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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bound by debt; Freed by love: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

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Chapter 71

ELENA'S POVThree days passed with me spending each day at the cemetery, always waking up next to my mother's tombstone where she was buried. Despite my swollen eyes and the urgent need to shower, I still couldn't bring myself to go back to a life without her in it. She was all I had and lived for since Dad bailed on us. Even though I refrained from saying it out loud before now but I hated him more now. If there was anyone to blame, he would take all of it and nothing less. “Elena?”, a familiar voice called from behind me while I hurriedly wiped my snot before turning around to meet him. Lucas. The boy I'd always known was shy, easily intimidated and sweet but the man standing in front of me was cold and intimidating. His neatly styled black hair made his other facial features stand out in a way that gave him an imposing aura. “Elena, what happened?”, he rushed towards me, crouching down to my level with his eyebrows raised in concern. Being the first person to show me any sense
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CHAPTER 72

LUCAS' POVElena was sound asleep in the guest bedroom when I carefully shut the door behind me heading back outside the house and getting into my car. I may have pretended not to be really affected about her mother's death but really, it took everything in me not to murder Adrian right there and then. My first stop was at Elena's mother's house which looked neat like someone still lived there. I treaded lightly up the stairs with my senses on alert as I suddenly felt I wasn't alone.Sure enough, as soon as I pushed open the door to her mother's room for a quick search around, a glint of shock flashed through my eyes on seeing the figure in front of me. “What a surprise to see you here, Mr Hawthorne”, I said, confidently leaning on the doorframe with my arms folded across my chest. His previously somber face switched to being cold and desperate. “Lucas, what are you doing here?”, he asked straightforwardly with an unfriendly gaze. I shrugged my shoulders while deeply scrutinizing h
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Chapter 73

ELENA'S POV I rolled endlessly to my sides unable to sleep for more than a minute without seeing the peaceful face of my mother laying in her own cold blood. It's been almost a month now and nothing plagued my dreams more than that picture. My eyes flew open as I let out a soft sigh in frustration turning around to slowly grasp my environment. I've been at Lucas place for days now and it was strange that I barely saw him. Although I was given the best care in his absence but it still felt as if he somehow built a wall around himself.Furrowing my eyebrows in suspicion, I threw the covers off me making my way to his bedroom and as usual, the sheets were well arranged with a certain sense of desolation to his room. Something was definitely going in and I had to figure it out. Lucas had been there for me through all my darkest moments and I couldn't abandon him now. Holding the thought, I cheerfully skipped to the kitchen where there was no maid in sight unlike Adrian's villa which ha
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Chapter 74

LUCAS' POV My head throbbed with severe pain as I weakly entered into the house planning to briefly check in on Elena then collapsing on the couch as I did in the past couple of days. Although the company had been doing great especially since I made those money launderers disguised as board members pay dearly for their wrongdoings and even threw some in prison but all the growth has meant nothing due to an emptiness I felt like a huge hole in my stomach. I knocked tiredly on the door to Elena's new bedroom waiting for a response but none seemed to be forthcoming. “Elena, are you in there?”, I asked, frowning in suspicion and just when I pushed the door open, there was no sign of her. My eyes instantly widened in alert with every sign of weariness disappearing into thin air as I raced down the stairs. “Where did she go?”, I questioned the first maid in sight, exuding coldness mixed with anxiety and panic. “Where the fuck is Elena?”, I screamed harshly this time, not caring if she
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Chapter 75

ELENA'S POV Resuming my job at the Hawthornes company made me more busier than expected as I was no longer under Karen but back to my former position as a senior team lead of the interior design department. “Miss Elena, it's so nice to have you back”, Eloise squealed once she saw me, also congratulating me on my pregnancy as it was beginning to show a bit. Although I seemed content on the surface at being back on track and having a little space from Adrian, I wasn't fooled by his showers of affection and pretentious care as it was all just a way of keeping his eyes on me. As for Lucas, he hadn't come around much as I instructed but he'd been busy doing some investigations concerning the tape I sent him on the night of my mother's death. Something just wasn't right about it. From everything I knew about my parents especially my mother, she was always the first to apologize to anyone as she valued her relationships dearly. I had to find out what it was and I couldn't let Adrian's
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Chapter 76

