Preparing for the opening.

Madeline's POV

In the past, I did not take very good care of myself because I did not feel that anybody loved me. But tonight, I am looking like a Princess in a purple dress. I took great care of my looks. I want to show the world who and what I am. After all, I am going to drop a bombshell on everybody because nobody knows who the CEO of Heavenly is. I kept it a secret until I could open my Restaurant in New York. I wanted it to be a surprise for my father, brother and my ex-husband and his family. I've decided to take back my maiden name. It is not like I have ever been married to Roman Whitfield. He never touched me. I don't have any feelings left for him. I don't even hate him, but I want to destroy them all for what they have done to me. I wonder if Logan is still in town. I hope not. I have not heard about him in years.

I do not have a grudge against Logan. What we did that night was a one-night stand, and not one of us was in love with each other. I am glad that you told me not to bother him, so now he does not have his say on my children. He cannot ask me to see them. He has no claim on them because he was only the sperm donor. Logan always had this aura around him as if he were more powerful than anybody in town. I do not know why, but I had the feeling that he could be very dangerous. His family is powerful, but I do not want anything to do with them, and I don't want them to come near my children. However, I do not know what they do for a living. Nobody ever asks Logan about himself. I don't even believe his girlfriend back then, Michelle Morris, knew anything about him. I am also not interested in getting to know him any better. However, I do not believe that he will be interested in the children, even if he knew that they were his.

"Mommy, you look very pretty tonight. I wish Daddy were here to see you. When is he coming back from overseas? He had been overseas even before we were born. And why don't you even have any photos of him? Every time we ask you to show us a photo of him, you tell us that you don't have any photos of him. Is it because he does not want us, and you don't want to tell us that he doesn't want us?" Carmen. My little daughter asks me.

"Come on, Princess, let's not worry about your father today. It is a very important day for us. Today we are going to open the restaurant that is going to sink the people. That was very ugly to mommy when she was our age. Remember not to believe anybody if they come to you and tell you they are your grandfather, uncle, grandmother or even your father. In this town, you cannot believe anyone. Mommy is the only person who matters," I say. I do not believe Logan will be here, as I did not send him an invitation. However, I am afraid that Roman will tell him that he is their father because he will do something like that just to mess around with me. He always hated me. He would do anything to make my life miserable.

"Do not worry, Mommy, I will protect you. I will not allow anybody to bully you again. I love you, Mommy. We know that you are doing everything for us, and we know that you don't want to tell us the truth about Daddy. I do not care. All I want is you, Mommy," Connor, my little boy, says. Although they are twins, they look nothing alike. Carmen looks like me, and Connor takes after Logan.

"It is just that the children in our school always bully us and tell us that we do not have a father. That's the only reason why I wanted Daddy. I want the children to stop teasing us. We are going to go to the new school, and we don't know if the children are also going to be so rude to us as they were in our previous school. We love you, Mommy, and we don't need a daddy. We just want the daddy to go and show the world that we'll have one," Carmen says.

"I am sorry that you are being teased and bullied for not having a father, but you cannot get into fights at your school again. They were almost suspended from your last school. Luckily, we moved away before they could do anything about it. Mommy wants you to stay close to Elsa or me all night. I do not want you to talk to strangers. Do you understand me?" I ask. 

"Yes, Mommy," The two answer.

"The limousine is ready, and we had better go now or else you will be late for your own party," Elsa, my best and only friend, says. She is also my secretary and babysitter when I have to go out or when I have to work late at night. I plan everything for the restaurant. I train the chefs myself, and I am only satisfied with the best of the best. Everybody knows that they have to give me their best work. Tonight, we are going to future all our delicious recipes, especially our desserts. They are masterpieces, and everybody loves our desserts. My old teacher, Chef Michaels, will always will also be there tonight and I want to impress him. I want him to see how I have grown. He's coming from Europe. I was lucky back then. He invited me to train with him. If he had not invited me, I would have never been able to go because my father would have never paid for it. It was just after culinary school, and my teacher at culinary school told him about me. 

"Let's go. We do not want to be late," I say. We get into the limousine, and it does not even take us ten minutes to get to the restaurant. I am glad I bought the house where I did because it is close to work, but also close to the children's school. Well, I'm back in town and I'm back with a vengeance.