Lucas’s Pov I reluctantly looked at Penelope and the way her eyes sparkled had me on the verge of walking out of this office. I refused to be with her and no contract would change that. “Of course.” She stated softly as her eyes never left me. “See. Penelope can marry Cameron while being Lucas’s mistress on the side.” Aaron stated confidently. “That would solidify our partnerships even more.” Russell added not seeming against the idea. I looked at Cameron and the smirk that he made towards me said it all. “I’m okay with that.” Cameron stated as he stared at me in a challenge. A huge smile formed on my face because he thought he had gotten what he wanted and had cornered me into a corner. “So what do you say?” My father asked me. I closed my eyes as I asked myself why I was even here. I was the most powerful one in this room and could just leave and accept a lose in revenue. I had everything but that’s right Victor had no common sense and because of that he had to erase Bella’s
Lucas’s Pov The ringing in my ears had me closing my eyes and taking a deep breath in. Penelope’s cry as I sat rigid had me groaning from pain. I set my head on the table as I tried to get through the pain in my head. Even though I knew I would heal fast it hurt like hell.“Why would you do that?” She cried as a hand went to my head. I tried to shrug away from the persons touch but something hit me hard and had me going in and out of consciousness. “My son has let the power get to his head and he will learn that he will not disrespect anyone in this room.” My father stated confidently. I could only laugh at myself as the reality of everything hit me full force. My father hit me with a blunt object twice because I didn’t want to cheat on my wife. He didn’t love me even a little bit. Penelope’s hands were touching and rubbing all over my head and back and I could only stay frozen as I tried to deal with the pain. “It’s going to be okay.” Penelope whispered as her lips touched m
Liam’s Pov “What do you mean she no longer has her memories?” My father asked as he looked up from the documents he was reading. I looked around the living room not really wanting to talk about it in here just in case prying ears were listening “Relax only the maids are here.” My father stated like that would make me feel any better. My mother looked up from her cup of tea with a glum expression on her face. She pulled her feet closer to my father who didn’t seem pleased that she had her feet on his custom made leather couch. Paying no attention to my father she delicately set the white piece of china down as she stared at me in pity. I already knew where this was going and all I could do was let her speak. “Liam hunny, you have to stop this and move on because it’s not healthy.” She pleaded gently. I narrowed my eyes as I sat down across from them in the brown leather chair. A maid came forward and set a cup of coffee down that I would not be indulging in. “I know what I
Bella’s Pov I pressed my lips together as the butler took my suitcase out of Lucas’s black car silently. I wanted to carry my own things in but Lucas was clear that he paid someone to do it. All I could do was watch. “Make sure you put that in our room.” I rushed out. The butler bowed his head and quickly carried it up the grey steps. I looked up at the two story house and sighed. I loved that our house was smaller and it was more modern. Lucas said that there was only 6 bedrooms and that made me ecstatic. I looked at the white bricks and black trimming and tried to see myself waking up inside every day. I had no time to prepare for this move and it had me feeling overwhelmed. This felt too sudden. I would’ve thought that they would slowly transition me but I didn’t even get a warning. I had woken up this morning in disappointment because Lucas was no where to be found. He had told me that he would be next to me when I woke up but he had lied. When I got up in anger and storme
Lucas’s Pov A small smirk played on my lips as I raised an eyebrow at all of the colorful boxes and bags that had been brought into my office by my lovely wife. “I only have a few more.” Bella huffed as she brought another handful of bags into my office and set them down. I looked at the little walk way and chuckled. At least she made sure to left me a path to get out. She seemed like she was out of breath and looked flushed from all the running back and forth as she walked in with a huge box that had me furrowing my brows. “Did you buy the whole store?” I asked as I closed my laptop and set my elbow on my desk. She looked at me with a pout as she set it down. “I bought things from multiple stores.” She stated defiantly. A small smile formed as I stared into her eyes. She was too determined to show me all the clothes that she bought so instead of staying and entertaining me she was turning back around with a purpose. “You know you’ll have to take everything to our room?” I a
Liam’s Pov The anger that I felt towards my father was tangible. Everyone in this room could probably see the fire that was blazing in my eyes because I was not subtitle like my father wanted me to be. No I was furious and I couldn’t hold in that fury. We had came into this meeting with every single card in our hand just to give them all to Victor. We had done nothing wrong and out of fear of losing billions my father gave in to everybody and agreed to work with them. “Can I leave?” I mumbled in annoyance. They had gotten off of the phone with Lucas over two hours ago and still he wasn’t here. “Liam.” My father grounded out in anger. I groaned as closed my eyes not wanting to deal with anyone. I had not agreed to this ridiculous meeting nor did I agree to just let Lucas be happy with Bella. “He said he’s on his way.” Lucas’s father stated in annoyance. I pressed my lips together as I leaned back into my seat. Lucas coming would not benefit us. Every single discussion we had ea
