THE BET

l remained tracing the back of the gorgeous angel after she had left. She was breathtakingly beautiful. l fell for her the moment my eyes laid on her. Her smile, her voice, her beautiful tiny body, and the way she would blush every time our eyes met or whenever my hands touched her delicate skin. l had never felt this way for anyone else except for Leah. But she chose Lucian at the end of the day and l was left alone to get rid of my one-sided crush. 

"Hey bro, I see you are having the time of your life," he said clearly referring to Clare.

"And l see that you have escaped your beloved girlfriend," 

" Leave her alone, she has clung to me the whole night. I hate to admit it but Leah was way better, at least she knew a little something called privacy." l still wasn`t comfortable talking about her, probably because a part of me still had feelings for her. l remained silent and l think he took a hint since he changed the topic.

"So, who`s the new chic in town?" he said and l felt a hint of restlessness in my heart. l knew that he had found a new target. Clare. I could never fight with him over some chic but also l didn't want to lose her just like how l lost Leah.

"She's mine," l said with anger that he probably thought l never had.

"What about we make her choose?" He was not going to give up. I had known him long enough to know that he would stop at nothing before she was his.

"What about we have a bet?" I said. I knew he would not back out and maybe this was an opportunity for me to actually have Clare with both of us playing fair.

He smiled and said, "Why not?" l hoped that things would not turn out messy now that we were competing for a girl`s attention. He was after all my brother though we were not related. 

"So, about Axella, she knows too much and l want to get rid of her."

"l don`t think this is the right place to talk about it, and don`t worry, I`ve got your back."

The plan was to force them into bankruptcy. Although it was cruel to her family they did deserve it. His father had been using his influence to steal funds from the company and using them by paying people to smuggle illegal drugs into the country. How else could he have been rich that fast. Normally people would get rich after ten to fifteen years of hard work but in a period of five years he was in the top charts of rich people. I tried to convince myself that l was sabotaging them for a good deed but deep down l knew l was a monster just like them. l did this for Lucian`s sake. He had met me when l was in ruins. Yes, l was born with a silver spoon in my mouth unlike him but he lived a much better life than me. My parents were not around mostly when l grew up due to stupid business trips and the fact that the maids were afraid of me getting kidnapped or hurt causing them to lock me in that fancy cage didn`t help me get friends whom l could have fun with or at least feel like someone actually cared about me. Once puberty hit, l began sneaking out of the house and l ended up getting involved in some messed up shit which made me almost lose my life but luckily Lucian saved me. we had been buddies since then but l could tell that he hid some stuff from me. Like why he insisted on stealing his exes wealth. But l trusted him and that he had a logical reason for doing all that shit.