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Ultimate Love - A Quest for Lasting Happiness
img img Ultimate Love - A Quest for Lasting Happiness img Chapter 5 FIVE
5 Chapters
Chapter 11 ELEVEN img
Chapter 12 TWELVE img
Chapter 13 THIRTEEN img
Chapter 14 FOURTEEN img
Chapter 15 FIFTEEN img
Chapter 16 SIXTEEN img
Chapter 17 SEVENTEEN img
Chapter 18 EIGHTEEN img
Chapter 19 NINETEEN img
Chapter 20 TWENTY img
Chapter 21 TWENTY ONE img
Chapter 22 TWENTY TWO img
Chapter 23 TWENTY THREE img
Chapter 24 TWENTY FOUR img
Chapter 25 TWENTY FIVE img
Chapter 26 TWENTY SIX img
Chapter 27 TWENTY SEVEN img
Chapter 28 TWENTY EIGHT img
Chapter 29 TWENTY NINE img
Chapter 30 THIRTY img
Chapter 31 THIRTY ONE img
Chapter 32 THIRTY TWO img
Chapter 33 THIRTY THREE img
Chapter 34 THIRTY FOUR img
Chapter 35 THIRTY FIVE img
Chapter 36 THIRTY SIX img
Chapter 37 THIRTY SEVEN img
Chapter 38 THIRTY EIGHT img
Chapter 39 THIRTY NINE img
Chapter 40 FORTY img
Chapter 41 FORTY ONE img
Chapter 42 FORTY TWO img
Chapter 43 FORTY THREE img
Chapter 44 FORTY FOUR img
Chapter 45 FORTY FIVE img
Chapter 46 FORTY SIX img
Chapter 47 FORTY SEVEN img
Chapter 48 FORTY EIGHT img
Chapter 49 FORTY NINE img
Chapter 50 FIFTY img
Chapter 51 FIFTY ONE img
Chapter 52 FIFTY TWO img
Chapter 53 FIFTY THREE img
Chapter 54 FIFTY FOUR img
Chapter 55 FIFTY FIVE img
Chapter 56 FIFTY SIX img
Chapter 57 FIFTY SEVEN img
Chapter 58 FIFTY EIGHT img
Chapter 59 FIFTY NINE img
Chapter 60 SIXTY img
Chapter 61 SIXTY ONE img
Chapter 62 SIXTY TWO img
Chapter 63 SIXTY THREE img
Chapter 64 SIXTY FOUR img
Chapter 65 SIXTY FIVE img
Chapter 66 SIXTY SIX img
Chapter 67 SIXTY SEVEN img
Chapter 68 SIXTY EIGHT img
Chapter 69 SIXTY NINE img
Chapter 70 SEVENTY img
Chapter 71 SEVENTY ONE img
Chapter 72 SEVENTY TWO img
Chapter 73 SEVENTY THREE img
Chapter 74 SEVENTY FOUR img
Chapter 75 SEVENTY FIVE img
Chapter 76 SEVENTY SIX img
Chapter 77 SEVENTY SEVEN img
Chapter 78 SEVENTY EIGHT img
Chapter 79 SEVENTY NINE img
Chapter 80 EIGHTY img
Chapter 81 EIGHTY ONE img
Chapter 82 EIGHTY TWO img
Chapter 83 EIGHTY THREE img
Chapter 84 EIGHTY FOUR img
Chapter 85 EIGHTY FIVE img
Chapter 86 EIGHTY SIX img
Chapter 87 EIGHTY SEVEN img
Chapter 88 EIGHTY EIGHT img
Chapter 89 EIGHTY NINE img
Chapter 90 NINETY img
Chapter 91 NINETY ONE img
Chapter 92 NINETY TWO img
Chapter 93 NINETY THREE img
Chapter 94 NINETY FOUR img
Chapter 95 NINETY FIVE img
Chapter 96 NINETY SIX img
Chapter 97 NINETY SEVEN img
Chapter 98 NINETY EIGHT img
Chapter 99 NINETY NINE img
Chapter 100 ONE HUNDRED img
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Chapter 5 FIVE

"Is everything okay here? Do I need to call the police?" It was Erin, her coworker. Chloe looked at her gratefully. Only a few people were outside at this time of the evening, probably because it was cold and even those ones did not pay them any mind. Instead, they went about their business as though they did not see Chloe struggling to free herself from Lucas's grip. Erin had always disliked Lucas, and her dislike for him had intensified even more in the past few months. She was standing a few feet away and looking at Lucas with distaste.

He released Chloe's arm reluctantly and muttered under his breath to her, "I'll see you later. You should not flirt with anyone. It's not nice or polite. How would you feel if I was flirting with every female that walked past?"

Chloe did not bother telling him how ridiculous he sounded telling someone to be polite when he did not have a single polite bone in his body. She also decided that it was best not to point out the fact that he had done more than flirting when she had caught him cheating on her. Not only had he cheated on her, but he had also beaten up the girl that he had been cheating with when she had started yelling at him for not telling her that he already had a girlfriend. It had taken Chloe and a neighbor's intervention to get him to stop beating up the girl. She did not say any of this, though. Instead, she rubbed her arm and looked down at it, not surprised to see the bruise that was forming there already. Lucas followed her gaze and looked down at the bruise too. Without saying anything, he turned and walked away in long strides.

"I really do not understand why you put up with his shit. I know I sound like a broken record, and I'm only your coworker, but I think it is best that you break up with him. That guy has got serious problems. He looks like the controlling and violent type." Erin said as soon as they got back into the restaurant.

"I know. I've made up my mind to break up with him. I'm just waiting for the right time. I'm afraid that it is only a matter of time before he becomes physically abusive." Chloe said, averting her gaze. She was ashamed of herself, but the truth was that she was scared of breaking up with Lucas for two reasons. The first one was that she was afraid of what he would do. The memory of him beating up that girl black and blue right in her presence was forever burned in her memory. He had seemed like a different person, almost as though he was possessed. The second reason was even more shameful, and she knew that she'd rather die than let anyone know it. The reason was that she did not want to be totally alone. As bad as Lucas was, he was the only major person in her life, and in a way, she loved him. However, all that was rapidly changing, and she had finally made up her mind to do away with his toxic ass.

"You're right. He's giving off all the signs. It is better for you to end the relationship now." Erin cautioned as they parted ways and went to attend to customers.

Chloe wholeheartedly agreed and had tried to break up with Lucas a number of times now, all to no avail. As soon as she mentioned anything like that, he would break down crying and begging, and then just like that, she would accept him back. However, he was beginning to release a side of himself that he had carefully kept under wraps before, and she was not sure that she wanted to see what lay underneath when he unveiled it. In the next thirty minutes, her shift was over. She came out of the restaurant cautiously, half expecting Lucas to jump out at her from the shadows. She did not see any sign of him though, and so she entered her car and drove the short distance from the restaurant to her house.

"The guy is crazy, and the sooner I distanced myself from him, the better I'd be." She thought to herself as she drove.

It was a sad thing indeed that Lucas had decided to resort to stalking her. The truth was that nowadays, she was afraid of him and was thinking of the best way to break up with him and have him accept it. It had not always been like this, at least not at the beginning. When she first met him, he had been a decent guy or had seemed to be one.

All her life, she had been a loner until she met Lucas. As far back as she knew, she had been shuffled from one foster home to the other and had had enough abuse to last a lifetime. As soon as she had turned seventeen, she had broken away from the system and had paved a way for herself, even though it was not an easy task. Chloe had met Lucas when she was twenty-two years old. She was working as a waitress at a restaurant, and he had come there one evening. She could still remember that day very clearly.

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