LUCAS'S POVThe pungent smell of antiseptic and sanitizer filled the hallway as I paced up and down, constantly regulating my breaths. It was the third day and Elena was yet to awaken from her unconscious state. Adrian sat on a bench in the corner with his nails digging deep into his hair. All the time, I hardly resisted the urge to tear him apart and put him in her shoes instead. Only then would the world be a better place. A doctor soon approached us wearing a stoic look on her face making it impossible to know what to expect but I drew close anyway, my eyes shining with anticipation. “Which of you is related to the patient?”, she asked, a strict and firm tone in her voice. “I am”, “I am”, Adrian and I simultaneously answered, inching closer to her with heavy breaths pounding in determination. “okay, which of you brought her here?”, she asked, squinting her eyes in confusion. “I did”, I hastily replied, turning my head to meet Adrian with a light smirk in my gaze. Somehow I'd f
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Chapter 77

ELENA'S POVMy dry, eyed gaze rested on the ceiling above me, entertaining the numbness inside me. My hands laid motionlessly by my side as I vividly listened to the commotion outside my ward. “Let me in or I'll bring this hospital down and make you all loose your jobs”, Adrian yelled desperately from outside, the sound of his fists on the door resounding loudly in my ears. “I'm sorry sir but the patient doesn't want to see you now”, my doctor said, her tone firm and unafraid. I should say something…just like the last time, I thought but every part of my body only felt too heavy to move an inch. Anger, hurt and above all the pain that came with everything seemed to paralyze me and it summed up my uncertainty of what to say if I saw Adrian's face. My expectations from him during my pregnancy crumbled to pieces the moment he denied the baby after what he put me through just to conceive. “Elena, can you hear me? Let me in now”, he yelled continuously, fiercely banging on the door c
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Chapter 78

ELENA'S POVIt had been three days since I stopped Lucas and Adrian from exploding in the hallway and a few hours after that since he left the divorce papers on the table, barely looking at me as he spoke to me while offering words of reassurance and coldly recounting the vengeance he was going to shower on the Hawthornes family. At the time, my entire face was wrapped in gauze leaving only space for my eyes and mouth but still painful to use so I could only stare wordlessly at him, yelling for him to stop. Although it still amazed me how he managed to get Adrian's father’s agreement to the divorce but the large pit inside my stomach bleeding out heart wrenching tears only made nothing matter anymore. The divorce. Lucas. Even myself. “Miss Elena?”, I blinked back to the present, slightly turning my head to meet Eloise's round, blue eyes filled with concern and sympathy. “Sorry, got lost in my thoughts again”, my eyes lit up a little with an apologetic smile. She frowned deeply at
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Chapter 79

ELENA'S POV The day had finally come for me to be discharged from the hospital and I dreaded it more than I anticipated it. The scars still stuck to my skin but no longer painful to feel and stare at unlike before. Although three weeks wasn't enough to get over the terrible changes in my physical appearance, I was determined to get through this as something more important occupied my mind. Eloise, Lucas and Nathan sat around my bed munching on a quick breakfast as we engaged in a light hearted conversation. “I think the public has really grown interested in your marriage ever since the first scandal”, Nathan said, his tone keen and observant. My eyebrows subconsciously raised in amusement with my spoon of food pausing in mid air. “What do you mean? That was such a long time ago and I barely remember it. Besides, even if they still do, they probably hate me more”, I countered, my spoon dropping back to the bowl of food as I suddenly recalled my traumatic experience after the scanda
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Chapter 80

LUCAS' POVThe chilly night breeze brushed past my face as I strolled down the city's bustling streets yet unable to find the beauty in anything. My gaze swept through everything around me with disinterest and a tiny bit of irritation. This wasn't me, I told myself. My sudden elevation in status had somehow erased the humane side of me. Right now, the only person that kept some of the broken pieces inside me together, was Elena. She might not know it but the beautiful memories I had with her gave me a reason to keep fighting for her. All those promises our teenage mind thought impossible and stupid but we said it out loud anyways, it was time to.make her see she could live those dreams. My shoulders bumped into someone instantly disrupting my thoughts and I swiftly twisted my head to the direction if the person who'd bumped into me with a cold glint shining through my eyes. “Is it so hard to watch where you're going?”, I growled out, a few veins popping out from my neck. “I'm rea
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