"Remember when I told you that your daddy was in heaven looking after you," Mikaella started. It was now or never, she needed to do this. The idea of having a dad made Seth happy that his eyes lit up every time he'd talk about him.
Mikaella on the other hand hadn't seen this day coming. The day in which she would have to share Seth with someone else who never bothered to look for her. She remembered vividly how Roman declared her a slut! She knew that Roman wasn't going to be the best father figure to her son.
Yet here was Seth longing for a father of his own. The thought of running away with Seth crossed her mind but how long was she gonna run? Tomorrow she would come to an agreement with Mr Cervantes about Seth, sharing custody was what she had in mind but would Mr Cervantes agree to it?
"Yes mommy. Did he come back from heaven to take care of us?" He asked excitedly as Mikaella sluggishly put on a smile.
"Yes baby"
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She entered the little café walking over to the table occupied with two men, Roman Cervantes and his lawyer.
Roman stood up offering her seat , she however was surprised by his kind gesture.
"Now that you are here, let's get this over with," Roman said pushing a brown file towards her.
Mikaella opened the file, she read through everything. Her eyes fixated on the documents that lay in front of her.
" This is bullshit! Marriage?!" She exclaimed slamming the file on the table.
"Mrs Sandoval..." The lawyer butt in but Roman was quick to intervene.
"There's no way out. You brought this on yourself when you decided to keep my son away from me for seven fucking years. Now sign those damn papers like the good little slut you are," He looked at her with ire as he slid the file forcefully towards her.
Mikaella was taken aback and so was the lawyer who loosened his collar a bit because of the sudden tension.
"Mrs Sandoval, you have to sign those papers or else my client will have to take this to court. If we take this to court, my client will have the upper hand and you'll lose custody over your son. Remember my client may prove that you took away his son and evoked all rights over him...my client may also..."
The lawyer's words lingered in her mind 'lose custody' so much that she stopped listening to whatever he spoke. Without thinking, she signed the papers and handed them to the old lawyer who smiled and said," You've made a very wise decision, Ms Sandoval"
She wiped the beads of sweat that formed on her forehead, her fingers fidgeting as her nails dug in the napkin that had neatly been folded on the table. The lawyer excused himself as he had a hearing to attend to that same afternoon.
Roman sat on the chair with ease his eyes on Mikaella, he smirked. He had gotten his way. Mikaella's eyes shuddered with disgust at the man seated in front of her, the man she had temporarily been married to on paper!
"You are one lucky woman, Mikaella. I mean you have the Roman Cervantes to yourself!," He taunted her.
Mikaella stayed still, she didn't utter a single word. In her mind, Seth's face continuously appeared. Everything she did was for Seth, for Seth only.
"Isn't this what you wanted? To be rich? To have money? Well you have all my money to yourself," he chuckled before standing up and grabbing Mikaella by her arm and leaving the café.
Immediately they left the café, flashes of light met her face. Reporters flickered their lights towards her asking her too many questions..
Roman put his arm on her waist as he protected her and answered some of their questions. He acknowledged that Mikaella was his wife and that they were married for seven years now. Mikaella was too confused by what was going on, that she had no time to deny his allegations.
Roman led her to his car, as the drive drove that car away speedily.
" Where are we going?!" Mikaella cried.
"To our home of course," Roman smirked wickedly taking Mikaella's hand to his lips but Mikaella was quick to pull her hand from his grasp. This made Roman happy, torturing her made him happy and there was still more to come.....
Mikaella created some space between her and Roman. She was disgusted by him, she knew that Roman had some sort of mental issues, she was now having second thoughts on signing those papers.
She silently reached for her phone in the purse trying to text Phil and Raque informing them of everything. Her hands searched for her phone but she couldn't find it. Roman suddenly lifted it in mid air, his hand gripping her phone tightly.
"Looking for this? Do you think I'm that stupid to let you have your phone"
"You have no right to take my phone! Give it back!" Mikaella hissed indignantly lifting her eyes and glaring into his. She tried to snatch her phone back, but Roman was quick to pull his pants and dump her phone inside his boxers on the anterior part.
"Take it," he designed a smile just to annoy her as the driver lay witness to everything that went on in the car.
Mikaella opened her mouth in shock at the man's audacity then she rolled her eyes. That phone meant so much to her, it was Phil's birthday present to her and now it was....
