Page 190 of Delilah In Discretion

She pushed his head away with her finger as she stood. “Then it would be good for us. We need a bit of distance between us, especially with my father and brother on the lookout constantly.”

Jin sighed, knowing she was right, and placed a small kiss on her head.

“We’re staying on the phone the whole way,” he muttered, and she groaned as she called his cell and headed in the opposite direction.

Putting the phone to her ear, Ivory pushed through the tropical bushes as she waited until he answered on the other line.

“Hello?”

“You’re so annoying,” she said, irritated, and he gave her a small chuckle.

“And you’re adorable. What’s new?”

She smiled at his antics and continued following the map to see where the garden could be. They continued talking about nothing in particular when Ivory heard a bit of rustling in the bushes and a snap of a branch.

She flinched at the sound and looked around quickly.

“What’s wrong?”Jin asked quickly, noticing she had gone silent for a moment.

Ivory gulped softly. “I just thought I heard something,” she muttered and ignored it as she continued walking—until she heard it again. She looked around quickly and bit her lip.

“Maybe we should go back,”Jin said, worried as he noticed Ivory was no longer in the mood and was most likely frightened.

She went to speak when the phone was knocked out of her hand in a flash, and a hand was placed over her mouth to muffle her screams.

She stopped once she noticed a sharp object being held against her neck and her heart sank once she heard the voice of the man who had made her simply terrified of him since the day they met.

“I told you...I don’t like little girls playing detective.”

Chapter sixty-six

Omniscient

Luca shushed Ivory softly as he looked down at her, and she trembled in his arms. She looked up at him in fear only to see he had a tired and sadistic look in his eyes. He wiped away the lone tear that fell from her eye as he stared at the little girl with only a bit of pity.

“Everything... was going according to plan.Everything. Imagine my fucking surprise when I received a letter telling me to turn my fucking self in for assisting in the murder of your deadbeat family,” he snarled.

Ivory shook her head softly. “I-I’m s-sorry! I-I didn’t mean to,” she began, but flinched when Luca grabbed her by the hair and turned her to face him, still holding the knife to her throat.

“Didn’t mean to what!” he screamed, and she whimpered as he got closer.

“You know who gets to walk free? Your uncle Eugene, the actual murderer. And what the fuck do I get? I get a fucking father who wants nothing to do with me and a life sentence for assisting in a crime I didn’t even commit… all because you couldn’t keep your little mouth shut!” he seethed.

Ivory closed her eyes in fear as a sob racked her chest.

Hearing bushes rustling, Luca looked over to see Jin quickly emerging, seemingly horrified by the sight before him.

“Luca, please—” he began, and Luca shook his head.

“I’ve done enough fucking listening, and so have you two. If I’m fucking going down…I’m taking all of you with me.”

“She didn’t want to tell anyone! It was eating her alive, but she was so afraid of you that she didn’t want to say anything!” Jin spoke truthfully.

Luca hummed as he caressed the side of Ivory’s face.

“I scare you, hmmm? Are you afraid of me, little Ivory?” he asked.

She nodded quickly as the words wouldn’t escape her mouth.

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