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I 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lucas’ POVI would know him anywhere. I would know the man I once thought was my uncle, anywhere, even though he had an identical twin brother. But the shock of seeing him made me freeze. I was told he had died yet he was in front of me, alive and staring up at me. My heart was leaping fast and a rush of cold flowed over me.In fear, I stepped back, almost stripping on the steps. I eyed the man lying on the steps with wonder and curiosity flowing through me. He was dead but how was he alive?“You’re not Henry,” I said with a shaky voice.“What?” I heard Ruth say.“Lucas,” Mom called to me from behind.I had so many questions the more I looked at him. If he had been alive all these years, why had he abandoned me? Why did he stay away when I needed a father? My eyes started to prickle, and my heart burned when anger and sadness filled me up.
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Chapter’s Soundtrack: Let You Go by Morgan PageJackie’s POVI was stalling.Ever since Darrell showed me the picture, I invited him in and have stayed in the bedroom I shared with the man I thought was my everything. I still believed he was my everything, but the recent happenings made me think otherwise. The picture matched with the words I heard from the Maddie girl from before. My heart was hurting, and my eyes were threatening to spill tears. I was scared of what Darrell had to say about Lucas.A part of me believed he would never hurt me. But then again, our relationship was still new and not even up to a year, we were still new adults and Lucas had still been sleeping with women months ago before we started dating. The train of my thoughts made me wonder the possibilities.What if I was just another woman for him? We had a lot more years ahead of us and anything could happen.When Paul turned on the large bed, I sighed and covered him with his baby blanket before walking to the
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Lucas’ POVDad and I have been talking for hours, catching up on the things that happened years ago and currently in our lives. I told him all about the struggles I went through, the things have been up to, especially how I made enough money through racing and the shares I had in the company. He was all smiles as I told him everything and it felt so good to have someone like him with me. Before I knew him as my real father, I always loved his presence. He had been my best uncle and now I was with him, as his real son, I felt even more happy and relaxed in his presence.“Lucas,” he said in his soft voice. “I am so proud of you.”My heart fluttered at those words. So many times, I wished the man I thought was my father would say them to me. I used to hear Henry say those words to Axel and it always hurt but now, I got to hear them from my real father. I had to bite my lip and take a deep breath to control my tears.“I always wanted to hear those words,” I said, and he placed his hand on
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Jackie’s POVAs I turned my head on the bed, I felt a dull headache and forced my eyes open, chasing the heavy feeling of sleep way. My eyelids were heavy and narrowed, as well as swollen. Dry crusts were pinching my eyes and my throat felt like I swallowed sand. I remembered crying before I slept all because of Lucas. My heart ached once again when I remembered why.He was cheating on me.I wanted to still believe he wasn’t cheating but when bad boys fell, trouble followed. I wanted to hate myself so much for being so careless with him, with my heart, with my body. I fell hard for his charms and now he was cheating, with a girl that was the type of girls he hung out with in high school and possibly in college; pretty, popular and rich.I pushed the images forming in my head away and rolled over to my other side. My waist felt heavy, and my bulging stomach made me feel uncomfortable. As the days clocked by, the changes from my pregnancy became more prominent. Every part of my body fel
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