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621,196	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":621197}'	No	2024-03-20 00:40	active	294	1363244367721702	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"You think everyone behaves as shamelessly as you. Having an affair a married man and disregarding all the sacred vows of our joining."<br /> “Where is your evidence Luna Daciana?" Nikkini asked me mockingly.<br /> Evidence, is she really asking me for evidence of her cheating with my husband? I was so speechless from anger.<br /> Eden stalked towards me, "You devious woman, you even accused Nikkini your own sister. I never expected you to be so jealous, shameless, and vicious. I'm going to immediately break the mate bond with you. A woman like you does not deserve to be luna."<br /> "I accept the end of this marriage." I whispered in shock.<br /> I wanted to escape here immediately, but when I was about to walk away, I feel someone dragged me from behind and said:<br /> "Will you be my Luna?"<br /> _____________<br /> <br /> I LOVE THE SMELL of the orchids in my room each morning, I love the smell of the oil massaged into my skin each day, but I particularly love the smell of the scent my maids put on me tonight. I just hope Eden loves it too.<br /> My maids Lea and Brie worked so hard to prepare me tonight. Tonight might just be the night, I can feel it.<br /> Its my three-year wedding anniversary today.<br /> And even though I haven't seen Eden all day, I certainly hope to surprise him tonight.<br /> He doesn't come home all the time at night.<br /> Sometimes he has to settle pack conflict so he stays out all night. But tommorow is the pack's annual gala, and he needs to show up with me.<br /> The Luna of the Blood Diamond pack.<br /> I ensure things run smoothly around here, and no one knows this- "well except for Eden and I"<br /> My wolf Eva responded.<br /> "Shut up Eva"<br /> I do most of the paperwork and I make the alpha decisions. I basically run the pack, I do it to help Eden.<br /> Everyone thinks he runs the pack. And they all love him for it.<br /> So tonight he has to come home. He needs me for the festival tommorow.<br /> I had the castle dress maker specially make this night dress. Its meant to allure and trap a man's attention.<br /> "Not that we've ever been successful trapping Eden's attention."<br /> "Eva, that's enough."<br /> She's not wrong though, Eden and I have been celibate since our joining three years ago.<br /> That's why this night is so important to me. I hear the whispers, everyone expects me to start showing any moment from now. But how can I provide an heir without consummation?<br /> I waited patiently in my room for Eden to come home, I have heightened sense of hearing because of my Luna powers. This close to the festival, my senses are always heightened.<br /> Eden and I don't have the normal mate bond, so I don't have access to his location, mind or feelings.<br /> I didn't have to wait long though, because soon after I heard Eden coming down the passage.<br /> We have different rooms, but they're located beside each other, at the end of a narrow passage.<br /> In my excitement, I ran out of my room to welcome Eden home in my revealing night dress.<br /> Wait is that another person I smell?<br /> In shock, I tried to run back to my room but before I could run back to my room, Eden and Nikkini turned round the passage and saw me in my revealing night dress.<br /> I just stood there as my face turned really red. Eden just froze there staring at me in varying degrees of shock and disgust.<br /> "Why on earth are you dressed like a cheap hooker?" Eden asked with disgust in his eyes.<br /> I had put in so much effort to make tonight special, I couldn't reply him.<br /> Tears welled up in my eyes and I used my hand to cover my mouth as I choked and tried to hold back back the sobs threatening to rack my body.<br /> I can't give up this opportunity though, I need an heir and I need it fast. So I swallowed my pride.<br /> "Today is a special day, do you remember what it is?" I asked trembling slightly.<br /> "Tommorow is the pack's big day and the Lycan is coming to our pack. Cover yourself up and go to bed, I have to discuss security details with Nikkini. Don't disturb us."<br /> Nikkini just stood there looking at me with triumph in her eyes. She smiled at me as she and Eden went into the study and shut the door in my face.<br /> The maids waiting outside our rooms just looked at me with pity in their eyes.<br /> I tried so hard not to crumble right there in the passage and suddenly coming out to greet Eden seemed like such a foolish idea.<br /> As soon as I was safely beside my room, I crumbled with my back to the door and just cried for a very long time.<br /> Nikkini again, always Nikkini.<br /> Right from childhood, I have always had to deal with her ruining my life.<br /> My father, the alpha of the Moon Crystal pack adopted me when I was five years old.<br /> I don't remember much before I was adopted, I just remember my joy and the love that surrounded me.<br /> But that joy was short-lived. As I soon discovered my new sister was not happy to have me join her family.<br /> Nikkini made my life inferno. She bullied me at every turn and made me dread coming home.<br /> That was one of the reasons I was so happy to join with Eden.<br /> Eden represented a lot for me, freedom, power, and a chance to finally have my own family.<br /> Although soon after our joining, I discovered Eden and I didn't share the same hopes and dreams.<br /> He didn't want a wife, only a Luna.<br /> I remember how hurt I was after our joining when he didn't want to consummate our marriage.<br /> The way he would switch so fast. From the attentive alpha in the office during the day, to the cold husband at night.<br /> Overtime, I learnt to shield myself from expectations and feelings.<br /> But now, my position is not stable. I need an heir, it took me so long to find my own family.<br /> And yes, its not perfect, but its mine and I need to secure it.<br /> I wiped my tears and my ruined make up away and washed my face in the bathroom. I took a bathrobe and I wore it over my night dress.<br /> I don't care what Eden said, no matter how much Nikkini scorns me, I will consummate my marriage tonight, even if I have to dope Eden to do it.<br /> With a new motive in mind and a strengthened resolve, I stepped ou of my room and went to Eden's study.<br /> But before I could open the door, my heightened sense of hearing picked up sounds of love making.<br /> My heart pounded in my chest. The only person in the study with him is Nikkini, so what does that mean.<br /> Eva was so angry and I could feel her threathening to let loose. I held her back as I went closer to the door to confirm.<br /> I mean I know Nikkini hates me, but sleeping with my husband is a bit much, she's still my sister.<br /> Even before, I peeped through the door, I already knew that Nikkini would sleep with Eden in a heartbeat if it would mean causing me pain.<br /> In all the 20 years of knowing each other, Nikkini has never considered me a sister.<br /> I peeped through the door, and I saw both Eden and Nikkini entangled in each others arms on the study couch.<br /> The entire study was a mess, their clothes were scattered everywhere and they were having a conversation.<br /> "You know, this is the first time we're having intercourse in the study." Nikkini said as she lazily drew circles on Eden's chest.<br /> My heart broke even more hearing that, this means all this has been going on for a while.<br /> "I want to do it on Deanna's bed next time"<br /> "Deanna is so boring, her bed must be boring too, there's no need to do it there."<br /> "But thats where I want to do it next" Nikkini said pouting her lips.<br /> "Fine, next time we'll do it on Deanna's bed. Are you happy now?" Eden asked amused.<br /> "Very" Nikkini replied as she resumed pecking Eden.<br /> Eva was so angry she was practically growling. I just walked back to my room in a daze.<br /> I felt like I was underwater and I couldn't hear the sounds of the activities around me.<br /> The worst part about it all, is I have to pretend.<br /> I have to beat them at their own game, if I let on that I know about the cheating before the festival then Nikkini has won.<br /> I would lose my position as Luna and the power and family I gained.<br /> I have to make sure the festival runs smoothly, after the festival I cam confront them but not before.<br /> I wiped my tears, took off my robe and night dress. I crawled into bed undressed and crying silently. I allowed myself that much.<br /> Because come daylight tommorow, I will put on my brightest smile at the festival and carry on being the best Luna this pack has ever had. No mistakes, No excuses or I could lose it all.<br /> I tried my best to sleep. I really did, but I couldn't. Not after what I'd seen. I felt so much pain, I almost choked with it.<br /> I could still hear them, I mean its pretty difficult to fall asleep to the sound of your sister and husband having intercourse.<br /> Sometime in the morning, the sounds stopped, and I heard Nikkini leave and Eden get into the shower.<br /> I remember all the times Eden has made me feel so bad. His coldness towards me in private after our joining. His insistence on private rooms and the celibacy he inposed on me. Well now I know why.<br /> I wonder how long this affair has been going on for. I was lost in my thoughts when a knock on the door jarred me back to the present.<br /> I got up, wrapped my sheets around my body and went to open the door. I had barely unlocked the door, when Eden barged into my room.<br /> "What is this? Why are you not dressed?" He yelled angrily.<br /> I was too upset to reply him so I just kept mute.<br /> "You haven't even done your makeup or taken a bath. A Luna with such an ugly look like you cannot greet the honoured guest.<br /> So don't bother.<br /> And if you get in the Lycan's way or cause any kind of trouble today. I'll deal with you after the festival."<br /> After yelling, he pushed past me and stalked out the door to greet the guests first.<br /> He was still unaware, that I found out about him and Nikkini.<br /> After he left, I went about cleaning up and trying my best to get ready on time.<br /> While I was in the bath, my maids came to tell me that the dress I had commisioned to wear today got ruined while they were trying to deliver it.<br /> Apparently it now has a big hole an I cant wear it anymore.<br /> They were so scared to tell me, that I just let it slide. I decided to wear one of my other dresses.<br /> I knew it would be a bit plain compared to the dresses worn by the other Lunas, but I was already late to the function and a fancy dress was the last thing on my mind.<br /> When I was finally ready, I stepped out of my room with my guards at my heels and went to the festival.<br /> For a minute, I forgot all my troues and just gazed with happiness at the palpable joy in the air.<br /> Even from the front of the palace, I could see how successfuly planning had turned out. The masses were a beautiful sea of different colours.