Chapter 38

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Eleanor Valdez's POV

*flashback*

I hear the doorbell ring and as usual, I go to answer it.

I open the door and nearly gasp in shock.

Him...

He leans casually on the doorframe and gives me the kind of smile that won me over in the first place.

I shut my mouth quickly and speak to cover it up.

"Good afternoon, what can I help you with?" I ask as normally as I can.

"I'm looking for an Alejandro?" He says, referring to the man of the house by his first name.

I gasp, not because of the fact that he calls the boss by his first name but because of how deep his voice has gotten.

Fuck.

He knows what it does to me and teases me with his eyes as if to tell me that he knows all.

"You must be the Carters" I say, only just seeing the girl for the first time.

She looks a bit like him.

He nods his head yes and I lead them inside.

I can feel him staring at me and I continue to walk with them until I hear Sofia shout her greetings.

A few minutes later, I'm dusting off one of the several ornaments and the corridor that I am on is empty.

Just the way I like it.

I'm one of three of the staff here.

The Santiagos look me in as a favour to my late mother, who was close to the original Mrs Santiago growing up.

My mother died shortly after she did and my father told me it must have been heartbreak since they were like sisters.

Suddenly, a hand cups over my mouth while the other grips my waist and pulls me towards them.

I am about to scream my lungs out until I feel his lips against my neck.

"Well, what do we have here?" His deep voice asks and I melt a little.

He kisses on my neck a little more and then bites a little hard making me whimper.

"Elijah..." I start but that is when he cuts me off by saying.

"And that is for leaving me for all of these years"

I stay quiet.

He turns me around to face him and stares at me hard.

"Why did you leave and not tell me anything?" He asks me.

I can hear the hurt in his voice and I gulp, finding no reasonable response in my head.

He nods.

"I see" he says and he turns away to walk off.

Not again...

I clasp his hand and he turns around to face me.

I kiss him and he doesn't hesitate to kiss me back and my the time I realised, I'm pinned up against the wall behind me.

"I'm so sorry, Elijah" I whisper pulling him closer to me.

He grips my waist tighter.

"I've missed you too much". He says.

I nod and he starts to kiss me again, snatching the breath right out of my body.

I met up with him every week after that.

I enjoyed his company and he took me on all these cute little dates and they mostly ended with us both under his sheets but I didn't even care.

I fell in love with him all over again and I let him know that.

I wasn't prepared to lose him again.

Until my father found out.

Someway, somehow, he found out that I was pregnant with not just anybody, but Elijah Carter.

He wanted him dead and of course I refused.

My dad had beef with the Carters a long time ago.

He owed them money and they nearly killed him.

But Elijah cared about me and told me to go to the Santiagos and work for them, so I wouldn't be caught up.

They disagreed at first, but after my mother spoke to them, they agreed alongside Elijah.

My dad found out and was convinced Elijah was using me as a way of revenge.

This is how it started.

But he threatened me with our baby.

It was either Elijah or our child...

So I went for Elijah.

But not completely.

I shot him in the rib so that  there would be a chance of survival.

But he saw me.

For a brief second, his eyes met mine and I watched the disappointment and pain in his eyes fade into a blank stare as he hit the ground.

He saw me...

He had to live.

For the sake of our child...

And as selfish as it sounds,

For me...

*flashback over*
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