《Sold to Mr. Arrogant》 Chapter 1: Kidnapped Chapter 1: Kidnapped Let me speak with you for a little bit about my life. I am Lily Anderson, daughter of the neighborhood gambler. I came from a poor family and I have a single older brother, my mom breaks my heart whenever I am reminded of her. She died from hunger; dad preferred to sleep with a prostitute instead of feeding her. I was 13 years old when I witnessed my mom''s death, she refused to eat the food I brought her and insisted that dying would just be better, I begged her to reconsider as I didn''t want to lose the only reason why I continue living. She did not listen to me nor care about me at all but I do not me her for leaving me behind, after all, no human would want to live this way. One day, Dad came back drunk from the club he frequented; he looked at me with disgust in his eyes. " I never considered you as someone useful in my life, Lily. Today I can proudly say that you are though." he started. I ignored his drunken talk, it was my exam period and I was not in the mood for this. Studying was the only way for me to escape poverty so I studied as hard as I could with the money I get from my job. " You fucking bitch... I am talking... to you, stop ignoring me... for god''s sake." He stuttered throwing a This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. bottle of whiskey in my direction. I dodged it and got up heading to step out of the tiny tuna can we lived in, I knew that he would not shut up anytime soon. I opened the door and was surprised when my eyes met those of a scary individual leaning on his car''s rail. He had several bodyguards by his side and they were all wearing ck. I suddenly recalled what dad has said earlier and turned around closing the door behind me. " What the fuck have you done, asshole?" I asked imagining the worst scenario ever; I am not ready to be a prostitute. I have to run away, I thought. " I sold you out to a fancy-looking businessman to pay off the debt I owed him." he retorted struggling to get up from the ground. I had to act quickly; I need to run away as fast as I could. I grabbed a backpack in which I put my wallet, mobile phone, several books, and two sets of clothes, that is literally all I own. I jumped from the back window and ran into the backyard trying to get away from this house. As soon as I passed the high backyard fence, a hand came out of nowhere and held my arm. I flinched awkwardly directing my gaze to the man who towered over me preventing my escape. I tried to kick him in the guts but he grabbed my leg and lift me on his shoulders. I tried to get down but his hold was stronger than I expected, he swiftly threw me into his car and closed the door. I nced to my right and spotted a bodyguard sitting by the right window, another one was sitting in the front and the man who caught me sat on my left side closing the door behind him. " Go," he ordered the driver. " What is the deal you made with him?" I asked trying to stay calm, it was not the first time I go through a simr situation so I dealt with it professionally using my wits. " He sold you to our master to pay his 2 million dor debt." the bodyguard who sat in the front replied looking at me from the rearview mirror. I already know that the deal was made illegally so there is no need of mentioning that what they are doing is wrong because they will not give a shit about it. " What is my fate?" I asked again trying to pull any information out of them. -".." No one answered me, the air was too thick and even breathing was hard to do. I was scared that they would force me to do something I hate. I don''t mind working or even participate in an underground ring fight but not stripping out of my clothes, my pride wouldn''t allow it. I prefer to die than to go through such humiliation. My mind started going wild so I decided to brush these thoughts off by doing something else. I pulled out a book from my bag and started studying the lecture I could not continue earlier, I have an exam tomorrow. They all stared at me which made the ambiance even more awkward and all of a sudden, a burst of " Ha-ha... You are a courageous little one, I like you already," hemented. His voice was so rough and his body figure was huge so even his smile was a little bit scary, to be honest. I did not know how to react to what he said so I just did not reply and kept reading my book silently. " We have reached, master," the driver said. They stepped out of the car and pulled me out; they were surrounding my petite body so that I would not even think of an escape route. I nced at the mansion in front of us who is a million times huger than my house. What the hell? I thought that this kind of structure only existed in movies; it would take me an hour to walk through every inch of this mansion. " Do you like it?" The mysterious man questioned. " It will be your home from now on," he added in a dark tone that made goosebumps run through my body. I am not trying to be pessimistic but this does not sound good at all. I prayed silently. Chapter 2: Meeting him Chapter 2: Meeting him I was sitting in the man''s office, he ordered the maid to bring me a minted tea and I drank it slowly waiting for him to start speaking. A man entered the room and handed a document over to my kidnapper. " Take this contract and read it carefully." he started. I took the file from his hand and started reading. My eyes grew wider by every written word, what is this bullshit? He wanted me to monitor his son while going to the same college as his and also push him to focus more on leading his father''spany instead of dating. " Are you aware of what you are asking me? I am assuming that you are a businessman so writing such a contract is..." I said stopping midway, I did not feel the urge to anger him yet, I want to get out from this safely after all. " Is what?" he asked. I was going to say childish but I will take it back. " Far-fetched," I replied. " You are right, you might think it is weird and out of nowhere but I have my reasons. All you have to do is straighten his life, once he gets to his old self, you will be free." he continued. I nced at the contract again, he was right. All he asked for was to set his son straight and I will be free to leave this ce, I will also be paid handsomely and able to attend an expensive high-ss college for free. I would have been insane to refuse such an offer if the situation was slightly different but given our first interaction, all of this was just weird. " Why me?" " I know you will be able to finish the job and also you have a reason to finish it perfectly," he added. Uhmm... I am not convinced. " What if I refuse?" Upon saying that, the man beside him red at me as if he was saying; why are you so stupid? " You will die," he stated coldly and I could tell from his tone that he was not joking; he already drew the lines making it obvious that I should not cross them when speaking with him. " My secretary Mark will show you to your room," Mark motioned for me to get up and I followed him to my room, we stopped by the second floor. We soon reached my room in the middle of the hall and he started giving me instructions regarding the mansion''s rules. " Young master Shawn gets mad easily and he does not like to be ignored, he hates those who talk back to him, and more importantly, he despises stupidity. Make sure you do not get on his nerves if you want to get out of here anytime soon. This is your room, you are not allowed in any other, college starts at 8 am; the driver will drive you there and breakfast at 7." Mark instructed. I nodded and he left right after. Shit, he forgot to tell me where the bathroom is, I need to clean myself, I ran after him to ask him about it but unfortunately bumped into a wall or so I thought until I raised my head and spotted the man standing in front of me. " Watch where you are going... Wait, just who are you? It''s my first time seeing you here," he said irritated by this whole interaction. I was about to reply but he cut me off. " Ya know, never mind," he added while walking away. " Do you know where the bathroom is," I asked, I could not see Mark and he was the only one present for me to ask about directions in this huge mansion. It seems that he was taken aback by my sudden question because he swiftly turned around and looked deeply into my eyes. " What?" " The bathroom? Where is it?" I repeated. " The fuck you are stopping me to ask such a stupid question." he spat out; his voice was dominating and radiated the same darkness in his father''s voice. I can tell by now that he is his son, looking at his face from such a close distance proved it. They had the same facial features. " It''s not as if I asked you where your brain is, I was just asking for directions." I retorted earning another re from his side. I was not trying to act cheekily but my pride would not stand still while I am being addressed in this way. He surprisingly grabbed me by my shoulders and pinned me to the wall behind me, he red into my eyes and I could feel his anger from the way he acted. " This is thest time you address me with such disrespect, do you understand?" I looked at his hands that were grabbing my shoulders and I smirked. This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. " Anger issues, I see," I said while grinning and I quickly slid down and got away from his grip backing away. I do not like how he treats me at all, he is an arrogant spoiled brat who wasn¡¯t taught a thing about respect. I did not expect him to walk my way again, it looked as if he was about to hit me so I elbowed him as soon as he stepped into my personal space but that did not stop him. The punch only left a very faint bruise on his face and he took the chance grabbing me from the neck. He lifted me up from the ground single-handedly which was quite impressive, to be honest. I did not have the time to react nor did I expect such action toe out from him. I grabbed his hands trying to break away but in vain; he raised my body to his head level and whispered in my ear dangerously. " If you can''t respect me then I will force you," He threatened. Chapter 3: Weird attitude Chapter 3: Weird attitude I was starting to lose my breath and I needed oxygen more than anything now. I gathered all my power and kicked his chest with my leg, which pushed him to take a step back. I was breathing heavily sitting on the ground with my hands ced on my neck ring at him. He was fascinated but also irritated by my vicious attitude, which caught his attention. He red at me from above and walked away as if he found satisfaction from looking down on me while I was trying hard to regain my breath. Fuck him, who does he think he is? No one was anywhere to be seen on the second floor; I gave up on going to the bathroom and went back to my room. This day was shitty enough; I didn''t need it to get any shittier. I felt angry and mad, I wanted to teach this boy a lesson but I knew that getting on his nerves will not do me any good just as Mark has told me, he is fuckin insane. I grabbed my mobile phone knowing that calling the police will not be helpful at all, it wasn''t when I called them before and it won''t be now. If a few bucks prevented them from arresting my father then a billionaire will have it easy. I nced from the window and counted the guards outside, there were 20 guards that I could see, and that was a mere side of the mansion, I do not want to even imagine their total amount. The ground was far away since I was on the second floor, jumping will result in a bone getting broken. My best option at the moment is to wait for college''s time. I opened the wardrobe to hang my clothes and was surprised when I found several outfits in there as well; they all were my size, which pushed me to think that this kidnapping thing was nned. I was too tired to think anymore so I wore my pajama and jumped in a bed that was the size of my room back at my old house. I woke up due to the sun rays that tickled my face, I didn''t realize I was that tired, I slept right after I ced my head on the pillow. I do not usually need to set an rm, my biological clock is very dependable so I always wake up at this time; six and a half am. I wore my clothes and was earnest to find the bathroom. I opened several doors walking along the hall but none of them led to the bathroom, I opened the door of the fourth room and unluckily spotted Shawn who was shirtless and was putting on his pants. He red at me and walked in my direction but I quickly mmed the door and entered the room next door, which was, fortunately, a bathroom. I locked the door, he kept knocking on it but I totally ignored him, I brushed my teeth with a clean toothbrush that I found in my room and washed my face, I looked in the mirror and I looked fabulous for someone who just woke up. My hair was long and dark ck; I had big grey eyes, a petite figure, and a rounded cute face with a sharp jawline that highlighted my face. My eyshes were long and I weighed 46 kilos, for an 18 years old girl that is considered below average. I cleaned myself and I headed out assuming that the Shawn guy left but as soon as I opened the door, he pushed me inside and closed the door behind us. -" What are you doing?" I shouted. He ced his hands covering my mouth and cornered me to the bathroom''s wall. -" I heard all about it from dad, do you think you will be able to meet my standards? You better wake up before you get entangled in something you that exceeds your power." He growled warningly enjoying towering over me. He removed his hand that covered my mouth to hear my reply. -" If you want to see me out that badly then all you have to do is hide your dating life and show your dad that you will work hard from now on, the solution lies in your hand. In addition, if you did not move away, Mark wille upstairs to fetch me for breakfast. I believe you don''t want to be misunderstood." I exined. -" You don''t know my dad, it''s not just about work. You will understand very soon." He mumbled in a voice that I could hear and then exited the bathroom. I did not understand what he meant but I did not have a good feeling about it. I hope that things do not get any moreplicated. I went downstairs and followed Mark who waited for me. We soon entered a hall where there is a huge table right in the middle. Mark motioned me to sit next to his master whom I knew was called Gerald. Shawn was already seated across from my chair. " Why aren''t you wearing the clothes in your closet?" Shawn''s father asked not bothering to look at me. " I prefer to wear my own clothes," I replied. The whole room stared at me, this is the second time this happens and it makes me nervous every time. " Let me rephrase it for you young girl, go wear the clothes in your closet," he said but I was not used to taking orders yet so I acted slowly. He stood up from his seat and headed to a maid and pped her strongly on the face. I ced my hands over my wide-open mouth not able to process what happened. The maid fell to the floor and blood appeared on her face, I ran to her rescue pulling her up and we headed to my room together. " Don''t tell me that happened because of me?" I asked putting on a violet blouse and boyfriend jeans. " It seems that Master admires you a lot, Miss," she replied with a broken voice. I did not even understand what that means.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Chapter 4: An opportunity Chapter 4: An opportunity I got down but found out that they had already finished eating; the cook gave me a toast to eat in the car since I would bete if I sat down and ate in the kitchen. I was sitting in the car, it is the first time that someone ever drives me somewhere and I have to say that it was a nice experience. The driver opened the car''s door and I stepped out, the college was huge, I heard about its name before but it is my first time seeing it. My friends from my old college called me when I was passing the college''s gate. " Hey, Lily. Where are you, it is already past 7, the first section will start soon." Diana, my childhood friend stated. " I won¡¯t go for a while. I will meet with ya soon, we will talk then." " Okay." I doubted for some reason that my mobile could be hacked, I had that feeling and I did not want to risk saying something I should not have that would reach Gerald''s ears. It seems that he hit the maid just to force me into obeying his order, his ways are different and weird. I can''t really say they are weird since this ambiance is not my normal average one, I am new to all this after all so I may be the weird one there. I went to the director''s office so he would give me my schedule and instruct me on the college''s rules. I was enrolled in a college of pharmacy and I feared that this university would not have a pharmacy college but luckily, it did. I want to be a pharmacist since I was a little child; I like chemistry and C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. My first period was Pharmacology and the doctor didn''t expect to see me entering with the director to introduce me to the ss in the middle of the years. It seems that the director is taking good care of me to an extent that attracted everyone''s attention; no director apanies one of the newly transferred students to their ss. " Hello, I am Lily Anderson; I like hip-hop music and all sorts of sports. It is nice to meet you." I said heading to an empty seat at the back left of the ss next to the window. The boy in front of me turned his head and initiated a conversation. ¡° Hey I am Penny, nice to meet you too, what college were you in?" he asked. The girl next to him also looked at me and waited for me to respond. I assumed that it would be a headache to say my real college since it is unknown to them, a college of the poorest families while this one seems to be famous and highly hard to enroll in. " I was home tutored," I lied. " Whoa, that''s cool... doesn''t that mean you don''t have many friends here, right?" the girl asked. " I am Alicia by the way," she winked. " No, I don''t," I replied getting ufortable with their questions, their clothes were so shiny and most probably so expensive; I understand now why Gerald insisted that I wear the clothes in my closet. " Mr. Penny and Mrs. Alicia. You should focus on this ss or you will be doomed in the finals, you already got very bad grades in the mid-term." The professormented. They were embarrassed when the whole ssughed and quickly fixed their position focusing on the board. Alicia threw me a paper though and I read it. ¡®Let¡¯s be friends.'' I didn''t know honestly whether I should make any friends or not, I came here for a sole purpose which is monitoring Shawn for the time being and setting him straight but I don''t even know what college is he in nor how to do that. It was break time and I was sitting with Alicia and Penny in the cafeteria, I hoped to spot Shawn and I did. He was sitting two tables away from me on my left side, he chatted with a girl that wore high heels and put on a load of makeup, she was so beautiful though. " Are you already interested in Shawn?" Penny asked. " No, the girl just attracted my attention." " Oh, she is Molly. The college''s number one cheerleader, your typical attention-whore." Alicia replied. " She and Shawn are dating," Penny added. " They look so spoiled," I murmured but unluckily they heard me. " Molly, yes. Shawn, no." Penny corrected. " What do you mean?" " He started his own business when he was 12 years old, do you know the Femury brand?" " The perfume''s brand Femury?" I asked. " Yes, he is the one who created this brand and evenbined thepounds himself to reach that odor everyone admires," Penny exined. " Wait, does this mean he is..." " Yes, he is also in our college," Alicia affirmed me. " He is in the next ss as well; you will have a chance to meet the notorious Shawn Gerald." Penny We finished eating and headed to our next ss, concluded that the best option to get closer with him is to be on the same project as him. I do not know when that is going to be so I had to create an opportunity. Before the prof entered the ss, I stopped him to ask him about the grading system. " It is as I told you earlier, Lily. Do you have any more questions?" the English prof asked. " Aren''t we going to make a debate? In my old college, I was going to participate in one but unfortunately, I had to transfer. I always wished to practice my English in a serious interaction." " Nice idea, Lily. That could be your next assignment instead of writing a report. It was time to change the theme a little bit." We entered the ss and I waited for it to end so he would announce the news to the whole ss. " Okay guys, that''s it for today. Your assignment for this week would be a debate, you are 20 in total, and you will be divided into four groups debating two topics. I will leave the topics for you to choose. The first row against the second and the third row against the fourth." The prof said before leaving. Bingo, I will be on the same side as Shawn and Penny while Molly and Alicia will be against us. Chapter 5: His touch Chapter 5: His touch There was a gap before the next prof enters so we took the chance and started choosing our topic for the debate. We gathered all 10 to choose a suitable one. " What do you think of animal testing? It suits our field and it is a major topic." Alicia stated. "No, I would hate the opposite group if they chose to be with animal testing," Penny said. " Who told you that your own group would even be against it?" George joked. " No, just choose something else for god''s sake, I will cry a river if you chose that one," Penny argued. " What about; gambling should be illegal." Shawn proposed. The word ''gambling'' rang through my ear, which could not be a mere chance. I bet his dad already told him about how I got here. What a fuckin asshole! " I agree, I agree," Molly said and it was obvious that she only agreed because it was Shawn''s idea. " I don''t mind." George and Alicia replied and we ended up choosing that topic. " Our group would be with," Shawn added. " That''s the spirit man, gambling is so much fun." Penny chuckled. -"You don''t mind, Lily. Right?" Shawn asked which grabbed everyone''s attention, I was the new kid and only my previous sses knew my name so how did Shawn know it. " Do you know each other?" Alicia questioned. " No" " Yes," I said. I stared his way and I could see him smirking. What is he nning to do? " I met him at the front gate of the university and I asked him for directions." I rified. They left it at that and we got out of the ss, I noticed Mollying my way. " Switch with me, I want to be with Shawn." She ordered as if I was at her service, which irritated me. " I don''t want to be against so ask Shawn to switch to your group instead," I replied. " I said I want to switch with you, can''t you hear?" she retorted. " And I am quite sure I responded to your rude request by a ''No''." " Who is your father?" She asked. " What does your family do?" she added keen to know my status so she would understand who she is dealing with. " None of your business," I said as I passed by her ignoring her next question. I joined my friends in the next ss and then excused myself to go home. They asked me about the reason why a lot of bodyguards apanied me to college and I said that my family is just overprotective, what a joke. That is the total opposite of what my family is. I hopped in the car and headed to the mansion; I went up to my room and got out a pack of cigarettes from my backpack. It seems that today was one of the days when I am not in the mood. Cigarettes were the only thing I enjoyed back at home, they soothe my worries somehow. I was smoking by the window listening to music when suddenly the earphone was pulled out from my ear. I turned around and I spotted no one other than Shawn. " I didn''t know you smoked, I could have chosen a smoking topic instead." He started. " You don''t need to go that far, as I said all you have to do is talk it out with your dad," I mentioned throwing the cigarette in the empty trash can. " Do you know what dad actually wants from you?" " No, what is it that he wants?" " He wants to marry us off." " What, no way... What are you talking about?" I asked confused but what he is spouting. " He thinks you are suitable to be my wife, a hard-working girl who doesn''t care about money and would love me for whom I am pulling me towards the top just like my mom did to him." " This is ridiculous." I spat out. " You think so?" he said approaching me even more, his face was only a few inches from mine as he leaned to meet my eyes¡¯ level. " If you really think so then you should run away before I change my mind and decide to keep you by my side. After all, dad and I have the same taste," he said moving his lips to my ear now. I did not want him to belittle me; he keeps acting this way whenever he sees me so I shouldn''t back away this time. He was trying to intimidate me but in vain, he knows nothing about my personality and what I am actually capable of. I stood on my tiptoes and whispered back in his ears. " I am not someone''s property so you could freely choose to keep me by your side or not, I will speak with your father about this since it wasn''t a part of my deal." " How cute of you to think that you have a saying in this," he said while holding my waist sticking my body to his, he lifted me up swiftly and threw me on the bed. " What the fuck do you think you are doing?" I asked getting up but he kept pushing me back every time I tried to stand on my feet. He took off his shirt exposing his muscr six-packs and his perfectly tanned body. He unzipped his pants and hopped on the bed pulling me from my thigh, he was so strong honestly moving my body easily as if I was a backpack or something. " Do you have a death wish?" I asked trying to push him away but he grabbed both my hands and pinned them on the mattress above my head. He ced his right knee between my thighs and ced his other hand on my lips. " I can''t see your obnoxious attitude anything but sexy, if you keep provoking me, I will take it as an Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. invitation," he said in a very manly voice, he can''t be our age honestly. " You must have gone insane, you have a girlfriend... Duh." I pointed out. " Everyone but you knows that Molly is no more than a ything; I am also the same to her. We don''t care that much about each other." he purred as he closed the distance between his lips and mine. Chapter 6: Ugly memory Chapter 6: Ugly memory As soon as his head got too close to mine, I head-butted the bridge of his nose which caused him to raise his head cing his hands on his nose as it probably stings by now, I quickly passed by him and got out of the room. " You know this is your room, right? You will eventuallye back." He shouted. I decided to go speak with Gerald to see for myself what is he talking about. I headed to his office and knocked on his door, he granted me permission to go in and I stepped into the office then sat on the armchair facing Gerald who was immersed in some papers. " What do you need?" He asked coldly as he pushed the papers aside to focus on our conversation. I had a lot to ask but facing him like that made me forgot what I wanted to say, his aura is so dominating. I have to be careful from now on when dealing with him and choose my words carefully. " I heard that you might want to marry me off to your son," I stated honestly. " So?" So? He did not even deny it, is it really true? What is he thinking? Those people are crazy. " That wasn''t a part of our deal though..." " Not because I want it to happen means it will actually happen." He replied. ¡° I am not someone worthy of this position and your son would never love me." I retorted. " Marriage doesn''t only necessitate love, little one." " I will ask you again, sir. Why me? You must have a reason." I was adamant to know the reason why he chose to waste money on me particrly. " I was there on that rainy day." My mind went nk, a rainy day? Is he perhaps... " I guess that answers your question, don''t forget that dinner at 8 pm. Don''t bete." He instructed. I didn''t reply and dragged myself out of the room, my body got hotter and my legs went numb. My stomach started shing and I ran to the bathroom quickly as I opened the toilet seat and puked my stomach out. I felt sick as I recalled an ugly scene that I wanted to be buried my whole life. I felt footstepsing from behind me. Shawn was patting on my back as I vomited repeatedly. After I finished, I tried hard to get up but couldn''t, Shawn lift me up and carried me to my bed, he covered my body with a nket and called for the maid to take care of me. My vision was blurry and my temperature kept rising. I sensed lips upon mine and heard a faint voice... " You should recall this kiss when you wake up or I will have to give you another one," Shawn whispered, a few secondster, I cked out. ************* Our roof could not protect us from the droplets of water that found their way to our bodies, the rain was so heavy that day and my mom didn''t have any power in her body to move an inch. I was forcing food inside her throat trying to keep her alive as long as possible. Her body was alive but her soul died a long time ago. I looked at her skeletal figure and tears started rolling down my cheeks. I sat in the room''s corner hugging my knees wishing that dad would nevere back but unfortunately, he did, the slut he was having sex with was also with him, I was enraged by the fact that she had the audacity to show up in our house. Dad was so drunk and fell to the floor right away; she stood there looking at my mom and me with utmost disgust. " I can''t believe she didn''t die yet." She said smirking at my face. Her face was enough to make my blood boil; I lost it when she kicked my mother''s body as I watched my mom fall on her side. She kept hitting my mom so I pushed her away. I kept pulling her tiny dress dragging her outside. The dress she wore was now torn apart thanks to me; she red at my petite 12 N?velDrama.Org content rights. years old body and started chasing after me. I ran as fast as I can but she managed to catch me, we were soaked by the rain and her face looked, even more, scarier since the mascara ckened her face. She kept hitting me repeatedly; I hugged her leg trying to stop her but in vain. My breathing was unstable now; I spotted a shard of ss next to me so I grabbed it and swung it her way. Sheughed and held my hair strongly closing the distance between our faces underestimating me. I meant to push her away but what actually happened is that... '' A woman was found dead in a dark alley by XXX street. Her throat was slit open by a sharp weapon. There is no CCTV in any of the streets around. In addition, the police couldn''t get a hold of the killer''s fingerprints because of the rain. This case keeps being unsolved to this day. '' My dad was watching the news, I couldn''t bear the suffocating feeling inside the tiny room we lived in and I was watching a gore scene on an empty stomach, that is when I developed this trauma of mine. I still have difficulty breathing and puke whenever I recall that scene, I killed a woman with my own hands after all and I will not be able to brush off the guilt my whole life. I hadmitted a grave sin at the age of 12, my mom died after three months of the incident when I turned 13 years old. At that point, in time, I thought that my fate would be the same as my mom and that woman if I did not get out of the shithole I am living in. That motivation kept me going up until now. I had to study hard, seed in life and prove to the world that unlucky children can still manage to find happiness. ************* He brings me trouble He brings me trouble A hand was holding mine, I opened my eyes slowly and spotted the maid from yesterday. It seems that she slept from fatigue due to looking after me. Looking after me? She was taking care of me. It is my first time being taken care of. This thought kept repeating itself in my mind again and again. I didn''t want to wake her up by pulling my hand so I just admired her facial features as I waited for her to wake up. After a while, she woke up and yelled when she spotted my eyes wide open. " Why did you shout?" I asked cing my hands on my ears from the sound. " I am sorry... I was shocked, I am really sorry," she begged. " Hey. Hey... No worries, I am not mad, I wanted to thank you for what you did." " No need, I am just a mere maid, it¡¯s my job." She replied. I caressed her face and kissed her forehead. She flinched from my reaction but I could see a smile being drawn on her smooth lips. " You are not a mere maid, you are the decision-maker of your life, a person who seeks happiness. A heroine of your own story, so repeat after me." She nodded in agreement. " I am..." I stopped midway as I recalled that I don¡¯t know her name. " Jessica." " I am Jessica and I am the coolest person on earth, I shall look forward to my future and anticipate a good ending as I try to achieve my goal throughout my life," I instructed. She repeated after me and I was happy that I make her smile. " Thank you, Mrs...." " Call me Lily." I cut her off ordering which made her blush. Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. " Rest here until Ie back from the bathroom. You need to get some more sleep before you get to work." I got up and headed to the bathroom, after passing my room''s door, I located Shawn who was leaning on the wall next to my door crossing his arms. " You are giving her false hope, don''t make it any harder for her." he started. " You are aware she can hear you from here, right?" I replied pointing out to my room. " That''s the point; kindness is a double-edged sword... make sure you don''t use it in the wrong way." He added walking away. He has a point but isn''t he overreacting over such a small thing? I suddenly remembered the kiss he gave me before I lose consciousness yesterday. My cheeks got red and I rushed to the bathroom, I washed my face and my mind went nk for a moment. My first kiss was taken away by a douchebag who thinks he is the center of the whole world. That is something that I should not have let happen, damn. I went back to my room, wore tight jeans and a loose sweatshirt then went downstairs for breakfast. " They said that you were sick yesterday," Gerald stated. " I didn''t feel well, I am fine now," I replied. " Make sure to take your medicine." " Sure." " Can I meet my friends today?" I asked shyly. " The bodyguards will apany you." He stated back cleaning his mouth with a handkerchief. " Thanks." I finished my toast and drank my coffee in the car on the way to college. I couldn''t meet my friends yesterday, I have to meet them today... I sent them a message and we agreed on our meeting location. I reached college and the stares were increasing with every passing day, it is not likely for an 18 years old girl to be apanied by bodyguards on her way to university. I soon joined Alicia and Penny in our first ss. " Hey, the whole university is talking about you," theymented. " Why?" " You have talked back to the prime minister''s daughter; she was so mad that she mumbled to herself the rest of the day yesterday," Aliciamented. " C''mon, we have been friends for 24 hours now, can''t you tell us whose daughter are you?" Penny begged. I didn''t have a problem with my status, I totally ept it... I just couldn''t tell them about it to not attract unnecessary questions that I don''t know how would I respond to. " It is a secret." I giggled. They rolled their eyes at me leaving me to walk alone to our ss. I spotted Molly running after Shawn in the corridor; I passed by them ignoring their presence. I didn''t know that he will be attending the same ss as me. It was a Pharmaceutical legition ss and no one paid attention to it. I can swear I saw Shawn smirking at me just now, what is he nning. He threw a piece of paper my way. '' What is your favorite movie'' I did not reply and he threw another one. ¡®Treat me to lunch.'' This is getting stupid, what does he want? I realized his lousy n just when I asked myself this question since I noticed Molly ring at me, she literally stabbed me with daggers just with her eyes. This is getting scary, Iughed. I was thrown another paper but this time Molly was the sender. ¡®Meet me after college in the cheerleader''s room.'' I was totally not going to meet with her, Shawn is trying to give me a hard time and I am not falling for his trap. After college, I was exiting our department''s building when suddenly I got pulled from the sweatshirt by a bunch of dudes. It looked as if they were from the football team; I guess they are since their bodies were so muscr and tall. They took me to the building''s backyard in where Molly was waiting. " I knew you wouldn''t havee on your own so I made some preparations." Shemented proudly as if she was the smartest ass on earth. " Smartass." I retorted. " I will teach you to sew that mouth of yours, you fuckin pig." Molly spat out and the three guys surrounded me from all directions getting ready to give me a beating, I guess. Catfight Catfight What I forgot to tell you about myself guys is that I used to train in an underground fighting club, my coach was so strict and he taught me several techniques not to only defend myself but to also be an aggressive individual who permits no one to mess with him. I may look cute but I lost my feminine side a long time ago, I had to learn how to fight if I did not want to be killed, robbed, raped, or even have my organ extracted in my notorious neighborhood. My coach recognized that my petite body would not be convenient to me so he taught me another deadly technique that does not necessitate body strength. I always walked with a sliver dagger that I won in one of the fighting contests but I lost it three days before I was kidnapped by Mr. Gerald. I have a hunch that my dad found it and sold it somewhere. The guys standing around me were huge, I can''t defeat them by mere force, I have no dagger and they outnumber me. I decided that the best option was to run. I am used to this option, you would understand what I mean dear reader if you were brought up or lived in the most despicable neighborhood where everyone is unemployed and have a criminal record. One of the three guys poked my head with his finger, I took the chance as I grabbed his finger and pushed it backward resulting in its breakage, he screamed his lung out as he fell on the floor, the other guy pulled my hair strongly from behind so I hold his arm with both hands and slid below his arm twisting it. The bone broken guy got up mad and thest one was also about to hit me so I pushed the one I was holding to their way and made a run to the car. I might not be that lucky anymore so I preferred to choose the easiest and wisest route, which was getting away from them. I rode my car and instructed the driver to start the engine, I watched as they followed me to the university''s gates but could not take another step forward due to the bodyguards and the CCTVs. I soon reached the ce I temporarily call home, I am thankful for being fed and clothed there. I changed my clothes and prepared to go out with my friends. I bumped into a hand that pushed me into my room again; it was Shawn who stepped into my room closing the door behind him. " What do you want?" I asked not willing to join in one of his games. " I knew you were good but didn''t expect you to be this good." he purred sexily. " Does it turn you on when you tease me? Shawn?" I stressed his name trying to piss him off by saying so. " If you keep doing this kind of stuff, I would think that you really like me. Wouldn''t I?" I added stepping on his pride. " You are being too old-fashioned using the words like and love. I guess it''s true that poor people''s only redemption in life is falling in love." He stated calmly while smirking. " That''s not what I meant..." " I can make you filthy rich, not caring about financial resources anymore your whole life... I am already bored with Molly and I would like a new y toy in my boring life." He continued. He keeps hurting my pride, why is money ruining people''s minds. Why do I have to listen to him belittling me like that? -" I don''t give a damn about your money, you can find..." -" No I can''t, you are the type that is rare to find and I guess I am sexually attracted to you." He interrupted me closing the distance between us. -" You gave me a bruise and I had to put a ster on my nose because of you, I won''t let you give me any new scars so don''t try anything funny." -" If you take any step further, I will have to." I threatened. He swiftly dashed my way aiming to grab my arm; I dodged his arm and located his guts trying to hit it but failed. He blocked the hit getting a hold of my leg, I tried to punch him but his pulling me towards N?velDrama.Org content rights. him made me lose my bnce. I was about to fall when he grabbed my shirt keeping me from falling while he raised my thigh to his waist. I couldn''t do anything in this position, my hands won''t reach him and one leg is supporting my body when the other was is restricted by him. " Let me go," I yelled. " This view is great, it would have been better if you weren''t wearing anything," he growled jokingly. " Just let me go, I said," I repeated. He lifted me up quickly grabbing my arms restricting my movement. He stuck his head to my neck so I wouldn''t be able to head-butt him again and slid his other hand beneath my top. " Your body''s hot, both literally and metaphorically," he whispered in my ears licking it gently. My body temperature increased indeed. My breathing got heavier and his touch threw shivers throughout my body. He is different from the boys I met in my life, he is so manly that one would mistake him for a middle-aged man. He has this dark dominant aura around him that forces everyone to respect him and obey him just like his father. His hair was silky and curled into beautiful ck bangs. He had the sharpest jawline I ever saw and a defined muscr body that could make a girl fall for easily. His eyes were the same color as mine, light grey, and his facial features were so attractive, to be honest. It would be very dangerous if we stayed in this position any longer. Sexual tension Sexual tension His breath was intoxicating, he kept licking my ear and stopped speaking, I think he is now focused on something else much more important due to his animalistic instinct. " Shawn?" I moaned as he bit my ear just at the same time. " If you call my name like that, would you think I will listen to whatever you will say next?" He asked in a husky voice that managed to turn me on at this point in time. I am no angel and his touch was doing things to me that I never imagined, I did not specte being touched this way by him. It is my first time; my body was unfamiliar with the feeling as it started taking over my mind bit by bit. His hand kept elevating along my back melting me with his touch, I was breathing heavily and my breasts were moving up and down rubbing against his chest that is when I felt something hard against my lower abdomen. No, No, No... I can''t be doing this. I tried to push him away freaked out by what happened. His grip was rough and he enjoyed me pushing his chest away as he was going back to the same position repeatedly rubbing his thing due to the friction. This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. " If you don''t move away, I will scream," I warned him and a tear started falling down my cheeks. " Please Shawn, just please," I said with a broken voice. " Shit," he said pulling his body away from mine contemting my facial features. He wiped my tear with his hand. " You should go meet your friends; I will use your room for a while." He growled clenching his jaw. I did not want to look down since I knew that I would spot something unpleasant so I just rushed out of the room quickly after taking my phone with me and a pack of cigarettes. Shawn''s POV: Damn, she did not even leave me a single cigarette to smoke, why is she so cold-hearted. She is different from the girls I have met so far, she is petite, cute and her voice drags me insane. Every time I tower over her due to our height gap, I imagine doing all sorts of things to her. She is not ying hard to get but rather she is hard to get. It is a fact that she does not even need to fake. This is the first time that I get physically attracted to someone this way, I am not usually weak to tears but when I saw hers, I just couldn''t keep going. I didn''t want her to hate me for some reason and this thought made me a little bit mad. She didn''t like me first, she didn''t see my attention and she is just dealing with me because of my father''s contract. I think that all that made her even more attractive in my eyes, her lips; her eyes that look just like mine, her height, her voice, her choice of words, and even her vicious personality are just so sexy. I wanted to give her a hard time earlier not expecting that Molly will call her boys out, I knew she would teach them a lesson though. Her fighting style was beautiful andcked any mistakes; I bet in her ambiance, a single mistake would cause her to be seriously harmed so she was always careful. I knew several things about her since I read the file that contained a detailed background check on her that was on my father''s desk. I know that she killed her father''s prostitute of a girlfriend, I interrogated my dad''s special investigator and he told me about it. He also said that dad witnessed it, I guess that is the main reason why he is so attached to her. He sees her as a strong girl that her situation forced her to be a grown woman at such a young age. Furthermore, dad is being unreasonable pushing me to marry her instead of wasting my time dating useless trashy women. Molly is the prime president''s daughter; I do not need her title nor connections when our family is listed as the richest family in all Europe. We have billions of billions and the president himself is one of our properties. In our world, you can buy anything with money... Power joins hands with money and they are a synonym to a single term, which is ¡®Authority¡¯. I finished my business on her bed and then kept roaming around for a little bit. She did not have a diary or anything; she didn''t even own aptop. How did she manage to study so far? She literally does not have a thing besides her mobile phone. I went to my room and grabbed some stuff. I filled her room with some basic materials, aptop, a wallet, several sketches and even brought her some teddies to help her sleep at night since I noticed that she does not sleep that much. I got out of the room and headed to my father''s office. He was upied with work; I interrupted him by starting a conversation. " Didn''t her father ask for her?" I asked. " Why would he?" dad replied. " I won''t marry yet," I stated firmly. " I never said something like that, and stop mentioning such stuff to Lily," he instructed. " You don''t need to say it for me to know what you are plotting." " I bet you are already interested in her if you consider what I did as a plot. It''s all up to you Shawn." He knew that I would fall into his trap doing what he nned for in the end. I may be smarter than dad is but he is much more experienced that sometimes his hunches and actions creep me out. " Aren''t you afraid she might run away?" " Afraid?" dad chuckled. " Are you sure you didn''t fall for her already?" he added. I ignored what he said and stormed out of the room, I never liked anyone, I may just be interested in her but I do not think this interest will exceed a month at most. My social circle My social circle Lily''s POV: I was still flustered even after a 20 minutes car ride, I was about to lose it back there, thanks god nothing happened. I would not have forgiven myself, I may not be able to understand how the rich people think but I do not care even if I did; he has a girlfriend and I should respect that. In addition, I don''t want a stupid choice out of temporary feelings and an instinct drive to ruin my future. I never wanted an arrogant husband who belittles me at every given chance. He might be rich but it is this money that would prevent me from ever falling in love with him. I won''t be able to tolerate society''s prejudice, they would categorize me as a gold digger and would alwayspare me to him, he would get bored sooner orter so I just have to ignore him until then. -" We have reached our destination, Mrs. Lily." The driver said interrupting my thread of thoughts. I got out of the car and asked the bodyguards to remain outside. I stepped into Tasty restaurant and located my friends who were gathering around a table by the counter sipping whiskey. I walked up to them thanking god that Gerald allowed me to move not totally free but at least be able to carry out my normal daily life. " Hey girl, how have you been?" Diana asked, my friend from middle school whom I saved once from her bullies, that was when our rtionship developed into a friendship. " I am fine, I should ask you the same, How''s life going?" " Ughhh, Exams." Jenny sighed. Jenny and Ca were also with her, they are my friends too but not as much as Diana, we went through high school together though so we spent a nice amount of time with each other. " Why did you transfer from your college, we heard about it from Jack." Ca wondered. Jack was a stalker of mine that almost followed me everywhere I wentst summer. " Does he keep trailing me?" I asked worried that he might have tracked me and know what happened to me so far, that would be a little bit problematic since Jack is the most persistent boy I have ever met, he hardly gives up even though I rejected him several times. " Maybe..." Diana spected. " What did he tell you, girls?" " He said that you go to a very expensive college, going around in a ck Jaguar surrounded by a bunch of bodyguards." Dianaughed. " He must have gone insane, lol" Ca retorted. " Yeah, he totally lost it. Love drags people insane." Jennymented. I didn''t know how to reply, I was afraid that my situation would be misunderstood, if I were to say that a phnthropist took me in, they will totally not believe me. They would rather think that I seduced him with my body. I also can''t tell them the truth since it wouldplicate things and I don''t want that to happen. If I lied, that stupid Jack might actually prove it to them and I might end up losing my friends because of my lies. I was so immersed in my thoughts that I did not notice the girls calling my name. " Lily, Lily... Are you okay?" They asked. Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. " What?... Yes... I am fine." I stuttered. " What are you thinking about?" I had to think of an excuse to use quickly. " I didn''t want to admit it guys but it is actually true, not the whole truth but I do really go to an expensive unaffordable college. I work as a maid for one of the top rich families, the head of the family paid for my tuition in that college since he admired my diligence to studying." I lied. " You are kidding me? That is hrious. Who is the man?" Diana questioned. " Yeah and what about the bodyguards?" Ca added. " It is Gerald Find, our country''s most notorious billionaire. Do you believe he actually turned out to be someone nice? He even said that the university''s students shouldn''t know that I am poor so he ordered some bodyguards of his to follow me around in one of the many cars he owns" I exined. " Fuck, I can''t still believe it, hey Jenny, pinch me," Diana ordered. " Pinch me first, I honestly think I have essed a fairy tale," Jenny replied. " I still have to work hard cleaning the house and cooking all three meals guys just to repay his kindness, It is not that easy." " You must get help from other maids as well," Jenny stated. " Yes, but still the workload is so much especially while studying," I stated back. " Mr. Gerald has a son who is 24 years old, he is so fucking handsome, have you seen him?" ra asked. " 24?? How is he 24? He goes to the same college as me and he is even in the same grade so how is he 24?" " They say that he was locked in his study room since he was 8 years old, he was home tutored and he learned how to run business right after he learned how to walk. Words have it going that he created his ownpany without anyone''s help, not even his dad''s at the age of twelve." Diana began. " And because of that he had to take a break from school for a few years, he wasted almost his whole childhood working with the elders. He didn''t go to middle or high school thanks to his family''s connections but had to enroll in college 4 yearster than his fellow friends." Jenny continued. " I bet he did it just to break free from his father''s workaholic demeanor, he needed to go to college to have some fun and make brand new happy memories," ramented. That is why he is so manly, he was not a mere kid, to begin with, and the age difference between us is six years. I didn¡¯t know that he did not totally have it easy while growing up; I guess I saw him from a new lens for the first time today. Potential threat Potential threat My friends were drunk and passed out on the counter; I was in the toilet making an important phone call. I called Tony, someone whom I can''t really describe our rtionship as friends since it was a little bit different. Tony was the one who passed me the dagger; he also helped me to deal with some problems in the underground ring club. He does not do anything for free though, it''s not weird since it is his job. " Lily, It''s been a long time; I heard you were sold out by your father, is it true?" " It''s a long story, I would like you to tell me whether the whole thing was plotted or if it happened just due to mere luck, the one he was indebted to is Gerald Find, you must know who he is," I stated. " Of course I do, I don''t mess with big shark though. I will be fucked up if caught and with someone like him, I would," he replied. " I will guarantee that you won''t get killed, he is an acquaintance of mine so if you told him my name, he won''t harm you. Also, all I need you to do is to check out whether dad asked him to give him money or he offered it himself." I rified. " It''s not my business to ask you about details but all I can say is take care, Lily. Those people are out of our league, they are no joke," he said before I hanged up the phone. If I confirm that he really nned all of this from the beginning then as Shawn said, his dad won''t let go of me anytime soon, I don''t even know what he wants which freaks me out even more. I will have to exnation to Jack somehow; I don''t want him to create any trouble so I had to eliminate the problem before it urs. I asked the driver to drive them to the nearest bus stop, I made sure they rode it then I went back to the car, which drove me home. It was exactly 7:50 when I reached home, Gerald was strict about having at least two meals together and I didn''t want to anger him. Shawn was also sitting beside him as the maid started serving our meals. " How was your meeting with your friends?" Gerald asked. " It''s been a while since west saw each other so it was a good chance for us to chat for a while." " Good, you need to choose your friends carefully though, friends'' betrayals are the deadliest." He uttered as he looked into my eyes. His stare was long and creepy, I didn''t know whether it held a meaning behind it or not. I don''t also know why does this family turn everything into a weapon, how did theye to think this way. I started getting curious bit by bit about Shawn; I wanted to know more about how he grew up and what he went through so far, it was mere curiosity, nothing more and nothing less. " I heard you got into a fight today," Gerald stated. Is he watching me? I don''t think that Shawn told him so how did he know? " Yes, but nothing bad happened thankfully." I rified. " I sent the prime minister a small warning; I wouldn''t like it if you were put in such a situation again." Shawn did notment on that, he was eating his meal peacefully as if he wasn''t the cause for all of this. I finished my meal, excused myself, and went to my room, I spotted a lot of new stuff in my room, and I guess that Gerald left them here. He even got me aptop, how nice! Tomorrow is our meeting at college toe up with the debate argument, this is the first step to realizing my goal, I knew I should be ignoring Shawn for now but I can''t help but want to regain my freedom. C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Tomorrow, I will try to know him better andmunicate with him a little bit. The next day was quick to arrive; I ate breakfast alone with Gerald and headed to college. We finished our sections and gathered in the cafeteria all five to n our debate. " Since we are with gambling being legal then we should describe it as magic. It could turn a dor into a thousand in a matter of few minutes." Nics who is our fifth one argued. " It is also fun, it feels good when you y with money, it promotes positivity," Penny added. " It is good for Skill enhancement. Gambling has also been shown to enhance a wide range of skill sets." I lied. Skills my ass, I can''t see anything of what they said as an actual advantage, it should be only a hobby of the rich. Poor people should be banned to gamble. " It''s also a good way to socialize; one can get many prostitutes and one-night stand girls from such an activity," Shawnmented while looking into my eyes as he drank his juice. " Ha-ha man, we can''t write that though, the prof would give us an F." Pennyughed. I tried to hide my anger but I guess he knew somehow that what he said hit me right where it hurts. It enraged me more that I will have to act kind with him today, fuck this. It was 6 pm and I asked my driver to note and get me so I would ride with Shawn. " Can you give me a ride?" I requested. " Nice n," he said as he opened the passenger seat for me to hop in and headed to the driver''s one. " Thanks." " I bet you want to talk to me about something like leaving my girlfriend if we do not care about each other." He said as he started the engine and we got moving. " You are a nice mind reader, why would you even keep dating if you don''t care anymore?" I exined. I noticed that he did not drive to where the mansion was. " What are you going? This is the opposite direction." " I will take you somewhere fun," he said stepping on the elerator causing me to wear my seat belt. A Chatter A Chatter " Just where are you going?" I asked confused. " You wanted to know more about me so I will realize that wish for you." He replied while speeding up with the car. We reached our destination, it was a vast forest and we kept walking in it until we found a big rock that overlooks a beautifulke. The scenery was gorgeous that I forgot all about going back to the mansion and how it''s dangerous to remain alone with someone like Shawn. " How do you like it?" he asked fixing his position on that rock. " It is fabulous." " d you like it." I turned my head directing my gaze at him in surprise. " How could you be so mean at college but turn this kind now?" I wondered. "I can''t treat you freely as I wish at college to not raise suspicions so I just tease you." " Whoa, didn''t expect such a reason." " Why did you take me here?" I added. " Since it is my birthday, I wanted to spend it outside." N?velDrama.Org content rights. " Why didn''t you celebrate it with your friends?" " What friends?" I didn''t know how to respond to that question, I gave it a thought and he was right. Shawn did not have any friends. He sat with a bunch of kids at college but he never talks about them and never have I ever seen him with them outside of college. " Ohh, so you are a loner," Imented nodding my head. " I didn''t have time to make friends and when finally I had the chance, I found out that they are so young and stupid. I felt too left out." " So you are saying that I am much more mature than them?" " No, if you asked regarding your body, you are so small." heughed. " Rudee." I spat out. " I wouldn''t have been attracted to you if you weren''t mature enough anyway so rest assured." He said which resulted in a faint blush finding its way upon my cheeks. " How about we talk business while contemting this scenery," I replied trying to convert the direction of this conversation. " I left her." " You, what? Why didn''t you tell me earlier?" " Should I?" Shawn responded sarcastically. -" Why did you change your mind?" " She was pestering me it has been a while. It was fated to happen eventually. I listened to her demands of bing my girlfriend just to experience what teenagers my age go through. It wasn''t as much as fun as I expected it to be though." He exined. " I heard about your childhood story." " From who?" " My friends told me about it the other day, you are very famous, ya know," I stated the obvious. " Did they tell you about my mother?" he asked. " No, but I would like to hear about it." " She was killed by some mafia leader who has been my dad''s rival for ten consecutive years." It seemed that he didn''t want to talk about it any further so I didn''t push him to but I was curious about how he felt to do business at such a young age. ¡° Do you like to work?" I questioned. " No, I am just good at work but I do not like it. No one likes to work." He answered. " How about you give a job to someone who needs it," I said pointing out to myself. " I know what you are trying to get at and it is cute I got to say." " C''mon, working is better than studying if you think about it, especially that it is your ownpany." " You can work by yourself, the CEO that I hired is running mypany quite well and the money I take a year pushed me to reconsider inheriting my dad''s wealth. I don''t need his money; therefore I do not need to listen to what he wants anymore." Shawn rified. " Oh, why is your dad insisting that you run his business?" " Because I am the only one who will not lead to its destruction if I took over. We have too many enemies as much as we have a lot of connections, Lily. The only thing that keeps them away from messing with our business is the consequence they will have to face if they anger us. If someone outside of the family took over, it will encourage them to make a move that we might not be able to undo." " While we are talking now, I am exposing my dad to a potential threat, words going around that Shawn Gerald is refusing to help his dad. Do you understand?" " I got it but it is still so weird; I can''t understand why would someone risk his life and fortune to seek more money and fame. They already have enough." " Greed never gets satisfied, Lily. The more you earn, the more you would want to earn. That''s life." " You don''t want to end up a workaholic like your dad wasting your life, am I right?" " It is more of I am avenging my younger self, I me dad for creating a childhood that is no different from my present, I me him for being the reason of mom''s death. I want him to suffer a little bit more." I started to understand how he thinks, in my eyes; Shawn is a wise man who holds a child''s spirit that he could not let go of. He is a prisoner of his own world just like how I was afraid to be a prisoner of mine. Our means are different but our goals are pretty much the same. We would like to create our own script; I wish to not live in poverty my whole life and prove myself and he hopes to get free from the greater responsibilities his rank beholds. We fought different circumstances but we still ran in the same direction. A new headache A new headache We skipped dinner that day and we came back together which sounded suspicious, to be honest. As I was resting in my room, I got a phone call from Tony. " Hey, did you reach something?" I asked. " It was calcted, the man approached him first ording to my friend who works there, everyone noticed something was weird, you don''t get to see a beggar like your fathering in and out of a high-ss club that easily, he was obviously invited in by someone," Tony exined. " I understand, I will give you 100 bucks instead of 80 so do me another favor." " Hit me with the request then." " Can you tell me what is Jack up to these days?" I requested. " Does that douchebag still stalks you?" " I have a hunch that I wish to not be true; he is so quiet, unlike his natural self. Thanks in advance, Tony. I will wire you the money now." I stated before hanging up. I looked at my bank ount that had only 100 bucks left after the money transfer I have made. I do not go to the underground ring anymore nor did I take any part-time jobs, it is been a while, It is not as if I even could. I decided to go ask Gerald if he can allow me to move freely in order to go get some money on my own from