"I'm happy and proud to say that's a yes, grandfather! She's two weeks pregnant with my child. And I ask nothing but your blessing to let us get married soon before the news reaches the public." Norman mustered the courage to speak up on my behalf. Norman and I already talked and considered about this. The reason he wanted to marry me as soon as possible was because he was afraid that I might be rejected by his family and questioned by the public knowing my entire family has nothing to brag about apart from those fresh fruits and vegetables we harvested from the farm. "You got to be kidding me, Norman!" His Mom debated for the sake of their noble name. "No, I'm against this marriage. You will never get our blessings. I'm too ashamed to introduce a street beggar to my friends." Norman's parents felt disgusted while holding onto that thought. The feeling was pretty evident in their contorted faces. But I cannot blame them for that. Apart from that we are not in our twen
So I reached out to his cheeks, cleaned the tears from his eyes, and smiled to help him ease off. "Do you want to live with us in the countryside? You, me, and Uncle Justine? Though the house wasn't this big or compared to your room in the mansion your aunts couldn't see you there..." "Are you fucking kidding me, huh, Yvanna?" Norman raised his voice furiously to the point that Noah was startled as he took a tight grip on my hands. He stopped crying but his nerves started trembling, I could sense it. "No, I'm not kidding, Norman," I replied without any fear and put the kid behind me. His evil family had already done enough trouble for me and the kid. I don't want to reach the point where his sisters and mother do the same thing to Noah. He was just a kid. And they were all heartless monsters. "You couldn't understand how we felt because you, yourself, also have been hurting the kid - your son, by blood. Cheated on me. Kissed another woman in front of the kid." I a
Yvanna's and Justine's claim about me was proven right when I let the woman kiss me on the lips. And I kissed her back until we ended up lying on one bed with nothing left on our bodies. "Who the hell are you to stop me from doing what I want and whom I spent the night with, Yvanna?" I furiously breathed in the middle of our journey back to the mansion. "We're getting married soon, Norman. You should be thinking about how to become a good husband and a father to your child. Noah will be out in this stomach in a few months." she insisted with tears in her eyes. "They were all my circle of friends, Yvanna. What's wrong with spending the night with them, huh? We were simply celebrating for passing our midterm exams." I debated as I don't allow anyone to dictate to me what a dela Vega can and cannot do. Now that I knew my future as the sole heir of my grandfather's multi-billion corporation was as clear as the brightness of a smoldering sun, I was not gonna let anyone step on me. I ca
Imagine my surprise when the two started uttering profanity on the same night of my inauguration in front of the crowd where cameras and security guards flooded throughout the Blue House. Speaking of the security guards, hundreds of them left their stations and bolted in Yvanna's direction. This time, it was not just the eager paparazzi who were taking photos and videos of them slapping and hair-pulling each other, but most, if not all of the attendees. And they were all enjoying the show. What worried me the most was that I already lied to Draku earlier that Yvanna and I were on good terms as husband and wife. But the commotions speak the other way around. "Mom! Mother Luciana, please, STOP!" I yelled at both of them even if it was completely inappropriate. Along with the security guards, we attempted to pull them away from each other. "You're a monster, Mauricia!" "And your daughter is a kidnapper! Your daughter kidnapped my grandson. Better return him to
But to my surprise, Justine pulled me up and blew a hard punch straight into my face. "You got to be kidding me, Norman!" he blurted. "No wonder Yvanna doesn't want to be with you anymore. Because you only think about your reputation and use your money to cover up for all your mistakes." "Of course," Mother Luciana seconded, "A family that flocks together stays together. No wonder for seven years, all my daughter got from that evil family was nothing but suffering. If and only I had known the mask behind those faces from the beginning, we could have disagreed about our daughter marrying you." "Get away from here, Norman! We don't need an evil like you here. You and Yvanna are already done." Justine pushed me away from the operating room. "Eat all your money or hire someone to have sex with you. That's who you are. We don't need your money." "But money is all I have, Justine. Please, tell me what to do to make it up with Yvanna. I love her." I defensively replied as I i
"See? I told you won't believe me either? Because for you, I am the enemy - the bad mother when I only think about your safety. And your queen of drama ex-wife is the victim," Mom slid to her closet took out all her clothes, and dropped them to the floor. Dad attempted to stop Mom from packing all her things, but she appeared to have made up her mind to voluntarily leave the mansion instead of waiting for me to drag them out. I didn't want to argue with them further so I evacuated the room and went to mine. While glancing at the ceiling, digging for some answers, I remembered our loyal friend at the police station. So I grabbed my phone and dialed his digits. While waiting for him to pick up the call, I hopped out of bed and occupied my eyes on those portraits of me, Noah, and Yvanna hanging on the wall. "Yvanna was shot earlier, but the cops declared nothing about it. Could you do some digging about the case? I know there was something more about the incident. Do
One month later, in the middle of my work in the office of the mayor, my phone suddenly rang, breaking the deafening sounds of silence that dominated the room. "Mr. Emilio, I can't talk much right now. I'm a bit busy in the office." I uttered those words without moving my mouth as we were in the middle of an emergency meeting to address an important issue that struck the city. "So, if it's not urgent, and you can fix the problem yourself, please, do the honor." "It's about Yvanna, Mr. dela Vega. I want you to know that she will get discharged this afternoon." Hearing him softly breathing out her name almost made me depart from my seat. It has been a month since she was admitted to the hospital and within those days, I didn't get the chance to take a glimpse of her because my work as the city mayor and CEO of my empire swallowed my schedule in whole. And I was put in the middle of deciding either to let them continue the meeting without me or just ignore I got th
I, for one, was the first who disagreed with her ridiculous plan. However, it is also the only possible way we could be together - that I could see and protect her every day. So, I forced my arms and legs to crawl to reach the car as much as possible, especially when people started taking photos and videos of me having a nervous breakdown. Then I cleaned my face to make sure Yvanna would not see my eyes swelling. There was also a cold bottle of water in the compartment. I took it and gulped. While waiting for Yvanna to show up, even if I already that I was simply fooling myself, believing for the impossible, I reached out to Mr. Emilio. "Yes, Mr. Mayor?" he asked. "Is the meeting done?" I asked back with my eyes fixed on the main exit of the hospital. "It did five minutes ago, Mr. Mayor. You have nothing to worry about anymore. Everything was all set up according to your schedule. Have you talked to Ms. Summer already?" "Yeah, we already did. And guess