<br /> There was food, different varieties available. Music, I could spot some girls dancing around in delight.<br /> I had attended the festivities before, but it had never been hosted by my pack.<br /> I was so glad to see that it turned out amazing.<br /> I looked around searching for Eden, and I saw him socializing with the other alphas.<br /> The special ring I had prepared for the Lunas was alive and merry as the Lunas gracefully took part in the festivities.<br /> With a big smile on my face, I went to welcome and speak with the other Lunas. Some I knew, others I hadn't met.<br /> "Well, look who it is. If it isn't the Luna of the Blood diamond pack herself" Triss said as she welcomed with with a big hug.<br /> Triss is the Luna of the Crystal star pack and she's my dearest friend.<br /> "Hello Tri, I've really missed you" I replied with a small chuckle as I returned her hug.<br /> Triss held my hand and pulled me towards the other Lunas with a smile.<br /> "Daciana, welcome please join us." Yerna, one of the Lunas said with a smile.<br /> I smiled graciously as I hugged, pecked and engaged in polite conversation with some of the Lunas.<br /> "Oh, so you're the Luna of the blood Diamond? I wouldn't have guessed" One luna said smirking at me.<br /> I didn't recognize her, and I whispered that much in Triss's ear.<br /> Triss told me that she was the Luna of the Silent ruby pack. I heard, their alpha had mated with some rogue. I guess she was the one.<br /> "And who would you have guessed was the luna?" I asked her in reply with a small smile.<br /> "Oh that's easy love, the fashionable bubbling young woman over there" She said as she pointed a finger to one of the other rings.<br /> I followed the direction of her finger and saw that she was pointing to Nikkini.<br /> My heart fell through but I smiled widely and replied her "well, thank you. That girl over there is my sister and I picked out her dress. It gives me great joy to see you compliment her."<br /> Her face dropped and she looked at me surprised, and the other Lunas chuckled slightly laughing at her.<br /> "If you'll excuse me ladies, I have to see my husband about something. But please, by all means enjoy yourselves." I said as I turned and walked away with my guards behind me.<br /> I mean, I know my dress is a bit plain. But it still hurt that she thought Nikkini was the luna not me.<br /> Especially after a the trouble I went through to plan this festival.<br /> I was still walking over to Eden, when Nikkini blocked my part.<br /> "What do you want?" I asked as I let out a low breath in an attempt to calm myself.<br /> "Oh nothing, I just wanted to tell you that your dress is too - um rustic. You looked like a slave standing next to the other Lunas." I was so angry, yet I stilled my face and calmly replied her with a small mocking smile.<br /> "Well guess what, I'm not a slave I';m the Luna. And you are not.<br /> It doesn't matter how much you might want to be or how beautiful you become Nikkini. I'm still the<br /> Luna."<br /> I tried to walk past her, but she blocked my part again. It seemed like my words had struck a nerve because she was really angry.<br /> "You lying scheming bimbo. We all know you got your position as Luna by lying. Besides, if my family hadn't taken you in and adopted you, you would be dead by now."<br /> My guards wanted to react to her insulting me, but I held up a hand and they left her alone.<br /> "Not that It matters, but I did not lie to get my position.<br /> Eden, my husband chose to join with me.<br /> But you wouldn't understand that. Now excuse me."<br /> I said as I attempted to move past her, but she held me back with one hand and raised the other to hit me. I blocked her hand and pushed her away from me.<br /> Eden saw the commotion and came over to see what was going on. When I pushed Nikkini she fell into<br /> Eden arms and started crying.<br /> "Whats going on here?" Eden asked me as he held Nikkini and helped her stand upright.<br /> I wanted to reply but Nikkini.cut me off<br /> "Please help me, Daciana is jealous of my dress because its beautiful and she wants me to change the dress. I refused and she tried to hit me"<br /> I took one look at Eden and I just knew that there was nothing I could say that would discredit Nikkini.<br /> "You're supposed to be above petty squabbles and stupid jealousy, you're the Luna so start acting like it"<br /> while Eden was scolding me Nikkini who was still holding on to his arms smiled provocatively at me.<br /> "Just take a look at the person you're defending."<br /> I replied bitterly as I raised my hand to piont at Nikkini but Eden thought I was going to hit her again so he pushed my hand away with so much force, that I fell backwards.<br /> I would have fallen, but something held me. More precisely someone held me by my waist and set ne upright.<br /> Before I could turn to see who it was, I heard some of the guests whisper"Its Arnou"<br /> I was in absolute shock. I wasn't shocked that Eden pushed me, I wasn't shocked because the strong arm that caught me belonged to Arnou lycan king and our special guest for today. No what truly took my breath away was how majestic Arnou was.<br /> And I don't mean this in a casual sense, like this man could walk around without a crown and you would still be able to tell that he's a man of considerable power.<br /> He was so tall, that was the first thing I noticed. Arnou was incredibly handsome with a strong cut jaw.<br /> He had his shoulder length black hair tied back by a strip of leather. He wore an expensive armani suit and he smelled amazing, like a mixture of wood, dark chocolate and spices.<br /> I removed his hand clamped around my waist and hurriedly thanked him. He just nodded expressionlessly in return.<br /> By now almost everyone had followed the source of the commotion and was staring at us.<br /> Eden was staring speechlessly at Arnou, he quickly removed his arm from around Nikkini and she lost the support so fast she tripped and barely managed to keep upright.<br /> "Eden are we starting the conference first or do you want me to give you space to deal with family matters first." Arnou asked<br /> I don't know what was wrong with me, I've never had this kind of reaction to any man before.<br /> I placed a palm on my cheeks in an attempt to cool the rising heat there.<br /> "Conference first definitely" Eden replied.<br /> As he walked up to Arnou he whispered in Nikkini's ear.<br /> "I'll help you vent your anger later"<br /> He turned his head and glared at me "Let's go"<br /> We walked through the throng of people, the better part of them stepping aside for Eden and I to pass.<br /> The festival was in full swing at this point and I could tell everyone was having an immense amount of fun.<br /> At first Eden was just in front of me but I paused to listen to a small pack talking about the Lycan king<br /> Arnou and Eden ended up ahead of me.<br /> "He's the youngest lycan king we've ever had and apparently he has no mate yet." A teenage girl said.<br /> She stood with her pack of friends close to the refreshment table.<br /> "I heard he came to look for his mate this time. Thats why I wore this forest green dress. It makes my papillae look good and I heard he loves green" Her friend replied giggling.<br /> "Yeah I don't think it works like that, my pa told me lycans don't get fated mates, they are special in the sense that they have to find the people they love themselves." A young boy in the group said.<br /> "Your pa is a little bit close. But Lycans can have mates. But they're very rare and precious. So there's still a bit of hope for me and my forest green clad boobies." The girl retorted.<br /> The entire group laughed and continued talking in reduced voices. I was so engrossed in listening to their discussion that I had stopped walking.<br /> Eden noticed that my steps had slowed so he came back and held my arm. A bit forcefully while keeping a pleasant smile on his face.<br /> "Come darling we're going to be late" he said sweetly while digging his nails into my arm.<br /> I could not resist and push him away because we were in public and I could even hear someone sigh<br /> "They're so loving."<br /> What a joke, outside my appearance was solid but inside of me I was cracking and falling apart.<br /> We got to the center of the gala for the conference. I planned everything, I even wrote the pretty speech that Eden gave.<br /> But when it was time to cut the ribbon, I stood prettily at his side while he received all the honor.<br /> I looked around, the gala was in full swing and everyone was so happy.<br /> My smile was wavering and I didn't know how long I could keep up the facade of the loving luna.<br /> I walked towards the gardens with a heavy heart and a wide fake smile.<br /> I kept thinking over and over again.<br /> What do I do about Nikkini and Eden?<br /> How do I start the confrontation?<br /> And most importantly, what do I do if they decide to open their relationship?<br /> The embarrassment will be a lot to handle, because people might assume that the relationship ended because I could not provide Eden an heir.<br /> I was so lost in my thoughts about Nikkini and Eden that I did not notice on time, that someone was in front of me and I bumped into a hard chest.<br /> Arnou again!<br /> I knew by the spicy, woody scent, even before I looked up, I had bumped into Arnou again.<br /> My guards rushed to help me stand upright but Arnou helped me first. He put his arm around my waist and helped me stand upright.<br /> I looked up and him, and smiled a little bit. "Thank you, once again"<br /> "You've fallen twice now in a very short time. I wonder if there will be a third time.'<br /> So he has a sense of humor, my wolf smiled widely inside of me. But I was still wary of him. Because in my experience people are never just nice.<br /> I smiled politely in response and attempted to remove his arm from around my waist.<br /> But his grip was iron clad. I looked up at him and a small smile played on his lips.<br /> "You can let go of me now, I promise no more falls" I said with a small smile playing on my own lips.<br /> His grip loosened but he didn't take his hands off.<br /> I looked up at him, but he was staring behind me.<br /> I turned around to see what was behind me.<br /> Eden was stalking towards us with a very angry scowl on his face.<br /> "What are you guys doing?" He yelled in an angry voice<br /> I pushed away Arnou's hand from my waist and straightened up to look at the mouth of the garden where Eden was standing.<br /> Apparently, it was already time to show the important guest the new garden statue because standing closely behind Eden was Nikkini, the<br /> Lunas, and some other esteemed guests.<br /> "What exactly are you trying to do? Are you trying to seduce the Lycan king?" Nikkini asked me in a very loud voice while gesturing to the other Lunas.<br /> As expected, she never loses a chance to embarrass or undermine me.<br /> "Nikkini shut up and stay out of this, you have no idea what's going on."