024Lavender.'YOU HAVE JUST FOUR MONTHS LEFT TO BRING THE FLASHDRIVE’.My heart skipped as I already knew who dropped the note without having to overthink it. I swallowed, my breath stuck.Just then, the door slammed and I jolted, immediately hiding the paper.My gaze traveled to meet Lorenzo's. His brows creased as he stared at me in confusion, noticing that I was hiding something.I flashed him a smile and he forced a smile also, forcing himself to reciprocate.My heart thumped in my chest but I managed to keep a calm face.He approached me, stretching his hand to feel my forehead.He nodded, “Just like the doctor said, you seem fine now. Luckily, you were not affected by the bomb blast. And you'll be discharged today, I spoke with him. You'll be discharged immediately,” he announced.My eyes widened, “Really?",He nodded, still smiling as he stared at me with a sparkling charm in his eyes, something that was never there since the day I had known him.I looked away, tearing my eyes
025Lavender.“I need help, Lorenzo," I said.He moved the glass away from his lips, placing it down on the table as he stretched his hand across to hold mine.I flinched, but then I allowed him to take my hand in his.“I need your help," I added, swallowing as I didn't even know where to start from that wouldn't make him suspect that I already knew more than I was supposed to know about him.“With what? I'll do anything, if that's what you're going to use to put me to the test,” He uttered."Lorenzo, you can't wake up one morning and then claim to love someone you obviously used to not enjoy. You immediately changed after I said I was pregnant and it's weird because the same you, Lorenzo, told me that I was a gold digger who would claim to be pregnant by you, but now you're accepting the child and claiming to love me all of a sudden?”,“I’m sorry about that day. Also, I never said I wasn't going to accept the baby. Something just came over me, and I'm sorry,” He apologized.I rolled
026Lavender.He gave in and in the next few days, we were working towards gathering enough information about my family's empire.On the other hand, I went to see my mother's corpse, though I wasn't allowed to look at her long enough. I was planning a perfect burial for her. At least if she didn't deserve anything in this world, she deserved a proper burial.She was a nice mother, literally the only friend I had. My best friend. My best companion.The arranged marriage she planned was the only thing that tore us apart as I was annoyed that she never informed me about it in the first place, but cutting her off was the biggest mistake I had ever made after realizing that she was only being my best friend, the best friend she had always been my whole life.She was only trying to protect me. Nothing else and nothing extra.My safety was a top priority and she didn't just ask anybody for help, I should have trusted her that the Brille twins were never hurting me or holding me captive for
027Lavender.My eyes remained planted on the screen, my grip tightening on the phone as I swallowed, watching the video.The moans were so loud and cringe but it conveyed the pleasure. Lorenzo pulled out of her as she whimpered, grabbing both her legs and pulling her closer to himself roughly. He then raised one of her legs and placed it on top of his shoulder, still holding them so tightly so he would get that closure as his dick thrusted until her pussy, his nuts pressing against her ass as he went balls deep.He threw his neck backwards, groaning as he pulled out nice and slow, his dick dripping with her juices.He lowered his head, still holding her legs as his mouth came in contact with her pussy lips.She moaned, her hand grasping the sheets and clutching them as her eyes squeezed shut in pleasure.He paused again, making her beg for more. Her hands flew to his hair to bury his mouth into her flower.His tongue ran over her clit and it was evident that her body quivered, a hig
028Lavender.“I thought I already told you that not everyone rich is interested in an extravagant lifestyle, right?”"I don't get it, why lower your standards then?" I scoffed, "Talking about standards, let's not talk about who slept with another lady when he has a WIFE,” I taunted him.He grinned as we both got in the car. "I already apologized, wife."I rolled my eyes. “As if that's enough. Just tell me what the hell pushed you into doing it? Let me guess, you were drunk again?”He laughed, reaching his seatbelt. "Come on. As if you would let me touch you, wife. And like you said, it's a contract marriage so I'm not so interested in touching my contract wife which means I am entitled to touching someone else.”I gasped, "So you agree to the contract marriage stuff now?"He nodded, “I'm only going with your words and respecting your choice. That's what couples do, right?”I didn't respond, unable to process what to say."Though I heard doctors say pregnant ladies must have sex freq
029Lavender.“You're coming, like right now?" She asked.I hummed, “Yeah, bye." I blurted out before ending the call.I turned to Lorenzo. “Lorenzo, I know you're in a rush but can you just park the car now? I need to attend to something in my company real quick. I promise to be back in thirty minutes. Just stop the car, I'll take a taxi or something.”“Alright. You have some directions, right?” He asked.I nodded. “Of course, I know the address of my company. I'll have a taxi take me there.”“Just direct me, I'll take you.”,I chuckled. "It's about a ten minute ride from here. And look, we've almost arrived at your company. I can see it right there. Just drop me.” I said, pointing at the company ahead.He shook his head. “It's fine. I don't want you to take public transport. I'll just take you there and bring you back. The meeting can be cancelled and rescheduled, it's fine. How would I let you take public transport? Just anything can go wrong, and I don't want to put you in an unco
030Lorenzo.Lavender left the car so I waited patiently for her to return. I rolled up the window, making myself comfortable.I then spotted a lady selling some iced colored water at the other side of the road.I rolled down the window, gesturing for her to bring me one of them. She did immediately and I handed some cash to her, telling her to keep the change.As I sipped the water, I let out a sigh occasionally at the chill the way it glided down my throat.It came with a little orange flavor to flow with the orange coloring.I placed it down in the center console, sighing as I pressed the seat back to relax.Just as I started to feel comfortable, I heard a knock on the window.I never expected Lavender to be back so quickly. Just as I was about to open the door for her to come in, I noticed it wasn't her. It was her personal assistant who came to our wedding to inform Lavender about her mother's health.She flashed me a smile, waving her hand so I opened the door for her to get in.
