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Scarlett's POV: I applied my lip balm, brushed my hair then grabbed my purse. Checking myself out in the mirror, I noticed the slight redness in my eyes making it obvious that I had been crying before now. Why won't I? When all things weren't going as expected. My mom was traumatized over her pestering boss while I worked for months without getting paid. I mean how do we get to pay our bills? How do we even survive this?The ping of my phone got me back to reality, I checked to see a message from the boss saying he was already waiting outside. My blood rose the instant I read the message, my heart felt like it flew out of my chest and my body felt like it was paralyzed.One thing immediately hit me. What if I tried to convince him? To at least spare me this once. Yes! I would do it.It wouldn't be that bad, would it?As I tried to calm myself down knowing I would be going to face my boss, my door abruptly swung opened and guess who walked in? Max!" Hey,"I rolled my eyes and scoot
Scarlett's POV: We finally arrived at his mansion and he pulled over. The rain continuously increased while we both remained seated, perhaps waiting for the other to step out first. Afterall he was the one who brought me here. Even after telling him I preferred returning to my house, he didn't listen and insisted we came to his mansion.I heard him sigh beside me and from the corner of my eyes, I saw his gaze upon me but I rather chose to ignore him. Being frustrated I decided it best I got down, I grab the car handle wanting to open it but his cold strong hand was quick enough to retrieve my action." Stay," his dark voice said, I nearly choke on my breath.I pulled my hand away from his and leaned my back on the seat." I... I shouldn't have done what I did earlier. I was mad and I'm sorry,"Unbelievable! Did he just apologize to me? The almighty boss Martinez apologize to a girl like me?" You were only being yourself," I responded to him. He furrowed his brow." I was being a je
Scarlett's POV: I really didn't know what else to feel. Sad? Pained? Anxious? What was it? I didn't know because my emotions were mixed up right now. The drive to my house took quite long and when we got there, I dashed out of the car and scurried into my house where I found Zelda and Sonia along with my brother and two other people I had never seen. I looked around the room but couldn't find my mom anywhere and that alone made my heart drop dead." Where...where is she?"Max stood up and rushed to me, His face clouded with pain and redness from crying. He kept quiet and gently wrapped his arms around me while he continued wailing, his tears falling down to my shoulder.Tears filled my eyes as I stood there in shock, my mind formulating the whole situation. Sonia walked to where I was and managed to pull Max away from me. I couldn't even move from my spot, I didn't even know what to do. Where was my mother? And what happened to her? And why wasn't anyone saying anything?" I'll take
Scarlett's POV:" Did she say she was going anywhere tonight?"My boss directed his question at my brother who looked at me with teary eyes. I stared back at him waiting to hear his response.He choked on his muffled cry and nodded his head." Where?"Max glanced at him." She didn't mention,"" Well did she perhaps get into an argument or whatever with anyone?"This came from Zelda who stayed a distance from the rest of us.An argument? Who would my mom possibly argue with? Even if she did, she'd talk to me about it. I understand my mom can be hard sometimes but she wasn't the kind of woman to go about looking for trouble or poking her nose where it didn't belong unless it involved anything that had to do with she or her loved ones, aside from that, I didn't see why she would want to argue with anyone.Maybe she did? Wait!Of course she did. Her boss! They might have gotten into some sort of argument while she tried to resist him." I know,"My terrible shaky voice blurted out." Her
Scarlett's POV: Sonia patted me on the shoulder calmly urging me to stand up, something which I resisted. I just couldn't help this whole situation.I remained seated on the floor, keeping my sore eyes on my mom. Max stood behind me silently weeping while the two guys I didn't know tried to console him.As all these scenario took place, someone knocked on the door and before anyone could reply, the person walked in." I'm ready to leave,"Doctor Grayson told us." Martinez already left not quite long..."I snapped my head at him, meeting his gaze as they settled on me.The boss already left? I felt a pang of pain across my chest, worries and jealousy immediately hit me. I retrieved my eyes from Doctor Grayson and rested my gaze on my mom. I just hope he was fine and being careful too. I really didn't want anything bad to happen to him now that the streets weren't safe anymore." It's already late, you all should get some rest. Tomorrow will be another day and she'll be taken to the ho
