LOGINCatherine:I was working in my office, but all of a sudden stopped when Pam walked in.“How’s my best employee doing?” Pam greeted me before sitting along with me.I looked at her and smiled, “Doing great actually! Two more days and these photos are going to be ready” I informed her, thinking it’s why she was in my office in the first place.“That’s great, but…”She paused, the smile vanishing slightly from her lips.“We can’t use them without having a great, professional writer,” She explained.I frowned, confused by what she just said.Edie was the one who was supposed to be that writer. But he didn’t show up for days.Pam told me he called and told her he wouldn’t be able to come to work.I, on the other hand, thought he didn’t come to work because of that night, the night Nico showed up.Pam then sighed before she gave me a sad look. “Edie quit” She suddenly said.I froze in my spot. “Quit? What are you…” I suddenly paused as the realization hit me.Of course he did! And I wouldn
Catherine:Edie pulled off the car in front of my house and turned to look at me.I looked down at Albie who was sleeping like an angel between my arms.“He’s got your eyes and eyebrows” Edie all of a sudden said.I blushed, smiling back at him before he got out of the car and opened my door.He offered help to hold Albie. I froze in my seat for a moment. No other man held Albie except from his father, Nico. and Malcolm.I smiled at him as I gave him Albie.He stared down at him, his eyes softening before he smiled and looked up at me.We stood there for a few moments before we heard a voice that made us both snap our heads to his direction, my eyes staring at Nico who’s eyes staring daggers in our direction..“Where have you been?” Nico asked, making a few steps toward us.I stepped out of the car, watching Nico’s eyes glaring deadly at Edie who was giving Nico a questioning look. “Who is he?” Edie asked, his voice waking Albie right away.Albie didn’t stop the crying, especially when
Catherine:I waited for the door to open, thinking that Nico was already inside, waiting for us…But again, all that was just a hope, a wish that didn’t come true.Malcolm opened the door for me, placing all my bags inside then when he was about to leave I stopped him.“I can’t accept this house” I told him, but he let out a deep breath then placed the keys on the table, grabbing another envelope from his pocket then stared at me.“This house belongs to Albie, he’s the only one who can decide” He explained then looked at Albie, “Isn’t that right sir?” He teased him then took a few steps toward the door to leave but stopped all of a sudden and turned to look at me.“Take care of yourself…And if you ever need anything, I’m family too” He informed me, sending a smile at me.I smiled back, nodding at him watching him leaving toward his car.My eyes roamed all over the place. It was a huge house, and I couldn’t even return it. Part of me really thought I’d find Nico waiting for us here. I
Catherine:If he returned before sunset and found us here, we could never leave…His tone was firm as he said those words.But his body language said something else. His hands were both clenched while he said those words.He stood by the door, stealing one last glance at Albie, his cheek muscles twitched and an angry look on his face while he continued to stare at our baby.Albie was playing inside his bassinet, not having the slightest idea of what was going on between his father and me.That made the whole situation harder and sadder for me…For a moment I thought he’d turn around and say he didn’t mean all of that. I thought he’d tell me that he was ready to leave with us and forget about everything bad that ever happened in his life.I thought that the least thing he’d do was to look at me before he left…But he didn’t, he just continued to stare at his son before he all of a sudden stormed out of the room, closing the door shut behind him.The tears I’ve been holding back all of
Nico:Why the fuck was she still crying, didn’t she know it wasn’t fair to use her tears as a weapon? She was hurting me without even realizing it.I walked back toward her, I lifted her chin up to look at me.“Why are you crying?” She stared at me in silence.“Aren’t you tired of hiding? Aren’t you tired of running away? Is that how you want our son to live? Don’t you get it just yet? You’re not giving Albie any other choice, you’re making the choice for him already, you’re forcing him into this world!” She said,I frowned as I took a step back. She was reminding me of myself, and my father…My father forced me to become like him!He forced my mother to leave us and marry someone else! He taught me that women can’t be trusted.But now, why do I see myself like I was another copy of that terrible man!Was I a bad father already?“I’ll give him the choice!” I suddenly said.“What if he doesn’t choose your world? Are you ready to accept that?” Catherine took a few steps toward m
After Nine months:Catherine:I heard my baby cry for the fourth time that night.I checked my phone. It was three in the morning.“Albie…” I whispered, saying my baby's name.Yeah, I called him Albie.Nico and I had decided to name him Albert, but Albie was his cute little nickname.I picked him up, walked to my comfy chair, and began breastfeeding him.I sighed, staring at how cute he was as he started closing those little eyes and calming down.The last few months, and ever since the night Nico saved me. We never actually talked about it, nor talked about us…Nico sent me with his sister to this small cabinet in the middle of the woods to keep us safe.He said that my father wasn’t his only enemy…I actually had no idea what he meant by that, until his sister, Angela explained to me the other day that her step mother, Marcos’ mother, was angry with Jiro and her son.She explained everything to me, about the agreement between Nico and her step mother…So basically, Nico was only pro
Catherine:Nico’s eyes were staring down at me, scanning me, or maybe studying me…I didn’t look away. I was getting tired of his games and tricks.He treated me wrong from the beginning…Moments ago I was ready to look into his eyes and ask him why he killed her, why did he do it? Why did he hurt
Nico:“What do you mean you can’t find her?” I gritted my teeth, my useless, stupid men told me they couldn’t find her anywhere! “We don’t even know if that’s her real name, we don’t even know what she looks like…” Vox said, but I shot him one deadly glare, making him wish he hadn't opened his mou
Catherine:It took me another half hour before I finally stepped out of the room, my knees barely holding me, and I couldn’t even take one steady step downstairs. “My favorite new girl!” The old lady said. She was standing at the reception, her makeup was different from last night, and the smile t
Catherine:My eyes were burning as I struggled to open them, my hands both covering my face as I felt someone jumping out of the bed.I gulped nervously as soon as the strong scent of cigarettes mixed with manly cologne tickled my nose. My eyes were suddenly wide open. At first it was his shadow th







