“WHAT!!?" Charlotte's voice resonated through the room, as she stared at me, still astonished about what her ears heard just now

“Are you sure?" She asked, still can't digest the fact that our mothers' were best friends, I just nod at her words can't deny the fact that we met in our childhood once

Yesterday when I got to know about Lanier's accident I went straight to my office and rechecked both the cases

That's when I got to know that they both were good friends, and the day my mom had an accident, it was Charlotte's birthday and my mom went to her birthday at that time

“Wait, it means Olivia aunt … was your mom? Mrs. Olivia Francois!?” She fluttered her eyes, trying to remember the past days

“Yes, and the day my mom had an accident and she died it was your birthday and she went to your house…” I mumbled, trying to hold back my invisible tears

"I'm sorry…" she whispered, trying to avoid my gaze and continued to stare at the floor, feeling embarrassed

“It's not your mistake…” the room falls in silence, as we both stare at different directions, trying to ease the tension

“Don't worry, we will find the culprit soon" she assures, glancing at me, giving me an assuring nod, a slight smile forms on my face and I sigh

“Now, we have to find that man… that different eyed man…” I slowly blabber, finding myself lost of my own words

I open my mouth to utter something but suddenly my phone starts to buzz. I hold my phone to look who's calling but the number flashing on the screen leaves me off-guard

I read the number, and try to remember if I know someone called ‘405-110-****... “Whose number is this" I whisper under my breath

I pick up the call, I say hello but get no response from the other side, I wait for a mere second but out of nowhere the call cuts

I stare at the screen, my brows furrowed in confusion, I glance at Charlotte who seemed equally astonished as me…

But I try to avoid what just happened, and try to get back to our conversation “Leave it, so what were we talking about? Yes, our mom's" I change the topic not thinking much, and try to focus on the case in hand

“Last time when we went to see him, something unusual happened…” Charlotte murmured, remembering that night when she got drunk and I shot- leave it ..

“Yes, I don't think we will be able to find that man so soon, but what if we find out the driver who killed my mom?"

Charlotte glanced at me, as soon as I finished my last line. She raised an eyebrow, questioning my meandering thoughts

“See if-" my phone rings before I could complete it. I take the call, in a professional style, obviously, trying to impress Charlotte

“Yes? Oh, ok. Send me the location and his details. And also send 4-5 men to go along with me there. Great job, btw”

And I cut the call, maybe he is on bedrest but Lanier indeed is a passionate man. So thankful to have him, as an older brother from another mother

"Who was it? And what was he saying” Charlotte burst as soon as I cut the call" woah, woah relax. It was Lanier, he found the driver's location and details”

"Lanier is a true gentleman” Charlotte winks, ‘knowingly’ and snatches my phone, start reading the details of the driver Lanier sent me

Whereas me, love-sick boy, just continues to stare at her, like the whole world relies on her face, body, lips, eyes, and her hairs cascading down till her waist

“Ok so should we go?" She turns towards me, I quickly look away, so she doesn't notice that I was staring at her like a madman

“A-ah yeah" my voice choke due to embarrassment but I try to cut it down and venture out of the room towards the car, I can feel Charlotte's gaze stuck on me, while going

“Why are you sitting there?" I ask, as I see Charlotte opening the back door of the car. Do I look like a driver to her? Well I don't have a problem with it, though

“Where should I sit then?" She says, being sarcastic but it doesn't matter cause I have mastered flirting

“Sit on my face, Chérie" I smirk with a devilish grin, crept on my face. She glares at me, and shows me a middle finger, I chuckle at her actions

I'm way too good at flirting darling don't mess with me

“I can show you a real one, Chérie" I smirk, trying to suppress my wild thoughts. she gives me a death stare, and quietly sits on the front seat, but moves her face towards the window, aaa!! Why is she like this, I wanna glue my eyes at her pretty face only, but she never listens

Know worries, after making her my wife, she can't refuse to show me her face, heh

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“TELL ME WHY DID YOU KILL MY MOM?" My voice echoed through the silence, the only sounds breaking was the soft hums of our breath

