Leilani
I had spotted Adonis in the hotel’s gym. The same one where I was supposed to be having workout schedules with my fitness trainer as a part of the huge contract I had bagged, but of course, that had been put off for a while following the death attacks I had barely escaped.When I had driven myself over here, I was not even thinking things through or trying to be reasonable or logical, because I was done trying to figure things out. I was done trying to be reasonable and logical. That is all I have been doing ever since I got back from the hospital, moping, brooding and stewing in my own confused and volatile emotions. And I was done. I just wanted some mental clarity.And the only thing clear in my mind right now, was the fact that I missed Adonis. He was avoiding me and I wanted to know why. He just began to ignore my existence after Tina’s attack and it hurt deeply.With my loose braid slapping against my back through the thin fabric of my s“What are you even talking about?” My heart was cracking, and so was my voice. “Is this about Tina’s attack on me? I was not being careless, she was the one who got me right in my own home. It’s not my fault that I almost got killed, so what is this sudden coldness?” My voice boiled down to a weak whisper. “The last time I saw you… you were not acting like this towards me. It was not all cold and distant. Did something happen while I was unconscious?”He was silent for a moment, before he stepped forward. Right into my personal space, my head right in front of his chest, and flooding my senses with his addictive scent that I had missed so much. God, I just wanted him to hold me, and be warm towards me again. Just like the last time. He tucked a finger under my chin and angled my face upward to meet his eyes properly.“Leilani. You don’t look okay.” His tone was surprisingly more gentle this time, and
LeilaniAdonis stopped dead in his tracks, going perfectly still after the words I had just said to him, still facing the other direction with his back to me.‘I am in love with you, Adonis.’I had finally said it. The one thing I had been so damn scared of doing all this while. All my fears had boiled down to this one moment, where my heart was raw, bare and open. I felt so vulnerable, more vulnerable than I had ever been in my entire life. It was ironic, how I had always wanted to find love with Neil, but I had found it beneath the hands of his mysterious, complicated brother instead.There was silence after I had voiced out my confession through tears, and the only thing I could hear was my thumping heart, and my racing, panicking thoughts. Why was he so silent?Adonis slowly moved back around to face me, his beautiful face completely unreadable… but his mesmerizing obsidian dark eyes were so intense, that I felt the fierceness burning
I had no idea how long I sat there, clutching my heart and crying my eyes out, but I barely felt the soft tap on my shoulder. “Miss? Are you okay? Are you hurt?”My eyes felt sore and puffy as I slowly looked up at the owner of the soft, concerned voice. I could not see much, because my sight was watery with tears, colors and distorted shapes swimming in my vision. It looked like she bent down to my level on the floor. “I was watching you and that man from over there. And you don’t look so good right now, do you need help getting a ride back home?”My mind was still replaying Adonis’ words in repeat, torturing me and evoking a new kind of endless pain from the depths of my wounded mad shattered heart. I felt a fabric that seemed like that of a soft towel dab at my cheeks softly, and I realized that the woman was still by my side, and she was cleaning off my tears. “I understand how you feel, honey. I was in your shoes once. Love ma
AdonisLove.That was one word that I heard every fucking day of my goddamn life. That was the only name the motherfucker who was my actual father used to call Cora. He used to fucking beat her up, beat me up, abuse us in the worst fucking way possible… and call it love. I was nothing but a tiny kid back then, but the memories were permanently branded in the depths of my black heart, stirring up and coming to haunt me the moment my spirits drop low.I had never seen that Love in a good light. Forget about the shit people like to believe in, but in actual reality, 'love' was a mess. It was fucked up. It was one big fat deceit, because humans are shit. Just like I am one big fucked up shit.My mood was shit. Past memories and pain were taking advantage of it to dominate my train of thoughts and generally make the entire situation a whole lot worse.I had just got out of a work meeting and was currently heading straight to my Jeep waiting in the garage.
LeilaniThe days that passed were nothing but a blur of pain and heartbreak. It was exactly as I had feared, that my affair with Adonis would end up as a painful one-sided love and heartbroken separation. It was my first time falling in love and I was already shattered and bleeding inside. I had blocked out the entire world, keeping to myself and wallowing in my agony.His rejection kept replaying over and over in my head, and the pieces of my dead and wounded heart cracked even further. I had cried so hard over the days, sobbing uncontrollably into my palms in the middle of the nights. Flashbacks filled my mind of the good times when Adonis could not stop himself from running his hands over my body, touching and caressing me in a way that took me to whole new heights of carnal pleasure… but those memories only evoked mind-bending pain, and more burning tears.The worst part was that I still felt my love and yearning for him grow the more I cry. Is this how lov
Leilani“Thank you for taking me to go see Chase today. I had not even realized how much I missed him until I got to see him again. That was really thoughtful.” I said quietly, looking up at Neil. He was standing shirtless and handsome by the Jacuzzi tub, hanging a fluffy white robe back on a hook.I was in the Jacuzzi, naked and relaxed, with my head leaned back against the edge of the large tub as I savored the feel of the warm water rippling all over my body up to my neck.Neil turned to look down at me, his blue eyes twinkling. “I figured seeing Chase would be therapeutic for you, babe. Besides, Chase proved himself to be such a brave boy, I’m glad he’s recovering rapidly at the clinic.” I nodded, looking away from Neil and back at the softly steaming water.It really was therapeutic for me.Chase was recovering well from his injuries, although his broken leg was still in a cast, and he definitely did not like staying
Mom was bustling through the kitchen with an unmatched energy, efficiently whipping up some lavish, delicious-smelling food in record-breaking time. This was my first time actually staying in the kitchen in a long while, since the few times I had come into the kitchen were really quick trips.It felt weird because this was where Tina nearly buried a knife in my chest. There had been so much blood. There had been so much panic in the air. It had really been so scary, and even as I stood here by the cooker, I could still feel the tiny tenseness in my spine.“You have lost some weight, honey! Goodness, I can’t believe your fiancé let things get so bad that you stopped eating!” Mom whipped around to give me a disapproving look, her brown eyes filled with concern. “I might have to have another long talk with Neil. And to think that Ashley too could not take care of you the way I asked her to!”“Mom. I’m not a child. Stop it,
LeilaniMom softly let go of my hand and grabbed her juice instead. “And that’s why I’m not bothered about your sister’s inability to last in a relationship. It’s because the men she has been with are not making her happy. When she finds the good man, I know I’ll be planning another wedding!”I let out a soft laugh, watching mom sip on her drink. “Don’t let Ashley hear you say that.”Mom waved a hand dismissively, laughing as she placed her glass down. “Speaking of weddings, Neil spoke to me about not being sure if you could go through with the wedding, since it seems like you are still quite emotionally shaken.” She gave me a concerned look. “Would you like to shift the wedding forward?”I blinked. After listening to Mom speak, I had come to the conclusion that I could never call off my wedding for a man that did not even give two shits about my feelings. Adonis had been hurting
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