Chapter 41

"Liam!" She yelled but the phone call disconnected. "Ugh! Traitor!" She groaned. She started panicking. She had felt so confident and brave earlier but now she felt like he would soon arrive and make her coward in fear. She locked the door and pulled a chair over it.

"That should help right?" She asked herself doubting whether he would receive her exact location.

She sighed. She felt another headache coming her way. She rubbed her temple and looked through her purse. She gulped two pills and brushed her hair. She didn't bother to dress herself and after putting her underwear she went to sleep with her bathrobe only. She turned off all the lights and set up an alarm on her phone for 6 pm.

She thought for a whole five minutes about the possibilities of Conner finding her before falling asleep.

….

4:45 pm

"Sir!" The two lines of guards bowed. Conner walked through with a poker face. Mike handed him his phone. "That's the exact location?" He questioned. Mike chuckled. "Very exact. He replied. " Go back, I'll drive there myself." He told him. "Won't you reward me? You jerk! I had to bribe and threat all her connections for you, what a sick head!" He complained but Conner ignored his complaints. "You should start looking into how she has those connections first and then complain." He commented casually.

"What? So more bribing and threatening? Heh great!" He replied sarcastically. " Would you like this month's pay deducted to make you feel better?" Conner asked. "Nope! I stand with you, my king…. I will get to work right away!" His tone turned into a flattery one in a matter of seconds and at last, he ran off.

Conner shook his head and entered his car. He drove all the way to his wife's hotel room only to find it locked. But he was already prepared and had the keycard to enter with him. Once he realized the door still didn't open he chuckled.

"So you think you are so smart huh?" He mumbled.

….

" Bro, She will kill us." Lake gulped. Luke comforted her by rubbing her back. "Don't worry we will survive together." He told her. "...If you take one for the team…." He continued. Lake slapped his arm at his contradicting statement. " Humph! How kind of you. You coward." She complained and walked to her bed. Luke shrugged and laid on his bed.

They were sharing a room with separate beds but they had been arguing for the past hour on how to survive Ashlyn's wrath.

They had betrayed her...forcefully. In the beginning, they were very loyal and declined Mike's every request but in the end, they are only human right? Lake sighed. "How do we tell her that we accidentally leaked her information?" She asked.

"Accidentally?" Luke questioned with a knowing look. "Shut up! At least we didn't leak her location and only the state." She comforted herself. "Pfft, you also told him she will be here for a week. So I won't be surprised if he is already searching for her." Luke responded.

"But you leaked her Instagram account! Now he will know where she is after every post!" Lake countered. Luke rolled his eyes. " We both betrayed her so stop it," Luke responded. " Come on! Don't you want to witness a love story right in front of your eyes? I just wanted to see how far he would go to finding her. Who knew he would tempt me with the latest fashion trends?" She told him.

Luke shook his head at his twin and continued scrolling through his phone. He was hardly concentrating on what he was reading because his mind kept wandering elsewhere. He smiled silently when he came across a post. He liked it and scrolled to the next one.

Noticing his silence Lake peeked over and almost choked at the sight. " Here I was feeling guilty for being a bad cousin but you were enjoying your time stalking Li Zi's Instagram huh!" She called out with a round of laughter. "Shut up!" He yelled and shoved the pillow behind him on her face. He immediately exited the app and swiped up to delete the app from his recently opened tabs.

Lake continued laughing and got up from the bed. Finally getting herself calm she looked at him with a serious expression. "No but seriously. I gave away hints to his assistant so he purposely found her." She confessed and Luke nodded in agreement. " If he finds her they can talk. It's better than having him trying to desperately track her down. But if they talk and come to an agreement they can have a more healthy relationship." She continued.

"I might not know what happened with them back then but knowing I can do something about it makes me feel like a good person." She joked and Luke laughed. "Yeah right!" He teased. Lake glared at him. "No, come one! I just want them to talk. He is literally the king of the entertainment world. We can't have them in bad terms or else the whole entertainment industry will suffer." She told him.

Luke raised his eyebrows curiously. "Wait how so? You seem to be more aware than me." He told her. "Think about it. Thalia's daughter and the King of the entertainment industry. It's like two powerful kingdoms in war and the entertainment industry is their battlefield. They can either spread dog food or atomic bombs to everyone." She explained.

"I see where you are going. Their past explains it. Heh, that side of Ashlyn is freaking scary…. Now I'm going to shower." Luke told her. " But anyway don't get too into it. Ashlyn would never harm a person she loves. Although her plans are on taking over I'm sure she will not make the Bianco and Diaz fsmilies to relive their past rivalry." He told her with a certain look.

Lake sighed. "I sure hope so. Grandma isn't exactly excited about them being together." She murmured. "Yup! But that's why we are here to make sure everything goes well!" He gave her a wink and closed the bathroom door.