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TWENTY NINE
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2025-04-22 00:20:24"I am definitely going to be in big trouble," Lila let out as she watched the man who had just taken a picture of her and Jasmine in a heated argument run away. "My parents are going to kill me and talk about how I keep trying my best to ruin whatever they do," she murmured as she began to pace the floor. "Oh my goodness! What on earth have I done? What have I done?" she did not like the way things had played out.
Before she could open her mouth to say anything else, she watched Levi go in the direction the man had gone, without thinking she followed behind him. She did not know what they were doing but she knew that they had to get the man to delete everything he had taken, even if it meant bribing him. She could not allow her name to pop up on the news for something negative again. Her parents and his parents were going to hound them both for trying their best in just one week of marriage to destroy both names all at once.
She ran a few more meters and then stopped at the sight of Levi looking around. She looked at him and discovered that he was fit; he was not panting even after running that fast after the man. A few moments later, Jasmine surfaced with her hand over her chest and multiple parts leaving her mouth at once.
"How are you both so fast and how are you still fine?" she asked as she held onto Lila, doubling over on her knees and trying her best to catch her breath.
"You are unhealthy and you need to exercise more so you can become fit," Lila responded, helping her stand up.
"We lost him," Levi confessed, rubbing his hand over his head a bit angry at the situation.
"I did all of this," Lila cried. She knew what it meant if the news got out. No matter what was presented, everyone was ready to chew her out without thinking about what her life might be.
"Should we look around a bit more? Maybe we can find him?" Levi asked. He hated the way Lila was continuously blaming herself for the situation and how it would have to be her fault if anything happened.
"Shall we?" Lila welcomed the idea and Jasmine shook her head.
"I don't think that is a very good idea; I don't think I can run anymore." She shook her head as she latched to her friend.
"We don't have to run; let us just check around here and if we can't find him, then we would go back," Lila said, pulling her friend. Levi took the other direction. After a while of searching, Jasmine decided she was exhausted and wanted to return to her suite for the night.
"I have to go now," Jasmone announced when they reunited with Levi.
"Okay, then good night," he waved at her and she moved away, walking as if she were being chased down by someone else.
They began to walk slowly back to the hotel and Lila thought it was a good time to bring up what happened last night. At least now he could not escape from it. "So about last night," she said, smacking her lips together. "Are you always like that?"
"What do you mean?"
"The night terrors—I wanted to know if it has always been that way for you."
"You know, we would catch the guy who took those photos before he could publish them and ask him to delete them," he said. She understood even though he did not say a single word. He wanted to change the topic and she hated that he was doing it. Why did she hate it? She did not know; all she knew was that she hated it.
"Well, I hope so," she murmured and then before she could say anything a shrill voice came from a distance in front of them.
"Levi? Levi Beaumont?" Lila stood there a bit perplexed at the sight—the beautiful woman whom Levi seemed to know was soon all over him. "Fancy seeing you at a place like this," she squealed as she hugged him, pushing Lila slightly to the side.