a job somewhere. " Come in," he said. " Good evening Mr. Gerald, can I talk to you for a moment." " Sure." " I would like to work in a friend''s club; I need to save some money just in case." " In case of what?" he asked. " I don''t know, I might need it in the future, I also need to buy some stuff." I lied. " You can use my debit card for that." " No, definitely no. I can''t take your money." I retorted. " You won''t. You will just borrow money from me until you got paid for the mission you are assigned and then give it back." He exined. I nodded my head taking his debit card. This is really getting dangerous and it started to get on my nerves. He obviously refused to let me work so that I won''t have cash on me if I ever think of running away. He knows I would totally need that cash. I can''t use the VISA recklessly since he will know what I spent money on in detail. Judging from what Tony has mentioned as well, this kidnapping thing was all nned. My head is going to explode, what caught his interest in a killer such as myself? What drove him to carry out a plot just to get me in here? I will have to know the answer for myself, no normal father would want his son to marry a nameless murderer over the prime''s minister daughter just because she is earnest and has a simr character to that of his wife. I decided to study for two hours or three before going to school, it might not seem like it but we are about to ess an exam period. The next day, I woke up early and reached school sooner than usual. " Hey did you study hard for the pharmacology quiz?" Penny asked. " Yes, I am ready to ace it." Iughed. " I can''t tell whether you are joking or not since I have never seen your grades before." He stated. " You will, soon. Where is Alicia?" " Uhmm, with her boyfriend I guess." " She has a boyfriend?" I asked hearing this for the first time. " Yeah, I have always wanted to know how that feels." " Why don''t you date then?" " Looking for the right girl, I guess. I think she is quite close though." He said smiling at my face from ear to ear as if he tried to emphasize that I am an option. " Sorry, I am taken." " By studies and such..." he replied to what he spected I would say. " Nah, to myself. I like myself and I also date myself." I said brushing my hair off with my hand arrogantly. Weughed as we spotted Aliciaing from afar wearing sunsses. " Ha-ha, she thinks she is in Hawaii." Penny joked. It was not Hawaii what she came from though, I didn''t know that even rich people go through stuff like that, and by stuff like that; ''abuse'' is what I mean. I decided to talk to her privately after college; I wanted to help a girl that I think of her as not so close but still a friend. Right after the quiz, I got a sudden call from Tony. " You need toe to the location I sent you if you do not wish for Jack to die. This man right here is so furious; he will smack him to death." Tony informed me. The location was so close; it is right behind the university where a greenwood that extends to several meters exists. I hurried there; it seems that Tony was trailing Jack when he witnessed his interaction with whom I believe is Shawn. I could see both of them now, Jack was on the floor with several bruises on his face trailing throughout his body and he was trying hard to get away from Shawn who was searching his bag. I rushed to Jack''s rescue trying to get him up as I called the ambnce, he would live but I was worried he would raise an issue of this beating to the police, he might get himself in deeper trouble that could poison me as well and I didn''t want that. " 911, there''s a man who needs serious hospitalization here, he fell while riding a motorcycle, there are many scratches and bruises evident on his body and he can''t get up," I stated. Ten minutes is all I have before the ambncees here. I had to make sure that Jack does not Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. spout nonsense to the police and also exin to Shawn who kept staring at my back why I am actually doing this. His anger His anger " Care to exin," Shawn said as he walked up to me causing Jack to crawl behind me. " Just give me a minute, okay." I requested waiting for him to back away but he didn''t. " Tell him whatever you want, I will keep standing here." he rified in a dark tone thatcked patience. I sighed as I looked at Jack and whispered in his ear. " If you mess with them, I won''t be able to guarantee that would keep your life. I know you want me to N?velDrama.Org content rights. listen to you, I will if you chose to keep silent about this. I will contact you after you get out of the hospital so don''t say anything until then." I instructed lowering my voice as much as I can. " You promised me, Lily." he barely stuttered. " Yes, and you know that I keep my words. Don''t forget to tell them that you fell from the motorcycle while riding in the forest by some branch or something, You asked me to bring the motorcycle to a repair shop." I continued. " Okay, I will. Don''t hang up with such a dangerous man, Lily. I will be back as soon as I can, I really missed you, ya know that." " I can hear the word man in your sentence so I guess you would be talking about me," Shawn uttered stepping forward; he leaned matching his body level. " I warn you to show up around me again and since Lily is most of the time by my side, you better disappear from both our sights forever," Shawn growled warningly. The ambnce''s siren sound was approaching and I signed Shawn to move back. I asked the paramedics to take me with them but Shawn grabbed my arm and dragged me away. His grip was firm and he did not let go of me. " Let go, Shawn, I told you I will tell youter all about it." I started. " Who said that I don''t already know all about it, Lily. He has been in our circle it has been four days now, he was trailing us that day when we went to the forest so I made a neat background check." " If you know then you should be aware of the fact that he might make a big problem out of this." " That''s why I was about to put him in ce, you are the one who interrupted the process." Shawn retorted. I pped his hand away ring at him now. " This is my own problem, Shawn, I don''t understand why you are getting involved in this. You should have called me when you came into contact with him." I exined. A lot of trees embraced our shadows as sun rays were finding their way past the dense set of leaves. Shawn was so angry and I could not justify his anger, he did not respond to what I said as if he is trying his best to control his temper. -" Why did you hit him, what happened?" I asked. Shawn closed the distance between us lowering his voice while clenching his jaw. He stared at me with those light grey eyes of his that never failed to fascinate me; I was put for the first time in ce of those who talk to me contemting my eyes. Ah, that is what they see, I thought. " I am trying to be nice here Lily so don''t piss me off any further. The boy was still tracking me and I caught him, he kept spouting nonsense about how I am taking advantage of you so I hit him. I knew that he wanted this result to make an issue out of itter but it is not like I would be fazed by that." Shawn rified. " I appreciate your help but you just don''t understand, people like us have nothing to lose literally, you are underestimating the amount of damage he can do just because he is weaker. What if he spread rumors in the college, that would totally put us at a great disadvantage. What if he got out of his way and tried to kill you. You never know..." " What did he do for you to say that?" Shawn suddenly asked converting the conversation''s direction. I kept silent; I did not want him to know honestly. He ced his forehead on mine and slid his hand to my back trying to make me feelfortable enough to tell him myself. " I even told you about my mom," he said. -" If I promise to tell you, would you promise to not get involved in this matter anymore? I will deal with my own issues myself." I responded. " I will think about it." What is that even supposed to mean, he is so vague... He has asked nicely though, I can''t get myself to refuse to tell him. " He stalked me throughout my high school years, he befriended me using my weaknesses against me. I was fighting underground to make money for the high school tuition fee so he threatened to tell the school if I refused to give him a chance." I started. " I was imprisoned in this rtionship for a whole three years until I got into college. I was fighting only during summer and colleges don''t care about something like that anyway." I continued. " He did not have any weakness, he doesn''t care about anything in his life and he doesn''t mind getting beaten every day. He is so persistent. I had to put him behind bars to stop pursuing me." I added. " For aggravated stalking and threatening?" " Yeah, he was supposed to remain five years in prison but words got around that he paid a fine by selling one of his organs. He is a total nut job." " I wonder what he would do if he was to get imprisoned again." Shawn wondered. " You said you won''t get involved, Shawn." " You are easily tricked." he chuckled aiming to lighten up the mood as he turned around and walked away. I walked up to him poking his side. " You promised..." I pouted my cheeks cutely, I was following him recklessly not looking in front of me, which nearly caused me to fall tripping over a small branch but luckily Shawn was quick on his feet and grabbed me from my waist preventing the fall. Physical contact Physical contact Shawn was holding me, I tried to fix my position but he was not helpful. He kept staring into my eyes before he viciously attacked my mouth searching for a way in. I gave him permission, as I was feeling emotional at that time; he kept trailing his tongue throughout my mouth exploring every corner. His breath had a sweet taste of chocte and his hands slid to my butt, he groped my butt pulling me closer to his chest. I felt my insides melting from his touch; his hands were roaming all over my body finding their way to my abdomen, thighs, back, and my nape. His thing was rubbing against my waist as he was holding me even stronger. I flinched when he suddenly fondled my breast, heading to my neckline cing kisses all over my upper body; he sat on his knees licking my abdomen in a very sexy way that dragged me insane. He pulled my thigh in a motion that caused me to fall on hisp, he ced his hand on my nape forcing his way into my mouth as he bit my lips licking all over them. His hands got even braver as he slid his hand beneath my bra; he was grabbing my naked breast. I have to be honest; at that point, I had already given up to his touch, and that was what made me restless though. The problem is that I would never allow such a thing to happen if I was not already attracted to the one in front of me. I was not only sexually attracted to him; I started falling in love with his personality. My curiosity towards him and the several weaknesses I show when I am with him is solid proof that I am in danger, I can''t fall for him. I could not convince my body to listen to this reason as I circted my arms around his body pulling him in a hug. I could not break the kiss but even yed a big role in keeping the wheels rolling. I could feel something hard beneath my butt, I do not know whether he is sensitive or if I am that good to turn him on. " Want me to help you with that?" I asked shyly looking down. " I would pretty much appreciate you giving me a hand." He replied. We knew that we will not do it just yet, we cannot even risk trying to have sex outdoors, and any student could pass by any minute so we had to hurry. I also was not ready to lose my virginity this way and by Shawn, I guess he knew it as well so he chose to just let me help him finish his business instead. It was my first time touching it, I felt hot and my hands started shaking. I do not know what to do exactly. Shawn grabbed my hand and showed me the correct way to do it in order to relieve it. I started repeating the hand gesture he showed me over and over again, his breathing started getting faster and he dug his head into my neck inhaling my scent. I noticed that he was getting closer to his climax; I fastened my hand motion pressing on its tip gently but applying pressure. He was holding back a moan that managed to slip from his vocals when he finally came. " I am sorry," he said when he noticed that he came in my hand. He pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and cleaned both my hands, he quickly stood up and searched for wet wipes, he continued cleaning my palms when he found them. I did not utter a single word, my face was so red already and as if I lost the ability to speak, I kept silent. Shawn noticed that I am embarrassed, the rush of adrenaline that I felt earlier faded away which forced me to think with my brain, what the fuck have I just done? I asked myself. " You look even cuter when you are embarrassed; you be meek as well which oppositely to your Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. usual self." He chuckled. " I am not embarrassed; I just remembered that I have a ss to attend now. I have to go." I lied. " C''mon I will take you home, all sses have already ended," he answered back. He hugged my figure transferring his heat to my body that was already overheated. I let him hug me since I was in dire need to hide behind something right now so I just covered my face with his shirt. He grinned, we enjoyed spending time together and our rtionship was getting stronger by the time. I followed him to his car and he drove me home, Gerald was waiting for us at home. He knew that I did not go back with my driver. As soon as we stepped into the mansion, we ate lunch together and I headed to my room. I called Tony to ask him for details. " I was waiting for your call," Tony began. " What did you find?" " Jack has been tracking you thesest few days, he doubted what he heard from your friends and his doubts were confirmed, he took pictures of you..." " Yeah, I know that, anything else?" " Nope, that is it. I do not think he nned for anything yet. Gerald''s family is not a family that he can mess with at all." " Okay, I understand. Thanks, Tony." " Don''t mention it." I had a n in mind, I needed to speak with Gerald regarding a few terms that would help him understand his son''s need and how to win him back. I know that Shawn would not like it if I did that but I did not have any choice. As I said before I am not ready to marry an arrogant dead rich fellow, which is not the life I imagined nor wanted. We may be attracted to each other but since wee from very different worlds, this variance would cause us a problem sooner orter. I do not want to be indulged in a loss game, I never did and I never will. I will have to rush things up and get out of this mansion as fast as I can. I will prepare for a n B in case things went south. I will have to secure another escape route just in case Gerald had an ulterior motive and did not allow me to peacefully walk away. Pity Pity I headed to Gerald''s office as always, that man is an alcoholic. I bet that is a life that Shawn definitely does not want to have. His life was very boring for someone that can literally buy anything he wants or go everywhere he wishes. It made me realize that rich people''s lives are not always that amusing. C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. " I heard that Shawn broke up with his girlfriend. You did a great job." he started while he got up from his desk chair to sit on the couch motioning for me to join him. " I only did what I had to do, I want to speak with you regarding Shawn as well. Allow me to speak honestly, sir." " I am all ears, go ahead," he responded. " Shawn had made it clear to me the other day that he holds you responsible for his mother''s death, I know I am bringing up a sensitive topic here but it''s all for a greater purpose. He also did not appreciate how he spent his life growing up and even though he does not find himself at college with younger students. He still is being obnoxious about getting back to work." I exined. " He is an adult who would like to operate things on his own as well, I bet he misses thepany he started himself," I added. " So what are you suggesting?" " I suggest that you talk it out with him calmly aiming that he feels touched with your conversation. If you talked about his mom and showed him that you are as much hurt as he is, and how she would be proud of him when she sees his aplishments, I think that he would change his mind." " Shawn is no kid, Lily. He knows what he should do, my words won''t have any effect, you have to convince him yourself," he replied. He was not being cooperative at all. Did he even try to convince Shawn to begin with? " Ahh, I forgot. Do you need help to get rid of that boy?" he suddenly asked. I think he is talking about no one other than Jack. " No, I will take care of it on my own. I appreciate your consideration." I answered wondering if anything slips from reaching his ears. " You can go finish your business, Lily." I got out of the room; he knew that I had to go solve the issue of mine. The driver took me to the hospital where Jack is admitted. I asked the nurses about the whereabouts of his room. " Follow me." The nurse said. We soon reached his bed, tears were about to escape his eyes when he saw me. I can''t lie and say that I didn''t pity him, people usually get disgusted by their stalkers especially if they weren''t that good looking but I wasn''t. Growing up in an ambiance like ours leaves no one with his full sanity; abusive parents, alcoholic and corrupted dads, single moms who sell their bodies, and friends whom you know die out of hunger while you are witness of it all. Jack was left with huge debt as soon as his dad died, he was abused his whole life by loan sharks and never had a fixed home. I can''t me him for the person he has be since I never went through what he faced in his life to know how would I have reacted. " I thought I was being obvious when I told you to forget all about me, Jack." " Please, Lily. I stayed for half a year in prison before I got out, I wanted to pay for my wrongdoings just as you have mentioned. I couldn''t resist not seeing you though so I had to get out." he rified. " Do you know that I barely stopped Gerald from getting you in prison again, you know that this time you will rot away forever. Those people don''t joke around." " That man is dangerous, you have to run away with me. I know that he is keeping you there against your will, that he is feeding and taking care of you but it is just so fishy." He was right, I had no choice though. I am being watched 24/7 and if I run away it will be a matter of no time before he reaches me with the amount of money I have. " I need money," I thought not realizing that I said that out loud. " I can help you, I can rob your father. It is said that he gained a handsome amount of money from one of his gambles..." " We can''t do that, forget about it. Let me just tell you this... If you promise me that you won''t create any more problems, I wille up with an escape n in a week." I assured him. I gave myself that period of time hoping that I would convince Shawn in this same period. " Five days," Jack argued. " Five days it is," Jack tormented me throughout my high school life, I can''t remember a single good memory when I am with him but I still cannot get myself to hate him since he was a poor pathetic soul. On my way out, I sneaked to the storage room of the hospital wearing a doctor''s gown that I stole from the staff room. I dodged being caught on CCTVs as I filled my wide coat pockets with different drugs that induce sleep alongside anesthetics and even put my hands on scalpels. I hid them in my clothes and exited the hospital''s premises riding in the car. I have a chance of escaping now with this kind of stuff. I will use it when it is the right time but before that, I will have to try to convince Shawn to set me free. I do not want to stop attending college after all. I am not ready to give up my future because of some psycho who captured me for his own unknown advantage. I wished that everything would end up smoothly but deep inside I recalled that nothing I wished for, ever came true, that is the curse of my life. Triggered Triggered I reached the university, Penny met me at the college''s entrance. " Why do I keep seeing you without Alicia these days?" I asked. " It is not like we are a couple or anything, but... we... can be if you want," he said pointing at both of us. " Flirtatious men should all get buried somewhere far away from innocent girls such as me." I sighed. " You know that Molly has been staring daggers at you, it has been a while now. Rumors have circted the whole college stating that Shawn asked to break up with her but she is still not over him yet." " Why do people like to gossip?" " Because it is fun." Penny retorted shrugging his shoulders. I suddenly recalled what happened yesterday and the fact that I wanted to speak with Alicia about the reason why she was wearing sunsses. Before I entered the ss, I quickly turned around rushing to look for her all around the college. I brushed Shawn''s shoulder while running in the corridor, he asked me where I am going but I did not reply since I was in a hurry. I kept looking for her; I almost looked into every floor now but still couldn''t spot her anywhere. I had a bad feeling that I couldn''t dismiss, she wasn''t also picking up her phone which caused me to worry even more. I recalled that Penny mentioned before that her boyfriend is a senior who is in hisst year and that he is on the football team. I decided to search for her in the gym. My doubts were confirmed when I heard Alicia''s screaming from behind the gym''s door. There were two boys standing outside as if they were guarding the door for no one toe in. I tried to force my way in calling out her name but they pushed me back and I tripped falling on my butt. " Do not interrupt their business, cutie." one of the two boys uttered. " How about you apologize before I turn your face into a cleaning mop." A sound arose from behind me as its source grabbed my arm helping me up. The boys flinched as they grabbed their backpacks quickly and were about to take their leave but Shawn blocked their way. " Did you not fuckin hear me? Fuckin apologize, I said." Shawn warned. I ignored their apology kicking the door with all my strength. Fuck, I swiftly stepped in locking the door behind me. She should not be seen this way at all, she was totally naked lying on the floor as blood was dripping from her fragile body. The man that I raised my eyes to look at was cleaning his hand with a towel. " What have you done?" I asked trying to get her up but she was not moving. ************ " Stop you fuckin pig," I shouted pushing my dad away as he was trying to touch me with his filthy hands. He was drinking more than usual since mom passed away, I can''t understand whether it was because he was sad or because he was just a stupid asshole. It was for both reasons because he suddenly called mom''s name as tears started staining his shirt. " Laura, how could you die on me? After all the things you have done? Leaving me this filthy daughter of yours." he cried. Coming to think about it, he never treated me as his. He rarely called me by name either. Dad was not just treating me badly, he always hated me from deep inside. He kept trying to molest me so I hit him on the head with the bottle that rolled on the floor. He shouted in pain, he got up aiming to pull me by my hair but luckily, my brother came in right at that moment and pulled him away pushing him to the other corner of the room fiercely. Dad fell on the floor hitting his head to the wall, blood started covering his hair. I let out a small yelp from my mouth as I looked everywhere for his phone to call an ambnce. My 18 years old brother grabbed my hand pping me on the face. " Wake up, Lily. Why would you want to save him?" he asked as he red at me. " He might die..." I cried. " Let him," he replied coldly as he pulled out a jar that contained my mom''s cremated remains and gave it to me. " I figured out that you should be the one to keep it," " This is thest time Ie to see you, Lily. I will travel abroad," he stated. I cried a river as soon as those words came out of his mouth. " Why?" I asked in a broken voice. " Don''t leave me please, Freddy... Please." I begged. "I am sorry, I promise you I wille back when it is time. We will never be able to get out of this shithole if I stayed here. I wille for youter, don''t die until then... sis." He mumbled as he took his leave. I was abandoned by both my mother and brother, my dad despises me. I began to think that I am someone who can''t be loved by anyone. No one wanted to take responsibility for me; I never waited for my brother toe back. Not even a single day have I anticipated him showing up. I can say that this Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. day was the day I threw away all my emotions and decided to look out for myself since no one else would. ************** " Are you fuckin deaf? I said '' mind your own business, bitch.'' Do you hear me?" Alicia''s boyfriend spat out at the same time that Shawn was calling my name from outside as he kept kicking the door. " Open the freaking door, Lily. Open it now." He yelled as loud as he could. I lost my reasoning, I was mad as hell recalling my past... My eyes got darker as I slowly got up ignoring Shawn''s desperate calls. " Fuck, is that Shawn Gerald?" the pitiful boy asked as I approached him with one single thought in mind. This asshole needs to disappear... All those abusers need to disappear¡­ Discovered Discovered I walked steadily towards him as I grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back forcing him to kneel forwards as I hit him on the nape with the other free one. I did not only want to beat him to a pulp, I wanted to humiliate him just as he did to the poor Alicia. He forcefully slipped away from my grip pushing me away with his back. He was so angry; it felt as if he was keen to hurt me as much as I wanted to hurt him. He threw a punch that I dodged and counterattacked with an elbow to his jawline. My move was vicious and deadly, he had no choice but to cover his face backing away. I caused him to trip and kept stomping on his body repeatedly, he was cowering in pain and the madness inside me did not subside. I did not notice that the window behind me was broken as Shawn stepped in and pulled me away from the damaged boy. I tried to push him away but he forced me into a hug. After a few seconds, I gave in and inhaled his scent soothing my angry self. The fucker tried to get up but Shawn knocked him out with a kick to the face, in addition, he took off his coat and covered Alicia''s body carrying her to the college''s clinic. " We have to hurry up," I said as we were running towards the clinic. We reached the clinic and the doctor asked us to step behind the curtains so he can clearly check up on her. After a few minutes, the doctor informed us that thankfully, it was a small scratch near the surface and he stopped the bleeding. He described her some medications and asked us to take her to the hospital as soon as she regains her consciousness before he left. Shawn stared my way probably waiting for an exnation of what I did. " I am sorry, I didn''t want anyone to see her naked body." I started. " I saw it anyway, you shouldn''t have acted this dangerously... What if he outpowered you, it would have been very bad." He retorted. " I am sorry, I didn''t think reasonably." " I was very worried about you," Shawn confessed. A blush was trying to find its way out on my cheeks; I passed by him so he would not notice it but he stood in front of me blocking my way. " You won''t reply to what I said?" " I appreciate that thanks," I murmured looking at the floor. " If you are really thankful then show it," he whispered in my ears closing the distance between us dangerously. We are in the clinic and Alicia might wake up anytime, what is he thinking? I flinched when his breath hit my ears closing my eyes abruptly. " What are you imagining?" He intoxicatingly asked with his deep sexy voice that belonged to a man in his thirties, his voice suited his character and body shape though making him stand out even more. " Nothing... I just... What do you mean? ... I mean, what do you want?" I stuttered looking like a tomato that is being heated for lunch. Shawn caressed my cheeks as he admired my facial features while obviously enjoying my reaction. " What is happening here?" Alicia asked as she slid the curtain to the right exposing both of us. " You are awake? We have to go to the hospital." I said ignoring her question. " Nah, you are not getting out of this. C''mon girl, tell me what is it that I just heard. Are you two dating?" " No, it''s not what you think." I rified. Alicia stared at me doubting my response. " She is bad at lying, isn''t she?" Shawn stated boldly. I red his way but he wasn''t fazed in the least, he ced his hands on both my shoulders from behind looking at Alicia from above my head as he was a head taller than me. " What do you think, aren''t we the perfect match?" " He is lying" I corrected brushing his hands away. " I won''t be jealous of my number two friend, Lily. Just confess to your deeds." Alicia teased me. " I am being honest here, and who is your number one friend?" I asked feeling a little bit jealous that I took second ce. The door burst open as Penny came into the room trying to take his breath. " Here he is... my number one friend," Alicia smiled as she patted on Penny''s shoulders assuring him that she is okay now. " We need to go to the hospital though, also we have a lot to ask you about." I strictlymented. Shawn offered to drive us in his car; we skipped the rest of the sses, as it was our first priority to get her treated by a specialist. In the car, I told Penny about what happened exactly. " I am sorry, I didn''t notice that your boyfriend was abusive. I always thought that he is the caring type, never have I ever imagined something like that to happen." Penny literally cried, he was the sensitive type and seeing his friend in this state broke his heart. " It is not your fault, Penny... I am the stupid one for still loving him after all he did to me. Even now I can''t help but thinking about his reaction worrying that he might break up with me." Alicia murmured. She was embarrassed by this thought of hers. We did not reply to this, as we all could not find the right words to say. Rich or poor, human beings are all the same... Money can not save a person from having This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. those feelings or going through such an issue. We might be able to buy things that bring happiness into our lives but never will we ever be able to buy happiness itself. We soon reached the hospital and we waited for her outside, she did not want to spend the night here nor tell her family about what happened and we decided to respect her decision even though she needed her family the most. Alicia was another victim of one''s emotions, it fascinates me how people can seriously hurt themselves by themselves. That day was the day I officially counted Penny and Alicia as my friends. I swore to protect them as long as I can... I hope that we stay friends forever. Request Request The next day soon arose; Shawn insisted that he rides with me so that we would reach college together. " I do not understand why did you lie to Alicia regarding our rtionship?" I asked as I fixed my position inside the car. " The news would have spread sooner orter, we were seen together yesterday. Also, everyone would be wondering about how we were connected. I had to give them an exnation...,¡± he exined. " Why didn''t you provide a good exnation then? This one would create a lot of trouble. In addition, it is not true... You have said that you don''t want us to be an issue. Why change your mind?" " Cuz it is fun," This conversation was beginning to give me a headache. I stepped out of the car, today we had an exam and the English debate that we have prepared for thisst week. Shawn was walking by my side adjusting his footsteps to my pace. He was even holding my backpack that he managed to steal from me earlier. All eyes were staring at us; they were chitchatting with us as their main topic. Shawn ensured me that Alicia''s boyfriend will not be able to say a single word about what happened yesterday since it would just expose his dirty deeds and ruin his family''s reputation. It seemed that Shawn could not control the statements of his friends though who told everyone about how Shawn beat him so hard and because they couldn''t be able to say the reason why it will cause everyone to link it to the reason for my presence that day. I started doubting whether Shawn''s interference was actually of any help. Alicia was taking a break from college, she informed us on the group chat that he wanted to break up with her. We tried to console her as hard as we could, we felt very bad for her. Penny soon showed up in front of both of us. " There is not a single soul who is not talking about you guys." he started. " It''s all thanks to a certain someone." I spat out ring at Shawn who was smirking to my face. ¡° Hrious, I like to be where the light spot is.