**Eight years later***"Dad! You came!" Kylie squealed jumping into Marcus' arms."I wouldn't miss it for the world princess",he spoke, parting from the embrace and giving her the purple wrapped gift."What about Pop-pop and Meemaw?" She asked looking behind him to see whether they were behind him."Unfortunately your grandfather had to bail at the last minute, something came up. Meemaw was right behind me, she's probably taking something from the car. Anyway, happy sweet sixteen, princess. Or should I say hashtag sixteen, hashtag sweet sixteen? Hashtag adobs""Eew, stop! Just stop! Happy birthday will do",Kylie chuckled.Mikaella and Roman were by the chocolate brunch flirting as always and at the same time wondering when Seth would get to the party. Kylie and Seth were bonded so much that they had an insane love for chocolate and so much that when Seth went to college, Kylie wanted to go to college with him too. The people murmured against themselves asking when the cake would be cu
Mikaella"You don't have to do this",another voice soared in the room and a pissed James turned to stare at the man standing by the door.Marcus stood cautiously by the door and Mikaella felt relieved that he was there."Daddy!" Kylie screamed wriggling in James' arms."One more step and the kid gets it. Don't tempt me!"James shouted placing the nozzle of the gun on top of Kylie's head."Look, man. She's just a kid. Leave her and her mother and take me instead. I can get you cash, ten million, twenty-any amount you want",Marcus reasoned taking another step into the house."Not another step!"James shouted pressing the gun on Kylie's head harder and Mikaella cried praying that her kid wouldn't get hurt."Money? You think I want money from you? You should have let her die maybe then my family wouldn't be dragged into this mess. You are so clueless, aren't you? I'm not here for money and I don't want to do this but Leonardo has my family! It's a good thing you came, you are supposed to di
MikaellaHer week had taken quite the somersault, she couldn't imagine that just a while ago she was in New Zealand worrying about what to cook for supper and the foundation's well being. Now she was worried about more trivial things, if Marcus had gotten released today as Roman had promised, if it was right to even go back to Roman and how Kylie would take the whole situation.She had been cooped in the condo for hours now, the logical thing at the moment was to start packing. To start preparing for a new life as Mikaella Sandoval Cervantes.Kylie was in her bedroom sleeping after an exhausting morning of playing horsie as she called it with Knuckles. Pouring the last of the coffee in her mug, she grabbed the mug heading to her bedroom to occupy herself with packing clothes she didn't really like into suitcases she hadn't even bought."I don't even like yellow",she sighed looking at the bright yellow dress on her bed.The other dresses next to her bed were even brighter than that on
MikaellaᕙShe had worn Elizabeth's clothes inorder to fool the guards standing outside her door. The plan worked and right now she was on her way to Men's Central Jail.Within no time, she was standing outside the place where Marcus was being kept wondering if it was a good idea to even step foot in there. Was she even ready to face him? It was too late now, to back down."Name?"The sheriff asked and she answered Marcus Pierce. I'm here to see Marcus Pierce.It was a good thing he didn't ask who she was because she had no clue how to answer the question. She was his wife or atleast she thought she was his wife.The sheriff got out a bunch of keys opening the metallic door for her. The door creaked open and there was a certain silence that creeped her out. She followed the Sheriff walking behind him meekly. There were all kinds of people in there, one of the guys in there had a tooth, another was missing an eye, another had a scar on his face that looked like either he was burnt by h
RomanHe must have been way in his head if he thought that just because he found her, they would be one happy family.'Give her time' Most people told him that, but how much time had he lost not being with her?They couldn't understand him, understand how he was feeling after seeing her after so long. He was driving to Lisa's house, she atleast needed to hear everything from him than from another person. He knew he was going to hurt her but the truth had always hurt and at the same time let people free. His wife was back and like a love struck teenager his feelings for her were stronger. Maybe stronger than even before now that he knew he had a daughter and Lisa needed to know that. That he cared for her but he still loved his wife.At first he doubted Kylie was his daughter, which is why hours later after Marcus was brought back from New Zealand with the help of the police, Roman had been the first to visit him in prison. It pissed him off, how Marcus asked about Mikaella and Kylie
MikaellaShe sipped the wine that came with the condominium. Sitting on a warm fuzzy couch, her eyes raked the world outside the huge glass window. All her life was a lie. All those eight years with Marcus were nothing but a made up fairytale.She couldn't help thinking about what her son said. Seth wanted a mother so bad, he needed a mother by his side but she on the other hand had shut him out of her mind, had shut everyone out of her mind. What had she done to deserve such punishment, such torture?"Don't cry mom",Kylie came to her clutching Mr Knuckles in her hands.Atleast she had Knuckles with her, after everything that happened, Mikaella was sure that the new environment would torment Kylie as much as it tormented her. Which is why, she asked everyone to give her space so that she could process everything.Roman was quick to reject the decision she made but at the end of the day, her brother Gustavo thought it best. So hours later, she and her daughter were in a luxurious condo