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
Bella’s Pov My hold on Lucas’s hand got tighter as we walked past all of glass windows that had colorful writing all over them. The flickering lights didn’t help with my nerves that were ready to implode any second now. The soft click of my heels seemed to echo through the deserted building that I didn’t feel safe in. “Maybe I should’ve stayed home.” I whispered as my hands got clammy. If not for fear I would’ve wiped them off on my gorgeous dress that didn’t seem appropriate now that I seen where we were going. Had I known that we would be coming her I wouldn’t have picked the silver dress. I had been excited and couldn’t wait to come to a meeting just to lose all my excitement when I looked up at the abandoned building that we pulled up to. It looked like the building would fall over at any moment with all of the broken windows and missing pieces. I was surprised that Lucas even allowed me to come here. “What if we get robbed?” I whispered as I leaned more into Lucas. His
Liam’s Pov The anger that was brewing inside of me was tangible but I could only watch as Bella looked at Penelope with nothing but hate. “Why is she here?” She asked in anger as she lowered her eyes in a murderous way that had Penelope paling. The smirk that formed on Lucas’s lips told me that he brought her here on purpose. He was most likely sick of them trying to force Penelope in his bed so he did the one thing that would make them never do it again. “She’s my daughter and the heir to my company, she has every right to be here.” Aaron stated in annoyance not understanding that he was digging his own grave. Her lips pressed as she looked at her father with narrowed eyes. “Why am I not invited if I am the owner of innovated energy.” She mumbled defiantly. I would’ve been surprised that she knew the name of her company if not for her birthday that was next month. If she had went to her yearly check up and found out that the company Lucas ran was actually hers she most lik
Bella’s Pov “Let me go.” I cried as I tried to wiggle out of Lucas’s tight hold. His told tightened even more making it nearly impossible to move. He refused to listen to reason and leave when they clearly were blaming him for what they did. He wanted me to sit here while every single person tried to deceive us. “Relax.” He demanded in a deep and deadly voice that had me faltering. I stared at him with wide eyes as the anger that should’ve been focused at everyone else was focused at me. A small smile formed on his lips as he forced my chin up with his free hand. I tried to force my face out of his grip but all that did was force him to tighten his hold on me. “I don’t want to be here anymore.” I mumbled defiantly. He leaned in and gave me a bruising kiss that stole my breath away and had my heart fluttering. When he pulled back he looked at me with clouded eyes that had me flushing. “They can’t hurt us because we are more powerful than them, so you will relax and let me tak
Cameron’s Pov I would destroy Lucas. I didn’t care what it took, I would destroy him and make sure that he could never recover from it. Bella’s fearful eyes as she stared at me had solidified my resolve and nothing Penelope said would change my mind. She may love Lucas but that meant nothing when he was getting in my way and destroying everything that I loved. Yes Bella and I had never truly interacted but that didn’t mean that I had not noticed her at parties nor did it mean that I was not able to fall for her. She was perfect and I would’ve gladly married her and let her run the company but her grandfather messed everything up. He had made stipulations that forced her into Lucas’s arm. “I’m not ready for marriage.” Penelope cried as she looked at her father with unshed tears. I grit my teeth as I kept my eyes away from Lucas. I knew that Bella thought I was looking at her and now she probably hated me more than before. “You have no choice.” Victor announced causing me to
Bella’s Pov I looked up at the huge building in front of me and took in all the glass. “Is the whole building made of glass?” I asked as Lucas closed the car door for me. It couldn’t take my eyes of the massive building. It would be impossible to have any privacy for the lower levels of the building because I could literally see every single person that was moving around or sitting at their desks. Was privacy not a thing here? “Your grandfather found a way to make weather resistant glass that can withstand anything. That’s what this building is made of.” Lucas stated as he grabbed my hand tightly and started to walk forward. “Oh.” I mumbled as I looked at the big glass double doors that had security guards on both sides. Anyone that walked up to the building had to show them something before being let in. I could only assume that it was a key card or name badge. I looked at Lucas and down at his suit jacket. There was no badge clipped onto it. I looked down at his pants and r
Bella’s Pov My eyes narrowed as I looked down at all of the colorful graphs and charts that my new assistant gave me. Dozens of charts that made no sense what so ever. “Now if you would look at the cost and profit outlook graph that I gave out.” The man that was standing up with a ruler pointed at the wall ordered. My brows furrowed as I stared at the picture that was illuminating onto the wall somehow. The graph was colorful but had no clear descriptions on it. I don’t get why he didn’t just mark them better so that I could understand. The man looked at me with his bushy brows. The clear disapproval had me flushing and looking back down at all of the papers I had scattered everywhere. I looked over at Lucas and leaned over so I could see what page he had out. He glanced over at me with a raised brow that had me flustered. “Now if you look at the marketing costs you’ll see that we are paying 15% more than we would be if we ended our contracts with digital unlimited and went
Bella’s Pov I stiffened as I took in the anger that was in my lawyers eyes. It was like he flipped a switch that had his emotions going hay wire because not even a second ago was he looking at me with soft and loving eyes.Any argument I had left within an instant because I could tell just by the way he was looking at me that he would not accept my defiance. I forced myself to look away from him and reluctantly looked back at the man that was now staring at me with pity. My eyes watered as the reality of the situation set in. I would never be able to travel and live my life to the fullest. I was destined to be nothing but Lucas’s wife. “I wish you would’ve contacted me earlier.” Danny said with a sigh after awhile of silence. “I assumed her father told you.” Lucas stated as he kissed my head. “He clearly didn’t otherwise I would’ve came and checked on her. It makes me think that something else happened.” Danny stated. My eyes narrowed as I realized that Lucas had done this t
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?”