I felt nervous and anxious about tonight. Especially when Adonis would be right there while we break the news to them. It just felt so… wrong. I knew I could have told him yesterday, but I just couldn’t bring myself to say it for some reasons. And now he was going to find out. Just thinking about having to look into his intense dark eyes after tonight was giving me major anxiety.
I sucked in a deep breath and slowly let it out, raising my fingers to clutch the beautiful ruby necklace around my neck. It matched perfectly with my outfit and accentuated my features, making me look like some perfectly created goddess. If my appearance could show the confliction within, I wouldn’t even look this good.A simple velvety ruby colored dress hugged around my curves like a wrap, with loose elegant straps that fell off my bare shoulders and arms, exposing the bare skin. My hair rippled down my back, flirting over the curve of my ass, with long loose curls flowing doLeilaniShe elbowed me discreetly again and I sighed internally. I should have known this would happen after letting Ashley be within ten yards of a gorgeous man. I turned to Adonis. “This is my older sister, Ashley.” I gestured in her direction. “And Ashley, this is Adonis, Neil’s step-brother.”Ashley smiled sweetly, stretching out her hand to him. “Nice to meet you, Adonis.” He took her hand, a heart-stopping smile appearing on his face. “The pleasure's all mine, Ashley. You look beautiful tonight.” If I had not seen Adonis flirt before, I would have thought he was being seriously intimate with her right now.I swear I felt Ashley blush over a hundred degrees hot from the unexpected compliment. She giggled. “Thank you. You look amazing too, really.” Her hand was still in his. “How come I have never met you? I’m sure I’ve never seen this face before.” Subconsciously, sh
There was utter silence, as the guests stared at us with bated breath and I tried to make my voice sound firm -to hide my nerves- and excited when I spoke up, a smile on my face. “It is something really important that we have been thinking about for a while now, and after a lot of thought and waiting… and after being through so much together...” I glanced up at Neil, to meet his gleaming blue eyes.I tried to ignore every unpleasant way my body was reacting to the fact that Adonis was right there among the guests, watching silently. I felt so bad about it.Neil grinned back at the guests staring at us with wide eyes and curiosity. “I’m happy to let you all know that we just picked our wedding date!”Excitement erupted before he even got the words out, startling us both. It was an uproar. I don’t know what I was expecting, but the reaction from our friends and families shocked me beyond my expectations. The screams, shouts and
LeilaniAfter dinner, I was finally able to get away from both my family and Neil’s family with a few very close family friends who were all relaxing in the living area, endlessly discussing the wedding and throwing ideas out. But Neil and I were tired of listening to them, not that we could blame them for being so excited.I was able to slip away to go upstairs to change out from my dress into a bikini, but Neil was not so lucky. They made him sit there with them, sipping champagne and going over a million and one ideas, advice and things to do to make the wedding mind-blowing.A couple of the guests were already leaving the house, but a couple of our friends had stayed behind to chill a little in the pool outside, under the dark skies and night lights. And I have every intention of going to unwind outside, and probably figure out where Adonis could have possibly gone.He was obviously not in the house and his Jeep was still on the driveway, which drasti
LeilaniMy heart felt like it was tearing into two. My voice was shaky when I spoke. “W-what are you saying...?”He released my arms. “When I first met you, I knew exactly what I wanted. A good fuck. And I got it.” He slipped his hands back into his pockets again, so devilishly gorgeous towering over me and staring down at me with those eyes, subjecting me to his ruthless words. He was hurting me, but why did he have to look so… darkly beautiful while doing so? “I don’t want to fuck you anymore, Leilani. You should stop whatever the fuck it is you think you’re doing and focus on living out the lie you have built all this time.” It was almost like I was a stranger to him. Some girl he had a one-night stand with. It hurts. Everything he’s saying hurts.I could only manage a pitiful whisper. “I’m not a L-liar...”“You know you are.” He said in a low tone, steppin
LeilaniI woke up to the feel of Neil kissing me, caressing my skin softly with his hands. I squirmed softly in the sheets of the soft bed, moving my hand to touch his arm. Something felt wrong on his arm and I cranked my eyes open slowly.“Hey, beautiful.” I heard him say softly, feeling his fingers brush strands of my hair off my cheek. I blinked up at him. He was hovering half-way over me, his hair neatly tousled with his blue eyes gazing down at me.And he was fully dressed.“Neil? Why are you wearing a suit?” I asked softly, sitting up to fully take in his appearance. He looked really good, his figure tall and broad in a fit grey Armani suit. I brushed my ruffled hair off my bare shoulders, arching a brow at him.He gave me a flirty grin. “I have a meeting, babe.” He leaned down to kiss me again, moving to sit beside me on the bed. “And I made you breakfast in bed. Last night was kind of stressful with all the
