Free Web NovelChapter 157: She Is Mine
As much as Skyla wanted to rush to Zyair and embrace him, to affirm no harm had come to him, she couldn’t do it. This world wouldn’t let her without assassinating her character which they were already doing.
This restlessness was coiling inside of her from the moment he said he had been attacked, she didn’t know the extent of it but his life had been endangered like she had feared.
He curtly nodded at them, his wanton eyes lingered on Skyla for a fleeting second. So many emotions unfurled but he blinked and averted them, leaving as quickly as was possible. Not giving any more excuses to the opposition to drag her name.
"Lawrence, let me know what happened. You should go with Mr Zyair. I am worried," Skyla slowly whispered to the young boy. He nodded and traced the steps of his boss.
"We should head out as well. Good job everyone, we have it in the bag." Sylvia had this superior smile on her face. The way she had destroyed Doran and his legal team of losers was commendable.
Skyla held her mother-in-law’s hands when her eyes caught Doran. He was watching her with this unsettled rage but there was something else in his eyes too, something Skyla couldn’t unravel and she didn’t care.
"Will you be alright? I hope he doesn’t give you a hard time?" Skyla turned to Amsilia, the older woman seemed tired and sad. There were bags under her beautiful eyes.
"I can handle myself against him but he is going to blow up. His case is not looking strong now. Nonetheless, I wished for you to be free and live your life as a free woman." Amsilia lovingly held Skyla’s face in a warming gesture. Skyla wholeheartedly smiled and thanked her mother-in-law before she left.
Skyla thanked her whole legal team and Sylvia for all their efforts.
Huria took Skyla home. The worries about Zyair returned so Huria ended up calling Lawrence to receive any information on what had happened today. She put it on speaker so Skyla could easily hear what he would say. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
As the call connected Lawrence spoke out.
"Hey! Everything is in control but we are at the Police station, filing the report. Boss was shot at but escaped unscathed because of his bulletproof car."
Skyla had her head in her hands and she was rocking herself in anxiousness that was rolling off her. Her lips quivered as she clenched her teeth together to stop herself from speaking and asking about him. She should be there for him and yet here she was sitting comfortably while he was dealing with the mess.
"Oh! Please, both of you take care and keep me updated," Huria informed him before ending the call and facing Skyla.
"It’s Doran, he told me he would hurt him and he is doing exactly that. That’s why I didn’t want Zyair to get involved in my shit," she lamented, covering her face with her slim hands. Her insecurities surfacing.
"Sky! It’s not your fault. Doran is a piece of shit whom I hope they lock up for providing fake evidence and domestic abuse. And Mr Zyair is more than capable of handling him. Don’t worry." Huria reassuringly wrapped her arm around Skyla and pulled her closer.
"I just don’t want him to get hurt. I hope this is over soon," Skyla leaned in closer to Huria.
"It will be and you will go live with him then. I am so excited even thinking about it," Huria enthusiastically chuckled.
"Are you really that eager to get rid of me?" Skyla threw an annoyed look at Huria.
"No, silly. Of course not. I just want you to be happy and find love." Huria shook her head at Skyla.
"I am so afraid to open up my heart, I doubt I am even capable of loving someone properly. Doran has damaged me so much." Skyla ruefully sighed, the dark heaviness settling in her heart again. freewebnovёl.ƈom
"And Mr Zyair will put you back. I have seen only love for you in his eyes. Take your time to heal but both of you belong together." Huria squeezed her shoulder gently.
"Let’s see what verdict the court reaches. For once, I want to breathe freely," Skyla declared, clutching the one-winged angel pendant.
"Keeping fingers crossed and hoping for the best."
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"How could you Doran? I don’t even have words to condemn your actions. I quit, we are no longer partners. I just can’t with someone who raises their hands on a woman." Caleb gave him a disgusted look and crossed his arms on his chest just to nip the urge to punch him.
Doran scoffed as he picked up the whiskey glass and slightly swirled the deep amber-coloured drink before taking a sip.
"The court hasn’t reached the verdict and here my best friend already has. You didn’t even testify in my favour, weakening my case and now you have the nerve to tell me you quit."
Doran raised his deeply disturbed eyes at Caleb, his index finger tracing the rim of the glass as he leaned in the chair.
"Your own mother testified against you. All that evidence and besides I don’t believe Skyla is capable of concocting lies. I will not be associated with someone who hits his wife and then blames her for sleeping with other men while he himself has been doing that. Karen has always been too chummy with you. I didn’t know you were banging her and others. You disgust me."
Caleb clutched his hair and shook his head at his friend who relaxedly leaned back in his chair. His face a smooth mask while his insides burnt from the loss of everyone abandoning him.
Nobody loved a monster with a tainted past. Even his mother had left his side. And the one woman he wanted to keep was slipping through his fingers like sand.
All his schemes and strategies could prove futile if the court decided against him. He even orchestrated an attack on Zyair but he escaped.
He will lose her forever, he was ready to lose everyone else, he was ready to lose the world but not her. This will drive him insane.
"Does it matter Caleb whom I bang? No one cared about me when I was sexually abused, no one filed a case or reported the crime. You know I never even had sex with my wife. I never violated her or sexually abused her. And yet everyone turned me into this vicious wolf because I am broken inside and can’t even heal."
Doran tilted his head on his executive chair, the pain in his voice was unfiltered and too raw. His dark heart had this tiny light in it which was flickering and he was afraid that once it vanished, the total darkness would engulf him whole and there would be no return for him.
Caleb was too stunned to speak, he had never seen this side of Doran. He always kept quiet about his private affairs and feelings. Yet today he was like an open wound, festering and unable to heal.
"You can leave Caleb, mom can leave too. She already left me once when I was the most vulnerable. But Skyla is mine, I won’t let anyone take her. Even if I have to go to any length to keep her by my side."
A sinister smile spread on Doran’s thin lips which made Caleb shudder.
