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2024-04-24 07:00:33Ethan's POV
I watched as Layla closed her eyes and gently closed the bedroom door. I had noticed that she had lost weight lately but I didn't expect the migraine that came next. She was at home pretty much all the time yet she was sick.
"What's up with her?" Lucas asked the moment I stepped into the kitchen
"She woke up with a migraine, she'll be fine. She says it's too much screen time." I hoped she was right. I didn't like seeing her like that.
"You two are adorable." Lucas chuckled and took a seat.
"So what's new?" I assumed the position I had been in when Layla had interrupted us.
"Yeah, that. So I talked with my contact in Japan, the reports came back in." I tried reading his expression but his face was stern
*Spill."
"We were right about the phone, so the last call that came in around the tim
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Ethan's POV"You have to make sure he can't get to me again."There was a slight pause before Lucas nodded reassuringly to him. He looked a bit scared but he spoke regardless."Some guy approached me like last week, he said he wanted to help up with the troubles I was having with cash and everything but then he said I needed to do him a favor too."So we were right, it was the boyfriend Sedar had used to get to Kim. The decision in what we'd do with whatever he told us wasn't made."What was the favor?" Lucas asked a question in between each sentence and the scene was starting to resemble the FBI interrogation scenes they showed on TV."He said he needed someone to run an errand for him in Japan. I said no because I thought he was trying to make her a sex worker or something. Then he kept pushing it and eventually he wasn't asking, h
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Layla's POV"Ethan." I called out when I woke up, I felt way better already. I didn't get a response.I sat up and saw a note on the seat at the bedside. It was folded in two and had my name on it. It was from Ethan, "I'm stepping out with Lucas, Already called Violet to come check up on you and Annabeth is going to stay with Aria till I pick her up when I'm heading back.. Love you, Ethan." I put the note back on the desk. What happened to staying at home with me? I rolled my eyes and walked downstairs. I could hear the TV on and when I got downstairs, there was Violet seated on the couch munching on some chips. She turned to me when I made a creak sound with the last step and smiled."You're awake, you shouldn't be out of bed." She plopped another chip into her mouth"Says who?" I teased and sat next to her"Your overprotective husband, how do you feel?" I stuffed my face with some cheese balls and gave her a thumbs up, the table was littered with bowls of junk."Way better, just
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Ethan's POVI couldn't get what Lucas had said out of my mind, Sedar wanted to be caught? Why? Why would he go through so much trouble if he wanted to be caught."If he wanted to be caught then why did he use Matthew and Kim, manipulate them into being his pawns" I had asked in the car on our way back"That is exactly my point, he asks amateurs who have no connections to do something so crucial to his whole revenge tactics. That's just sloppy.""Shouldn't we be happy he made a mistake at something?""Something just feels off, that's all I'm saying. The probability that Kim would have failed was way too high, even I wouldn't take a risk like that." He shrugged his shoulders and we ended the conversation there.I had tried not to think about it after that but the fact that Lucas thought something was off was making me feel like somethi
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Ethan's POV"I'm going to go find someone, okay. Call me if you need anything, you can just sit over there if you want." Damon said and disappeared into the sea of people. After what felt like ten minutes of waiting, a got a drink and emptied it contents. I should have asked what it was rather than just take it off the tray next to me because this felt way stronger that the stuff from the bar.The red lights weren't making it better, my vision was feeling messy. I sunk further into the couch I was seated in an rested my head backwards trying to get a grip.My phone buzzed and I look it out straining my eyes, it was text from Damon saying he had gone off to another side of the club and i should wait up for him. I looked at the time, it was already six thirty. I couldn't drive home in the state I was in, I flung my head back in the chair and closed my eyes for a while. I felt a hand on my thigh and I jerked my head up, there was a woman beside me, she had long blonde hair and had a s
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Layla's POV It was a bit shocking to find out that Kim had a boyfriend in the same city as us but then it made sense, her being the kidnapper didn't seem so random anymore. When Ethan had delayed telling me about what happened and said he'd tell me the next day I was a bit worried something despicable had happened but it was good news in a way. Regardless I felt pity for the poor girl, she'd been the victim and toy in everything. Sedar was truly a monster. Ethan voiced out how Lucas had a theory that Sedar had been so weirdly careless by choosing them to run his dirty errand. To me it seemed like meaningless speculations, Sedar had made a mistake, that was all there was to it. Why couldn't we just accept the fact rather than needlessly complicating matters and making the maniac seem more intelligent and coordinated than he really was.I had let Aria start going back to school when I felt like things were actually starting to go back to normal. That and we stayed at my house more o
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Layla's POV "Good, then we have a deal." I smiled. "I got you a little apology gift.""Uh? What's that?" I look at his hands but they were empty, he hadn't carried anything in with him when he entered."It's outside." He held my wrist and pulled me up, leading me to the door, I followed curiously.He opened the door but all that was there was his car in the driveway, nothing else. I glanced at him confused, wonder if this was some joke."Are you trying to mess with me right now?" I crossed my arms "It's right there." He pointed at his car and I opened my mouth shocked."You are giving me your car?!" I gasped"Oh no, that's not mine. I bought you an exact replica." He jangled the car keys and smiled"Woahh" I screamed and jumped on him, he knew how much I loved driving his car and now he had gone ahead to get me an exact one.I was doing my happy dance when I paused and looked at him intently"Was this meant to be your idea of bribery?" "What? No..." He scratched his head and look
