JOLIEI stood in my bedroom, thinking about what Crystal had told me. Was it really possible for us to escape?I could see the reflection of my face on the glass window, and the truth was, I looked a mess. I was a shadow of my former self. And I had viruses all over my body because Lucian would not stop hitting me. He seemed to be on edge these past few days and he was always taking out his anger on me. Selena was not spared either. I had heard him hitting her a few times, and it made me happy to know that I was not the only one suffering, although he didn't hit her as often as he hit me. Although I liked to see Selena, suffering, my life was much more important to me. I knew it would only be a matter of time before I died here. Lucian was probably planning to torture me to death. I could not continue like this anymore .I had to get out one way or another. I decided to go talk to Selena. Maybe she has a plan for us to leave this place. Once we were out, I would take care of he
JOLIE Selena looked at me, a tired look on her face. "What do you mean?" She asked me. "I really want to mock you, you're suffering as much as I am here, after all, but the truth is, you're better off me than me. There are people that care about you. People that will do anything to save you," I said. "What are you trying to say?! Please stop beating around the bush and just tell me what the heck is going on!" Selena snapped at me. "Adam is here to save you, " I informed her. Selena got up as she eyed me suspiciously. "Are you playing games with me? I thought you told me that he's parading around with that woman as his wife?" Selena asked me coldly. I nodded my head, "It's true that he's doing that with that woman, but it's true that he's here to save you. Who knows what Adam is thinking? I heard Lucian talk about it. He said that Adam already found this place, and he's coming in a helicopter. You will get to go home and see your daughter soon" I said and sneered. I did not ev
JOLIEI turned to Selena, and she had a pale look on her face now. Who would Adam choose? For my own sake, I hoped that Adam would choose to save Selena. But watching the look on his face, I wasn't so sure anymore. What if he decided that she was not worth the trouble and that he was not going to save her.?I looked at Adam's face, and I could tell that he was conflicted. This was his company. He had worked hard without any help to bring it to where he was. Was he really going to throw it all away for Selena? Did he really love her that much? A few months ago, I would have been convinced that he really did love Selena enough to throw away his life's hard work for her. But then, he just got married to someone else, so perhaps his feelings for her were not as strong? I looked at Selena, and I could see that she had a pale look on her face, like she was about to throw up. I didn't feel sorry for her though, the only thing I cared about was if I would leave this place with my life.
ADAM"She....she jumped down. All on her own! I don't know what she was thinking.... she heard....she heard when you said that you would not give up your company and Selena killed herself!" Jolie shouted. My face went pale when she said this, and I rushed to the edge. There was a calm sea beneath us, and I could not even see a sign of life in it. I tried to jump after Selena, but one of my men held me back. "CEO! Please don't do it! She is already dead! The sea is filled with dangerous sharks. There is no way that she is going to survive. If you jump in after her, you are just going to die too!" The man who held me back yelled. "No....no.....I don't believe it! There's no way that Selena can be dead! Find her! Call all of the men! Tell them that they have to find Selena! She's not dead! She can't be dead!" I yelled. "Argh! Lucian! Please let me go!" I heard Jolie shout just then. I looked at her and Lucian was strangling her and holding her off the edge of the rooftop. I didn't
JOLIE I coughed up a large amount of water, and some blood? I didn't know, I wasn't sure anymore. I wasn't sure of anything anymore. I looked around me as I tried to make sense of what was going on. When Lucian threw me into the sea, I was convinced that I was going to die. I was filled with so many regrets, but I was also happy, because I was not dying alone. I had made sure that bitch Selena had died too, and everyone would forever think that it was suicide! Looking at the rundown room though, it was obvious that I had not died. I was still very much alive. I looked at my body, and besides some scratches here and there, I was fine. I sneered, not only did I survive, I was in good shape. I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, and I didn't know where I was, but what I knew was that I was not going to resign to my fate just like that. I had been given a second chance at life, and I would use it well. Lucian would pay for all of the things that he's done to me. I st
LILYLucian took a seat next to me, with a smile on his face, as if a lot of things had not happened in the past few weeks. "What are you doing?" I asked as I frowned at him. "Why? Does your family own this bar? I didn't know that I can't be here just because you are here" he taunted me. "You know that's not what I meant! You know exactly what I meant!" I accused him. "Really? And what do you mean? Why don't you tell me?" He asked me, still giving me that evil smile. "Adam is currently looking for you. After what you did to Selena, he is going to kill you as soon as he gets his hand on you. Are you sure that you want him to do that?" I asked Lucian coldly. How could he even think about showing up in front of me when he knew that I was Adam's wife? Lucian shrugged, he really didn't seem to mind at all. "You can go ahead and tell him that I am here. I am sure that he would like to get his hands on me," Lucian said. I frowned, I was seriously considering calling Adam. I had neve
