CHAPTER THIRTEEN | EYES THAT HAUNT VIVIAN ADDAMS“We never made a deal bitch. You never had a choice to begin with. It wasn't an offer, it was an order and there would be severe consequences if you disobey me. Consequences that you might not survive." Did he just...did he just fucking threaten me? I look into MR Knight's eyes again and this time, I'm even more scared than I was before. His eyes seem so familiar, it feels like the eyes of a man that haunted me in my dreams after the tragic death of my parents. I find myself unable to look into the man's eyes so I look anywhere but him. I rack my head, trying to remember where or when I saw those eyes. The image of his eyes in my head looks too vivid to be a dream or a fragment of my imagination. “Have we met before?" I ask Mr Knight without looking at him.“I have no business with fucking pauper like you." He hisses. Pauper my foot. I'm pretty sure the inheritance my parents left me is much more than the wealth the Knight's can
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | THE CHILDHOOD MYSTERY VIVIAN ADDAMSI am not able to stop myself as my leg moves on its own until I am in front of him. I can't stop myself as I punch Luke square on the face. “Fuck!" Luke exclaims. One would think I would be satisfied after punching him, but I'm not. My mouth opens on its own and before I can control myself, shit starts spilling out of my mouth. “You know what? I think you deserve every single shit your Grandfather has put you through, you deserve more of the hell you have been true. You don't deserve your Grandfather's love, you don't deserve AJ, Ada or Ginna's love. You deserve to be hated by everyone. Your mother died after giving birth to you because she knew you would grow up to be a human garbage. Your father committed suicide because he knew you are not worthy of his love...he killed himself to get away from you." I take a deep breath when I am done.I thought I was done until I said one last thing.“You deserve nothing good in this worl
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | THE KILLER OR NOT? VIVIAN ADDAMSWe hear footsteps from upstairs and all our conversation seizes. “I can see you guys have now become besties." Luke's bitter voice comes from the staircase. “And I can see you are not yet over your childish tantrums." I retort immediately. I guess a part of me is not fully sorry about some of the things I said. “Luke, I think something is fishy. I think your Grandfather is hiding something that has to do with the three of us. Vivian also can't remember what happened in her childhood, she sees your Grandfather's eyes, just like the two of us. It can not be a coincidence right?" Ada asks excitedly. I don't know why she is so happy about the news, maybe she has been trying to solve the mystery for a long time now. I was expecting Lucas to be surprised, confused, and maybe curious, but he wasn't. He started at Ada with a blank expression on his face that basically screams, ‘Shut the fuck up you stupid bitch.' At least, that is how I
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT VIVIAN ADDAMS“Sorry to burst your bubble Viv, but you don't have a choice. Mr Knight is extremely dangerous, we don't know what he will do to the both of you if you go against his wish. He thinks the picture you posted on the internet can cause controversy that would affect his business. He would do anything to make sure that never happens, including hurting you and Lucas." I still don't get what AJ is trying to drive at. Like I said, I'm not that smart. “Okay...what the hell does this have to do with me?" I inquire. “So, apart from the fact that she is a freak, a psychopath, an annoying bitch, a crazy stalker and an obsessive weirdo, she is also fucking dumb. How can you not understand what is trying to say you clueless idiot?" Luke exclaims, throwing his hands up in frustration. I ignore him and look at AJ, the only other normal person in this room aside from me. “You are getting married to Lucas Knight in two hours." AJ brings me out of
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | SHITTY WEDDING NIGHT LUCAS KNIGHTI know the only thing Vivian is after is my money, but what she doesn't know is that the only thing I own in this world is the golden necklace my mother left for me. Every other thing she thinks I own is not for me but for my grandfather. Hell, I don't even have a place of my own. My granddad literally controls everything about me. I can't even make decisions about my life on my own. It's going to come as the biggest fucking shock when she finds out that I have nothing. She will probably divorce me when she finds out. During the wedding ceremony, I was silent, with a blank look always on my face. I didn't say anything throughout and just said, “Skip" when it was time for the vows." I hate the fact that I'm being forced to do something I never imagined myself doing. I have to do it though, because if I don't, my Grandfather would surely look for someone even worse than Vivian. At least, Vivian is cute, and kind of funny, so I
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | UNWANTED BUT ESSENTIAL COMFORT VIVIAN ADDAMS I silently watched Lucas Knight break down at the entrance of Ginna's cottage. I watched him hold her hands when she took her final breath, I watched him tremble as he held her. I watched his face as different emotions went through him. I watched him hug her for the final time, and now, I'm watching him making sure that she has the best burial ever. I may not have known Ginna for as long as Ada or Lucas knew her but for the little time I knew her, I concluded that she is an angel sent to the Knight's family to watch over Luke. She took him like her own son, and did things only the real mother of a child would do for her own child. For the two years I worked in the Knight's mansion, I saw how she took care of Luke, watched over him, scolded him, and protected him to the best of her powers from Mr Knight. It feels like a dream, watching her being lowered to the grave. Ginna requested for a small burial, just her fa
CHAPTER NINETEEN | A CHANCE VIVIAN ADDAMS In my hands, Luke breaks down completely, and the tears he has been holding in was let loose. “Ginna told me something before she died. She said I should give you a chance in my life, she said I won't regret it. I have decided to give you a chance to make me fall in love with you, don't fuck things up." Luke whispers.Wow! Am I dreaming? I must be dreaming.Someone should please wake me up from this sweet, sweet dream. “Am I dreaming?" I ask in a daze. I stop hugging him, I slap myself to make sure it isn't a dream. I look around, expecting to see myself on my bed, wishing my dream becomes reality. “I am still dreaming. I need to wake up." I say out loud and slap myself again. I don't stop hitting myself until Luke holds my hand. “You ain't dreaming, Viv." He chuckles. I am not.“Could you please repeat what you said earlier." I ask “I said I will give us a chance. Honestly, I find your obsession with me amusing. I have been curiou
CHAPTER TWENTY | STOLEN DOCUMENTS VIVIAN ADDAMS I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to be Lucas's Personal assistant, I literally signed up to be his slave. He has been bossing me around since I started working for him and the fact that I can't do anything isn't making this better. He asked me to print some documents and when I couldn't, he called me a poor, fake brat. I wouldn't mind the name he called me since he has called me much worse names, but it's the fact that he said it in front of his other staff that is annoying me. He promised the give me a chance in his life, but the only chance he has given me so far is to be the object of his ridiculous abuses.I became the clown in the office the moment I stepped into it. “Have you photocopied the documents?" Lucas asked as I presented him the documents he asked me to make copies of earlier. Deciding to be petty, I didn't reply to him. He stops reading the things on his table and turns to look at me. “Mrs Knight?" H