Chapter 35:When Darius detailed everything that had transpired, Lucius was unable to contain his annoyance."How could you let him go!" he roared."I stopped him, I left him half dead…” Darius tried to explain but Lucius wasn't taking that.“Can you listen to yourself? You were not supposed to leave him half dead, he was supposed to have died by now!" Lucius countered."I wanted to, but Layla...""Don't give me that excuse you know Layla is human, you can trust the judgment of humans!" he retorted.“But I must respect her decision…”"She can't judge in that way; you were supposed to kill him and worry about how she feels later; if I ever get my hands on that bastard, I'll make sure I tear him apart with my bare hands," he said."I wanted to do the same thing as well, but I never imagined he could recover that quickly,” Darius said."But he did! All thanks to your negligence,” Lucius spat."I wasn't careless. I tried my best to make this right," Darius defended himself. "But it wasn'
Chapter 36:Carlos Fernandez crossed his legs in the conference room and said, "You are late. You can't be serious if you keep coming like this for a scheduled meeting," as soon as he saw Lucius and Darius enter."We are so sorry, we had an emergency that is why we are a bit late," Darius said with regret as he took his seat.“We all had emergencies, but we still managed to arrive on time, so that isn't a good enough justification,” he retorted. "I thought he just apologized for being late,” Lucius growled hitting his fist on the table."I don't believe I can trust a company's executive who doesn't keep to time with my investment." Carlos declared.“Then leave your fucking investment out of my business!” Lucius shouted."I don't just know how you got to be the head you never make the proper decisions—” Carlos started to say but Darius stopped him at once."That is enough, enough of your shit, I wouldn't sit down and listen to you disparage us. You can withdraw your entire investment
Chapter 37:“You sent for me sir,” Smith stated shivering as he walked into Darius' office and, knowing just what it meant. Since he hired Layla, he had been on their list of people to fire.It was all at its peak today."What do you mean I sent for you? What is the meaning of what you did back then?" Darius raised an eyebrow and roared. "I'm sorry sir, I thought I had it under control,” he responded."Can you listen to yourself? You thought you had it under control or you should have it under control," Darius hissed."Sir, I apologize for the difficulties. Such will never happen again,” Smith remarked while his head bowed was bowed. "You are right. Such will never happen again because this is the last time this will ever happen,” Darius responded."I'm grateful," He took a moment to consider what he had just heard. Was that his intention? "I'm sorry sir, what does this mean?" He said.“Are you that stupid, this is the last day of your job here!”Smith immediately fell to his knees
Chapter 38:Layla was dreaming and a smile covered her face..."Promise me you won't ever leave me and that you'll always be with me no matter what," she pleaded with him."You are everything I have. How could I possibly function without you?" Her dream man said causing butterflies to fill her stomach."Without you, there is no life. Without you, there is no such thing as a home. Wherever you are and whatever you call home is where I am..."Layla could no longer control her smile."You're the driving force in my life. The ribs I lost are the reason I'm still here. How do you think I'll get along without you around?" She began to blush, and it appeared as though a butterfly was fluttering upward to her heart."I am aware that this is a flattering statement. Who knows how many people you have said these words to...” she whispered."Can't I make the woman behind my smile, feel good?”"This is too much. Tell me, what do you want?" She asked, her eyes dancing with excitement.“You know wh
Chapter 39:Layla was going to get in the shower when she heard her phone ring."Fuck," she cursed.Quickly she returned to the room and the frown on her face faded as she saw the caller.It was Fey calling."Shit!" Layla cursed again remembering the lie she had told to Fey.The poor girl must have been expecting someone to come pick her up. She couldn't ignore it, yet she was unsure of what to say.She took another glance at the phone before choosing to answer the call. "Hello," she said."Where the fuck are you?" Fey screamed.Layla didn't know what to say. Rather than reply to Fey's screams, she asked instead, "How are you doing?""That was not my question. Where are you?" she screamed once again.Layla inhaled deeply. It was difficult to break her promises, but she never made any in the first place.She paused for a moment and then stated, "You need to calm down, Fet."Before Layla could finish, Fey cut off, "No, no, I don't want to hear that! Where the fuck are you?""Will you l
Chapter 40:As Layla walked downstairs after Beatrice had dressed her as usual, and Lucius was there to greet her, a perfect plan formed in her head.She sat down in her chair as soon as the food trays were delivered.Although Layla wasn't touching any of the platters, Lucius helped himself to bread and egg sauce.Lucius felt bad for what had happened between them the day before and he knew he should be apologizing but he decided against it.He had never felt sorry over anything before, and he was not going to start doing it now.His frustration went toward Jake. He wished he had seen Jake. He didn't deserve to live at all, and he would have killed him without even thinking about it.Lucius blamed Darius for summoning the cops to finish a task that he could have completed on his own.Layla let out a small cough and his eyes moved toward her at once and he was once again reminded that he had offended her the previous night."Layla, I hope you are doing fine?" He asked in an attempt to
Chapter 41:"Thank you for coming,” Lucius said and shook the doctor. "It is my pleasure, so where is she now?" He inquired.“I have to instruct them to take her inside, I don’t understand why she is acting this way, I just hope everything is fine,” Lucius said.“Of course, everything will be fine there is no point panicking. Can I see her now?” the doctor asked."Sure you can, we took her upstairs," Lucius answered and he showed him the way to the room."There she is, doctor," Lucius said as they walked into the room.Layla was taken aback; she had no idea why he had phoned the doctor. She wasn't ill, so why was a doctor coming to see her?"What's happening here? How come the doctor is here? Why do you need to call a doctor when I'm not sick?” She asked, startled."Miss, I know you are not ill; I just need to talk to you for a moment. Please excuse us, Mr. Lucius,” the doctor replied before Lucius could think of an answer. "Sure, I will be waiting for you outside," he answered, and
Chapter 42:After he and Darius agreed on what they were going to take out or maintain in the contract, Lucius went upstairs to check on her and immediately he entered Layla started taking off her clothes.“You don’t need to do this, put on your clothes you aren’t in your right sense now,” he growled.“I'm doing great, thank you. There is nothing wrong with me, and this is work. I believe there are established rules that I must abide by. Since you paid for my services, breaking my end of the deal would constitute fraud on my part,” she said and continued but Lucius stopped her."I insist, there is still time for our agreement to stand because right now, your health is more essential than any kind of agreement. Let's concentrate on that for now,” he remarked with serenity.Layla laughed inside because she had no idea how gentle Lucius could be and wished she would remain ill for the duration of her contract. "I feel bad because I feel I am thanking advantage of the situation, you are