“Did you become so unprofessional that you now go to your client's house without permission?” Each syllable of his came out cold and harsh enough to sting. “Next time, if you don’t get an invitation, do not show your face in my house, do you understand?”Abigail lowered her head, the tone of his words was so strong that she was almost touching it. She nodded. “I apologize. I was simply concerned about your well-being, Mr Riordan. You stopped taking treatments and your therapy sections.”Caspian clamped his eyes shut at the mention of his medications and therapy. He almost forgot that things like that still existed. He’d been so lost in his world that he didn’t need them anymore.“I believe your hard work finally paid off, Miss Bamak. There’s no longer any use of those medications to me. I believe I’m doing better.”“Ho…how? You mean you haven't experienced any more nightmares?”“You’re right.”Her eyes widened, and she stared at him from his head down to his shoes. It was true that he
A few hours later after having her bath, Anna realized that she hadn’t gotten Pookie for the evening. Slipping on pajama wear, she stepped out of the dressing room and headed toward her bedside table. She took a pack of peanuts and walked to the puppy’s little pink house at the other end of the room. “You look like you’re dying of hunger,” she remarked when she opened the puppy’s house and found it laying on the floor weakly. Pookie scrambled to her feet once she noticed her door opening and she immediately ran out of the cage. “Where do you think you’re going?” Anna yelled. “I’m about to feed you.”At the mention of food, the puppy slowly returned to her side and sat on its tail, waiting for the food she promised. Anna shook her head and popped open the pack of peanuts before pouring some into her hands and squatting to the puppy’s size. She let the puppy eat directly from her hands.“You’ll eat just peanuts for the evening, I can’t go get you food right now. Tomorrow, Mariam will
The next day, at almost 8 pm, Anna began her journey to Lala Island on the other side of the city. From what she read online, the island was owned by the Riordan. It was a private island. As she passed through the lonely dust-choked roads that led to the island, she couldn’t help but feel nervous with every passing mile. When Caspian had asked where she was heading, she’d lied about it. She told him that Dali had an emergency and that she needed to be with her and after much persuasion, he’d agreed. She felt bad for having to lie to him. After this was over, she might tell him the truth. Her thoughts were interrupted by the blaring sound of her phone. With one hand on the steering wheel, she answered the call with the other. “Dali?” She spoke. “Hey, you’re not coming anymore.”“I’m sorry, I can’t make it. I suddenly fell ill.” The lie came too easily, like a practiced art she’d mastered in time. She didn’t need to inform Dali that she’d only contacted her a few hours ago to create
“I’d rather jump in a lake of sharks that believe any word that comes from you again, Ethan Riordan.” Anna spat. “You repulse me.”The man only stared at her with a scowl, his hands folded under his chest. “Don’t be so quick to judge, sweetheart.”“Quick to judge? It was wrong of me to not judge the moment I heard your disdainful voice when you called me.”“You will watch your tongue.” His face morphed into something else. The usual smirk that he always carried around missing from his face, replaced with a glare.“And if I don’t?” She raised a brow. They both engaged in a staring competition, their eyes glaring daggers at each other. She saw his fingers curled into a fist beside him and it was a super exciting sight. If he’d managed to deceive her and kidnap her, she would do whatever it takes to rile him up and make him regret his decision. And it seemed to be working as he pushed his chair forward. “Don’t forget that you’re on my island. I can do whatever I want to you and trust m
“I pray that you die an untimely death,” Anna hissed. Ethan continued the process, pulling and puffing on her face. She felt so disgusted by him. “I hope that will be the case too. The only difference is that Caspian will go before me.”“In your dreams.”“I have planned for this day for years, Sweetheart. Carefully, I’d drawn out my plans and all thanks to you, it has become even easier to lure him here. This for sure is going to be successful.”Once one of his men returned with his phone in his hands, he handed it over to Ethan who wasted no time in taking it from him and switching on the camera. “If you want to smile, you can.”Anna turned her face to the side as he began to take several pictures of her. “Perfect,” he smirked. “Now you can keep your running mouth shut and pray that he arrives.”“And why should I, huh? You’re the worst brother on earth.”“Because if he does, that means he loves you and you might go unharmed. But if he doesn’t…” He paused to let out a fit of laught
“I told you he’s not going to come,” Anna mocked as a smirk rode up her lips. She stared at the man who had two of his guards supporting him while he paced around the empty garage. “Let me go. You can think of another plan after am gone. After all, that’s all you know how to do. Scheme.”Ethan groaned coming to a stop before her. He looked down at her with so much resentment that she could taste its metalic taste in her mouth. “You shut the fuck up and pray. I told you that if he doesn’t come, that means you’re in big trouble.”“And did I sound like I cared? Who cares if I’m in big trouble or not. What matters is that you didn’t get to him.” It has almost been an hour since the message was sent to Caspian and she was happy that he didn’t see the message. It was better off that way. She could feel the anger from Ethan as he groaned loudly. “The fuck he’s not here yet? Fuck, fuck, fuck.” He yelled grabbing his hair in his fist and pulling on it in frustration. If it wasn’t for his guar
“You better watch your mouth,” Ethan hollered. “If you don’t, then I’ll take it as you don’t want her anymore.” The knife on her neck was enough to tell them to keep their mouth shut and take whatever he gave. But not Caspian. Caspian wasn’t someone to get intimidated by a few threats. He was the kind of man who made people intimidated instead of the other way around. “That’s the truth though. That’s why you have a knife in a woman’s neck. Because you can’t fight me man to man. Weak puppy.”“I’m warning you. Do not get me angry.”“I understand, after all, your legs can’t take you anywhere. Too bad you’re crippled.” Each words of Caspian came out of him with enough bite, his eyes fixated on Ethan. “Attack him, right now!” Ethan screamed at him men as his chest rose and fell in anger. He was angry at the fact that Caspian had insulted and provoked him. He needed to show him that he has the upper hand in the situation. “Attack me, you say.” Ethan’s men came running to Caspian, their
Anna didn’t know how to swim. She never was a fan of swimming. As her body fell into the water in a loud splash, a single thought ran through her mind. Was this how she was going to die a second time? In the hands of another enemy without fulfilling the purpose of her life this time around? Was she going to die without avenging her daughter? A string of tears mixed with the water ran down her cheek. She didn’t think about the daughter that she lost in her previous life a lot, it hurt each time she thought about it. The baby she couldn’t protect was a sensitive topic to her. Her poor baby didn’t even get the chance to see the light of day. It didn’t get the chance to be in its mother’s arms before it was brutally killed with her. And now, she was going to die an unfulfilled death a second time, as a failed mother. In the first life, she was unable to protect her daughter and in this life also, she was unable to avenge her daughter. She was unable to make Jason and Elle pay for their