Leilani
“Y-you.” I whispered breathlessly, too stunned by shock from her appearance to even get my voice out of my stuck throat. I shook my head, looking over her ugly injuries again. In just the space of a few weeks and she looked like she had been through hell already. She looked so unhinged.
Even more mentally unhinged than she had been that very day.Her parched lips curled in a wicked sneer, “Yes, look at me to your satisfaction, bitch.” Her voice was a threateningly hoarse, inhuman rasp. Her voice was raw and guttural, nothing like what I’ve ever heard from her before. There was a deep gash right across her throat, stuffed with cotton and bandages, so that was probably the cause of her ugly voice change.It looked so painful, and that gave me immense satisfaction. Deep satisfaction knowing that she sustained these festering, grave and deep injuries when she had tried to kill me with a butcher knife. Now, she had a gun, and sh“She’s the bitch who attacked me and tried to murder me back at the house! She hurt Sara, she hurt Chase, and she hurt me! It’s her! And she followed us down here!” I yelled, voice cracking. “It’s been her all along-”“Please, don’t hurt her.” Neil spoke up quickly, resorting to a calm approach when he realized he could never get up from the floor. When he realized he could not save me. “I will do anything you want. Just don’t hurt her, please.”Tina snarled. “The only thing you need to do is keep your eyes open… and watch your bride die.” She stormed towards me and I gasped, trying to move away, but she raised the gun and shot the floor right beside me. Concrete and dust flew up from the spot where the bullet hit.Neil was yelling at the top of his lungs, “NO!!! LEILA!!”Tina grabbed me by the hair and shoved the gun against my neck, dragging me back to t
LeilaniFive.Four.Three. Two.One.My eyes flew open against the water again, and I could no longer see Tina’s head poking at the edge of the pool. She fell for it. With renewed energy from the oxygen I had conserved inside my chest, I began to hurriedly uncurl the thick ropes around my hands. It was difficult, because I could not see clearly, I was living on borrowed time and limited oxygen and the water pressure pushing me down and smoldering the life out of me was insane.The main knot of the rope had come undone while Tina had been pushing me around, and that was when I knew the universe had given me a chance of escape. Now, I could easily unravel the rest of the knots and free my hands. As quickly as possible, I freed my hands from the rope and it floated away.But my chest was tightening from holding my breath for too long, and I still needed to unstrap the bag from around me so I could swim up out of the pool. The thought of
An explosion of shock rippled through the air as Tina whirled around, her face slack with disbelief. Neil’s head shot upward, his face wet with angry tears, but he was still trapped in the floor. Tina’s eyes had gone as wide as whole saucers, “What?! H-how… th-that's impossible!” Her eyes looked back at the pool as if she needed some answers from it.“I have been pretending to drown ever since I was a kid.” I said darkly, walking closer, my finger curled on the trigger. “I can hold my breath for a fucking long time, bitch. I’m sure you did not expect me to outsmart you this bad, Pandora Tina Perez.”“Don’t call me that!” She shrieked, something like fear entering her crazed eyes. “You are supposed to be dead! You should stay dead, you whore!” It was quick, but I saw her eyes briefly dart towards the heap of her back clothes. Immediately, I knew that she had more weapons there, and sh
LeilaniJust like Neil said, nobody held me responsible for Tina’s death. She was a wanted criminal, a murderer, and she was already doomed to death row. So, finding her dead on a distant luxury island when the UAE police and the American police were all after her, was nothing more than a case of self-defense causality. But Tina’s death did not mean the end of our troubles.My troubles.No. She had set off so many traps all over the place, that our honeymoon had been officially cancelled, and we had headed back to Dubai, where Cora had fallen into a critical coma with a fifty-fifty chance of survival. We were told that she was injected with a poisonous substance by an unknown person, which nearly killed her.The poison had been flushed out of her system by the doctors, but the damage done to her body was so great, that they had to induce a coma to keep her alive and conserve her energy. If all goes well, she would come out of the coma on her own, an
LeilaniOne of Neil’s hands was on the wheel, and the other, was right on my bare thigh, possessively yet tenderly caressing the skin. I was in some pretty revealing sports bra and super small sports shorts, so my thighs were basically naked and calling out for his touch. His blue eyes slid away from the road to rest decadently on my face. “You do realize how sexy you look when you work out, right, babe?”I gave him a look and then laughed softly, “Neil, don’t forget Brooke is in the car with us.”One eyebrow arched, and he glanced at the backseat where Brooke was seated quietly with her usually calm expression on her face. He gave her a heart stopping smile, “Do you mind, Brooke?” He did not even give her a chance to answer before he looked back at me, “She does not mind, baby.”“But I do mind you looking at Leila instead of the road, Neil.” Brooke quipped in sardonically, “We don&rs
“Yeah, I was expecting some packages.” I replied, already moving away from her towards the pretty silver stairs that led up to our bedroom. “I’ll check them when I’m done taking a shower.”“Alright.” She chirped and turned away. I moved up the stairs, smiling to myself. Sara had really decided to come back to us after she had gotten terribly hurt by Tina after that first attack on our house. She had said working for us was more than a job, that she had watched Neil and I grow as a couple… and nothing made her happier than making sure that we're well taken care of.It was so sweet.And I was happy she was here, even though we see her even less now, than before. She had always been elusive and quiet with her activities, to the point where we wouldn’t not bump into her for days, and now she was even more elusive. Because, according to her, newlyweds needed a lot of time to themselves and she did not want to int
LeilaniI felt his arm snake around my naked waist and he softly turned me to face him, one hand brushing my hair off my face as he cupped my chin tenderly. “Hey, you okay?”I blinked, trying to gather myself together so he would not notice how scared and panicked I was. “Yeah. Yeah, I’m fine. I was just lost in thoughts, you know.” I forced my lips into a smile, and he kept staring at me, obviously not buying my little excuse. He sighed, letting go of my chin to run a hand through his messy hair. “Leila. When will you stop trying to keep things from me? I always tell you I want to know even the tiniest thing on your mind. I love you, and you’re my wife now. I don’t want you to face anything alone. Just like you always face everything with me.”My mind was working so hard to get an appropriate reason I could tell him for my change of mood. I reached out to hold his hand softly, looking up at him, “I am not
AdonisMy contract was almost over. Thank fuck. It was a pain in the ass having to return to this city which held so many fucking unpleasant memories. It was in this fucking city, that I got entangled with my step-brother’s woman in a fucking way that had me trapped and got me all shades of fucked up. In this fucking city, I got entangled with my family again, and they got hurt because of me. Lily nearly died because of me. Again.Three months ago, when Tina sent me to the darkest place of mental misery, I had to leave. That was the last straw I could take before all the cold calm exterior I had layered over the pain would shatter violently. And I did not want anyone to see me shatter. So, I left. I went back to my place in my city and stayed there. I took a leave from work, which they easily gave me because I was way too valuable for them to refuse.There, I wallowed in my pain and darkness. I was plagued by flashbacks of Cora dying over and over again. I cou
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