Thomas had an idea of who it could be, and he was more than glad to do her bidding.Even when he heard that he was to walk some distance from the company to get her food, that had not stopped his excitement.Get her food? He was sure that was more of a bait.After getting her food, then what will be next? She might ask him to feed her, then things would take their natural course.When she had told him that the CEO had given her permission to park there, for a moment, he had thought she might be the CEO’s girlfriend or something.Not that it mattered to him anyway.If she was willing to get fed by him, who was he to say no?As he wiped his lascivious smile off his face, he waved at one of his colleagues as he passed with his shoulders raised high.They had given him weird looks when he had told them he was sent to get food from the CEO's office.He was sure they were very jealous of him.Bunch of idiots.Only idiots would choose to stay in such a kind of work for years after years with
Face swollen from the hits he had taken, drained and shocked, supposed fortune maker, Thomas Lanoth walked towards the bungalow where he had been staying with Trent.For the first time in a long time, he began to rethink the choices he had made in his life.As he watched people zipping by in their cars and laughing gaily as they went about their day, he cursed his luck.He cursed his choices, including the woman who had been at the centre of all that.She was the reason why he had agreed to that bet that long time ago.She was the reason he had lived a lie for many years.She was also the reason why he had almost died from an overdose.She was also the reason why he was beaten up and sent to Wollongong.By extension, she was the reason why he was walking aimlessly towards a house where his bad day was going to get worse.What was he going to tell Trent?He still couldn't believe that a weak-looking, breathy-voiced lady had managed to trick him into ruining his promising prospects.At t
She couldn’t believe it worked.She had only decided to give it a try.After all, for all she knew, he might not have clicked on the link sent to the phone.But as she lay curled up in bed and watched the indicator of the phone’s location head towards the airport, Reyona couldn’t be more glad.Finally!Soon enough, the locator showed his arrival at the airport.Reyona tossed her phone aside and stared up at the ceiling with a big sigh.Her mind went back to the occurrence the day before, and she smiled at how she had handled the bastard.Looking back at how she had hesitated many times when it came to dealing with him before, Reyona wondered why it had taken her so long.“Because you loved the man for about a year. Hello? You don’t expect all that to go away in a snap, do you?” her subconsciousness whispered.Reyona smiled as she admitted the truth of that statement to herself.She thought back to how much of a mess she had been back then, even as she vowed to take revenge on him.A p
Reyona ran all the way home without caring how she might look at that moment to whoever was watching.Lucky for her, Bellevue Hill homes are not closely situated.She had not even seen any of her neighbours since she moved in, and that was more than fine with her.Especially at that moment when she couldn't afford to be stopped by anyone.Before she got towards her place, she remembered something.Instead of taking the right turn, she just kept on going.After a while, she stopped at one of the mini-parks that dotted the area.She sat heavily on one of the benches while trying to catch her breath.She looked around to be sure that nobody had followed her.Instead of the relief she expected to feel when she saw that she was alone, her insides were twisting with nasty mixtures of emotions.As if that wasn't bad enough, she could feel the stirrings of that urge.“Oh no, please don't.” She muttered to herself even as her breathing steadied.She tried to take her mind off it, hoping that wo
That shocked Reyona. “He was here? Why didn't you…?”“You didn't want to hear anything about him, Rey. Mum and Dad respected that. They sent him away with a warning to stop looking for you. They didn't want to upset you or anything. That is the same reason why I didn't tell you either. You seemed truly happy these days, Rey. I didn't want to ruin that. I have seen your reaction whenever he was mentioned, you know.”“I…thank you. But did you…?”“Of course not, I sent his ass packing after giving him a piece of my mind for being such a loser.”That brought a smile to Reyona’s face as she sighed softly and asked “What am I going to do, Toria?”“You are going to do the right thing,” Toria said with the confidence that Reyona wasn't feeling a bit. “You will do what's best for yourself and for your baby. I am sure of that.”“Toria,” Reyona said as she felt pinpricks of tears in her eyes.“Do you still need me to come over and beat his ass?”Reyona laughed softly while sniffling. She wiped t
Since the reason had now become moot after he had suddenly dropped on her and disappeared again like a ghost, Reyona supposed there was no point in trying to hide her location from the woman again.Even at that, she had not been able to bring herself to remove the number from the blacklist.She just knew she might not be able to handle the woman's hurt at the moment.She had been to Sydney twice after all!Shrugging the disturbing thoughts off her mind, Reyona focused on the present.Which had to do with getting some nice clothes for her baby and nothing more.That, and that was the only thing worth occupying her mind right now.Then that determination went right out of the window as soon as she got outside.He was standing…no, pacing close to her car.At that moment, he had his back turned to her as he ran his hand through his hair.He half-turned towards the entrance of the hospital, then turned towards the car again in agitation.But then, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of her
She ordered a cocoa drink so she could have something to do with her hands.He had not bothered to order anything.He just sat and gave her a disturbing look until she was forced to raise her brows at him.He gave her a bemused smile as he leaned forward and said “I just never pictured you as a redhead, you know. But then, just like every other thing, it looks good on you.”The fact that she wanted to pat her hair in place made Reyona firmly keep her hands around her cocoa and give him a direct look.“You look really good, Reyona. It is good that you look good,” he said as he leaned closer to her and said urgently. “I didn’t know what to think. I was afraid you might be…” he sighed and nodded slowly as he said, “It is good that you are fine.”Before she could stop herself, she asked, “Are you fine though?”Damn it!She expected him to give her an affirmative answer so they could go on with whatever he was there to feed her with.Instead, he said in a low tone“No, Reyona. I am not fine
Like a hurricane survivor, Maxwell Rohan stumbled out of the park.He looked up and down the parking lot like he was expecting to see her waiting for him there.He wished she was.By god, he wished she was waiting right there to tell him that she didn’t mean what she said.She had probably said that out of anger, right?She couldn’t be pregnant, right?When he remembered that they had been separated for almost four months, his blood boiled at the possibility of all that could happen.“No, no, no,” he growled in pain as he continued walking towards the road.A kid going towards the entrance of the park inched closer to her mom as she looked at him fearfully.The mother quickly turned her daughter’s face away as she muttered “I need to have a talk with the management.”A kid!She was pregnant with a kid!And if what she said was right, that meant someone else had held her, touched her the way he…“Fuck!” he yelled as he kicked hard at the guardrails.Oblivious to the askance glances tha