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Leilani wished, so deeply and inwardly, that the floor could part into two and then swallow her as she stood before these two people.She knew for sure that their path was still going to cross, but the last thing she wanted at this moment especially was to meet just a few days after they chased her out of the house.Seeing the face of the man she had loved for four years again, the moments of agony in that house came crashing down on her and she hurriedly curled her fist into a tight ball.She must never show them how helpless she felt at the moment.She must never show them that their presence makes her stomach clench in pain.Struggling to keep herself focused and unbothered, her eyes dropped on the plaster that was still on Lorraine’s jaw.The place where she had slashed herself but had framed her for it.God, she wished Lorenzo was here!The man would have taken it upon himself to do all the talking!His presence alone would have made her feel unalone and better.Her eyes darted a
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“Let’s go,” Lorraine whispered through gritted teeth, her eyes pinned on the woman in front of her who looked the most satisfied with her arms folded across her chest.When Jonathan didn’t budge a bit, she turned her head to look at him, and his eyes were dropped on Leilani too.“Let’s go, fuck!” She hollered, her eyes blazing in anger, pulling attention to them.“S… sorry,” Jonathan stammered, took her hand in his, and awkwardly, they both turned from the couple and then walked away.After they were out of sight, Leilani slowly turned to Lorenzo, a soft smile plastered across her face.“What?” He asked.She bent down gently and then shook her head. “I don’t know, I am just… speechless.”“Why?”“The things you said of course. It suddenly crossed my mind that you might actually not have said a word if it were your… family, you understand?”“Of course, I would not have. I love to enjoy their misery of thinking I am crippled and that they have the upper hand. I enjoy it.”“But now? You d
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“Are you angry?” Jonathan asked as they entered the house.All through their journey in the car back home, Lorraine had maintained silence and had not even exchanged a glance with him.Entering the house, he asked her and she scoffed, turning to look at him.“Am I angry?” “You fucking stood still back there while that man insulted us! And now you ask if I am angry?”“What is going on?” Nancy walked out of her room.“What would you have me do, come on?”“Really? It was not even like he was entirely wrong! You have refused to marry me legally ever since you have divorced her. You kept giving ridiculous excuses that you didn’t want to rush things as you just left a marriage and it would not look good for me, but look at her! Did you see her back there?! She fucking married another person a day after she left and she does not look like she was regretting shit at all!”“You know I am doing this for you. For us. You are taking this way too personally.”“For me? Tell me how.”“I don’t want
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Leilani looked up to check the time for the umpteenth time and then breathed out.It was quarter to seven, and Lorenzo was not back yet.Too much for, the ‘I will be back in a jiffy,’ that he had promised her. She rolled her eyes.He had texted her about a couple of hours back, telling her that he had just finished the meeting and was on his way already.After she had left the living room hours earlier due to what Agnes had said to her, she had not stepped a foot outside even when Mia rang the bell and FaceTimed her through the screen that was by the elevator side which connected to their quarters.The lady had urged her to come downstairs for lunch and she had declined vehemently.She wouldn’t do so without Lorenzo, she had thought.So, over the past hours, all she had done was lay on the bed, use her phone, and watch the television in the living room even though she was not much of a fan.Finally, a few minutes past seven, she jumped out of the couch as she detected the Elevator mak
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After they had both settled in the dining room and their food was served to them, Lorenzo, as usual, moved her plating to his side and then tasted it before he gestured to her to dig in.The woman smiled gently at him and then started to eat before Agnes raised her hand and started.“I have been meaning to ask, are you perhaps her food taster… or Cupbearer? You always taste her food before she even digs in.”Lorenzo raised his brows, rolled his eyes, and then started to eat.“What if there was poison in the food? You know you could have died.”Spewing such insensitive words, Leilani dropped her cutlery and then raised her head to look at the woman.Lorenzo did the same and then shook his head.“There is no poison there, of course. I am just saying…”“You are being insensitive, Agnes,” Zeke hissed.He called her by her name.Leilani noticed and then turned to look at the others who seemed unfazed by that.It must not have been a new thing, then.“You’re taking it seriously, are you? Wh
