“To think that we would be getting something like this…” Thea trailed off as she stood by the kitchen counter, “Do people even use this these days? Collage threatening letters…”Lucian rubbed the back of his neck seeming stressed as he gazed down at the colorful piece of paper on the counter a line forming at the side of his mouth.“I don’t know, but this is getting a bit too frequent,” He said tersely.“Delay the wedding or else… Or else what?” She asked lightly and Lucian looked at her with a raised eyebrow.“You seem pretty relaxed about this. It’s a threatening letter, you know…” He told her.“I know. I was the one who found it this morning. To be honest, compared to the bursting pipes in the venue. The closed-down cake bakery and all the ruined businesses that had to suffer because we chose them to cater for the wedding, this is quite straightforward. My conscience was getting a bit heavy,” She said and he sighed nodding in silence.Since they started preparing for their wedding.
“You seem nervous,” Haden said as he sat before Lucian at the counter holding a bottle of water he took himself.Lucian looked up at his friend and gave him a smile.“Was I that obvious?” He asked wryly.“Well, it looks like the roles were reversed, usually it’s the bride who’s nervous. But Thea is so relaxed and casual about this that it’s making me question whether you actually told her where we’re going or not,”“Of course, I told her!” Lucian exclaimed, Haden’s words hitting the wrong nerve, “When I asked her again today she said that she was happy to marry me, but I can’t stop thinking whether this is the right thing to do,” He said with a sigh.“You know that the ship already sold on this one don’t you?” Haden commented.“Yeah, thanks for the comforting words…” Lucian trailed off and Haden sighed.“Lucian, this is supposed to be what you wanted,” He said and Lucian nodded.“It is, it is because to me I would be marrying the woman I fell in love with. But to her she would be marr
When Thea opened her eyes the next day, her head was pounding with a killer headache. She felt a weight shift on her stomach and looked to the side to find Lucian sleeping beside her his upper chest exposed in the morning light as his handsom face relaxed in his sleep.It took her a moment to remember what was going on and what happened last night. After getting rid of their tail, they made their way back to her house and had a drinking party. At some point, Thea was too drunk to realize how much time went on and found herself asleep on the couch. With Lucian’s help, she managed to walk to her room while the others continued drinking. She always thought that her tolerance wasn’t bad but compared to Pen it was definitely ranked as bad.Shifting to the side of the bed, she reached for the pills she kept there since her accident. She felt Lucian’s arms tighten around her and felt a shiver run down her spine as he buried his face into her lower back.“What are you doing? Go back to sleep,
As soon as the officers were there to apprehend his mother, Lucian’s demeanor stiffened and his hard cold exterior became more intensified as if he was steeling himself for the upcoming ordeal.“What would you like us to do, Mr. Salvato, Miss Keaton?” The officer asked, “We could take her off to jail for now for trespassing,”“What do you think, Thea? This is your house,” Lucian asked looking at her.Thea looked at him for a moment before answering.“Whatever you see fit. To be honest, I don’t know how to act in this situation,” She said, “I don’t really want to send her to jail. She’s clearly unstable right now,”The officer nodded.“Our family doctor should be here soon and she will know how to deal with this situation,” Lucian said, “If you can remain with us just to keep her from hurting anyone. She threw a glass bottle at us earlier, I
Lucia watched as Thea made her way to the kitchen counter sitting down beside Peter. He gave her hand a light squeeze and she gave him a tight smile.Lucian clenched his fist as he watched them interact like that. He hated watching this, he hated not knowing. Thea was hiding something from him. This truth still didn’t sink in, he was shocked but what Bella said about her not being his mother still overshadowed everything leaving him with no space in his brain to think about anything.Did he think that he was the only one hiding things from her? Was he blaming her because she hid something from him while he held onto a bigger secret? He never knew he had such hypocrisy within him…“We need to talk…” His father said calmly.“No, you need to talk,” Lucian said, “And I will listen, for now…”As he added that last part his father looked away with a pained look in his eyes. This was something
As Thea turned around to look at Lucian, she was surprised that she couldn’t see his face in the shadows cast by the sunlight. Her heart was beating at a sickening rate and she felt like she was a breath away from breaking down, and on top of that, she could barely see his face as he stood before her.“How did you realize it?” He asked his voice sounding distant in her already filled mind.“What?” She asked his question taking her off guard.“I’m pretty sure that my father didn’t tell you. How did you know?” He asked again.“I l, uh… I knew as soon as I saw you two. There was a striking resemblance, I thought you were keeping it a secret for some reason.”As she explained, Thea felt something damp on her cheeks and reached out in dumbfounded numbness. Her fingers were wet and it took her a moment to realize that it was her tears.“Hey, are you okay?” Lucian called out stepping toward her his face filled with concern.He grabbed both of her shoulders checking her out.“I’m sorry, I did
“Why don’t we take a small break from this conversation?” Peter said snapping Lucian out of his anger.Looking to his side, he could see Thea’s face, white as a ghost’s looking down at the table as she clenched her fists. Cold sweat was running by the side of her temple as she gulped down probably too engrossed in her memories to realize how bad her shape was.Looking up, he found Pen in a similar state as Haden pulled her to his side, she was looking far into space with an empty look.What was he doing making those two relive such hideous memories?! If this is what his mother had meant, then she was more nasty of a person than he thought. For her to threaten to reveal something like this. The woman must have gone mad.“Yeah, how about something to eat for now? I’m sure that all of you are hungry.” Lucian suggested.Thea finally looked up looking a bit relaxed as she nodded.“Yeah, we still didn’t eat anything. How about I order us some brunch, I will go check on what they have,” She
Thea hung up the phone checking on their orders again to make sure that she got everything right. Ordering for three men beside her and Pen was tiresome, but it was a much-preferred duty than being stuck with retelling the horrid story that she didn’t want to remember.Pen shefted beside her and Thea looked at her to find her still with a cold towel over her eyes. She was about to faint when they left the kitchen and Thea had to do some pretty fast calming routine to get her out of the trance she was in.“You think he will leave?” Pen asked after a few moments of silence.Thea remembered Haden’s pale horrified face when he heard their story and the way he clenched his fists in anger for them.“I think he will stay…” Thea finally said.Pen removed the towel from her eyes and sat up looking at Thea with wide eyes.“You think so?” She insisted and Thea smiled looking away from her friend only for her eyes to fall on the door.“Why don’t you ask him yourself,” She said smiling at Haden as