I am so sorry guys for the lack of updates. I have been very sick and I have been under strong medication. This will be the last chapter for this month and the next chapter will be on 1st of Aug. I hope you will understand. Thank you.
Chapter 21 Tony looked at his boss and asked when he saw the frown of displeasure on his handsome face, “Boss, what is the situation?” Daniel peeled his gaze from the laptop screen and looked at his assistant. He instructed in a deep voice, “Things are more complicated than I thought. Just make sure that no word gets out, because our shares will be affected.” When Tony heard his boss, he frowned. He had secretly found out that his boss was a computer geek, so when he learned that the company had been hacked, he did not panic like the other employees. He had in fact made a silent prayer for the other party, but now that his boss could not even deal with the matter, his heart was filled with panic. All the workers were already panicking, and God knows how many of them have already started to spread the word, in their frantic state. If word got out that their company has been hacked, the consequences will be dire. Daniel tried to hack again but he came up with nothing. he knew that t
Chapter 22 Five minutes to three o’clock in the afternoon… Five kids sat around the table as they waited for the arrival of Daniel. They had purposely come early because they believed in the element of surprise. They wanted to catch the man off guard, lest he takes them as a joke. Carl looked down at his watch as he counted the remaining seconds. “Ten, nine, eight…” Clarissa looked at her brother and frowned, “What if he is only late by a few seconds, will we leave?” “Yes, he had made things difficult for Mommy so we are not going to make it easier for him.” “But if we leave, he will never apologize to Mommy.” “He will look for us.” “Seven, six, five, four…” “I don’t know why I am feeling nervous. Maybe we got this all wrong and the man might never show up.” Clare said as she rubbed her hands together. “What is there to be nervous about? The man is the one supposed to be fretting right now. Maybe he has even pissed his pants, haha?” Castro said as he laughed. “Bro, are you
Chapter 23 “What did you just say?” Daniel asked. His heart rate increased even further and he could hear the thumping in his ears. Everything vanished and what remained was the voice of a little boy, who looked exactly like him, questioning him why he made his mother cry. “Our Mommy has never cried in front of us no matter how sad she feels. But yesterday was different. Did you bully our Mommy?” “Huh?” “Are you not listening?” “Sorry, come again.” “The reason my brother hacked your company was because you bullied our Mommy. Our Mommy is untouchable and anyone who dares mess with her messes with us. We are her protectors and we cannot allow anything to happen to her.” Clare declared when she saw the confused look on the man’s face. “Who is your mother?” Daniel inquired. “Ella Smith,” Caleb answered. “What did you just say? Can… you…say… that… again?” he asked, his voice raising a notch higher. His assistant was also shocked and he almost felt that he was dreaming. His mouth
Chapter 24 “So, can you guys tell me your names?” “I am Caleb, and I am the eldest. This is Castro, then we have Clare, Carl, and then our little princess, Clarissa.” Caleb introduced his siblings. “We were born in that order.” “You are a girl?” Daniel looked at Clare and asked. When he first entered, he thought that there were four boys and one girl, but it seems like he was wrong. When Clare heard the question, she smiled proudly and nodded, then with a smug face she said, “Yes, but I am the most handsome among them, right?” Daniel looked at her demure and warmth flooded his eyes. He smiled gently and nodded his head, “Yes, indeed. Very handsome.” Daniel looked at them, wondering if he should ask the question logged in his heart. He had meant to ask Ella about the kids, but they had warned him that Ella should never, ever find out that he was meeting them. He also did not want to startle her as she might start to think that he was stalking her. He was just wondering how she
Chapter 25 After dinner, the kids did not rush to their rooms as Ella was used to. Instead, they joined her in the sitting room as she watched TV, and cuddled in her embrace. “What is it, my babies? don’t you want to sleep?” Clare shook her head and smiled at her mother, “Mommy, it is too early. Besides, it has been a while since we have accompanied you to watch your favorite show.” “But don’t you have to do your homework?” “What are a few kindergarten questions when we have finished the grade six syllabus.” “Well, Mommy you seem to be in a good mood today, did something nice happen?” Caleb looked at his mother and asked. “Or did you get a call from your secret admirer? You were so happy that you could not stop smiling throughout dinner?” Ella was amused when she heard her children. Was it that obvious? “What are you talking about?” “Yesterday, you were crying like it was the end of the world, but today, you were smiling so happily. Care to share with your little angels?” E
Chapter 26 Ella was startled when she heard the almost begging tone from Daniel. She even looked at her phone to confirm whether she was speaking to the right person, or if she was imagining things. “Can we, talk.” She heard the man continue, and she was clearly stunned. But Ella did not want to entertain the man as she did not know what he was up to so, she went direct to the point, “Aren’t we talking right now, what is matter, Master Edmond.” “You can call me by my name Ella, there is no need to be polite with me.” Daniel grimaced. When Ella heard the man, she sneered. “But don’t you like to be called like that, or am I mistaken?” When he heard her, Daniel hissed in frustration. He remembered how he had instructed her to never call him by his first name, and now he was thoroughly regretting it. “No, you can call me whatever you want. Have you had dinner yet?” He asked. He had no intentions of ending the call as he still wanted to hear her voice. Ella did not feel like talkin
Chapter 27 Ella reluctantly took the thing in the man’s hand and when she looked at it, her eyes widened in shock and her heart thumped hard. It was a cheque with so many zeros. She had to squint her eyes just to count the zeros. When she was done, she jerked her head and looked at the man, utter disbelief was written all over her face. With her trembling voice, she asked, “What is this for?” “Investment,” Daniel said without batting an eyelid. “But… this is not the amount we agreed upon!” Ella said. Although she so badly wanted financial resources, she was not going to take advantage of someone. “About that, I recently got some money and I did not know where to invest it. I thought that maybe I should give it to you. Of course, I am not going to give it away for free, nor am I willing to throw away so much money.” “I also know that you need it. So, here is the deal, you are going to deduct the money we had agreed on in the contract, and the remaining will be my personal invest
Chapter 28 “Hey, you finally remembered that you left a best friend on this side of the world. How ungrateful of you!” Paul grumbled the moment he heard Ella’s voice. “You haven’t changed one bit, have you? Always complaining about this or that.” Ella shot back. Paul chuckled and just as he was about to continue teasing Ella, he felt that something was not right. His best friend was not as cheerful as she has always been. “What is up girl, you don’t sound okay.” When Ella heard her best friend, she did not know why she suddenly felt emotional. She felt like crying and she sniffed her nose. Just a single sentence and he could already tell that she was not fine. What a good friend she has! Paul was now convinced that Ella was not okay. He quietly left the bed since he did not want to wake his wife up and headed to the study room. The moment he closed the door, he asked in a concerned voice, “Darling, what happened? Did someone bully you?” “No.” Ella shook her head. After calming