“Not really, he just mocks my donation and challenged me to a poetry recitation” Mark lovingly smiled.
“He did that to you too?” Amanda chuckled.
“Yeah, well it’s all fun”
“He said he agrees to our marriage” Mark pretended to be excited.
“If you will agree to his request”
Amanda felt her world stopped after hearing his last sentence.
How could she agree to such demand?
“Did you ask Papa what he wanted me to do?” she tried to calm her voice.
“Hmmm, I did not enquire.”
‘Technically, I did not enquire. He just told me. So, I’m not lying, am I?’ he defended himself.
“I thought it should be between the two of you” Mark could feel the hesitation in her eyes.
“Darling, now that Penny is safe. I need to go back to the city to handle some matters”
“Since the kids a
Back at the Golding villa.Amanda was feeling conflicted to let Mark go.She’s having a feeling that if he leaves now, they would not see each other again.“I will come back next week. What are you worried about?” he hugged her lovingly while he prepared his bag.“I will miss you that’s all” she hugged him like she doesn’t want to let go.“Jack, daddy will go back to the city for a week. Take care of mom and Penny, okay?”“Yes, daddy.” Jack nodded.“But is it true? You will bring a lot of babies when you come back?” he asked excitedly.Mark felt nervous at little Jack’s comments.He also doesn’t know what would happen if there are more ‘Pennys’ in the whole country.“Haha. Don’t listen to grandpa. He’s just kidding” he hugged the little guy then turned to Penny.“Penny, sweethe
“Deal” she changed to a work clothes and went back to join her father and the body guards.After driving for some time, they reached the guest house.As soon as she saw the artwork, her mouth fell in admiration.It was a depiction of a mother who embraces a lot of children with more children running towards her.The woman was very simple looking but the warmth in her smiling eyes give comfort to the street children.They found home in her arms.Amanda felt like crying while looking at the wall-sized artwork.“Can you share the inspiration behind your work?” she suddenly got curious about the boy.The young man shared how his family moved to the Northern province for better opportunities.His father is a skilled farmer but they had no land in the Eastern Province.When they moved here, they were immediately given a piece of land and were given a target to produce every year.His fathe
After bathing the kids, she put them to bed and checked if Mark called her.When she saw no missed calls, she decided to take a quick bath before calling him.She filled her bath tub with warm water and soaked her whole body.While looking at the ceiling, she suddenly felt the tears falling from her eyes.For the first time in many years, she feels her feet on the edge of a cliff.And one wrong move would mean falling off to her death.When she accepted being a single parent, she knew there’s only one way to go.So, she endured moving forward.Now she has been presented with a lot options but she doesn’t know how to decide.It seems like the more option you have, the more difficult it would be to choose.The state of the common people in her land has disturbed her emotions.She has never seen this side of Northern Province before.She thought their land is perfect like in a fairy-tale.
‘access to a lot of information’‘your action would say so’“Speaking of the heads of families, why are you not representing the province?”“The mayor said they could not get a new budget because you’re not representing them?” she accused her father.“I just don’t like it. They’re debating up to the last cent, Amanda.”“Do you know how insulting that is?”“I’ll just give them my assets so everyone would shut up. Saves me time” he started walking towards the garden.Amanda wanted to cry.She tried to control her voice but she wanted to burst out.“Pa, no matter how rich you are, you cannot always use your money to fix things”“There are policies that normal people need to adhere to because they don’t have millions to fall back on” she explained.“Look at you, you see
The next morning, Mark was already working in his office when Adam came in for his morning report.“Any news about the registration?” he tried to hide his excitement.“Oh, that. I didn’t know you have a very active sex life boss?” Adam tried to make fun him.“And you’re bouncing all over the country” Adam did not hold back his laughter.Mark just gave him a confused look.“Well based on their initial interviews, you had a one-night stand with all of the women and their children were the product”“So far I have a tally of close to 1000 registrations”“I let them draw blood to avoid suspicion but not to proceed with the comparison”“It would just be a waste of resources”“I wonder how many families will be broken if the husbands find out about their wives’ one-night stands with you” Adam playfully roll a pen in
While the kids were taking their nap, Amanda was busy in her project proposal.Sebastian was right, it’s not enough to know that something was wrong.She must also equip herself with data to make sound proposals.Her workload was overwhelming until she finally fell asleep due to her fatigue.It was almost dark when she went out of her room.When she reached the living area, she was welcomed by Penny’s loud cries.She just wanted to go back to her room and let the servants deal with it but Penny already saw her.“Ma-man, eeeeeeeee” her loud squeals were making her head ache.“What happened?” she asked Jack silently.The little boy was playing in his computer tablet.“I don’t know” Jack said not raising his head.“We were drawing oranges suddenly she cried because orange is not an apple” he said defensively.She thought she was lucky tha
They found Jack in the garden resting under the big tree.“Jack, we want to talk to you about something” Mark started.Jack started crying as soon as he finished his words.“You found your missing kids and you don’t want me anymore. Is that it?” Jack said in between sobs.“No, of course not” Mark objected.He wanted to hug the little guy but Jack avoided his hand.“I don’t care. You can go to your kids.”“And mom can marry young master Mills.”“But no one gets Penny.”“I will take care of my sister and we will stay with grandpa Seb” he said with determination.“Go, go, go away. Both of you” he pushed the two adults.When they didn’t move, Jack ran away to the direction of the stables.Mark immediately caught up to him and carried the crying Jack.“Jack let’s talk”
“Golding? Mom, are you related?” he asked in confusion.“Yes” both Goldings replied casually.“We already tried to trace it before haven’t we Sebastian?” Mrs. Mills recalled their relationship.“Yes, I think our common ancestor is 10 generations back. But then, who cares” Sebastian agreed.“Your mother treats me more of an enemy instead of a relative, anyways” he just shrugged his shoulders.“Don’t worry son, everybody is related to everybody in Diamond Country” General Mills added.“That’s why it’s important to handle your matters cautiously” the general sighed.“Dad, I need to talk to Meredith. I need to know if there are other people who used my seeds” he explained.“No one used your seeds. I made sure that the clinic would seal your donations and not to release it before”“Tsk, wha