031Lavender.His eyes interlocked with mine and his voice came out plain, lacking essential emotions. “Your mother isn't dead, Lavender.”My eyes widened. “Mom isn't dead?" I asked, raising my voice.Jayden smirked, stepping back, away from me. “Oh, look who cares now, I thought you didn't come here to exchange words with me.” He taunted me, overstepping his boundaries as he tried to play games with me.“Jayden, don't you dare." I spat, my teeth grinding as I got off the table, stepping closer to him with my index finger shot out and pointing right at his face.“Don't you fucking dare play games with me. What did you just say about my mother?!” I added, closing the distance between us.He remained solid, unwavering as his eyes pinned mine.“And what if I play games with you, Lavender? Just what if?" He taunted me again, his arms crossed."Jayden.” I groaned with my teeth grinding."Lavender," he chuckled, his voice dominating the whole office. “So, are you going to see your mother ag
048Lavender.It's been hours since we've brought Lorenzo to the hospital and it was now 3am. I sat in the waiting room, my eyes heavy and pleading to rest but my heart desired otherwise. I forced myself to stay awake, pacing back and forth for some minutes then settling down then pacing again.I was restless while Lorenzo's best friend sat there with his head facing down.“Just rest.” He advised, observing my restlessness.I gulped, letting out a sigh as I turned to look at him with hopeless eyes.He stretched his hand, inviting me to come sit.“Relax. He'll be fine.”I groaned, dragging myself back to sit beside him. “I hope so.”We sat there for about thirty minutes, and somehow, the silence ate me up slowly.Seeing him sit calmly beside me was baffling. “Do you not care about him?” I mouthed, placing my elbow on my knee with my jaw in my palm.“Of course, I do. He's my favorite person.”“I know, but you don't seem worried. You're way too calm.”“This ain't the first time anyway. I
046Lavender.My nails sank deep into my palm, my grip tightening on the fork as I sat right beside Lorenzo, puncturing the salad repeatedly.Since Dorothy left, betraying me, Lorenzo and I had still not said anything to each other and my fate was uncertain.Does this mean I’m now free from Charlie’s assignment, or does it mean I’ve failed—and should be afraid?My heart kept pounding in my chest the whole time, not only because of my uncertain fate but somehow, jealousy had been spreading in me like wildfire since earlier today, threatening to erupt.I swallowed for the nth time, trying to hold myself from throwing questions at Lorenzo. But again, I shouldn’t be worried about that. I should worry about myself and what Charlie might possibly do to me.“What’s wrong?" Lorenzo whispered, his voice low.I didn’t respond. I kept staring into space silently until I felt my phone vibrate on the table.I grabbed it, my face plastered to the screen.‘Where is the original flash drive, this shi
045Dorothy.“What a fool. It took less than 5 hours to manipulate her.” I scoffed, relaxing in the car as it sped through the road.The look on her face at the last second was amazing. She looked nothing far from a lost kitten.In no time, I arrived at the hotel where Charlie said he was for the meantime that afternoon.I climbed out of the car, striding into the building.“I'm here to see Charlie Brown. He's at room 001" I said to the ladies behind the counter, skipping the pleasantries.I had no time for fucking greetings. I just needed to see Charlie now! Right away!“Are you Dorothy?” One of them asked.I scoffed, looking away."Here you go," she slid a key to my side of the counter. I flashed her a smile, “Have a great day ahead of you,"She hummed. I turned to leave, taking the elevator until I got to the second floor.I walked out of the elevator and the room that was right ahead of me had the tag 001 on it.I sighed, walking to the door. I inserted the key and twisted it, pu
044†_†_†_†_†_†FLASHBACK ENDS†_†_†_†_†_†Lavender.She placed a hand on my shoulder, smirking.“Anyway, I'm not here to fight you or report you,” she giggled. She then leaned in, and whispered, “not because I can't,"I gulped. “Tha-"“Shush," she whispered, taking her hand off my shoulder and placing her index on her lips. “Don't thank me yet. I won't tell him about it, on one condition,”She turned away, cat walking slowly to the bed. Spinning around, she lowered her body as she arched her back to sit on the soft bed.“We both have the same goal. You find the flash drive with me and we take it to Charlie. It's a fair deal actually. Lorenzo loves me, so I'll distract him most of the time to buy you time to search for the flash drive. Once you find it, you get out of this mess as we'll take it to Charlie together.”I took in a sharp breath, my chest inflating. I parted my lips to speak but before a word could escape my throat, she cut me off.“Deal? Or not. Don't waste my time," she ad
