Jackie’s POVI ignored the pain I was feeling in my foot from the shards of ceramic as all my eyes and attention were on the piece of paper in my hand. I read over the information on the small piece of rectangular paper full of the grocery items he had bought and the sum total and his name which was in Matt. J Hamilton. I was confused, while a rush of wonder filled me.How does Matt have the same last name as Lucas and Axel? Did it have something to do with the pictures I kept seeing?I heard hurried footsteps and when I raised my head, I saw Bria, Victor and behind them was Matt. I kept my eyes on Matt who had a blank stare on until his eyes shifted to the paper in my hand and a shadow crossed his face.“Are you okay?” Bria asked and came to me. She grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the mess I made.“You’re bleeding,” Victor said, and I looked down at
Lucas’ POV The events of yesterday went with me to sleep and woke up with me. It was like a second skin on my body. It was hard to get rid of or put as a dream that never happened and I was bound to realize as one. No, it wasn’t and that scared me to shit. How could it be that I had a brother? Another sibling that wasn’t Axel or Ruth. After that man introduced himself as my brother, I walked out with a short laugh. I had been confused and pissed off at the same time. My family was full of shit so I felt it was all a lie but deep down I could tell it wasn’t. Even though our genes were strong, making it easy for almost everyone in our family to share the same features, this man, Matt was polar opposite and that made me feel it could not be possible but yet again, with the lies I grew up with, it was possible that he was related to me. I sighed and got out of bed then crossed over to the window. I leaned on it and stared at the activities below. The people walking back and forth and
Lucas’ POVI was still frozen in place as she kissed me. I could barely feel anything anymore apart from the movement of her mouth and the racing of my heart. I was frozen in shock. Jackie started to fill my head, my relationship and everything about us filled my head, which caused my heart to ache from the thought of cheating on her.When annoyance got to the brim of the gauge of my emotions, I held her arms and made a move to pull her away, only for her to pull away and rise to her feet then wrap her arms around my shoulders in a vice grip. I stiffened and blinked as more confusion filled my head.What the fuck was wrong with this woman?“I am so sorry. So sorry for kissing you but please, just stay still. Stay where you are. I really need your help on this. I beg of you,” she said in a hasty tone.I grunted and placed my hands on her waist, prepared to push her away. If I used my
Lucas’ POVI sat with Maddie in the restaurant of the hotel, waiting to hear who this man after her was and to speak to her about her shares and more. At the back of my mind, I hoped she agreed to this but with my idea, she should be able to.“I met him in college. He was an assistant to one of my professors. He is pretty intelligent and all. I had a crush on him, and I always wanted to hang out with him. We started to date in my final year in college and I started to dread leaving him.” She paused to take a sip out of the coffee she had between her hands. When she dropped the cup, she chuckled. “I was a naive girl then. My parents wanted me home so I can start working at our family company. Sometimes, I wished my dad was like those fathers who didn’t want their daughters near family business, but he wasn’t.”I thought about what she had just said. Jackie and I were having
Lucas’ POVI didn’t want to believe him. He could be lying. There was no way, absolutely no way this was true. Dad could never do this. Even though I knew him as an uncle, he could never do such a thing. He was a kind man, a man full of laughter and jokes. There was no way he abandoned Matt and whoever his mother was.“I know you don’t believe me because you were dad’s favorite,” he said with strong venom in his tone. “I was born two years before you were born, and I knew nothing at my age. All I remember was my mother taking care of me until I turned thirteen. The only memories I have of that man was how he fought with my mother every time he visited. How my mother cried every night. I hated him so much. I hated him with my whole heart and wanted him gone.”I could see the raw anger and hate swimming in his eyes. It was scary. His eyes were darker, and it made him appear feral.“When I found out he died, I was happy. I was glad because it was better, he was dead than for me to know I
Jackie’s POVI still could not believe that Cindy had left Paul with me. Since yesterday it has been like a nasty dream. I wanted to wake up and pretend that everything that had happened so far was just a dream, including whatever troubles Lucas was going through. I couldn’t even focus on my studies or classes. Worst of all, Matt had not shown up for the presentation of the project which I was glad about, but the only problem was we ended up with a C on the project. It was better than nothing as far as he was nowhere near me.After my class ended, I went to Andrea who was holding Paul, since Evangeline was not around to take care of him, and Jared was busy with whatever he had. On seeing me, Paul started to kick his tiny legs. It made me smile, happy that he knew nothing of how his mother had abandoned him. It made me wish he didn’t grow up to find out the nasty truth of how he was abandoned. The stories I heard about parents leaving their kids felt different but experiencing it was a
Jackie’s POV“Darrell,” I repeated, testing the name on my tongue while he smiled, nodding. “Do you go to our college?”Darrell shook his head. “I was there to meet someone when I saw you bent over your car. I got worried when I saw you were pregnant. So, I helped.”I was glad someone was around to help because I didn’t know who to call out to at that moment. It was rare for a stranger like him to go out of his way to help me and even stay with me until now, with Paul included. He seemed like a nice guy.“I am sorry for keeping you from meeting the person you wanted to see.”“Nah, it’s alright. I already called them.”I looked around the bed before spotting my phone, which I wanted, on the small bedside table by my left-hand side. I grabbed it and swiped through to call Lucas, hoping that he would answer my calls this time. I was not liking how he was ignoring my calls ever since he went to Rochester. Moments like this needed us to stay in touch with one another and not keep things aw
Lucas’ POVI was beginning to regret having this girl in on my plan. I could tell she was attracted to me. And it was not going to be good if I wanted us to be partners under the family company. All I wanted was to have people on my side and not catch an infidelity case.Something told me Jackie had heard her speak because when I returned to the call, it had ended. I was worried that she overhead what Maddie had said to me, and I knew I was in deep shit. Looking back at the girl sitting on the couch across my bed, I began to think the name Maddie was cursed.“So, I spoke to my dad about it, and he says he is aware of the meeting back at Hamilton Inc. He told me he isn’t interested in selling his shares to anyone but when I mentioned that you were Lucas Hamilton, he became shocked. He said something about you finally coming to your senses. Do you know my dad or something?”I perked up at the last few words she had uttered. I didn’t know who her father was, so it was surprising to me ho