NARRATORJackie excitedly hopped out of the store with her eyes fixed on the makeup kit she got.Getting to where she left Lucille, she didn't meet her but the goods they got were scattered on the floor.At that moment, her heart gripped in fear but a part of her was telling her the probability of Lucille visiting the restroom. She followed her heart and went to check the restrooms one after another, but there was no sight of Lucille.Her body quivered. She could hear the thumping of her heart as different unspeakable thoughts emerged in her head.She brought out her phone and put a call through to her. It rang but there was no pick. At that point, she knew something was not right. "Lucille! Lucille, please be fine," Jackie muttered repeatedly as she checked her phone for Ramsey's contact. Brimming tears lingered in her eyes as she glanced at her phone unblinkingly.She couldn't find his contact on her phone. "Fuck! I don't have his contact," Without wasting another second of her
LUCILLE I was astounded beyond words when I saw Ramsey running toward me. Darkness shrouded his eyes and a terrific aura radiated from him as he moved closer.As soon as he got to where I was standing, without letting me talk, he pulled me into a hug. My lips moved but nothing came out. After 2 minutes, which seemed like a long time, he broke the hug and inspected my body one after the other. "Are you hurt anywhere? Where did those scumbags touch you? Did they raise their voices on you?" He inquired restlessly, raising my hands up and almost turning me around. There were evident signs of worries on his face and they almost made wrinkles appear on it. I was puzzled. Why do I feel like this man cares so much? Still, I didn't want to feed myself with false and crazy assumptions, so I shrugged the thoughts off. The cold-hearted man holding me didn't appear like he could care about anyone except his business. "Where are they? They are going to regret ever touching what belongs
Note: Henceforth, I will be using the 3rd Person POV unless I want to show a particular character thought. I am sorry if I have been confusing you. Ramsey restarted the engine and drove off like a madman. He was extremely exasperated and his eyes grew darker. How dare Lucille! What does she think? Did she think she was sort of special because he opted to help her once?He hissed and cursed under his breath numerous times before he finally got to his company. Jackie and Francis were waiting at the entrance and so they almost pushed him down anxiously when they saw him descending from his car. The terrifying aura exuding from Ramsey pushed Francis back. Tightening his face, he glanced at his boss closely and wondered what could be the reason for his mood swings. He knew better than anyone not to ask him questions at that moment so he left Jackie to it. After all, she was his wife's sister and he wouldn't dare to transfer his aggression to her. "President Ramsey! Have you found h
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