Love Contract

Chapter 387 Extra Story You Are Mine

The people in the cafe were getting a free show and they all watched on, captivated. Lucas dragged Jazlyn out and they all craned their necks to watch the action continue.

They stepped out onto the street and Lucas shook her hand free of his and rested his hands on his hips, glaring at her with fire in his eyes. "What did you just say to me?"

Jazlyn raised her eyebrows mockingly and seemed quite pleased with herself. "I said many things, which one are you referring to? The one about you being my man?"

"You bitch..." Lucas muttered under his breath. He gnashed his teeth, trying to hold in his anger and yelled, "Not that! I mean the baby! What did you say about a baby? Are you really... Pregnant?"

"You wish!" Jazlyn scoffed. She lifted her head and said, "I was lying of course."

Lucas' phone suddenly rang in his hands, shifting the tension.

He didn't waste time checking the caller ID, picked up the phone and barked into it, "Hello? Who's this? What do you want? Speak!"

"Oh, Luc, it's me!" His mother's voice came from the other end; she sounded excited. "Why are you shouting? Nicole said you've gotten a woman pregnant. You’re going to be a father, you need to learn to not lose your temper so easily! When will you be coming back to the US? Show me what the girl looks like, we should take care of her, she's our responsibility now!"

"Ahem!" Jazlyn tried clearing her throat when she heard the words from the phone, but she was so frightened she choked on her saliva and coughed wildly for a moment.

"What are you talking about? Pregnant? Becoming a father? It's all nonsense!" Lucas lost it, he'd had enough. "Mom, don't believe all the rubbish that comes out of her mouth! I... Nicole was joking!"

"Why would Nicole joke with me about something like that? I think you're the one lying to me!" Now Lucas' mother was annoyed. "How old are you? Getting some girl pregnant is a good thing for a man at your age! I'm your mother, why won't you just tell me the truth?"

Jazlyn put a hand over her mouth to conceal her snickering. She looked up at Lucas and a sudden gloom overtook her. She cleared her throat and acted as if she was the one who had been wronged and shouted at the phone, "Luc, are you really going to make me get an abortion?"

She pulled a defiant face, as if to say "what are you going to do about that?"

Lucas' face darkened instantly. Before he could say anything, a roar came from the phone. "Lucas, if you make her get an abortion, you will never be allowed to set foot in my house again! I'm warning you, you better keep that baby!"

"Hiss..." Lucas pulled the phone from his ear, rearing from the shouts ringing out at him. "I didn't... She's not pregnant! Jazlyn is lying to you!"

"Jazlyn? Is that my future daughter-in-law?"

He didn't know what to say anymore and rubbed his eyebrows helplessly. When he turned his head, he noticed Jazlyn was about to slip away from him and yelled back into his phone, "Mom, I have go to!" "You haven't told me what's going on yet! Hello? Hey...

You brat..."

Jazlyn panicked when she saw him hang up the phone. She swiveled her head rapidly, looking across the road but found that Aisha's car had already disappeared. 'Oh no. I'm going to have to run!' she thought to herself.

"What now? You want to run from this?" Lucas asked angrily before darting over and grabbing Jazlyn by the wrist.

She turned around and glared back at Lucas. "What next? You want to fight me? All right, just don't be ashamed when you're beaten to the ground, right out in the street!"

Lucas pursed his lips and said nothing. He stepped closer to Jazlyn, who reacted by taking a step back. Lucas continued pressing her back, forcing her into a corner. Before Jazlyn knew what was happening, her back was pressed up against a wall. Lucas planted his hands firmly on either side of her trapping her between himself and the wall as he looked down on her.

Jazlyn could not help but blush and forgot all her fighting skills and the fact that she could knock him down in a matter of seconds. Like a little girl, she looked up at him shyly and asked obliviously, her voice trembling, "What are you doing?"

"You think you can cause a scene like that and just run away?" Lucas asked. "Do you know how difficult my mother is to deal with?" His voice was now filled with hatred.

He had only just finished speaking when his phone rang again in his pocket.

Lucas sighed. "Did you hear what I said?"

Jazlyn shrugged and said, "It's none of my business, is it? Besides, you started it.” "What did I do to make you mad?"

He stared at Jazlyn with confusion. "We've only seen each other once since you got back from Japan. How could I have upset you again?" "You're here having a coffee with someone else... Eh..." She finally spoke the words she had been holding in, and her arrogance suddenly disappeared. 'Wait a minute! Lucas was just drinking coffee with someone else. What does that have to do with me? Where is my brain today? What am I thinking? Gosh! What have I done? I'm so stupid!' Jazlyn's face changed several times in the space of a few seconds as she fought within herself.

Lucas did not know how to respond and so he didn't. He remained silent for a moment, shuffling through his thoughts, his eyes shifting from confusion to disbelief to being filled with doubt. Eventually, he understood. His lips curled to a cheeky grin and he whispered in Jazlyn's ear, "Did seeing me drinking coffee with another woman make you jealous?"

Hearing the word "jealous" stiffened the muscles on her face. She had nothing to say in her defense. He had hit it right on the nose, he had put words to the strange feeling she held in her heart! She felt that Lucas belonged to her. He was supposed to be with her all the time, how could he then be with another woman? That was why she had rushed into the coffee shop just now. Lucas hadn't provoked her or started anything. It was all her, she wanted to provoke him.

He stared at her for a long time. When she said nothing, he thought he had got it wrong and was flattering himself. He sighed and said, "Forget it. Don't make jokes like that again. Take good care of Mary. I'll see you at the wedding."