¡± Pennyughed. ¡° Grow up for god¡¯s sake¡­¡± Time passed and it was time for our English debate. I had to argue how is gambling is beneficial when I know for sure that this is not the case. Shawn kept speaking on my behalf; I bet he felt bad for what he did. He should not have teased me this way, to begin with, now he is acting all meek as if he was the gentlest person on earth. I forgive him though since he turned out this cute. We finished our ss and we were on our way home, Shawn was driving me this time. " I am sorry for the debate..." he began. " It is not that big of a deal, believe me. I don''t really care about what happened in the past anymore. Dad is a part of my past, thanks to your dad, I don''t have to see him." I started knowing that Shawn would understand where this ising from, after all, he probably knows whatever Gerald does. " I am still feeling bad about it..." " If that is true then how about you do me a favor?" " You can set me free, Shawn. Just by faking to work for a while, I won''t ask for more." I added. " I know you don''t want to work but do it for me. It won''t be for long, just until this semester end, your N?velDrama.Org content rights. father tears the receipt of my dad''s debt and I regain my freedom." I continued. " I can do it with a sole condition." he finally replied. " Which is?" " That you date me..." he uttered while parking the car in the garage. " I do not want to be your next toy, Shawn, Wee from different worlds, others in college might be tricked but you know it better than anyone. We can''t date, and I will never agree to fall in love with you." I rified. " You make it sound as if you are pressing a button, Lily. I know you are already attracted to me." " Who said that?" " I did..." he replied confidently and he was unfortunately right. " I am telling you it won''t work out, I don''t like your personality as well. Don''t forget that you also have some serious anger issues." I reminded him as I stepped out of the car. " Says the one who was about to hit that asshole to his grave." He chuckled. I remained silent admitting to my vicious attitude that does not suit my appearance at all. I had a good reason for willing to kill that bastard though; we shall cross him out of the list. " I am not kidding, Shawn. I want you to listen to me this once." I spoke seriously now radiating a firm aura that no longer held any ce forughter. " You think I am? I love you, Lily." He said as we were walking upstairs heading to our respective rooms. I froze in my ce slowly turning around to face him, his facial reaction did not change, it was as if he said '' food is ready, Lily''. " You think love is a joke, Shawn. You are being unreasonable. It has been a few days since I arrived and you are confessing already after you have caused me several troubles. Would you think anyone would be convinced with that? I don''t believe in your love." I retorted angrily at his behavior. He was treating the whole thing as if it was a prank. " Let me prove to you that I love you then... I will do as you asked, work until dad''s satisfied, and then ask you to Marry Me." he rified huskily. Is he really being serious, I can''t get myself to believe him and I didn''t know whether it was because of the weird turn of events or because I am insecure. Why would someone like hime to like me? He would just like my face, my body, or my reactions. He does not really love me; I kept reminding myself of that statement. This man keeps confusing me; my heart was beating faster as I imagined us together. My insecurity is my greatest obstacle but that is an issue that can be solved, can''t it? Our meeting Our meeting I was thinking in my room about what Shawn has said, he seemed to be serious about this marriage and love thing. By saying that I am thinking, it means that I am actually not refusing this idea. My mind keeps changing and my mood is one of the factors that are making me feel uneasy. I decided to clear my mind with someone whom I trust would never spread my secret to anyone. I called no one other than Tony. " Are you busy today?" I asked as soon as he picked up. " I can always find time for my old client," he replied. " Great, meet me at our old spot." I wore high waist jeans and a ck tight top. I rolled my hair up in a bun and asked my driver to take me to our meeting location. I lied to Gerald telling him that I am meeting my friends. He did not suspect anything as I took my leave. I missed this neighborhood we are driving in, to be honest, it may be dirty and damp but it will always hold a part in my heart. I took my first paycheck here, met my first friend Diana, and heard the news of being admitted into college at this same spot. This spot is my underground fighting club, the only ce I felt alive and the only sport that I found myself in. It all started with me wanting to learn how to defend myself, then it turned into my job, andstly, it has be a sport that I admire a lot because of my passionate coach. I stopped in front of the gate¡¯s guard who asked for the club''s entry password. " Z-e-x" I spelled. He opened the door weing me in, I walked downstairs passing by many men and tough-looking girls who were chatting together. A fight was taking ce in the ring already and everyone was busy cheering for our number one fighter who is known as The Beast, Mr. John. He was also my coach and the only one whom I could not defeat no matter what. He is a genius when ites to fighting and he overpowered me in many aspects. I decided to watch the match that I knew would end very soon, it was my coach fighting after all. My spections were soon proved facts in a matter of seconds. " Congrattions... Great fight." I shouted, my voice obviously attracted his attention. " Look who is here. Our small vicious little girl. How are you, Lily?" He began as he passed me a ss of champagne. " I am fine, what about you? Still getting excited over defeating your pupils?" I asked knowing that the person he was facing was a subordinate of his. " I like to prove that saying wrong, teachers should not get defeated by their own pupils," John exined. This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. " It happens, just if the teacher was not you." I pointed out shrugging my shoulders. " I thought you were meeting with me today?" Tony said appearing from behind my back. " Hello, John." He added. ¡° I did not expect to meet John here, I am d we get to meet like that,¡± I replied. " Hey, Tony... It has been a while since I saw you in the ring. Seems Lily is keeping you busy." John responded. " I had to speak with him about something that bothers me, I don''t always make him work, ya know." I retorted pouting. " I see... You won''t mind if I joined you?" John asked. " No, of course, John. Your opinion would be pretty much appreciated." " Nosy old geezer." Tony spat out jokingly. Weughed as we followed John to a much quieter spot to sit in. Everyone was betting on the next match anyway so we used that chance and found a corner where noises would not reach it. "Okay, say it, sweetie. What is making you this uneasy?" John asked. " Dad used me to pay the debt whom he owed to a man named Gerald Find. The man is filthy rich and he signed a contract with me that states; I would be free from his grip if I managed to straight up his son. I was working on it when suddenly his son ims to love me and informed me that he would trick his dad into setting me free on the condition that I date him." I told them, I watched as several interrogation marks were drawn all over their foreheads. " Ha-ha... Are you telling us a movie''s story, Lily? It is so unbelievable." Tonyughed as it was hard to believe what I just uttered, Tony knew I never lie though. " I forgot to mention that Shawn ims that his dad wants to marry us off instead of letting him marry the prime minister daughter, he bought me with two million and is willing to give me twenty thousand dors when I finish my mission," I added. " Apparently, they are plotting something," John stated calmly sipping his ss of wine. " Yeah, and what could that be?" Tony questioned. " I think so too but I can''t think of a single reason that would push someone to go to such length, he paid two million just to have me which is just far-fetched," I repeated stressing on the money part. " It may be a reason that you don''t know of then, if you can''t find the solution to something, it just means that you shall look elsewhere." John continued. " John might be right, think about a way in which you would somehow benefit them," Tony suggested. A way in which I would benefit them? That is a bit tricky. What could they actually get from having me in their family? I was absorbed in my thoughts when I felt Tony and John''s eyes directed behind me. I turned around and saw thest man I wanted to meet now. Shawn was standing still with his hands in his pockets, tilting his head to the left staring at me from behind. " What are you doing here?" I asked as I stood up from my seat. He must have followed me here but why? " I should ask you the same, is that your coach?" he said pointing out at John disrespectfully. I walked up to him and slid his finger away staring into his eyes. " Let''s go," I ordered. " Oh, and that must be the thug who does all dirty stuff for small change." he continued acting arrogantly more than ever. I tried to drag him away before he spews any more shit but it was already I can not predict how would this conversation end up but I know for sure that the ending would not be satisfactory. A deadly fight A deadly fight " Dare to say that again, kiddo?" John started; the only thing that separated between both of them was me who stood in between trying to prevent their sh as much as possible. " Aren''t I right though... Uhm, if I have to describe your life Johnnie, I would say that it is just miserable." Shawn retorted. It seems that Gerald did not only carry out a background check on me but on all those around me as well. Shawn was ying dirty when he mentioned John''s weakness, he did not say it directly but he clearly was talking about his wife who left him taking his kids along with her as she prevented him from ever meeting with him again. John was so absorbed in fighting that he did not care much about his family, when he came to realize who is more important it was just toote. He lost his sole family because of his own mistakes. He had always regretted doing so. " That is enough, Shawn. I said let¡¯s go." I repeated in an angry tone now. " I can''t see anyone but an insecure damaged boy in front of me. You speak mostly with your money; if you wanted to humiliate me don''t you think you should have done it on your own. Why ask someone to do it for you?" John spat out pointing to the fact that this information was most probably passed to Shawn by an investigator or a special detective. " I can also speak thenguage you like if you want," Shawn said ignoring me. This was getting out of hand; I do not want them to fight. It is true Shawn told me he was personally trained from a young age but still, John was more experienced when ites to real-life street fights. I will not be able to stop john if he agreed though, after all, Shawn was mistaken to spit all this venom to their faces. " That is what I am talking about... Let''s speak with our fists, choose the ce you want." John rified. C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. " Here is alright, the ce is dirty but it is still worth it to humiliate you in front of the perfect audience. Let your fans watch you getting your ass beaten," Shawn growled dangerously earning apetitive re from John''s side. I backed away realizing that I won''t be able to stop both of them, I looked at Tony who clearly didn''t want to get involved with Shawn. He knew very well what powerful men are able to do. On the other hand, John just did not have anything to lose so he did not give a shit about the whole thing. John headed towards Veko who was responsible for any fight that takes ce in the ring, he asked him to empty it, as he would be fighting with Shawn. Shawn was a new face in the ring and everyone was staring his way before the fight even starts. I nced at Shawn and he looked very confident, I do not know why he followed me nor why was he mad picking up a fight with them out of nowhere. " You won''t wish me luck?" Shawn asked with his back facing me, he was rolling his knuckles with a wrap preparing to step into the ring. " What you did was wrong, I can''t take your side," I rified coldly. He did not turn around to look at me and continued what he was doing as if he did not want to show that he was fazed by my im. " Ladiies and gentlmennn... Today I will have the honor to host a second match for the day with our most powerful fighter everrrr... The beasttttttttttt," The host yelled his throat out, his voice was so loud and it resulted in adrenaline running through the audience veins. Not even a single man was not cheering and rooting for John. " What is really surprising, dear clients issss... The one who is facing him is a nameless yer, is he dumb? or perhaps... A hidden genius??? Let us see for ourselves." The host continued. Shawn refused to announce his name; he obviously didn''t know the whole world to know about where he was or what he did the next day. The host signed them to start the fight. John was so quick and I could tell that Shawn is facing a hard time trying to pick up his pace; he was ying defensive while John was on attack mode. " His fighting style is unique..." Tonymented. " It is Maui Thai, notorious for its substantial use of elbow and knee strikes," I pointed out. John''s fighting style was not that much different, it is Jiujutsu one of the most well-known martial arts in the world, and both of them were categorized with the top ten deadliest fighting styles worldwide. The fight was one of a kind, Shawn was fighting on almost equal grounds with John and that was a first, the crowd went from all sheering to ultimate silent even the host stoppedmenting, a single move would end such a fight so everyone was anticipating the ending move passionately. Shawn started getting tired and John took advantage, he closed the distance trying to aim for his neck but Shawn dodged it at thest second as he tried to knock him out using a superman punch. Thankfully, it did not reach John as he dashed backward. It has been five minutes now, their breathing got heavier and their pace got slower. John flew in the air as he threw a flying kick to Shawn''s neck and itnded on his chest, instead of backing away from the hit''s intensity, he held John''s foot swiftly and pulled him closer as he jumped kneeing his jaw. They both fell from the air to the ground; John was spitting blood from his mouth, as he clenched his jaw not able to get up. Shawn stood up, he was moving towards John, and he suddenly stopped midway as he was having difficulty breathing. After a few seconds of gasping for air, he fell unconscious. Both of them were unable to get up. I ran quickly in their direction announcing the end of the fight. Eventually, there was no winner and no loser; it was a tie. The audience was obviously disappointed with the result but they surely witnessed a very good fight that they will not get to watch for a while. Friends? Friends? I called the paramedics who rushed to the ring, they started checking their conditions. They managed to stop the bleeding of John''s mouth and took him out of the ring; they also gave him a light pain relief medication and asked him to rest until he bes able to stand on his own. I was by Shawn''s side, the female paramedic was checking his vital signs, his breathing was unsteady and rough, she started giving him CPR to stimte his respiration. After a few mouth-to-mouth breathing, Shawn started breathing normally again. He coughed several times before finally getting up, he looked angry as he stared at my face. " You deserve it." I started. " Heartless..." he uttered. I helped him up leading him to the dressing room where John was also resting. Johnughed as soon as he spotted Shawn; he stood up and grabbed Shawn by the cor. " I did not know that fighting with you would be that much fun, you are a fine man, kid," he said. John''s true passion in life is fighting, a good man for him has another definition. " You were quite professional yourself, honestly, I didn''t expect you to be this good," Shawn replied. " I am hungry, let''s go eat, man," Shawn added. " Cool," John agreed. I was surprised by Shawn''s change in attitude, I may have spected that John would act this way but what is seriously wrong with Shawn? Tony shared my surprise; he was creeped out by their behavior as well. " They are certainly abnormal," he whispered to my ears. " I agree," Shawn drove us to the nearest restaurant, we stepped out of the car, I begged Tony toe with me as I did not want him to go back home after he was told hurtful words, I wanted to make him feel better. " It is on me," Shawn started. " It should," I was still a bit angry with him, to be honest, we all gathered around the table, the restaurant was not ssy but its food was good. ¡° Are you angry because I was kissed by that female paramedic? Do not worry, I still love you.¡± He teased me. ¡° In your dreams¡­¡± I replied slightly embarrassed since John and Tony were tantly staring at us. " I am sorry, Tony. I bet I went berserk because I was jealous. I didn''t mean to say what I said." Shawn argued. " What were you jealous of?" I asked confused by his weird statement. " You didn''t give me your response Lily, instead you went out to probably talk about me with some guys I don''t know. I didn''t feel good about it." he honestly stated. " You are a fine man, indeed. Lily did choose the right guy." Johnmented. " Johnn..." I stated while raising my voice tone in disagreement. " It''s okay, I wasn''t offended anyway," Tony argued. " Good, if you are Lily''s friends then allow me to be yours too." Why is he talking sweetly after he has already given him a first bad impression, maybe John won''t remember it but Tony definitely would. " I don''t mind befriending a rich dude," Tony replied which caused me to spew out the water I was drinking. " So clumsy," Shawn said as he wiped my mouth with his handkerchief. My face turned red, I was happy he was caring for me. Why is he so damn sweet? " What do you like bout Lily, Shawn?" Tony asked backing me up, he wanted to get some information out of him for me to use. " Love isn''t about what I like... I feel love towards her and I have no specific reason for that." " Isn''t it weird for a rich family to want someone such as Lily as a part of their circle?" Tony continued. " Our family''s not your regr rich one, we basically have all the money in the world so why would we care about more?" Shawn was not showing off, from a wealthy man''s perspective, he was just stating the obvious and what is evident is that Shawn''s family is listed in the top 5 rich families worldwide so he was honest when he said that. " You might think so but the society won''t. They would attack Lily." " Then I will force the society to think so and I will protect her no matter what," Shawn responded to Tony¡¯sst sentence in pure confidence. " We will trust you with our girl then," Johnmented again, I counterattacked stealing a piece of chicken out of his dish. " Fuck you, Lily. I need every gram of protein... I lost a lot of blood." " What does that have to do with protein," Iughed and Shawn followed right after. We spent a nice night, to be honest, we chatted about general life aspects and had fun for a while before Shawn drove them home. " Ask me for whatever you may need in the future, Tony. I am a man of my words." " Got that," Tony replied as he took his leave. We were left alone in the car heading home. C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. " I think I made an overall good impression, didn''t I?" " You could have made it from the start, you seriously need to fix your anger issues." " You can fix it for me," " Why would I?" " Because you are my future wife..." " You keep saying that, I did not agree yet." " You will agree soon," he stated confidently. " I guess I need to meet your female friends as well," I ignored his imagination that ran wild. " Will you invite your father to your wedding? I don''t mind by the way," he said. I kept ignoring him slightly angry by recalling that man whom I lived with for 18 years which amounts to my whole life minus a month. " What about your brother?" I flinched upon hearing his question; he must know my brother''s whereabouts and history if he has taken a look at all the investigated information. " You know where he is?" I asked curiously. " Yes, do you want to know?" " No, I definitely don''t care" I replied firmly. " Would you tell me if I asked you what happened?" " Yes, maybeter though since I just don''t want to ruin my mood now." I rified. " Okay, as you wish." We reached home and I was too tired to even go upstairs, I fell asleep as soon as I ced my head on the pillow and I bet Shawn did the same. A lead A lead I woke up, Jessy was by my side, she was opening the curtains and cleaning the room. " Good morning, Jessy," I said and she flinched upon hearing my voice. " Good morning, Lily." She replied shyly. " Why are you up this early?" I asked. " I wanted to choose your outfit for the day... " Jessy wanted to be a fashion designer, that was her dream so I let her choose my clothes when she had time. She also showed me her designs and I was fascinated by her work, she is an orphan Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. and she can''t afford to go to college though. She works here and here is also where she lives. " Okay, what do you have for me today?" " How about this dress? You don''t wear dresses at all, why?" " They don''t suit me, also I needed to be ready for any emergency that requires me to run away, a dress is so unconventional," I exined. " I didn''t know that is how you lived your life," " I didn''t have it easy as well," I dered as I admired the dress she was carrying. " What about now, do you think you can wear it?" she asked. I got absorbed into my thoughts trying to answer her question, what about now? Am I safe here? I guess I am for now. " I guess, I am." " Be careful from master though, Lily. You are my friend so allow me to speak freely with you." I nodded allowing her to continue what she was saying. " He is cruel, he cares only about his business and money. It is weird that he would allow his son to marry a nameless girl such as you." " Why do you think would he do it for then?" " I don''t know but his intentions should be questioned for sure, there was this girl that followed Shawn everywhere, her family was not poor but they weren''t that wealthy either. They only had several small care of her privately." " Wouldn''t any family be lower than Shawn''s in terms of status anyway? What happened to her, do you know?" " No, this girl disappeared. I looked her name online and they said that her family managed to pass the financial crisis they were in and she traveled abroad to continue her studies in a foreign country." " You think Gerald was the reason?" " I don''t have the luxury to think, Lily. I just have to advise you to never trust Gerald. Shawn might not be like his father but after all, it is the environment that shapes one''s personality. He is destined to be like his father. His brother was so nice unlike him and before he died, he used to fight a lot with Gerald." She rified. Gerald was nothing but sweet to me, he might be cold but he did not harm me in any way. I missed something important though, he witnessed that rainy day years ago so why didn''t he tell on me to the police and why was he even there that night. What business did he have to go to such a neighborhood? Something he would gain from marrying his son to me? What could that be? I was convinced by Jessy''s talk. It seems that what I read online regarding Gerald''s background wasn''t just rumors as I thought. What could he be hiding though? I ended up wearing a sweatpant and a top telling Jessy that I will wear this dress another time, Shawn apanied me after breakfast to the garage, he insisted that he drives me since I am officially his girlfriend at college. He was so adamant so I gave up and followed him waiting for him to start the engine. My eyes fell on another car''s te that was parked as well, ''1784 DX'' ... this te number? Could it be? ************* " Hey mommy, why does dad hate you this much?" I asked my mom. " Your dad is a bad man, all men are." " Dad wants us out of home, what are we going to do?" " Do not worry, he won''t kick us out, he can''t," she continued. "Don''t trust anyone, Lily. Do not depend on a man, if you will free yourself from such a ce then do it yourself. Relying on a man would only add up to your problems." she added. " Why?" I asked not understanding what she meant with that as a 7 years old kid. " C''mon go to sleep, you have school tomorrow." Mom stated as she put me in my bed. Mom worked as a waitress and all the money she gets, she used for my school fees and to buy us canned food every 2 days. I remember always going to school hungry as fuck, some of my friends'' moms would give me sandwiches from time to time. No one wanted to befriend a beggar-like child and even the teachers didn''t like to chat with me. I was a loner throughout my school life and I remember waking up in the middle of the night, I went to search for mom but I couldn''t find her anywhere. I waited for her outside, she soon got dropped off from some expensive car holding an envelope filled with money. " Where were you, mommy?" I asked. " Somewhere cold, somewhere heartbreaking. Sweetheart," she uttered. Days passed and the envelopes stopped getting sent, mom couldn''t find a job and she lost the will to fight anymore. The car would still pass from time to time, it would also stop at my school in the morning. It was a very special car since it was so expensive, unlike the other cars that were parked in our neighborhood. The windows were foamed as well, and I even remember the car''s te number. It was '' 1784 DX''. ************** He turns me on He turns me on " What are you doing? Hop in..." Shawn ordered. I opened the door''s car and sat by his side still confused about the te''s number I saw. " I bet dad will speak to you regarding the contract, Lily. I have already informed him that I will go back to work." " You did?" I answered him absent-mindedly. " Yeah, I did. What are you thinking hard about?" he asked. I ignored his question, as I was so deep in thoughts, now that I came across a lead, I will have to check it for myself. " Why do you have 4 cars in the garage though, aren''t two enough?" I asked Shawn who was focused on driving now. " One for me, one for dad, one extra and the fourth one is our uncle''s." He started. " I never saw your uncle in the mansion so why does he keep his car in your garage?" " He died, dad didn''t want to sell his car or throw it away so we kept it in the garage." " When did he die?" " A month ago, why do I feel that I am being interrogated here?" Shawn wondered. " Sorry, I am sorry for your loss. I was just curious.