Chapter-29

Lucas Alberto's POV

"Are we going to tell everyone we broke up?" I ask as he runs the back of his finger down my arm. I adjust the blanket as I pull it up to cover my breasts. We are both naked after our heavy and intense love making session. He did not stop until he proved a point that I am his and he is mine and there is no one else for us. I am in his lap breathing in his scent as he pulls down the sheet to knead my breast.

"No!" He tweeks my nipple and I gasp. "Not after I just got you."

"Then how do we fake break up?" If we don't tell everyone, how is she going to believe?

"She is not going to believe if we tell everyone right away. It would spook her and she would know we are playing her." That's true. "We need to be passive towards each other. Just enough to make her think that we have broken up." That makes sense. "We are not going to fake it for long. She will soon fall in our trap and we will do as we planned once she falls for it."

I hope everything goes as we have planned.

"It's going to be hard to stay away from you, Angel." He whispers as sucks on my neck. It's going to be hard for me too.

"I can't even see your eyes." Gemma complains as Lucas goes to her, to hug her.

"That is the point of these glasses." He informs and she shakes her head at him as they pull away. I am standing at the opposite end of the room.

It's been two weeks since we started our charade. It is harder than we think. Papa was discharged two days after he has been admitted in the hospital. I have moved back into the mansion to take care of Papa. There is no way I am leaving him there alone. Felisa was not happy with it of course, but I don't care anymore.

I make sure to show her that I am in a grumpy mood. Whenever Lucas visits, he puts on a serious face. He never removes those shades. We maintain our distance. He told Gemma that we broke up. I really hate brining her into this, but Lucas insisted. Gemma did not leave Papa's side and never did I. Lucas and I have been really careful not to get caught.

I even changed his number on my mobile. I have been on leave from the office work for the past two weeks. My colleagues, now my friends, have called me a few times this past week. Strangely enough a call from them would lighten my day and brings me a strange strength and comfort.

Last night Luca stayed back in Gemma's room to make it more believable to Felisa. She is slowly starting to believe us.

Today we are all meeting in our mansion to discuss about the business they are about to start together. It has been postponed since two weeks. We wanted to postpone it for two more weeks, but Papa grew tired to just staying at home.

Everyone sat down. Me and Gemma sit next to Papa. It's nearly evening and Lucas still has those glasses on. I remember the time he started putting them on.

He dropped me off at the back side of the hospital so that no one would notice and asked me to go up first. He put on those glasses as he came out of the car to say goodbye. "I can't stop myself from looking at you and I don't want Felisa to notice that."

I just stare at him and it looks like he is looking at Gemma, but I know he is staring at me. Without our eye contact, our telepathy is a little difficult. I look at Felisa and find her staring intently at me. I quickly look away from her and turn my attention to what Papa and Mr. Alberto are speaking. I could not concentrate on it much longer.

As I go to the kitchen to grab some water, I walk past Lucas and his scent hits me hard. I feel all the senses in my body increase and I want to just hug him. I quickly walk past him before I lose control and kiss him. It's been a week since I kissed him. Other than the secret kiss we had in my room when he visited Papa last week, we have been apart and it's been driving us both insane.

Going in, I fill a glass of water and I am about to drink it when Lucas walks in. I halt in my steps. Melody, our head chef was about to come in, but stops once she sees us, turns around and walks away. Even she thinks that we have broken up. I set the glass down.

"Lucas." I whisper his name and he rushes to me. I meet him half way and our lips meet before I can hug him. He pulls me so close by my waist. I feel my chest mush against his.

Soon, we are all tongues, hands, lips and desperate over each other. He goes from kissing my lips to my neck and I wrap my leg around his waist. He presses the erection to my core and I moan.

"Lucas, please." I whisper. He keeps sucking my neck. "Please. That's going to leave a hickey!" He quickly pulls away like I burned him. He turns around and runs a hand through his hair. I adjust my dress and hair. He turns around to me and takes in my appearance.

