Chapter Six - Superpower?

Lucas stretched his hands out and tapped her back till she stopped coughing; Lara looked at him and asked, "What??".

Lucas kept silent and stared at her; she took a few seconds and then decided to reply in a less extreme manner.

"But why, all of a sudden" Lucas looked at her as if inquiring if she was stupid.

"Well, we know each other well, we have been engaged for years and both of our careers are stable. So why not?" He questioned.

Although she had decided to marry this man in her lifetime, it was still sudden to her. She wanted to postpone their wedding for another eight months to a year. And in this time she will get everything on track to make it easier to control. Being married to Lucas without putting things in place will just make him suspicious. Also, it's not as if she can tell him that she was reborn and she was just avenging her past life.

"Why don't we wait for next year" she asked in an ingratiating tone. Lucas placed his cutlery down, his eyes darkened with an indescribable look.

In a normal time, he would agree, but he knows that she is starting to have doubts, so he needs to kidnap her into his home before she fully backs down. Also, Carlos had seen the video of Lara's little tryst last night. Banking on that he cannot allow their wedding to be postponed. So he decided to do everything he could to convince her.

"Lara, I'm already this old. Or are you waiting for me to have a full head of white before we marry" he asked accusatively.

Lara felt uneasy after listening to his words and started fidgety. "It's just next year"

" I know, but what if by next year you say next year too" he stated.

"I wouldn't do that" she replied instantly.

They went back and forth like this for a while until finally, Lara decided that she should just go with his words. At this point, she felt weird as Lucas was normally quite agreeable with her and never went against her words. If she said left he wouldn't dare go right." Is his behavior a butterfly effect?" She wondered to herself whilst keeping a neutral face.

"Fine, this period then," she replied exasperated, and Lucas smiled, a cunning look in his eyes that Lara missed because she had her face down at that time.

Their dinner was done in a few minutes, and then Carlos got home around that time, and Kiera joined them in the live mg room. Lara informed them that they planned to get married in six weeks. Kiera was excited, but Carlos was a bit worried. His daughter was quite unruly recently, although she had apologized for her actions the night before but a single apology won't undo all her flaws.

He wanted to object but seeing that the couple was in sync, he decided not to.

Lucas soon left the Brown's residence and headed to his house.

"Lue" A sweet voice called out the moment Lucas entered his home. He stretched his arms wide open as his little sister ran into his arms.

"Well, hello young lady"

He raised her and twirled around, making them both burst into laughter; the teenager subconsciously gripped his shirt tight so as not to fall.

" I thought you were gonna be back in two months?" Mara wrapped her arms around her brother's neck and looked straight at him.

"I was, but I missed my little Princess"

He removed the few braids out of place and on her face and tucked them back into the bonnet.

"I'm no longer little, and you need to find a more convincing lie next time." She rolled her eyes, A blush creeping on her face, trying to hide her embarrassment.

"Oh really"

He twirled her around and shook his head.

"You're still little"

The little girl stood on tiptoe her hands on her hips. "Hmmpp, I'm 15."

Lucas chuckled, he held her by the shoulder and walked into the house.

Mara asked her brother about his work and tried to squeeze every detail out of him, although it wasn't much. She also did not forget about her gifts; Lucas had no choice but to ask the butler to bring out one of his suitcases from his car.

Mara's excitement from seeing her brother soon died down, and she ran back to the living room, where she continued with her movie.

"Mara, isn't it midnight?"

She rolled her eyes whilst still having her back to him. " it's the holidays AND a WEEKEND"

After that, she just ignored him and focused on her movie.

He robbed his forehead already feeling tired as he walked up the stairs. He had arrived in town just that afternoon and had immediately gone to the Brown's residence; he had a long conversation with his future father-in-law and had accompanied Lara when she had returned home, not to mention he had just taken a 17-hour flight and was still jet-lagged.

He walked towards his mother's room but changed his mind; his mother also went to sleep at 10 and not a minute later.

He then headed to his room and took a shower, already full from dinner with Lara, He decided to just go to sleep and wait for what tomorrow brought.

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In the Brown's Residence

Lara sat at her vanity and looked at her reflection, thinking back to the events of the day. She had completed her first day back in this second chance life. She thought back to the happenings of the day, and to her surprise, she could remember every single detail, all the way to everyone's minute expressions. Startled by this she got up fast and ended up knocking her knees on the corner.

She paced up and down the room and tried to picture everything that happened that day, and like a movie playing, she could see everything that happened in HD.

She was so excited that she started jumping up and down but then her vision went black.