<br /> I replied her as I took a step away from Arnou.<br /> "Oh please, stop acting so innocent. We all know you tricked Alpha<br /> Eden into joining with you, now you're trying to seduce his majesty with the same method.<br /> I mean how a married woman can be so shameless is beyond me. Even if you have no regard for your marriage, at least have some regard for your position as luna." Nikkini outright attacked me with her words.<br /> I tried to explain, but before I could even speak a word, I was interrupted by Eden.<br /> "Just shut up, I'm not interested in what you have to say."<br /> I was so hurt and embarrassed. My husband just told me to shut up and took the side of my sister in front of this entire people.<br /> I have been dealing with the pressure in my chest all day, I came to the garden to try and unwind, but the entire argument is really getting to me.<br /> Before I could open my mouth and spew the loads of hurt in my heart, Arnou finally decided to step into the discussion.<br /> "Alright look everyone hold your horses. What actually happened is unlike what's going on in your head. She was just taking a stroll in the garden and tripped. All I did was help a little."<br /> His voice did little to calm the storm that was raging inside of me, I was so angry; I could feel my hands trembling. I pressed my lip in a thin line and tried to fist my palms at the side of my dress.<br /> "Please your majesty, for your own sake don't be fooled by Daciana.<br /> Her so called tripping was just a tactic. She did that just to get your attention."<br /> Arnou tried to reply, but I didn't let him. That anger that had been brewing inside me all day just came spilling out.<br /> "That's Luna Daciana to you. You do not hold any relevant position so you do not get to address me without my title. You think everyone behaves as shamelessly as you. Having an affair a married man and disregarding all the sacred vows of our joining."<br /> The whole place went silent and Nikkini went white with shock.<br /> "That...that's not true." Eden replied flustered.<br /> "Yes it is, and you bloody well know it. I heard the sounds of the two of you having intercourse yesterday night.<br /> That I kept silent all day is not because you deserve any mercy, but because I wanted the festival to go peacefully." I replied still trembling with anger."<br /> "All I hear is a lot of talk, where is your evidence Luna Daciana?" Nikkini asked me mockingly.<br /> Evidence, is she really asking me for evidence of her cheating with my husband? I was so speechless from anger.<br /> Eden looked so smug; it took all my willpower not to smack that stupid smug smile off his face. "You need to stop assuming things. Nikkini and I were just discussing security Issues. I even informed you about it."<br /> "What exactly do you take me for, that you'll just do and say anything you feel like and I'll take it?"<br /> I yelled at him in so much anger, I could feel tears streaming down my face. I don't care that we're in front of so many important people. I'm tired of being used, humiliated, and discarded.<br /> I thought that when I got married it would be better, but here I am back to square one. Facing the same problems I had to tolerate while growing up.<br /> Eden stalked towards me, that same sickening smile on his face. "So you came to the garden alone in an attempt to seduce the Lycan king,<br /> but now that you have been caught, you're attempting to falsely accuse me of cheating?" He roared in a false outrage<br /> "You devious woman, you even accused Nikkini your own sister. I never expected you to be so jealous, shameless, and vicious. I'm going to immediately break the mate bond with you. A woman like you does not deserve to be luna."<br /> I panicked plain and simple. I could barely hear anything over the loud sound of bells in my ear. Yes I wanted to confront them about the cheating, but I never thought I would get divorced on the day of the celebration.<br /> It's not that I'm holding on to Eden, No. He has proved time and time again that he's a piece of trash.<br /> But the pack, being their luna, holding their hands, knowing their names and the names of their loved ones.<br /> The way they look up to me with so much love makes me feel like I finally have a family of my own. I enjoy being Luna, and I'm a really good one If I do say so myself.<br /> I don't mind losing Eden but I can't lose the pack. So no I won't accept this divorce.<br /> "No, I won't let you do that. I refuse this divorce." I said quietly in a small calm voice.<br /> "You don't control what I can and cannot do, I Eden, Alpha of the blood diamond pack, reject you as my mate and strip you of your position as Luna."<br /> Eden said the official bond breaking words.<br /> I felt my soul cleave into two as the weak mate bond was pulled apart inside me. Even my wolf whimpered a bit from the pain, not the physical kind, but the soul wrecking kind.<br /> I never really loved Eden, I just loved the idea of what he represented for me. The freedom, the power, and the ability to finally have a family of my own.<br /> He never really gave me what I wanted anyway; all he did was serve me disappointment after disappointment for the full three years of marriage.<br /> I know my marriage has been toxic, but I was holding on to the sense of security offered by my position as Luna of the pack.<br /> "I accept the end of this marriage." I whispered in shock.<br /> Tears spilled down my eyes, as I stared at the mass of people standing opposite me at the end of the garden walk.<br /> I was so humiliated; I could hear the whispers of the other Lunas. I could feel their mocking pity. I had to be the first Luna to get divorced on such a big occasion as the annual festival.<br /> I could see Nikkini smiling mockingly at me. I'm very sure she was the one who planned and instigated everything.<br /> All the anger and fight just bled out of me.<br /> I wanted to escape here immediately, but when I was about to walk away, I feel someone dragged me from behind and said:<br /> "Will you be my Luna?"	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621,878	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":621884}'	Yes	2024-03-20 00:40	active	294	1145022270009445	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"Watch, girl. This was just an hour ago." He pushes play and I helplessly watch as Scarlet, a club bunny, rides Axel while Hendrix pounds into her from behind and Jax thrusts into her mouth.<br /> <br /> It feels like my insides are shutting down. I can't breathe. I'm not sure if I even want to at this point. This isn't real, it can't be happening. They wouldn't ... they wouldn't do this to me.<br /> <br /> There's no hope for me. He's right, no one is coming to rescue me. No one even knows what's really happening. I hate Scarlet, but at the same time I know they think I left them for someone else. They've been manipulated as well. Brent is dead because of me, I deserve this pain.<br /> <br /> They didn't even wait long before replacing me. The voice in my head says.<br /> <br /> My best friend was murdered because of me. My guys think I betrayed them and easily replaced me within hours. My family will think I abandoned them. I have nothing. I am nothing.<br /> <br /> ————————<br /> <br /> Dani pov<br /> "Are you excited about tonight, Dani girl?" Amanda, my pseudo aunt, asks as she helps me finish curling my long blonde hair. I look at her through the reflection in the mirror and she must see the happiness shining in my eyes because she pecks the top of my head. "Right, stupid question."<br /> "Excited isn't a big enough word to encomphip how I'm feeling right now. I'm just... God, I don't know, Mandy." I laugh at my lack of words and she squeezes my shoulders while smiling at me.<br /> "You're going to be an amazing Old Lady to those three boys of yours. This club has watched the four of you fall in love and we are all just as excited for it to be official now." I see tears shining in her eyes but she blinks them away before they can fall. "You, my sweet girl, deserve all the happiness in the world, and I know those boys will bend over backwards to make it happen. The circumstances that brought you into our lives weren't ideal, but this is where you were always meant to be."<br /> I've called the Devil's Disciples club home for eight years now, ever since my father abandoned me at a gas station when I was only ten years old, and told me I'm old enough to fend for myself.<br /> A lot of bad could have happened to me back then, but I was fortunate enough to be found by Snake, the club's president. He put me on the back of his bike and brought me to the club, giving me a family, and a real future in the process.<br /> Snake's son, Axel, and his two best friends, Jax and Hendrix, quickly became my everything. I got to grow up being a spoiled club princess with my three best friends.<br /> To absolutely no one's surprise, our platonic friendship changed into so much more the older we got. If I'm honest with myself, I've been in love with them since the moment we met.<br /> Snake was surprisingly happy for us, but he demanded we not take our relationship further until after I graduated school and turned eighteen. I won't lie, it's been frustrating keeping our hands to ourselves for two years, but tonight is finally the night we've been waiting for.<br /> Tonight Axel, Jax, and Hendrix are being officially patched in and I'm being named as their Old Lady. I graduated a month ago and my eighteenth birthday was last week. It's time.<br /> Hendrix, my big softy, wanted us to all wait to be intimate until after everything was officially recognized by the club. Something about 'The biker version of making an honest woman out of me.' Axel wanted to punch him in the face for being a schlong blocker, but eventually relented because, in his words, I'm worth the wait.<br /> "I'm going to head out, hun. I need to make sure everything is in order for tonight at the club." Mandy says, while grabbing her purse to leave. "The ceremony starts in about an hour, don't be late." She gives me a stern look, knowing I would be late to my own funeral if possible.<br /> "Trust me, tonight is the one night I'll definitely be on time for." I grin at her. She shakes her head in amusement.<br /> "We'll see. Taylor drew you a picture as a keepsake for tonight. When she gives it to you, act like it's the best artwork you've ever seen. She worked hard on it for her favorite person."<br /> <br /> "See you in a bit, Dani girl!" She waves bye and gets in her car. Once I see her headlights disappear, I go back inside and make sure everything is ready for after the ceremony tonight.<br /> Call me optimistic, but I bought a whole box of condoms. I also bought some scented candles and advil. I'm sure Hendrix made a gift basket with all the essentials, but I like to be prepared. It's not every day a girl loses her first time to the three loves of her life.<br /> I'm just finishing my mental checklist when my phone dings, letting me know the guys are active in the group chat. I can't help the bubble of laughter that escapes at their banter.