Chapter 9

I ran and ran and ran trying to catch up with Addison and just in the nick of time. I jumped as far as I ever did and pushed her out of the way from the speeding car.

People around us cheered and she looked at me with so much admiration in her eyes. That look was all I could think about.

Then her eyes started to slowly close until she lost consciousness.

"Oh my God Luther, you're a hero. You saved her!" Scarlet cheered. "She is still in danger. I'll take her to my place. Call the ambulance and tell them that she is there.

"Do you know where her hu... husband is?" I said having no idea why I stammered. "I don't know, I've never seen his face before. All I know is that his name is Nick" she said.

"Let's just get her to my place" I said while she is in my hand. I took a cab and we went to my place where I saw Kate and the door.

"Oh My God. Who is that?" She said "She's kinda a friend of ours. Her life is in danger. She isn't safe" I said in a haste as we all went inside.

I rested Addison on my bed and I proceeded to talk to Kate. "Where is Nicholas anyways" I asked.

"I'm not sure. I guess he said something about waiting for his wife? Who I'm not sure even exists anyways" she said and scoffed

"What do you mean if she exists" I asked in confusion. "Well neither me, nor any of his friends have seen her before. And when I saw I want to meet her, he would come up with different excuses." Kate said.

"Oh, I'm sure they're just a shy couple" I said. "Oh, do you have any plans on what you're gonna do about your father's company?" She asked shyly

I was confused as to why she asked this even though I've made my decision already.

"I'm not running it. End of story" I said with a serious look on my face. "Couldn't you at least try to consider it?" She said. Suddenly everything made sense.

"My father sent you there, didn't he. Wow. That manipulative psycho!" I shouted. "Get Out"

"Stop being so dramatic " she said. I angrily showed her out of the door and slammed the door behind her. Does that mean that day we all talked for hours was all formulated to get in my head?

My yelling must've woken Addison up because I entered the room to check on her and she was already packing her things to leave.

"Leaving so soon?" I said to her with a smile on my face. "Oh, my husband must be worried sick about me" she said shyly.

"Is that where you got that scar on your eye" I said. She then touched her face realizing her make up cleaned off.

"It's...it's nothing I was...I was mugged!" She said with so much fear in her eyes. "I already know the truth, no need to lie." I said to her while putting my hand on her shoulder.

"I'm scared" she whispered to me which almost made me shed a tear for her. "I have a plan. You won't get hurt and you will be free."

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Addison's POV

I was walking home with my hands shaking and not know what to do or say. As I opened the door. I saw him pacing in the living room .

"Where were you, you were with that guy you were going to meet at the coffee shop right?!" He shouted

"No, I was in an accident" I said whilst being petrified to my core. "Oh yh, then where is the injury?" He said to me.

He then lifted his hand to try to slap until a muscular hand stopped his hand in mid air.

A small part of me hoped it was Luther but he couldn't come because he was looking into bodyguards for me.

It was the police. They then held his hands behind his back and cuffed them. I proceeded to take the wedding ring off my finger and threw it at his face.

He was so angry, I loved it. "I'll be sending the divorce papers to you in jail" I shouted as he left.

For the first time in my life...I was free.