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Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 1
“You know I bloody wish I was joking." My dad said this, shaking his head and staring at me pitifully. “Why are you staring at me like that?” I frowned. “Oh, because you think I’m joking,” he said. “Heard of Isak Santos?” I frowned and stared at my dad as though he had just fallen from the skies. “Who’s Isak?” “The man you’d be getting married to,” my dad said so simply that it infuriated me the most. “For the umpteenth time, Dad, is this a joke or something?” I asked. “You know I still haven’t gotten over the disappearance of Arthur, and now you want me to get married to someone else.” “He isn’t just someone else,” he corrected. “He’s the man that would save us from the danger looming over our heads.” “I’m lost here." I shook my head in confusion. “What danger? What’s happening?” He handed me a card that looked like a wedding invitation card, and slowly, I began to incline as to what it was about. Grumpily, I collected it from him. The more I swept my eyes through the paper,
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 2
I stared at the news show on TV and listened to the reporter speak about her recent findings somewhere in Pakistan, and I couldn’t help but wallow in self-pity at how I had abandoned all my goals and dreams of acing and making it big as a journalist because of my family and this godforsaken sham of a marriage.As I continued to listen, nostalgia hit me hard, and I was plunged into deep misery as I reminisced on how much I must have lost. It had been barely two years since we got married, and it already seemed like there was some sort of invisible hand grappling at my neck and snuffing the life out of me.You know, I initially thought having separate rooms as a couple was a bad idea when we first got married. I only needed less than six months to realize that it was one of the best decisions I have been forced to make. I couldn’t imagine how I’d have protected myself from Isak whenever he got home wasted and horny, or times when he was in his right senses but wanted to flex his muscles
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 3
I punched hurriedly into my phone as the taxi driver held my gaze in the rearview mirror. After scrolling through my phone for a few seconds, I snapped my fingers and nodded.“DoubleTree by Hilton, please." I smiled at him.He nodded and sped into the street.Sighing, I leaned into my seat. I couldn’t help but wonder if I had done the right thing. But if there was anything I knew, it was the fact that I had had enough of living with Isak.The more I lived with him, the more I wished for the world to end. And since the world was not ending anytime soon, it was better if I ended what was left of the sham.For a while, I worried about how disappointed my parents would be, and I feared that my father might disown me if and when he found out what his only child had done. But it was either them or me, and it was glaring who I chose.As the taxi sped on, it felt as though a large part of my worries were also speeding away (even though I knew my problems still existed).The envelope I handed
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 4
As we drove back to our base in Liverpool, I couldn’t help but notice the intermittent skipping of my heartbeats when I glanced at Ian. I knew it was unhealthy to get involved with anyone when I was still legally married to Isak, but it felt good to feel those butterflies again like I used to with Arthur. Something about Ian had me drawn to him even though I didn’t want to. He was the complete opposite of Isak—soft-spoken, kind, courteous, and younger—and it was something that I considered before getting involved with anyone. And it was the reason I had loved and enjoyed his company all through my week-long stay at the resort. I was beginning to miss him the night before since we were slated to leave the next day. My lips broke into a smile when he was there at the parking lot, ready to chauffeur me back to Liverpool, even though he looked like he could afford to fly anywhere. I had chipped it into a couple of our conversations about how much I loved road trips, and he had thought t
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 5
The door casually opened with the third knock, with Ian standing and holding the doorknob. I had tried talking him into holding a weapon in case he needed it, so he actually had one right now hidden in his trousers. My kitchen knife.I waited for the danger, ready to act out in any way that I could, but then, as soon as the door was open, Ian suddenly paused. I watched him suddenly spread a smile at whoever was at the door, shake their hands, and extend the door much wider for them to come in.Raising a curious brow, I adjusted from my defensive position and slowly came out into view as the footsteps made it in, and instantly, I made a pause. Then my curiosity went higher.The cops?How are they here?I had dialed Ian, not them, hadn't I?"I called 911 on my way," Ian explained just then, as if reading my thoughts as he slammed the door shut after they were all in. There were about five officers. Four males and a blonde female cop. "I figured you obviously meant to call the cops when
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 6
The door to my room banged shut, and in the next minute, I was down on the floor, squatting against the door with my feet on the cold tiled floor and my hands hugging tightly around my knees.All of those things had just ended a few minutes ago, and I just needed time to think right now.All I felt was weak. And tired. And disappointed.I was so disappointed in how things were turning out.This was not the plan at all when I left Isak's house and bought this apartment.I had planned to stay here and remain hidden for as long as it'd take until he finally agreed to sign the divorce papers.How did he find me so easily?Why was Isak constantly such a thorn in my life, even in the process of trying to finally be free from him?Just to confirm everything I already knew, I slid out my phone and opened up the pictures once again, and it all came back into view on the screen, as clear as the moment it had occurred. His retreating figure. His clothes. His car and plate number. Everything.It
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 7
That night, Ian had to go back first to his place to freshen up, which was a lot easier since, luckily, he had come in the morning with his car.Before leaving back to his place, he had helped me set up a new alarm system in my apartment and put other possible things that could come in handy together if there was any emergency while he was gone.It didn't take long, however, before his car arrived back in my driveway. I knew he had done it all as soon as possible to be back because he had only been gone for barely an hour when the drive from his place to mine took about thirty minutes to and fro, like he had mentioned before.Not thinking of how much speed he must have added to be back before anything happened over here, I tied up my bathrobe and moved quickly to answer the doorbell.I only just made it out of the shower, thinking I'd have the time to maybe prepare some snacks for us before he got back, but here he was, already back when I had barely made it out of the shower."Ian?"
Love Lost, Love Found Chapter 8
"Are you okay? Be calm. We're safe."It was Ian speaking. His hands were rubbing firmly over mine in my panic attack as he hurriedly started the car with his other hand while I watched through my ragged breathing as the men from the fire service continued to arrive in their trucks, trying to put out the fire from the house.It felt like a dream.Like a goddamn hallucination.All that reflected in my eyes from my new apartment was now a tall fire. Razing down every single thing all up to the roof.Soon, I found myself whimpering, and then, as soon as Ian's car swerved and finally started to move out of the driveway, I burst into tears.Ian tried his hardest to keep me calm, rubbing consistently over my hands until his car was finally out on the road, leaving it all behind with each distance covered.My apartment.The entire last of my savings was used to purchase that house for my escape.Everything gone.Razed down to the ground.I really couldn't control my cries at this point, and I
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