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Lila already felt like a third wheel between both of them. She tried to slip away and was glad that between the chatting and the hysterical laughter from both parties, none of them noticed her. She walked a few steps when her eyes landed on the man who had clicked those images earlier. "Levi!" She called out to him at once.He hurried to her side at the urgency of the call. Unable to say anything, she pointed in the direction of the man and instantly he chased after him with Lila on his tail. By the time she met Levi, he was holding the man by the collar. "Oh, good. You caught him," she said, realising that she was not as fit as he was. He had run faster than she had, yet he acted as if he had taken a stroll in the park. She took a moment to calm herself down before raising her head to speak to the man. "Why did you take the picture of me and my friend arguing?" She was unsure if her grammar was correct, but she had a greater need to delete the images than speak correctly."I mean, y
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"It's impossible that the reporter backsides us after collecting money," she said after the words left her mouth; she knew she had fucked up. "So you knew about this? You knew about this and you did nothing?" Eleanor asked."We did something; we offered him money to delete the pictures," Lila explained. At the time all of this happened, she believed that they handled it properly but now she knew they did not. "Did he delete it in your presence?" She asked angrily. "No but...""Oh my goodness, how foolish. Just so you know both your sisters would never make such mistakes. You have been barely married two weeks and yet we have constantly had to try to take your name off the news two times already." "It's not like I wanted it to happen this way." "Then how did you want it to happen? What were you thinking? Arguing with Jasmine out there in the open?"Lila wanted to tell her mother that none of this would be happening if they were not hounding her like a dog. If they had trusted her
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"Aren't you going to meet your mom?""You know what going up to meet her means," Lila took a deep breath. She knew that there was no way she was escaping it but still, she wanted to delay for a few minutes before she faced her mom. She knew the reason she was there and most of what she was going to say to her. She did not need any of that in her life at the moment."You cannot escape it; you do not want her to come down and drag you by the ears.""That is true," Lila said, standing up as she walked away. As she walked to the room, moments of her mother filled her thoughts. She knew how difficult her mother had been while she was growing up, and she thought that she would get better, but it seemed as if she got worse after each year.She braced herself and knocked on the door; she stopped before she could knock the second time. "This is my room, so why am I knocking?" she asked herself. Knowing she did not have an answer she took out her card and opened the door. She stepped in to see
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Lila staggered her hand, still clutching into her cheeks. It was strange that her mom was lifting her hands to her face and even going as far as hitting her across the face. She had always been vile with her words but never had she hit her before.She turned her hand, still clutching her face. "Where do you think you are going?" She heard her mom's voice ring but her legs were doing the work for her.Her hand gripped the door handle, and she pulled it open. She walked out of the room—it was her room—and she knew the right thing to do was to throw her mom out and lock herself in there, but her brain seemed to be coordinating on its own. She dropped her hands to her side, clutching the parts of her clothes she could hold as she walked wherever her legs could carry her."A young woman should never eat like that." She pressed her eyes together before she pushed it open. Her childhood was filled with various phrases like that.Eleanor had been obsessed with raising the perfect three girls.
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She felt at ease but then it felt like something invaded her privacy. She squinted her eyes and turned to the side. Levi was sitting beside her; she wondered how he had found her there but she kept the thoughts to herself. She turned to him, tilting her head to the side, a lot of questions wanting to come out of her mouth. Levi tilted his head in the same way she did bad; it caused a smile to break out of her lips. He did not break off the stare and she felt it like a challenge and continued to look at him. She began to feel her cheeks get hot and it became uncomfortable so she cleared her throat and looked away. She wondered what he felt from looking at her like that; was he also feeling the way she did? She pulled herself up and was ready to escape whatever it was that they had just shared through a glance. He held her hand tightly, pulled her down, and whispered slowly. "Don't get up yet; just a few more minutes. A few more minutes to watch the waves." She wanted to tell him th
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She got back to the room with two large coffees, put them on the table and went to the toilet immediately. Levi was already dressed and that she was grateful for. He went to the table and picked up one of the coffees. "I will assume that this is for me," he said, sipping from it. She did not respond as she closed the door. She was not feeling coffee but the incident between them had forced her to get some and she would be glad if he drank both cups. While she wandered around downstairs, giving him all the time to get dressed, she could not help but continuously replay the image of his body in her mind. She hated that she liked what she saw.She spent a good time in the toilet, having her bath, and just freshening up. Since she got to the suite, she had not done anything for herself, and it felt tiring. Once she was done,, she felt like a huge load was lifted off her shoulders. She dressed up and joined him on the sofa."Should we go out for breakfast?" she asked because sitting down w