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A long silence ensued in the dining room after Lorenzo made his last sentence and Leilani could not help but shudder in the heavy atmosphere.These people might actually never settle their dispute.And with each passing day that she spent at this house, she realized that Jonathan’s house was better.But does she prefer it there? No!Never!“You always ruin everything!” Aaron snapped to no one in particular, picked up the handkerchief in front of him, and then walked away.Of course, no one needed to be told that he was referring to Lorenzo.Mia was right.This man had definitely had the worst upbringing amidst all these people.She turned to look at Lorenzo who swiped his tongue to his upper lips and then leaned forward to grab the glass cup of water in front of him.“Be looking forward to it,” Arthur broke the silence.Lorenzo raised his brow, asking what he meant by that.“Be looking forward to the day I will return home to announce to you that I have made an alliance deal with BENZ
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“No way. That is impossible!” Agnes slammed her hands on the table. “Your daughter in law? That is absurd!” “Only that it is not. She was my daughter in law till the seventh of September,” Nancy protested. “And she married Lorenzo on… the eighth?” Agnes laughed in disbelief. “That bitch… she… she suddenly divorced my son and then left the house. Only to join your family. You…” “She does not look like the type to do so, though,” Agnes cut her short. “You think?” Although she hated Leilani for reasons best known to her, but she knew for a fact that Leilani doesn’t seem to be the type who would lie or cause such trouble. But, the woman in front of her, Nancy, had another plan. She opened her bag, and then brought out some pictures from it. She dropped it on the table in front of her and she drew her brows together while she went through them. The pictures had Leilani in them. All of it. Starting from when she got married to Jonathan and was standing in the frame beside another
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“Fucking fuck!” Mia screamed.“You shameless whore!” Agnes moved over to Leilani and then pulled her hair.Realizing that it was only going to get serious, Mia rushed over to her mother and grabbed her wrist, “Mum, what are you doing?!” “Let go of her! You know Enzo is never gonna let this slide!”“I think he will be more than grateful that I am doing this in his stead,” she said, tightening her grip around the lady’s hair.Leilani moaned in pain while it felt like her hair was going to come off her scalp. First, she had not even had the chance to nurse her burning cheek before the woman pulled her hair too.She knew right from the beginning that drama was still going to unfold in this house. It was just that she didn’t expect it to be so soon.This was just her first week in this house. Why was she going through such maltreatment already?Although she was used to this kind of treatment from Jonathan’s mother and sister and not to lie, this was the least of the pain she had received
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“This has transformed to bring an arson case,” the detective added to his statement.“Someone started a fire, on purpose?”“Yes, unfortunately. And with your permission, we would like to collect all the CCTV footage in the area. Since it is private property, I heard the footage goes to you.”Lorenzo shook his head and wheeled back gently, “Your job is done here.”“W… what?”“You have confirmed my doubts already, and that is more than enough. I can take care of things from here.”“E… excuse me, sir. This is my work and I would rather…”“Do you not hear a thing I said?” Lorenzo cut him short, his eyes broadening.“We need to find the source of the arson and whoever started it. You don’t intend to keep this under wraps, do you?”Lorenzo glanced at his friend and then shook his head.A while back when the detective had arrived, he had excused himself from the others and Nicholas had followed him.“Come on…” Nicholas mouthed to him to let the man do his work.“Alright. Do your thing.”“Sir
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“Lorenzo!”Lorenzo raised his brows as his father arrived and then cleared his throat.“Hi.”“I heard what happened, God!”They had already arrived at Nicholas’s hospital and after they had adjusted Leilani in, they began the treatment instantly.“Yeah, sure.”He leaned down in front of his son, took his hands in his, and then shook his head.“I am sorry this happened. It hurts so much to hear this.”“Yeah, sure,” he nodded his head again.“Come on, Enzo. I mean this.”“Sure.”Aaron shook his head at his son’s stubbornness and then sniffed. “What is her condition right now? Is she getting better?”“Why have you come here, really?”“God forbid that I come to check on my daughter-in-law after such an accident occurs?” Aaron frowned.“Yes. You could have played deaf ears. You are quite good at that.”“Leilani is a good woman, and I owe this to her.”“Good, you say? Oh, please, father.”“This is not even a time to pick a fight, Enzo. Set your priorities straight.”“Right. My priorities. S
