In a private jet, the second grandson of the great Felius Castigado, Jason Zekiel Castigado boarded. He does not like the fact that half of his plan to ruin his cousin Charles didn’t go right.Vanessa, that little bitch. If she just did what they planned out, Charles’ issue would sure disseminate leaving Felius with no choice but remove Charles from the selection.At least it’s giving Charles a bit of a hard time. While Charles is tied to his issue, Jason has the freedom he has. It has always been like that.And as for that bitch Vanessa, Jason was kind enough to introduce her to a modeling agency. There should be someone who is willing to hire her with his name as a reference. If he needs Vanessa, he’ll just have to blackmail her. It’s easier now.The fact that he is about to go home again with his other cousins makes him plaster an evil grin. Them cousins

An hour. It takes an hour more and Stella will finally meet the Castigados in person. Well, last night before going to bed she researched them again. They were all big-time people and they look intimidating enough in photos.Stella can't help chewing on her lower lip as she looks outside through the window. With every passing moment, the time is running out. Her hands were sweating, it gets harder to breathe too. She doesn't know if she looks pleasing enough. She's nervous to the bones."You're hand is sweating," Charles told her."I'm sorry." She removed her hand from his and wipe it on her dress. "I'm terrified," she softly said.Charles took her hand again, pressing it which made her gaze up at him. He brought his hand close and kiss the back of her hand. Then he smiled at her."It's fine," he reassures her. "I'll be there with you, okay?"What he said doesn't entirely help her. It's not him that needs an introduction, it's her! The press

At the parking lot, Jason and Vanessa stayed in their car to talk. Jason wanted to know about Stella more and how he can make her come to his side."What about Stella?" Vanessa asked. "Did she ask you about me?""No, she didn't mention you nor does she seem to know me at all," he answers. Then he glances at Vanessa who kept her gaze in front. "Obviously this is your fault. And to tell you what's up, Charles introduced Stella as his girlfriend to the family."Vanessa's eyes grew large, staring at him. He could see that she wasn't expecting that news."Yes, it looks like they agreed on something.""But how? Stella would not!""You know her better than I do. I thought you should know the reason.""Stella must have been blackmailed! She's someone who doesn't accept help. She must've been threatened." Vanessa's voice was shaking. She's guilty of setting her up with him.Jason saw how Charles looks at Stella earlier. Someone like Cha

The next day, at breakfast, Stella met the other ladies of the Castigado. There are four more ladies, two younger than her and two were older. Jennie, Marie, Annie and Trixie. Marie and Stella were almost the same age but Marie was older in months.The list goes with Verna being the oldest, Jennie, Jason, Charles, Marie, Annie, Jenkins and Trixie being twins and are the youngest grandchildren. There are so many of them that Stella would confuse them in her head.Then after breakfast, she was invited by them to sit and have tea near the garden. She didn’t want to but the girls had dragged her already.“Has anyone done their fitting already? If not we ladies should go!” Marie in her sweet yet sassy voice told everyone.“The past days were hectic I could not find time for it!” There goes what Stella thinks is Annie. “I’m in!”

Jason was just about to climb the staircase when at the first step he saw someone cheap having her lunch by the full-length glass window. Amber eyes were looking outside, perhaps enjoying the splashes of the rain. He bet if it was open, she’d stick her hand out and starts catching some raindrops.It ain’t bad if he talks to her a little. With a lopsided smile on his mouth, he backs away from the stairs and walks towards the peaceful Stella.“You look like the sky today. The only thing missing is the tears!”Stella’s gaze shifted to him, her eyebrows instantly drawn together. The reaction Jason expected so he chuckled as he took the seat in front of her.“What are you doing here?” she asked.“Not even a hello, huh?”“Why, how are you today, Jason? Lovely seeing you!” she acted sweet