Leilani“Can you do it in one month or not?” I asked bluntly, giving the wedding planner a stare. She blinked for a moment, then she smiled. “Of course, I was just, you know wondering if there is anything you must have already decided upon, like the location of your wedding destination, themes, and wedding dress designs. It’s okay if you haven’t decided on any of that, I can do all of that…”I sighed, placing my face into my hands. When I looked back up at her, she was staring at me with concern. “Miss Waters, I understand if this is a bad time, I can come over to the house instead-”“No, no, Mrs. West. I'm sorry, it’s just…I’m not in such a great mood today. Had a stressful morning.” I said softly.I really did have a stressful morning. My eyes still felt sore from breaking down in tears when I had found out that Adonis was gone for good. It had taken some time for me to get
AdonisLily had bought a house not too long ago, and she had mentioned it once some time back about wanting me to come check it out. And I did not even remember a fucking thing about it till we got here. I parked on the driveway and we got out of the Jeep.Her house was fucking beautiful. I heard her heels click on the concrete of the driveway as she walked around the Jeep to stand beside me. She gazed up at me, her softly curled lashes framing her pale blue eyes. “What do you think, Ace?”“It’s beautiful.” I said, impressed. Then I looked back down to meet her gaze. “I should have come see it earlier.”She smiled, lowering her eyes like she was contemplating something. When she looked up at me, there was a faint blush on her cheeks as she softly slid her hand around mine. “It’s not too late to come see it. Would you like to come in?" She subconsciously bit her lip softly as her eyes fluttered down to my lip
AdonisShe was basically saying the same thing Leilani said.About how she kept the news of the wedding from me for as long as fucking possible, because she was scared I would push her away. Just like I have now. She wasn’t being manipulative or greedy… I see it now. Fuck, I felt like real shit.‘…all you do is hurt everyone who tries to get close to you.’She’s right. Everyone is fucking right. All I do is fucking hurt people and I nearly did it again to Lily tonight. I walked closer to her, and spoke up, in a low hard tone that masked the horrible shit storm roiling within me. “Were you waiting for me, all these years?”She lowered her eyes, rubbing her arm nervously. “I just didn’t meet the right person… because thoughts of you continued to live in my mind. And you’re the only man I’ve ever truly wanted to sleep with.”I tucked a finger under her chin and lifted
Leilani‘Iris, I’m in love with you.’Those words rang loud and clear in my mind as I hurried as far away from there as I could manage with tears pouring down my reddened face. I had heard their whole conversation. And he had said those words. Those words that I was dying to hear him say, those words that meant so much, so much to me… he had finally said them.But to another woman.My heart was physically searing up with pain at this point, and I just could not see the point of life anymore. After all of this, everyone left me all alone and abandoned. He is leaving. With Iris. I would never see him again. The memories were all I had, and they were like scalding hot coals burning everywhere they landed on my mind. It did not matter now that Freya was dead and Brooke was in jail. I had lost everything.They won.I stumbled out a set of glass doors, and out into the open, only to
One week later.Leilani“I am so glad that you are well enough to leave the hospital, now.” Belle smiled at me eagerly, as mom and Ashley packed my stuff into bags so they could take me home, since I just got discharged. My face was permanently set in a flat expression, and I just stared at the wall like I have done for days now, not bothering to say a word in response.Ashley muttered to Belle. “She has not said a word to anyone ever since she saw Adonis in the ICU. I am worried about her mental health.”I could not bear listening to them talk about me like I was not even there, so I got up from the bed and moved out of the ward, randomly walking around hallways and down stairs like a fucking lunatic. I lifted my hand to wipe the tears which now poured out randomly, anytime they liked. The first time I thought I was experiencing heartbreak, it’s nothing compared to what I was feeling now.
LeilaniI shot up from the bed with a gasp, eyes flinging wide open while the heart monitor began to beep drastically. I recognized that I was on a hospital bed, but my soul, my mind and heart were going insane to know what had happened to Adonis. I had collapsed like a pathetic weakling instead of helping Iris get him out of the wreck.“Leila?”I tore off the tubes connected to my hands and flung my legs off the bed, feeling the hospital gown drag down against my skin. I was hurriedly disconnecting all the shit that had been attached to me, while someone kept calling my name. “Leila?! Nurse! She’s awake- Leila!” I got up from the bed, but I was hit with a wave of dizziness so hard that I fell back on the bed, unable to even see clearly. Arms held me, and I tried to resist, muttering hoarsely. “A-Adonis… I need to see…”“She’s still disoriented. Pass me the
AdonisThe hostess was standing in the middle of the race track, a harsh white spotlight bathing down on her as she placed one hand on her hip, her skimpy leather clothes shining under the light. She let out a wicked grin, “READY!”The crowd had simmered down, eagerly watching, hundreds of eager eyes straining to catch every tiny bit if the action. Engines revved. Breaths slowed. Gloved hands gripped harder. Boots inched down on the accelerator. Adrenaline spiked. Heartbeats pounded. She raised her other hand, holding a red flag, slowly bracing her legs in stripper heels apart for more balance. My eyes followed her movements like a hawk, ready to fly the moment she brought that flag down.The race track was some kind of very dangerous road with sharp bends and ugly surprises, and like any illegal race, there was no fucking way to monitor whatever the racers do once they speed out of here.
