[ Evangeline ]I didn't see anyone. After spending a good time with Chase in his room, I slept beside him not realizing how mentally exhausted I was after all the revelations. Next day, I woke up with a mild headache which I thought I had due to the uncomfortable sleeping position.Chase wasn't in the bed. He is an early riser but nowdays, my lifestyle had turned irregular and chaotic.I lazily stretched my arms and made my way to my old room which my Mom arranged for me to stay. Nostalgia hit me as soon as I step inside my room where I spent nineteen years of my life. Mom hadn't changed it much except a new closet and a bigger bed. I stared at my old photographs from my childhood to the day I graduated but one picture caught my attention which brought a flood of memories.My engagement photo with Colton. I remembered the photographer asking us to pose as a romantic couple. He had his hand on the lower of my waist and I had my hand which had his ring on his chest. I was blushing prof
[ Colton ]My heart had been uneasy since I dropped Mia off at her school. I could had stopped her from attending school for a few days but I didn't want her normalcy to be eclipsed by the mayhem of my life. It was the hardest decision for me to leave her on the trust of my guards.She wasn't my blood. The test I had done just after Evanca told me the truth proved it but she's my daughter and I loved her more than anything in the world. She's the center of my happiness along with Chase now.After dropping her at the school, I decided to visit Evangeline whom I didn't meet the last night as her mother told me that she fell asleep. I didn't want to disturb them so we left."Everything will be fine, Col. You're over thinking. Our team has been working on them and I am sure that we'll soon get their tails under our feet."Brandon, who was driving the car, said to me but even his words couldn't comfort me."I don't know, Brand but I have a strong feeling that something is going to happen, s
[ Evangeline ]My heart broke seeing Colton in a devasted state. He looked defeated and lost as he sat across me with his cup of tea, his eyes were staring blankly at the plain wall in front of him. His daughter was taken away. I could feel his pain. I went through the same phase when Chase was abducted.The air in the living room was getting heavier with tension. I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to break it."Colton, nothing is going to happen to Mia. Please don't stress yourself or how will you fight them. I know they have an upper hand on us but we can't loose our hopes this easily. We'd find them soon." I tried to divert his mind but all the efforts seemed to go in vein as tears rolled down from his eyes and fell on his lap.He was crying for his daughter and it forced me to reevaluate my perspective about him as a father. Undoubtedly, he proved himself an ideal father figure for Mia who isn't his blood.The truth came like a big shock to me when Colton told me. Evanca is a
[ Colton ]I bit my mouth walls in nervousness. The adrenaline rushing through my blood cells as I watched the screen of my phone, waiting for my prey to come into light and fall into our trap."Don't stress yourself, Col. She knows what she has signed for and she is a brave woman who faced lot worse than this situation. Please calm down." Kate, her best friend who decided to help us, said to me with confidence dripping from her words."But she never came across a psychopath man who knows her, her strength and her weak points. He will use it against her." I shared my fear with her.She craned her face in my direction, a smile was floating on her face."You love her, don't you?" She asked with a raised brow.Her words left me speechless."I don't know. We were never like those couples who felt something for each other but I don't have hard feelings for her that I can assure you." I answered.She said nothing further and again focused on the screen in front of us. My eyes lingered on the
[ Evangeline ]"Hola, mi dulce pequeña esposa."All the courage I built to come here and confront my worst enemy flew in the air as soon as Dominic appeared in front of me with his signature sinister smirk. He looked like devil's incarnation in human body."Let's cut the formalities, Eve. I missed you so much." He marched closer to me. His deep footsteps were piercing through the pin drop silence. His dark eyes resembled the devil's hell.I retreated a few steps back."I am not here for any pleasantries, Dominic Rodriguez. You should rather maintain a distance between us. Just remember, we're under the cameras. Your one wrong move can destroy your life." I tried to sound confident and fearless but in return I heard his laughter resonating in the stilled air.Oh God! Please help me."You broke my heart, princess." He clutched his chest to imitate heartattack,"I never thought that you would turn this bitter. I am really sorry if my actions hurt you but think from my perspective. I have
[ Evangeline ]"Ahh.."I heard a very familiar masculine scream which forced me to open my eyes and they widened in shock."Colton!" I screamed.There he was laying on the ground clutching his left forearm which was bleeding profusely. He took that bullet for me.Seeing his shot missed and hit a wrong person, Dominic fled. I ran to Colton whose face reflected the pain he must be enduring."Hey, look at me. Everything is going to be fine." I cupped his face and rubbed his hairs to soothe him."Are you..you fine?" He asked me in between his groans."I am fine but we have to take you to the hospital." I said and pressed my hand over his wound. Meanwhile our backup team rushed towards us."Fuck! What the hell did happen here?" Brandon cursed under his breath and ran his hand through his hairs."Dominic was about to shot me but Colton came in front of me to save me." I said while my voice begun to crack."I..am..fine, Freya. Please don't..stress yours.. ahh...self." Colton groaned."Let's
[ Colton ]I groaned as a sharp pain shot through my left arm. I winced at the sudden tension in my muscles. I tried to open my heavy eyelids and found myself in a hospital ward.Just great!I recalled the moment before passing out due to extreme pain. I blocked the bullet to save Evangeline from the gunshot and the bullet hit my hand.I tilted my head and found Brandon and Evangeline talking in hushed tone in a corner of the room."Bra..Brand." I called out for my cousin whose eyes instantly shot at me with surprise and joy."Oh God! You're finally awake." He rushed me to followed by Evangeline who couldn't look into my eyes. I knew she would be blaming herself for my condition."How are you feeling now?" He asked me."First give me some water." I coughed as my dry throat stuck."Sorry, I should have offered you some water first." He immediately apologized and forwarded me a glass of water while Evangeline tilted my bed to a sitting position."It's good to see you awake, Colton." Eva
[ Evangeline ]"Evy, baby wake up. You have slept for a long." I heard my Mom's angelic voice and her hand caressing my hairs.I fluttered my eyes open and the first thing that came into my view, was her beautiful face. She's smiling down at me."Sorry, Mom. I slept long." I said in a hoarse voice as I sat straight on my bed and met with bright sunrays coming into my room through floor length windows.I yawned and wiped my drool which earned me a chuckle from her."Who says you're a mother of a six years old and two in the way. You're still a kid, Evey." She laughed."Mom, please don't tease me." I rubbed my sleepy eyes embarrassingly."You look cute. I don't have my phone right now. Get up, it's quite late and you missed your first dose of meds." She said showing me the door of bathroom.I looked at the clock and my eyes widened at the time. It was twelve twenty in the afternoon."Shit! I slept this long and you didn't wake me up." I yelled and jumped out of the bed."Easy, you'll hu