Lana Bridge looked uncomfortably as she stared at the mirror in front of her. Tonight was her wedding anniversary, it has been exactly one year since she married Aaron Hale and her marriage has only been worst. She realized that her biggest mistake was accepting to get married in the first place, it was not like she had any other choice. Her elder sister, Georgina, was supposed to marry him instead. But after her family had found out that Aaron Hale wasn’t the formidable heir apparent to the Hale family key of wealth, her parents diverted the attention to her. She was forced to marry the scapegoat of Hale family and she suffered the consequences for one year. Tonight, Lana only saw a faded version of herself. Her bruises were hidden with too much makeup to avoid suspicion from outsiders. The sound of the opening door drew her attention away from the mirror, it was Christella, a maid that was assigned to her. “Young madam, you look pretty tonight,” Christella complimented. Lana
I clenched my fists in anger as I entered the empty building where Sydney was being kept in the meantime. This was supposed to be the best time to lure Spencer here and complete the mission but I'm beginning to doubt that doing that immediately would be the best thing to do.My phone rang, it was old man Lee that was calling me. He was damn thirsty for blood and torture that's why he wants me to hurt Sydney so that Spencer's emotional side will be triggered badly.But Sydney is not just any woman, she's pregnant with a child, and hurting her would be the most inhumane thing to do. Spencer would surely kill me if he found out that I hurt Sydney or I was the one behind the kidnap.“Well, are you going to pick up the call or not?” Tessa asked me.My anger increased as her annoying voice rang in my head but I had to suppress it because it wasn't the right time yet. I have to get the power that I long for first before getting her out of my way. In the meantime, I have to tolerate her annoy
** Aiden **Joyceline grabbed my shirt as soon as mother was taken away by Spencer's security team. Her eyes were filled with tears and rage as she glared right into my eyes.“How could you let them take her away like that?” She cried.I just looked at her, dumbfounded by what had happened earlier. I hated Spencer, not because he refused to be business partners with me. It was because I noticed his closeness to Sydney and I dislike that. Even though Sydney and I were torn apart by her inability to have a child, I still have feelings for her because she was the woman who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Unfortunately, Joyceline came along and gave me what I wanted and in turn, I had to give her what she was after - money, a home and marriage. But after seeing how Spencer was angry because Sydney was kidnapped here, a part of me was devastated as the suspicion of a blossoming relationship between them kicked in my mind. Even although Spencer denied it when I asked him about
I watched from a dark corner as Joyceline waited for Alan in the hallway. My phone was already on sound recording so that the evidence of Alan's confession would be recorded. I don't know how Joyceline wants to pull this off, but I'm hoping that it is going to work out. I needed my mother to be free and also Sydney too. And if it turns out that Alan was truly the one who helped them, I would make sure that he is punished severely for what he did.Few minutes after we waited for him to come along, Alan showed up. He was probably on his way to his room. He stopped a few steps away from Joyceline and folded his arms.“What are you doing here?” He asked.“I'm here to reason with you about something important,” Joyceline replied.Alan scoffed, ‘’And what could that be?”“What else is it going to be about? I want to hear from you how you saw Andrea making unusual calls in this house,” she said.“I don't have time for this banter with you. I've already explained it to them and I'm not going
** Spencer **As soon as I ended the call with Aiden, I called Max. My call with Collins was recorded and sent to the security, so I was waiting for their response so we could swing into action. I was not expecting Aiden to call and tell me that his mother was innocent and Alan was the culprit - damn the crazy Alan.“Spencer…” “Max, something's going on. Aiden just called me to say that Andrea was innocent and Alan is the suspect,” I said.“What did you tell him? Did you tell him about what you did to his mother?” Max asked.“I couldn't bring myself to say it. I'm regretting it but there's no way I can reverse it. I just want to focus on getting Sydney out of that darkened hell that Collins put her in,” I said.“But you should have known better, Spencer. I tried to stop you but you didn't even listen to me, it was as if you were overwhelmed by your emotions.”I sighed, “I know how it felt then. I wanted to stop but my heart was pained by what had happened to Sydney. If I had known th
When my eyes open, I see that I'm in a hospital. There was a bandage around my shoulder but I was relieved that I was not bleeding again. Max was facing the window, he was on a call and when I grunted, he walked over to where I was.“He's awake now. Should I give him the phone?” He asked whoever was calling. He was silent for a second or two before placing the phone on my ear. “Your mother,” he said.“Spencer, are you okay? Max told me about everything that happened and I'm so worried about you,” she sobbed. Her voice cracked, an evidence that she was truly concerned about what happened to me.“Mom, I'm fine. The bullet just brushed my shoulder,” I replied.“Just brushed? That bitch shot you and you're here saying that it just brushed your shoulder. What if it didn't? I've spent so much time in silence that they think I'm still as miserable as I was before, I think it's time for me to return to LA city,’’ she said.I nearly exploded on hearing her. Returning to the city amidst this cr
** Collins ** There was chaos in the house. I could tell from how the environment was tense and awkward. I was angry at Tessa and in turn, old man Lee was angry at me. We met in the tea room to discuss. The servants poured out the tea but none of us touched it. The rage was too much to drink tea right now.“It was one simple task that was given to you to get done and you couldn't even do it. The deal here was to get rid of Spencer, not spare his life!” Old man Lee shouted at me.“This was all his fault. He cowered at the end and spared their lives,” Tessa said.“Mind you that hurting or killing my brother is something that I should be doing alone. I never asked you to do it for me,” I said to Tessa with gritted teeth.She rolled her eyes, “This is not a kid's game or whatever you think this is. There's a task to complete and the reward would get you millions of dollars but you chose to be a coward instead of fighting to get it done.”I clenched my fists in anger. My heart was burning
I wanted so much more…So much power, so much fame…And I still wanted the woman I loved …“Are you crazy, Collins? How dare you text me after everything that you've done to Spencer?” Miriam asked me as she walked into the coffee shop that I invited her to.“It's nice to see you again, Miriam,” I smiled at her.She rolled her eyes and sat down. “Whatever you're telling me, better be quick about it and don't expect any favors from me,” she snapped.I grinned widely. She was always acting tough, trying to seal her fear and emotion. I like her for that but I wanted her to be free and open with me. I have to make her understand that I'm not the bad person here. If I could just show her the brighter side of things, then she would realize that it is me that she needs. Miriam might be acting cool but I know that she's still greedy on some things.“Relax, stop acting feisty. It doesn't suit you at all. I called you here because I've missed you,” I said.Miriam scoffed. She glared at me so har