I give a hard punch on the man's face, making him spill some blood from his mouth. He coughs, but nods in denial

I wave my hand on my hair in frustration, and stand up, taking deep breaths to calm down, right now that truck driver who killed my mom is sitting right in front of me

And I can't do anything. I want to torture him badly but not right now. Charlotte is also with me, and is watching everything. So I don't wanna hurt her feelings by killing a man in front of her

I glanced at Charlotte who looked slightly concerned, but I noticed something else, which was anger . She looked so angry, her eyes were fixed on that man

I glance at that asshole and back at Charlotte, they were having an intense eye contact, the way Charlotte kept on glaring at that man, not even blinking

Made that asshole's hand shiver, and before I could understand anything, Charlotte took the rod, which was kept on the floor in the corner and ran towards him

That man screamed and shut his eyes with bated breath, but after a mere seconds of silence

Charlotte and that bitch opened their eyes, when they felt that something was wrong, and yes! It was

I held the rod just a seconds before it could smash his head, Charlotte already closed her eyes while flying the rod on the air out of fear, I took my chance and grabbed it

I snatched the rod from Charlotte's hand and threw it aside. Checking her out, whether she is fine

That man took a relieved breath, and closed his eyes, as if praying to God for mercy

“Are you okay? Ms. Violet?" I took her hands with mine, and looked at her with concern, she jerked my hand away, looking frustrated

“Why did you stop me? It would have been the end for this motherfvcker, cause he is making my blood boil" she yelled, her voice breaks throughout the room

I just stood there, completely astonished by her actions, my eyes widened at her anger. I always knew that she is mentally strong but didn't know she was really so strong that instead of fearing she struck fear in that asshole instead

“Tell, tell me why did you do it? Huh? And if you won't tell, then I will kill you right here" she shrieked, her one hand grabbing his collar and the other holding..

A GUN?!!

She had put a gun in the direction of his dick, wtf?!! I quickly checked my pockets, but couldn't find my gun. Probably, she must have taken it. Damn, That's like my lady

“A-a o-okay, I'm I'm telling you, but please keep your gun aside" he fumbles for words, glancing at the gun and back at her

I guess she can handle it, I will just stay behind her to avoid any turmoil till then, let her prove that she is my lady

Mrs. Charlotte Ethan Francois

“I don't remember his face, at that time his face was slightly covered. Only his eyes were visible. The most interesting thing was that, they both were of different colours, one was greenish and the other was yellowish"

My brow furrowed in confusion, by now I understood that this is the same guy, why is he doing all this??..

“Did he wear a shoe with a golden tiger symbol?” Charlotte asked, she had a grim expression on her face. He squinted his eyes to remember and briskly nodes in approval

And that was enough to lose control over my emotions. I give a hard punch on the wall behind me, my mind racing with ineffable thoughts. I wanna cry, I wanna cry badly

I lean towards the wall, my forehead touching the wall, loosening all it's burden on the wall, I take a deep breath to calm down

Just when I feel a hand, I stay still, aware of her presence, which gives me a tint of relaxation “Ethan, I know you are sad but we are trying our best don't worry"

“I know, I know we are trying our best to do it, but no matter how hard we try the needle revolves and strucks back at the starting point” I whiff, and slowly open my eyes, and glance at her face, she looked concerned, and I don't wanna make her more by making my condition like this

I straighten my posture, moving towards the guy, his face hanging in air, filled with fresh bruises and scratches. I smirk

“Don't worry, I will give you a slow death" I whisper, making him look at me dreadfully, he tried to speak something but couldn't

Because… he knows it's of no use, I'm already holding a cane of petrol. I open it's cap and slowly start pouring petrol on him, he cried, screamed for help, but little did he know, there is no one who will hear his yells

“Charlotte you go out, I'm coming" I order her, cause if she gets harmed when I will burn? I can't risk that, she just nods and ventures out

“Bye bye, now my mom's soul will rest in peace. No, actually not yet, first I will find that fcking bastard and give him a very slow yet deadliest death only then, I will be satisfied" I murmur, and burn flame and throw it on him

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(This scene is written by the author's pov. The characters in this SCENE are the second leads of the story, hope you all like it<3)

