Chapter 37 Quick Lies
Lilac had come close to death menu times, so she knew how dead looked like, smelled like, and sounded like when it stepped closer to snuffing a person out. And she saw it at this moment.
Eric was serious. He would really kill her. She was not an idiot. What ever this man wanted to do, he was determined to not do it and with his power and influence, she could imagine he would get away with it quite easily.
"I dont know anything," Lilac quickly said, her a ger subsiding quickly.
"Yet, I get attacked and you happen to be on the same street to take me to the hospital. What is this? A new tactic to gain my attention?" Eric asked and Lilac's anger returned with a fury.
"And what would I use your attention to do? Don't be a fucking narcissist!" She snarled.
"Oh? Not that? That would have been better. How about, the moment throw a tantrum to be let ofd the car and I let you, I get attacked," Eric said and Lilac went pale. She looked around him to find that he really looked hagard. Eric picked the gun and pointed it her way. Lilac had to think fast. When she opened the mouth, the lies, just dropped.
"I don't know anything about that. When I tcomes to the bid, I guessed. I fucking guessed. How could I have known? I sakd what everbincould to get out of my situation. Because they would not believe some random number, I told them you had an agreement with the mayor and they can try discrediting that. I told them speculations I heard from my mother about your relationship. I guessed it and to do with the election and maybe the mayor had a deal with you. I bluffed that your family had betrayed him already that the deal would never favour him. I fucking pulled shit out of my ass to save myself!" Lilac shouted.
Eric stared at her for a second. He was not sure if he believed a word she said, but he was sure she felt he would definitely kill her. Ericsuddenly had an idea. This was the best time to use her fear as leverage. Any other time, getting her to sign documents would be hard, at this moment, he could even have her physically appear.
"Alright, you are coming with me. You will take something in your name for me today," Eric said and Lilac panicked.
"In my name? I don't have anything you want!" She screamed.
"You do where we are going," Eric said.
"And where is that?"
"You will know when you get there. As long as your name is Lilac Hart, you are qualified to take it out."
"Take what out?" Lilac pressed.
"Your grandfather's inheritance," Eric answered. Hearing this, Lilac paused slightly.
Inheritance? She had inheritance from her grandfather? Does her mother know of this? Lilac immediately wondered if this was why Eric married her. Thinking such, she immediately changed her tune.
"Even if I do, forcing me to give it to you is illegal. Your claim to it can be contested in court," Lilac said, trying her best to get out of the situation.
"It doesn't matter since I don't intend to hold on to it forever, so it is fine," Eric said nonchalantly. No matter what Lilac said, he had already made up his mind.his words made Lilac pause. Did this mean the inheritance was not money or estate? It was not something he needed to hold on to? She was curious but did not dare ask.
"And why should I hand over my inheritance to you?" Lilac challenged.
"Because you owe me. You owe me for the marriage, for my mother's abduction, and now, for the security breach," Eric said.
"I did not do any o those things! How long will you continue to blame me?" Lilac screamed.
"Till I have proof otherwise. Someone put weapons on my family boat and you happened to know about it, but that has nothing to do with you?" Eric asked and Lilac realized he had since found out about her fight on the ship deck. But then she paused. If he was not the one who did it to frame her, then her former assumption that it was Micheal still stood. If so, was this not a trap against his family? She did him a favor.
"You should be thanking me! That trap was for your family. I helped you!" Lilac sneered.
"How do you happen to know when a trap is being set for my family?" Eric asked.
"The same way you knew my family was setting a trap for you, knew they wanted to use me, but did not care u til the last moment because you felt it would not affect you," Lilac accused and Eric went silent.
"Yes! I guessed that there was no way you did not know an entire government agency was gearing up to attack you. You probably discovered the plot was to blame everything on me and had contingency plans but did not care if I took the fall. You probably wanted a reason to take down my family all this while but they were in laws. I have thought about it a million times and realized, you let me fumble through that night when you could fix it," Lilac said.
"I knew about your family moving with government agencies because I have eyes and ears evrywhere and can peice together clues. So you are saying you knew because there were signs? Signs I could not see? Are you saying even getting attacked tobight was because I could not read the signs?" Eric asked.
"Your own mother got abducted and you coud not even find the person responsible. So, Yes. I saw the signs. I knew something was on that boat and I did not care as long i was not the one going to use it. But that night, I figured I would use the boats to leave the next morning. What if I got caught on a trap set for you?" Lilac answered, quickly on her feet. Everything she said seemed to make sense. Eric frowned.
" This inheritance is not something that you can use either. It will get you killed if anyone knows, so I am doing you a favor," Eric said.
"Still does not give me a reason to hand it over to you," Lilac sneered and Eric raised the gun again, uncorking the safety and staring at her coldly.
"Because everything about you is so fishy, it is best to take out the trash. I will drop you right now," he declared.
"I..." Lilac started to say, but a pair of cold eyes settled on her and she froze.
"You go into your room and dress up. You need to look right," Eric said, getting on his feet.
It was clear he was done talking. Lilac swallowed and got up too. She glanced at the door to her room and walked over only to notice Eric was following him.
"I will just be a minute," Lilac said.
"I have not time to deal with your funny business, Lilac. You do not leave my sight," Eric said and Lilac opened the door and walked in.
He did not in anyway trust that she would not communicate with someone while he was not looking.
"I need to take a bath," Lilac said.
"Don't worry, princess. You smell amazing," Eric said and Lilac held back her anger. This man looked down on her with ever word. His tone and words all ticked Lilac off, but she could only comply.
Lilac walked over to herwardrobe as Eric took a seat on her bed and took out her clothes.
After a few seconds, she paused and looked back at him. With a gun on one hand Eric's gaze locked unto Lilac's form.
"You want to watch?" He asked.
"Is Little Lilac shy?" Eric asked, the tease in his tone only angered Lilac more.
She gritted her teeth and started to strip.