Chapter 8: The Plan

Sean Copper's POV

It has been a few days since that night. The first night that I had Lucy in my arms again. And whenever the night came after that, I always seek her warmth and I wanted her again and again. I think my colleagues have been noticing my lack of sleep.

My bloodshot eyes.

The stubbles that I refused to shave.

My hair was disheveled all the time as someone was raking their fingers through it.

Well, blame Lucy and her fingers. There were claw marks on my back as I was looking at everything else. I was smiling despite that was for her to tell me that she could hurt me if she can. I need to get clean up.

Well, I know she can but I will never let her.

I was walking down the hall to our conference room. Do you know why I called it ours? I was meeting with my other colleague that was doing the same experiment on his patient.

"Hey, Laverte, got anything from your patient?" I asked as I went to my desk and dumped another note of Lucia's mind. It was baffled really when she opened her mouth, I just could not stop staring at it, let alone taking notes.

"Well, I don't have much. Celine was reclusive and I think I have to approach another method with her," he said as he looked at me knowingly. I know what he was telling me.

The other method.

That method was forbidden in the world of psychiatry but here at this rehabilitation center, I was the boss and any method was welcome to try. Even fucking your patient.

"So, will you do it?" I asked him as I was looking at him. He gulped before his face was red. I did not understand why he was acting like this but maybe he has his embarrassment to talk about sex in the public.

"I'll think about it," he said as he was scurrying away from me, trying to get away without being asked for another question from me. I shook my head before I looked at another two empty desks in this room.

They were supposed to be here but I think it was not okay to push the administration to treat people with their mental illness the same as Lucia. I sighed before I was rubbing my neck. I felt tired and oh so aroused. What has that vixen put in my system? I cannot get enough of her.

"Fuck it," I said before I ran toward her cell in the broad daylight as I was hurrying my steps to meet the woman who has stolen my heart.

When I was in the room, there was no sign of her. I looked everywhere and I checked the security footage of her building. She has been escorted out by someone that looked much like her. Her relative, perhaps?

I went to follow the instruction to go to the main building. Since this center was not open for the public, I can only guess that this person was not clean nor he will be if he does anything to my Lucia.

"Stop right there," I said as I saw the same man from the footage and Lucia was walking beside him, holding his arm.

What the fuck!

They turned and I can see that Lucia was smirking at me. I gritted my teeth before I took a deep breath and turned to look at the man in question.

"Yes?" He asked me as his voice was thick with an Italian accent. Relatives, that's my conclusion.

"I am Dr. Sean Copper and you were holding my patient. I want to know who you are," I said before the amusement was on the man's face. He turned to look at Lucia as he was talking in a foreign language.

Damn them with their secret language.

I was looking at their exchanges before Lucia was smiling at him. The man turned to look at me before he was eyeing me up and down.

"Well, it was her visiting time. Can't she spend some quality time with her brother?" The man said before Lucia was trying to hide her smile at my sudden discomfort. Brother? She never mentioned that before.

"I see, I thought you were someone else. If the relatives were trying to spend some time, then I will not stop you then. Lucia," I said before I nodded at her. She was trying to hide her smile before clearing her throat.

"Dr. Sean," she said formally before they went out of the building, leaving me wondered what will they talk about.

Lucia Ricci's POV

"So, he was the one," Leo said as we were walking on the island. I don't think that Leo would be coming here as he was reclusive of his life and he did try to get me into a mental hospital once. Maybe this will ease his mind to know that I was safe here. Safe for everyone else's sake.

"You look unhappy," he chided as we were in the garden and we stopped as we sat on the bench, facing the forbidden building in a distance. We never go there and when I asked Sean about it, he just shrugged it before he went to his room.

Sean never stays the night as we just fucked a few times and he will kiss me only in that heated moment. Afterward, he just nodded his head and went away. I felt like a slap at that gesture but we did make a deal. Keep it only sex and nothing more.

Yeah, keep telling yourself that, my mind said as I was shaking my thought on that.

"So, has the treatment been well?" Leo asked as he was smiling at me. I smiled as well before I was leaning up to feel the heat of the sunny day. It's been forever since I have been out.

"Well, it was and I think the doctor was very capable of what he's doing," I said as I was closing my eyes, feeling the stare of my brother onto my face.

"Is that so?" He asked before I peeked at him under my lashes.

"Take my word for it. I am doing fine, great actually that they allow you to visit and take me out to the garden," I said as I was smiling at him. He sighed before he rubbed his face.

"I will be moving out of Italy, Lucy and I will not visit you anymore," he said as I know there must be something that he wanted to tell if he came here from Italy.

Seychelles, that's where we were right now. Right in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It was a nice island because they know sick people either die swimming with sharks or maybe from an overdose. Suicide will never reach the main island.

One time I saw the big boat that was carrying supplies and employees that will be working on the island. I caught a glimpse of Sean greeting the captain and paid him handsomely.

So, maybe this island belongs to him and I have to get through him I wanted to get out of here.

"So, I was coming to say goodbye," Leo said as I was turning to look at him. He was sad but I think my brother needed this. He needed me to be good and normal again. I took his hands into mine and smiled at him.

"Don't worry about me, I will be fine," I said as I squeezed him. I smiled before he smiled. There was hope in his eyes.

I was standing in the lobby as the guards were on my side before I saw my brother walked through the lobby door. It was heartbreaking but I need to be strong. The plan will be in motion anytime I wanted and I think it's time to carry it out.