¡± " I see," he replied calmly. As soon as we reached the college, we met Alicia and Penny. They greeted us as they noticed that I am absent-minded. Alicia was way better now and her condition has improved. " What''s wrong with her?" Penny asked Shawn who was walking by my side. " She has been like that since the morning." " I am okay guys, just a little bit tired." I lied trying to not attract Shawn''s attention, I did not want him to think that I suspect anything, I need to know the full story and make sure that I am not trapped somewhere I won''t be able to escape. During ss, my mind was operating... does he perhaps know that woman I killed and he waited to take his revenge on me after making me his daughter-inw? Will he torture me my whole life just like in the movies while I am his son''s wife or maybe he wants me to have a baby with Shawn and then ask his son to divorce me and take away my child? Oh my god, just what am I thinking? I need to speak with my father after college. Gerald would know where I went anyway so I will not lie about my whereabouts. After college, I went back to the mansion in Shawn''s car, I was about to step out of the car when suddenly Shawn pulled my arm into the car and closed the door that was on my side then he locked the doors. " I am in a hurry..." I exined. " Why?" "..." " I said, why, Lily. Why are you in a hurry?" " I am excited, I want to speak with Gerald about the contract. I guess today I be a free woman," I " Does it excite you that much, more than me?" he asked sexily taking off his shirt. " What are you doing, put it on," I said covering my eyes. The seat I was sitting on swiftly fell to the back and I was lying on it staring at the car''s ceiling now. I was about to get up but my shock made it toote for me. When I uncovered my eyes, Shawn was already on top of me shirtless staring at my lips as he bit his. " How about you tell me the real reason why you were so absorbed in your thoughts? Lily." he pronounced my name smoothly that shivers ran through my body. I tried to slip back but he pinned me to the seat holding my waist, his mouth was inches away from mine as he leaned putting his hand somewhere he shouldn''t. " Hey... Stop." I stuttered. The heat started rising in my body and his stare turned me on. " I hate it when you are only with me physically, I would love if you focus only on me, think only about me and seek no one other but me from now on." He whispered intoxicatingly. " I am sorry..." I moaned. Wait, what? Why the fuck am I apologizing for? I did not do anything wrong. I know how would this scenario end so I tried to wake myself up but I just could not, he kept rubbing his hand in between my thighs stimting all my senses. This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. " It is hot." He murmured. I was about to reply but he shut me up with his tongue rolling around mine, my head snapped back from the intensity of the kiss... He slid his hands into my pantie running his fingers where he should not still not breaking the kiss. " Shawn... Stop... I can''t breathe." Imented. He ignored my statement as he pushed a finger in, I held a moan froming out, after a few seconds, he inserted the second one. I was breathless when he pulled his tongue away; he slid my shirt up exposing my bra. My mind was already in another ce, this human instinct is really the worst. Even though I do not want this to happen right now but my attraction towards him physically and emotionally thinks otherwise. He inserted the third finger and was moving them in harmony while licking my nipples which was enough for me to cum. He then zipped my pants again and helped me up so that I was sitting on his " You are so cute when you do that, Lily. I can''t get enough of you," he whispered in my ears, as he smelled my hair hugging me with both arms. " Why do you keep doing that?" I asked shyly. " As I said, I like you. I want to do even more." He imed. I circted my hands around him embracing him as he did to me. I felt internal peace whenever I am this close to him; he makes me experience emotions and feelings that I have never experienced in my whole life. I think I fell in love with him already. The truth The truth It was 6 o''clock now and I rushed to Gerald''s office after taking a shower and changing into casual clothes. " May Ie in?" I asked. " Yes," he replied. " How can I help you, Lily?" " I need to meet with my dad," I started. " I know I may sound weird but I kind of need to check upon him. I am afraid he might die alone somewhere dark and damp." I continued. " What a good kid you are, Lily. You may go, my men would apany you as always. God may bless you, take care." I nodded in agreement, as I took my leave, stepping into the car I recalled the reason why I did not ask him to sign the contract of my freedom earlier. I was afraid that an issue would arise from my demand and he would lock me up, I guess I already lost my trust in him. I wanted to know some facts before I start taking action. The driver announced that we have reached our destination; I stepped out of the car and made sure that I wasn''t being followed by Shawn or anyone else. I still had our small house''s key, I didn''t throw it away in case I needed it in the future and I did. I opened the door and spotted my dad, Anderson watching TV. It was one of the few times where he is actually sober. " Why did youe back?" he asked coldly not raising his eyes from the TV. " I had some questions to ask you?" " I have nothing to tell you. I thought you would be living hell but it seems that your life turned out better unlike what I expected. You are just as dirty as your mother... What have you done to seduce that man? You fuckin slut." he spat out with his eyes still fixed on the TV. " As far as I recall, it was you who cheated on mom ignoring her presence, you are the only slut here." I retorted. He stood up abruptly now as he red my way. " What do you fuckin know? She is the one who cheated on me first; she is the one who spread her leg for filthy money." " What do you mean?" " You are not my fuckin daughter. You are a freakin cursed child who isn''t mine." he continued. " Then whose child I am?" " How the fuck would I know, probably some filthy rich asshole''s." " Are you implying that my mother fucked someone else besides you?" " Yes." I was shocked upon hearing this, dad is the dirtiest trashy person ever but if he has only one good quality in him, that would be his honesty, he does not lie at all. " Why didn''t you leave her then?" " That fucker sent his men to threaten me, he wanted me to take care of you as my own daughter and keep your mom with me, or else he would end my life. I had no fuckin option but to fuckin live with you, I tolerated your presence this whole 18 years and when I finally got rid of you, I didn''t really feel good about it. " " You got rid of me since the man died?" I spected, as I partially believed that this man is actually Shawn''s uncle from his paternal side. " I don''t know whether he died or not but the men he always sent to watch me and watch over you didn''t show up for so long. I believed that he forgot all about you already." He spat out. " Did you hear the name, Indigo Find?" I asked pronouncing Shawn''s uncle''s name. " No. And what the fuck are you wearing? Are you really attending that fancy college? You do not deserve this life. You fuckin bitch..." he insulted me with every word he uttered. " What have I ever done wrong, Why did you do this to me? Am I the one who cheated on you? Am I the one who forced you to take care of me? No, I am not. So why are you fuckin doing this to me? You ruined my whole life." I yelled at him unable to control my anger anymore. Tears started rolling down his cheeks as he fell on his knees to the floor. " What have I done wrong as well? I was cheated upon by the one I loved the most just because I was poor and my sry was too little. I know I wasn''t the most perfect husband but I didn''t deserve this. In addition, I was forced to live with someone I hate my whole life and even take care of a child that is not my own. How do you expect that I love you?" He asked while crying his eyes out. Honestly speaking, he was right. I never even once in my life tried to listen to my father''s part of the story, my perspective was the same as my mom so I usually interpreted ourselves as victims without seeing life from his lens. For the first time in my life, I actually pitied my dad. For us, he ruined our lives but for him, we were the true viins. I have always seen my mom as the most angelic creature on earth, never have I ever imagined that she hasmitted such an unforgivable sin. Dad had all the rights to hate her, if she did not tolerate living under the same roof as him she should have left him and not betray him with some other man thatter on endangered his life. I can''t help but pity my mom even more though, after all, she was abandoned by the two men she loved in her life. Disappointed and abandoned, she became soulless as she wished to take her own life. I sat on the floor across from dad who was still crying and I started sobbing tears of pain and hatred towards the world who did not treat me fairly at all. C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. All I wished for was a normal family... Free? Free? I watched Dad as he went to sleep and then I left myself. I should not be saying the word dad now but I still I am used to it, it is not worth it to try to change his title. I do not know why but for some reason, I felt bad about myself. I was a burden on dad''s shoulders my whole life. I brushed this idea off as I stepped out of the car and went up to my room, now I know for sure that Shawn''s uncle is somehow involved with my father, also, Gerald clearly has an ulterior motive. " Jessy, is Gerald still awake?" I asked. " Yes, miss," Jessy called me ''miss'' since we were outside of my room and her words might be heard. Gerald is a fan of hierarchy which suits his status well. " Did you finish your visit?" Gerald questioned as he saw me entering his office. He was typing on his " Yes thankfully, Should Ie backter?" " No, I probably know what you want to talk about, I do not want to procrastinate this any longer," he stated as he stood up to focus on our conversation. " Shawn told me that he has signed a contract with you in which he would work in hispany and also in yours for half a year," " Yeah, that is true. You did a great job aplishing your mission, Lily." " I guess we shall sign our contract as well," I initiated. " Sure thing, here you go," he said while giving me the document I previously signed. " You signed it?" I asked surprised. " Yeah," " I am free to go then," " I would like it better if you kept living with us, Lily. You are a great kid and I am happy to see my son falling in love with you," "Shawn will find a much better woman than me, also, I wish to not inconvenience you anymore," "You won''t, I will make sure bodyguards won''t follow you around from now on. You can move freely," he added giving me an envelope that contained the amount of money mentioned in the contract in cash, a total of 20 thousand dors. " That is a lot, Mr.." " Say no more dear, now go rest in your room," he said ending our conversation as if he was saying that is my final statement and you will be staying here with us. I decided to go back to my room, I do not honestly know what I was expecting but it definitely was not this. I will not ask him about what I have discovered now until I understand all the details and secure my life. I opened myptop and searched the name Indigo Find. All I found about him is that he was a fine man who cared about his reputation the most, everyone loved him and he had a very bigpany of chemicals. His wife died before him and he had kids. My eyes came upon something so interesting though. '' It is known for the public that Mr. Gerald Find didn''t take over histe brother''spany as for now all we knew that ChemiPharma is lead internally by the CEO who Indigo has hired himself, Mr. Siergo. ChemiPharma started a new project...etc'' Jessy previously mentioned that Indigo and Gerald faced a few problems before Indigo''s death. It is normal that thepany would be led by Gerald since he is the only rtive left for Indigo. His will should be distributed between Gerald and Shawn; this is a little bit weird. Why did Indigo meet with my mom? Am I really his daughter? ... If I were, would he include me in a will if he refused to send my mom envelopes of money that amounted to nothingpared to his wealth? No, I do not think so but this is the only exnation that I can get for Gerald''s behavior. He might want to take care of his brother''s daughter, but why didn''t he tell me? Was he afraid that I might ask for my share in the will? Isn''t that natural though? There is still a missing piece that I will have to find out. I decided to disguise myself and go visit ChemiPharma tomorrow after college. I hope Ie across something useful. The next day was soon toe, I ate breakfast as usual with Gerald and Shawn drove me to college. Before I stepped out, Shawn kissed me on my cheeks. " Hey..." I yelped. " What?" This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. " What was that for?" " You seemed a little bit down so I wanted to cheer you up," he grinned. " Cute.." Wait, what the fuck? Cute? I can''t believe I just said so. " I know I am..." he replied as he ced several kisses on my face, I wasn''t resisting his touch by now. He made me feel good and I liked being hugged and kissed by him the most. " You look sexy when you wear shorts, ya know that?" He whispered in my ears as he groped both my thighs with a single hand. " I will wear them every day..." I stated timidly. " You mean that you shouldn''t wear them from now on, I don''t want anyone else to see you wearing them," he rified in a manly voice that managed to melt my heart. " We have to go, the ss is about to start," I mentioned. " You didn''t tell me whether dad signed the contract or not," " He did, thank you very much." " No need, babe," he said increasing his voice''s volume for everyone to hear as we were walking in the corridor now. All students stared our way and I covered my face with the backpack I had with me as I hurried to ss. I could hear Shawn''sughter all the way to my ss; he liked to tease me a lot. He knew that I get embarrassed easily and I guess he found that part of me cute. I think that the only thing that stopped me from running away now is that I do not want to leave Shawn behind; I like him by my side even though I know I should not. Mr. Siergo Mr. Siergo After college and as nned, I headed to ChemiPharma, I asked the taxi driver to drive me through a lot of ces making sure that no car is trailing me. I bet that Gerald was sincere when he said that he would not keep an eye on me which is good. I was standing in front of thepany that overwhelmed the whole street, it was toorge that it covered the buildings across from it from Sun rays. I was wearing a light brown wig, a ck dress, and sunsses. I can''t say that it is quite a disguise but at least if I manage to avoid CCTVs then no one would tell it is me. I wanted to get some information; I headed to the staff room where cleaners gathered. " I bet it was a tough day, guys," I initiated which attracted their attention, it was their meal break and I bet they will need the coffee I brought them. I started giving them their coffee. " Who are you?" a male cleaner wondered. " My mom work here, she cleans thest floor," I said as I knew that thest floor is where the CEO is. " What is her name?" " She is new, Helen, does it ring any bell?" I asked them a leading question. " I guess, I heard that name. You are quite nice, I am sure she is proud of you." " I wish I get employed here, I want to work in such a bigpany at least once in my life." I lied. " We wish you, luck sweetie..." one of the female workers stated. " Thank you, I hope that Mr. Gerald is not as bad as rumors say," " Mr. Gerald? He is not the..." the young-looking girl was cut off when one of the elders red her way as if he was instructing her to shut the fuck up. " I know he isn''t the CEO, I am his son''s friend at college so I know," " Oh, you are Mr. Shawn''s friend?" The elder asked. " Yeah, we have several sses together as well, we spend some time with each other during break time." " How does your mother work here as a cleaner when you are able to afford such an expensive college though?" N?velDrama.Org content rights. " My dad married mom out of love, she doesn''t have a certificate and she refused to leave the job she had after marriage. She is quite self-dependent and prideful, ya see..." " I want to depend on myself as well, I will try to get employed here without dad''s help," I added. "You are a hard worker like your mother, what a nice thing to do? Very nice, sweetie." one of them said as she patted on my back. " The CEO is Mr. Siergo Montonio, he was Mr. Indigo''s right hand. He is quite strict and he appreciates those who are bilingual sincetely, they started dealing with several other countries so they need people eloquent in Germany, Chinese and French. I hope that helps you somehow." the elder started. " That is cool, thank you very much." I smiled and took my leave. I waited for Mr. Siergo to get out and I followed him. He went to a restaurant called Fish and Steak, it was a ssy restaurant and I thanked God I had enough money on me. I sat at the table behind them, he was eating with a subordinate of his or so I think. I tried to eavesdrop on their conversation as I waited for the steak I ordered. " What do you think ourpany needs the most now?" Mr. Siergo asked. " We need to grant the Chinese people''s cooperation, they will aid ourpany..." " What else?" " If we merge the..." " We should also focus on our partnership with LifeChemical," " That''s right, we will gain a lot from this partnership, it will put us on equal grounds with OctoPharma." OctoPharm is Gerald''spany, is Mr. Gerald perhaps their rival? The waiter brought me my meal and he asked whether I want wine or not, I declined and he took his leave. There was a small te that contained a yellow liquid next to the meat''s dish. I dipped the meat on the small te and took a bite from it as if I was eating a burger. "Ughh... This tastes like shit." I flinched which caused the knife to fall on the ground, I bent to grab it and my eyes fell on a pair of fancy shiny ck shoes that stood by the knife. " This isn''t a sauce, it is a cleaning liquid, you dip your hand in it and not your food, little one." It was Mr. Siergo''s voice. I looked up and could contemte his features that I could not see from afar. He is so handsome, a tall broad-shouldered mid-thirty gentleman with ck straight silky hair and ck eyes. The waiter grabbed the knife for me and put it on the table. " Get her the same order and a new set," he ordered the waiter as he took a seat on the chair in front of me. " No thanks, I don''t need." I rified. " You look out of ce, Kitten." " Do you know me?" I asked confused by this behavior of his. " No, but I guess you know me," he continued. " I do not though," Silence took over the ambiance; he was staring sharply into my eyes. Judging from the confidence in his tone, he already knew I followed him here and sat beside him on purpose. " I have to go, I will pay as I cancel the second order. Thank you, sir." I dered as I stood up. Two hands stressed on my shoulders forcing me to sit again, it was his subordinate who smiled at me while he pulled a seat next to me and sat on it. " We have to talk, sweetie... You don''t get to leave before I hear what you have to say," Mr. Siergo growled in a dark tone and an equal dark look. I think I got myself into trouble... His true colors His true colors " You are aware that you are restricting my movement, right? If I screamed, everyone would point at you negatively so why don''t you let me leave now while I am asking gently." I started. " I can ask them all to leave right this moment, this restaurant is mine you see, also I would like to hear your screams," he smirked. " I just want to know why were you asking around about the CEO, what is your goal?" he added. I have toe up with an excuse if I want to get out of this situation. " I Love you," I shouted covering my face with both my hands acting shyly. " I am sorry I acted this suspiciously causing you to misunderstand my pure-hearted intention. I can be stupid at times." I giggled still covering my face. " Ha-Ha... You are so funny." Heughed for a while which made me feel at ease. " Do you think, I would believe that?" This is not working... The waiter soon came back with a new dish also serving Sergio''s meal and his subordinate''s. I felt my phone ringing, it was 8 pm already, I checked the caller''s identity and it was Shawn. I have to answer him if I did not want him to track me here, I do not know why is this gettingplicated. " Look, sir. I really mean you no harm, I just wanted to get a look at the man whom I have feelings for from a close distance. I am sorry if I caused you any difort," I rified as I got up to take my leave. His subordinate got up, tried to stop me but I dodged his hand kicking him in the abdomen as I ran as fast as I could down the stairs to the ground floor. I heard Siergo telling his man to not pursue me. I called Shawn back as soon as I reached the lobby. " Why weren''t you answering?" he asked. " I am sorry, I was in the toilet." " Where are you? I wille to fetch you." " No need, I have already ridden a taxi, I will be there in a few minutes." I lied. I quickly grabbed a taxi and in a sh, I reached the mansion, I wasn''t that far away thankfully. I made a decision in those few minutes though, it seems that Gerald is trying to use me. I will have to ask him directly to end all this mess I am in. I will try to act meek if things went south with Gerald but in reality, I have secured my escape, Tony will help me as well. " Why were youte?" Shawn who was standing behind the front gate of the mansion asked me. " I visited ces that I used to frequent with mom when she was alive, I was reminiscing old days that I lost track of the time." I lied again, I felt pressured whenever I did this with Shawn. " Okay, go up and rest, we will talk tomorrow," he instructed. I headed up not to rest but to speak with Gerald. "I have something to tell you, sir." I began. " Go ahead, dear," " I will leave this mansion, I want to live on my own, I am thankful for everything you did for me." I tested him with saying these words. "Why so suddenly?" " I do not wish to stay here anymore nor do I wish to marry your son." I pointed out. " You are so obnoxious, do you know that?" I was taken aback by what he said, his tone changed as if he was trying to intimidate me. " I am sorry and thanks again for everything," I repeated. I opened the door to take my leave but was surprised with two bodyguards guarding the door and blocking my way, I closed the door again and turned around to face Gerald. " Do you perhaps know a man called Sergio?" I asked trying to bait him into thinking that I am already aware that his brother was one hundred percent the one who used tomunicate with mom. " Indigo? Why do you ask?" " I saw his car in the garage, I am pretty sure that he is the one who sent mom money from time to time." I continued. " Why do you think he gave your mom money for?" " I think he is my father," I stated tantly. " Are you saying that my brother had a mistress?" C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. I couldn''t say ''Yes'' to his question as I was too ashamed to admit it. " You are ying dirty games, sir. Why else would you want to keep me here if not for him? I do not want anything to do with this matter so please leave me alone." I stated bluntly raising my volume a bit. " Do not raise your voice in my presence, ying dirty? You are such a courageous girl, I got to admit, I have limits to my patience though and you should not cross them," he growled dangerously as he took big steps my way. " You will marry my son in two days so be prepared, I tried to act nice and make it ur naturally but you are the one who wants to deal roughly with this." " Judging from your behavior, it is not that you are trying to take care of your niece by letting her marry your son, it is just that you want whatever that I got from Indigo''s will to be yours. Am I right?" "Right, now that you know about my intentions, let me tell you this. If you to y a little game of cat and mouse with me, you will regret it deeply. You have no choice but to follow my orders and marry my son silently or else I will kill all your acquaintances," he threatened as he pulled the mobile from my pocket. " How cute!" he added as he deleted the voice note I was recording. Shit, he isn''t kidding about this... If I am remembering correctly, Indigo actually wished to have kids but his wife''s womb could not bear any babies, it was his wish in life... Everyone talked sweetly about him and called him the most modest man on earth since he always ate with the workers in the staff room. Would such a man be able to abandon his kid? Did he feel guilty about it after all these years so he included my name in the will? Would my mom really love a man who is cruel and cold? The answer is no, mom would have never loved an arrogant rich man, she was never stupid to love a rich man who will not take care of her. Indigo must have had a reason to not give his brother thepany and I think that reason has something to do with the will. Oh my god Oh my god "It is as you are specting young one, I am the one who was meeting with your mom, Indigo never knew he had a daughter until recently," Gerald dered as he called one of his men. "Kill him," he growled. "Kill who? What are you saying?¡± I yelled as I grabbed his cor. "Kill fuckin who?" I repeated. "You don''t need him anyway, let us start with the people that you don''t need first.." he continued. Did he mean my dad? Jack? Who the fuckin does he mean? "No don''t just don''t please..." I begged. "I have to prove to you that I am not just throwing empty threats..." he exined. "I know so stop, I know..." I cried, he was getting on my nerves ying with my head. I do not wish to be the reason for anyone''s death, let me y along with him until I decide what I should do... "The first on the list is Jack and your dad in case you were thinking about escaping, within 12 hours if you didn''te back, it will be your brother and Diana next..." he announced coldly as ice, tears rolled down my cheeks and my face was burning. "You are the one who mom was talking about, a cold man whom she feels with that she is in a cold and damp ce. Why did you stop giving her money?" I asked while sobbing. "She was broken, I knew she didn''t have the will to fight anymore, also I threatened her with your life... It was easy to get rid of her," "Because you didn''t want Indigo to take care of me?" "Or did he not want to?" I added. "He was so soft; I didn''t want him to ruin his reputation for some trash on the street. In addition, he would have included you in his will, I was right when I hid you from him, although at the end, he gave everything to you," Gerald confessed. "Cruel..." I cried. "I should say the same to you, don''t you think that your existence did nothing but inconvenience all those around you. I would have left your mom as his mistress if she did not get pregnant but I could not afford to do that when she had you. I didn''t want my brother to throw away his wealth to someone who doesn''t deserve it, especially that he wished for a kid his whole life," Gerald was venting his secrets; he told me everything exposing every little detail. When Indigo discovered by chance what his brother has been up to, he removed him from the will mentioning that I inherit everything. "My brother was nice to the point that he didn''t understand that leaving everything to you would never make you happy since I wouldn''t allow it... He overestimated my love for him," I fell to the floor in despair... "What do you want from me?" I asked. "As I have mentioned before, you will marry my son in two days. You can''t tell him anything about what I have just told you, he is nice like his uncle and won''t ept forcing you into this marriage," "Let''s see, how about we bet on Tony and John''s life for this one," "I understand, I won''t let him know a thing," I replied as I stood up now. "Do not forget that you will have to keep quiet..." "Okayyyy, I said fuckin okay, just leave me the fuck alone now," I burst out. He was taken aback by my reaction but he did notment on it, I got out of his office and headed to my room. I shut the door behind me... I can''t believe I got caught in such a plot. This is why I did not want to make any friends from the beginning, which is what my brother warned me of as well. '' Lily, do not forget that in our world, anyone who is precious to you would do you nothing but be a burden. The poor people should not befriend each other; it won''t do them any good. This universe''s system makes the rich richer and the poor even poorer so be careful even your family would drag you down the tough road.'' He was right, I do not have the luxury to worry over others'' lives when I should worry about mine first. I can''t do anything now, I have been trapped already. I have to marry the person I do not think I can like anymore, he will be able to use my money andpany as he wishes and I will be thrown away after being totally used. "I don''t mind though, if that means I would be free afterward then I don''t give a shit. I never asked for Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. that man''s money anyway." I mumbled to myself. I will tolerate a few months until all legal paperwork is finished and I will leave this shithole forever. My mom and biological dad failed to protect me, I will protect myself on my own, I thought. I had to encourage myself so I won''t break down, I cannot give up now. "Are you okay?" Jessy asked from the slight open of the room. "No, I am not okay, Jessy," I cried. Her question stimted my tears, I started crying again. Jessy closed the door behind her as she walked up to me pulling me in a tight hug, I spent half an hour or so staining her white dress with my tears. She was patting on my shoulder and caressing my cheeks. I never believed in fantasies, I grew up reading stories about tragedy and life struggle. I never read the stories of Cindere, snow-white, or princess aurora so I know very well that fantasy is not a real-life category. Forced marriage Forced marriage In the morning, Jessy was applying my makeup for me, I had to trick Shawn into thinking that everything is okay. I thought about telling him but I knew that Gerald would still do what he wants even if his son disapproved. I didn''t want to bet on my friends'' lives. "Thanks, Jessy," I mumbled. "No problem, I will pray for you, Lily," "Thanks, dear," I got downstairs to eat breakfast with the man who ruined my life, it wasn''t my biological dad nor 18 years old dad but this man particrly who fuckin ruined everything. "Why didn''t you tell me directly, Lily, You agreed to marry me?" Shawn asked. "Yeah, I would love to, as you said I am attracted to you, also Gerald asked me to so I couldn''t disagree," I mentioned. "That is quite sudden, I am surprised..." Shawn continued. "I am happy though," he added. "You shall make sure that you take good care of her," Gerald instructed. "No worries," We finished our meal and headed to the car, before I hop in I was pulled towards Shawn''s chest, he hugged me strongly. "I have a feeling that dad struck a deal with you but I don''t mind. I already like the idea of marrying you," he started. "Me too," I lied. We hopped in the car and reached college, I tried to act cool as much as I could. Alicia might have noticed that I wasn''t alright but she didn''t mention anything about it. I bet she had her own problems as well, everyone has his own problems after all. I came back to my prison and arrangements were in process, the wedding will be held at the mansion and a lot of people would be invited. A lot of people would be invited? I repeated in my head. Isn''t Gerald afraid that his family''s reputation would be tarnished if they were to investigate my background? Is acquiring thepany under my name that worth it? I went up to my room and searched the history of ChemiPharma alongside the OctoPharmapany. What I understood from what was written is that OctoPharma would be able to monopolize the whole industry of chemicals and drugs if they put their hands on their rivalpany ChemiPharma. This project is huge just as I have spected, this is something that won''t only allow Gerald to take over the whole chemicals industry in the country but in the continent as well. I started having a feeling that he might have killed his brother on purpose, I do not know anymore... I expect anything from someone like him. I wonder what would Mr. Siergo do when this happens? Mr. Siergo? I searched the name online and discovered that he is a newly listed billionaire himself. Does that mean that he might be able to fight on equal grounds with Gerald? I installed VPN and made a fake ount from which I contacted Mr. Siergo. If he knows that the heiress of ChemiPharma is being threatened into a marriage, he will do everything he can to expose this news to the press in order to annihte the validity of Gerald''s rights to control my shares. I sent him a message hoping that he doesn''t know any good hackers, my secret identity would be exposed by a good hacker in a matter of minutes. I had to take the risk though, I know that Siergo is the most one who would be damaged by this marriage. '' Check Mr. Indigo''s will and you will understand why is Gerald marrying his son to a nameless girl. '' After a while, I received a message on my mobile phone. I checked it out and it was Siergo who forwarded it to me. I was surprised, did he track my location and got my phone number this quickly? I soon understood what happened when I fully read the message. '' Hello, little one. I am d that you have contacted me first, you are bright just like your father was. I am already aware of your father''s will, I was his right-handed man after all. I know under whose name he wrote his properties and I also know your true identity. I will make sure to put an end to Gerald¡¯s era. I have to y it slowly and carefully though if we want to catch him red-handed. I am sorry I am using you this way and I hope you help me from the inside from now on.'' This is how the powerful people y, secretly and carefully. That is why he let me leave that day, he already knew my intentions. He is using me to his advantage, I guess that relying on Siergo is a better option than waiting for Gerald to release me. I felt a little bit more hopeful... '' I will count on you.'' I sent him in agreement as I had no other choice. I deleted the messages and hopped in my bed. Tomorrow''s my wedding, Jessy has delivered me the dress and I will have to wake up early to supervise all the arrangements. I was told that I can invite my friends but I just can''t. I can''t lie to them saying that I marrying out of love. I won''t be able to tolerate people''s jealousy when I do not even want to be a part of this marriage. Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. The sun was rising, I still couldn''t sleep knowing that I will marry when I wake up. I received several messagesst night, there were all from my friends, I could not reply though which made me so upset but I couldn''t do anything about it. It was 6 pm and the vast greenhouse around the mansion was filled with many guests. I wore my dress and watched myself in the mirror as my makeup artist applied makeup for me. My dress was fabulous, to be honest, but its beauty is useless if I am forced to wear it, to begin with. I got out of the mansion and everyone was waiting for the bride to walk along the aisle, I was surprised when I spotted all my friends and acquaintances. How are they here? I wondered. Confused Confused Gerald stood in front of me, I can''t believe that the one who will walk with me on the aisle is actually the most one I wish to kill right at this moment. We crossed arms and headed towards the groom. Shawn was looking gently at me, he was fabulous, he wore a grey suit that matched his eyes'' color. His necktie was ck and his hairstyle had changed a bit, he looked even more mature with this style. He gave me his hand which I grabbed helping me climb the stairs. I stood steadily facing him, we waited for the officiant to give his speech. "Wee family, friends, and loved ones. We are gathered today to celebrate the union of Lily Anderson and Shawn Gerald. We are all here to support thismitment of love and to share the joy of Lily and Shawn as they choose to spend their lives together... " I couldn''t hear the rest of his statement since I was so busy trying to make sure that dad and Jack aren''t within the audience, I was too busy to remember that Jack would go crazy upon hearing the news of my marriage. "Your dad refused toe, I also assure you that Jack won''t be able to attend this happy day of ours," Shawn pointed out in a low volume. "Why won''t he?" I already spected that Shawn was the one who invited them, but what is this about Jack not being able toe? "Is that what is important right now?" "Yeah, I want to know what do you mean," I repeated. "I just confirmed that no news would reach him and one of my men is already watching over him..." Shawn replied confused by my reaction. I know that it was normal for me to think that Shawn did so but because of Gerald''s threats and the things I know this family is able to do, I could not help myself but get worried. When I looked ahead of me, the officiant had already finished his speech. We got congratted by a lot of people. I met several members of Shawn''s family, his family wasn''t big but it was very effective in the industry. I headed to my friends who gathered around a single table which is the bride''s acquaintances. "Congrattions, Lily," Diana started. She seemed hurt though, Jenny and Ca faked a smile as well. I can understand how they are feeling, their best friend didn''t inform them of her wedding and did not even send them the invitations herself. I bet they think that I have changed into an arrogant brat. "I am sorry I could not tell you any sooner..." I tried toe up with a real excuse but could not find any so I did not finish the sentence. "It is okay..." Diana replied. I turned around to speak with John and Tony who were enjoying the buffet''s food. "Damn, Lily. This food is really great... It is my first time tasting such a good taste," John said with the meat stuffed in his mouth and a stain found its way to his white chemise. "You do not need to look that pathetic and poor, try to act elegant. Can''t you, please? This is Lily''s wedding." Tony pointed out. "It is okay... I am happy you are here guys," Imented as I forced a smile out on my face. Tony noticed my reaction but he knew very well that is not the right time or ce to talk about it. "Let us call each otherter, Lily," he added. "Sure thing, enjoy the food," I instructed taking my leave. Their presence among this crowd made it less strange and awkward for me, I am thankful that Shawn invited them even though I feel bad; I should have told them myself. After the wedding ended, everyone went back to his respective world. I promised my friends that I will contact themter, I hope I would be able to. We signed the contract marriage and now everything I own belongs to Shawn, he can use it as freely as he wants. On the other hand, everything that Shawn has also belongs to me but it is not like I even need that. I noticed that Shawn was staring at me throughout the wedding, he wanted to talk, he felt that I am not the same as before and he is right about it. I do not know what to tell him though, I need to think about something quickly. I was absorbed in my thoughts when a hand grabbed mine, it was Shawn pulling me behind him. "We have to talk don''t you think?" he asked still dragging me after him. We weren''t heading to my room nor his which is to be expected, my heart was racing so fast and my hands started sweating. The room we stepped in wasn''t far from our respective rooms, it was much bigger and fancier. It was also on the third floor but at the end of the corridor. As soon as we entered, Shawn closed the door behind us and looked at me with confused eyes. "What is wrong with you? Why do I feel that you are unhappy?" he asked. "I am not, I am so d that we married, I am sorry I asked you that question earlier. I was just worried that Jack might have caused you trouble," I lied. "Are you sure everything is okay?" he repeated while taking steady steps towards me, a few inches were separating us now and his breath was as hot as a volcano. This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. "I am just nervous," I confessed taking a step back. I might have been ready to do it a few days ago but not now, I won''t feel good if we have done it now given these circumstances. "Don''t be, I am right here with you," he whispered taking another step forward, my back was leaning on the wall behind me now and my heart was about to give up on me from the intensity of Shawn''s stares. He stuck his body to mine eliminating every bit of air that was standing between us. Not now Not now Shawn''s POV: She turned red as always, I didn''t know whether she was just way too nervous or disappointed. I wanted to make her feel good though so I decided to make a move. Only thin air was separating between both our bodies, she was breathing heavily, her breast was rubbing against mine. She does not know that I am the one who chose her the dress; it does not show much of her skin, well, her skin is mine alone to touch and contemte. I slid the straps of her dress exposing her white smooth skin, the dress fell to the floor, she was wearing a tight ck top and shorts underneath. I lift her up bride-style and ced her body gently on the bed, I was too excited for this. I hopped on the bed as I took off my chemise and unzipped my pants. I nced at her cute face and spotted her fidgeting her fingers nervously. "Hey... Hey... Why are you so nervous?" I asked. "I don''t want to do this, I really don''t..." "Why?" I could feel my voice cracking, why is she acting like this, she said that she is d but all I can Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. see is someone who does not feel secure by my side. I was hurt to see her like that, which is when a thought came to my mind. Could it be? I hopped out of the bed not waiting for her reply, I was mad, to be honest, so I rushed out of the room and mmed the door behind me angrily. I have to speak with my dad, I was feeling it and suddenly I no longer feel a thing. As if I was hit by a block of ice straight to my face, I felt ashamed and pissed off. Without knocking I intruded dad''s office on the second floor, he was meeting with hiswyer, they stopped speaking as soon as I entered. I threw my body on the couch crossing my legs and motioning them to continue whatever they were talking about. "Go ahead," dad ordered hiswyer. "As I said, sir. You can freely use thepany and the money as you want, she has already signed the contract," thewyer continued. "Whatpany?" I asked. "You are free to go, I will call youter," Dad informed him. "Whatpany?" I repeated. "Lily''spany, she inherited Indigo''s wealth?" "What? Care to exin further?" "Lily is Indigo''s only child, we discovered that only a month before he died, I wanted to take care of my niece as it was the only thing I can do for my dead brother. I imnted her in our mansion and I guess you know the rest..." "That is why you wanted me to marry her?" I asked surprised by this rush of information. "Yes, that is the best way to assure her safety, I am d you liked her and here we are. I made you marry on this blissful day," he continued. "Does she know all of that?" "Yes, I have told her already about the will, she got upset though when she knew that I will be the one to take care of thepany. She wanted to take over everything herself, in addition, she asked me to not touch the money she inherited. I could not let her lead apany when she knows nothing about business; I hope that doesn''t enrage her." "I did not think she was that greedy? How would she manage a bigpany such as Chemipharma...?¡± I wondered confused by her reaction and statements. Is that why she is upset? Does she feel that we are taking advantage of her? "You should have told me, dad, why did you hide all of that from me?" "You are so adamant; if I told you that I will marry you to my niece you wouldn''t have agreed. It is not like I forced you anyway, everything went normally," "Are you sure you did not force her into this?" "Why would I?" "You wanted to take over thepany; I know how much benefit you will get from that," "Do not let your imagination run wild on me, Shawn. Go take better care of your wife instead," dad instructed. I stepped out of the office not really believing what dad has told me, he is not that kind-hearted, also my uncle''s death was not that normal, he died suddenly which drew many questions at that time. I think he has plotted something, if Lily refuses to tell me he might have threatened her with her friends or with the will. I cannot face her until I make sure that dad did not y dirty and since I have a feeling that he did, I cannot face her at all now. She does not care about money so I know that dad lied for sure. I will find the underlying cause of this but until I do that, I will avoid her as much as possible. I headed to my room to sleep in it, it was three am and I heard a knock on the door. "Come in," I said. "Are you awake?" Lily asked. "Yes, do you need anything?" I replied coldly. "I just wanted to apologi..." "Later, I want to sleep now..." I cut her off, I recalled my conversation with dad earlier and it pissed me off to speak with her now. She kept standing in front of the door acting hurt by myment before she finally left shutting the door behind her. I did not mean to embarrass her but I really need to check up on the facts before I can deal with her. The idea that she might be forced to marry me enraged me as well, am I that bad? Why doesn''t she trust me? All those questions wandered my mind, the fact that I will have to also fight my dad if all of that is proved right made me a little bit anxious. I had no doubt that I can defeat him if I go against him, but what bothered me is that the kind of defeat in our world bears only two meanings; death or prison. I did not wish anyone of them. What鈥檚 wrong with him? What¡¯s wrong with him? Lily''s POV: He did note back the whole night, he slept in his old bedroom. I know that I rejected him but I did not expect him to act this way, I even tried to apologize but he strongly blocked me. My pride was hurt as I was waiting for him all night long but he did note back. Gerald informed me during breakfast that we will meet with the CEO of ChemiPharma and the executives of thepany. We will discuss with them some documents regarding my rights over the "I will also attend this meeting," Shawnmented. "We won''t need you there though," "I would like to help, I think that Lily should be supervising the work since it is herpany, after all, I will help her recognize her duties." "Did you forget that you have your own work to aplish," Gerald rified. "I can always find time for my wife," After breakfast, I quickly followed Shawn. "Wait," I said as I grabbed his hand for him to stop. He looked at where our hands joined as if he was creeped out by our touch. Then he carelessly looked my way. Isn''t he overreacting? Why is he being this arrogant? I wondered. "Did Gerald tell you about the will?" I asked. "Yes, you didn''t ask for my help though nor tell me anything about it, I guess you can take care of everything on your own," he replied pulling his hand away as he took his leave. He still headed to his own room. I think I understand why he is this mad, he did not appreciate that I hid it from him. I had my reasons Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org. though; I wonder about what Gerald told him. I hope he did not tarnish my image somehow. I am busy dealing with this at the moment, to be honest; my pride pushed me to head to my room. I needed privacy anyway so it suits me well. I sent Siergo a message. ¡® A board¡¯s meeting will be held today.¡¯ I deleted the message after it has reached him as always. Jessy chose a nice ssy dress to wear; she said that I needed to look confident and beautiful to gain everyone¡¯s respect. It is not as if I care to gain their admiration anyway, I just wanted to end this misery of mine as soon as possible. I rode with Shawn in the same car, we followed Gerald¡¯s car that was leading the way. The whole ride was silent; we did not address each other at all. Why did he choose toe on his own ord to help me if he was going to act this way? He is getting on my nerves, damn it. We reached ChemiPharma, I was looking at it for the second time now. We essed the meeting room and everyone has already gathered. I hope my tip help Siergo take control of the situation. ¡°Wee, Mr. Gerald¡­ We are quite honored to meet you,¡± one of the executives began. ¡°It is my honor, gentlemen,¡± If I got it right and as far as I know, no one in thispany wishes for Mr. Gerald to be the CEO, they know that democracy would be totally eliminated and their authority will diminish. They could not help but coax him with fancy words since he is more powerful than all of them. ¡°Hello, Mr. Gerald¡­¡± Siergo showed up. ¡°Hello, Siergo. I have heard a lot about you,¡± ¡°Let us begin this meeting since everyone is here now,¡± Gerald added. The summary of this meeting is as follows; ording to the will, I am the only child of Indigo Find and I have all the rights to be the owner of thispany but since I have asked Gerald to take over thepany instead of me as he is my family, all the rights goes to him as well. Everyone was silent even though they wanted to disagree with Gerald; the only voice that arose from the seated gentlemen was no one other than Shawn, the only one who can go against Gerald. ¡°I think I was being clear when I implied that I will assist Lily in leading this business,¡± Shawn ordered. It was an order, a clear one. Gerald clenched his jaw irritated with his child¡¯s bad attitude; he is interfering with his ns, which obviously pissed him off. ¡°Okay then, I will leave it to the young ones. I hope you help them as well, Mr. Siergo¡­ Your help would be pretty much appreciated.¡± Gerald instructed before taking his leave. The executives left as well leaving only me, Shawn, and Siergo in the room. ¡° I guess we need toe up with a n if we wanted to make things work out,¡± Siergo started. ¡°The n¡¯s easy, you just need to get me all the papers of thispany¡¯sst ten years and I will help Lily take care of everything from there,¡± ¡°Great, I will bring in the papers; I have to tell you that you can¡¯t count on the papers alone though,¡± ¡°What are you implying?¡± ¡°You will need my help,¡± Siergo exined. It seems that Shawn was not happy with this conversation, Siergo kept talking back to him and Shawn is not used to be treated this way. ¡°You want to assist Lily 100 percent, am I right?¡± Siergo added. ¡°We will take care of it on our own,¡± Shawn repeated in a slightly angry tone. ¡°Okay then, call me when you need me,¡± For some reason, I felt that this conversation held, an underlying meaning that was not clear but was still felt within the lines. Act of Jealousy Act of Jealousy Siergo took his leave and I was all alone with Shawn in Siergo¡¯s office. ¡°Don¡¯t you think you were a little bit rude?¡± I asked. ¡°I like to be rude, it is fun,¡± he stated in a childish tone. It is not as if I care anyway, I will ignore him just as he does to me. It seems that he was serious about teaching me though, he was reading the documents seriously and he kept exining several business terms. I need to know what exactly Gerald told him. ¡°What did you decide to help me?¡± ¡°It is yourpany, Lily. You should manage it yourself,¡± he rified. ¡°It seems that you went against your father decision earlier though,¡± He converted his look from reading the papers and documents into ring at me. ¡°Why? Did you think I would listen to my father even if he was at fault?¡± he retorted. ¡°I didn¡¯t say that¡­¡± I was interrupted by Siergo¡¯s voice who announced the time for lunch. ¡°We should have a meal together, it has been 4 hours, c¡¯mon let¡¯s take a break,¡± Siergo said. ¡°Okay,¡± I responded. We followed Siergo to a nearby restaurant. I did not notice that it was the same restaurant where I first met Siergo until I stepped into it. We even sat at the same table I was sitting at back then. The waiter took our orders; I wanted to eat something simple so I ordered a seafood soup. The waiter soon came back and ced our orders alongside the small dish in where the yellow liquid; the alcohol is. I thanked God that I already know what that thing is, I did not want to embarrass myself in front of Shawn. ¡°I see you have learned from your previous mistake?¡± Siergomented while smiling my way. I coughed the soup I was about to gulp down my throat, I did not expect him to mention that. This situation would be totally misunderstood by Shawn, he would wonder about how I met Siergo the CEO of thepany I did not know I owned until recently. ¡°Mistake?¡± Shawn repeated confused by Siergo¡¯s statement. ¡°Didn¡¯t she tell you that we have met before? She even confessed her feelings to me,¡± he continued. ¡°No, that was¡­¡± I did not know what to say honestly, he put me in a weird situation. ¡°You know that wasn¡¯t my intention,¡± I corrected. ¡°Yeah, I know. I just think it was funny,¡± Think silently, could you? I wished to tell him so. ¡°How did you guys meet?¡± Shawn asked indifferently by our conversation. ¡°She was fo¡­¡± ¡°Mr. Siergo, don¡¯t you think you are acting rudely?¡± I retorted abruptly. ¡°Am I?¡± ¡°Yes, you are. We are eating now so we should refrain from speaking,¡± I said as I red at him with my eyes wide open. ¡°I am sorry I was being reckless, I will take care from now on,¡± he responded cheekily. I had to stop him from saying anything troublesome, I nced at Shawn and he kept showing an indifferent face, at least he did not make a problem out of this, I thought to myself. We finished eating and then we went back home, I headed to my room to change my clothes expecting that Shawn will also head to his but he did not. I suddenly heard the door is opening and Shawn stepped into the room ignoring that I was bottomless; I was only wearing a loose sweater and a pantie. I covered my body quickly embarrassed that has seen me this way. ¡°You didn¡¯t tell me that you have met Siergo before?¡± he started. ¡°Well, I didn¡¯t think I would meet him again, to begin with, can¡¯t we talk about thister?¡± I asked still This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. holding the pants in front of my legs trying to cover them. ¡°Well, don¡¯t you think that it is unnecessary to hide those tiny smooth legs of yours,¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°I mean that we are married, Lily. I can watch you naked all night long,¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like that,¡± -" I might not want to be a part of this marriage but why don''t you?" He asked in a husky voice. " Why can you not want it but I can''t, that is why you piss me off, Shawn." I spat out. I watched him as he rushed my way and threw the pants I was holding away exposing my legs. He grabbed my hand pulling me to his chest as he aimed for my lips, I wanted to back away but his grip would not let me. He tried to invade my mouth but I didn''t grant him entry so he bit my lip which caused me to yelp and that was his chance to deepen the kiss as he held my waist pinning me to his body. He was not his normal self; he was more aggressive and pushy. Whenever he acted this way, he would intimidate me greatly, it was as if he could not see clearly and focused only on one thing, making me his. I knew that he would not stop if I asked him so I kicked him in the stomach pushing him away, which was the only way to get out of his grip. ¡°I hate you, Shawn, I fuckin hate you very much,¡± I said as I stormed out of the room. I kept reminding myself that his father may have killed mine; Gerald is restricting my freedom and robbing the money I did not even know existed. His father is my enemy and my goal is to run away or bring him down, so how can I love his son. Shawn shall be on his father¡¯s side. It is his father after all. I do not wish him to fight his father nor do I wish to make him love me then watch me disappear from his sight. It hurt me to leave him this way but that is the only thing I could do, we are unfortunately destined to hate each other. Planning nning I had to make some necessary preparations to guarantee my friends¡¯ safety. I asked Jessy to leave a document that contains all the details of my state in a certain spot that does not have any CCTVs. Tony¡¯s clients would use the same way to deliver him the case they wanted him to work on keeping their identity a secret and eliminating any trail of the process. I instructed Tony to tell Diana, John, Jack, and dad about this in private when the right timees, he can¡¯t send them any messages since their phones might be tracked. I also asked him to be careful at all times; he had to gather them in a safe ce at the right time. I stressed most the fact that I do not want his interference in my business, Tony does not like trouble but I am worried that John might do something crazy. Tony would take the right measurements; I will trust him with this. Gerald¡¯s men might be more professional but in the neighborhoods, I live in with my friends. Gangsters take control. Gerald¡¯s men will not be able to touch them if they asked the gangs around for help or else a local war would arise which is totally not in Gerald¡¯s image favor. I sent Siergo¡¯s a message asking him about what he is nning, he pissed me off with his yful attitude yesterday but I guess I will this matter slide as I need his assistance. He replied asking me to meet him in the same stupid restaurant as before. Why does he like that restaurant that much, doesn¡¯t he go anywhere else for a change? Jessy was on vacation so I did not know what to wear, I grabbed the simplest outfit in front of me which was a yellow sundress with beautiful ribbon straps. I looked cute in it, I raised my hair in a bun and asked the driver to take me there, I told him that I have some work to discuss with the CEO, Gerald would know about this for sure so I wanted to make it easy Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. on him. ¡®I am not doing anything wrong after all, I have nothing to hide¡¯ I wanted to deliver him this message when the truth is that we are just plotting against him. Shawn¡¯s POV: After Lily left the room that way, I got a call in the morning from my underling who informed me that he has linked Gerald to the will¡¯s disappearance. Indigo¡¯swyer could not find the will no matter how hard he searched for it. As soon as Lily agreed to marry me, the will suddenly show up on his desk. We were wondering where it was but it seems that Gerald was the one who hid it. He also searched for Lily¡¯s dad first and invited him to the club he gambled in which means that Gerald did not want to secure Lily¡¯s safety as he said. He was just taking her hostage and he must have threatened her to marry me. Fuck¡­ I keep getting agitated whenever I think about that. She did not marry me on her own ord that is why she was acting gloomy on our wedding day. Most probably, he threatened her with her friends; she has nothing else to worry about besides that. I was trying to exclude myself from his business as much as I could since I know that he had his corrupt ways, I did not want to take part in his corruption. But now that it came to this, I will have to take over my dad¡¯s business and force him to quit. If necessary, I will be forced to even lock him up. I know dad, talking this out with him will not get us anywhere; he is totally convinced that he is doing the right thing when he obviously is not. As a start I am the best one who can take my father down, I have ess to a lot of secret documents that will cause the prosecution to investigate him. His connections are scarier than anything that ever existed though. The judicial department and even the majority of the prosecutors do not dare to defy him. Unless I take over his ce soon and show them that this era is mine, I will not be able to surpass his connections nor get him imprisoned. I decided to give it a chance and talk to dad about assigning me his whole business even though I knew he would not agree yet. As expected, he declined my offer mentioning that my mindset is totally different from his, he said I won¡¯t be able to lead his business in the most correct way unless he teaches me himself. I did not want to y it dirty and fake an act to trick him; he is my dad after all. I concluded that I just could push him to a corner. I had a n in mind and I think I will need Siergo¡¯s help to achieve it. I noticed that Lily has stepped out of her room, I called her driver to ask him where she was going and he said that she was meeting with Mr. Siergo to talk about business matters. I can tell what this is about; Lily is not a stupid girl who can be forced to do a certain thing her whole life. She must be scheming for something; Siergo must have offered to help her. I can see the whole picture now, that is why they have met before. I think I am ready now to join hands with Siergo and work together for real. I wore my clothes and headed to their meeting location, I need to talk with him as soon as possible. In addition, I do not like when my girl meets alone with Siergo like this, I do not trust him. His decision His decision Lily¡¯s POV: Siergo was sipping his tea, he is half-Italian and I could tell that he is so calm and cold by nature. Unlike most Italians, he does not get angry that quickly, on the opposite, his ck curls sliding on his eyebrows gave him a gentle look. ¡°You are here, Lily,¡± he started. ¡°Yeah, we needed to talk,¡± I was speaking in a bit of an angry tone. ¡°You sure hold grudges, Lily,¡± ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have talked this way yesterday, Shawn has nothing to do with his father''s schemes, I don¡¯t want to drag him into this,¡± I rified. ¡°Is that what you think?¡± ¡°Yes, I am telling you this is between me, you, and Gerald alone,¡± I repeated. ¡°Are you telling me you didn¡¯t even mention what Gerald did to you to Shawn?¡± ¡°No,¡± ¡°Why?¡± he asked. ¡°As I said I do not wish to trouble him, he lost his mother; I know how it feels when you fight with your own father. Not a pleasant feeling, I do not want Shawn to feel this way¡­¡± ¡°I do not need you to worry about me, Lily,¡± A voice arose from behind my back. Damn, why does this always happen to me? I will carry a mirror with me from now on so that I would watch over my back. ¡°When would you stop showing up like that?¡± I questioned as I understood what was happening, Siergo spotted Shawn standing there but still asked those questions. Is he perhaps trying to tell him about what happened? Why does he want to drag him into this? ¡°I will respond to what you have said earlier, Lily. I need Shawn, he is the trump card of my n and his help is not only needed but it is quite crucial,¡± Siergo exined as he pulled the seat next to me motioning for Shawn to take a seat. ¡°Okay, I do not seem to understand what is happening? Did you invite him here?¡± ¡°No, you didn¡¯t want me toe?¡± Shawn replied. ¡°I didn¡¯t say that, I am just surprised that you showed up like that,¡± Shawn ignored myment; he is really getting on my nerves. He turned his head facing Siergo and started speaking. ¡°Why would you trust me?¡± Shawn began. ¡°Because I do not have any other choice. No one can take down your father but you,¡± ¡°Let me hear your n,¡± Shawn ordered. ¡°I have already gathered some bank transactions that your father made to several ounts abroad in shell corporations overseas. In addition to misreporting and underreporting ie, that is how he avoids paying taxes by tax evasion¡­¡± ¡°That is all you got? Some paperwork?¡± Siergo smiled as he let out a recording from his pocket. ¡°Do not feel perplexed, I keep it with me all the time, do you know what is that?¡± ¡°How would I?¡± ¡°This record goes back to 15 years ago, the exact date is¡­¡± ¡°April 10th¡­¡± Siergo was surprised upon hearing Shawn¡¯s confident statement. ¡°You already know?¡± ¡°Yes, the driver isn¡¯t the only one who recorded this conversation, I did too,¡± Shawn rified. ¡°You were in the car?¡± Siergo wondered. ¡°No, I left my mobile there recording,¡± ¡°What are you guys talking about? Someone exin to me¡­¡± I cut them off. ¡°Remember when I said that I me dad for my mother¡¯s death?¡± ¡°Yes,¡± I responded to Shawn¡¯s question. ¡°I meant it literally, he is the main reason why mom had to die,¡± Shawn continued. ¡°Do I understand from that, that you are willing to help?¡± ¡°I will but in my own way, I will not participate in your n but I will need your helpter, you will be the one to do all the legal and paperwork for me,¡± Shawn exined. ¡°What are you nning?¡± Siergo added. ¡°I will prove my suspicion first then contact you,¡± ¡°Is your suspicion perhaps¡­¡± ¡°Indigo¡¯s murder¡­¡± I interrupted Siergo as I addressed Shawn with my statement. Shawn stared my way; he did not know what to say. ¡°This is just a suspicion,¡± Shawn assured me. ¡°It is okay, it does not affect me anyhow,¡± I confirmed. I turned my gaze elsewhere but Shawn was still looking in my direction, I felt my body temperature rise, my blood was boiling. I do not feel sad; I am just enraged that Gerald keeps proving how ugly of a person he is towards my family. ¡°Let us talk again when I put my hands on some more facts,¡± Shawn said addressing Siergo who stood up to shake his hand. Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. We took our leave right afterward, I was thinking when suddenly Shawn pulled me towards him abruptly; I was about to bump into someone who was passing by my side. ¡°Thanks,¡± I whispered. I got in his car and I was still immersed in my own thoughts. ¡°What are you thinking about?¡± Shawn cut the silence between us. I thought he would never start the conversation first, I guess he felt guilty. ¡°Are you sure you want to fight against your on dad, Shawn?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t feel guilty about it Lily, you are not the reason why I am doing this. Gerald Wronged many humans, I shall not ignore all the bad deeds hemitted, I want to set things straight,¡± Shawn exined. ¡°Okay then,¡± ¡°Do you want to go visit your friends?¡± Shawn asked out of the blue. ¡°Are you serious?