Scarlett's POV: Zelda placed the plate of mashed potatoes in front of me, Sonia handing me a cup of milk. I took the glass of milk and drank from it, the sweetness hitting differently on my tongue. Gulping it all in one shot, they sat across me also feeding from their food. Max and the other two boys were outside doing who knows what." You know, I've always wanted to ask..."Zelda began glancing up at me, there was this look on her face that I could not comprehend." Your father..."" Zelda?" Sonia sneered.Zelda slammed her mouth shut immediately and honestly I was glad she did. I mean why the hell would she have to bring up my father in a situation like this? And bringing old memories that I wouldn't want to remember.I lowered my gaze to my food that I already lost my appetite to eat so I just pushed it away and got up." Cally?"Oblivious of everything or anyone, I sauntered away and reach for my mom's room, the door was left ajar and through the open space, I peeked through the
Scarlett's POV: I was nearly knocked down off the seat, my phone accidentally slipped from my grip and fell on the floor. The heavy breathing beside me got me worried as I turned to see the boss resting his head on the steering wheel, his eyes closed and the veins behind his skin infuriatingly became thick due to his hard grip on the wheel." Are you all right?" He deeply sighed before raising his head from the wheel." Yes,"He started the car and we continued the ride. Okay! Something was definitely wrong with him.I felt tempted to tell him about the message I received but considering the mood he was in I decided against it knowing pissing him off would be a bad idea.Not quite long and we arrived at the bar. Yes! It was a bar, my mom worked there as a bartender. The boss parked his car in front of the small sized building of the bar, two cars were also parked beside each other. From a distance, I sighted some people, an average aged man and some men in uniforms. I hurried down
Scarlett's POV:" I need to use the bathroom,"I felt a slight pain in my lower stomach as the boss pulled me through the stairs until we landed on the last staircase. His step, no! Our steps suddenly came to a halt the moment we locked eyes with another.I suddenly got drunk of jealousy, the urge to use the bathroom suddenly vanished. My eyes gently looked at the lady standing in front of us, obviously not Delilah but now I couldn't believe I was beginning to wish she was the one standing there.The way she stood, she looked timid and kind of nervous as she focused her glance on the floor but also stealing glances at us, the boss especially.Typically, she showed too much skin.Her blue silk gown stopped just above her thigh, one which exposed part of her breast, the tiny hand of the gown had fallen off from her shoulder which she seemed to be oblivious of.Another lady? perhaps his hundredth girlfriend.The lady looked up at me before shifting her gaze to the boss whom I heard him le
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I watched them carry her body away. Shock still overwhelmed me...my mother was dead? Max was wounded too. Where was Cage when they needed him...he fucking promised that he would look after them...he promised me.My teary eyes roved over to him, he was on one kneel, his eyes exhibiting sadness and regrets. " You promised me,"Cage shook his head vigorously, trying to explain what happened; " Scarlett... please..."" You're a traitor. How could you break your promise, how could you let my mom die? You fucking bastard! I hate you so much,"I yelled, slapping him multiple times across his face. I saw Hermie came over to me, her anguish face and eyes glaring down at Cage." He doesn't deserve you, you've suffered too much just by staying with him. He doesn't deserve an angel like you, can't you see how he's hurting you? Can't you see that he's your rival? You need to fucking reject him as your mate before the worse happens,"Hermie's words dug into my heart. She was only making it worse fo
Scarlett's POV: " Sausages?" I took the wrapped sausages and kept it inside the brown leather bag." You guys sure need water also,"Jessy handed me two bottles of water and I didn't hesitate to keep them inside the bag. Today was the day Talon and I were going to Validon. He had told me that to get there was going to be a long journey, five days to be precise. So I thought packing a few things would help. I thanked Jessy before heading out. Thankful that I didn't have to bump into Miriam. Talon was already waiting outside along with Gray whose face depicted worries but it seemed to disappear the instant he saw me. " Here, let me help," Talon, as the gentleman he was, collected the bag and hung it over his shoulders." Scarlett, don't you think it's a good idea to cover up a little? The weather there is a quite harsh and also we'd be bumping into a lot of perverts,"Talon told me. I looked down at my dress, I wore a top that I tucked into my high waist skirt which stopped just at
Micage's POV: Damn her! She loved him? She loved Jones and not me? I scoffed, how pathetic. I know I tried a lot not to let the pain reflect but my efforts weren't working because I could feel the way my heart squeezed brokenly, I was so heartbroken. How can she choose him over me? How the fuck did he even get here? I owned the place yet no fucking person except Miriam had told me about Jones. Shit and that was when I lost it. The way Miriam had described to me what she saw them doing, I nearly thought they were going to have sex. But now I do know that I no longer matter. Scarlett had undergone a lot of changes that I cannot deny and so did I. This love of a thing was really making me too weak...very weak and I fucking didn't like it.Why does it seem like she was the stronger one and I'm the weaker one that craves for her love all the time. Is it because I'm suffering from the lack of our intimacy?Of course, that was how things worked. The female mate never got to feel the pain f
