C44LUX’s breathing hitched. He doesn’t blink while staring at the impostor. His anxiety is at its peak, reaching up to his head, but he can’t afford a mistake and lose there. He’s damn nervous for his loved ones.His wife is behind him, and he tries to hide her because he doesn’t want her to get hurt. He carefully considers his next move. The crazy one who wants revenge and is using his past against him is right in front of him, dressed in an old lady’s clothes.Silvana is kind of creepy. Well, that explains why she’s a psycho. She probably enjoyed watching killings and horror to weave them together and use them now for revenge.He's sweating, keeping his gaze fixed on her, watching her every move, even the smallest ones. Diana never reached this level. She didn’t even escape the crime she planned. She waited for the police to arrest her. This one is even more than Diana.Maybe half of Silvana Joan’s life is filled with anger. Likely. That’s the root and end of everything.She was fa
C45“NOOOO!” Silvana’s loud scream filled the entire hotel, accompanied by Lux’s voice, as the deafening gunshot echoed in the lobby. Heart witnessed the young boy collapse after being hit by the bullet.Delight sprinted and shielded Lux when Silvana pulled the trigger, taking the bullet intended for her husband.“You beast!” she angrily shouted at Silvana, almost losing her composure.Heart sobbed, the surroundings darkening with her tears. The woman, in shock, dropped the gun as if unable to believe the crime committed against her own nephew, whom she treated like a son.“I didn’t mean to! Delight, baby! Wake up! Wake up!” Silvana wailed, seemingly snapped out of her madness. Unbelievably, the lump on her back revealed a hidden gun. It was a part of his play. He made a lump to keep her weapon inside it. How clever.As Silvana was momentarily dazed, personnel and police entered, seizing the opportunity to catch the woman. She didn’t struggle, seemingly unsure of what to do, until sh
C46The doctor looked at Lux as he entered, keeping his gaze on the child who was undergoing a surgery. “Complications may arise if you’re a relative. That is the new study according to HAS.”“I…am not the father, and we’re not related,” he said, his gaze fixed on the child, uncertain if he would make it.“Okay. Pretransfusion testing first. This will not consume too much time.” He nodded and followed as he was pulled onto a bed. There was a distance between him and Delight.Various procedures were done to him while lying on the bed, but his eyes were focused on the child fighting for his life. “Dropping, his heartbeat is dropping,” a nurse said, causing him to close his eyes when he saw Delight’s heartbeat flattened on the monitor.Jesus, no.Lux looked away as he saw the doctors trying to revive Delight. The child looked pitiful, and despite his strength as a man, he couldn’t handle what he was seeing now.It hurts. It hurts so much that even though Delight wasn’t his son, he coul
SC 1Heart nearly screamed when she saw her notifications and read the email in her school's portal. It indicated she had received her grades for the first semester’s final exam.Excited, Lush shared the news with her father via video call. “Mommy, going crazy!” he exclaimed.“I supposedly have my grades!” she added, joyfully shifting the camera focus to herself.“Really, baby? Congratulations. Let’s see the grades, maybe around 80,” her husband remarked, chuckling.Nervously, she checked the message from the school and opened the portal to view her grades. Overwhelmed with emotion, she almost cried at the high marks.“My grades are so high,” she exclaimed tearfully. “Just one more semester, and I’ll graduate. I’ll prove something to you,” she told her husband.“Silly you. What are you proving to me? I’m not interested in your diploma or honors,” he replied nonchalantly.“Ih, I want to,” she insisted, making him laugh.“Okay. Congratulations again, baby. I’m looking forward to seeing
SC2“Are you ready to go back to Manila?” Heart happily asked Delight as she entered the hospital room, carrying the permit that allowed them to fly him to Manila. Lumeng, her mother took care of him In Lux’s absence, also smiled.The child nodded and smiled, “Yes, Mommy Heart. Can I go to school with Lush?”“Of course! You’ll go to school with Daddy Vandros! Do you like Daddy Vandros?”“Yes. He’s nice, like Daddy Lux.”“Be even nicer there, okay, dear?”Delight nodded.“Grandpa and I will come. We’ll visit you and Lush,” Lumeng announced while arranging the things left outside the bag.“Yes, Owa,” Lush quickly responded to the elderly woman.Vandros persistently teased them to adopt Delight. They asked the child, and since Delight agreed, there was nothing they could do.He always mentioned that Delight is kind and doesn’t change his expression.It’s sad to think about, but he didn’t want to see Silvana, so when he has recovered from the operation, they’ll provide therapy for him. Th
SC 3Heart closed her eyes, and a sweet song she often heard on Lux’s stereo filled her ears. She was in her room, recalling her last memory. They had just returned from the hospital a few days ago. She enrolled for the next sem and picked up Delight. He would stay with them temporarily until the legal adoption papers were processed by Vandros.She had been exhausted and slept heavily last night. Lux had been extremely busy in the past few days. She couldn’t fathom what kept him so occupied, but there must have been a lot, considering the tasks he left behind when they went on vacation.“God gave me you,To show me what’s real,There’s more to life,Than just how I feel…”The beautiful song made her open her eyes, and she looked at the bedside table. She felt better today; no nausea or dizziness. Sometimes, anxiety would creep in, making her worry about the baby in her womb, but she knew it was just her imagination.She frowned and lifted her head when she saw a white envelope on t
EPILOGUE A stunning woman in a black miniskirt and a red blouse stepped out of a luxurious car. She is wearing a black blazer, gazing up at a towering building where she will start her work as the CFOO of the company. She graduated with flying colors two years ago, her first significant achievement in life. Graduating summa cum laude was a source of pride for Heart. After receiving her diploma, she studied Finance to master the subject. Though not an Accountant, she passed the exam when applying for her husband’s company. Driving her own car became easier for her than obtaining a license. Through perseverance, she finally learned to navigate her car. Manang Pipa, their new house helper, emerged from the backseat with Love, their one-year-old youngest child. Today marked Heart’s first day at work, and she brought Love along, unwilling to leave the child at home. Lush and Delight attended the same school, though they weren’t in the same class. They discovered from Charles that Delig
Her mind was drifting as she walked, holding a tray filled with food that cost at least ten thousand pesos per plate. She was directionless after the news that shook her whole being earlier. She almost dropped her cellphone because of it, as she started sobbing in the bathroom.“Your father is in the hospital, fighting for his life!”Her mother’s voice thundered in her ears and continued to echo inside her head. Her father needed five hundred thousand pesos for the heart operation he had in their province of Oas, Albay, while he was pulling the carabao in the fields earlier. She was from Legazpi City, a Bicolana who was forced to go to Manila and stop her college education due to the hardships in life. She was beautiful, if beauty was the criteria, but she lacked the height to compete in beauty pageants, so she never stood a chance as a candidate.If only she was blessed with height, she would probably be able to earn and support herself in her studies. But she was short, standing onl