<br /> Axel: Are u ready for tonight, Baby girl?<br /> Jax: Do u really have 2 ask? Our girl has been ready. If Hendrix wasn't such a clam jammer she would have jumped us weeks ago.<br /> Hendrix: Get out, Jax. Little one, you deserve for your first time to be special.<br /> Axel: It's ALL of our first time's, schlong. No matter what it will be special.<br /> Axel: So, who will be first, Baby girl?<br /> Jax: I nominate myself. Winky face emoji<br /> Hendrix: Of course u do. Eye roll emoji<br /> Hendrix: The choice is yours, little one. Don't feel pressured.<br /> Me: I love you guys. And I don't care who goes first. I'll leave that for you guys to decide, as long as it actually happens.<br /> Axel: I'm so hard right now.<br /> Jax: Same. Can we speed up the ceremony?<br /> Axel: I tried. Dad would angry if everything isn't done by the book.<br /> Hendrix: Heathens, both of you. Learn some patience.<br /> Hendrix: I love you too, Little one. Can't wait to see you in a bit.<br /> Axel: Go on with you! Hendrix.Love you too, Baby girl. <br /> Jax: Yeah, Go on with you! Hendrix. Also, I love you more, Love.<br /> Me: You guys are dorks. Finish getting ready for tonight b4 Snake gives you grunt work.<br /> I put my phone down and try to relax before it's time to leave for the clubhouse. I only live five minutes away, but it feels like a million with how antsy I am right now.<br /> The house I currently live in used to belong to Amanda and Scoot, but they gave it to me my senior year of highschool after they built their new house on the club's property. Before here, I stayed at the clubhouse in one of the rooms, but I like my solitude.<br /> Don't get me wrong, I love the club, but I like being able to walk downstairs in the middle of the night for a glhip of water without having to see some club bunny getting railed on the table where I eat breakfast by someone I consider family. The members of the club are family to me, but it doesn't mean I want to see their schlongs out. That's just nasty.<br /> Since the guys and I are becoming official tonight, they will be moving in here with me this weekend. Jax even took the liberty of buying a monster of a bed for all of us to sleep on. My house is finally becoming an actual home.<br /> I'm brought out of my thoughts when I hear a loud knock on my door. I can't keep the smile off my face as I go to answer, knowing Axel wouldn't be able to stay away for long.<br /> "Hendrix will kick your bu–" I open the door and my words die on my tongue when I see who it is.<br /> "Dani, You look good. Just like your momma did before she got knocked up with you." My father says, with a toothy grin on his sallow face.<br /> He looks worse than he did eight years ago when he left me at the gas station. He's scrawny, with rotted out teeth, and a sweaty complexion.<br /> "Wh-what are you doing here?" I croak out, hating how weak I sound even to my own ears.<br /> "Dani, Dani, Dani."He shakes his head in disappointment. "That's no way to greet your daddy. You didn't think I would forget about you did you? I've gotten myself into some trouble, girl, and only you can help me out." He tells me with a nasty gleam in his eyes. Bile is making its way up my throat now. I should have known he would never truly be done with me.<br /> "If you try anything, anything at all to hurt me, the entire Devil's Disciples club will come for you. They'll know it was you." I tell him with as much courage as my terrified voice will allow. He just laughs cruelly at me.<br /> I try to slam the door in his face but his boot stops me. Before I get a chance to turn and run he stabs me with something. He pulls back his hand and I see a syringe. Before my next thought is complete my world turns black.<br /> I wake with a jolt as my consciousness slowly comes back. Looking around I see that I'm tied up in the back of a van and my father is here with me, staring at me with dead eyes. Eyes he's always had when he looks at me.<br /> "You're finally awake." He says casually, like we're talking about the weather. I don't respond. What would I even say? It doesn't matter though. My guys will come looking for me and this will all be over. I just need to be patient.<br /> "I see those wheels turning in your head, girl. No one is coming for you." He has a wide smile on his face as he says this.<br /> "You're wrong. Axel, Jax, and Hendrix will always come for me. When they do, they will kill you!" I scream at him.<br /> "Not after they found your note, explaining that the biker life isn't for you and a photo of you and that friend of yours in a compromising position."<br /> "What note? What friend? What are you talking about?" None of what he's saying makes sense.<br /> "That friend of yours from school, Brent. According to the note and a photo a friend of mine edited, you and Brent fell in love and you decided to run off together."<br /> "Brent is gay and I would never cheat on them! They know I wouldn't. They'll see right through it and come for me." I know it down to my bones.<br /> "Well Brent disappeared last night too, after I put a magazine in his head and buried him in the desert. So it's all very convincing, what with you both disappearing at the same time and all." He laughs like any of what he just said is funny.<br /> "No. No, no, no! He's not dead! Please. You're lying. Brent is innocent." The last part is barely a whisper as my emotions clog my throat. Brent is a good person. This is my fault. If he was never my friend he wouldn't have been caught up in this mess.<br /> "I wasn't sure if I could pull this off. I've been watching you for some time and I figured those boys of yours would hunt you down for some answers at least. Imagine my surprise when my friend sent me a video of all three of them banging one of them club whores not long after leaving your place. They sure didn't wait long to replace you. Must not have been that special to them after all, huh, Dani girl?" He smirks at me. I want to rip that smirk off his stupid face.<br /> "Now I know you're lying. I won't fall for your tricks, I know them better than anyone, and they wouldn't ever touch a club girl, no matter how upset they were at me." He pulls out his phone and puts it in front of my face.<br /> "Watch, girl. This was just an hour ago." He pushes play and I helplessly watch as Scarlet, a club bunny, rides Axel while Hendrix pounds into her from behind and Jax thrusts into her mouth.<br /> It feels like my insides are shutting down. I can't breathe. I'm not sure if I even want to at this point. This isn't real, it can't be happening. They wouldn't... they wouldn't do this to me.<br /> "Ah now you're getting it." He puts his phone back into his pocket and grabs my chin roughly. "Ya know, I never wanted a kid, let alone a daughter. Women are useless. It wasn't until recently that I realized you can actually be of some value to me after all. I owe someone a lot of money, and unfortunately I wasn't able to pay them back. I did have you though. It took some time to track you down but imagine my surprise when I found you living with a biker club. I had to get creative to finally get you away from those boys of yours, but after some help I figured it out. The guy you're going to isn't very nice but if you play your cards right you should be fine." I say nothing.<br /> There's no hope for me. He's right, no one is coming to rescue me. No one even knows what's really happening. I hate the guys for banging Scarlet, but at the same time I know they think I left them for someone else. They've been manipulated as well. Brent is dead because of me, I deserve this pain.<br /> They didn't even wait long before replacing me. The voice in my head says.<br /> I had everything. I had a family, three amazing boyfriends, and a bright future. I had it all. Now, now I have nothing.<br /> I can feel what little hope I had left leave my soul as my mind replays that video in my head on repeat.<br /> My best friend was murdered because of me. My guys think I betrayed them and easily replaced me within hours. My family will think I abandoned them. I have nothing. I am nothing.<br /> "We've got a long drive and I don't feel like listening to you whine." I realize I'm crying when he says this. He pulls out another syringe and stabs me in the arm with it. I don't even try to fight him.<br /> Later on when I wake up, chained to a basement floor with several other girls, I realize...I was a stupid, foolish, naive little girl and life can always get worse.<br /> <br /> 7 years later<br /> The base runs through me, syncing with my heart. My body sways in time with the beat as I lift my arms up and embrace the feeling of freedom. I'll never take it for granted again.<br /> My black rooted, silver hair is up in a faux hawk to keep it from sticking to my neck. My dark winged brown eyes open as a pair of hands grab ahold of my hips and the person behind me grinds into my hip. Thick fingers trail up by undressed stomach and grope my leather bralette covered breasts. I don't even need to turn around to know who is behind me.<br /> So predictable.<br /> Kyle Sandcliff, 32, trust fund baby, and overall waste of human life.<br /> I grab his hand from my chest and pull him along with me to the unlocked 'Employees only' break room. Once we're both in the room, I close and lock the door before turning around to face him. He doesn't waste any time as he pins me to the door and shoves his tongue down my throat. I give as good as I get before I bite his bottom lip, drawing blood.<br /> "Baby. You're a feisty one." He says, before he immediately undoes his pants and pulls his tiny schlong out.<br /> "Get on your knees and suck me, baby. If you're a good girl, I'll reward you with my fat schlong in your private part." Wow, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in confidence.<br /> I get on my knees and lick the head of his schlong. This guy doesn't wash his balls very well. It smells like rank hip. But a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. So I take one for the team and shove his entire schlong in my mouth. The smell makes me gag and dipshit thinks it's because of his size. Typical.<br /> "That's it baby, choke on my schlong." He grunts.<br /> God, please stop talking.<br /> I need to end this before I actually throw up. I grab my dagger from my boot and slowly bring it to his thigh while his eyes are closed. His schlong starts to swell so I pull him from my mouth.<br /> "What, I was almost there!" He yells, as he looks down.<br /> As soon as his eyes lock on mine I shove my blade deep in his femoral artery and drag it down, effectively slicing it open. He screams but the music drowns him out. His voice dies down as he bleeds out. I look him deep in his fading eyes.<br /> "My name is Karma, and this is for the force woman to intercourse with him and murder of Veronica Douglhip."<br /> Once his black soul finally leaves his body, and goes to inferno where it belongs, I wipe my blade on his Oxford shirt and pull my cell from my pocket.<br /> "Emery, package pickup confirmed." I tell my partner.