CHAPTER 198 CHLOE’S POV I heaved a long breath after the movie came to an end, I had decided to watch a movie just so I could relieve myself from all the stress. I had decided to move on, dwelling in the past wasn't going to fix anything. I wished all of this was a dream, praying silently for Nathan to call back and apologize. I was staying back in North Carolina, wishing Nathan would call back but he hadn't. He really did mean what he said, pushing the thoughts away. I decided to start packing some of my stuff. I needed to be out of this environment, even my room had turned against me. My room keeps reminding me about the last nights I and Nathan had together. His touch, kisses, everything was still fresh in my head! Trying to take it off was pointless, I couldn't stop thinking about everything. It was stuck and I had to realize how much I love Nathan. My phone vibrating loudly made me glance at the phone screen, seeing it was Addison’s number I hesitated to pi
CHAPTER 199 CHLOE’S POV Rushing out of the house, I drove speedily to only God knows. “That bastard!” I cursed as I hit my car angrily. I loathed Tristan with everything I own, he didn’t deserve to be called a human. He was such a coward, using my friend against me, no real man would do something as despicable as this. I grabbed my phone as I checked the address he sent to me. Not knowing where it was located, I connected my phone to the car just so I called use Google Maps. I tried to ignore the feeling of anger that was brewing in me. “I just hope Addy is fine,” I prayed silently before calling David. David picked up his phone at the second ring as I heaved a long breath. “Hey,” he greeted. Ignoring his pleasantries, I went directly to the point. “Tristan has struck!” I said with anger as David went silent on the other side of the phone. “What do you mean by that?” David asked confused as I scoffed angrily. “I just got his call now, he has taken Addison in the capture,
Nathan Mahn, I had no idea labor took so fucking long. I thought I would lose my damned mind with each passing meeting, standing outside the labor room. I couldn't hear a thing unlike shit I saw in movies because the room was soundproof, but hell that was even scarier. I was terrified as hell. How was Lily doing? Now that I thought about it, her belly was pretty swollen. Could have contained four large watermelons easily. Was that normal? Ah fuck. I was doomed. I should have asked a long time ago if that was normal. She'd had to carry all that weight for some four months and dear God that's crazy stuff. If that baby pops out and grows up to have a shitty personality, I'd tan his hide! Okay, calm down Nathan, fucking breathe. If I was this anxious, then Lily must be losing her mind in there. Was this how it was for Chloe when she had Adele? A twinge of guilt in my chest made me grimace. Chloe had nobody to stay with her. I missed the birth of my daughter and missed her first two ye
201Chloe"If I had killed you, what exactly would I have gained? Taking you away worked quite well for me, didn't it? Mary couldn't give birth, we couldn't have a daughter to give off in marriage to the Benjamins. Taking you away from your parents gave us the chance to be inlaws with Carolina's best! Until you blew it off and ran away like a coward!" Tristan yelled the veins that lined his head popping in anger as he spoke. "You're a cruel man," I spat. "As if taking their company wasn't enough, you took their daughter and pawned her off for your benefit," Tristan laughed again. "Oh Chloe, Chloe, you are such a little girl, aren't you? If I do not fight for my benefit, who will? Nobody else I assure you. The world doesn't care about the grunt, they care about the cream of the crop. I am determined to be that cream no matter what." "And I guess killing me is part of whatever you need to do, right?" He nodded, pursed his lips then spoke up. "I do not have to kill you, Chloe. I did
202 Chloe We ran like hell. Ran like our asses were on fucking fire. Since Tristan had gone out to check the source of the noise, Addison and I dashed through the opposite end of the building and raced out into the woods. For a long while that was all we did. We ran like crazy. After finding a large tree to hide behind, we stopped there to catch our breaths. "H-He would... He would have noticed we left," Addison wheezed, bending over to breathe easy. I panted, breathing heavily through my mouth as I peeked behind the tree. There was no Tristan in sight. That didn't mean it was safe though. As long as the police weren't here yet, we weren't safe.David! I remembered the alarm. My hands reached into my pocket to bring out my phone and... "Shit!" I swore, straightening immediately, my eyes wide with fear. Oh shit! Shit! Shit! I waa such a fucking fool! I had forgotten entirely about the phone. "What is it?" Addison asked breathlessly, her hair was stuck everywhere, matted t
203NathanMy knees knocked together rapidly as I sat on the metal chair. The door next to me had a plaque on it that read DNA center. I knew what this looked like. Like I didn't trust Lily. And we'll, to some extent, trust Lily. When I had first met LiLy, I had recently left mom and Dad's company. I wanted to step out of Noah's shadow as the second child. I wanted to make a name for myself. My own name. And well, for some time it worked. Nathan Industries was just starting up. We barely had a few employees and a woman taking interest in me at that time felt pretty good. She had felt like the only thing going right for me. But, there was a clause. I didn't want a relationship. I just wanted the sex. Relationships were messy and I didn't think I had the time or commitment to have handled one back then. Of course I had made this clear to Lily. I tried to. And she agreed. She had dropped into my world like a hot gift and my life never remained the same. That wasn't even an exaggerati
204Nathan I walked at the pace of a mad man. My feet hit the ground rapidly, walking as fast as I could to Lily's ward. ...You are not the father...I had been tricked. All along, I had been fooled by all the women in my life. They had made me believe something else entirely. Chloe had deceived me. She had gone to shake hands with Eduardo behind my back despite knowing who that despicable man was and what he did to me! And now Lily? My feet rounded the a corner, and I wished it would.propel me faster than that. I couldn't run in a hospital , there were sick and old people lying about. Knocking anyone of them down would definitely slow my plans. In my back pocket, my phone vibrated with a call and reluctantly, I slowed my steps to bring it out, yanking out the device with so much force. Cameron. Ah fuck , what now?"Hey man," Cam's voice reached my ears and I merely grunted in reply. "How's Lily, didn't hear from you, that's why I called?""Lily is fucking fine. So damn fine,"
205Nathan"Hey," Lily smiled tiredly when I stepped into her ward. She sat up on her bed, leaning against the headrest and rocking the baby's cot beside her. To give her the much needed rest and privacy she deserved, I had reserved a private ward for her and the baby. Noah's baby. The bitterness I thought I had managed to tamper down surfaced again and I felt angrier. Angry at sight of her smiling at me as if all was fucking well. As if she hadn't just deceived me and tried to foist my brother's baby on me. "Have you seen him?" She asked, placing a hand on the baby cot beside her, gently rocking it. "Isn't he adorable?" I almost laughed. Was she trying to fucking spite me? Or did she really not see the resemblance between her baby and Noah. I couldn't be the only one who saw it. Unless she was blind or some shit. "Hmm," I hummed while walking to the baby's side. He was asleep and yeah, he still had that knowing smile on his face. I didn't hate the child. Oh he was innocent. The