¡± ¡°Yes, call them, let us meet with them,¡± He confirmed. ¡°Okay,¡± A smile got drawn on my face, I needed to meet my friends and I knew that Gerald would refuse to grant me permission but if I am going with Shawn then he has nothing to worry about, I guess. ¡°You can¡¯t tell your father that you know what happened between me and him,¡± ¡°Yeah, I won¡¯t don¡¯t worry, I already know he threatened you with your friends¡¯ lives by now,¡± ¡°Okay, cool,¡± I smiled again. I am getting excited to meet them; it has been a long time since Ist saw them. I procrastinated asking Shawn about what happened to his mother for another time. Funny time Funny time I called each one of them and asked to meet at the bar we always go to. At first, they threw some excuses but when I told them that Shawn would like to get to know them, they became more curious. I was waiting for them toe not knowing what to talk about with Shawn. After we got married, the distance in our rtionship grew wider, I still don''t know why was he cold and suddenly he acted this kind. He keeps confusing me with his mood change. "Hey Lily, how are you doing?" Ca showed up from behind me as she started speaking. "I am fine, where are the others?" I asked happy to see her. "Diana is parking her car; they wille in a few minutes," "This is Shawn, Shawn this is..." "Ca, I heard a lot about you from Lily. I am d that I finally get to meet you," Shawn stated interrupting me. Damn the fuckin background check, it is as if he knows every little detail of every individual in my life. "I am honored, I never thought I would be able to meet with the famous Shawn Gerald, never have it ever crossed my mind honestly," Ca giggled. "Neither did I," Diana added. "Hey, Lily, it has been a while," "That is true, how have you been doing?" I asked. "Fine," We all sat including Jenny at a table in the corner, I have just noticed that no one beside us was at the bar, which is weird because this is the weekend and usually this ce is filled up with a lot of human beings. "What are you going to order, girls?" Shawn started. We gave the waiter our orders, I was feeling a little bit distanced from them, I was feeling insecure as I thought that they might have lost their interest in me. Would they be able to forgive me for what I did? "So, how is your marriage?" Jenny wondered. "She is ying hard to get even after marriage, isn''t she obnoxious?" Shawn wrapped his arm around my fragile body, which caused the chair to even bulge in his direction. "Awee, that is just how she is," Ca replied. "Lily was so upset she couldn''t tell you about her marriage, my dad was slightly strict about inviting anyone from her side but I somehow convinced him," "Lily? Why didn''t you tell us that you couldn''t invite us?" Diana was surprised. "Is that why you didn''t tell us about your marriage, oh, poor girl," Jenny sighed. I nced at Shawn who smiled cheekily at me; did he n for this from the start? How did he know that this bothered me though? "I was embarrassed, I am sorry I could not get myself to tell you," I pointed out. ra left her seat to hug me. "I am sorry we misunderstood you, silly girl... We thought that you were ashamed of us which hurt our pride. Who knows there was an underlying reason for what you did," "No problem guys, I am still at fault here," I said with a slightly broken voice that was so touched by the whole situation. We group hugged and they kept telling me stories about their past week, college break is so boring to them since they don''t have enough money to go where they want. They also started working so they informed me of their work issues. I could feel tenderness and guilt in their attitude towards me. "You have it tough, girls," Shawn pointed out. I noticed that Ca''s cheeks turned red whenever he addressed her. I can''t me her though, imagine a sexy tall broad-shouldered grey-eyed billionaire looking your way with the most attractive smile on his face. It would fascinate any girl, to be honest. I did understand but it does not mean that I didn''t feel jealous, I did not want anyone to look at him like that but me. I wished that I would be the only one to contemte his sexy feature as I have him all to myself. I brushed off my thoughts as I knew that I can''t be doing this now. His affection towards me wasn''t genuine from the start, he quickly got bored of me and now all he feels for me is nothing but pity. "Hey, Lily... Do you hear me?" "Sorry, what did you say?" "Your cute husband here actually reserved the whole ce, I know you wouldn''t realize yourself since you would never imagine someone doing anything like that so I am telling you," Diana exined. "Is that true?" I asked Shawn surprised, why would he do that? It seems he even knows that I gather here with my friends, he prepared toe here from the beginning. "I would buy the whole restaurant if it means that you can chat with your friends peacefully," Shawn replied as he ced a gentle kiss on my forehead. He was being so nice to me, is it because he does not want to embarrass me in front of my friends? "We have to go now, it is quitete," Jenny said. ¡°It was nice to meet you, Shawn. Let us meet again soon,¡± Dianamented. After taking care of the bill, Shawn gave his number to the girls instructing them to call him whenever they are in need of his help. He started the engine and I waved them goodbye before we took our leave. I was very happy that we cleared up the misunderstandings that we had. "Thank you, Shawn. It really means a lot to me," "I didn''t do that for free though, what are you going to give me?" "Anything I can afford," "Okay then, you are the one who said that." He parked the car abruptly near the sidewalk. I was perplexed by the sudden movement, what is he thinking? "Uhmm, why did you park here?" "Come here," he said pointing at hisp. The windows are foamed thankfully but why does he want me to sit on hisp. I blushed as I looked to my left. C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. "C''mon, you can totally afford to do that," he urged. I tried to stand up and crossed to his side, I tripped over his leg and he luckily caught me before my head bumps into the window. He fixed my position on hisp pulling me towards him even more. "You won¡¯t refuse me today, would you?" he asked in a manly voice that radiated dominance. Our night Our night "I thought that you didn''t like me anymore so why are you doing this?" I asked. "Who said that I didn''t like you?" Content provided by N?velDrama.Org. "You were acting cold towards me..." I pointed out. "I wouldn''t marry someone that easily if I didn''t love him very much, silly." "What?" "I am saying that I love you, Lily," he confessed. My first reflex was to cover my face with my arms; my heart would not bear anything more. He distanced my arms as he hugged me tightly patting on my back gently. "I know you love me back judging from how I can hear your heartbeats this strongly but I need to hear you say it," he purred in my ears. "I love you too, I am just afraid that bad things will result from this," I exined. "Don''t worry about your friends; I have assigned my men to watch over Gerald''s men, they will make sure that no harm hit them. Also, I will take care of my dad myself," Shawn rified in a firm tone that "Now can you say it again?" he added. "I love you, Shawn; I am the happiest when I am with you. You always understand me; even today, you knew exactly how I was feeling and what I wanted. You are more than perfect in my eyes that I feel I do not deserve you," "I am the one who doesn''t deserve you, my family has wronged your family big time and my dad is rude enough to keep tormenting you. I am surprised that you are that kind-hearted to actually let that slide," He got it wrong, it wasn''t that I was warm-hearted or anything, I just learned at a young age in the society I was living in to not associate anyone with his family. Everyone in his life has that member who always fuck up; it is not fair to judge his whole family just because of that filthy individual. I never held Shawn responsible for what his dad has done and I''ll never will. "You are Shawn and he is Gerald, two different beings with two different actions," I rified which made him smile. The mood was totally set, he kept trailing kisses all over my upper body. He took off his sweater. His hands were big; he moved them sexily along my naked back and stomach. He then reclined the seat back as far as it goes turning me around so that he was towering over me with his body. "You do have a kink with cars, don''t you?" I joked. "This time you won''t be the only one to cum..." he huskily replied. Shawn slid the sunroof open and I could see the stars shining above us, it provided that sexy moonlit glow on our bodies. Shawn used my scarf and buckled both my hands to the headrest of the seat. I looked at him a bit surprised, anything would surprise me at this point, it is my first time after all. "Leave it to me, I will make us both feel really good," he whispered in my ears as he slid the dress I was wearing up above my breasts. I really didn''t know that would happen but I guess it was the right thing to do to wear this dress. He unzipped his pants and for the second time, I spotted the little him. He was hard and in a hurry but still spent a nice amount of time preparing me down there. He then thrust it inward slowly and repeatedly. I lost track of time, I could not feel anything but his hot body rubbing against mine. He fastened his pace and I couldn''t disagree, I was feeling something that I have never experienced in my whole life. "You need to see your face, you look even sexier," he said as he shoved his thing deeper. "Untie me, I want to cover my face, I am so embarrassed," "No way, I like this view the most," he smirked devilishly. One hour, two hours, three hours have passed before we fixed our positions and started wearing our clothes. It was toote by now, I wanted to stay with him like that for the end of my life but we had to go back to our current reality. "You okay?" Shawn asked as he headed to the mansion. "How couldn''t I when I¡¯m with you," I flirted. "How cute, you don''t want me to stop the car again, do you?" "No way, I had enough for the whole week," I retorted. Heughed so hard at myment and slid his hand to caress my cheeks while he had the other on the driving wheel. "You are my angel," he smiled. We soon returned to the real world and I walked up the stairs, we both stepped into the main room, as we had no reason to sleep in separate rooms anymore. We took a shower together and Shawn grabbed this chance to continue what we were doing in the car. I can''t believe that he still wanted to do it. I guess he was holding back for a long time now. "I want to sleep," I moaned in his grip. He lifted me up after drying my body and ced me on the bed, he gave me a goodnight kiss and we swiftly gave up to our exhaustion and slept soundly hugging each other. The next morning, Shawn headed to work and I was left all alone in the mansion. I was speaking with Jessy, my beautiful kind friend in this mansion when suddenly I was called out by Gerald''s assistant. He wanted to speak with me in private. I headed to his office; he was sitting on the long sofa next to the door. I did not feel good about our meeting; I felt that I would be informed of something bad for some reason. I clenched my jaw waiting for him to start the conversation. I watched him as he stood up from his seat and walked up to me throwing a white envelope in my face. Leaving Leaving I grabbed the envelope and started uncovering its content, there were a lot of images taken of me and Shawn sitting in the bar yesterday and talking in the car, the windows were foamed so there were no plus eighteen photos but the reason why we stopped for three hours and remained in the car was pretty evident. "I expected that my son seeks pleasure from you but why did he waste his time and meet with your friends?" Gerald asked with contempt filling his voice. I seriously wish to hit him in the face right here and right now but miserably I can''t. "He wanted to meet with my friends..." I stated the obvious boldly. "Lily, you must not understand what I am trying to imply here so let me speak more honestly. I was clear when I informed you that you would be disposable in no time, I don''t want my son to get attached with these empty feelings that he has for you..." Did he think that our rtionship would keep on deteriorating because I definitely thought the same, that wasn''t what happened though? What should I say to him? I stoop up silently not knowing how to respond. "He even asked me to take over thepany, it seems that he found out about what I did to you, and therefore, I will have to get rid of you as soon as possible." Gerald continued. "I did not tell him anything, I swear," I uttered. "I know, I am the one at fault here. I did not expect him to love you that much to the extent that he is even plotting behind my back. I can''t afford to lose my son because of some bitch like you." Gerald added in an angry voice that radiated through the mansion''s walls. "We can''t have him suspect that I am the one who got rid of you though if you know what I mean..." I totally know what he means, I know that Shawn mentioned something about protecting my friends but I can''t bet on that. I can''t bet on my friends'' lives, even if this will result in our separation, I am more than ready to make the sacrifice. "I will leave on my own..." I started. "Good girl, as if you have run away when you had the chance. That how this scenario should look like..." Gerald exined coldly. "I understand," My voice was determined but cracked, imagining not ever seeing Shawn again made Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org. me worried and sad. "Here''s a ticket to France reserved under your name, I want you to write a nice lovely letter to Shawn informing him that he is not worth fighting for," Gerald ridiculed. "Of course I don''t need to tell you what will happen if you refuse or..." "I know," I swiftly replied. I pulled the ticket from Gerald''s hands and headed to my room in despair. I have only one day to spend with him, I will fly to France the day after tomorrow. I started writing the letter, tears were falling over my shirt as I wrote the second line of my letter. I regretted hearing his confession yesterday and even that we did it. Those memories will be the reason why I feel bad about finally being able to leave this mansion, I thought I should be happy with this news but I wasn''t. What about college? We are on a break but how will I be able to enroll in a college abroad for the second term? Lily, you are being silly. You can take care of yourself once you reach France, skipping a year is not a big deal when you have 20 grand in your ount. You will be able to live quietly and peacefully, I thought to myself. It was 6 pm, time was passing quickly and Shawn did note back yet. At 8 pm, I heard Shawn''s footsteps approaching. I almost ran to him as fast as I could but I knew better than anyone that I should y my role carefully so I remained seated. "Hey, sweetie. Were you waiting for me?" Shawn began as he held a smile upon his face that melted my heart. "Yes, I was counting minutes for you toe back," "Awe, since when have you be this sweet," he chuckled as he rubbed his nose against mine in a very cute gesture. "Work was so boring today, I was so excited toe back home to contemte your beautiful features," "What did you do at work?" "The usual I guess, lots of paperwork, lots of meetings, and lots of thinking about you of course," he "You should take a shower, I will ask the maid to prepare you dinner," "I am afraid to shower alone," he joked yfully. "Also, my dinner is already ready," he giggled. I followed him to the royal bathroom of our room, I know it is not the right time to describe the bathroom decor so I will not but all I have to say is that it was fabulous. The water was running over our naked bodies, I was feeling less embarrassed by him touching and seeing my bare body now. He was gentle and being with him was a fantasy that I should not have involved myself in. His scent, his hair, his eyes dragged me out of my senses for a while; I shall not fall into this trap again. The next morning, he headed to work, as usual, I ced the letter I wrote on the bed and rode the car with my driver secretly heading to the airport. I know that I could have seen him for thest time before my flight at night but I knew that if I did that, my will would be weakened and I might have spilled the beans. I waited in the airport patiently as I made several phone calls; I called Tony and John and informed them that I would run away and I will not contact them for a while, I needed to hide the details since Shawn might ask them about it. Tony kept begging me not to do so ordering me not to worry about them, and that he has contacted his gang and is ready to tell my friends about his n but I declined his request, I did not want to cause any more misfortune for anyone. I have decided to leave quietly and no one will be able to change my mind. Into action Into action I was in the airport waiting for my flight to arrive, it was 6 pm and I bet Shawn would be going back home by now. I wonder what would his reaction be when he reads my letter. An hour has passed; I got on board and leaned in my seat as I grabbed tightly my small backpack. I never had a lot of belongings and it seems that I will never have, I am going to a new country where I know no one there. All alone, I am supposed to cope with the environment and seed in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I kept thinking of Shawn all the ride long, as I reached France, Paris; I checked my ount to find a million in cash in my bank ount. I guess Gerald wanted me to nevere back for real, it is not like I thought he wouldn''t but it just hurts me whenever I think of that old geezer and how he managed to ruin my life. I unpacked in an apartment that I have rented until I find a nicer permanent home. The room was clean and that was all I needed, I was not picky, to begin with. I went to the mall in order to buy the necessary stuff for my apartment as well as a new phone. In a matter of twelve hours, I was fully settled in this new home of mine. Shawn''s POV: I came back home excited waiting to greet my angel, I headed to my room but could not find her. The first thought that arose in my mind is that she was in her room doing some stuff so I decided to take a shower before joining her. I got out of the bathtub and directed my gaze to a towel on the bed. Next to the towel, there was a white envelope that attracted my attention. I opened it and read what was written inside, I was getting more shocked with every line. ''Dear Shawn, I know that this might be sudden but I have given our current lifestyle a thought, I was not pleased with how things are. I feel like a bird without wings, a billionaire without legs, and most importantly an intruder without rights. I wish to live my own life away from any shackles; I want to be free just like I always wished. The money that was transferred to me by your dad after I signed my debt contract was enough to make me achieve my dreams; I decided to leave willing to never look back. I believe that I gave you the price of your precious time; you can manage thepany as you wish. Please do not seek to find me, forget about me and consider me as a light breeze that passed alongside the wind. I hope you find happiness in your life and also respect my decision. Yours, '' I stood frozen in my ce not able to digest the length of the words, what went wrong? I thought that I made her happy thosest two days. I even moved a step closer to winning against my dad, so why did this happen? Also, does she think that I give a shit about herpany and what she has inherited, how is that considered as paying me back for the love and passion that I showed her. I had to check that this is not my dad''s plot so I paid him a visit in his office. "What''s wrong? You look angry," dadmented as soon as he nced at me. "I thought you were assigning guards to monitor Lily''s every movement," I started. "I did, but I believe that you have asked me not to so I stopped," "Do you want me to believe that?" I retorted. "Did she go somewhere?" "Fuck you, why did you do it?" "I didn''t do a thing Shawn so stop shouting, the guards informed me that she has left in the morning, I Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org. was busy assigning someone to follow her, you can check the cameras for yourself and track her or something. Just don''t waste my time with this kind of issue," "Listen, dad," I growled as I closed the distance between us. "I will not tolerate your behavior any longer, it was time you get dethroned of this title you are enjoying anyway so let me fasten the process for you," I threatened. "The prosecution wille looking for you tomorrow, I am telling you this as I still consider our blood link but this is thest thing I am going to be considerate about," I continued after which I took my leave. War has started and I am willing to win it, unfortunately, Lily''s escape was unexpected and totally not in a nice time. I have to follow up with every step from now on if I want my father to rot in prison so I will be busy for a while. I still asked my personal assistant to investigate her disappearance and report back to me. I also called her friends to ask them about her but they informed me that she told them her goodbyes and cut all contacts afterward. I feel discouraged, I was doing all of this mainly for her sake anyway but now that she is not within my sights, I feel extremely in despair. I gathered enough evidence to arrest my dad but I feel that this is still not enough, I have to cut his legs and hands so he would not even be able to crawl, this is the only way I can surpass my dad and seek the life I wanted as I love the person in my heart without interruptions. Wait for me Lily; I will definitely get you back. Threads Threads Shawn''s POV: The police knocked on our door as predicted, it seems that dad could not prevent his arrest at least, he must have struck a deal somehow, I needed to know who are those persons if I wanted to get them on my side. I ced a wire in his office and I indeed knew whom exactly did he call. They took him away in their patrol car and I had twenty-four hours to work out on keeping him there. I called Siergo to make sure that the doctor is held safely at his ce, I have instructed him yesterday that he must protect him at all cost, he is our sole witness after all. Gerald killed his brother and I sent the evidence to the prosecutors already, I have tortured the doctor to confess. I also threatened him with his family and promised him protection if he bes our witness. The doctor mentioned that Gerald was having a dispute with his brother, Indigo was mad that Gerald hid his daughter from him all this time and told him that he has already signed the will which counts Lily as the sole inheritor. He also threatened him to expose his filthy business and promised him that he will be locked by his own hands. Gerald got mad and ordered the doctor to give him a shot of Pancuronium bromide (Pavulon) which causes muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest and that is how Indigo was killed. He did not have the chance to apply his promise; he did not expect this cruelty from his own blood. The judicialmunity could not turn a blind eye to this case especially that Indigo was loved by almost the whole nation''s higher-ups. Indigo''s murder was not the only thing I delivered to the prosecutors, I also gave them the record from 15 years ago in which Gerald ordered his man to kill my mom. The reason why Gerald killed my mom was because of her family, she was an aristocrat who owned dozens ofpanies and that is why my dad married her to be exact. Together, they flourished his business, even more, unfortunately, Gerald messed with his rival''s business who wanted to avenge his bankruptcy. My mom was kidnapped and tormented, they raped her and spread her pictures online, it was a very secretive matter at that time and her family stopped the news from making any more damage. Ashamed and arrogant, he ordered her murder; he thought that it would also be in her best interest. Dad thought that I did not know about this, he was mistaken, as ten years old kid I was quite smart to understand that mom''s family wanted their daughter to disappear after bringing shame and share losses to them. Dad would not go against their decision so I knew he would have dismissed her existence and that is why I left my phone on record in his car that day. Being charged with two first degrees of murder and several business charges, he will be held on bail for twenty-four hours for the investigation, afterward, he will go to court to undergo a trial. During this day, I should prevent him from sneaking his way out. Since 2 am I have been searching for weaknesses belonging to the men he is counting on to get him out. Some of them were hard to found any shreds of evidence against so I decided to move into n B and threaten their lives. It was 12 am the next day, 12 hours have passed already, and I received a call from C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. my assistant. "Did you discover anything?" I asked hopefully. "Lily has traveled abroad; I can''t tell which country she went to as the airport''s system is very strict. You will have to use your connections," He replied. "Okay, nice work," I hanged up and called an acquaintance of mine to ask him for this favor, he promised to reply back to me which soothed my worries a little bit. I hope I would be able to meet with her soon. I was daydreaming about our gather when I suddenly received a call that raised my blood pressure big time, I did not see thating. Lily''s POV: After I settled in, I was hit by a message sent to my phone. No one knows this number, could it be Gerald? I guess he would be still monitoring me for a while to make sure that I will not contact Shawn and create any problems. I checked the message. ''Your brother''s address is the following. Monsieur Jean DURAND adresse. 25 RUE DES FLEURS street. Any time,'' Is that why he sent me specifically to France, he knew where my brother is. What is his purpose for sending me his address though, does he think seeing my brother will make me want to stay in France or something. He must be out of his mind for thinking this way. He gave me an address that I will never go to. Two hourster, I was standing in front of my brother''s house. I am not moody guys, I was just curious to see how my brother''s been living without me all these years, I wanted to know about his lifestyle and his achievements, all out of mere curiosity though. I will not meet with him; I will just take a quick look. I was staring at their house standing behind a car that hid my figure; I spotted a cute woman getting out to throw trash. Is she his wife? I could not see any kids though, I could not even spot him, maybe he''s at work. I waited for two hours but he never came back so I took my leave. I was climbing the stairs to ess my apartment; I was fidgeting in my pocket looking for the keys when I bumped into a man standing in front of my door. It was only one apartment by floor so I did not expect anyone to be here. I raised my head to see who is the guest and that is when I felt the most perplexed in my whole life. "Who are you?" I asked feigning ignorance even though I knew deep inside that no mere chance would cause this messed up assembly. Reunion Reunion The man was tall, thin, and ck-haired with light grey eyes that matched mine. His look was hot- blooded and his face screamed no mercy. I recall these features very well; this man is no one else other than my brother. "I am sure you know who I am, sis," he pronounced the word ''sis'' as easy as drinking water, what gives him the right to call me that? "I am sorry, I think you got the wrong person," I retorted while passing by him unlocking my door. I closed the door behind me but before I knew it, he was already inside slipping swiftly with her thin figure. "Are you deaf, get out," I spat out to his face. "I did not expect this reaction, I thought you would show me tears of happiness if I showed up like that," he started. "Do you think I am the same fragile little girl from before? Why would I even waste my time and talk to you," "So you know who I am," he smirked. Fuck him, he is really wishing for a beating. "What do you want?" I asked. I watched him as he walked boldly into the room and pulled out a bottle of water from the fridge to C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. drink. "I will not speak with you when you are in this state, let us wait until you calm down," "I am calm, so get out," He ignored myst order and sat on the couch turning on the TV. I decided to ignore him thinking that he will leave after a while but he did not. "Aren''t you going back to your wife?" "Wife?" "Oh, I wondered where you are, were you at my house?" he asked in surprise. "Yeah, I wanted to burn the house but I knew that going to jail aftermitting arson and intentional murder isn''t that good of an idea" "Ha-ha, she isn''t my wife though. She is some girl I am having fun with," hemented rudely. I snarled at his statement showing contempt on my face. "I stopped keeping anyone close to me after that day, you must believe I left you and never came back breaking my promise just because I was a douchebag. Guess what? I never had a choice, to begin with..." "What do you mean?" All kinds of thoughts ran through my mind when he said that, could it be? "I was forced to leave the country because of my stupid attitude, I was a kid at that time and I never knew that messing with the wrong person could ruin your life. I wanted to save my mum but all I caused was more damage," he pointed out. "Is the person you are talking about is Gerald, is that why you know where I live?" I bombarded him with every possible question I could think about, just when I thought that this geezer would not be able to deteriorate my life anymore, I was proven wrong. "I bet you know that you are my half-sister by now, Lily. I never counted you as one though, I never med my mom for giving birth to you, the only thing I detested was that man who kept threatening my mom and hiding you from his brother. When I menaced him that I will inform his brother, he made my life a hell," "From snapping my bones to making me unable of finding a job to feed my mom, he showed me how weak I am. After mom died, he pressured me with you ordering me to fly out of the country if I want our lives saved, I was forced to obey him," he continued. Why have I never thought of that? When all of this happened to my mother, why have I never thought about where my brother was. I was focused on how much he is useless to our family and uncaring to me; I never once believed that he wanted our prosperity. He left me unable to even state the reason just for my sake. "I did not know, I..." He pulled me in a tight hug that nearly broke my bones as if he was preventing me from apologizing. "I tried toe back but Gerald never gave me a chance, I kept thinking about you these entire years lily. I med myself for my stupidity, you could have lived a better life if I did not make such mistakes, I am sorry, Lily. It is all my fault," My memory of my brother was a cold-hearted man who did not give a shit about me or my mom, he was always out working or doing things that I don''t know about. I could not imagine that he is this caring; I guess all these years I just wanted someone to me. I hugged my brother back, this time I prevented my tears from falling. I don''t have the right to shed tears of sadness, my mind was full of contempt towards my younger self and hopes of avenging my life. I do not want to run anymore, the father I never considered as a human being, the brother I thought was cruel and gave up on me, my mom whom I thought was mentally weak were all victims of that man. I ought to avenge them as well as avenging myself. From the very beginning, my life''s everything was taken by Gerald, even now, I can''t be with the person I love because of him. My friends'' lives are in danger and my will is as good as nothing. I have to im my rights and seek my dreams; I will not crawl into darkness any longer, and in order to achieve that I need to go back. I will definitely go back Shawn, wait for me. Going back Going back I made my brother a cup of tea, even though it has been a long time since I havest seen him but strangely enough after what he has told me. I felt reallyfortable sitting by his side, he kept telling me about how he spent those past years. As soon as he reached France, he worked as a waiter since he did not have enough money to continue his education. Gerald got him an apartment but did not give him any money; he started from zero until he bought a house in a nice street after bing the restaurant''s manager. He mentioned that he was offered an arranged marriage with a girl he liked but he refused since he did not want to be responsible for anyone anymore. He dated for fun and also presumed his karate training even in France. He taught kids how to fight in a dojo he knows from time to time. I was proud that he managed to straighten his life even though it was hard for him to do so. I told him about how Gerald forced me to marry his son and took over my will after Indigo wrote everything under my name. He was surprised to hear that Gerald''s son loved me for real, he soon felt sad because we were separated but still thanked God that I am fine. "I am d that Gerald sent me your address, I can take care of you here so you have nothing to worry about anymore," my brother started. "No, I left with a lot of regrets; I have to go back..." "For your friends and life''s love?" he asked. "Yes, I shouldn''t have run away. I need to avenge myself. Gerald''s men are monitoring our moves now though, I am also afraid my friends would be hurt," I exined. "Ask me properly then, I will help you," It was hard for me to say my brother''s name; I may have called him by his name 4 times in my whole C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. life or something. I was getting familiar with him by the second now so I decided to act bolder. "Help me then, I think