“Where…where is Lucian?”Olivia whispered, the realization settling like ice in her veins.
Celestia stepped into the room behind her, eyes wide and sharp.
“He isn’t here…
where does he go at night?”Celestia muttered, her voice turning cold as her mind raced to conclusions.
Her eyes narrowed dangerously.
Wait… does Lucian sneak out at night? For what? To meet… another woman?
Her eyes darkened, a strange glint of possessive rage sparking in their depths. The thought alone made her jaw clench. Her fists tightened at her sides, and her expression contorted, the innocent drowsiness from moments ago replaced by something far more unhinged.
Almost forgetting the actual issue Celestia stood silently, staring at Lucian empty room with a mix of suspicion and burning jealousy.
Meanwhile,Olivia’s panic was growing by the second.
“Where is Lucy…?”she whispered again, forcing herself to think logically through the dread constricting her chest.
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Her brows furrowed in worry as the fear gripping her heart worsened.
Rose missing was already troubling enough. Rose was smart and independent, and Olivia trusted her to handle herself. But Lucian? He had always been mentally fragile… she hadn’t forgotten the suicidal thoughts he had been battling just weeks ago.
Her heart dropped.
What if he ran away?Or worse…what if
“No, no, no.”Olivia shook her head violently, unwilling to even entertain the thought.
“He must be in the bathroom…he has to be.”
Without another word, she turned on her heels and bolted out of the room.
“Lucian! Are you in there?” she yelled, running down the hall toward the bathroom door.
“Wait”Celestia called, but Olivia didn’t stop. She sprinted down the corridor, heart racing in her chest.
Please…let him be here. Please.
Celestia followed silently, her lips twitching in a twisted smile as her thoughts spiraled further.
“Darling, if you’re not home… and you’re with some slut…oh, I promise, I’ll make you regret it.”
The moment Olivia reached the bathroom door, she twisted the handle and yanked it open.
Empty.
The bathroom was cold and dark.
The mirror fog-free, the towels undisturbed.Lucian wasn’t here either.
Olivia staggered back, gripping the doorframe. Her vision blurred with rising panic.
“Where the hell is he? It’s the middle of the night…why would he leave without telling me?” she said, voice cracking with anxiety.
She turned desperately to Celestia. “Did Lucian tell you anything? Did he mention going somewhere?”
Celestia lips curved into a small, unnatural smile. “No.”
The single word answer sent a chill down Olivia’s spine.Celestia’s eyes were shadowed, and the smile on her face looked…wrong.
Why is she smiling like that?
“Okay… okay, let me call him,” Olivia muttered, pulling out her phone with trembling hands. “If Rose isn’t answering, maybe Lucian will.”
She tapped his contact and waited. The call didn’t even connect.
“What the… why isn’t it ringing?”Olivia said, frantically trying again. “Is his phone off?”
Celestia’s eyes lit up with something dark and possessive.
“Ahhh…he changed his number.”
“Wait, what?” Olivia froze. “Lucian changed his number? When?”
“A few days ago.He…threw his old phone away in dustbin.” Celestia’s voice was nonchalant as she scrolled through her phone.
“Why would he do that?”Olivia asked, confusion adding to her anxiety. “Wait… how do you know that?”
Celestia’s fingers paused mid-scroll. She blinked once, then let out a soft chuckle. “Ahhh… well, it’s a long story.”
“Celestia, this is serious. Please.”
“Don’t worry Let me just…call him i have his new phone number,” Celestia said, her eyes darkening as she tapped away on her phone.
The line rang. Once. Twice.
No answer.
Celestia smile twisted further. “Oh? He isn’t picking up even my calls now?”she said softly, her voice taking on a dangerous edge.”So daring…hehehe…very daring, indeed.”
“Try again!” Olivia urged, her desperation reaching its peak.
Celestia did as asked. The phone rang again. Still no response.
Her hand tightened around the device until the plastic creaked. Her smile stretched unnaturally across her face.
“Not answering my calls, hmm? Heh… good… very good.”
