ATHENAThe room felt very clustered and choking to me as I continued pacing around trying to figure out what to do. At this point it was very obvious that Rafael was hiding something from me and I couldn’t shake that feeling it was something very serious. A lot of scenarios were running through my mind but apart from the picture of me that he had which he had refused to talk about, there was nothing really concrete that I had found out.My head was spinning because of all the thoughts that were playing out in my head and I was finding it really hard to breathe at all. I needed to take a walk at least to clear my head or something. I couldn’t afford to stay cooked up in this room forever.Ella was standing in the hallway right in front of the door as soon as I opened it and she greeted me with a smile. I smiled back and brushed past her. It wasn’t until I did this that I noticed she was following right behind me.“Do you have something for me?” I asked, turning to face her.“No ma’am.”
“So that’s his plan, after all. I always knew he was smart but I didn’t expect him to take things this far in his pursuit of revenge.”Hermes king’s voice came through the phone clear as day. Hernandez had explained everything there was to him and he had been very impressed with Rafael’s plan. Over the past few months he had watched Rafael and admired his dedication towards taking him down.In his line of work he had expected that people would not quite be happy about how he did business and all but he had never once expected someone to pull off a direct assault such as this. When he had heard his daughter was missing, he had completely freaked out.Who would do such a thing? He had thought. Panic had filled his entire mind because the only reason he had left in the first place was to try and keep her safe but apparently that had in no way worked. When he had heard that the man who was hunting him was Rafael, one of his most promising experiments back then, he had immediately understo
ATHENA“That is not possible.” My father said, as his eyes widened in horror as he stared at the gradually growing baby bump.This was the very first time I was conscious about how I looked and I noticed that the bump on my stomach was actually getting visible. I thought it would wait for some extra months before it made itself known but apparently, I was wrong.“Yes, it is.” Rafael replied, he had this sick smile on his face as he looked into my dad’s eyes who was clearly glaring at him like he wanted to rip his head off.“You know that is not possible, especially not after everything that happened. She can’t be carrying your child and the both of us know this for a fact.”Things were getting even more heated as we were on the stage and I saw the auctioneer signal to Rafael, whispering something in his ear as he slowly gestured towards the crowd of people. Even though they were trying their best to talk in hushed voices while on stage, it had become quite obvious to members of the au
RAFAELIt was already really late when I got back to the house and the house was really quiet. Only the guard who had opened the gate for me was up and this was exactly why I had decided to come back really late. I didn’t have the strength to go through a back and forth with Athena. A part of me knew she definitely would want to ask me questions, questions that I was not sure if I wanted to answer or not.Seeing her standing there with her father had triggered something inside me that I thought I had under control. It reminded me that she was actually his daughter and that was something that I had to remember no matter what, it was important especially in the grand scheme of things.I twisted the door knob of the house and walked into the living room, trying my best to make as little noise as possible when I did this. The room was dark when I entered so it took a bit of time for my eyes to get accustomed to everything. By the time it did, the first thing I saw was a figure seated on a
Ella knocked on the door to the room the next day, waking Athena up. It wasn’t like she had slept a lot all through the night so it was very easy for her to get up. The previous night had been a lot for her as she continued to run through things in her mind while she lay in bed. She tried her best not to think about it but obviously that was not possible in any way. The more she tried not to, the more the thoughts kept flooding into her head.From her father’s face to his words and everything, it had been too much for her to bear. The conversation with Rafael was not any better, she had hoped that it would provide a level of clarity for her about what was going on but it seemed to just make things worse.She took a deep breath as she walked towards the door to check who it was. Ella was staring at her as she opened up the door and she had a smile on her face. It was obvious she was completely oblivious about everything that had happened last night which was why she was in such a cheer
ATHENAI slammed the door and sat inside waiting for him to come around and drive. I could see him from the window completely frozen in place, the slap had taken him completely by surprise. It had taken me by surprise as well because I had no idea where it had come from. I was not even sure that I had it in me. Even now as I sat in the car thinking back on everything, I had no idea where it had come from. The only thing I knew at that moment was that I was severely pissed.My hands kept on vibrating even though I tried my best to steady it but it was very obvious it wasn’t working. I could feel the tears roll down my cheeks as I silently sobbed. I couldn't hold back the tears like I normally was able to, everything was very overwhelming for me.My mind was a mixture of anger, resentment, disappointment and embarrassment. There were so many emotions running through it and I couldn’t understand half of it. I clutched my head in my hands in a vague attempt at containing the overflowing t
RAFAEL“What happened?” Hernandez’s voice snapped me out of the thoughts I was having in the car.He was standing in the living room and I wondered what he was doing here for a brief second but then that was how he always was, popping in without prior announcement. It was obvious he wanted to know what was going on and what had happened at lunch but then I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to think of that now.For some strange reason, the only thought that was in my mind was the thought of her. It was the only thing I could think of throughout the whole car ride here. I felt this deep urge to talk to her ever since she ran out of the restaurant. It was very obvious that the whole conversation and scene had gotten to her deeply. For the first time ever, I had seen her cry and I had no idea how to feel about that.There was a part of me which felt anger at myself for even being this concerned about her. The fact that I found myself stealing glances at her all through the ride and wanti
Hermes continued pacing around the room, his phone in hand. Everywhere he scrolled it was there, the video of what had happened in the restaurant. He had thought it was handled and there was no way it was going to get out but suddenly it was on the front page of every news and blog outlet out there. This pissed him off totally as he continued pacing around thinking about what to do.“Fucking stupid!” he yelled out, in frustration, “I have surrounded myself with imbeciles. Do I really need to do everything by myself?”The fact that it was trending meant that whatever the guard he had sent to make sure this did not happen didn't work. He definitely had to have a word with that incompetent fool and he summoned him.It took him a while to get there and all this time Hermes kept on watching the video which was taken from the back of Rafael. It showed Athena with her ass hanging out completely naked and Rafael had his hands around her waist.Did she really think she was dressed, wearing tha