Bella’s Pov (3 days later) I gave a small pout as I set my fork down and looked over at Lucas. “Can you atleast tell me what’s wrong?” I asked in frustration. He looked at me with his glumly eyes before looking back down at his soup that he had not touched. A curse left me as I waved the made over. She was quick to scurry my way and bow her head. “Get him something else.” I ordered in frustration. She gave a slight nod and went towards the kitchen without a word. I looked at Lucas’s furrowed brows as he stirred his soup and felt flustered. I had thought that a vegetable soup would make him feel better but now instead of being silent, he was playing with his food and not touching it. “Can’t you at least tell me what’s wrong?” I asked in frustration. He had not spoken since the meeting he went to. I had assumed that something had happened so I allowed him his space but now that it had been three days and he hadn’t talked yet I couldn’t take it. When he still didn’t say anything I
Bella’s Pov “This is the group chat with all the families that we are partnered with.” Lucas stated lowly. I slowly reached for the phone and plopped back into my seat. I don’t knew why my stomach started to twist but it did. Maybe it was fear in finally knowing why Lucas was so angry or maybe it was because there was a huge chance that it would make me upset to. “Just push up. Your father is listed under Victor and everyone else you may or may not know.” He stated as I build up the nerves to read the first message. ‘Get back here now.’ Lucas’s father had wrote in big letters on the day that Lucas had the meeting. My brows furrowed because I remember Lucas coming home and not speaking to me even as I tried everything to get him to open up. ‘I’m done.’ Was all Lucas stated. I noticed that all the messages that weren’t from him were on the left and his were on the right. “You didn’t write much?” I asked as I scrolled down to see how much he wrote. Lucas snatched the phone from
Lucas's pov "Is she finally asleep?" Theodore asked as soon as I walked into the pool room. "Yes." I said as I sat down on a chair next to Robert. "It took long enough." Theodore complained in a clipped tone. " She just wanted to watch another movie." I said as I stood up and walked over to the mini fridge that was next to a mini bar. "You could've said no." Theodore muttered. I ignored him and grabbed myself a sprite. "As long as she's without her memories, Lucas will be the perfect husband." Robert said or more like threatened. His deadly tone reminded me that this wasn't a fun vacation. "Get me a coke." Robert said as I sat down. I groaned internally and gave a tight-lipped smile as I stood back up. I was quick to grab a coke and turned towards Theodore. "Did you want something? "Yea, get me a water." He said. "Okay. I mumbled as I grabbed the water. I walked up to Robert and handed him his drink. "Thanks." Robert said, which was surprising. "No problem." I sa
Bella’s Pov My eyes narrowed as I looked at my doctor who had clearly lied about my sister going home. She had told him that she would stop being different for Lucas and me and now she could stay for some reason. “Did you already pick the movie?” He asked when he noticed me staring. “Lucas did.” I murmured as I looked over at Lucas and narrowed my eyes even more because he was suppose to be watching a movie with me but instead he was on his laptop doing work. “Are we not watching a movie?” I asked as my brows furrowed. “After I’m done.” He murmured as he continued to type away on his laptop. “You have been working for hours.” I stated as I glanced at the screen that had all kinds of documents spread around. He clicked on one of the screens and it switched places with another causing me to become confused. I didn’t understand anything he was doing so I could only look back at him in frustration.“Can’t you do that later?” I asked as he stared intently at the screen. “Relax.” H
Lucas’s Pov The irritation I felt as I glanced at Theodore was tangible. We had decided that we would keep it simple and make sure that Monica was pacified along with Bella but for some reason Theodore had seemed to have forgotten. “Don’t you guys have a prenup?” Robert added to the conversion. My brows furrowed as I looked at him with a questioning gaze. If not for Bella and Monica I would’ve asked both of them what they were doing because it seemed like they were trying to sabotage my marriage again. We had clearly agreed to make it seem like Monica didn’t get hardly any inheritance and that’s why she married Theodore but for some reason they were both being reckless. “No we don’t have a prenup.” Theodore stated confidently. I internally chuckled as I forced myself to look at Bella. “Didn’t I say to eat?” I asked as I grabbed one of the deviled egg with the fork and brought it up to her lips. She looked down at the egg and over at me with a meek expression on her face. I
Bella’s Pov “You can sit next to me.” My doctor said nearly instantly. The way my sisters face morphed to one of pure anger had me confused and annoyed. “But I want to sit here.” She said as she looked back at Lucas. “Why do you keep looking at my husband?” I couldn’t help but ask as I narrowed my own eyes. She clearly had her own husband but acted like she didn’t. She didn’t even treat him like he was her husband. Lucas told me it’s because she didn’t remember him but that didn’t matter because I didn’t remember Lucas and I didn’t act like her. Monica looked at me and frowned clearly not liking that I asked her that question. “I can look at him.” She retorted with an attitude that had me pursing my lips together.“I said eat.” Lucas murmured as he leaned in closer to me. I looked at him through my lashes and blushed a little as he stared at me with a stern gaze. “But she keeps looking at you.” I couldn’t help but say. “Is her looking at me hurting you?” He asked lowly. “Yes.”
