"His" (Book 2 Of The Williams Series)

CHAPTER 22: Home

Camilla Cortes' Point of View:

I ran out after Alex confirmed that was in fact my mother's name. I couldn't believe it I knew my mother was crazy but she just just plain evil. How could she do such a thing to Luke and his family? Oh my God Luke! She kidnapped Luke when he was a child because she was obsessed with his father. How far was this woman willing to go to get what she wanted? I stopped when I finally registered that Luke was shouting my name. I turned around to stare at him. How could he even look at me after what he just heard? I'm the daughter of the woman he caused his family pain.

"I just want to be alone," I whispered brokenly.

"Please don't push me away," he pleaded with me "I don't care about what Andre said, he's a jerk"

"She kidnapped you Luke," I ran a hand through my hair as I tried desperately to control my emotions "you were a child and she kidnapped you"

"Hey baby," he pulled me towards him "it's okay love, its okay"

"It is not okay," I pushed him away from me "how can you be so calm about this?"

He looked away from me when I said that, "the only way you would not be affected is if you already knew"

My eyes widened in shock as it dawned on me, he knew all along. 

"You knew didn't you?"

"Didn't you?" I shouted impatiently.

"Yes," he said quietly.

My breathed got caught in my throat, "how long have you known?"

"Around two days"

"Why didn't you tell me?" I cried "I had a right to know"

I allowed him to wrap his arms around me as I leaned into him for support, "I was going to tell you but I didn't want to upset you especially since you told me you were pregnant"

Tears streamed down my face as I looked up at him. He watched me intently and raised a hand to wipe away my tears. I don't even know why I was crying. I was beyond happy that I never met the women. I could only imagine how I would have turned out if she had been the one to raise me.

"Don't you hate me?" I asked quietly.

He smiled softly and ran a hand down my back, "I could never hate you"

"When I look at this beautiful face I only see you," my heart skipped a beat at his words.

I stood on my tiptoes and pressed my lips to his.

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2 weeks later 

I turned over in bed and reached out for Luke but my hand landed on the empty bed instead. I jumped out of bed and checked the bathroom to see if he was inside but he wasn't there either. That's odd. Today was a Saturday and I knew for a fact that he didn't have any business to attend to today. 

I decided to make the bed and that's when I noticed the envelope that was on his bedside table. It had my name scribbled on it in his hand writing. I took up the envelope and sat on the bed as I opened it. Inside there was a note.

Dressed in red or even white 

Go to where I first caught your sight

A scavenger hunt. This should be interesting. I quickly went into the bathroom to shower and brush my teeth. I wrapped the towel around me as I walked towards my closet. Before I opened the closet door I noticed that there was a gift bag right in front of the door. It had a sticky pad on it that read 'open me'. Grabbing the bag I set it down on the bed and opened it. Inside there were two dresses, one read and one white.