บททั้งหมดของ The Bargain : บทที่ 81 - บทที่ 90

“How are you feeling?” Steffan asked, as the waiter, assisted by another female staff, began to clear their table. Racheal pushed her chair back, and stood up.“I am Ok.” She said, and walked towards the floor to ceiling window. She stared out at the lake that bordered this side of the resort. This was truly a beautiful place. The water took on the colour of the sky above, grey. She suspected it would rain before the end of the day. It had been windy from the time she arrived at the stadium. Even now, the weather was misty, although some rays of light still broke through the clouds.She felt Steffan come up behind her, and hug her. She held his hand but did not turn back. She wanted to just stare out at this beautiful place, and not think about all the things that were not so beautiful about her life. Her meeting with her father a few weeks after he sold her off to this place frightened her. How would she look at him, how would she hold herself from lashing out at him if he dared b

“I did not send you here to play wife, my dear girl.” Roni Rana continued, standing up. “Get on with your duties.” Racheal remained on her seat, looking up at the evil man who was her father. “And why are you not pregnant already?” He paused. “You should go see a doctor, when your mother had these problems…” He stopped. “A baby will help our plans greatly. If you were caught, nobody would not harm you if you were carrying a Sherrod baby. That would buy us time to rescue you.”Racheal stared on in silence, unable to believe what her father was saying. All her life, the only thing she had hated her father for was his neglect and lack of care towards her. Her step-mother had always been the villian in her eyes. Had she been blind all along?“Stand up my girl.” Roni Ran said, walking around the table to her. “We do not want to raise your in-laws suspicions.” He was smiling brightly now, like the kindest father in the world. Racheal stood up with shaky legs, and placed her hand in her

“Racheal. Racheal, can you hear me?”When she opened her eyes she saw Delbert running beside a stretcher that was wheeling her into the hospital.She opened her mouth to speak, but a sharp pain from her head blinded her. It was sharp and searing, and made her face feel numb.This pain was too much. How had she gone from feeling nothing to feeling so much.She winced as the pain seized her skull like a clamp.“Doctor, She is in so much pain, can’t you do something?” She heard Delbert say, just as he disappeared from her sight as the doctors wheeled her into a ward.She closed her eyes to fight the pain, and slipped into unconsciousness from there.When next she opened her eyes, it took her a whole minute to remember who she was, and where she was.She could hear arguing in the background, and the raised voices made her head start hurting again.“You do not deserve her. You should let her go to someone that will take proper care of her.”“And you are that person? You? Do you think she wo

Racheal looked at Jade sadly.She doubted the Carlos could help her. It was not because she doubted their power; they were arguably one of the most powerful families in the world, an ancient royal house.But her life was too complicated for anyone to get her out.The Dallozs had tried, but had gotten nowhere yet because everyday something new happened that seemed to dig her deeply into this pit, making it that much harder for anyone to pull her out.“Just say the word. We will take you out before anyone knows what is happening.”Racheal shook her head. “It’s not that simple.”“Why do you think so? You only have to get past the border of both countries, and no one will be able to touch you anymore.”“I am Yin’s property. My father signed me off.” Racheal said in exasperation.“Not even he can take me away, except he wanted to restart the war. Only Spencer Sherrod has the power to let me go, or the Coterie perhaps.” She paused, thinking.If the Dallozs were the leader of the Coterie, it

When the couple arrived at the villa, they met a high stack of flowers just at the gate, and a small group of curious crowd. Racheal was thrown a little off balance at the sight, how did they know?“I knew those journalists were bad news. Why can’t you all just do your job well?” Steffan said angrily to his guard who was sitting in front beside the driver. She winced. She wished he would stop shouting. If there was anyone to blame, it was himself who had left her all alone, and took her chief guard with him to wherever he had gone. She said nothing though. The car stopped, and Isaac appeared almost immediately at her door. She stepped out of the car before Steffan came around to assist her. Luna and Leah were waiting at the steps to assist her too. She smiled at them. She had really not had enough time with them in the last few weeks, and she missed them.“Hello.” She greeted with a smile, as both young women walked up to help her. “Ma’am.” Leah greeted with a bow, and lovin