My brows furrowed when I saw Hansel sauntering inside. I was filled with disbelief, and I was confused for a moment.
He was the one who told me how exhausted he was from getting involved in this cause, and he was continuously reiterating how traumatizing our drastic change in life was. He wasn’t used to it, unlike me who had dealt with living on my own when Mom had kicked me out of the house back when I was still fifteen. Hansel was anxious about almost everything after the trau
It still hadn’t struck me that after all these years, I would be facing Dmitri again. I didn’t know why the fright I felt towards him all surged back, and facing this mission with my brother hadn’t crossed my mind. Not only that, but he was also the one who convinced me to do this with William. Seemed like trouble always found me whenever I hid from reality, and the joke was on me, I didn’t have a choice. I wanted to lash out from these problems, but it wouldn’t be resolved until we create a solution.Right now, after I agreed to William and Hansel, we were heading to Dmitri’s location. Wil
Mom was in a coma, and exerting information from her was impossible. But how could she hold such secret for too long and let everyone suffer from it, including Dad? I’d never got the chance to dive deeper into the Houston business because I was too consumed with my eagerness to find Dad that I didn’t do enough research to have a major conclusion as to what was happening. And now that Dad was dead, it was now the time to uncover the secrets they had kept for his justice. Aside from that, revenge had to be cast upon them so they knew how it felt being at the rock bottom.
I gasped. My muscles tensed, and I blinked my eyes a couple of times. I didn’t know what or how to feel because I was filled in disbelief. It all made sense now. I couldn’t wrap my head around it, and I still needed an assurance if this was true. But why would William lie about it? Was it to protect me, or he had other intentions? I didn’t know what to believe anymore. This had been hidden from me for almost forever, none of them had spoken up about this. But was it my fault for not figuring it out? Because I had been speculating all the time and I was dumb enough to not realize it.
Darkness surrounded my vision, and I was trying to lash out from the guy’s tight embrace. I was kicking my feet forcefully as he lifted me, screaming for help as he hushed me. He was masculine and strong, and it was impossible to get away with his tight grip. When he started walking away, a whimper tore out of my throat but it quickly subsided when I heard a woman’s voice chuckling. No one came for my rescue, as I was dragged to somewhere I didn’t know.A few struggl
Last night was fun. We just chilled around and it was kind of sad that Hansel didn
When the thought of him finally struck me, the wave of emotions and yearning started flooding back. I knew no matter how hard I tried not to think about him, it was just as inevitable as my feelings that would suddenly pop up, unannounced. I had been shaking all the thoughts of him right after the night I’d escaped from the Houstons, not wanting to feel like shit after turning my back against him and practically lying all this time. I didn’t want to imagine the hurt in his eyes that hinted betrayal, I didn’t want him to catch a glimpse of my awful reality, and I didn’t want him knowing that I was accused of killing Primo, his best friend. I couldn’t stop loathing myself for letting all of these be out of control and made Catherine retaliate that ended up in a huge commotion.
Opening up about Miguel to my friends felt rather odd than relieving. This wasn’t anything like that conversation you would have with your friends about a specific guy. I just wished that they wouldn’t take this as something else.“I knew you’re going to ask about him.” Kourtney grinned at me with her eyebrows wiggling suggestively while Daniel was just quiet in front of us.
We didn’t have a choice, and as much as I wanted to decline William’s offer, I knew this was the only option we had. I agreed to the plan and he promised that what happened back then wouldn’t happen this time. We would be more cautious and prepared so we would be safe. He couldn’t promise us that we wouldn’t be hurt along the way; this path we got to take was dangerous. But with us working together, I think we got this.Right after we were introduced