<br /> "Received." Is all she says before the call is disconnected.<br /> I stroll out of the crowded Miami club, and walk two blocks where I destroy and toss the burner cell. I walk another two blocks and Emery is there to pick me up. I get in the black 1967 Shelby Mustang and we take off for the private air strip where I finally get to brush my teeth and use half a bottle of mouthwash after we load the jet. I come out of the small bathroom to Emery's smirking face.<br /> "Shut up, bimbo." But she just bursts out laughing.<br /> "I don't know why you insist on going so far with your marks before you kill them. You know, you wouldn't have to deal with cheese balls if you did what I do and just kill them as soon as you get them alone instead of playing with them." She repeats the same thing she says to me every time I do a job. I just roll my eyes and sit down.<br /> "I enjoy edging them before I end their lives. Imagine using a vibrator and right before you come the batteries die." She winces at this.<br /> "Yeah that is terrible. I hate when that happens." She tells me.<br /> "Exactly. For them, instead of batteries dying, it's them dying. It's very cathartic for me." I tell her with a shrug.<br /> "You're psychotic, but I love you all the more for it." She grins at me and I just wink at her.<br /> I don't get close to people. Not since seven years ago when my life irrevocably changed. Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely take a magazine for Emery, and she's like family to me. But I will never allow myself to be vulnerable with someone else. She knows this, she even understands this.<br /> We got plastered one night and I spilled my guts about the boys who shattered my heart when I was abducted. So she knows why I keep a distance. She hates it, but she learned not to push me too much a while ago. That's why I requested to have Emery as my partner. She doesn't pry.<br /> "What does the boss lady say about our next mission?" I ask. "Please tell me it's in the Caribbean or somewhere just as peaceful." I whine.<br /> "Sorry babe, it's in Nevada." My lungs stop working. Nevada. No. I swore to myself I would never step foot back in that state. It still hurts too bad to think about. Being that close to them would kill me.<br /> "A group requested our help with some missing women. Apparently several women have been going missing in the past year and so far nothing has been found that can lead to any clues. It's like they just vanished into thin air. The group reached out through one of our past clients and requested our help. They are paying triple what we usually ask for because they're so desperate." She tells me all this, and I hear it, I swear I do, but all I can focus on is her saying Nevada.<br /> "What group is asking for our help?" I ask her, with my heart in my throat.<br /> "A motorcycle club. The Devil's Disciples." As soon as the words leave her mouth my breath heaves from my lungs and my throat closes up. This can't be happening. The world can't be so cruel.<br /> "Karma, are you ok?" Emery frantically asks me.<br /> "I'm fi...fine." I manage to choke out. "When do we head there?"<br /> "Tonight. We meet with them tomorrow night to get started. They requested to work the case with us, much to the boss lady's annoyment. But they hipured us they won't get in the way and understand we will be leading the case." She rolls her eyes at this.<br /> Our boss, who we call 'Boss Lady', saved my life and ever since then I've worked for her at 'The company'. Basic names I know, but it keeps everything anonymous. Especially when we kill people for a living. I can't decide not to work a case. I owe my boss my life. Plus, how selfish would it be for me to abandon innocent women in need of saving just because I'm reluctant to face my past? My boss found and saved me when I was in a similar situation six years ago. I'll swallow my pride and pull up my bad bimbo panties to get this job done and then I'll close out that page in my life for good.<br /> Doesn't mean I have to like it though.<br /> <br /> Terrible Nevada.<br /> It's not the state's fault, really. I know this. I still hate this place, though. It's the place where my dreams started to come true and it's the place where they inevitably crashed and burned...and then went through a meat grinder.<br /> Isn't it funny how life turns out? No, you're right. It's not funny. It's horrifying.<br /> I won't lie, a tiny part of me is anticipating seeing my boys again. No, not my boys. The boys. I'm just so angry at them and hurt. They hurt me. I know technically they were played too. They got a note along with a photoshopped picture of me and another man doing God knows what, telling them that I didn't want them and that I was running off with someone else. I know they only screwed Scarlet to get back at me because they were hurting too. It doesn't make watching them do it hurt any less though. The evil part of me wants to make them suffer a little. The sad and lonely part wants to get everything cleared up and be back in their arms like nothing ever happened. That part needs to jump off a cliff though. I'm not the same person I was then and I never will be.<br /> Too much has happened. Plus I know that if they ever found out the truth, they would hate themselves. They wouldn't be able to handle it. It's best to just leave the past where it is. No good can come from dredging up all that hurt and anguish.<br /> Our plane got in last night, and we stayed at a cheap motel where we both immediately phiped out. We've been on back-to-back missions lately, and all the traveling can be exhausting. Boss lady informed us that Emery and I will be staying at the guy's clubhouse during this mission so we don't run the risk of drawing too much attention by going back and forth between the club and a hotel in case the place is being watched. I don't know why they would be watching the club but we should find out more details later tonight.<br /> Emery is already at the club so she can get all her tech gear set up. I really should head over there but I'm being a coward right now.<br /> It's been seven years. That's a long time to be gone without a trace, only to pop up out of nowhere.<br /> I look at myself in the mirror and take stock of the differences between how the old me looked and how I look now. My blonde hair used to be a sun smooched shade, now it's mostly silver with black roots, and goes down my back to the top of my hip.<br /> I have an athletic build with feminine curves compared to my tiny frame from before. Instead of girly pink and modest attire with bows, I mostly wear black and leave little to the imagination. The part that's changed the most are my eyes. They used to be so happy and full of life. Now they're dead and haunted. Not to mention the scars. My body is riddled with them now. They won't see those though. I have tattoos covering the ones visible through clothing. The ones on my back I couldn't cover though. I tried, but the scar tissue made it too painful. I got a tattoo on my spine that looks as if a snake is weaving around it. I couldn't handle any more work done. My skin was too sensitive for any more. Too much damage to the nerve endings and you have to find a really good artist who can tattoo deep set scar tissue without it looking blown out and weird.<br /> Thinking about my tattoos makes me think about little Taylor and the odd drawings she used to make. I've always wondered if she ended up sticking with her love of art, and if she did what became of it.<br /> I shake my head of those thoughts and finish looking myself over to make sure I'm ready.<br /> My hair is in loose waves and I'm wearing my makeup as my armor. Full smokey eye with a bold winged liner and dark bold red lips. I'm wearing black distressed skinny jeans with a black lace corset top and a cropped leather jacket over top. Inside my jacket I have my blades and inside my knee high boots I have my two tactical guns. I'm never not prepared.<br /> I've spent enough time procrastinating. Let's get this thing over with.<br /> I need a vacation.<br /> I park my matte black MV Agusta F4CC bike once I make it inside the gate at the compound. We're estimating being on this job for a little while, so I had my baby shipped overnight. I pull my helmet off and the urge to put it right back on and drive away hits me so hard that my hands start sweating.<br /> <br /> I hate feeling weak and vulnerable. I collect myself and my emotions and firmly fix my emotionless mask on my face. There aren't too many people here tonight, so I'm hipuming there's no party going on.<br /> Good, that means they're taking this mission seriously.<br /> I climb the steps and manage not to reminisce on the memories of running down these steps into the guys arms when they would get back from road trips in the past. It's weird how this place used to feel so much like home, and now I'm practically a stranger walking into a new place.<br /> I hate this.<br /> I walk inside and see about fifteen people hanging out, drinking, and just enjoying themselves. I know Emery and the guys are in the room used for church, waiting on me. But I see someone sitting at the bar and can't help myself but to sit down next to them.<br /> "I was wondering when you were going to finally come by, doll." He tells me.<br /> "Yeah, well, would have been sooner if you told me about all the missing women before now." I snark back.<br /> "I knew you were busy living your life. I knew you would come when you were ready." He looks at me and I immediately drop my mask.<br /> "I'll never be ready, Snake. But I would have come and helped you. All you had to do was say so. You know that." I tell him sincerely.<br /> "I know, doll." He pauses as his eyes take in my features.<br /> "You look good." He tells me sincerely. I can see he's trying his best to hold in his emotions. I'm having the same issue since finally seeing him after all these years.<br /> "So do you, Snake."<br /> I reached out to Snake after my boss rescued me from inferno. I told him everything and he believed every word. He knew that letter and the photos were fake. How sad is that? He knew immediately, yet the three guys who said they were in love with me didn't for a second think it was anything other than real.<br /> He told me he looked for me, but I vanished without a trace, much like the current missing girls. It's not easy hunting a ghost.<br /> I kept in touch with Snake in secret over the years, I made him promise not to ever mention a word about any of it to the guys until I was ready to face them myself.<br /> No matter what the circumstances were, they replaced me with another woman too easily. They didn't even try to find me, not even to scream at me for abandoning them like they believed I did. They just moved on with their lives while I was stuck in inferno.<br /> I know Snake stepped down as President and let Axel take over, Jax became V.P, and Hendrix became the Enforcer. He slipped that information in one time during casual conversation and that was the last time I spoke to him. That was a year ago. He knew I didn't want to hear about them, it hurt too bad.