Chapter 126 - LUCAS NICHOLAS 5
For the second time Lucas Nicholas asked Vien but the pitiful child hastily shook her head and tears began to fall abundantly down her pale cheeks. Vien's shoulder shook violently, but despite how hard she cried no sound came from her dry lips.
He stared at the child, shocked and lost. For the first time in his life, he wasn't able to say a thing. He opened his lips to tell her everything's going to be fine but he was surprised when he couldn't say the words out loud.
He hugged the child instead. It was the only support he could offer her. He was Ace's cousin and that makes Vien his niece. But even if she wasn't his niece, he will offer her the same support he was giving her now
The child flinched but she didn't resist. She continued to cry on his chest. He groped for the handkerchief inside his pocket. When he found it, he wiped the tears in her eyes.
Crying must have made her chest lighter. When her emotion finally subsided, she took the handkerchief from his fingers and dried her tear stricken eyes. She returned the handkerchief back to his hand and mouthed the words 'thank you.'
He let her go and smiled at her fondly. Vien was the daughter he wished he had. He and Alexandria weren't blessed with a child. Perhaps, the gods have a valid reason for not providing him a child. The fact that his wife was an irresponsible woman and had a chain of illicit love affairs was one of those.
He shook his head. He must be insane for letting Alexandria inside his thoughts. As if he could stop her from invading inside his head. The truth is, he'd been taken aback by the first time he experienced her sudden transformation. She acts different lately. She wasn't acting like her usual wild self. After the accident she'd been like that.
Alexandria washes his clothes, cleans the house, takes her dog for a walk, and the most notable deed she ever did which he couldn't believe until now is cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a daily basis.
Duh, Alexandria hated cooking most especially walking their dog for a walk since she's allergic to pets. The only thing she's good at was spending his money.
He wondered what was the cause of her drastic change. Before the accident she never did those. Perhaps when she injured her head another soul had taken over her body. That was a joke he told himself?after he failed to think of a valid reason as to why.
He groaned and shook his head. This time he successfully pushes her off his mind. He forced his wandering thoughts to Vien who lay motionless on the bed and observed him with her wide , keen eyes.
"I'll prepare your breakfast." He said, flashing her a wide reassuring smile in which he was rewarded with a genuine smile that made her eyes crinkle at the corner.
Vien nodded and mouthed the word 'Please.'
She was beginning to trust him, thought triumphantly. He was elated by his achievement. The feeling that Vien no longer felt threatened by him eased his worries a bit.
He walked towards the table and opened the paper bag which contained Vien's breakfast which Alexandria cooked this morning. He transferred the food to a plate. When it was ready, he eased Vien from the bed until she leaned comfortably in the headboard. He then carried the mini table with the food on top to Vien's bed.
She might be needing his assistance, he thought and helped her eat but the child shook her head. He has no choice but to let her eat on her own. She picked the spoon and ate heartily in silence and he did nothing but watch her.
He concluded by the way she ate that it was the first tasty meal she had ever had in quite a long time. He could see in the way her face lit up, and by how her eyes shone that she's enjoying the food. It will surely break Phoenix's heart if she saw her daughter in this condition after not seeing him for the past four years.
While Vien was occupied with her breakfast, he took the chance to call Ace. He wasn't sure if he should tell Ace that Vien was still alive.?Ace's life was in danger, if he knew his daughter was alive it was expected he would take her to live with Phoenix. And so the problem comes…
Vince has spies watching over Ace. He would instantly know he'd been tricked by an impostor doctor if he was to discover that Vien was alive. Lucas Nicholas didn't want the child to be dragged back to this mess. The child suffered enough. He shall protect the child even if it means temporarily keeping it a secret from his own father.
Lucas walked towards the window so Vien would not hear the conversation. When the phone was answered, Lucas?was given no chance to even say hello when his best friend cut him off and told him that he was nearly shot yesterday—another of Vince's ploy to eliminate Ace from the picture.
A random man appeared from nowhere when Ace left Madam Stella's mansion and lunged at him in an attempt to stab the dagger on his chest. When the culprit failed, he grabbed the gun hidden on his belt and tried to shoot him but his strength wasn't enough to bring Ace down. He managed to grab the gun before it fired and beat the culprit until he fell to the floor unconscious.
At the police station the culprit kept his mouth shut and there's nothing they could do but to keep the culprit behind bars for attempted murder and wait that until he would confess.
Ace was left with no choice but to resort to drastic action in order to take the first step to take his revenge—it was to strip Vince as the CEO of Greyson Company.
Ace needed his?assistance and Lucas was very much willing to give him a helping hand.
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