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AGAINST ALL ODDS Thirteen
SYBIL POV"It's bad. It is very bad," Kushi stressed then stared at me with pity in her eyes before glancing at the headlines on her phone. "And the picture they took of you made it worse. They're describing you as a desperate slut who tried to seduce the heartthrob billionaire Dian Angelo despite knowing the fact that he was in a committed relationship. They're painting you viciously, Probably because they have never been able to get any dirt on you"My heart felt as if it was breaking into a million pieces as Kushi relayed the headline news to me. I had always known that confronting Dian would have its consequences, but I never expected it to get this ugly. The words from the tabloids cut through me like a knife as I thought about how my reputation was being destroyed by lies and deceit. The way they portrayed me as a seductive, scheming woman who only wanted Dian’s money, was completely untrue. I didn’t care about his money, I cared for him, but he couldn't see that.All night, I c
AGAINST ALL ODDS Fourteen
DIAN ANGELO POVHelaena was pissed at me but I didn't care, I cared more about how the paparazzi had managed to find their way up to the first floor of the resort, then proceeded to take those incriminating pictures with perfect timing. Something didn't feel right and I hated it.I picked up the bottle of liquor to find it empty. It made me want to smash it against the wall.Sybil had looked at me with so much hurt in her eyes that for a second I wanted to believe everything she'd said, I'd even contemplated forgiving her and that was why I'd had to push her out. I couldn't fall for her again. No, not again.I dragged my fingers through my hair. It was the damn kiss, I shouldn't have, because now it was all I could think about and it pissed me off that after all the years that had passed, she was still the only woman capable of driving me crazy over her.It was enough! She'd hurt me and I shouldn't care that I'd hurt her with my words too, especially if they were true, except she'd m
AGAINST ALL ODDS Fifteen
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
AGAINST ALL ODDS Sixteen
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
AGAINST ALL ODDS Seventeen
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
AGAINST ALL ODDS Eighteen
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
AGAINST ALL ODDS Nineteen
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
AGAINST ALL ODDS Twenty
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
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