A M A R A"Miss Hale, are you ready to go?" A man asked on the other side of my door. That didn't sound like Lucian."I'm his driver. My name is Kade. He's waiting for you outside," he followed up."Alright, I'll be out in a second," I said as I grabbed my suitcase by the handle. I figured I could dress casual for the plane ride and change when we arrived to wherever we were staying. I rolled my suitcase out, dress in hand. Kade took the luggage from me and put it in the back of the car. I opened the side door and sat down on the black leather seat. We weren't in his Mercedes anymore. "Did Kate treat you well?" He asked, not bothering to look up from his phone. "Yes. She was very professional," I complimented."Good."The rest of the ride was silent. He tapped away at his phone for literally the whole ride. Who did he have to be texting? His head had to be hurting.After what seemed like forever, we arrived at his jet. The flight to New York took about two hours. I was exhauste
A M A R AFrankie, (if that was even his name), said that he would be carrying out his plan at eleven. It was currently 10:30 and I was still freaking the fuck out. I didn't have a gun or any weapon of the sort. I tried to find Gabe, but he was nowhere to be found. I caught Frankie watching me from time to time, so I knew telling Lucian was out of the picture. The only other idea that came to my mind was using the pickpocketing skills I learned in Italy. Some of the men in the room had their guns strapped on the back of their belts or suspenders. I walked over to a group of men and pretended to drop something out of my purse. "I'm so sorry, I'll be out of your way soon. I just dropped my bobby pin," I lamely said. The man I was in front of didn't even acknowledge me. I got up and quickly swiped the gun out of his holster. I checked the time. There were only five minutes to spare. I noticed that Frankie had his eyes completely on Lucian. It was about to happen. I saw him reach
A M A R A"You know where my family is?" I interrogated. The man named Laurens nodded. "We might. Casey, Esme, Dannika, and I recently attended business in Italy. When we arrived, we were greeted by a man named Erik. Before Erik left us, he received a call, and the contact on the phone read Giovanni Hale."Casey cut in, "We know it's a long shot, but Erik works in the underground fighting business, and it's highly unlikely that he would receive a call from someone who wasn't involved in the same business."I could feel myself get light headed. All this time I had thought that my family was dead. I never imagined to hear that someone thought they were alive. Soon, I could see my vision turning black, and my body fell to the floor. "Amara?" I assumed it was Lucian speaking. He was shaking my shoulders lightly. My eyes felt heavy, and my head, fuzzy. "Hey, you need to get up." He snapped his fingers over my face. Groggily, I sat up off the floor, "What the fuck happened?""You pass
L U C I A N"Where is she?" I slammed my fist on the receptionist's desk. "S-shes in surgery r-right now sir. We c-can't let you see h-her," she stammered over her words. "The driver is in room 26 if you would like to see him w-while you wait."I didn't say anything more to her and made my way to Kade's room. He was sitting in bed fiddling with his fingers. There was a small bandaid above his left eyebrow and he had a sling on his right arm. Other than that, it looked like he wasn't even hit. "What the fuck happened, Kade?"He looked like he was about to break down. "Our light was green. I was the first car in our lane and I went. Some guy ran a red and hit Amara on impact," he said, trembling. "It wasn't your fault Kade. Is the man who hit you here? I need to speak with him.""I don't know. I think he got out of his car and ran after the accident. I think it was on purpose."Before I could respond I heard yelling from the hallway, "Page Dr. Adams now!" A nurse ran by Kade's door.
L U C I A NTHREE WEEKS LATERIt had been three weeks since the accident. Three weeks of absolute torture. Except I wouldn't admit that to anyone else. I was in and out of the hospital visiting her. Today was the last day I could come in before I had to return to work. I rented out her floor of the hospital so that there were no headaches. Amara had been taken off of the ventilator. The doctors said that she was recovering extraordinarily fast and that it was a miracle she had made it this far. She was actually expected to wake up soon. I pulled a chair up next to her and rested my chin on my hands. I felt strange looking at her. I noticed she was starting to stir. "Amara?" I reached in and grabbed her hand. Her head turned to face me, "Hm?"Holy shit. She was awake. "Oh my God .Amara you're awake."Her ice blue eyes opened and looked at me, "Lucian? What are you doing here?" She sniffled a little bit. I couldn't help but crack a smile. "You hate me. Why would you visit?""No Ama
A M A R AONE WEEK LATER I was finally getting discharged from this hospital. Lucian had been acting different. I couldn't put my finger on it, but there was something weird going on with his moods. I put on one of the casual outfits Sandra picked out for me and walked out to meet Lucian. He was screaming at someone on the phone when I saw him. "Well what's the language then? We need to decipher this bullshit." He was pacing in the hallway. There was some mumbling over the line and Lucian spoke again, "Arabic? Why the fuck would they send us a language we wouldn't understand?" He turned his head and spotted me, "I need to go. We'll talk later."Little fact about me, I'm half Arabic and half Italian. My mother was Arabic, and I carried most of her traits. It was ironic and seemed a little weird that whatever they were talking about related to that. "I speak Arabic," I admitted. He raised his eyebrows, "Perfect."He lead me to the elevator. "Did you hit your head?" I asked him.
A M A R ALucian still hadn't found me. I wondered if he was even looking. Surely he would've got to me by now if he was?I guess he had never met Ashley. She would be next on his list to check, though. It was a Monday, and since I wasn't his personal assistant anymore, I had to sit around and watch Ashley head off to work. "I'll see you later babe," she squeezed my hand and left at around 7:30 a.m. At about 8:30 I was starting to get extremely bored. I did her dishes, vacuumed her carpet, and even washed her bedding. I didn't know what else to do. I knew I wasn't going to be able to hide forever. If Lucian was looking for me, he would probably be on his way here in the next hour or so. I left a note for Ashley on the counter and decided to be the bigger person. As much as I didn't want to, I called Kade and had him take me back home. "Mr. Moretti has been worried sick, Miss Hale," Kade informed me. "I'm sure he has," I groaned. "I may be a lot of things Miss Hale, but I'm not a
A M A R AONE WEEK LATERA week of Lucian and I ignoring each other had gone by. His parents were going to be here for another week, and I learned that his sister, Ava, and her fiancé were going to be making an appearance as well. Reason being, Thanksgiving was coming up.I helped Sandra around the house. Anything that would keep me busy and distract me from thinking about him."Amara, why don't you get some rest? You've been working extra hard lately," Sandra looked concerned.She had a right to be. I had barely been getting any sleep, and any person who saw me could tell. The bags under my eyes looked like bottomless pits.I nodded at her and headed upstairs to my room. Lucian just so happened to be leaving his.I sighed and avoided eye contact. I could hear his footsteps stop, but I didn't turn around to look. Before I had the chance to get in bed, I received a call from Ashley."Hey Ash.""You sound tired.""I am well aware. What's up?""Wanna go clubbing later? You can rest up no