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In the prison, someone knocked on Danika’s cell. She looked up to find a police officer standing there.“Danika Carter?” he asked.Danika nodded slowly. She hadn’t done anything wrong, so she had nothing to fear. But the nervous feeling in her gut refused to subside as she rose from her seat and stepped outside the cell.Her body ached from the beating she had taken a few days ago when she refused to share her bread with the bitch who thought she owned the whole prison.But she shouldn’t have done that because it only ended with the woman’s fat fist in Danika’s face and other delicate places.Shit. She hated this place, and only one person was responsible for sending her to this hellhole: Elena fucking Matthews and Simon fucking Walsh.With a grunt, she followed the officer down a long, winding corridor to a small room. She recognized it as the room where prisoners were brought to meet their families or advocates.“Have a seat,” the officer instructed, gesturing towards an empty chair.
Angelina stormed into her apartment and slammed the door as hard as she could. Why? Because she was super mad. Because men were dumb. Because the rich were assholes. Ugh! She wanted to punch someone in the face so badly. If only she could…“Whoa! Easy on those shoes, sis. You’re gonna wake up the little devil, and I just got her to sleep. Finally!” Betty entered the living room with a steaming mug of coffee, wearing a t-shirt bigger than herself and pyjamas that were so damn comfortable. If she could, she would spend every hour wearing them, but she needed to go out and make money sometimes.Angie rolled her eyes, kicking off her shoes as quietly yet furiously as possible.“Well, aren’t you a ray of sunshine?” Betty raised her eyebrows and sipped her coffee, making a funny face when it burned her tongue. “Bleh.”“Who pissed you off this time? It can’t be me, since you just got back.”“Some rich men, of course. Who else makes me want to burn down this world? At least that way I’d clean
“I’m not sure about this,” Elena said as she looked up at the grand mansion of the Petrovs, feeling weird about returning to the strange place.“Me neither,” Josh spoke calmly, stepping out of the car and joining her soon enough. “But there are things that need to be done, and this is the only way to do it.”“Are you sure, though?” she asked him. “100 bucks says they are going to be super mad.”Josh scoffed out a chuckle, a hand slipping deep into the pocket of his pants. “And 500 bucks says they will have no other choice but to make peace with it.”Elena grinned. “Oh, you’re on.”Nina greeted them at the foyer, her smile wide and cheery. “Finally, the faces I have been waiting to see.” She hugged Elena and then Josh, soon leading them deeper into the mansion towards the drawing room.Elena looked around the place and wasn’t surprised to see every single thing polished to perfection. But instead of stopping to admire the artwork on the walls like the last time, she followed Josh and Ni
Josh looked at all the men surrounding them, hands on their weapons, and sighed, bored.He turned to look at Roman, who now stood in front of him, his men ready to follow his orders by the word.“Are you sure this is the right way to handle…” he jabbed a thumb at Elena and then himself. “…us?”Roman smirked, hands sliding into the pockets of his pants. “Well, it’s not like you left us with many choices. This is on you, Josh. You brought this upon yourself. You should have always known that walking out on Pestovs can never be so easy. Pestovs are known to be good friends, but we also make a very good enemy. You should have thought twice before thinking you would ever walk out of here without a fight.”Josh scoffed, not at all scared, dark eyes nailed on Roman all the time. “And what about you, Nina? Do you agree with your son?”Nina still sat in her chair, her back to them. “I don’t know what to think, Josh. You hurt me badly.”Ian Pestov, however, seemed to be showing at least some sor
During the entire ride back home, Elena couldn’t hide her annoyance—or maybe that was intended. She wanted Josh to know that whatever happened that night at the Pestovs’ was NOT normal. She did not favor it; in fact, she was offended that he would bring her to a place where she did not feel safe.But, of course, that was not her only concern. There were so many other things to be mad about. For instance, he should have been more cautious when it came to his life. Caleb had already suffered enough during Josh’s months of absence; there was simply no need to take such a risk. Not when he knew that now he was the only parent Caleb had.“You can stop grumbling now,” Josh said to her, noticing how tightly she sat in the corner of the backseat. “Everything is fine.”“Everything is NOT fine, Josh!” she snapped, glaring up at him. “Are you blind? Did you not see what happened tonight? We could have gotten hurt!”“But we didn’t,” he tried to counter, but all she had for him was another hard gl
Derek rolled off the woman beneath him, panting hard as he tried to get his breathing under control. The woman sighed, feeling boneless after one hell of a fuck. It was only after he started to get ready that the woman forced herself to sit up, clutching sheets to her chest.“You’re leaving already?” she asked, unable to hide her surprise at his sudden departure.“When have I ever stayed the night?” he asked instead, annoyance evident in his voice. He didn’t even spare her a glance, and once he was ready, he grabbed his purse and took out some cash, tossing it on the nightstand.The woman pounced on the money like someone hungry for food. She counted it in desperation and frowned when she found it to be less than she had expected.“That’s it?” she exclaimed.Derek rolled his eyes, fixing his shirt. “It’s more than enough.”“You must be kidding me. After everything I do for you, you dare to treat me like charity? What the hell, Derek? This is not what I signed up for.”He snorted as he
By the time the next morning arrived, Elena had everything packed up. She came downstairs and, as always, found her brother already at the dining table, his tablet in one hand and black coffee in the other.She greeted him first. “Morning.”Josh looked up briefly, nodding at her with a small twitch at the corner of his mouth. “Morning.”Elena grabbed a chair and sat facing him. “We need to talk.”He nodded without peeling his gaze from the screen. “Sure. What is it?”“I’m leaving for Sydney, and I’m taking Caleb with me, if that’s okay with you.”That seemed to get his attention. He looked up, frowning. “Let me guess. Simon invited you to spend the weekend with him.”Elena’s eyes widened, never expecting him to know the real reason without her saying anything at all. “Wait. How did you know?”Josh sighed, guiding his gaze back to the screen and taking a sip of his coffee. “The mention of Sydney gave it away. Simon has a project going on there. It’s practically all over the news.”Well,
The flight to Sydney was a long one—almost 20 hours. During the initial hours, Elena kept busy with Caleb. However, when the boy grew tired and she left him to sleep in a small cabin at the back, she finally stretched her arms over her head and let out a heavy sigh.God, handling kids was tiresome. But at least she now had a few minutes, maybe hours, to herself. Her nephew had exhausted himself and would sleep soundly unless something woke him up.Elena returned to the bar section of the plane and ordered herself a fresh lemonade. While drinking it, her eyes scanned the rest of the cabin until they finally rested on Simon, who appeared busy talking on the phone. Papers and his laptop were in front of him, alongside his assistant whom she had seen on many occasions. And of course, there was the strange man she knew she had seen before—the detective. The one who had brought her solid proof of Richard’s infidelity on the night of Denika’s movie premiere.Elena could never forget his face.