<br /> "You ready, doll?" Snake asks as he gets up from his stool.<br /> "Not even a little. Lead the way." He nods his head and gives me a rehipuring smile but nothing he could do or say will make this any easier on me.<br /> I walk behind Snake as we head to church. He walks in first and I walk around him and go up to Emery with my back to the room. I make sure I show no outward emotions as I fix my mask back into place.<br /> I'm a new person. The old me died a long time ago. No matter who they used to be to me, I can't show weakness. Let's just solve this case so I can get out of here.<br /> "Gentlemen, this is Karma. She's never missed a target and has a 1oo% success rate in search and rescue for kidnapped and imprisoned victims." Emery announces to the room.<br /> I finally turn around and face my past. Snake has a big smirk on his face. Axel's eyes are bugging out of his head and his jaw is dropped. Jax looks like he's seen a ghost. And Hendrix...Hendrix looks ready to kill me.<br /> "Long time, no see." I say with a smirk on my face and a flippant tone that I don't feel in the least. Let them think what they want, they abandoned me long before I gave up on them.<br /> <br /> Axel pov<br /> "What are you doing here?" Immediately comes out of my mouth. This selfish bimbo shows up now? After seven years? <br /> I don't know what kind of cruel cosmic joke the devil is playing on me right now.	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621,596	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) null	Yes	2024-03-20 00:40	active	294	1470192813877681	Read the full version now. >>>	💔💔💔The day Grace was released from prison, two men were waiting for her. One of them sent her to prison, and the other one convicted her.<br /> <br /> The snow was very heavy that day. They looked like two snowmen waiting outside the prison.<br /> <br /> Grace vowed in her heart, she’d make everyone pay the price for putting her there.<br /> <br /> "Get yourself a job and be a good person out there."<br /> <br /> That’s what the warden said to Grace as he opened the gate and set her free. <br /> <br /> Grace nodded. Through the iron bar on the prison window, she could see two black cars parked out of the gate. Waiting for her. <br /> <br /> One of them was Grace’s ex-boyfriend, and the other one was her childhood best friend.<br /> <br /> In front of them, two men from her past… Jacob and Sean.<br /> <br /> The two men stood quietly in front of their cars, snow falling gently from above<br /> <br /> Sean held a black umbrella and stared at the gate as it slowly opened. Jacob kept looking at his watch.<br /> <br /> They looked exactly as they did the day she went to prison. Tall, handsome, strong. If they hadn't sent Grace to prison and told the other inmates to “take good care” of her, maybe she’d run into their arms. <br /> <br /> Three years ago, Grace went to confront the richest girl in town Lily Atkinson for her cruelty, and her sister Jennifer was also there. In an unfortunate turn of events, Jennifer died in a car wreck. Although it was a terrible accident, everyone put the blame solely on Grace. <br /> <br /> Lily dragged her sister’s lifeless body out of the burning car and called the police. Sean arrived soon after. <br /> <br /> Lily sat on the ground and cried out, "Sean, your girlfriend killed my sister!"<br /> <br /> Sean's first reaction was to push Grace down onto the ground in case she ran away.<br /> <br /> But Grace was already hurt from her own injuries in the accident, and she was too weak to resist. What’s more… she was pregnant with Sean’s baby. <br /> <br /> Then Jacob rushed over, his eyes bloodshot as he questioned Grace, still laying on the ground. “Grace… how could you do this?” <br /> <br /> She couldn’t believe it. The two most important men in her, now thought she was an evil monster. She didn’t get the chance to explain the truth before the police took her away in handcuffs.<br /> <br /> Her heart took yet another blow when she walked into court and saw Jacob on Lily’s side, serving as her lawyer. <br /> <br /> Jacob argued to the court that everything was Grace’s fault. And they believed him. She was convicted of reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.<br /> <br /> After the judge announced her sentence, he walked past her and said, "Grace, you deserve this. Everyone has to pay for their mistakes."<br /> <br /> Once in prison, she quickly realized that life behind bars was going to be brutal. She was beaten by other inmates in places cameras couldn’t see so the guards never interfered. Her cell mates would grab her by the hair and shove her into toilets. She had bruises and cuts all the time. But she was stubborn, and never cried. That only made them beat her harder.<br /> <br /> One night, they even broke the bones in her fingers, one by one. She felt helpless and alone, with no one to turn to for help.<br /> <br /> At first, Grace didn't know why she was targeted. But after a while, she discovered the real reason. Grace sucked up to one of the female guards in prison, washing her feet, giving her massages, and even doing her laundry. Finally, she gained her trust, and she told Grace the truth. <br /> <br /> "You poor little thing… Someone paid us to beat you.” <br /> <br /> Grace knew immediately who was responsible.<br /> <br /> The man who she loved. The man who she thought would never betray her. The man who swore that he would always protect her. <br /> <br /> Sean Stevens. <br /> <br /> She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw their cars outside the gates. Grace begged the warden to let her leave from the back entrance. She couldn’t bear to see their faces. <br /> <br /> What if they still hated her? What if they wanted to hurt her even more?<br /> <br /> To them, I’m nothing. I can’t fight back against them. Grace thought to herself. <br /> <br /> Grace remembered her confrontation with Lily Atkinson. Lily stood in front of Grace while holding her dog and shouted, "Did you know? My dog is worth 70,000 dollars. Bet that’s more than your grandfather’s life is worth."<br /> <br /> Grace was three when her mother died, and her father remarried and abandoned her. After that, her grandfather raised her all by himself. <br /> <br /> He worked night and day collecting junk, just to get enough pennies scrap by. <br /> <br /> When Grace was in junior high, they moved to the city from the countryside and lived in a small rental apartment. Her grandfather told her that they could make more money in the city because there was more junk to collect. <br /> <br /> But Grace knew the true reason why her grandfather wanted her to go to school there.<br /> <br /> The girls in the city had shiny hairpins, and Grace wanted them too.<br /> <br /> Grace’s grandfather once stood outside a small jewelry store for hours, before finally going inside to buy a shiny new hairpin for Grace. He wanted her to fit in, and be just like every other girl.<br /> <br /> The school she attended offered financial aid to students from lower-class families. Grace’s teacher Mrs. Green helped her apply for it. That’s when Grace met Jacob, Mrs. Green’s son. The two became fast friends. <br /> <br /> Jacob had the best scores at school, and he occasionally helped Grace with her studies. Because of him, her grades quickly improved.<br /> <br /> Grace’s grandfather was very grateful to Mrs. Green for helping his granddaughter. He had no money to repay her, so he offered to help tend her garden. <br /> <br /> Mrs. Green lived in a small cottage. After school every day, Grace’s grandfather tended the garden while Jacob and Grace did their homework and played in the yard. <br /> <br /> Once, Mrs. Green joked to Grace’s grandfather, "Your granddaughter is so sweet and adorable. Maybe she and Jacob will make a cute couple someday."<br /> <br /> He rubbed his hands nervously and said, "We’d be lucky to have Jacob with us. He’s a gifted boy."<br /> <br /> Jacob blushed deep red, but he kept his head down and pretended not to hear. <br /> <br /> Later, Grace was accepted by a top university, and her grandfather returned to the countryside. He didn't let Grace go back with him, but sometimes she would visit secretly. <br /> <br /> That’s when Grace saw him begging friends for money to cover her college tuition. <br /> <br /> Her grandfather always did his best to give her everything. She vowed in her heart that she would grow up to be a rich lawyer, so he would never have to work again. <br /> <br /> He was the best grandfather that anyone could have asked for, but then… he died.<br /> <br /> The year after graduating from law school, Grace started dating Sean Stevens. His family was rich and powerful, a well-known name. Suddenly, her father wanted to be in her life again. <br /> <br /> The day she took Sean to meet her grandfather, he said to her, "He is a good man. You should keep him."<br /> <br /> He held her hand and patted it. "Now that you’re with a rich man, you need to look the part. Wear beautiful clothes and jewels. Otherwise, his family will look down on you.."<br /> <br /> Afterwards, her grandfather continued to collect junk to make money behind her back. Grace told him not to, many times. He was getting too old, and she was worried about his health. But it wouldn’t be poor health that took him away…<br /> <br /> It was winter, three years ago. He was tackled by an unleashed dog in the park when he was collecting junk.<br /> <br /> He fell headfirst on the concrete, blood spilling everywhere.<br /> <br /> Grace would later find out; it was Lily's dog. The one she said was worth 70,000 dollars.<br /> <br /> Her grandfather was rushed to the hospital, but the damage was already done. He became paralyzed. <br /> <br /> Grace owed a lot of money to the hospital, so she went to Lily for compensation. It was her dog after all. <br /> <br /> Lily stood in front of Grace and said arrogantly, "You are Sean’s girlfriend? What, you didn't get money from him, so you came crawling to me?" <br /> <br /> Everyone knew Lily had always liked Sean. But he chose Grace over her, and she hated her for it. <br /> <br /> "My dog's leg is broken because of your idiot grandfather, I should be the one asking you for money!" She sneered down her nose, and said, "You and your grandpa are just a bunch of country bumpkins. You’re both worthless!"<br /> <br /> Grace couldn’t hold back the rage inside her. She slapped Lily across the face. <br /> <br /> The two started to fight, pulling and clawing at each other. Jennifer, Lily’s sister, saw this and came to help. <br /> <br /> By this point, Grace was already pregnant, too weak to fight them off both, so she ran to her car to drive away. Jennifer and Lily chased after her in their fancy convertible. The car chase was too fast, and it spun out of control. That’s when the accident happened. <br /> <br /> After her arrest, Grace didn't even try to escape. She knew she was doomed, so she cried to Sean and Jacob from across the courtroom, hoping that at least one of them could take care of her grandfather.