บททั้งหมดของ Legacy of Love and War: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

"It's impossible that the reporter backsides us after collecting money," she said after the words left her mouth; she knew she had fucked up. "So you knew about this? You knew about this and you did nothing?" Eleanor asked."We did something; we offered him money to delete the pictures," Lila explained. At the time all of this happened, she believed that they handled it properly but now she knew they did not. "Did he delete it in your presence?" She asked angrily. "No but...""Oh my goodness, how foolish. Just so you know both your sisters would never make such mistakes. You have been barely married two weeks and yet we have constantly had to try to take your name off the news two times already." "It's not like I wanted it to happen this way." "Then how did you want it to happen? What were you thinking? Arguing with Jasmine out there in the open?"Lila wanted to tell her mother that none of this would be happening if they were not hounding her like a dog. If they had trusted her

Lila staggered her hand, still clutching into her cheeks. It was strange that her mom was lifting her hands to her face and even going as far as hitting her across the face. She had always been vile with her words but never had she hit her before.She turned her hand, still clutching her face. "Where do you think you are going?" She heard her mom's voice ring but her legs were doing the work for her.Her hand gripped the door handle, and she pulled it open. She walked out of the room—it was her room—and she knew the right thing to do was to throw her mom out and lock herself in there, but her brain seemed to be coordinating on its own. She dropped her hands to her side, clutching the parts of her clothes she could hold as she walked wherever her legs could carry her."A young woman should never eat like that." She pressed her eyes together before she pushed it open. Her childhood was filled with various phrases like that.Eleanor had been obsessed with raising the perfect three girls.

Lila felt like it was becoming a ritual for her mom to call her first thing in the morning and usually, when that happened, her mood for the entire day. She did not need any of the negativity in her life that day; she wanted to have a good day when she did not have to think of the burden of trying to uphold her family name and honour and her mom breathing down her neck.She threw the phone to the bed after putting it on silent mode; it was then that she realised that Levi was not lying in bed. As if he heard her thoughts, the showers turned on immediately, and she nodded to herself. She was on vacation so why did he think he needed to be up and early before she did? Her mom kept calling and she knew that by the time she saw her, she was going to get an earful but for now, she chose her peace."He is such an early riser," she murmured to herself and that rubbed her the wrong way. He seemed to always be up before her and to her that was now something to compete about. She wondered why a

They continued talking about random things without trying to touch on any personal topics. Finally, they were done with breakfast. "This is one of the longest breakfasts I have had," Lila began and he threw her a look. "Breakfast is usually something that is done in a hurry to meet up with the hustle and bustle of the day," she added, trying to explain to him. He wanted to tell her that they could have breakfast together from then on but he did not know if it was crossing the line or if they were cool enough for that to happen between them. "I hope it was worth the length." He said and she nodded. "It wasn't bad." She scrunched up her nose, ready to get up. "I have some business I need to attend to, so you can go to the room yourself and I will meet you there later," Levi broke the news to her. "Oh," she settles back into the chair. She thought they would go back up together, but for some reason walking alone to the room scared her. What if she made a mistake again and it result

"Get changed," Lila threw at Levi as soon as he walked through the room door. He stopped with the door closing behind him, looking back as if someone had followed him in. He pointed to himself and she nodded. "Yes, you get changed," she said, going to pull him into the room. As she touched him, she felt something pass through her body, but she ignored it. She pulled him into the room and she knew with his weight it was possible only because he allowed it. "Where are we going?" He asked as he stopped in the middle of the room. "We have to give the paparazzi something to talk about," she said and he tilted his head. "I thought what we gave them this morning was supposed to keep them busy for a while." "Well, I feel like if we are here, we should milk it as much as we can get; I don't think we might get an opportunity like this again," she said. He knew that her mom probably had something to do with her acting like that but he refused to say anything about it. "So where are we goin