Narrator’s POVPenelope Castle sat on the terrace of her beach house. She really just enjoyed the view of the beach from the terrace. It was a newly acquired place. All she had to do was shed a few years, and her Fiancé, Antonio Rodrigo, gifted her the beach house to cheer her up.Antonio was an awkward person. When someone he truly cared about was sad, he didn’t know how to react. Especially since Penelope was his lover, he didn’t know how to act when she was sad, much less if she cried. He was reduced to instinctual bribery whenever he saw her cry. When Penelope bawled about the death of her mother, his psyche was high-jacked, and he used different valuable things to coax her. She got a brand new car from it. Now she cried about how sad she was that a certain someone had bullied her, and the next thing was to give her a beach house since he was aware that she loved the ocean.Penelope did, in fact, love the ocean. She thought it was sweet of him. She was quite glad that she had pick

Narrator's POVPenelope stared hard and long at the grotesque sight before her.She frowned. The buff man beside her noticed her frown and went forward to cover up the culprit.It was the bartender, bundled up in a wooden box. His body was marred with bloodied puncture holes. It was horrific. Not a good sight to see. There was a dried blood trail from one of the bartender's eyes; it rolled all the way down his cheek. The bartender was barely breathing; if one didn't notice his slow and shallow breaths, you would think he was dead.The buff man covered the box."Carlos, Take him to the hospital and get him treated. Tell me when he wakes up. Take photos of his current condition as well. Who knows, we might be able to use this." Penelope ordered the buff man, Carlos.Carlos grunted in response as he crouched down, picked up the box with ease—as if the bartender did not weigh a thing—and walked out of the room.Penelope watched him go out with a complicated expression. She had never expec

Alexandra’s POVI felt my heart clench, and I almost choked up.I stared at Adrian with undisguised shock in my eyes.Although I had previously considered leaving Adrian eventually because of the terms of our relationship, Hearing him say that we might break up left me with an indescribable and uncomfortable feeling. After constantly telling me that we would never be able to get a divorce, his current words were a contrast.My parents wanted me to come home. My parents were considering breaching the contract they signed. The Sinclairs probably would not want to take the case to court since it would attract a lot of unwanted attention. What if they just decided to let me go? Penelope was now after the Sinclairs, or Adrian, to be specific, and I was sure she would not leave the Sinclairs alone unless my family Ultimately, she left the picture.My family still didn’t know about Penelope; maybe that was why they were acting so carelessly."So... you mean we might have to get a divorce?" I

Alexandra POVMy father had lost the election.The election that my father had spent a fortune preparing forThe election that occupied his mind was an engagement that took up all his time.The election that gave him so much confidenceAnd as I had recently discovered, it was also one of the reasons he decided to sell me off to the Sinclairs; he wanted, no, he needed their support.I had heard that his ratings were pretty good before the election. Who knows what has happened? When the results came in, he had lost to his competitor. And not by a small gap.I wondered what could have happened. A lot of people had expected him to win since he had the Sinclairs support.I wondered if it was because he had lost that support at the last minute.Although Adrian told me not to bother about it, I was still curious about what had happened. Having no one else to ask about it and knowing that the last person I would ask would be my father, I decided to ask Adrian.“Do you really not know what hap

Narrators POVAlexandra and Adrian smiled as they left the home of old Bennett.Alexandra's mom feels distraught, while her dad is so shaken by what Adrian just told them.Still trying to digest what they had just heard, Alexandra tries to get a cup of water to drink but feels her chest tighten. She almost falls but holds the dining table to prevent herself from falling. Alexandra's dad rushes to hold her up and help her to the sofa so that she can relax. He doesn't want her to pass. This is definitely shocking news for her. The audacity of Alexandra is what shocked her the most. She just couldn't believe her eyes or ears. Alexandra has always been a very obedient child and has never been the one to talk back at them or even prove stubborn. Now it feels more like she does not even know who just left the house. Seeing Alexandra, all her thoughts were on the assumption that Alexandra came to apologize, but instead, she was given a blow to the face. Alexandra's father, on the other hand, h