"Oh my gosh," Aria exclaimed as soon as they arrived in the vicinity of the Zhang mansion. It was her first time coming here, and she couldn't believe that Kian hid the fact that they owned this kind of home from her. She knew that his family was rich, but she never even imagined that they were rich RICH. Kian scratched the back of his head, looking around the house where he spent his childhood in. All the good and bad memories came rushing to his mind—mostly the bad memories, though. Because of his family, he had quite a hard time growing up. If it weren't for Cedric, who was always with him when they were younger, then he reckoned that he must have gone insane. It's a good thing that his parents don't meddle with their lives anymore. As they grew up, they just started caring less and less. For Kian, that was better, though. At least now, he can choose the life he wants to live. "You okay?" Aria asked, looping her arm around his. Kian snapped out of his thoughts and tried his be
"Baby, my baby," Adriel muttered in her sleep, her head moving from side to side. Zeth quickly opened his eyes to see what Adriel was talking about. He let out a sigh when she appears to be having a nightmare. "Angel," he gently said, patting her cheek softly. "Angel, wake up. You're having a nightmare.""No, don't take my baby away from me," she continued fighting him off. Zeth placed a chaste kiss on her lips, causing her to calm down. She opened her eyes slowly and was met with Zeth's reassuring face. Her eyes started tearing up, probably from all the tiredness and the hormones. "Where's our daughter?" she asked. Zeth smiled. "Our daughter is fine, angel. She's in the room next to ours," he said. Adriel finally let out a sigh of relief. In her dreams, she couldn't find her daughter, so when she woke up, she thought that everything would be the same. She buried her face in Zeth's face and inhaled his comforting scent. "I'm so happy," she said. "We have another baby in our live
"Ooh la la," Adriel said as he ogled the man in front of her. Aria sat down next to her and also couldn't take away her eyes from the new gardener who was tending to grandpa Earl's garden. They had been in the villa for about a week now, and they were planning on going back to the city together in the next weeks or so. Right now, they were having afternoon tea on the porch. Adriel had already sent her kids to take a nap, so she invited Aria to eat outside on the grass since the weather was lovely. However, they were in for a surprising treat when they saw the new gardener that grandpa Earl had hired tending to the plants and grass. He was probably a 40-year-old male, and he seriously had lumberjack vibes. You know those types of men that you see in forests chopping wood up? Tall, muscular, and mature. It also doesn't help the fact that he's wearing nothing but a thin, white shirt that has already been drenched by his sweat, causing it to look transparent under the soft afternoon
“Dad, you can’t do this to me, please.”“Adriel,” Thomas sighed. “How many times do we have to tell you that this is for your own good?”“Throwing me to a farm with people I barely know is for my best?” Adriel exclaimed, her voice rising an octave. “Adriella Celeste Summers,” Catalina, Adriel’s mother, said in a warning tone. She rarely used the girl’s full name, but when she did, it made Adriel shake in her boots.However, this time, Adriel stuck her chin up in the air and stood her ground.“What? I’m just telling the truth!”Thomas sighed and massaged the bridge of his nose. “Sneaking out to go partying with a bunch of shameless and uneducated hooligans—do you still think that you don’t deserve this punishment?”“It was my birthday!” she responded. A birthday that her family never even bothered to celebrate. “Even if!” her father’s voice boomed. “You’ve been acting way too out of line these days—your GPA has been falling, your credit card has been maxed out, and you didn’t even jo
“Out.”Adriel bit her lips at the sound of Zeth’s voice. She glanced one more time at the handsome man and internally cursed with how good he looked. ‘If only he wasn’t rude, then he’d totally be my type,” she thought in her head. “I said—out. We’re here.”“Alright. Alright. Geez. I’m getting out.”Adriel opened the door and got out of the truck. She held the door open and waited for Zeth to carry her bags. “Well, aren’t you going to get my bags?” she asked in an obvious tone. Zeth raised one of his eyebrows. “No. It’s your bags. You carry them.” Adriel blew a stray piece of hair away from her face and went to the back of the truck to get her bags. She struggled to get all of them out, but she eventually did it. “There. Now help me carry them to the villa,” she ordered, wiping the sweat off of her brow.Her eyes widened in surprise when Zeth closed the door from inside of the truck and threw her a wink. Without any warning, the truck accelerated, leaving Adriel alone with her s
Cedric and Kian didn’t know why their friend suddenly invited them out to go to the rice field. They certainly didn’t know why he started stripping his clothes and planting rice out of nowhere when he’s never done that before.“Should we call for a doctor?” Kian asked his twin brother. “No,” Cedric responded. “But Zeth’s acting really weird. Should we ask him about it?”Cedric gave his twin a warning glare. The last time they tried to question Zeth for his questionable antics, they were stuck with the organic fertilizer duty for one week.“You’re right,” Kian said, shivering from the flashbacks of being surrounded by nothing but cow dung for one whole week.Suddenly, a girl—a very beautiful woman, started trudging towards the rice field. Cedric crossed his arms in front of his chest and smirked when he put the puzzle pieces together.He turned to his twin. “I think I found the reason for Zeth’s change in behavior.”Kian covered his mouth. “I can’t believe it. Our Zeth is finally a
"Hendrix."Zeth glared at his cheery friend. "How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?"Kian smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, Zeth."Cedric placed down the book that he was reading and rolled his eyes. "Ignore him, Zeth." He went behind his friend and patted him on the back. "By the way, what are you doing here?"Zeth raised one eyebrow. "Why? Can't I go here anymore?"Cedric chuckled. "No. But you haven't been here for a while, that's why I'm asking. ""Yeah," Kian nodded his head in agreement. "You're always at the villa these days—which is strange since you hate going there. Perhaps, are you there for something...or maybe someone?" he wiggled his eyebrows up and down. Zeth brushed him off. "It's for my grandfather's birthday.""Oh, right!" Cedric exclaimed, snapping his finger. "When was that again?""In four days.""So, that's why you've been missing in action these past few days."Kian scoffed. "Zeth is definitely going there to meet
Adriel slammed the door close before roughly wiping the tears away from her eyes. The words that Zeth said went straight to her heart because deep inside, she knew—she knew that he was right. She was spoiled. She was used to getting everything that she wanted. She hasn’t worked a day in her life. But after she came here, she realized the beauty of a simple life. She started trying. That’s why Zeth’s words pained her even more. Because for once in her life, she was actually trying something new...but it still turned out to be a disappointment—she was a disappointment. She went to her closet and started bringing out her clothes. It’s true. She doesn’t belong here, so maybe she should just leave. As she was packing her bags, a small and timid knock was heard on the door. She lifted her head up and saw Milo looking at her with wide eyes. “Adriel?” he said in that cute voice of his. Adriel quickly composed herself and hid her luggage under the bed. Milo slowly walked towards her