*** Nicole gave Evan one last glance. Her eyes watered as she entered the private car of the Thompsons. Evan could tell Nicole hoped he would change his mind, but he would never. He did not judge Nicole just yet, but why did it feel like she was using the assault incident to force her way into hi
"Shanty! Shanty!" Evan had been calling out in front of the locked gates of the Scotts’ mansion. His eyes narrowed as he looked around the estate. The lights from the gates and the lights on the fences were on, but the house was completely dark. "Is there no one inside?" Despite knowing he may en
Evan was about to check his emails when his phone rang again. It was Nicole. It had been four days since Nicole was discharged from the hospital. Nicole had been calling Evan day and night, but Evan did not answer her calls. Evan has yet to confront Nicole about how she had suggested to Shantell
"I want a background check on Nicole Lively - everything you can find out about her, and I want it ASAP!" Evan ordered his contact on the phone. He was walking back and forth in a secluded area of the hospital's corridor. "And what's the progress on the rape investigation? Have you found out anythin
She thought that since Shantelle and Evan were already divorced, he would eventually let her stay there. Besides, he owed her. She blamed Evan for what had happened to her, and she saw through how he felt utterly responsible. To her dismay, she miscalculated how Evan unknowingly valued Shantelle.
"This is imprisonment! You can't force me in here! I refuse to receive treatment! Let me go!" Nicole screamed at the top of her lungs while inside her hospital room, but no matter what, the security guard Evan assigned to watch her remained unchanged. The private guard said, "I'm sorry, Miss Livel
Wendell was driving out from his home in the evening when he noticed the mansion across from theirs had the gates opened and a car was driving in. It would not have surprised him, except the house had been empty for about nine years. Only caretakers come and go during weekends. "Hmmm." Wendell said
"How was the first day in medical school?" Shantelle was beyond shocked to find Keith Henderson leaning against a BMW sports car in front of her school. He looked striking in a white Chinese-collared shirt, grey coat, and trousers. His dirty blond hair was brushed up neatly, and his face was clean
"Fuck. Lucas is back?" Lewis indignantly turned to Lily and asked, "Do you know about this?" "Is Lucas really back, Lily?" Lily's mother also asked in shock. All her brothers, except for Liam, asked the same thing. Lily helplessly looked at Liam, and seeing her brother wasn't going to spill eithe
"The aortic stent graft collapse," Doctor Steven reported to the Wright family. "That caused him to faint. So, earlier, we inserted another stent, and he is under observation." "I feel that there is a but coming," Lily's oldest brother, Liam, predicted. Behind him, all of Lily's brothers were givin
"Mommy, are you okay? You have been staring into spaces lately," Aiden asked. Lily was helping her son with his homework. While Aiden wrote his answers in the book, Lily was in a daze. "Sorry, Buddy. Was thinking of something," Lily said. "Are you done?" "Almost. I'm so glad your mission got canc
Liam had introduced Jake to Lily as one of their new contractors. Often, Jake traveled to other cities to make proposals, hoping to get another project for the company. That was why he was in Lockwood. "Lily, my job here will be extended for another week," Jake revealed. "But I'll see you after th
"You know what, Lucas? You are insane!" Lily yelled, pulling her arm away from him. She did it so forcefully that the necklace around Lucas' neck bounced to reveal that golden tag with her name carved on it. Instantly, Lily stilled. Her heart skipped a beat while her eyes were glued to the pendant
"He is an important person who needs protection. It will be your primary responsibility to oversee his security," the major loudly said to Lily while they were on a military helicopter, flying ten thousand feet above the ground. This was one of those odd assignments. When Lily arrived at the mil
"Somebody has guilt written all over their face," Lily softly commented, seeing her oldest brother, Liam Wright, in the dining area of their home early that morning. If anyone knew about the arrival of one Lucas Thompson, her brother would be it. After all, Liam previously managed the joint business
“Lily? My favorite daughter in the world is back!” Lily’s mother, Scarlett, exclaimed. Lily could not help but roll her eyes at her mother’s remark. She responded, “Mom, you can’t have a favorite daughter. I am your only daughter!” Scarlett laughed. Lily’s father, Kaleb, who was sipping tea in th
Of course, what did she expect? He left her without saying anything. So now, he was practically denying their past relationship by pretending not to know her! The truth was, it stung a little. When he disappeared, Lily cried an ocean for him, yet this was how he treated her now? Then again, Lily s