Her voice dipped into a dangerous murmur, more to herself than Olivia. “Darling… where are you? Hiding from me? Or… are you out there with someone else?”
Her breath quickened, and her eyes gleamed with possessive rage. “Hehe… if I find you with some other girl, darlin~… oh… I’ll cut off your legs… your arms… your tongue… and make you lie in my lap forever.”
Olivia, pacing the room in blind panic didn’t catch the disturbing whisper.
“Why isn’t he picking up? Where did he go? Should I call the police?”Olivia muttered, running a hand through her hair as her thoughts spiraled.”But if I call the police, the media will go crazy.
The Kane family will be all over the news again. And if he’s just… out… then Lucian will hate me for embarrassing him like that.”
Celestia’s fingers danced across the screen.
“Let’s hack your live location, darling… hehehe.”
Her voice was soft, almost tender, as her thumb tapped and swiped with practiced precision. Her phone’s interface glowed in the dim light, the reflection casting an eerie gleam in her eyes. She bypassed security layers, one after another, her focus sharp and unyielding.
Come on, come on…don’t hide from me, Lucy. You can’t escape.
A soft ping broke the silence.
Celestia eyes narrowed as the GPS coordinates loaded.
“Found you,”she whispered.
The victorious smirk on her lips froze when she saw the location on the screen. Her pupils contracted, her smile twisting into something feral.
A nightclub.
Lucian’s phone was pinging from a nightclub in the city.
A nightclub? My darling…
Celestia’s breaths quickened.
My darling sneaks out in the middle of the night… to a nightclub? Without telling me? To enjoy himself…? To meet someone…?
Her fingers tightened around the phone. The plastic casing creaked under the pressure.
A nightclub… a filthy, disgusting place with drunk sluts and trashy women wearing almost nothing.
Is that what he likes? Is that why he doesn’t tell me?
Her mind spiraled with ugly images. Lucian sitting there… laughing… with some woman leaning on his shoulder… whispering into his ear… smiling at her the way he should only smile at her.
Heheheheh…
Her breath turned shaky. Her grip on the phone trembled as dark thoughts coiled like serpents in her chest. The rational side of her brain tried to speak Calm down. He might have a reason. Maybe it’s not what it looks like.
But the dark, possessive part screamed louder.
Nightclub… he’s mine. How dare he go somewhere like that without me? How dare he betray me like this?
She stared at the blinking red dot on the map, the club’s name glowing mockingly beneath it.
“You can’t hide, Lucy,” she whispered. “I’ll find you… and if I find a single woman near you… I swear…”
“Celestia?” Olivia’s voice snapped her from the haze. “Did you find his location? I heard you say something just now.”
Celestia blinked, forcing herself to relax. Her smile softened, though the madness still shimmered beneath the surface.
“Yeah,” she said, turning to Olivia.
“I got it.”
“Where is he?” Olivia stepped forward, desperate and tense.”Where’s Lucian? I’ll go get him right now. We can find Rose later Lucian’s more stupid rose is more sensible…she might be all fine. If he’s out there alone…he might be in danger.”
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“Oh, he’s,”Celestia said softly, eyes dropping back to her phone. “He’s at…a nightclub.”
“A nightclub?”Olivia repeated, her voice climbing an octave in disbelief. “Lucian’s at a nightclub? Are you sure?”
Celestia let out a hollow laugh, her expression unreadable.
“Oh…I’m sure.”
Her eyes gleamed with something cold and dangerous as she turned the phone screen toward Olivia.
The name of the nightclub blinked on the map.
“He’s right here.”
Olivia jaw dropped when she saw the address.
“That club…it’s in the middle of the city.Why would Lucian go there?”
Celestia’s fingers tightened again around the phone.
“Yeah…why would he?”she said, voice low. “Why indeed?”
Her mind was already racing through scenarios of what she would find when she got there.
“Let’s go,”Olivia said, grabbing her coat.
“We need to get him now.”
“Yes,” Celestia agreed. Her lips curled into a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.
“Let’s find him.”
And if some filthy woman’s there with him…