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Ethan's POV I looked at Layla fast asleep in my arms, I had a splitting hangover from last night and it kind of felt like I'd been run over by a truck. It was a really close call I had made, if I had stayed at that club a second long, something terrible could have happened. Layla's reaction had shocked me though, "awesome", she had said while panting. I could tell she was spent. Funny how it took pent up sexual desire and alcohol to bring out that side of me with her, regardless all had gone well. One sentence and she'd fallen asleep like a baby, I wasn't expecting much of a reaction but a sense of accomplishment and pride filled me before I also got swept away on the wings of sleep.The sound of my phone ringing on the bed stand felt like the dial on my hangover had been cranked up. Who in the world was calling me this early?. I wanted to ignore but unfortunately the moron behind the call wasn't getting the message so I had to respond.I squinted my eyes at the phone screen as Da
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Ethan's POV "What is it?" "I'm leaving and I'm taking Aria with me." I searched her face for a hint of a smile or a smirk but there was none. She was being serious."You're joking right?" What did she mean leaving? She shook her head slowly and giving a remorseful expression. I looked around me still trying to wrap my head around what she meant."Wait, what do you mean you're leaving, where are you going?." She wasn't planning on going to another country like Japan all over again was she?."Like, I want to go back to my house and I want to take Aria with me." Relief washed over me partially, this wasn't as serious as I had thought. I was still not with the idea of her going back to her place, I thought she was comfortable here. It was safer here and most importantly I was here."It's better if you stay here." I wasn't going to let her put herself at risk for whatever godforsaken reason she had in mind."It's not like I moved in here Ethan. Most of my stuff are still at my place.
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Layal's POV"Okay." Annabeth's weak response came from the other side of the phone. Thank heavens maybe my little speech had knocked some sense into her."Okay? so you'll come stay here right?" "Not yet, I'll stay with a friend for a while. I want to stay with you guys but I can't risk messing up your lives even more." she sounded tired and I decided to let this matter rest for now. "Which friend?, where's Derek?", he had taken her home but he never called back so I guessed he was still with her."He left a while ago."He left?! Could he be any more of an asshole. He comes, drops a bomb like that leaves the two of us in a mess and then just drops her at home to be by herself. What was all the love talk about if this was all he could do. "He left you like this?" I was really starting to direct the anger i fel towards Derek, which obviously wouldn't end well. "It's not like that, i asked him to leave me alone. He kept apologizing when he wasn't at fault and I knew letting him see me
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Ethan's POVI watched silent as Annabeth took a pause from her episode took a breathe and look at us, she seemed more composed but still rattled up. "I've got to leave." She said I shot off up the stairs"Why? Where are you going?" Layla called after her and follow her up.I turned to Derek, in less than a minute he'd wreak absolutely havoc on us all. This is why I didn't involve Layla in my conversation with Lucas, I didn't see her as weak, no but I also knew that certain matters are delicate so they should be handled delicately. "When did you figure it out?" "Last night. I was going to tell you guys first but..." I raised a hand to cut him off, it didn't matter if he wanted to tell us earlier or not what did matter was that we had found Sedar and he was awfully closer than we thought, this entire time."Wait, just wait." The sound of a door shutting and hurried steps called out attention. Annabeth was basically running down the steps with Cho is her arms, she was leaving with h
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Ethan's POVI watched her step into Derek's car and drive off, I didn't exactly like the idea of her being out in the open after seeing Sedar stalking us but there was no winning an argument with Layla, the best I could do was give her a curfew to be back home. I called Lucas when she left, she was right about us needing to find the leak in our whereabouts that Sedar was tracking is with. "Didn't we just get off the phone?" He said sarcastically."I'm calling about Sedar. Again." "Did he show up again?" "No, but you remember how we talked about finding out how he knew where we were. Well Layla has a theory about it, she thinks it has something to do with Annabeth. Apparently all the times Sedar has showed up unexpectedly were when she went to places she'd already told Annabeth she was going to." "Was Annabeth the only one she told? That's a pretty wild assumption." He sounded skeptical, which was reasonable. Even I thought it was a shaky suspicion."No but she's the only common p
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Layla's POV "What do you want me to say. Oh hey don't date whoever that creep is. I love you. Is that it?" I just stared at him, what the heck was that? So what he loved her now?. He stared back at me like a moron and then his expression softened and I took as a sign he realized he'd just lashed out at the wrong person."I am sorry." He did his puppy dog eyes look."I'd love to say it's fine but it's nothing, you two really need to take a minute and sit down to talk." The rest of the ride was absolutely silence, he walked me to the door and kept apologizing for the way he acted but all I did was nod. "What happened between you two?" Ethan saw the look on my face when I stepped in."More like what the heck is happening between two of them" I threw my bag on the couch and fell into his arms "Who are we talking about right now?" "Derek and Annabeth." "Oh, those two. Wait, they're still at it? I thought it would be over by now. Aren't they taken it a bit too far?" Even Ethan notice
