Dimitri As soon as I walk in through the doors for the second time this night, I am immediately engulfed in a hug. Francesca rushes to me quickly and traps me in a hug which I immediately pull away from. I do not want her touching me. Not even a near-death experience is enough to make me tolerate her touch. She does not seem to get the message though as she reaches and holds my face. “I am glad you are okay. I was so worried about you." She drawls. “There is no need for that," I answer monotonously. “I am so relieved that nothing happened to you. Not a scratch on you." She tries to sound concerned but it sounds differently in my ears. I know she would not order an attack on me but I do know that it is a lie when she said she's relieved that there is no scratch on me especially not with the news I gave her a while ago. She might not want me dead but she would appreciate a broken bone or two. I do not respond to that. I walk in the direction of her father's study and she follows suit
Dimitri I hear the door open and Francesca walks right in. “I had a room prepared for you. I hope you do not have any plans to go back tonight." “Yes, son. You should not be thinking of leaving tonight. We don't know how long before they attack again. We cannot risk anything." He backs her up but I am not having any of it. “I am not going to hide from anyone or anything. If I am to be attacked again the moment I leave then so be it. I have no plan of giving anyone access to my brain to dictate my movement." They plan to get me paranoid. To get me scared that I do not trust anything around me. I'll be damned if I give them that pleasure. It would be better if they kill me right away. “You are not being reasonable Dimitri. You should at least let things settle for the night and move out tomorrow." She suggests. Francesca does not just care for anyone like that. She certainly has an ulterior motive for her to insist on this. “Dimitri try to be reasonable. Your life right now is more
Dimitri I'm walking around the house to see if there is anyone. I keep searching for her but she does not seem to turn up anywhere. “That's odd". I was told that she was waiting for me. That she kept looking out the window to see if I had arrived. That after looking out the window, she would go back to my room to check and confirm if she had missed my arrival and now that I am here I cannot seem to find her. “Where did she go?" I ask the house. For a moment, I could hear my voice echo through the walls. I look around to see if there is any other person around and there is no one. The house has the best and most magnificent kind of furnishing. The type that visitors never fail to praise and gush about. The type that she put in all her time and energy to perfect but they seem to be the only things taking up the space. It seems like the house was built and decorated only for furniture. It's sad but it is what I am used to. I walk into her room and look around everywhere but she is stil
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Prologue“ I can’t believe the old bastard did this to me ”I keep thinking as fresh, raw grief makes its way under my skin while I’m watching the coffin holding the person I most detest sink into the ground.“ Even from the grave, beyond death, the old maggot still finds a way to sink his claws into my life. Trying to tear my happiness away.” I say to Carter as we both watch.“ I guess the devil has finally met his match if this man still has a way to torment you from the depths of hell” he replies while tilting his imaginary hat in fake reverence. I wish I could just punch him across the face, to break that perfectly structured nose. I know that everyone, especially the women would go into fits on that one and I’m ready to take on whatever comes after but what good would it do my reputation to punch my best friend at my father’s funeral.I guess I could just blame it on my supposed grief. That would be very satisfying seeing as the smug idiot chooses to find the humor in my plight.
Vanessa"They’re here”Martina says from behind me.“ You!, Yes you Vanessa, should hurry up and set up the wine bottles on the table or would you prefer to do that when they’re already settled in ?”NO! NEVER!! I wouldn’t want to appear unethical in the intimidating presence of the family and their friends.Being well acquainted with my clumsy self, I wouldn’t put it past me to drop something and make an unfitting spectacle of myself.“ Hurry.” she says once again, sounding more agitated by the passing second while ushering me in the direction of the dining room.“ You wouldn’t want to irritate your bosses."My said bosses are some of the most intimidating people that you might ever get to meet. I don’t say this because I have seen them get furious and lash out at people, even though I have. I’m saying this because they are some of the most influential people to walk this planet and their aura alone is enough to intimidate you. They belong in the upper echelon of the high class soc
VanessaOh okay…No, shit! How could I have forgotten that. What do I do now? I can’t be in the presence of him and his family. Oh Lord! How did it get this bad?“ Can you just help me take this to him? I’ve been feeling this lingering pain in my chest all day and seeing him in grief might just cause my heart to give up. Please…” I give Leon my best puppy eyes but the straight look on his face tells me that I am not going to be successful in this one. “ You’re going to have to face the devil on your own this time.”“ You’ve been here in this house for about eight years and still haven’t gotten used to his presence.” Barry adds with a hint of laughter in his voice.“ Well, I don’t think anyone gets used to having the devil around” says my soul sister Tianna. I look at her, feigning sadness in my eyes and bat my eyelashes,“ how about you take it to him for me instead?” “ I’m with Leon on this one, you should face your fears by yourself. Plus I heard he’s in the study with his friends
VanessaI don’t even wait on a response to my knock because I know he’s so rude and might want to keep me standing for long for having taken that much time. I walk in and everyone is staring at me making me feel too conscious. What the hell have they been talking about? I hope they don’t think I’ve been eavesdropping cos I wasn’t. Why would I even want to eavesdrop? They were probably having a chauvinist party downgrading all the women they know. Why would I want to partake in that?Or do I have a stain on my dress? Or is my hair out of place? I always make sure to check that I’m alright cos I don’t want to misrepresent my bosses. I really took my time this morning to fix myself up knowing we would have guests today. Or do they know about the crush that I’ve been nursing for Dimitri and his older brother? I know it’s twisted but they’re magnificent in their own ways especially Stefan who is so perfect and dreamy. Is that why him and his friends have that look on their faces? Do they