LILYTears gathered in my eyes, "you are going to pay for this. Just you wait! I will have your blood for this! You drugged me last night and took advantage of me!" I accused him. Lucian laughed out loud . "you were the one who was stupid enough to take a drink from me and drink it. Don't you know how to play safe?" He taunted me. "Anyway, I don't care. You can go ahead and report me the way you want. But are you sure that you can get away with that? Your husband Adam will finally have a reason to leave you once everyone finds out that I raped you. Are you sure that is something that you want?" He asked me. My face paled when he reminded me of this. I was already thinking about leaving Adam but I did not want to be dumped by him. I would never live down the embarrassment. I bit my lips, unsure of what I was going to do now. "If you are lucky, you should have leverage to hold on to Adam. " Lucian said. I did not understand what he meant at that moment but a few weeks later, when
LILYMy mother kept to her word, a few days later, I woke up next to Adam. He had been dead drunk the previous night and all I had to do was sneak into his bedroom and pretend like we had sex the previous night. It worked pretty well for me, because when he woke up, he was very angry. He kept yelling at me and saying that I had taken advantage of him. Adam pointed a finger at me angrily. "You're such a shameless whore! You know that I don't want to have anything to do with you and try you had the guts to come over to me and take advantage of me while I was drunk? I have never met anyone who is as shameless as you are!" Adam yelled at me. "Adam, don't forget the fact that I am your wife! Selena isn't even around anymore. Don't you think you can start a family with me? I will be really good to your daughter. I will treat her as mine....please, Adam, indeed of treating me like this, please just give me a chance!" I said to Adam. Adam rolled his eyes at me, "Don't you ever mentio
ADAM"Jolie doesn't mind because she's a nice woman but that doesn't mean that I don't mind. I need you to get your wife to apologize to my wife and then we can talk about working together!" Hours after Jenson left my office, I was still in a horrible mood, thinking of how I was going to solve the problem that so-called wife of mine had caused me. I was so angry. And knowing Lily, I knew it would be difficult to get her to apologize to anyone. Especially Jolie. Speaking of the devil, my office door was pushed open and Lily marched in. She didn't even bother to knock. I looked at her coldly, but I didn't bother to argue with her about this because I knew that she was not going to listen. I had told her many times to knock before entering my office but she always refuses to listen to me. She would not start listening now. "What are you doing here?" I asked, eyeing her coldly. Lily had a cold look on her face as she dropped her bag on my desk angrily. It didn't seem like she was
SELENA A driver was waiting to pick Liam, Ryan and I from the airport when we arrived. We got into the car together and the driver drove us to a large villa. I turned to look at Ryan, shock on my face. I wanted to know how he managed to get us this place in just a few days. It was extremely beautiful and it was well protected. The villa was in a neighbourhood that no one else besides the people who lived in it would be able to enter. "Ryan....how were you able to arrange this in just a few days?" I asked Ryan. He smiled at me, "Didn't mom tell you before this? We used to live in this city. But when you went missing,mom could not bear the memories of you that were here and we had to move away. Anyway, we still have some connections in this place and it's not hard to find a house" Ryan explained to me.I nodded my head in understanding, "Oh, I see. I thought that you might have asked for help from Lily. She's still our cousin isn't she?" I said bitterly. Finding out that the woma
ADAM"Daddy? Are you there?" I was still on the phone when I heard Ariel's voice. I sighed and lowered my voice before I spoke again. "Do everything that you can to find Selena. I don't believe that she's dead. If a bitch like Jolie can survive then I am sure that Selena can survive. Do all that you can to bring her back!" I said before I ended the call. By the time I rearranged my emotions, Ariel had already walked in. Ariel looked at me wearily. She was 12 now, but my little girl was wise beyond her years. She was no longer that little girl that always ran after her mommy....she was growing into a beautiful and confident teenager. Many times, I caught myself thinking of how Selena would feel when she found out that her daughter had grown so much. If it wasn't for Ariel, I didn't think I would have been able to survive for so long. "Dad, what are you doing here? It's so late and you are still working. Didn't you promise me? You said that you are going to rest earlier. It's no
