(Anastasia's POV)"Damian bought you cheeseburgers and fries since he finished eating the fruits Aunt and Uncle bought, are you okay with that?" he asked as he walked to the table, grabbed the paper bag, and walked back to his bed.I stood up in the bedside chair quickly. "Really? Yes! I'm okay with that." I said as he chuckled."I know, this is not healthy but there is no restaurant opened at this hour, only a 24/7 convenience store and fast food drive-thru." I rolled my eyes and sat back on the chair. As usual, the healthy guy."What's the difference between fast food and making your own burger and fries? It is still bread with patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sauce, and potato fried in oil with cheese?" he chuckled."The cook itself." I glare at him. So his cook is healthy while the professional cook is not? "We don't know how did they cook this food. If it is used oil or not, if the utensils or the pan itself is clean or not, we don't know that since we can't clearly see how they p
(Anastasia's POV)W-What? D-Divorce?No... No... I won't.I rush out to the room, "No..." Mom stopped in her trance. I know she will feel surprised that it's the first I disobey her decision. Well, maybe the second time around after the Italy matter.She exhales deeply and looks at me as if I committed a huge sin. "Are you disobeying me now?"I slowly shook my head. "I love him, Mom. And he feels the same. You can't force me to divorce him unwillingly. This marriage will survive if you give us your full support, the same as the very first time I introduced him to you." "You have to listen to me, Anastasia!" she yells but I did not flinch. I expected her to be this furious, knowing what I had been caused from the very beginning, by lying."No... I-I know you're so damn mad right now, but can you just support me for real this time, Mom?""That's final, Anastasia. Don't let me drag you out of this country." "NO!" she stops. I froze too. I realized what I just did. This is the first I d
(Anastasia's POV)Adam and Caleb aimed a gun at each other, darting a death glare into their eyes as if they were cursing at each other silently."C-Caleb... A-Adam..." they both turn their head toward me. "Put that fucking gun down now!" I yelled to them, I heard a gasp behind me, I turn around to see Mom widening eyes, fear plastered in her eyes, the same with Alice.A fresh swell of rage rose in me as I pursed my lips with my narrowed face while shooting Adam and Caleb a death glare. They avoided my eyes before they slowly lowered their gun and tucked in the gun at their belly pants.Jesus Christ!Why are they showing their guns in front of my Mom and Alice? They're scaring them! Fury roared through my mind but was eventually gone when my eyes landed on Caleb, he has still his wounds, plastered on his face. Why did he have to come here with all of his wounds? He should be resting by now. My eyes stop on his yearning dark brown eyes. He looks at me full of pain, desperation, and s
(Caleb's POV)I always knew she would return to me but this is not what I expected. I never thought this would really happen between us.Divorce.All my dreams of us being together were shattered right in front of my face. I couldn't believe that it will end up this early. How did Amanda found out the paper? I should have thrown that the moment I confessed to Anastasia. I know she would be angry by our actions but... Divorce? I can't do that. Tears began to roll down my face, I wish that I had had more time to be with her longer, to tell her how much I love her. I was too caught up in taking them time to breathe and sink into the situation we had. Suddenly, they are taking her away from me, and that matters now.I can't let her go.She is the only one who can understand me, and my ups and downs. She made me into a whole person, she's the piece that I need to fill the life that I almost ruined because of the past. She made me believe true love exists. I need her in my life. I need her
(Caleb's POV)I felt a bucket of ice water thrown on my chest waking me up from my hell. My body was drenched in sweat. I felt as if I couldn't breathe. The more I tried to catch my breath the more a failed."You look terrible, dude, even worse than what Alice had said," Damian said throwing me with another bucket.I looked up to see a smacking Damian, he has always loved the sight of my misery."Go away, Damian.""Now that you said it, I'm not leaving your side. I'm gonna be there for you and make sure you feel a lot worse than you already do. After all, that's what brothers are for."Everything came back to me again, all I could see was her face. The thought of losing her totally frightened me, I just couldn't bear it. I wouldn't be able to survive it."You are doing that thing again," Damian said slapping his face and bringing me back to reality."What thing?" I asked with confusion.He let out a breath. "That ugly face you make whenever you are thinking.""If you are here to mock
(Anastasia's POV)I felt weak. My eyes could barely open. I couldn't move my hands, they were tied up to a pole, with something I couldn't see. My head felt heavy, I could only hear the sounds of water dripping and whispers.I slowly began to regain my conscience. I finally opened my eyes. The room was dark, there was no window and there was only one door which was up against the stairs. I assumed this might have been a basement.Nothing around me looked familiar. I couldn't tell whether it was night or day.All my memory's started coming back to me slowly. I was still in the same clothes I had been wearing when I am looking for Caleb. But how I got here or where I was, I was still not certain.The room was cold and dusty like someone had not been in there for ages. I could smell blood, but I guess that might have been my blood since blood was running down my face, my hands two might have been bleeding as well because they were tired and very tight.My whole body felt as if it was dra
(Caleb's POV)I felt like crap right now, like I was about to faint. I tossed and turned in my bed, I just couldn't sleep. Those pills or whatever they were, were starting to kick in.My head felt heavy and everything was in double effect. I couldn't tell what was real and what was not. It was as if I was in another world. For some reason, I just had so much energy right now and at the same time, I felt so weak."Caleb, what's wrong?" I heard Anastasia's voice. Like always her voice sounded like an angel whispering in my ear.She sat right next to me on my bed and then she started running her hands through my hair."I missed you so much, love," I whispered.I tried getting up but it was as if my body had a mind of its own, it just couldn't comply.I leaned in forward to kiss her. Before I got to her lips, I felt a hard punch on my face bringing me back to reality."Dude, are you trying to make out with me?!" Damian exclaimed.Shit, I could have sworn it was her a minute ago. It seemed
(Caleb's POV)"BYRON!""BYRON!!!"I'm at Fendi Chateau Residences with Damian, in front of Byron's unit. I keep banging on his door for more than a minute now and it's losing my patience. When I heard Clinton, only Byron and Cecille were on my mind. I know that I should not jump to conclusions without a shred of valid evidence but maybe they know who is the real owner of the house."Maybe he is not home," Damian commented causing me to curse and feel frustrated."Let's get the key down there." "W-What?" I ignore him and walk to the elevator. "Will they give it to us?"They should be, or else I'm going to burn this Goddamn building!When we arrived at the lobby, we headed straight to the receptionist."Can you open unit 104?" I firmly asked the woman in charge."M-Mr. Carter, w-we can't do th--""JUST OPEN THE GODDAMN UNIT!"A hand on my shoulder makes me flinch as his grip put too much pressure on my shoulder. I glare at Damian who's making a fake smile at the receptionist and look