Scarlett's POV:" I didn't know because I found it quite difficult these past days to connect with her. I've also noticed some changes in me whenever I try to mind travel. It's as if I am slowly beginning to lose my powers. I thought they were normal changes...but now I don't think it is anymore and sure I could have felt her pain when she lost the baby,"Talon uttered, face palming his face in terror. He shook slightly." What do you plan to do now, Talon?"Talon said nothing for a moment but after a brief silence, he endured and silently whispered; " I'd just let it be. I'm not the only one this would happen to. It'd expected it to be difficult because she wasn't really carrying a human child, infact, the late baby could overpower her if he becomes too strong for her. Vampire babies are like rocks so...I don't know,"" Isn't there a solution or something? Perhaps you can get back to her and tell her the entire truth,"" Scarlett, I can't. Think of how her reaction would be, I may ev
Writer's POV:Diego pressed his lips into a thin line, giving Maya the most challenging look he could muster. " The two guys outside ended up dead, you kidnapped the other poor guy's sister...what a legend you are Diego,"Diego let out a throaty chuckle. " You can say that again. I am indeed a legend. So what now? You'd come with me to Dondania, will you?"For a moment, Maya wondered. How would she feel going to Dondania with Diego when she had a lot of ' finding Scarlett and murdering her soon enough' plan to work on?" I'm good,"Diego didn't protest. He could handle the remaining taka himself now. The very moment they had left the warehouse, Diego had left a note, telling his secret investigators to head to Dondania and begin their search. The secret investigators were the source he used for his findings and dirty works. Those investigators were the ones who had kidnapped Jessica on the command of Diego. Diego had his own power and authority, he had his little clan which was inf
Writer's POV: Diego returned back to them, Maya and Cassandra. His face turned into one of horror as the two awaited the bad news they expected." I can't find him," Diego spoke." Damn it! Where the fuck did he go?" Maya yelled, throwing a furious punch on the table in which a jar stood, in the cause of punching, the jar fell to the floor and shattered into pieces." Jones is weak, I'm sure he wouldn't have gone too far if he tried to escape,"Cassandra interfered, wearing the same angry look on her face.Just when they thought they would finalize their plan with the help of Jones, he had decided to disappear...they suspected that he had escaped and if truly he had done so then why did he do so? There was no right answer to that." Diego, you go after him. Search the whole damn city and see if you'll find him. I'll head back to Baridona now..."" Baridona! You can't, you'd die outside,"" Then what the fuck do you expect me to do?" Maya yelled, shooting her glare at Diego. " Didn't
Scarlett's POV: " You've killed him," Cage pulled out the knife. His gaze met mine and he gritted his teeth so hard that I heard it; " He was flirting with you,"He answered me with no shame...no regret. How worse could he even get?" You cheated on me Cage and it's not once, not twice but several times, what is wrong with you? Why do you always like to crush my heart like it's nothing..."I had no more words to say to him. I cleaned my teary eyes and went back to Jones, his chest bled profusely, he wasn't groaning anymore, he wasn't even breathing and at the back of my mind, I was thinking he was dead. I hadn't noticed that Miriam had left the room before because now she returned in with the least person I expected to see, Gray." Oh shit!" He dashed towards us, not sparing either Cage and I a glance. " I need something cold, Miriam, could you get me one?"Miriam left and returned immediately with an ice bag. Gray took it from her before pressing it against Jones' bleeding chest.
Scarlett's POV:" What is happening to her? Is she going to be alright?"Max's voice grew high pitched, his worrisome yet surprising eyes met with mine. Mark, Talon and Miriam were the ones attending to my mother. I suspected Miriam to be a vampire also because she and Mark were the ones doing most of the work. Talon came to me and pulled me into an embrace, calmly patting my hair.My Mom had gone unconscious because of me. She was always getting hurt because of me. If I had known this was going to happen then I wouldn't have said a thing. Now look what I've caused.I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if something bad should happen to her. I cannot bear to see her hurt because of me... again." It's nothing serious. She's simply stressed, I bet she hasn't been getting enough of sleep but you don't need to worry, she'll be okay before you know it,"Miriam spoke. Mark nodded in agreement." Perhaps it's best if she sleeps for the meantime without anyone disturbing her. It'd help to imp