<br /> <br /> But they were on the side of Jennifer and Lily. <br /> <br /> Inside the prison, she was informed that her grandfather had been discharged from the hospital, because he couldn’t afford to stay.<br /> <br /> He was an old man, and now paralyzed. He didn’t want to be a burden to Grace anymore. A few days later, she was told he took his own life. <br /> <br /> That same day, Grace laid alone on the ice-cold ground in her cell, and lost her baby.<br /> <br /> She couldn't save her grandfather… or her baby. Her whole family was gone.<br /> <br /> Some time later, Lily went to see her in prison. <br /> <br /> She whispered to Grace, "My dog is trained. Do you really think he tackled your grandfather by accident?” <br /> <br /> Trained dogs know nothing, only to follow their owner’s orders, and his owner’s heart… was cruel. <br /> <br /> Grace had a lot of time to think while she was in prison. She blamed herself for the death of her grandfather. Lily would’ve never harmed her grandfather if she didn’t date Sean. She wasn’t a good granddaughter to him. Just a piece of garbage.<br /> <br /> If she could turn back time, she wouldn’t want any shiny hairpins or any nice dresses, and she most certainly wouldn’t want Sean Stevens. <br /> <br /> The only thing she wants… is just to have her family back. <br /> <br /> But they were all dead. <br /> <br /> Chapter 1<br /> <br /> Grace opened her eyes and woke up from her daydream with a gasp. It was another dream of everything that happened all those years ago. Or, more like a nightmare.<br /> <br /> She looked down at her calloused, misshapen hands. After three years of imprisonment, and the multiple fractures to her bones, her hands would never look or feel the same way again. <br /> <br /> They healed oddly because the prison doctors hadn’t bothered to properly reset them. Her joints looked distorted, and she still had residual pain and nerve damage. She still struggled with some more complicated movements, and her fingers ached especially when it was cold or humid outside. It was a constant reminder of her time behind bars.<br /> <br /> Grace flexed her hands and breathed deeply. <br /> <br /> It’s okay. You’re okay. <br /> <br /> Today is a new day. <br /> <br /> She repeated the mantra as she stood up and resumed working. <br /> <br /> Sometimes, the memories were too much for her. <br /> <br /> She’d lost more than just her freedom in that accident. Her future. Her boyfriend. Her grandpa. Everyone and everything she’d cared about was gone in an instant. <br /> <br /> Jennifer Atkinson was the daughter of one of the most powerful families in the country. She was even engaged to Jason Reed—the richest man in the city. <br /> <br /> It’s okay. You’re okay. <br /> <br /> Today is a new day. <br /> <br /> You don’t need anybody.<br /> <br /> Grace finished mopping the cafeteria, wiping the sweat off her forehead.<br /> <br /> She caught a glimpse of herself in a mirror on the wall. She wore the bright-colored work suit of a janitor, her long hair tied into a simple ponytail. Her delicate face was slightly reddish due to the cold weather, and her mouth was pressed into a thin line. <br /> <br /> If you were to only look at her face, you’d think she had just graduated from college. But the glow of youth and innocence was gone. She’d seen how cruel the world could be. <br /> <br /> The eyes that stared back at her were old, far older, and duller than they used to be.<br /> <br /> She sighed and rolled her cleaning cart toward the exit. <br /> <br /> With an eye on the time, she moved quickly and efficiently to clean the rest of the building. <br /> <br /> The life of a janitor wasn’t glamorous, but after she left prison this was the only job she could find. <br /> <br /> As she packed her things to leave, she heard two people watching the news on their phones.<br /> <br /> “Did you hear? Lily Atkinson is engaged to Sean Stevens!” <br /> <br /> “God, she’s so lucky! She’s basically a superstar and rich already, , now she is going to marry into the even wealthier Stevens family."<br /> <br /> Grace shuddered, and then she hurried out of the office building.<br /> <br /> She took a deep breath, and repeated her mantra again, pushed the thoughts of her ex-boyfriend and his new fiancée far from her mind.<br /> <br /> This time of year, the cold winter wind blew harshly, sending pain through her hands. <br /> <br /> She had forgotten to grab her coat on her way out, too fixated on escaping any more ‘good news’ about the happy couple that made her life hell.<br /> <br /> Suddenly, a Ferrari stopped in front of her. Three men and a woman got out of the car, all obviously drunk. <br /> <br /> One of the men looked at Grace, and through his drunken haze he recognized her. “I know you! You’re Sean’s ex-girlfriend, aren’t you?”<br /> <br /> Grace paled. The man in front of her was another trust fund baby in Sean’s social circle. She cussed out once when he made a pass at her, knowing she was dating Sean. She searched her mind for his name: Christopher Peterson.<br /> <br /> In hindsight, many of Sean’s friends were elitist creeps. She should’ve paid more attention to that. Birds of a feather do flock together. <br /> <br /> "Aren’t you supposed to be a lawyer?" He walked towards her with staggering steps. <br /> <br /> Another man stepped forward after Chris. Grace didn’t recognize him. “Hey, didn’t you know? She went to jail after killing the Atkinson girl."<br /> <br /> “Ha, look at her rags!” The woman pointed at her clothes and laughed. "She’s just a poor janitor now!”<br /> <br /> Chris stepped closer, alcohol on his breath. “Pretty girl like you… There are better ways for you to make money. You should come with me tonight. Beats sweeping the streets." <br /> <br /> He held out his big, fat hand and the other three burst into laughter.<br /> <br /> But Chris wasn’t asking permission; he was already moving in on Grace. She flinched away from his hand, but there was a building right behind her and he was blocking her exits. He grabbed her arms and pressed her against the wall.<br /> <br /> It was late at night, and no one passed by this part of the city. <br /> <br /> She screamed but she knew there was nothing left inside the building who could hear.<br /> <br /> Chris’ friends got back into the car. They didn’t care what he did to her. <br /> <br /> She tried struggling and pushing against his chest. He got angry, and knocked her head back against the wall, dimming her vision. <br /> <br /> He wrapped a hand around her throat and tightened, while she clawed at his arm. “L-let me go…”<br /> <br /> Grace kicked out hard, kneeing him in the crotch. <br /> <br /> He growled in pain, then backhanded her so hard her ears started ringing. <br /> <br /> When she kicked again, he jumped backward, and it was just the chance she needed. Grace slipped from his arms and took off running. <br /> <br /> Christopher blocked the way back into her building, so she had no choice but to run down the street. <br /> <br /> Construction on the road limited the traffic and the late hour ensured there was no one to help her—or to hear her scream.<br /> <br /> She heard the sound of a car engine starting and tires screeching, and she knew he hadn’t abandoned the chase. She stuck to the sidewalk thinking she could evade them, but when she turned down a side street, the car jumped the curb and followed. <br /> <br /> When she came out the other side and circled back down the next street, thinking she could run back to the office for safety, the car cut around her and clipped her, sending her to the ground. <br /> <br /> She collapsed and struggled to lift her head off the pavement. <br /> <br /> Chris leapt out of the car. His two friends fanned out on either side. She could only make out their shadows, headlights blinding her. <br /> <br /> She scrambled to stand as Chris shook his head at Grace. “You didn’t think I'd forget the way you insulted me, did you? You told Sean what I did to you, and it cost my family millions!”<br /> <br /> He advanced on her like a predator. “But Sean isn’t here to protect you anymore...” <br /> <br /> Grace finally got back on her feet, but she was slow, still disoriented. <br /> <br /> When Christopher lunged, her body couldn’t react quick enough, and he pinned her to the concrete. <br /> <br /> “Stop! Let go!” Grace cried on the top of her lungs. <br /> <br /> “I think you should listen to the lady.” A cold voice said from behind them. <br /> <br /> Chris froze. Grace turned her head to the man standing beside them. She didn’t know where he came from. <br /> <br /> “Mind your own business!” Chris told him. He wasn’t scared of the man. It was three against one. <br /> <br /> Grace whimpered. She had no reason to think this newcomer would risk himself for some stranger on the street. And if he did, she had no doubt he would lose…<br /> <br /> Terrence Klein shifted in the driver’s seat and considered his options. <br /> <br /> His boss, Jason, had approached the scene near the sports car in the middle of the road. A woman on the ground and the three men above her. <br /> <br /> He glanced around, gauging if there were any traffic cameras on this deserted stretch of road or if there were any other bystanders who might witness Jason committing a crime. <br /> <br /> Terrence had seen his boss lose it before. He only hoped he wouldn’t go too far.<br /> <br /> But he knew Jason, and what he was capable of. <br /> <br /> This was going to be bloody. <br /> <br /> Jason wanted to be alone tonight. But these goons with the ferrari had disturbed his peace. And by the looks of it, they were tormenting an innocent woman.<br /> <br /> Every year on this day, Jason always closed this whole road and drove along it by himself, wearing his old clothes from his younger days.<br /> <br /> No one dared to ask him for his reasons.<br /> <br /> Even Terrence, who had worked for Jason all these years, didn't know the reason why. <br /> <br /> But he never questioned his boss. Not even now, as he watched Jason lift a heavyset man with ease and slam his head against the wall over and over.<br /> <br /> He got out of the car.<br /> <br /> Beating up some thugs was one thing. Killing them… that wouldn’t be so easy to overlook. Or clean up.<br /> <br /> And the men on this road were driving a Ferrari, and wore designer clothes and watches. Which meant they weren’t ordinary street thugs. They had money.<br /> <br /> He saw his boss pull the man on the ground off the woman and began punching him over and over, until his face was twisted and bloody. He started toward Jason and then paused when just as suddenly, his boss stopped his attacks… Because the woman on the ground told him to.<br /> <br /> “Stop. Please.” Grace touched the stranger’s arm. "He’s had enough. If you keep doing this, he’ll die."<br /> <br /> "So?" the man said. But despite his protests, he let Chris go, who slid down the wall. <br /> <br /> Grace was stunned. It wasn't until this moment that she really was able to see the man clearly.