EmilyI wake up with the alarm and rub my eyes, feeling no weight over my body. It rarely happened that I didn't discover Kane sleeping on top of me. I don't know what kind of allergy he has to his pillow. But he woke up before me today. Surprised, I get up yawning and tie my hair up when my eyes drift to the desk at the corner of the room. Kane is sitting on his laptop. His eyes are red. Wait! He didn't sleep last night. As far as I remember I came back home early and dozed off. I don't know when he returned and it's kinda normal. But he usually doesn't work overnight. Maybe, he's doing the part of Christian too. "May I know if you really worked overnight?" I walk towards his desk and find his face curled up. "Hmm. Yeah!" He sounds pissed as he keeps his eyes on the laptop."Anything wrong? You could have asked me to help you. I would not sleep", I tell him. "No. It's not about work actually!" He rubs his forehead in utter frustration.I grab the edges of the desk, standing in f
TheaTiffany knocks at the dressing room door and I turn to her, gazing with cold eyes."You called me?" She has a smile on her face, which depicts how great she feels to know that I'm kind of dependent on her."Close the door", I tell her and turn to grab my bag. She lightly closes the door and walks toward me. I inhale deeply, trying to be calm as much as I can and take out the small plastic pouch, with Chrisanna's name written on it. I stare at it for a couple of seconds, before she says, "what's that?"I hand her a plastic pouch with a strong glare. "This is a sample of Chrisanna's hair. I want you to send this one and my sample to the lab for test"I give her another pouch which has my name written over it."Okay", she shakes her head. "I already know the results"I shoot her a glare. "If you don't want me to insult you, you should behave properly, Tiffany. Right?""I was just saying", she grins. "Anyway, I hope you won't bribe anyone to change the reports"I already feel like p
EmilyI come back home late in the evening. Following the week, no major work has been done yet. Christian left the lunch abruptly and I'm still unable to figure out what the hell was wrong with him suddenly. He panicked right after I told him Thea was there. After that, he didn't come back to the office. When I called Ivanna, she told me everything was fine. Weird!As I weakly walk towards the room, I find Kane barging out while clinging to his backpack on his back. "Hey, are you going somewhere?" I ask in surprise. "Yeah. Got to know about a village near Boston. I have a gut feeling that Lyra Hayes is there", he tells me. So, this time he's so determined to hunt down that couple at any cost. "I was about to call you. But I just woke up in the afternoon. So—" he decreases the gap between us, leaning down to my face. I close my eyes shut with his lips landing on mine. We kiss for a long minute before he slowly parts away and locks my invisible her behind my ear, as he always do
Thea"Tiffany, you'll be picking the kids today", I tell Tiffany when she comes into my room.I watch her face in the mirror. She looks surprised. I ignore her reaction and focus on styling my hair. "Ugh! You finally talked to me after two days?" She exclaims. "I can't continue to do all this for longer, you know", I mutter."Yeah. Right. You're going somewhere?" She asks. "Yeah. I'm going with John. He's going to look into the arrangement for next fashion week. So—""So? You were never interested in looking into arrangements. Fashion week is coming after ten days", she says. I say nothing, only pass her a tight-lipped smile, grabbing the darkest shade of lipstick. "Thea!" She blurts out. "I hope I'm not getting anything wrong—""No. You might be getting everything right", I smirk at her. She goes completely silent and gawks at me in disbelief. "Th— Thea", she stammers. "You know Chrisanna is your daughter, right? Aren't you scared that the secret will come out? I thought you w
ChristianIt's Chrisanna's birthday tomorrow. We don't exactly know her birthday. So, it was Ivanna's idea to decide on an official birth date for her which we even used in all her certificates. We celebrated each of her birthdays during vacations. Chrissie loves to travel and explore new places which is why I always found it the best to celebrate their destination birthdays. Until last year.I let out a deep sigh, skimming through the last file and turning off the laptop. It's already 8 in the evening. I believe everyone has left. I had a chat with Ivanna a while ago. And she doesn't seem to remember Chrissie's birthday. That's not shocking to me this year. Or maybe, she deliberately didn't say anything about it. She knows we can't plan a vacation this year, especially after the previous attack Chrissie went through. She's asked to be on best rest for a few weeks. I have to plan at least something for my princess in a few hours. She never sleeps on her birthday nights before I wi
ChristianNo!This is not true.It can not be true. I reread the report. Again and again. My head goes completely numb as I strive to process what I just saw."No", I gasp under my breath, shaking my head in disbelief. What the fuck it can be possible?I fist my hair tightly, pushing myself back to the desk again. My eyes squeeze shut to ensure I'm in complete sense and that whatever I'm seeing is true. I push back and slam the file on the table, anticipation running through my veins. "How can it be possible?"Thea! Thea is Chrisanna's biological mother. This is the last thing on this earth I can ever imagine. She can't be her mother. My daughter is an angel. That nasty woman can't be her mother.Well, she is definitely not. Ivanna is her mother and that's what reflects in Chrissie. But I can't accept the fact that Thea has given birth to her.I don't trust Thea. She's such an evil woman. She can lie, betray and ruin people. Nothing else. I can't trust this. I can never. My
Christian It rings but she doesn't pick up. What the hell!I call her again and again. But she doesn't just pick up, leaving me completely frustrated.I can't wait. I can't waste any more time. And I keep calling her. For a hundred times or more. I badly need to reach her. TheaI watch my phone ringing, Christian's name flashing on the screen as I take sips of my wine near the pool.It's dark and silent all around and I'm enjoying the view and my old ringtone which seems to be melodious now.Christian Scott is calling me. Like a psycho definitely. Even though he was a bit late, he eventually did it. Ever since he made the first call, he didn't stop.And that proves how desperate he is to find me. A few days ago, it was me who kept calling him like this and he didn't bother to pick up. He treated me like a piece of shit. Now, he'll understand how it feels."I'll make you need me, Christian", I laugh aloud and grab my phone. I touch the receive button, eager to hear his sexy vo
TheaI reread Christian's messages like a hundred times since this morning. It makes me laugh and satisfied at the same time. I know he must be going crazy over there now. "Ryan, wait. Your shoelaces—"Tiffany yells, running behind Ryan. The daily routine. That's why I prefer to be alone in my room or anywhere else. Why do kids need to be so annoying? I hope they just grow up quickly and stop causing such chaos.I lean back to the couch as Ryan finally slumps down near me, huffing."Why do you need to run for no reason, Ryan? You end up getting tired", I shrug. He only giggles. Tiffany kneels in front of him and starts tying his shoelaces. But I suddenly find her side-eyeing me. "I'm going, Tiff!" Ryan then runs out of the mansion. He didn't even bother to tell me. Anyway, I don't really want him to report me. But when there's another person near me, especially Tiffany, he should just tell me. It's really insulting that this stupid nanny will think my kids love her more than me.