Bella’s Pov I watched as Lucas put different kinds of food on my plate. “What’s that?” I asked as he grabbed what looked like a boiled age but cut in half. I had had boiled eyes with my soup yesterday and I couldn’t lie and say that it wasn’t delicious. “A deviled egg.” Lucas stated as he put it next to the cut up pieces of steak and bread. “A deviled egg.” I murmured to myself. “Yes.” He murmured as he grabbed some rice. “Is it good?” I couldn’t help but ask as I leaned closer into him. “Yes.” He stated confidently. “What are you guys doing?” A female asked from behind me before I could ask more questions. I looked over my shoulder and narrowed my eyes as Monica and my uncle walked up to us. My uncle Theodore was walking causally next to my sister which had me furrowing my brows. “Why are you here?” I asked in annoyance. My uncle gave a smile while my sister only rolled her eyes. “I decided to take your sister down for something to eat.” My uncle Theodore stated. I gave
Bella’s Pov (3 days later) I tightened my hold on Lucas’s hand and stared at all the people that were walking around in pretty dresses. Lucas had told me that there would be no more than a couple of people but from what I could see there was at least 100 people walking around. I used my free hand to tug on the black dress that Lucas had me wear. He told me that black was my favorite color dress but after looking at all of the colorful dresses that scattered the room I could almost guarantee he was lying. “Next time I want to wear a yellow and purple dress.” I stated as I realized that my two favorite colors were them. “Yellow and purple?” He asked sounding surprised. “Yes. I like them colors and nobody seems to be wearing one of them colors.” I said as I looked around one more time. “That’s because then colors don’t go well together.” He stated in a matter of fact tone. Had I had my memories I would’ve argued with him but since I wasn’t sure if he was lying I could only pur
Bella’s Pov I stared at Lucas in confusion not understanding how even though he could make me blush I didn’t remember him at all. I couldn’t lie and say that he wasn’t handsome. He had a charm to him that I thought was perfect and I could only assume that’s why we married. When he looked up at me from his food a small smirk formed on his lips. He gently wiped his mouth off with his napkin and smirked as he licked his lips. “So do you like your food?” He asked as he looked down at my chicken lettuce wrap and back up at me with a raised brow and a smile. My cheeks brightened as I looked back down at my plate that I had forgotten about. I hadn’t even realized that I was staring at him for so long. He was the definition of perfect and I could only grab my food quickly and take a big bite. Eating was better than talking. Especially since he caused butterflies to attack me every time he talked or looked at me. How had I ended up with someone so perfect? “So I take it that it’s good
Lucas’s Pov I tried not to react as Bella looked at me from across the table. She was suppose to still be sleep but somehow she was awake and now staring at me with a questioning gaze. “Why, why don’t I remember anything again?” She asked as she grabbed her iced tea and slowly drank it. I gave a forced smile as I looked at Robert for the answer because I wanted to know the same thing. She was suppose to know who I was but for some reason she woke up and remembered nothing. Robert who had been silent the whole time bared his teeth as he looked down at the papers that one of his workers brought to him when she had woke up. “It seems like the accident you got into has given you amnesia.” He forced out through the anger that seemed to be brewing slowly. “Amnesia?” She asked in confusion as she set her glass down delicately. “Yes, it seems like you lost all your memories because of the accident.” He ground out. I didn’t have to ask him if he was upset because it was clear as day t
Penelope’s Pov “Enough.” He yelled loudly. The shock that my mother had was quickly replaced by anger. “Don’t tell at our daughter.” She screamed back at him. “Shut up, I am done with Penelope’s obsession over Lucas. Lucas is married and what he does with Bella is his business and if she can’t understand that than I will disown her.” He said with so much aggression that I knew he wasn’t joking. His words had me paling as they slowly settled it. “You’ll disown me because of Lucas?” I couldn’t help but ask as I took a deep breath and grabbed at my chest. My father was suppose to love me but instead he planned on disowning me for Lucas. “No, I’ll disown you because of your obsession that is ruining this family not because of Lucas.” He exclaimed with narrowed eyes. “I am not obsessed.” I stated defensively. Even though I knew that the love I had for Lucas had passed being normal I refused to admit that I was wrong. “Really than why do you care about what he does with his wife?”