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“Enzo!” Lorenzo breathed out in relief as his friend arrived and rushed over to him.“God, Nicholas.”“What is the update now?” He patted his arm and then moved over to the door which he believed Leilani was in.He peeped through the glass, swallowed hard, and then shook his head.“Would you meet with the doctor first?”“Yeah, sure. Let’s do that first.”He moved away from the door and then returned to his friend.“Thank you.”Nicholas nodded his head and then hurried away.Almost a few moments after the man was out of the space, Martha rushed in. Together with Ella and her boyfriend, John.“Enzo!” Martha cried out as she got to his side.“Martha.”The woman leaned down to hug him and then patted his shoulders.“How did this happen? Martin told us!”“God, I don’t know either,” he shook his head and glanced at the door.“I suddenly received a call from Martins. I still don’t understand how this could have happened.”“So, how is she now? Is she responding to treatment?”“It’s been seve
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“I am going to kill whoever did this.”Lorenzo shook his head, his fists still clenched tightly.“She will be fine,” Mia shook her head, as she sat across Lorenzo.Lorenzo stared at the woman who looked like her eyes could fall out if she tried to cry anymore.Her face was swollen and her eyes looked like they were about to come off their socket.“Yeah,” he nodded his head and then looked away.How could a fire have taken place?How could the workspace have caught fire, and while she was there especially?Lorenzo believed strongly that this was no accident.He knew for certain that his wife was indeed targeted before this happened.He was going to kill everybody who had a hand in this.Whoever they were, whatever position they held, no matter their number, he was going to make sure they didn’t live another day to tell the story.He was going to wipe them off the earth.He was going to…“Loosen up, Enzo,” Mia breathed out, snapping him out of his thoughts.He didn’t answer and only sta
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“The workshop is on fire!” The man repeated, crying.Instantly, Lorenzo felt his blood dry up and a wave of chill surged through him, he shivered as his eyes dilated.Not for any other reason, but because his wife, Leilani was in that building.“W… where is my wife?” He asked, stuttering.“S… she is still in there. Peter just entered to see if he could rescue her. The firefighters are on their way too and…”“Drive,” Lorenzo hit the back of his driver’s seat, rumbling.“Yes, sir.”“With the highest speed possible, don’t delay!” He hollered.“Y… yes sir!”“What is happening, brother? You are scaring me!” Mia cried out.Lorenzo didn’t answer and pulled his necktie from his neck, feeling so suffocated.He wished he could fly over there right now, not to lie.He wished there was some kind of superpower that would make him teleport there.Driving at the highest pace, he was certain they would arrive there in ten minutes, but a lot could have happened in those minutes and this stressed him m
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Lorenzo checked the report on the screen in front of him and then shook his head, smiling softly, and at that moment, his phone rang and he picked it up.He placed it on speaker, and then leaned back, pulling the laptop closer to himself.“What’s up?”“Did you see the news?”“News? What is going on.”“Apparently, someone claims to be you.”“Me?”“Yes, BENZO.”Lorenzo stopped for a while and then chuckled, “What?”“Exactly. He is going around, telling people that he is you, and people might actually buy it.”“That is because people are dumb.”“You don’t always take things seriously, do you?”“Yes, because this is not worth taking seriously.”“Oh, come on.”“I have something more exciting going on,” he smiled.“What?”“Jonathan.”“Jonathan? Who is… Jonathan?”Lorenzo could imagine his friend widening his eyes as he had apparently remembered who Jonathan was.“What is going on with him?”“He… he is really finished,” Lorenzo laughed.“How? It must be so exciting for you to have laughed.”
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“So, have you come to a conclusion?”Leilani bit her lower lips while she looked ahead of her.The registration to join the competition was going to end today and after today, no one would be able to participate even if they wanted to.She shook her head vigorously and then sighed.“No.”“Come on, Leila. We need to fill out the form and submit it before the day runs out. Come on.”“What if I don’t do well?”“What if you do well?” Anna raised a brow.Leilani shook her head, still unconvinced, and then turned to look at the lady.“You don’t know anything, Anna. This is going to be so hard. There will be so much pressure and if in the end I did not do well, I am really really going to be so disappointed.”“I am believing in you, Leilani, can you not do the same?”Leilani breathed out and then shook her head.The previous night, she had talked to Lorenzo but had never mentioned to him about the upcoming contest until the man did.What was she expecting, of course, he was aware of it.“Ah…