Just who is this woman and what does she have to do with you anyway?" My mother asked me. "I said she's Adam's ex wife....she is doing all of this because she wants Adam back. She made me make a fool of myself today and Adam is mad at me because of her. She has an old husband and now she thinks she can do whatever she wants. Hmph! I am going to show her she's not a match for me!" I swore. My mother rolled her eyes, "you can do whatever you want, just leave me out of it. I am sick and tired of your shenanigans!" My mother said. "Mom! Are you really not going to help me out?""Lily, I just told you that your father is having issues with his company. You refuse to divorce Adam and even though you're his wife, you can't even convince him to invest in your father's company. I am going to call my brother and ask him for help. No matter what, Frank is still my brother!" My mother said painfully .I rolled my eyes when she said this. "Oh please, mom. Five years ago when you called him and
LILY"Lily, what's with the look on your face? I thought you said that you would attend an event as Adam's wife? I really don't know why it is so difficult for you to win the heart of a man. Already arranged everything for you 5 years ago. You even have a son that she can use to hold on to Adam and yet you are still not able to do anything. You are still just his wife in name. How long are you going to continue living like this?"My mother did not hold back when she scolded me. Over the years she has helped me a lot and created a lot of opportunities for me to get closer to Adam. However no matter what we did he was just unwilling to look at me. I was a terrible person to him. "Mom do you think that I am not trying? I have done all that I can. I even have a son for him and Philp has accepted my son as the future heir but you know that all of that doesn't mean anything. Adam is the one who is in charge now and if it doesn't accept my son there is nothing else that we can do" I said.
JOLIE"Lily....how could you hit me? I just wanted to give you advice....I heard about the relationship you have with your husband....you can just tell me if you don't need it. You don't need to hit me and call me a gold digger, " I said. I knew there was someone behind me, and I said those things so the person could hear. I wanted to get Lily in trouble, to make people think of her as an unreasonable woman. If people thought badly of his wife, it would only be a matter of time before Adam's reputation was affected! "What are you talking about? Do you think that you're on the same level as me? You're just a gold digging slut who married an old man for money. You had better watch the way you speak to me!" Lily scolded me.She still had not realized what was going on."Miss Lily....no matter what, she is still the host of the event today, you can't speak to Jolie like this when she was just trying to help you as a good nurse," someone spoke up just then. Lilly and Jolie turned to
SELENA It had been a few days since I got back from the hospital and regained my eyesight, but I was already sick and tired of staying at home. I wanted to go had to work, I wanted to do anything, but my parents and brother would not hear of it. They were convinced that I was still sick and that I needed to rest. It wasn't as if I needed to earn a living, anyway. I was sick and tired of staying in my bedroom, and so I decided to go talk to my father..I would convince him to give me a job in his company, or I could even get him to get my company back for me. I remembered that Adam had taken over my company back then when he forced me to live in his house as his mistress..I had no idea what had happened to the company, but I didn't want it to remain in the hands of Adam. I was about to enter my father's study, when I heard a loud crash. I took a peek in and I saw that he had thrown a vase at the wall angrily. My father was not some who lost his temper easily so I knew that wh
ADAMI stared at Jolie, with a mixture of surprise and anger on my face. What was she doing here?!And she was married to Jenson? When did all of these things happen? I never really cared for Jolie and when Lucian threw her into the sea five years ago, I assumed that she had died. I didn't bother checking, because I didn't see the need for it. I couldn't even find Selena, so how could Jolie have survived? But she was standing in front of me,with a smile that told me that she was not planning anything good. "Don't worry, honey, Adam and I are old ......friends. It's nice to see you again, Adam. How have you been?" Jolie asked me as she flashed me a smile. "What are you doing here?" I snapped at her. Jenson frowned at me, and I remembered that the information I had gotten on him told me that he was fiercely protective of his wife. I sneered at Jolie, I had to admit, she really knew how to trap men. Only someone as old as Jenson who was on the verge of death, would believe her
LILYI rushed to grab Adam's arm as soon as he got down from the car. He pushed me away , a cold look on his face. "What are you doing, Adam? Don't forget that I am your wife? Are you willing to cause a scene here in front of everyone? I am sure that there are lots of reporters here today. They would be happy to give an update on what our marriage is like!" I threatened him. Five long years had passed, and I had done everything I could think of to win Adam's heart. I even used my son, but all of this meant nothing to Adam. He just did not care for me and my son and there was nothing I could do to change his mind. I had finally realised that Adam would not give me anything and that I had to settle for the title of his wife. It was the only thing I had and I was willing to hold on to it with everything that I had. I was not going to give it up no matter what. "You may be shameless and willing to fool yourself, Lily, but not everyone is as stupid as you are. Everyone knows that ou