The room was filled with a quiet hum of air conditioner, the stillness of the objects were the only presence breaking through the silence

LANIER ROUSSEAU, a 35-year old doctor, thick black hairs and grey eyes, muscular body, 6ft, in his mid-thirties but still single, has finally given his heart to someone…

His legs were patting continuously on the ground, even in winters, sweat was visible on his forehead, he looked tensed, as if waiting for something special

A ‘ting’ sound popped on his phone's screen, it was a notification, the name was written ‘Love’ little did the readers know, it was from ‘Bianca’ a 5’6 blondie, with brown eyes and slim waist, who is 8 years younger than him, means she is 27 years old

MESSAGES

LANIER Hey, I'm Lanier Remember we met yesterday? Had a coffee… 10:30am

LOVE(Bianca) Bonjour! Yes, I remember It was fun, btw from where Did you get my number? 10:50am

He stood there frozen as soon as he read her message,his mind racing with mindless meanderings. Unable to understand what excuse he should make. Cursing himself under his breath, he finally replied

LANIER Actually, I really had a lot of fun yesterday, I never thought I could be this happy too … so I asked for your number from Ethan

BIANCA Oh, well I too enjoyed it a lot. It was a good coffee date …

And these words were enough to make butterflies fly in his stomach, he blushed so hard, questioning himself, can a girl make me blush too?

LANIER Really? Then, actually I was thinking, shall we go somewhere else someday?

BIANCA Well, I don't have any problem with it, we can go today if you want cause I'm free today

His smile faded, he wanted to meet her so badly, but he couldn't because right now he is in hospital, covered with wounds and I will take some time to heal but an idea popped in his mind and …

LANIER I'm sorry, we couldn't meet today, I'm in hospital right now …

BIANCA What?! What happened to you? Till yesterday you were all fine

LANIER I had a terrible accident, and i'm badly injured, no-one is there to take care of me

BIANCA Oh, tell me the hospital, I'm coming there to meet you and yes, what do you like to eat?

LANIER Anything made with your hands<3

BIANCA Okay…

Poor Bianca was too innocent to understand that, Lanier knowingly said all this to her so she will come to meet him and they can talk and spend a good time together, anyways, everything is fair in love and war right?

Bianca quickly gets up from her bed, and moves towards the kitchen, thinking what to make for him to make him feel better “Oh, I should make soup for him, he will love it" she swiftly gets to the work and carefully brings all the materials needed for it

Everything was going well until she realised, why is she doing all this? Is she starting to fall in love with Lanier?

“No, no, no, Bianca, No, you can't fall in love with Dr. Lanier. You love Ethan right?" She conveys her mind. She had loved Ethan from the start, the day they became good friends, at first she thought it was just a friendship but then suddenly she started to catch feelings for him

No matter how hard she tried to deny it, that feeling never left her alone. After Ethan's mother's death, they became closer, Bianca was like a second mother to him. Everything was going fine UNTIL Charlotte came

She stopped in the middle while making soup, and started thinking about their first day in college, when Ethan and Bianca were roaming in the corridors that's when they saw Charlotte being harassed by a bastard

She started to notice that their friendship was becoming more good than Bianca and Ethan's. “I tried many things to keep them apart but nothing worked, I thought everything was over between me and Ethan just when he left college out of sudden”

Then after a few years, she got to know about, the most famous and reputed lawyer Ethan Francois and when she got to know about this news, she quickly went to meet him but not alone, Andre too

“The soup was ready, the time passed too quickly while thinking about those golden and black days, but anyways maybe not for Ethan at least I'm making soup for someone else”

She packs the soup and drives towards the hospital

(For a few days, until Lanier got better, she used to go and meet him daily and they became good friends, let's see if Lanier will be able to win Bianca's heart or not)

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Author's note:-

Hello lovelies! Hope you all liked the chapter. So, this chapter has given a hint that from now on, Bianca and Lanier's story will also move side by side. Hope you all will love them. I was going to post the chapter yesterday but didn't get time due to exams but here it is!

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Have a nice day ahead! 💗