SYBIL EAGAN POV.I tried my best to avoid the paparazzi, but there was no such luck. They sighted me as soon as I checked out of the resort and they rushed at me, questions firing from all sides."Did you try to seduce Mr. Dian Angelo"? "Were you not aware that Dian currently has a girlfriend". "Were you rejected?" "Your cloth was torn, did Dian try to rape you," one of the reporters asked and the other one laughed, before yelling at the top of her voice. "He shoved her out of his room, do you think he was trying to rape her, or she was trying to rape him. Am I right, Miss Sybil Eagan," the girl asked, staring at me with a taunting leer on her lips. I recognized her. She was a friend of Kehlani.I escaped the horde once I got into my car and rolled up the window. I didn't care about what they assumed about me. I knew it was all going to pass soon enough. The drive home was hectic. Different thoughts twirled around my head and the anger that came with every memory set my lungs on fire
DIAN ANGELO POV A DAY LATER. "Where is she? Where did she go?" I growled, my hands fisting around Zach's shirt. Miguel shoved me off. "Don't you dare touch him in that manner!" "You are Sybil's friend and she's been missing. Are you both just going to stand there and keep quiet out of your stupid loyalty". "She literally had to leave because of you and you think I'm going to tell you shit about her whereabouts." He scoffed unbelievably before fixing a hostile stare on me. "After all you did to her, you have some nerve making any demands. Why don't you just fuck off and never show your face to me or her ever? You do not have any ounce of shame in your bones, do you?" "Calm down Zach... " "No, I won't. All Sybil ever did was love you and you dared to treat her like shit. She couldn't date anyone else because you ruined her life, and now you are causing more problems for her, yet you're still asking me to tell you where the hell she is. What the hell is your problem?". It was all
DIAN ANGELO POVMy mind was blank, and I couldn't focus on anything. I found myself staring at the laptop in front of me, but I couldn't see what was written on it. The constant ache in my chest intensified every time I thought of Sybil, and I couldn't help but feel guilty about the things I put her through. She didn't deserve any of the accusations I made against her. Those horrible things I'd said to her, made my skin crawl anytime I thought of them. If she really got into an accident... I didn't even know how I could forgive or live with myself. If it turned out to be true- God forbid- that she was gone from this world, even if I didn't die, I was a hundred percent sure I would live in regret throughout my life.The door to my office opened, the sound of it disrupting my thoughts.Lucas had said he'd get back to me if there was any development, but that was what he said every other day, and the hopelessness of it was starting to sting.If I ever found Sybil, I was not going to le
SYBIL EAGAN POVThe city outside my window looked beautiful and as I took in the views of the penthouses, the road below, and the number of people milling about and minding their businesses, I felt lonelier than I'd felt in months."They must have so much fun out there" I muttered to my reflection on the glass. My eyes had dark bags under them, and I knew I wasn't just stressed physically but mentally too. The pills I took probably also affected my mood, but at least the doctor had reduced the dosage after he saw that I was improving.I'd also stop dreaming, the face of a man that plagued my sleep every night fading away until I couldn't even make out what he looked like anymore. My mind was a blank slate and no matter how hard I strived to remember who I was, I was always met with a blank wall and a banging headache. I didn't want to feel that, so I took my pills religiously.It made me sad that I didn't dream about the guy anymore tho, but it was better this way, the dreams were alw
SYBIL EAGAN POVKehlani didn't come back the next day and the food she'd made sucked. It was time she stopped trying so hard because, after all her cooking disasters, it was glaringly obvious that she couldn't cook."This is so exhausting," I told the empty room, my patients reaching their breaking point when I couldn't find something to do. The room was clean, and I'd tried to paint only to realize that I was drawing the man I saw the night before. Why was I so consumed with a freaking stranger? My gaze snapped towards the door, my body bustling with some current that made me anxious. I hadn't taken my pills, and I didn't want to, at least just for a day. I couldn't help the way they made me feel. It was exhausting.I blinked, realizing that I'd taken some steps and I was standing directly in front of the door that led into the hallway."What am I doing?" I asked myself at the same time I wrapped my hands around the door handle. It was a war to pull it open, and my palm turned sweat
DIAN ANGELO POV I was a selfish bastard, but it didn't matter. As long as Sybil was back with me again, I would do whatever I had to do. She didn't have to know that I'd broken her heart, or that she hated me. This was our second chance and I was going to take it.Not knowing where she was had almost killed me. I had looked everywhere for her, but up till recently, it had all led to dead ends. I had almost given up searching until that fateful day that Lucas finally got a lead about Kehlani's unorthodox trips and the fact that she'd also been visiting the Eagans every week.I'd always suspected them of foul play, especially when I knew how far they went in handling most of their crisis. They could cross all the lines of morality if it came to protecting their family name.Finding out about what they did to Sybil made me see red. How could they hurt their own daughter all because they didn't want her to stay with me? I wanted to press charges against them, but I couldn't. They'd just
KEHLANI POV "What do you mean something urgent came up and you had to leave her alone. You made the same excuse last week... Are you even sure she has been adhering to the doctor's rules" Rose yelled and I winced because the aggravating sound of her voice was like sandpaper scratching my eardrums? She was pissed and she had every right to be but I wasn't going to apologize for needing a break. I was already sacrificing a lot for them, so I didn't understand why she had to be so hostile. "I had to take care of my business," I got out calmly when all I wanted to do was yell in her face that she had no right to speak to me as if I was her servant. For God's sake, I was doing them a favor that could land me in jail if it ever got discovered. Just because they'd helped me and my family, I had to be in servitude to them for the rest of my life. It was a load of bullcrap. Rose scoffed, then threw the pictures she held at my face. My heart burned, my lips trembled and I struggled to remain
SYBIL EAGAN*******"Are you gatecrashing?" I asked, staring at the broad shoulders of the man that looked like he didn't quite belong in our impeccable business conference... For starters, he wasn't wearing a suit. He was in a leather jacket, smug-looking black pants, and a black shirt. And I knew he was going to be good-looking before I even saw his face. "Excuse me, sir" I called when he didn't give any indication of having heard me speak.He turned to face me after a beat and when his warm multicolored eyes- because the light was shining on them and I could literally see a spec of green, blue, and grey swirling in them- connected with mine, I forgot how to breathe for a second.He regarded me, his head cocking to the side. "Gatecrashing huh?" He muttered, his voice a warm timbre that made me feel fuzzy inside."I am in charge of the guest list and I literally welcomed everyone, but you"."Mmh... Is that so"."Yes. It is" I said, getting irritated. Fine, he was gorgeous, but his m