043Dorothy.†_†_†_†_†FLASHBACK CONTINUES†_†_†_†_†“Sit," he commanded, stretching his hand out towards a chair that was placed in a corner of the room.I scoffed, raising my torso and striding towards the chair. I pulled it to where he sat, positioning the chair to face his side. He shifted his chair also, turning it to face me.My eyes darted to the men who remained there.“Leave," I gestured.They remained immobile, waiting for Charlie's command.I rolled my eyes. “Tell them to leave us to have our conversation,"He gestured for them to leave and they immediately turned, leaving the room.After the door slammed, I waited patiently, allowing their footsteps to fade away before I turned to Charlie, grabbing the arms of my chair and pulling it closer to him.“Don't come any closer," he commanded, his voice etched with dominance.I cleared my throat, resting back on the chair. “So, about the perfect scheme,”“I'm listening,”"We both agreed to meet because of that but you seem to be mo
042Dorothy(the lady who caught Lavender searching for the drive).She didn't understand the fact that this was a game and I caught her red-handed so I could decide to eliminate her or not.I also had my own assignment. In fact, we had the same assignment– to get the damned flash drive and whoever gets it first would be the favored person. However, this wasn't a game of speed, it's a game of logic and skills. Who would find it first isn't the fastest, the person who finds it first has better searching skills as nobody knew where Lorenzo kept the flash drive. It would take critical thinking and spying to watch him closely and point out the location of the drive.The way she looked at me was quite satisfying. The feeling that I was winning couldn't just rub off me. Yes, I was winning. Nothing, I repeat, nothing would make her beat me unless she catches me red-handed.And even if she does, it depends on her approach. The way I approached her made me be a step ahead of her. Only if she w
041Lavender.“I can't believe the baby isn't mine. Are you kidding me?!” He raised his voice, slamming the door behind us.My brows furrowed and I immediately turned to look at him. “What are you talking about? I thought we talked about this back there and I thought it ended there. What's all the fuss about this time, huh? We talked about this, Lorenzo. What the fuck are you talking about!” I yelled.He snapped at me, stepping closer. "Yes, we talked about this there. We couldn't finish such a private discussion there. It makes no sense to me to talk about things like that away from home.”"I understand,” I sighed, shaking my head. I placed my hands on my hips, "We already know the baby isn't yours, right? We both know. Then what do you want me to do after you discovered it? I'm sorry I didn't come out clean in the first place, but the deed has been done and you should understand that and just let this slide. Can we change the Father?”"You just know I'm not caring for a woman who's
040Lavender.He stepped in slowly, his eyes darting away from me to the Don's son.Then, he stepped in slowly, looking directly at the Don's son and pretending not to see me even though he clearly saw me. I could see the hurt in his eyes. He heard what I said.“Lorenzo," I whispered, moving closer to him and stopping him from reaching the Don's son.His brows furrowed and he finally looked at me.I placed my hands on his shoulders, trying to stop him.“I can explain," I uttered, pleading for a chance to just be heard. I was only hoping he would listen.“Explain what?" He roared, his voice busting out all of a sudden.I jolted, swallowing hard on my saliva. “What you heard. I'm sorry. It's not what you think. Let me explain.”"Oh, you mean what I heard that the baby isn't mine, right?” He asked sarcastically.I nodded.He scoffed. “Yeah, alright. But I never asked for an explanation. Would you just let me pass and speak with him or would you love to be stuck with him forever?”“I'm so
039Lavender.My eyes fluttered open and I looked around, finding myself in a brightly lit room.I was laid on a cold surface and as soon as I spotted a huge chandelier above, I need not be told that I was on the floor.I squealed in fear, sitting upright as I shifted myself, pressing my back against a sofa.The living room was luxurious and looked accommodating enough, but I didn't know where I was which made everything even worse.I swallowed, looking in front of me, directly at the turned off TV. My neck snapped to the left to look at the door, but it was shut and it seemed as though the place was only luxurious yet abandoned.Just then, I heard a strange, cold voice from behind me. I jolted, a small scream escaping my throat. I then got up immediately, my body spinning to face the direction I heard the voice come from. There was a guy. I recognized him immediately, he was the one who pulled my leg during the kidnap.I stumbled back, looking at him with fear dripping in my eyes.T