I spread my arms and shifted to shield Cora away completely. “You’ll have to hurt me first, Freya.”She sighed. “Neil. I thought we already made some progress in our relationship as mother and son? Why are you taking her side after all that we discussed? Remember, you came to me, broken and destroyed and I welcomed you with open arms and helped you deal with all these problems-”“Problems that you planned?!” I yelled, the tendons on my neck straining against my skin. “You just fucking murdered someone right in front of me! So, it was you all along. How could you be so disgusting to make a sex tape of anyone, no matter who they are! How could you give Tina, a fucking psychopath, the power to destroy my honeymoon and shoot some shit up my neck? I thought Tina was crazy, but you are a fucking lunatic who should be locked up in that hospital forever!” I snarled. Cora whispered behind me, &ldqu
NeilI had experienced the three stages of severe emotional devastation these past few weeks. Pain. Sadness. Rage. But tonight, I just realized that I had slipped into a stage that was more destructive than the other three combined. And that was Numbness. I had gone cold. My heart had finally stopped feeling.From Leilani. To Adonis. To my fucking mother. They were all monsters, and I knew what to do now. I had gone back to Freya after I saw the sex tape, and she had gladly welcomed me… only to find out now that she orchestrated all of this in the first place. She was a fucking monster. I had struggled with accepting that fact all my life, and now it had forcefully sunk into my brain like lead.The night was bleak. Leilani was still missing. And I have been walking for fuck knows how long, with my hands buried in the pocket of my sweats, face thrown back to stare at the darkness above, my shirt drenched with cold sweat. Cor
He moved back from the camera to reveal a room, and in the middle of that damn room, was Leilani… tied to a fucking chair. My heart thudded in anger and rage as I saw Kygo, my old rival from when I was still an illegal underground racer, hunched over Leilani’s body, pressing a gun into her cleavage with a sick smile on his damn fucking face. Kygo yelled, “Come get her from me if you’re man enough, Ace. Try anything fucking funny and I will rape this bitch and send you the video. The way we almost did back then with Lily. Remember?”He laughed.“You fucked my woman, right? Iris, if you are there, know that your pussy is going to be mine whether you want it or not, bitch. When I get you, I will chain you down in a cage like my fucking dog and fuck you like the slut you are!” My eyes darkened as I whipped my face to look at Iris in shock. How the fuck does Kygo know Iris? And why does she not look confused?
LeilaniWhen I opened my eyes, I was well aware of my pathetic situation even before the dark and miserable appearance of my surroundings reminded me. I had been abducted by Adonis’ biological father. The man that reeked of pure evil. I slowly straightened up in the corner of the room that I have been thrown in, shaking my head to clear the headache that was starting to grow.I did not even have the strength to panic.“Oh, the princess is awake!” A male voice said and I jolted with a startle, gasping lightly. My widened eyes looked around the room again to discover that it was not empty. Adonis’ father -or Saint, fuck, I could not even call his name- was sitting on a dark king-sized chair at the other end of the room, smoking a big wrap of weed. The room had dim lighting, but I could see the outlines of his terrifyingly familiar face, and the white smoke curling out of his mouth.“Is t
The detective opened another file. “Let us take a look at Ms. Freya Declan's case study. Now, we shall agree that this woman has a history of being violent towards both Adonis and Cora. There are records of her hiring thugs to harm these people and their properties. Again, this woman has a lot of influence. Enough influence that she escaped punishments for her actions for a very long time, until she ended up in a hospital. And with this influence, she was able to make a mysterious visit to Dubai… and then left immediately, as if she was trying to distance herself from all the troubles that would start popping up after she left.“Again, she then mysteriously communicated with skilled armed men, to break her out of the hospital even when she could have easily manipulated her way out. Then she went into hiding. Disappearing the same way Tina disappeared when she was wanted. We have gone into very in-depth analysis of her activities and transactions, a