I'm just waiting for the perfect time to strike, so I suggest you shut the fuck up,” Lily whispered, yet it still managed to get on my thick skin.I drifted my gaze at Kate, hoping that she was going to take sides with me. I was wrong.From the look on her face
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ADRIAN"Stop the damn car right away! I know what I heard. Would I be joking about something like this when I know what's at stake?" Kate screamed at me.That was the moment I knew it wasn’t a joke, just like I had thought.I stayed calm to observe the situation. Suddenly, I heard Olivia screaming. "Please don’t kill me! I don’t want to die. Somebody save me! I don’t deserve any of this. I am ready to give up an outrageous fee for my freedom!"At that moment, I felt like punching myself in the face for doubting Kate when she initially revealed what she had heard."Do you believe me now? Why don't you apologize for doubting me?" Kate demanded.I snapped. "Get down. We need to go inform the cops about our discovery."As Kate and I stepped outside the vehicle, we saw a female cop approaching our direction. It was obvious that she had something important to say to us."I was about to meet you. What's your name again?" the female cop asked.I glanced at Kate, waiting for her to respond, bu