"Fuck! I am stupid to even think I could act like we broke up." He comes to me and holds my face in his hands looking straight into my eyes. I bite my lip. "I can't even breathe these past few days. It's torture!" He grunts. Tears pool my eyes. I am about to speak, but something catches my eyes. I see Felisa just coming in. "I love you." Lucas says and I stomp his leg gently trying to give him a hint.

"I don't!" I try to sound like I am frustrated. "I don't love you so just leave me alone!" I yell moving away from his hold. He looks confused and speaks with his eyes.

Is she here? He asks.

Yes! I reply and stay rooted in my spot. He puts his hands in his pockets and puts on his shades that he has removed.

"You fucking stomped on my heart!" He accuses and I try to look hurt. I fold my hands near my chest and look down. He takes a deep breath like he is tired and shakes his head at me. I want to smile. I bite my lips from doing so and he looks amused. It's good that Felisa couldn't see this face. :Be strong, my Angel." He whispers. He turns around and walks out of the kitchen without greeting her. She looks happy and smiles as she walks to me.

I stand my ground. I only gave in to her for Papa. The moment she crossed that limit, she is no longer someone I respect.

"Aww. Are you hurt?" She asks and I do what we have planned all this while.

Today is the big night.

"Tsk. Tsk. How sad?" She mocks as she reaches me and grins. I clench my teeth. Looking at her is making me angry. The fact that she hurt Papa... I can't even control my anger for her. "Just when you thought you got your happy ending..." She sighs dramatically. "It was snatched from you." I don't say anything and let her speak. "Just like your mother snatched away mine."

"Why did you change Papa's pills?" It's time. I don't want to play this game of her's anymore. She walked into our trap and now it's time to reveal the truth. She sighs and shakes her head.

"I thought if I loved him, he would change, see that I love him and he would accept him. But he never did." The pain in her voice almost makes me feel sad for her. "Do you know what it's like to love someone unconditionally and get nothing back?" Her eyes nearly tear up. "I can put up with him ignoring me and taking away what's mine. But I can't see him take away what's my daughter's."

"So you decided to break up me and Lucas?"

"He was never yours. You are a bastard." He spits out the name.

"Did you ever think about what Gemma wants?"

"Gemma will marry him!" She declares and I want to shake her to get some sense into her.

"So you would force her to have a relationship with Lucas?"

"Of course not! They are friends and it's only a matter of time before they see that they are right for each other. But you came between them!" She accuses me.

"If at all I think that Gemma even had a slightest interest in him, I would have stayed miles away from him!" She has no idea. It was one of the reasons Lucas and I have been apart a few days.

"Huh!" She scoffs and looks at me from my head to toe. "Like I would believe you." She rolls her eyes.

"Put your hatred aside and think about it once. Do you really think I would steal someone your daughter loves? After I have seen how it destroys relationships!" She just stares at me. "What Papa and Mama were, are... you know that it wasn't their fault! You never told them that you didn't divorce him!" She looks at me stunned as I nearly yell. "In fact it was you who came between them."

"You fucking bitch!" She raises her hand. Something in me snaps and I hold her hand to stop her. She looks at me in shock.

"No more." My voice is low with anger. "I will not bear this anymore!" I push her hand away.

"Try and get back together with him and see what happens!" She spits in my face. "Lucas will never be able to get back from his losses." She smiles her sinister smile.

"You might use him to threaten me to break up with him, but you can't separate us." That's the truth. There is no one else for either of us.

"I can use your Papa though if ever you change your mind." Her words shock me too. "I have been changing his pills to get him sick, but not too sick. Just enough for him to get to the hospital so that I can have Gemma and Lucas together. I will soon accomplish that."

"It doesn't make any sense!" I sound frustrated.

"Oh, it does." She smiles.

"I am going to fucking kill you!" I hear Papa's angry voice and we both turn to the kitchen entrance to find Papa looking seething mad. Everyone is here in the kitchen. Lucas rushes to me and hugs me. He takes the phone from my hand and ends the call. As Felisa sees that, everything connects for her. We have put everything she just said on speaker. Everyone heard what she said.

I will no longer be the doll she can play with.

A/N:

Hey my cute dumplings!

Our Brave Angel fought through for her Papa, for her Love and for herself! Lucas would be so proud of her!

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