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"And you..." Lila trailed off in response as she was expecting him to say something."Wait, what?""You were speaking, and then you trailed off. It felt like you wanted to say something and changed your mind midway," she said."I don't know what to make of this," he replied with a frown."Make of what?""You and this conversation, it's frustrating with you.""Frustrated with me?" She scoffed and crossed her hand over her chest. "What on earth is that supposed to mean?" Levi looked at her, and her face was screaming a demand for an apology. "Well, explain?" she said when he stayed quiet, rubbing his lips together."One moment you are cold as ice, and the other moment you are very hot. So hot it is kind of scary," he replied."I don't get it." She was not usually slow, but his words strung together were not making any sense to her at all. She was hot and cold? "Are you writing a poem?" she asked. If this were any other situation, she might have laughed in his face that he was saying a b
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"It's impossible," Lila shook her head; it made no sense for her mom to ask her to move in with them. She was planning on keeping all the distance with her parents until the one year elapsed. Her plan was simple, and now her mom had somehow found out the plan and was ready to ruin it."That's what I said, but the bags," Elizabeth said as their eyes followed the staff carrying them in. Lila knew that asking them to stop was pointless; if she wanted to change anything, she needed to speak to her mom first, and then they could take the bags back to the car for her. "What are you going to do about it?" Elizabeth asked because she knew how difficult it was to resist their mom; she was persuasive and could get you to do anything she wanted to."Don't worry," Lila said, shaking her head. She did not have a plan, but she was sure that there was no way they would end up staying there. There was enough room to house about three families comfortably, but still she could not bring herself to thin
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Although Eleanor had given Lila and Levi a week more to stay, she called them to hurry back. A private jet was sent to bring them back to the city. Lila wondered what could be wrong and the reason why they had to hurry back. She felt a bad feeling in her gut, but knowing that her mom was a straightforward person and would tell her if something was wrong immediately, she knew that her mom probably changed her mind after sleeping on it all night.Levi had agreed to leave the island as well without asking any questions. Lila could not understand why he acted that way. If she were the one on the receiving end, she would have asked a ton of questions that might send the other party into frustration. He packed up his bags and was ready to leave for the airport before she could do the same.They left the hotel and headed to the airport for the plane ride. Levi was quiet, and Lila could not understand it because they had agreed to be friends, but he seemed cold to her. Maybe she had misunders
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Although Levi had told her to rest up, she could not bring her mind to do that; she needed to know what he was going to do and how he was going to do it. She also wanted to know how her father was, but she knew that calling him or her mother was pointless as Eleanor would refuse to tell her anything. She knew that her sisters were the only way to go and since Elizabeth was more mature, she was the one she decided to call first. Elizabeth did not pick up so she tried to call Victoria and it was the same case. She concluded that they were probably in the hospital and they did not want to pick it up in front of their parents. She kept on thinking of how she had ruined her father’s dream of getting Skyline just because she wanted to feel comfortable. Her father’s words rang in her mind as she paced in front of the bed. ‘You can sacrifice a little comfort for great gain,’ he always said to her, and she could see that it was true. She should have never been considered enough to turn down
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As soon as Lila walked into the room, Levi could tell that she was not the same woman he had left behind. Something must have happened. She looked sad and angry at the same time. She did not acknowledge his presence; instead, she moved to one of the couches and sat silently. Levi wanted to ask her what was troubling her, but he was not sure if she would appreciate the efforts or even tell him what was wrong. He waited a few minutes for her to come forward by herself to tell him what was wrong but nothing happened, leaving of her to speak She sat still, looking ahead. "Lila?" he called because the silence was killing him. They had just resolved their differences and agreed to be friends, and that meant they could rely on each other. She slowly turned to him with her eyes sad and wet. He moved closer to her and bent so they were on the same level. "Are you okay?" he asked. She opened her mouth to respond to his question, but the words never got out of her mouth, and tears flowed down
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A woman came to address all of the couples who had shown up. After speaking at length, she asked them all to come back the next day, as that was when the competition was going to begin. After that, she disappeared, and the room began to clear out. Weaving through the crowd, both of them found their way out of the place."I can not believe that I am doing something like this," Levi said as they walked to the elevator."We already wrote down our name and attended the first meeting. I don't think there is any need to not believe it anymore," Lila responded. She also could not believe that she had willingly tried to put herself in the eye of the public but all she could think of was the prize attached to this.Her phone began ringing in her hand, and somehow she feared it was her mom. She looked at the screen and felt a burning, bitter sensation rise up her stomach as she stared at it. It was her mom, and she never once had a good conversation with her mom over the phone. It was always so