I will need you... Kenny," "Awee, I am more than d to be of any help to you, Lily," he giggled sweetly looking directly into my eyes. "I know exactly how to fly back without interruption, if you are here then I have nothing to worry about froming back; it¡¯s time to try again. Try and punish this filthy man," I felt relieved that he shared the same desires with me, he encouraged me greatly and with him, I was thinking more about Shawn and how we did that for each other when we were together. I bet he misses me... "Shall we leave?" "Now?" I was surprised by his sudden im. "Yeah, contact your friends while I make some calls," "Okay," I called Tony. "Hey, I am Lily," I began. "Lily, I am trying to reach you, how have you been? I wanted to inform you that Shawn managed to get us somewhere safe. It was easy for me and John but the girls were worried to leave their homes, he managed to convince them though," "Really? Are you saying you are all together being protected by Shawn''s men?" "Yes, he is looking for you everywhere since the day you have left. Gerald has been arrested as well, a lot of things have happened..." "I wille back right away, pass him this message for me," "Okay then, take care and do not worry about us," I took my phone, wallet and left the apartment with Kenny. He called his friends to help him take down Gerald''s men who gathered in front of the airport''s gate trying to prevent us from getting in. "Are you okay, Lily?" "Yeah, I am fine, Let''s go," I replied. We reserved a spontaneous flight; we waited two hours in the airport before finally getting on board. I slept from exhaustion and Kenny waked me up when we reached our destination. He instructed us to follow him carefully in order to sneak from the airport because Gerald''s men must have heard about what we did. They would want to stop us by any means. I got a call from an unknown number and I answered right away feeling that it is Shawn. "Shawn??" "Lily, where are you?" "In the airport, I came back," "Thank god, I am waiting for you outside,e out," he instructed. "Bro, Shawn''s out there," I mentioned. We got out of the airport and I could see Shawn staring my way, the only emotion my mind could digest as soon as I saw him was utter happiness and nothing else. I felt a big urge telling me to run to him. I throw my bag and I dashed at full speed to jump on him when suddenly a ck van stood between us blocking my way. "Lilyyyy..." Kenny shouted. I was pulled inside the van roughly, the door closed and the van rushed at full speed. "Fuck, get them," I could hear the faint scream of Shawn''s before I was drugged. I fell unconscious as a tear slid down my cheek, I prayed for a happy ending but what is this? Shawn''s POV: The van was so quick, as soon as we reached the main road, we could spot several ck vans. "What the fuck, from where, did all those vanse from?" the mysterious man who I think might be Lily''s brother shouted angrily. He jumped into our car when we were about to move. I came in only one car; we could not follow all those vans who took different roads so we remained focus on one van though. After 20 minutes, we finally managed to follow it to a dead end. I got out of the car, headed to the driver¡¯s seat, and pulled out the man throwing him to the floor. Her brother ran to the backseats and looked for Lily but judging from his reaction, she was not anywhere in the van. "Damn," I spat out. Just when I hoped to hug her the most¡­ I am fucking stupid for thinking that dad would let me have my way. Bad news Bad news Shawn''s POV: I know that beating the man inside the van for facts was useless; I checked my phone waiting for a phone call. Her brother looked my way as if he understood why I stood in silence; he seemed to wait for the same phone call. My phone rang as expected, I had already sent my men to look up CCTVs and check all of the vans'' locations but I knew better than anyone that this will not work because it will take us a lot of time that we do not have. "Do you miss me?" Gerald asked from the other side of the line. "Out of bail?" "No, but you will get me out soon," as Gerald was saying that sentence, my assistant informed me that his case would go to court. "I see that Siergo''s betrayal didn''t really get you anywhere," I ridiculed. Before Tony called me to inform me about Lily''sing back and her flight, I received a call from my men at Siergo''s house. I was told that the doctor has been killed and that Siergo kicked them out by force. Later when my assistant went to see what happened, we discovered that Siergo visited him and struck a deal with him. I was pretty mad because he also promised him to bring him some men to sacrifice imprisonment for his sake confessing that whatever Gerald has done was their doings. The wall I was building was starting to break block by block. I was trying to think about how I could get out of this situation when I was suddenly hit by the good news. I rushed to the airport but could not keep the smile on my face for long. "Is that the best thing you could think about? Kidnapping Lily?" I added when I did not hear his reply. "As I taught you, Shawn. You would never be able to surpass me if you didn''t use the same means I am using, good never prevail, you should learn that by now," he pointed out. "Are you fuckin giving me a lesson? I am getting you out of there, but don''t expect to live for long," I was at my limit; I did not even want to imagine what would happen to Lily if I did not move quickly. "I will be waiting..." Dadmented before hanging up. "What did he tell you?" a voice arose pulling me out of my thoughts. "You are Kenny, right? Lily''s brother?" "Yeah, I am," He did not seem surprised when I was confirming his identity with him, I guess he is experienced. "Don''t worry, we will get her in an hour or two maximum, I will let my father out of prison and then get her back," "You can work on that; I will help your assistant and look for my sis," Every one of us went his way; I put a gun in my pocket as I started the engine to go speak with the prosecutors. This night, I willmit murder for the first time in my life, if he wants to fight this dirty then I will y along. Lily''s POV: I woke up chained to a chair; I was gagged and blindfolded so I could not look around me. I could feel C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. that there are two men in the room standing next to me though. I did not bulge since I did not want them to know I am awake yet. I heard the door crack; a man entered the room and judging from his voice. It was Siergo... "Surprised?" he asked me after he removed the piece of cloth hiding my eyes. "Oh right, you can''t speak like that," he grinned devilishly as he removed the gag as well. "I am not surprised since I never trusted you to begin with," I exined. "Ouch that hurts," he faked being hurt upon hearing what I said. I earnestly want to cut him into a million pieces right now, that motherfucker. He ordered his men to leave the room. "Now that we are alone, shall we speak honestly?" I looked at him clueless not understanding what he wants to get at. "You have attracted my attention, Gerald has instructed me to kill you even after he gets released. Why don''t you ask me to save you?" "I am afraid that Shawn would kill me if I asked for your help," I forced a tear to fall. "Don''t worry, I will take good care of you poor thing," he replied as he wiped my tear. "I am cold," I cried. Siergo freed my arms, he ordered his men to get me something to eat. When he turned around to look at me, little did he know that he would be hit by a brick to his face. He fell to the ground; I pulled the gun out of his pocket and shot the legs of the two bodyguards standing by the door. I took their guns before they could use them and ran as fast as I can to the car I stole its keys and started the engine. I drove away from the storehouse I was being held in. I did not have my phone on me and I did not know where I was. I could not stop though; I do not want them to catch up with me. I kept driving until I spotted a local phone booth, I stepped out of the car and dialed the only number I know, it was an excluded area and there was no one to help me so I thought of calling this number. "Hello, dad, this is me Lily," I said. "Are you the phone owner''s daughter?" a female voice replied instead. "Yeah, where is he?" I asked slightly worried. "I am sorry to inform you that your dad has been hospitalized, he was found unconscious and was brought to the hospital, there were no contacts on his phone so we could not call anyone," "What... What... What fuckin hospital... Where are you?" I stuttered. "We are Golden hospital located downtown," I looked around me and spotted a sign. "Do you know where XXX is? Can you tell me how to reach the hospital from there?" "Yeah give me a second," I rode my car after getting the address from her; she described to me how to exactly reach the hospital," I was driving and my vision was blurry, I did not even have the time to react to this news and cry. I had to go there as quickly as I can. A gunshot A gunshot I reached the hospital and the nurse led me to the ICU in order to see my father. I entered the room to spot him lying on his bed, he was still unconscious. The doctor told me that he has stage four liver cancer from all the alcohol he drank during his lifetime, he has only six months left to live at most and this stage can not be treated. "How did hee here?" I asked. "He lost his consciousness on the streets and someone brought him here," I recalled that I have to call Shawn as soon as possible; I should not be the reason why Gerald get out of prison, that is not why I came back. I did not know Shawn''s number though so I was in a tight spot. I checked up on dad onest time and asked the doctor to not let him out of the hospital until Ie to get him myself. I gave them my ount number and paid online for my father''s hospital fees. I decided to quickly rush to the mansion and ask someone to contact Shawn for me. I did as nned and took one of the mansion guard''s phone to contact Shawn. Please answer, please, please... Finally, he picked up the phone. "Shawn, Lily''s speaking," I started. "I am d you called first," I am familiar with that voice, hell no... C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. "Why are you the one answering?" I asked nervously. "I did not know that Siergo was that useless, it doesn''t matter anyway... You are destined to die by my hands," "Where is Shawn?" "He is doing well for someone who fought with 5 hulky bodyguards, just some scratches and bruises, his condition might worsen in a while if you do not hurry ande here," "He is your son... how could you?" I stuttered. "Come to the warehouse in front of Gallo Prison, Lily. We have some unfinished business to do," He ordered in a dark tone. I knew what would happen once I reach there, I also knew that I have to ask Shawn''s assistant and his men for help but I was worried I mightplicate things more. I guess I will have to go there alone and await my own fate. I didn''t want to go unarmed, I hid the gun in my pants and slid over it my shirt hiding its figure. Before I rode the stolen car, I asked the guards to contact their manager who is Shawn''s secretary and inform him of the news. I don''t know where my brother is, I hope he is okay, I left him a note with the guard instructing him to take care of our father who is in the hospital and about to die. I knew that he would not like the idea very much but he is his biological father after all. I headed to the location that Gerald had told me and there were dozens of bodyguards, how could he gather all those men when he just got out of prison, he is one mighty filthy man. "So you really came," he began. I looked next to him and witnessed a gagged Shawn who is trying to force his way out of chains. My heart sank when I saw him in that state, it felt like he wanted to say a lot of things but he just couldn¡¯t because of the gag. "That is the problem with the emotion of love, it renders the person under its spell utterly stupid, I bet you already know that you walked to your death," He continued. I nced around the room and there was no way out, all of the guards were armed and I can''t do a single thing, it came to my mind to pull out my gun and take Gerald with me to the grave but I knew that I would be shot before even putting my hands in my pockets. Those people are no joke. "Look closely, Shawn, this is the fate that you have chosen for your lover, if you still don''t get your shit together after she is killed, you will follow right after," The only thing I could do now was to contemte my soul mate¡¯s eyes, I dived into his grey eyes seeking to be calmed. I was preventing the tears from falling it has been a while now and I should keep doing so, I do not want to be seen weak in myst moments. I couldn''t act very much strong though since I closed my eyes when Gerald raised his gun to my heart. It seems that this is the end, I am sorry Shawn, I really am. I heard the gunshot and for some reason, I felt slight pain radiating in my body, did he miss the heart? I opened my eyes to discover that it was not me who got shot, but Gerald. A gunshot pierced Gerald''s skull and passed in the other direction. The assant ran as fast as he could exiting from the back door, in the same way, he came from. All the bodyguards ran behind him in order to catch that person who killed their boss, I couldn''t take a good look to recognize who that person was. I just hope he isn''t my brother or else he might be killed while being chased. Meanwhile, I ran to Shawn and unchained his hands; he pulled me in a hug tugging my head in his chest. "I was so worried about you, the suffocation nearly killed me," he said. "I am sorry, I keep causing you trouble," "That should be my line, Lily," He noticed that my hands were shaking; I was stressed by all the past events that happened real quick. "Wait for me in the car, Lily, you will find my phone there as well so call Kenny, I have saved your brother''s number already," he mentioned. "No, what about you?" I asked worriedly. "Don''t worry, I will check on that person, I have to do so, just wait for me in the car," he ordered. "Wait..." I shouted as he moved further. "Take this with you," I threw the gun to him begging him to not be hurt. He nodded his head... "I will be back in a minute, trust me," he said. Trump card Trump card Shawn''s POV: I asked the same prosecutors I threatened to get my dad in prison to release him, I felt humiliated when I did so. I was so angry that I kept imagining killing my dad; I wanted to practice the scene in my head. I waited for him to get out of prison; he eventually appeared from behind the gate. "I can tell from your face that you can''t even wait to go elsewhere, you can shoot me here if you want," he ridiculed. "Get in the car," I ordered. I was taking him to the nearest excluded ce which was the warehouse across the prison, we essed it and I parked my car. Just when I was ready to shoot him, a lot of bodyguards came in running towards me, I didn''t give a shit about it and still aimed at my father. To my surprise, he was carrying a gun himself. How did he get a gun? How did he even contact his men in prison when he can only contact one person a day and that was me, I wondered. "You must be perplexed by now, I was released, and do you think I really would be held with such weak pieced of evidence? I wanted you to think that way to get you at your weakest state," "Our rtion fell apart when you decided to choose that girl over me, Shawn. I will have to get rid of both of you," he continued. The bodyguards tried to tie me up, I fought them as hard as I can but they outnumbered me. They hit me on the head and the next thing I know is that Gerald called Lily toe and die in front of my eyes before he finishes me as well. "I will do whatever you want so just leave her alone," "You won¡¯t be able to obey me anymore; you weren''t when you were ten if you think about it... We are destined to this day. You are just like your mother, you might think what pushed me to kill her was her parents but actually, she was pressuring me before she was even kidnapped," "Don''t tell me," "Yeah, I am the one who orchestrated her kidnapping, to begin with," "Filthy piece of shit," I shouted trying to hit him with my leg but in vain. He gagged me leaving me unable to speak. How could he be this cruel, fear took over my mind when I spotted Lilying in. Thankfully I had a n B just like my dad had, as I said before, he might be more experienced than me but I outsmart him. When I was looking for Lily, I met with Jack in order to know where Lily might be hiding. He begged me to let him meet her for thest time, he wanted just to say goodbye to her before leaving for good. I agreed to his request and asked him to be my trump card; he was ready to do whatever I asked from him and I needed a man that is not under my dad¡¯s watch. I ordered him to wait for my orders, after Lily''s kidnapping, he was instructed to wait in this warehouse in case things went south, he should kill Gerald instead of me. My assistant was busy looking for Lily C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. and my men, unfortunately, can''t be fully trusted. If I have ordered them toe with me, the orders might be leaked to Gerald''s men. He was my only option at the moment. Thankfully, he did what he was asked for, I can''t let him die like that though, I need to fulfill my promise to him. I ran after Gerald''s men trying to catch up with them. "Wait," I yelled before they shoot him. They all turned around looking my way. "Who do you think you are ring at, mother fuckers?" "Your new boss would be me if you haven''t noticed yet, Gerald''s dead, you should recognize your new master by now," I rified. Their head took a step forward and got on his knees... "Please take care of us from now on, master," he said. The rest followed his lead and did the same. I walked up to Jack and helped him stand up. "Nice shoot there, it is from only ten meters away and from a blind spot but you still did a great job," It was my first time witnessing him smiling at someone other than Lily, his smile was not that bad, and I actually owe him now. I turned around as I heard someone is running behind us. "Shawnn..." Her angelic voice was enough for me to forget about anything and everything, she managed to pull me out of the worst mood ever to the best one. I slowly looked her way and opened my arms wide open signaling her to take rescue in my body. She passed the bodyguards and threw her body sticking it to mine, she cried a river thanking god that I am okay. "Didn''t I ask you to wait for me in the car?" I asked not wanting to let her out of my grip. "I was worried," she replied shyly. "There''s nothing to worry about anymore, you are safe, nothing would harm you now," "Enough with the hug already, Lily," Jack said as he showed up from behind my back pouting at us. "Jack? What are you doing here?" she questioned perplexed. "He is my joker," Iughed. Lily understood what I meant, she was one to pick up on things quickly, one of the numerous qualities she had. "Thanks," she started heading towards jack to hug him as well. I grabbed her from the sweater she was wearing tugging her backward forcefully; I closed the distance between our faces. "What do you think you are doing?" I asked. "Oh, I am sorry, I just wanted to thank him, silly me," she chuckled, her smile made me forgive her at once. Just when I started to hate less this boy, Nah... I can''t even get myself to like him. "Let us go back home," Imented. "Not home... Hospital," Lily replied. "Hospital?" I saw from afar two cars approaching, one was my secretary''s, and the other had Kenny as its driver. They stepped out of the car heading our way, after checking up on us, Kenny looked at Lily in cold- blooded eyes. "I got your message," he said. Into place Into ce Lily''s POV: When I saw those eyes of my brother, I knew right away that he would not want to visit dad. I forced him to apany me to the hospital as I told Shawn what happened exactly since I have been kidnapped. He ordered his men to bring Siergo to his feet so he would be punished respectively. Shawn waited in the hall for us after he ordered Jack to go back home, I informed my brother about how dad was pressured and that the only reason he treated us badly was because; I am illegitimate and Kenny always took his mother''s side even though she betrayed him. I kept convincing him that we have to be by his side on his death bed. Eventually, he gave in to my exasperation and agreed to check up on him with me. We both entered his room, dad was arguing with the doctor to let him leave but the doctor refused. "I am telling you, I do not care whether I live or die just let me go," he yelled. "Why don''t you care?" Shawn replied, he overheard our conversation earlier and it seems that he wanted to loosen up the mood since he knew it would be so tense. Dad looked our way surprised to see his one and only son staring at him next to the daughter who left him a month ago. "What are you doing here, and who are you?" Dad snapped out. "I am your daughter''s husband," Kenny and I red at Shawn trying to signal him that this is not the best time right now for this. Dad did not reply to his statement though, he passed by the doctor aiming to take his leave. Kenny grabbed his arm and pushed him back to his bed forcefully. "You are a patient, you shall stay here quietly until the day you die," Kenny spat out. He was mentioning it rather cruelly but he meant nothing but good intention. "Why would you care whether I live or die, you are the one who disowned me long years ago so why now?" dad asked sadly. "Lily forced me to care; I am willing to listen to her," "Dad, you should rest now, you can''t be moving around, please listen to us," I said and as dad opened his mouth to speak, Shawn interrupted him. "Father-inw, you will be moving with us, a doctor from Germany will be treating you. You need to be taken care of in the best way so just ept the fate your children have chosen for you," "Did we decide that?" Kenny and I retorted at the same second looking awkwardly at Shawn, seeing our reaction, he chuckled and ordered his assistant to fasten the process. "I don''t need your..." Shawn closed the distance between him and dad and whispered in dad''s ears with words that I could not hear. After that, dad epted to go back home with us which was strangely weird. Shawn showed him to his room, and the maids took care of him afterward. ¡°I got to say you are one weird but a very good man, Shawn. I am happy my sister chose the right person,¡± Kenny started. "You don''t need to go that far just for Lily, you should be busy preparing for your own father''s funeral," Kenny pointed out. I could spot sadness in Shawn''s eyes that he wanted to hide as best as he could. "C''mon let''s go, we need to finish this properly," I confirmed. I instructed Kenny to stay in the mansion; I apanied Shawn to his father''s grave. He had already ordered his men to carry out his burial secretly; he did not want any unnecessary attention. Standing in front of the grave that belongs to the man who ruined my life but is also my lover''s father made me feel ultimate controversy. "You don''t need to be here with me," "No, I insist... I am sor..." "Don''t you dare, Lily. You know very well that he deserves it," I caressed Shawn''s cheeks gently while patting on his back. He might not feel bad about his father being killed but he must be upset for sure. "Everything is going to be okay," Shawn murmured. We cuddled for a bit after returning to the car, we missed each other greatly and Shawn was so clingy he did not want to leave me alone for even a second now. "I couldn''t kiss you earlier because of that Jack," he pouted indulging his tongue in a pleasurable experience with mine. "You really¡­really are a fan of outdoor sex," Iughed. "I didn''t say anything about sex though, it was an innocent kiss. Were you expecting something?" he asked devilishly. "No, I didn''t mean that," my cheeks blushed and I turned into my usual vegetable form. Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org. "You must want to check on your friends, right?" "Yeah, thanks for prot..." Shawn ced his hands on my mouth. "Just shut up," he said as he drove to the shelter house he kept them in. It was heavily guarded, he waked me up when we reached it, it was morning by now and I did not sleep all night so I was kind of tired. "Lilyyyy," Diana screamed as she spotted me. ra and Jenny followed after her. "I was dead worried about you, silly girl," "Me too," I replied adorably. I was telling them the story from its beginning again while Shawn was speaking with Tony and John in the dining room. "How did your life turn out like that?" ra asked still not believing that I went through all of that. "Straight out of an action mafia movie," Jenny chuckled. "That is true," "Hey girls, let''s have breakfast," Johnmented. We gathered around the table and started eating together; we kept speaking about all sorts of stuff. We even stayed up untilte with them, we were tired but in dire need to socialize together in peace. When we came back to the mansion, everything was peaceful as well, the will has been sorted out and Shawn inherited everything. In addition, Shawn punished Siergo himself before delivering him to the prison as a baked cake charged for kidnapping, bribery, corruption, and several other charges. Kenny''s rtionship with dad was improving bit by bit as he was surveying his diet regime. I began to feel more familiar with them, after a while watching a movie with both of them was no big deal. Shawn appointed me as the CEO of mypany instead of Siergo and with the days passing, I started getting very good in my job, shares increased highly and all the executives were very proud of me. Shawn advised me to leave work, for now, to continue studying, I had to finish college first and I agreed. "I like this normal, calm feeling I am experiencing now," I addressed Shawn as I stood with him on the balcony. "That is going to be your life from now on, sweetie," he replied cing kisses all over my face. "I wish so..." I really wish to stay like that forever, living a normal life is all I ever wished for after all. The end The end After half a year. The rain was pouring heavily; I was standing between Kenny and Shawn holding a sad expression on our faces. The weather was sharing my sorrow and my heart was heavier than ever. I was trying to not cry but as usual, I ended up wetting the ground beneath me. I never thought that I would be this distressed over my father''s death since I always wished for it. In thest six months, Kenny and I invested a lot of time for dad, we were spending most of our time together as if we werepensating for our previous years. We wanted to relive an experience that we wished for when we were kids. The German doctor could not realize the impossible, it was already known that dad would die and that is exactly what happened. After the funeral, Shawn asked all the attendants who were all from my side toe and spend the night in the mansion. He knew that dad''s death left an empty space in my heart and that I need to fill it with other people at the moment. I have always lived my life in fear to lose my friends, I felt that I would suffocate for real if I didn''t have anyone by my side in this shitty life I was living. Shawn understood that very well, he knew that I was abandoned by my family so I feared being abandoned by my friends as well. I appreciated his kind gestures even though spending time with my friends after the funeral did not really make me feel that much better. I was still feeling that I could have treated my father better ming myself slightly for not taking care of him earlier. I knew it was not my fault though. "Are you feeling okay now," Kenny asked. "Yeah, I am happy that we got to spend hisst days with him," "I owe you this, Lily. I don''t think I would have ever done that if it weren''t for you, our dad is really pitiful," "Yeah, he is," ¡°What did you whisper dad that day at the hospital, Shawn?¡± I asked. ¡°I just told him that he shall be true to his feelings, he would have burdened you more if he disagreed to be taken care of so he doesn¡¯t need to put an act,¡± ¡°Whoa, you are impossible, how did you even know that,¡± ¡°I know, I know¡­ I am the best when ites to understanding one¡¯s emotions,¡± Shawn dragged me to our room after a while and started changing my clothes. "I am not a kid, I can do this for myself," "But you obviously didn''t, I have asked you to wear something less exposing but you ignored me twice," "This is the only ck outfit I have," I retorted. "I don''t care," He took off my dress leaving me only in underwear, I won''t say I blushed because we surpassed that edge by now. I was just feeling hot by his gaze, he was only a few inches away from my body as he slid his ck sweater on my fragile upper body. Before he dressed me the pants, he was groping my butt sexily. "Only one day I can resist, two days at most," he said in an annoyed tone leaving my butt alone. I was fully dressed now and brushing the sexy thoughts that came into my mind uninvited, or it may be invited. Anyway, I informed him that I will call Jack before getting out and rushed him to leave the room before we start acting without thinking. Jack traveled to Italy to work, his half-mom lived there and she was ready to take care of him. Before he left, he confessed to me onest time, he said that he could not forget about me no matter what he did and it caused him more psychological damage, his mother offered to get him treated in Italy and he decided to try and change himself. He helped the one who locked him up at the hospital just because he wished to do me something good, he felt bad for all he did to me in the past. He wanted to hug me onest time and I couldn''t disagree, I patted his back as I encouraged him to change his lifestyle. "People like us need to be shown care, Jack. This is the one thing we mostly craved for as kids. Do not waste this chance," I instructed him back then. Following my advice, he reached Italy 4 months ago and he asked me to promise him to call him every now and then. Shawn did not like the idea but I convinced him saying that if I disapproved of his request he would stay here with us so he got scared. "Hello, Jack?" N?velDrama.Org owns this text. "Hey, Lily. How are you doing?" "I am fine, how''s your treatment?" I asked. "It is going well, I know you would be happy if you hear what I am going to say. I think... I think that I fell in love with my colleague at work," "Woah, Jack... That''s formidable," I replied. "Yeah, I know... I am d that I am approaching full recovery, thanks Lily," he pointed out in a serious tone. I hanged up on him and got out to the living room to contemte the scenery in front of me. It might be a normal silly scene but for me, this scenery is all I wanted in life. ra was ying cards with Tony and Diana, my brother was drinking tea with John as they watched TV while Jenny was sitting by my brother''s side. She had a huge crush on him but prohibited me from telling him. Alicia and Penny were also here, they started dating two weeks ago. I couldn''t look at them long since they sneaked to the bathroom and I did not want to imagine what that new couple was doing. They are so cute together honestly... As for Jessy, I have sent her to study abroad in order to be a fashion designer as she always dreamt of. She promised me that the first dress she makes would be mine. I hope shees back soon because I miss her already. "What are you thinking about?" Shawn asked pulling me out of my absorbed state. "Just feeling this cool calming vibe," I said. "I told you this would be your normal life going forward, so you don''t need to get touched every time," "I know, I am just enjoying watching over them from afar, it makes me feel very good," "I understand babe, you can do whatever you desire," Shawnmented pulling me closer to his side. I leaned on his shoulders feeling touched by the long journey that got us here today. The best thing that ever happened to me is that I met Shawn, whom I would remain grateful for my whole life. I am happy that we sessfully got a happy end. The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!