Just like Liam had envisioned, Lucas decided to spend the night at his penthouse, as it was better to deal with Kiandra than to deal with Daira or his father. It seemed Liam had forgotten all about his penthouse and even if he had remembered, he wouldn't be able to stop him from accessing it.He immediately started the car and headed to his penthouse. When he got there, everywhere was dark, indicating that everyone had retired for the night.He didn’t bother to turn on the lights as he was well acquainted with the place, plus he could make his way with the lights that were coming in through the windows. After taking off his jacket, he headed straight into the kitchen as he needed to get a bottle of water. After drinking the water, he sat down on the kitchen stool to make a few calls before retiring for the night.Before he could, however, take his phone out, he saw someone step into the kitchen. He quietly opened the kitchen drawer and brought out a knife, just so he could have a we
Kiandra fled straight to her room after she left the kitchen. And after making sure the door was locked so Lucas wouldn’t come in, she collapsed on the floor.‘What did I just do?’ she asked herself in shock as she was still in denial over what had just happened. ‘He kissed me and I kissed him back. And not only that, I almost took off his shirt. Are you mad?!’ she chided herself.Her hands went into her hair and she was reminded of Lucas’ hand which had run through her hair. “No!” she exclaimed. ‘Stop thinking about it. That kiss meant nothing,’ she assured herself.‘We both know that’s a lie. That kiss meant a lot,’ her inner voice said to her. ‘Shut the hell up?!’ Kiandra reacted in irritation.‘Lucas Valencia is dangerous and you shouldn’t get involved with him. In fact, the whole kiss never happened,’ Kiandra resolved and she got up from the floor.‘The kiss didn’t happen and that’s just it,’ she said to get her mind off what had just happened. She looked at the time and saw that
Kiandra couldn’t stop her cheeks from turning red at Jasmine's shameless statement coupled with the fact that her mind took her back to that steamy kiss she and Lucas shared. "Oh no, you've got it all wrong," she cried out and Jasmine chuckled further, adding to Kiandra’s embarrassment. “It’s not like that, Mrs Gerano. He’s just my boss and besides, he has a fiancée,” she pointed out.“Please, there’s no need to be formal, call me Jasmine,” Jasmine corrected Kiandra. “And about the fact that he is engaged, we both know how that’s going,” she said vaguely, not bothering to go into details as she was sure that Kiandra would understand what was going on with how close she and Lucas were.Kiandra was shocked to know that Jasmine knew of Lucas and Daira’s rocky relationship. She didn’t know if Lucas would be happy to hear her discussing his private life with someone else and so she didn’t say anything in response.Jasmine took the cue and she didn't say anything else. After all, she had o
“But you just said you would fire me,” Kiandra cried out. She however comported herself when Lucas glared at her. “I should have just told your father of how mean you are to me,” she complained.“And I swear, I would have really made life unbearable for you,” Lucas swore.“That’s it, I’m going to look for him and tell him,” Kiandra said and she immediately left.“Kiandra,” Lucas called but she didn’t stop as she closed the door behind her. ‘Brat!’ he hissed under his breath as he picked up his phone to call someone.“What is up with the old man?” he asked after the person answered the call. “He is refusing to get treatment and he isn’t taking his medication,” the person informed Lucas. “Sir, at this point, he’s killing himself and his wife doesn’t seem to care.”“I’ll handle him,” Lucas replied, and he disconnected the call. Tyrone Valencia was one of the biggest pain in his butt. He sure knew how to get on his nerves. Taking a deep breath, he headed out of his office only to find h
“It was either that or I kill someone,” Lucas said and Kiandra wondered if he was joking or being serious.“Wait, are you really serious about killing someone?” Kiandra asked when they got to his office.“What do you think?” Lucas replied, giving her the chance to draw her own conclusion. She squinted her eyes at him but she didn’t say anything else. “Inform the heads of department that I won’t be able to handle the next meeting,” Lucas instructed her and she immediately got to work.“Are you okay?” she asked when she saw Lucas slum into his chair. “I’m having a headache,” Lucas told her. It started back in the meeting but it had gotten worse and so he was no longer able to ignore it.“You need to use painkillers before it graduates into something else,” she said. “That won’t be necessary, I’ll be fine in a few minutes,” Lucas replied and he rested his head on the chair.“I’ve never met a person more nonchalant about his own health,” Kiandra hissed and she walked to the wall, tryin
“You just made a deal with the devil,” Lucas said and he closed his eyes to finally get some sleep.“The devil always loses,” Kiandra commented.“You know, if I’m going to be nice to you, you should also be nice to me,” Lucas commented.“Too bad, that wasn’t in the deal,” Kiandra responded and Lucas chuckled as it had skipped his mind to bring that as a condition.There was silence after that but it was one that the two found comforting. “Kiandra,” Lucas called after some time.“Yes, Mr Valencia,” Kiandra responded.Lucas opened his eyes and frowned as he didn’t like the sound of her calling him ‘Mr Valencia’ especially after hearing the way his voice sounded sweet from her lips. However, he didn’t say anything as he didn’t want to push it.“What are you thinking about?” he asked curiously“About how I'll get to boss you around when you lose the bet,” Kiandra said and Lucas chuckled. “Why do I feel like you have bad intentions towards me?” he responded.“Because I do,” Kiandra affirm
Lucas sighed deeply when he saw the gates to his family's mansion open as the place had both bad and good memories.The bad memories however overshadowed the good ones and that was why he refused to come here. The bad memories came rushing to his head as the car drove to the mansion. They finally reached it and Lucas got down from the car and headed straight for the entrance.He rang the doorbell and barely two seconds later, the door was opened by a helper."Good evening, Young Master,” she greeted him and slightly bowed her head.Lucas walked into the mansion and headed straight for the dining room as he wanted to be out as soon as possible. When he got there, he found it to be empty. This meant that his father hadn’t come down yet. He took off his jacket and sat down on his seat. This used to be where he and his parents would sit and dine together. Back then it used to be filled with laughter but now, everything had changed. He heard footsteps approaching the dining table and w
Lucas didn’t know what came over him to do such a thing but he didn’t regret it. His attention went back to Kiandra and he slowly moved the strands of hair that had fallen on her face away so it wouldn't disturb her.Just as he was about to get up, Kiandra held his arm and when he turned he found her still asleep. ‘Please don’t kill my child,’ she muttered in her sleep and Lucas frowned. This was the second time he had heard Kiandra pleading for someone not to kill her child.He had asked his team to investigate the first time and they found nothing. Asking kiandra was out of it as he knew she wouldn’t tell him anything. "Kiandra, snap out of it, you're in a dream," he whispered to her. This seemed to work as she stopped mumbling and opened her eyes to look at him. "You were having a nightmare,” he told her and she closed her eyes back to return to sleep. Lucas stayed for a few minutes to make sure that she would be fine.And after being sure that she was okay, he covered her and