<br /> <br /> He was handsome. With dark eyes and a strong jaw. Full lips and a strong body. <br /> <br /> His hair was longer on top and just slightly messy in the most perfect way. <br /> <br /> When Chrisgot to his feet, the man took a menacing step toward him.<br /> <br /> “Don’t,” she said. “He isn’t worth it.”<br /> <br /> The man’s dark eyes returned to her. He had killing intent in them, as if these people's lives meant nothing. <br /> <br /> Grace took a deep breath. "It’s not worth being imprisoned for a lowlife like him."<br /> <br /> The man didn’t move or say a word, but she sensed him relaxing. <br /> <br /> Chris ran to grab his injured friends and get back into his car. “You’ll pay for this!” he screamed.<br /> <br /> Grace didn’t know if he was addressing her, the stranger, or maybe both. <br /> <br /> But she wasn’t scared. There wasn’t much he could do that she hadn’t already experienced in prison. <br /> <br /> The woman who’d been with these bastards stuck her head out of the car. “Wait… I think I’ve seen that guy at a party before…”<br /> <br /> The other three men looked at her like she was insane. One asked, “Are you crazy? That’s just a random homeless guy."<br /> <br /> Grace understood their confusion. <br /> <br /> The man—her savior—wore old ragged clothes. He looked… as broken as she did. <br /> <br /> This was not a rich person like them . His jacket was threadbare, and his face looked haunted by his past.<br /> <br /> Chris peeled out with his buddies. Grace watched the car as it disappeared down the street. When the road was once again quiet, she looked back at the man. <br /> <br /> She hesitantly said, "Thank you… for saving me back there."<br /> <br /> He grunted in response. <br /> <br /> He walked across to the other side of the road, he sat down with his back against a brick wall.<br /> <br /> It was cold and windy. And the temperature was due to drop even lower. If this man had nowhere to stay, he’d freeze to death out here.<br /> <br /> Grace started walking over to him. He’d saved her life. She couldn’t leave him here alone.<br /> <br /> “Hey, it’s pretty late. Aren’t you going home now?” She crouched down to him. “Where is your family? Do you have their phone number? I can help you call them and ask them to pick you up.”<br /> <br /> He slowly raised his head and Grace saw… pure darkness.<br /> <br /> It was the same darkness she’d seen in her own eyes too many times. <br /> <br /> The kind of darkness that spoke of nothing to live for. No hope. <br /> <br /> "If you have nowhere to stay," she said softly. “You can come with me.”<br /> <br /> Grace did not expect to bring a stranger back to her apartment. She wasn’t impulsive by nature, and she certainly hadn’t dated anyone or even considered hooking up with a man since being released, especially after her experience with Sean.<br /> <br /> But this man had saved her from a horrendous situation. She shuddered at the thought of what could’ve happened if he wasn't there. <br /> <br /> Those men, the three of them were soulless… and how could that woman watch on while she was beat up? As an attorney, she would’ve fought hard to see all of them in prison for their crimes or complacency in it. But life had taught her that the innocent rarely prevailed. <br /> <br /> And life was never fair. <br /> <br /> So why bring this man home?<br /> <br /> Perhaps she wasn’t ready to concede just yet. <br /> <br /> Her apartment was small, just one room with a small kitchen and bathroom. She grabbed a blanket from the closet and laid it on the floor. She took her pillow and placed it on the floor.<br /> <br /> “The bathroom is just through there,” she said.<br /> <br /> He walked in and closed the door behind him. The water kicked on a moment later. <br /> <br /> When the man came out of the bathroom, his hair was wet. He had washed his hair and face. His sleeves were rolled up.<br /> <br /> Looking at the man's wet hair, Grace fetched a towel and said, "Bend over, please."<br /> <br /> The man eyed her suspiciously.<br /> <br /> "I just want to help you dry your hair with a towel," she said. "You could catch a cold."<br /> <br /> He still gazed at her, but after a few moments he asked in a deep voice, "Are you really so concerned about me?"<br /> <br /> "Yes." Grace did not avoid eye contact with him. "After bringing you to my home, I don't want you getting sick."<br /> <br /> With his eyes taking her in like she was some oddity, he slowly bent over.<br /> <br /> Toweling his wet hair, Grace asked, "What's your name?"<br /> <br /> He remained silent for a long time. "Jason," he said<br /> <br /> "Jason." She repeated his name. It was a very common name, so Grace didn’t think much about it. <br /> <br /> “My name is Grace. Where do you live? Where’s your family?"<br /> <br /> "I don't have any family," he responded.<br /> <br /> She suddenly stopped. <br /> <br /> She knew how it felt to be alone.<br /> <br /> She had people before—but they’d turned their backs on her. <br /> <br /> "Looks like we're in the same boat," she said with a bitter smile on her face as she continued to towel his hair dry.<br /> <br /> She rose and got a comb and came back to him. It felt so intimate, to touch his hair and smooth it away from his face. But this stranger—Jason—had risked his life for her. It was the least she could do.<br /> <br /> As she pushed his hair back, the true features of his face were revealed. He was a devastatingly attractive man. Strong jaw. Full mouth. Dark eyes. <br /> <br /> Eyes that were inches from hers and staring deeply into hers.<br /> <br /> “I…” she stammered, lost in his eyes. "Um… Are you hungry?”<br /> <br /> He tilted his head. “What?”<br /> <br /> She wrung her hands together. “I'll uh… make you something to eat.” <br /> <br /> Grace moved to the tiny stove and threw some instant noodles and eggs into a pot. She didn’t have any meat, but she chopped what vegetables she had and added them too.<br /> <br /> She set the tiny table and poured them both a glass of water from the sink. He moved cautiously to take a seat when she set the bowls down.<br /> <br /> "Be careful, it's quite hot," she said.<br /> <br /> She didn’t mean to treat him like a child, but his presence made her nervous. But at the same time, there was something incredibly calming about him. <br /> <br /> He lowered his head and ate his noodles quietly. Grace stared at him in silence. <br /> <br /> Normally, she’d come home and hate the feeling of being alone, confined in this tiny space. Now, the loneliness that she’d usually feel was gone. She felt somewhat… happy. <br /> <br /> After he had finished eating, Grace cleaned up his bowl and cutlery. "I usually sleep with the lights on. I hope you don't mind," she said. It was an old habit from prison. Lights made her sleep easier, when she could see who’s coming.<br /> <br /> “That’s fine," he said.<br /> <br /> Grace took her pajamas into the bathroom and shut the door to brush her teeth and change. Was it weird having a man alone beside where she’d sleep? Yeah. Probably.<br /> <br /> But she didn’t feel scared by his presence. If he’d wanted to hurt her, he wouldn’t have defended her on the street. <br /> <br /> When she got out, he was laying on the pillow on the floor. <br /> <br /> The room was silent save for the sound of the heater. If she listened hard enough, she could hear each breath he took. <br /> <br /> It was a steady rhythm, peaceful even.<br /> <br /> Grace closed her eyes and focused on sleeping. This was her routine every night, because it was almost impossible for her to relax. Even being out of jail, at night she would always dream of her time inside.<br /> <br /> She would be beaten, shamed, and abused... and every finger would burn with the pain of being broken and the nails being torn off…<br /> <br /> She’d wake up screaming, fingers curled, terrified and heart-pounding. <br /> <br /> However, oddly, that didn’t happen tonight.<br /> <br /> She wasn’t visited by her usual nightmares. She slept until sunrise.<br /> <br /> As she awakened, she rolled over to look at the figure lying on the ground beside her. Still here.<br /> <br /> Was it because of him? Because she was no longer alone?<br /> <br /> Before she even knew it, she had gotten up, squatted down, and placed her hand on his cheek. Her hand felt warm.<br /> <br /> He was real.Not something from her imagination. <br /> <br /> Last night, she really had taken a strange man into her apartment.<br /> <br /> When she came to herself, she found that he was already awake. His beautiful eyes were fixed on her.<br /> <br /> "S-Sorry." Her face heated with embarrassment. "I... I just... that... If you don't have anywhere to go, you can stay here."<br /> <br /> She spoke in a hurry, but after she had said it, she felt relieved.<br /> <br /> His eyes widened slightly.<br /> <br /> "If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything," she added, biting her lip.<br /> <br /> His mouth finally opened and he spoke quietly. "Do you want me to stay?" <br /> <br /> If this had been said by a man like Chris, it would've sounded different. It would’ve sounded wrong.<br /> <br /> But when the words came from him, it was just an honest question. She didn’t read any hidden meaning or intent into his words, and even if there had been, she realized her answer would be the same. Grace pursed her lips. "Yes, I do."<br /> <br /> He stared at her, and a smile slowly formed on his lips. "Good."<br /> <br /> This was the first time she had seen him smile. Although it was very light... It was beautiful.<br /> <br /> Jason remained at the tiny table while Grace got ready for work. She left money on the table for him to buy himself some food.<br /> <br /> He sat staring at the twenty dollar bill for a long time after she was gone. The room was eerily still. <br /> <br /> None of her light vanilla scent or somewhat nervous energy to fill the space. He rolled up the quilt that he’d slept on and then washed out the coffee cup he’d used. <br /> <br /> Normally he’d be tempted to look around, maybe snoop a bit. But he didn’t want to intrude on her space.<br /> <br /> After he was done, he stepped out of the apartment. There were several people waiting for him outside. <br /> <br /> They respectfully greeted him, “Mr. Reed.”<br /> <br /> "Let's go," Jason responded faintly.<br /> <br /> A black Bentley was parked in front. Jason got into the backseat and looked at the twenty dollar bill in his hand. It had been many years since someone had given him money like this. On the contrary, for as long as he could remember, people only wanted to take money from him.<br /> <br /> Terrence met his gaze in the rearview mirror. “The woman who was with you last night is a contract janitor working cleaning offices. She started renting her current residence here a month ago, and was just released from prison two months prior."<br /> <br /> "Prison?"<br /> <br /> "Yes, her name is Grace Cummins. She's the ex-girlfriend of Sean Stevens of the Stevens family. She was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Jennifer Atkinson. 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