A huge secret is revealed

Violet stopped too and shock was registered on her face.

"Miss Antonio... What are you doing here?"

"Violet....", Avery held her breath. This happens in movies, it's not real. No, it can't be real. She pinched herself and the pain woke her up.

"What is going in here? Treasure, do you know my mother?"

"Is Miss Antonio your mother?"

"Oh darn me!" she cursed under her breath.

"Of course", he turned to his mom, " Mom.."

"Lucas, this is a dream come true. This is the lady I have always wanted to tell you about. I wanted to make you date her if possible marry her", she squealed and her face was red due to super excitement.

"Good Lord!" Lucas exclaimed. "Mom, what were you thinking? What if she hadn't been mine in the first place? Is this how you would have taken her away from whoever she was with?"

"You can't blame a lady for trying. Who wouldn't want a gorgeous and well-mannered lady like this for a daughter-in-law", Violet blushed and Avery drew her into a bone-crushing hug.

Lucas frowned and pulled Violet away.

"Humph! Stop being jealous, it doesn't suit you. She is my daughter-in-law you know", Avery rolled her eyes in mockery.

After settling down at the dining table did she remember that she saw a boy who resembled Lucas when he was a child.

She kept her cutleries and gave Nathan a scrutinizing stare.

"Mom, what's wrong? Why are you not eating?" Lucas looked worried.

"Lucas"

"Mom"

"Have you ever looked at your childhood photos?"

"Let's eat first", he knew what exactly she was trying to say and he wondered how he would be able to salvage his relationship with Violet if his secrets are exposed.

" Have never seen his childhood photo before, I don't mind seeing it now", Violet's eyes twinkled in delight and excitement.

Avery wondered if Lucas has told this innocent lady that this child belongs to him because the little boy is his spitting image.

After dinner, Avery dragged Lucas to the balcony.

"Tell me, is that your son down there?"

"Mom, it's a long story"

"Really? He's your son?"

"Mom, it's not what you think. it's kind of complicated right now".

"Okay, tell me. I'm all ears".

"The kids were adopted by Violet from an orphanage and I did a DNA test".

"Lucas...."

"Mom I admit I slept with a woman some years ago, about four years ago".

Violet was just about to look for Lucas when he heard the last statement, she let out a soft gasp. In a normal situation, Lucas would have heard the soft gasp but he was consumed by regret and self-deprecation.

" Lucas, how could you be so careless? Where is the lady now?"

"Mom, I was drugged and I had to let it out else I would have damaged my organs".

"Lucas, mom could have helped you solve it".

"Mom, I tried to locate the lady but she couldn't be found because she left before I woke up".

" Tell me what exactly happened"

Lucas gave a rough explanation to Avery. At first, Violet was angry at Lucas who keeping such a thing from her but when she heard his rough explanation, she was shocked to the point that her legs were soft and jelly.

She covered her mouth and her abrupt and unsteady footsteps attracted the attention of the duo on the porch.

Violet sobbed heavily, she took her phone and ran outside. Taking one of the vehicles, she turned on the navigation system. Switching off her phone, she drove towards the beach and paid and entered the bar.

She ordered the strongest liquor combination and downed it at a go. her long dark hair scattered and fell all over her face. It added the allure to her feminine aura, her red pouty lips looked more seductive and sexy.

Chris had come to have fun with some of his friends in the bar. The other two guys whistled as Violet began to whine her waist to the soft music in the background.

His friends and other rough-looking guys hailed her and she became powered up as she grabbed an empty bottle and used It as a microphone. Climbing an empty table, she sang some weird-sounding lyrics but on second thought, Chris could hear sadness emanating from her tone.

Chris got up from his seat and headed in Violet's direction.

"Hey buddy, have you seen that sexy-looking lady on stage?" one of his friends asked.

"Oh guy, he is heading in her direction. What a hot night it will be. What's up with him? He is never this forward with girls", the second one commented.

"He is taking a lesson from me", the first patted his chest proudly.

Chris brought her down and carried her away in bridal styles, the guys at the bar had their mouths hung wide open.

Violet started throwing tantrums along the way. Chris had automatically locked the doors.

" You bastard, you have hurt me real good. I give you thumbs up. You took my first time and left me to fend dir myself with the kids' pregnancy. Darn, you Lucas! I wish I could kill you with my bare hands", she shouted sloppily.