Jazlyn was under no restraint anymore, since Lucas had turned away from her. She looked at his back as he walked away and suddenly called out to stop him, "Lucas!"

"What is it?" he asked, coming to halt. He turned his head and was greeted by a waft of a sweet fragrance on his face. His lips were pressed against another's and his neck was wrapped around.

Jazlyn was on her tiptoes, her arms around Lucas' neck. She kissed him deeply and bit his lip hard and said, "Lucas, looks like I'll be sticking to you this time."

His mind was racing and was in a mess. "What do you mean?" he asked.

She patted his chest and said affectionately, "I've decided to be responsible for you since you're a good man! From now on, you're mine!"

He looked at her blushing face and was a little angry with himself. He was the man, he should have been taking more charge, shouldn't he? And Jazlyn wasn't acting like the woman at all!

"What if I don't need you to be responsible for me?" Lucas asked, blinking blankly.

"That's not an option! Hmm..."

This time, Lucas held her head in his hands and kissed her back passionately, giving himself over to her.

"Jazlyn, I will tame you!"

Three days later, on a beautiful autumn day, flowers bloomed outside a church on Randal Road, in A City. The small, understated, yet luxurious wedding between Mary and Barry was about to begin.

Jazlyn wore an elegant dress and saw Lucas the moment she stepped out of the bathroom. The two exchanged glances while Lucas touched his nose and smiled. Jazlyn lowered her head slightly, giggling to herself. Something was going on between them but they were keeping it to themselves. Or trying to at least.

"They've finally fallen in love with each other!" Aisha and Archer looked on from a tree they had hidden behind. "Finally! The last two days, Jazlyn's been laughing in her dreams so happily she's woken herself up," said Aisha.

"What about you?" Archer looked at Aisha with a smile and asked, "What do you say about going back to the US with me after Mary's wedding? My grandmother's been waiting for me to bring her a granddaughter-in-law."

Aisha raised her shoulders and pulled her head in, trying to shield herself from her discomfort. "Your grandmother? You mean the lady of the Netherlands' royal family?"

"Yes," Archer nodded as if it were nothing.

"But I don't know anyone from the royal family. I don't think I'd fit in," she replied. She then took a deep breath and said, "I'd better inspect the place, patrol a little, make sure everyone is safe and the wedding goes well.

Disappointment seemed to wash over Archer, but he said nothing and let her go.

Lucas and Jazlyn went back to the groom's and the bride's rooms respectively. When they got there, Barry's assistant, Cooper, charged in with a newspaper in hand. "Bad news! Bad news!"

"Let me see!" Lucas stepped forward and snatched the newspaper away. His eyes turned a scarlet red as anger and sadness overtook him. 'Barry has a child with Selah? Why is this world so messed up? This is madness!' Lucas thought. He could not believe his eyes.

He read through the article and the room fell into silence.

Barry stumbled across the room after Victor punched him with clean, powerful blow. He was quick then to say he'd talk to Mary about all this.

Lucas sat for a while and waited but Barry still had not returned. He was about to go look for him when he saw a group of women running at him frantically.

"What's the matter? What's going on?" Lucas ran up to Jazlyn and asked urgently.

"Mary is missing!" she replied anxiously. "Just a moment ago, Barry came looking for her and sent us all out. But when we returned, she was gone!"

They all rushed to the church, and the first thing they saw when they entered, was William and Aisha in the middle of a heated argument.

"William? You! Where is my sister? Where did you take her?"

William was stunned. "Isn't Mary here? "

"Haven't you taken Mary away, William?" Victor asked.

"I just arrived," William replied innocently.

"Help! Help!" Jane ran over shouting, "I... I saw that Alick and Elissa get taken away!"

"What? Who kidnapped them?" William began trembling with fear.

"They were taken away by a man with a scar on his face, " Jane said breathlessly from anguish. "I saw it from the parterre and... there was another little boy! I couldn't catch up with them!"

"Barry Gu!" Jazlyn cursed, her rage bursting, "Are you sure today is a good day? Look what happened!"

"Is Mary also taken away? By the same person?” Lucas asked, assuming the worst.

"Aisha, haven't you taken care of the security of the church?" Archer frowned. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

"No matter how powerful I am, I am still alone, okay? So many things rushed up to me all of a sudden!" Aisha glared at Barry and said, "It's all your fault!"

"Check the surveillance video!" William calmed himself and was the first to act, the rest following behind in a hurry.

On the screens in the security room, they saw Mary being carried out in her wedding dress. Meanwhile, Alick, Elissa and Ray were kidnapped as well.

"Ray? It's Ray!" Barry screamed when he saw the horrific events play out of the monitors.

"Damn it! Who dares to be bold like this?" Victor frowned, wondering, trying to make sense of all this craziness.

Aisha's eyes darkened. She and Jazlyn looked at each other and said a terrifying word, "Corbett!" "He is a Japanese," they added.

"Why would he kidnap Mary?" Lucas asked with furrowed brows.

"I don't know."

The group gathered together, trying to find any trace of Mary and the children, but they had nothing. Until, a message suddenly popped up on their mobile phones.

It came from that Japanese freak, this was some sort of sick game to him. 'Arrrgh!' Aisha cried out on the inside.

"Corbett! I won't let you go this time!" she yelled her declaration to the universe. She bit down hard, gritted her teeth and rushed out of the church, her phone still in her hand. Jazlyn didn't hesitate and followed right behind her, two forces to be reckoned with.

Lucas frowned and patted Archer on the shoulder. He said nothing and just followed the crowd.

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