Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Collateral (Possessive Mafia): Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

Lucas is a well-known leader of the gang and a gambling lord in their city. He also owns a shark loan company. Diego Ramos owed him money from the gambling. He was about to take Mariane as the collateral for Diego’s debts, but David paid it for Diego. Because of that, Mariane and David got married, which made Lucas even more angry. He wanted to take and possess the girl but the moment he tried to get closer, someone was already following him to stop him from coming to Mariane. Lucas also found out that Mariane had left the country. Then, he followed the girl and find out her whereabouts. Lucas invade David’s territory and hired some spies there. Until he met Agatha. Lucas found out that Agatha was obsessed with David. So, he took her away and saved her from David’s arms.Lucas knew that Mariane had returned to the country. He made a plan, and that was to kidnap their child. He wants to kill the child of David, to get even with him.***“Bring that child here,” Lucas instructed his men

After a long journey, they arrived at an abandoned iron factory. They hid Jacob in one of the rooms on the second floor, and there the child was tied to a post made of steel, and his mouth was covered. Mariane and David were taken out of different vehicles. Lucas signaled his men to tie up Mariane and dig into their pockets to get their cell phones.“Boss, the woman doesn’t have a cell phone,” said one of his guards.“Mariane... Where is your cell phone?” Lucas asked.“I lost my cell phone when I was chasing you earlier when you took my son.”Lucas’s face showed that he believed in the girl. So he ordered Mariane to be tied to the pole near where Lucas was sitting. While David took off the blindfold from his eyes. He immediately looked around to see Mariane. He sighed in relief after he saw Mariane.“Mariane, are you alright?” he asked worriedly.Mariane nodded. “Yes. Don’t worry about me. How about you?”“I’m okay. Don’t worry. We will get out from here.”With what David had said, Lu

PAK!!!Suddenly everything became quiet as if the world stopped moving and only the sound of a palm landing on the cheek was heard inside the room where the unconscious David was placed.Mariane’s left cheek turned red from Geneva’s slap, while Mariane just silently accepted the anger of a mother. She couldn’t blame her. Her son was now on the brink of death after saving Mariane and Jacob from danger. And if she was in Geneva’s situation, she would surely be angry with the person who had a reason why her son was on the verge of death.“I told you to stay away from my son, but you won’t listen! Now, look at him! LOOK. AT. HIM!!!” Geneva pulled Mariane towards David’s bed.She even held her head and forcibly turned her head to look at the unconscious David, who had oxygen in his mouth.“Mrs. Cruz, please calm down,” John tries hard to stop Geneva from harassing Mariane in front of David.But the lady did not stop hurting Mariane. Instead, she continues to beat, and slap her. Mariane win

Mariane arrives with food from a popular fast-food chain that is a favorite of her son Jacob. His eyes suddenly widened when he saw his son jumping up and down on his father's bed while talking to Jacob.Jacob doesn’t have school, so he has to take the boy to the hospital to keep an eye on David as well. Because David was taking care of something important at the office with John, and he didn’t want his mother to watch over him, either. After the incident of Geneva hurting Mariane, the lady was never able to step inside her hospital again because they banned her. So Mariane is the only one watching over him now.“Jacob! Get down from there! Oh, you’re really young! If you fall, you will also break a bone. Do you want that to hurt you?” Mariane hurriedly put the food she bought on the table and ran toward them.“David, why did you let him jump into your bed? He might get into an accident. You shouldn’t allow him to do that.” Mariane sighed exasperatingly, while she took her son off the

Mariane and David went together to David’s company. Before they came out of the car, Mariane took a deep breath, as she felt nervous about what other people might say to them… especially to her. Even before they just got married, only their family and closest friends knew about their marriage. The marriage was a secret until they got divorced. People in the business world and in the entertainment industry only knew that David got engaged to Stacey Lewis for twelve years. After Mariane suddenly appeared in the office, without slippers, and asked David to help her find their son. That’s when the people surrounding them found out about the existence of Mariane in David’s life. And now, David wanted to hold a press conference to tell the world that they were in a relationship and to clear things about him and the model, Stacey. Because when Stacey visited the hospital, she brought reporters to show she was concerned about him. And to let the other people think that Mariane was seducing Da