Chris tightened his hands on the steering and forced himself to concentrate on the road. He almost lost control when he heard he mention losing her first time and then pregnancy.

He breathed out and drove into the estate and parked it. Violet had slept off and Chris took her into the house.

He made his head maid clean her up because she had puked on herself.

"Prepare a soothing soup and keep it warm", the head maid nodded and Chris didn't talk much and simply walked out.

He ran his slender fingers on her face and admired the sleeping beauty.

Lucas had sneezed when Violet cursed her. After mobilizing his subordinates, he demanded to know where. Some reported that they saw her drive out half an hour ago.

He punched the wall and it cracked, his knuckles bled and the pain meant nothing to him compared to the one in his heart. He had analysed everything now after watching the CCTV cameras.

She was the woman that he forced himself on that night. He hated him, how could he have been so callous and mean? Argh!

He tried to call her but couldn't reach her.

"Whatever you find out, let me know immediately", Lucas got frustrated and drive out. Avery got tensed when she vaguely understood the whole situation. How could it be her? No.....

Lucas tried to call her on his way, he ran over several red lights but the security officials didn't say a word when once they saw the car plate number.

He arrived at the bar but by then Chris's two friends had gone home. the bartender was frightened by the murderous aura emanating from Lucas. After giving him a tip, he divulged the entire incident to him.

Lucas punched the counter and the men around scurried off to different corners. He told his men to row away from the car he found at the beach.

About an hour after midnight, he found Violet's location. it was right in the same estate where he live. He wondered who lived there, the person's identity was a secret but he pulled out his entire profile. Lucas's frown deepened as he read it. Who the hell is Chris? What has he got to do with Violet?

He floored the accelerator and turned on the front headlight.

Chris who had been looking over Violet anticipated that someone would come looking for her but he didn't know it would be this fast.

His impression of this guy has improved by leaps but he is yet to iron out things with him.

Lucas was stopped by the security but his aura was so oppressing that the highly trained men trembled slightly.

"I want to see the owner of this house, I mean Chris. Tell him to come out with my woman right now", he looked infuriated when he remembered that he might have taken advantage of her drunk state because he heard the lady was dead drunk.

Lucas balled his fist and tried to control his temper when he saw Chris stroll out as if the chaos didn't concern him.

"You should allow her to make her choice when she wakes up. What kind of a man are you? You had no idea what she went through when she stayed with that stepmom of hearing, do you? Or maybe when a certain bastard raped her and left a jobless teenager to cater for herself and that unwanted pregnancy. Whatever your name may be, you don't deserve her at all. You have no idea how heartbroken she is right now. I will not see you off", he went back into the house.

Chris couldn't be bothered to stay in the same space with him anymore.

Lucas looked defeated and downcast, yes he didn't know what she had done, yet he added to her burden. He is a bastard.

Come to think of it, who is this Chris guy? How are they related to each other? She went running into his arms when she heard that instead of asking him.

Violet slept peacefully and woke up late in the afternoon with a severe migraine. She frowned as she assessed the decor of the room. Realization dawned on her that she was not in her room, the first thing she did was to check if she had been taken advantage of, she breathed a sigh of relief when nothing felt amiss in her nether regions. She didn't know what she would do if she had been raped the second time.

Just then the door opened and the handsome Chris strode and came to her side. She looked at her with gentleness in his eyes and rubbed her hair lovingly. Violet couldn't take it anymore, she knew how obsessed he was with her.

She chuckled awkwardly and just then the migraine came back and she frowned. Chris panicked, picked up the hangover soup and was about to feed her. She took it by herself and avoided contact with his eyes.

For a minute or two, both held their breaths.

"I'm fine"

"How are you feeling?"

They both talked at the same time. Chris got up and looked vexed. They had this chemistry and seem to know each other's next words but she ended up with another man who hurt her real good, what a twist of fate!

He has been hanging his hope on her and he didn't think he would survive it being in the same space with her.

"I will send you back, just give me the location", he turned on his heels.

" Chris I don't wish to go back there, I need some time to figure out things by myself", he stared at her and shook his head.

"No problem, it's fine by me. As long as your man doesn't come to cause chaos here".

Violet frowned and she detected jealousy in his tone. Anyway, she was done with Lucas at the moment.

" I will tell him not to come and look for me".

Chris left her and shut the door behind him.