chapter20 Taken

he should have known, he should have known that grace was to desirable a person to be single for too long. He thought he still had at least a little more time, the therapist he had being going to said that he his 'ailment' has improved quite a lot, he thought that maybe, he had a chance to shoot his shot but, as soon as grace came into view, he could feel his palm moisten with sweat

'oh good' he took, grace looked absolutely ravishing, with her hair in and exquisite up do and her ash ball gown that looked a lot like what Trevor is wearing....

'is she checking me out?' Lucas had half a nerve to strike a pose or wink, anything, but all he could do was blush like a little girl

"hello gentlemen" when Trevor tucked grace into his arm possessive, he felt..... sad?, dejected?, heart broken? he didn't know what he was feeling but it was and negative feeling and he did not like it

Lucas wouldn't count himself as someone who would engage in petty rivalry but he didn't like Trevor Yang at all, in fact, he hated his guts. in his opinion, Trevor Yang is a high and mighty, insufferable maniac with no regard for people.

although he didn't usually make public appearances and isn't normally spotted by the media. Trevor is widely known as the Prince of the underworld

' how did Grace get involved with him?'

Mr Matthew Tang is among one of the very few successful businessmen who have no involvement and direct connection with the underworld and Grace followed in his foots steps. so how did Grace get involved with such a guy

Lucas has known Trevor since they were kids, both their fathers used to be business partners and he was not surprised when the mockery of an alignment broke between the two greedy men. they basically grew up together, so he knew that Trevor was different from all the other boys their age. he was obsessive, controlling, and demanding. he still is.

many people said that Trevor was exhibiting the qualities of a great leader, but they were wrong. they were too blind to see that Trevor had an edge, he carried an aura of destruction that they confuse for dominance, but among one of the many reasons he didn't like Trevor was his relationship with...

"luucas!"

he could hardly suppress the sigh, he thought he had managed to ditch her.

"brotheer!" jasmine rushed to hug her brother, Grace looked confused, Trevor still held grace in place by his side while hugging his sister

"your sister?" Trevor nodded in affirmation

'it seems like Grace doesn't know who Trevor really is'

"you are that Miss Grace, right ?" Jasmine asked in her usual high pitched tone

"yes, and you are.....I mean its so nice to finally meet you" 'gosh, grace is so cute'

"since you don't know, I am the one and only Jasmine Yang" jasmine looked at him and smirked 'oh no' Trevor thought "...and you must have heard of Lucas Lin, my boyfriend"

Lucas felt all his blood drain from his body

'boyfriend? what the heck'

Trevor looked very displeased and when Lucas looked over at grace he gave him a sourly accessing look

'I am calm, I am calm, I am calm, I am calm' he chanted in his head. it was not working, he looked at jasmine who looked proud of herself for some reason. he felt like throwing up so he excused himself to do just that

he stared at his reflection in the bathroom's mirror, the anniversary party was held in Tang villa and not a rented ball room, so the bathroom was private enough for him to access himself, he looked sick, he felt sick

'who's karma is this' he groaned

he knew he shouldn't have attended the anniversary party, how is he supposed to win grace over now.

the odds were against him; he is still nervous of women, Grace is dating Trevor and Jasmine or 'never give up ' as Ethan like to call her announced that they were dating which is so not true

'maybe I should stay in the bathroom till the party ends' but he decided against it. he is already pathetic and hopeless, he wouldn't want to add cowardly to the list

he stepped out looking calm and collected but he didn't want to join the group but made his way there. Trevor and Jasmine appeared to be having a serious conversation, so he turned back because 'he didn't want to disturb the conversation' plus Grace was no where to be found

after wandering about Tang Villa, greeting various business men and women, being questioned by aunties and introduced to 'potential wives' he found Anna and Ethan standing and talking on the balcony

"hey Ethan, Anna" he approached them

"yo Lucas, bro what are you doing, here I thought you said you wouldn't come" Ethan grinned

"I had a much persuaded change of heart" he sighed

"I heard he came with his girlfriend" Anna tone suggested that she was teasing him but her facial expression didn't.

obviously Ethan would be surprised, they both knew there is no girlfriend plus Ethan is the only other person that knows about his predicament with women and although he

hadn't particularly told Ethan about his thing for Grace, he knew that Ethan suspects

"girlfriend huh?" Ethan teased

while they were discussing, Lucas was still low key searching for Grace with his eyes. but when he found her, she was talking to a guy who was clearly hitting on her. something he isn't capable of doing

Trevor came out no where, pushed the guy to the floor and secured Grace into his arms. his actions were outrageous and unnecessary but he mad his point. 'Grace tang is TAKEN'