After Lucille left Rosemary's apartment, she went to meet Jackie. Jackie pulled her into a tight hug when she saw her. She pursed her lips and glanced at her with misty eyes. "I thought I wouldn't see you again," Jackie mumbled in a shaky voice. Lucille was her only family and she wasn't ready to live in that dreary dream of losing your one and only family. "I'm fine now. Nothing happened," Lucille asserted, chuckling at her sister's over dramatic behavior. Jackie grumbled and hit her shoulders twice, "Stupid! Why did you let them take you away?"Lucille stepped back, dodging the next smack and rubbing her stinging shoulder. With a squinty face, she said, "Okay! Okay!! I will ask them to let me inform you any time they tried to kidnap me again," Jackie removed one of her shoes and threw it at her. "Idiot! How can you say that?" She was frustrated and petrified and yet, Lucille still had the time to joke with it. Again, Lucille dodged and chuckled, "You asked why I let th
LUCILLEThe "usual place" Noah was talking about was a bar with a lodge. That was our usual meeting place when we were still courting. That place was secured and free from the eyes of the reporters because nobody could ever imagine that a public figure could visit somewhere like that. When I stepped into the bar, memories swarmed into my head and tears subconsciously dripped out of my eyes. I quickly cleaned it, adjusted my dress, and majestically walked in. Noah waved to indicate where he was sitting as soon as I got inside. "Here!" He muttered, smiling. I rolled my eyes at the hypocritical smile but didn't let it show that I was mocking him inwardly. "Thank you for honoring my text. I never knew you would come," He said, bringing out a seat for me and I sat. I didn't know I would come too but the devilish idea I had on my mind pushed me here, " I responded in my head. I chuckled, and said," It's fine, Noah. Even though I am married to your rich uncle now, you are still
Beep! Beep!! Beep!!!Noah's phone beeps continuously. He snuggled under the duvet, squeezing his face and spewing gibberish with his eyes tightened.Seeing that the noise wasn't stopping, he annoyingly grabbed his phone from the shelf and put it in his ear with his eyes still closed. "Isn't it too early to disturb me with phone calls?" He mumbled, yawning. "Idiot! Where are you?" His dad's voice echoed at the other end of the phone. "I am at ... I am... I went somewhere and slept over last night," "Nonsense! Check the internet right now, fool," " What's getting you so...," He opened his eyes wearily and checked the internet with the call ongoing. His eyes, which were filled with sleepiness, sharpened at once. "What!" He returned his phone to his ear.His dad cut him short before he could talk, "Leave that place and come home right now," The call disconnected immediately.Looking at the news headline and the pictures on his phone, different emotions swelled within Noah.
Lucille glanced at him up and down with scrutiny. He was still putting on the same clothes he was wearing the previous day so it meant he hadn't gone home. He must be foolish to come straight here without asking for his father's help. She sneered inwardly. "Hello, ex-boyfriend. How may I help you?" She wore the prettiest smile ever, eyeing him seductively. These actions of hers only infuriated Noah more. With a pointed finger and a loud voice, he accused, "You're a motherfucking sly, Lucille. How can you betray me? Do you want to ruin me?" His legs were shaking because of the uncontrollable fury burning in his belly. Lucille squinted her face and acted puzzled, " A sly? A betrayal? How? Did something happen?" Ramsey already left his seat when he saw it was Noah. He had warned the Newtons severally not to step a foot into his house but Noah was doing otherwise. Lucille's pretense was puking Noah. "Stop your pretense, bitch. I know you are the one behind this!" He asserted,
RAMSEY I have been fighting with myself internally to overcome whatever I was feeling for Lucille but it was futile. It seemed like the sensation grew stronger the more I tried to evacuate it. I didn't know how it happened. I don't know what it was and I don't know how to overcome it but one thing was certain. I didn't want to lose her no matter what. Hearing her affirm that she wasn't in a serious situation with me hurt me and I couldn't stop myself from asking her to get into a real marriage with me. "I love you, Lucille!" And that was it. The indescribable feelings that had been disturbing me mentally all these days. It was love. Strangely, my tense body calmed down as soon as those 4 words left my mouth. It was really hard battling with my own feelings. Her body stiffened at my statement and she stood that way for a minute without changing positions. "Lucille... I...," Before I could utter another statement, she ran off into her room. Just when I was about to run af
Noah paced around his room, disturbed and breathing heavily. His swollen face had subsided, leaving just a few faint red marks that would fade slowly.It'd been a week since his issue of scandal and it seemed it kept getting worse as each day passed. Not only had he been given a dirty nickname by the citizens, but he had also lost some of the companies he was influencing.Peter did all he could to block every corner the news was coming out from but it was futile. In fact, the more they tried to, the more different news kept spreading about his son. He didn't need to be told before knowing Ramsey was the one behind it. Obviously, he had no power to challenge his brother. They just need to do something about it because it was already affecting his company too. "Ah! Fuck!" Noah shouted, tossing everything he saw against the wall. He was enraged. "It is all because of you, Lucille!" He screamed, heaving.Lily heard the noise and stormed into the room. She widened her eyes in shock wh
Seeing the way she was nervous, Rosemary burst out into a peal of demonic laughter. "Fool!" She commented, clapping her hands as she stopped laughing abruptly. Slowly, Lucille turned back at her. She bit her lower lip angrily and her eyes laced with water. "How dare you, Rose!" She yelled. "Shut up, Lucille! It's not my fault you are a nitwit. How could you trust me again after everything I had done to you?" Lucille was mum. Indeed, she was a blockhead for trusting a snake-like Rosemary after everything she had done to her. When was she going to realize and accept that people like Rosemary are not entitled to a second chance? "What have I done to you, Rose? What do you want from me?" Lucille shouted. Waves of wrath shrouded her body. She was mad at herself. She was stupid to come to a place like this with Rosemary. Rosemary leaned her head closer to Lucille and mumbled, "I want every good thing you have, Lucille. They are not for you. You do not deserve them. They
Since Lucille wasn't expecting the action, she misplaced her balance and almost slipped but thankfully, she quickly regained her posture. "Ah!" She jerked the strange woman's hands away and turned to her. "Who are you? How can you just grab my hair the way you did?" She shouted with exasperation and frustration. Her initial pain hadn't subsided and a strange-looking outsider clasped her hair again. "You are a wicked woman!" The woman accused, pointing her finger at her angrily. Lucille was shocked and chuckled in disbelief. "What! Do you know me from somewhere? How can you just accuse me wrongly?" Scrutinizing her outward look from her head to her toes, Lucille presumed she wasn't mentally stable and decided to ignore her. She just wanted to go home, have a cold bath and sleep. "You don't need to apologize to me, ma'am. I am sure you have the wrong person," Saying this, she turned to leave but the woman didn't let her. "I am still talking to you, shameless woman. How