Under Her Shadow – Episode 17

Under Her Shadow – Episode 17

© Bunmi B. Gabriel

#Two_days_later

#Aj ‘s POV

LUCIEN’S MANSION

I hummed as I walked to the massive living room eating from the big bowl of popcorn, my slippers slapping the floor nosily. Lucien was on the couch talking on the phone with a huge frown on his face and legs crossed

‘Yes dad, I know…no I’m not going to let Lucy get hurt…yes…no…he loves her…because I’ve met him…Lydia have too and you know her…yes I know she’s your princess pumpkin’ he said with an eye roll. I giggled and sat beside him placing my legs on his. He reached for my hair and played with it. ‘I know dad, it’s my empire so I can manage…. Dad please don’t start…I’m sorry…yes I know they miss me but I can’t come, I’m busy but they can come, I’ll talk to Liliana about it….NO!!!!! I mean no don’t come too….I’m fine…. What? She’s not my wife yet dad…because we haven’t dated for long’ he muttered. ‘No I’m not whispering… Sorry dad…yes sir’ he said frowningly and stretched his phone to me. ‘Dad wants to talk to you’

I coughed awkwardly before taking the phone

‘Good evening sir’ I said nervously

‘Bullshit! Call me dad’ he said cheerfully. His voice was deep but lovely. I smiled

‘Okay dad, I love your voice’

‘Same thing. Yours sounds like my late wife’s. How’s my son treating you?’ Hope he’s being a gentleman’

‘No, he’s more of a troll’

‘What the f**k!’ Lucien exclaimed and covered his mouth regretfully

‘Did he just swear!’ His dad exclaimed barbarously.

‘I didn’t swear, I’m sorry sir’ Lucien panicked

‘Dad Lucien is a big ogre to me’ I said sharply covering up for him

‘You know he’s the sweetest among my sons right? Calm, kind hearted and gentle like his mother and smart and handsomely gorgeous like me’ he said humorously. I laughed

‘Indeed’ I smiled winking at Lucien who was dying of curiosity

‘What are you two talking about?’ He mouthed

‘Take care of him for me, that’s his mother’s last wish’ his dad said sweetly

‘I will’ I assured him

‘I have lot of papers to stare at. Hopefully I will sleep off and drool on those useless paper’ he said grumpily. I laughed knowing where Lucy’s craziness comes from ‘goodnight then miss Amirana’

‘Goodnight dad’ I chuckled

‘I got it right?’

‘Sure you did’ I said sarcastically

‘Yeah! I’m so sm….hey Vanessa! Drop that crown before I sell you for one cent!!!!’ He yelled and hung up. I broke into a fit of laughter and dropped his phone on the table

‘What did he say?’

‘Something that doesn’t concern you’

‘Come on! Tell me already’

‘Father and daughter chat, mind your business’ I said snobbishly

‘Was he flirting with you?’

‘Are you kidding me!’

‘He’s a flirt, not sleep with everyday kind if flirt but tease every girl he sees kinda flirt. He stole Louis third girlfriend’s heart unintentionally’ he whined poutingly. I laughed and kicked his chin lightly

‘Your dad is too old for me’

‘You haven’t seen him darling, he’s younger than Leonard and that’s saying something’ he said thoughtfully

‘I love him already’ I said playfully. He frowned. ‘I can’t believe you are jealous of your dad, that’s unbelievable’ I said laughingly

‘I have reasons dear, you haven’t met him’ he looked at the bow in my hands and took it ‘you eat too much’ he dropped the bow in the table and kissed my legs ‘my dad can’t do that’

‘Seriously?’ I asked chucklingly. ‘Don’t you trust me?’ It was meant to be a joke but the way he hesitated got me worried. ‘Lucien?’ I called curiously dropping my legs

‘So what are we watching?’ He asked with fake enthusiasm trying to change the topic. I scoffed and stood up. ‘Where are you going to?’ He asked calmly

‘Home’ I said coldly. He pulled me back to the chair and forcefully laid me on it. ‘Lucien!’ I yelped

‘You scream like a girl’ he laughed

‘Idiot, what am I?’ I asked uncomfortably

‘What’s with the sudden attitude?’ He asked arching an eyebrow at me

‘I don’t know. For the past one month you’ve been acting odd, one moment you are nice and sweet and the other you are cold and a complete jerk. What is your problem?’

‘Nothing’ he said absent mindedly

‘Lucien get off me’ I snapped

‘Sweetie chill, I’m sorry okay’

‘Tell me why!’ I yelled angrily. ‘Why do you keep getting me scared? You are hurting me’ I said shakily

‘Okay I’m sorry. I was confused okay? I want you’ he blunted out. I choked on my saliva. ‘You see. That’s why I kept my distance, I didn’t want to be the boyfriend who is obsess with sleeping with his new girlfriend’ note, he was lying. I could tell. ‘I didn’t want to scare you away’ he said lowly

‘Lucien do you trust me at all? A relationship without trust is bad, love and understanding is not enough’ I sighed trying to wiggle out of his hold

‘I do trust you’ he whispered leaning closer to me. ‘I just need to confirm something first’ he added but before I could question him he kissed me. He knew my weakness was his lips so that was all it took to shut me up

His hands moved hastily to unbutton my shirt, I tried to remove his hands with my trembling ones but he held it and pinned them above my head, his lips never leaving mine

‘Lucien’ I whispered weakly on his lips. ‘Please stop’ he moved his lips to my neck instead squeezing my brea$t too. ‘Lucien please stop’ I moaned

‘I’m sorry’ he murmured on my neck. He trailed wet kisses down to my cleavage and then to my opened brea$t. I moaned louder. The ringing of his phone made him groaned.

Thank God

He sat up making sure he pinned me down with one hand and reached for his phone with the other

‘Don’t move’ he warned sternly

‘You know this is rape right?’ I asked drily

‘Not when you’ll enjoy it’ he said winkingly. I giggled and looked away while he answered the phone

‘Please let go of my hands first’ I pleaded. ‘It’s uncomfortable’

‘So you can close up my view, no….yea hello, who’s this?…..what?’ He dropped the call and stared at his phone unconsciously letting go of my hands. I sat up sharply covering my chest. He typed on his phone frantically while I buttoned my shirt

‘What the hell!’ He exclaimed standing up abruptly.

‘What?’ I asked calmly standing up too. He stared at his phone and then me and back to his phone again. ‘Lucien?’ I called worriedly

‘What is the meaning of this?’ He yelled shakily throwing his phone at me. I caught it easily and stared at it

‘My Lord!’ I exclaimed staring at the sex photo of me. I flipped thru the pictures in shock. ‘I don’t know what this is’ I said fearfully. ‘I didn’t do it’ I cried

‘How could you Amethyst? So it was true. You’ve been cheating on me’

‘No I haven’t, this photos are fake I swear’

‘Tell me why!!!!’ He roared letting out a monstrous part of him I’ve never seen. couldn’t move or speak again, all I did was cry. The pictures were so real and no words I said would matter

‘I’ve n….n…n…n…’ I stammered

‘GET OUT OF MY HOUSE BEFORE I ki*ll YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!!!’ He was dangerously furious so I ran away, running in tears not minding where I was running to or if I would even get hit by any vehicles

My heart was shattered to the core. I knew it was too good to be true I can never be happy like I want. I’m cursed. I thought he could make me happy but I was wrong. My heart stopped beating as my head spun but I ignored it and kept running my pain away

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To be continued

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