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Chapter 31

Elena’s POVChaos starts to ensue, erupting around me like a bunch of ripe volcanoes.Liam shoves Tristan. Sophie tries to stop him, yelling, “He didn’t mean it, he didn’t mean it!”But none of that is enough. I can’t get up. Penny is the only one helping me, and Alexander is busy trying to take Liam away from Tristan.“Calm down, boy,” Alexander says in a low voice, taking Liam by the arm and gently guiding him away from there. “We need to take your mother to the hospital. Stop wasting your time on that man. Okay?”Liam follows, and Tristan seems flabbergasted. He turns to me as Alexander scoops me up from the ground and drapes me over his arms like I weigh nothing. Tristan seems to want to say something more. Maybe apologize. But no one gives him the chance to do it.“Bring my car around!” Alexander calls out to one of the guards, and with that, we’re off.We get into the car. I’m starting to drift in and out of consciousness. My kids are crowding over me. I can hear someone asking

Chapter 32

Elena’s POVMy head is still reeling. Even though I’ve already left the hospital, it feels like a part of me is left there. Honestly, at this rate, I should probably just come back because my body seems to be withering.“It’s not your fault,” Uncle Marcus assures me as he pulls out of the parking lot. “It’s not like you knew about Grace and Van Asten. Even if you did, the decision wasn’t ultimately yours. Alexander is in charge of the company, and he must’ve had a good reason—”“Alexander has been incredibly nice, yes,” I admit. “But we have to be rational here. He’s not the most… logical or stable person out there. He could’ve had a shallow, irrational reason to do that to Grace.”He stays silent for a moment. “Well, there’s only one way to find out. I’m going to take you to his apartment, and you can talk.”I want to ask why and how he knew where Alexander lives, but I don’t have the time or the energy for that. I just stay quiet as he makes a turn and brings me to an apartment buil

Chapter 33

Elena’s POVIt’s my first day working with Van Asten.Or at least, it’s the only day I can try to convince Alexander to rework the deal and save Grace.The Van Asten office is huge, and they have a royal blue theme going on. Sometimes it’s an accent wall. Sometimes it’s the furniture. Sometimes it’s some abstract decoration that’s centered for everyone to see. It’s getting harder and harder to predict as India, Alexander’s assistant, gives me a tour of the twenty-story building.“Mr. Van Asten is in the penthouse,” she informs me. “We’ll be there in a moment. He instructed me to familiarize you with everyone so you know who to ask help from if you need it. Of course, you can always contact me. I will be at your service.”“Okay,” I say uncertainly.India has a standoffish vibe. I can tell that Alexander chose her because she has a slightly off-putting energy to her that will drive those that are too weak-willed to try and get something from him. To me, she’s nice enough.“Here we have

Chapter 34

Tristan’s POV“Everything’s working according to plan. Elena fell for my trap, and now she offered me a full-time position to work for her in her collaboration with Van Asten.”“Amazing!” Mira says, clapping hard, the sound echoing in my empty office.I can’t bring myself to join her. I suppose I should be happy that someone wants to take revenge on Elena and Alexander who’s also fully on our side, but the more I look at Grace, the worse I feel about this whole plan.She used to be so close to Elena. They were practically sisters. Elena barely went out when we were married. Her usual spots were just grocery stores and meat shops. But if she’s going somewhere that’s not those two places, Grace was with her. They stopped talking a couple of years into our marriage, but I knew that Grace was the one who helped Elena hide when I was looking for her.It’s just strange that Grace is now rubbing shoulders with Mira.“So it’s all set,” Mira says happily. “All you have to do is take the job an

Chapter 35

Elena’s POV“I’m so excited to work with you, Mommy!”Liam holds my hand as I enter my new office in Van Asten. He didn’t want to attend his math class, not because he’s not doing well, but because he’s doing too well. He’s leagues beyond his classmates and his teacher told me to enroll him somewhere else.So here he is now, about to accompany me on my first official day as the head of the jewelry design department.Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that my son is here.It’s just that… all Liam could talk about is Alexander.“He’s so cool, Mommy!” Liam would always say, telling me endless stories about the man and making him sound fresh every single time. “He told me to bail on my math class and get to an advanced level! He also said I could learn how to code… with computers! He said he’s going to teach me, Mommy!”I know that it’s just the lack of fatherhood speaking, but I can’t help but feel a little scared that he might be getting too attached to Alexander.How do I tell him that now

Chapter 36

Tristan’s POVProtectiveness surges in my body like lightning.I rush up the stairs, and I don’t know what hit me, as I’m always very aware not to lay a hand on Ethan even just to guide him somewhere, but I find myself pushing him off Sophie.Hard.Ethan flies back, releasing Sophie instantly. The little boy lands on his back, his dark eyes wide and wild, like he never expected this to happen. I can’t say I blame him—I never meant to do it either. Sophie’s eyes keep flitting back and forth between Ethan and me, like she can’t fully comprehend what’s going on.My heart is sinking. I don’t know who to rush to first. Sophie has scratches on her neck. Ethan is down on the floor. Luckily no one is around….I swallow hard, rushing over to Sophie at last.“Are you okay?” I ask, and when she runs to my arms, it just feels so natural. “What did he do to you? Are you hurt?”Sophie just shakes her head, her eyes shining with tears. As I kneel in front of her to check on her injuries, she just ho

Chapter 37

Elena’s POVThe man’s nostrils flare, his eyes wide and bloodshot. Only now am I realizing that he looks unhinged, and I find myself vaguely wondering why I even followed him in the first place.I raise my hands in surrender. I don’t know what else to do. I have no idea if he wants to hurt me, but the sooner I present myself as less of a threat, it’s probably better.“You’re that woman,” the man keeps saying, his voice rising in pitch. “I saw you. I heard everything about you. You were all Alexander could talk about.”I don’t know how to feel about that.“I didn’t know,” I whisper. “I… I just wanted a store here. It’s my first break in America.”“We’re all out of jobs.” Now his voice is down to a low murmur. “All of us. Do you know how many people worked in that department? There were twenty of us. Twenty. Now without jobs. Without money. Because of you.”“Please don’t hurt me.” I take a deep breath. “I have kids. Two kids. Twins. They need me. I’m the only one they have.”I start to

Chapter 38

Elena’s POVLiam’s expression darkens. He glances at the laptop and back to me, biting his lip. I wait in anticipation, hoping that he will say yes. Hoping that at his young age and the stage he’s in during his learning, he would be able to do something like this for me.“Why do you want me to do it?” Liam asks, holding my gaze. “Uncle Alex told you not to meddle in his business anymore, right?”“Yeah.” My face heats up. It sure does feel weird to negotiate with your son like this, but it’s too late for me to stop now.I just need to know.I can’t stop here and never find out what happened to the jewelry department.“Please?” I ask. “I know you might be able to. You’re the only one who can. Mommy just needs to know what happened, then I will let it rest. I promise.”Silence. Liam doesn’t say anything for a while. He just stares at his computer.“You can do it, right?” I ask. “I know Alexander must’ve given you access.” I smack my forehead. “But God, what am I thinking? You’re still so

Chapter 39

Elena’s POVMy heart seizes up with panic. I move over to slam the laptop shut, but Liam stops me.“That’s not going to do anything, Mommy,” he hisses at me, his little face devoid of color. “Oh God, Uncle Alex will kill me….”“If he ever finds out about this, I will take full responsibility,” I say, my body tingly with guilt.I already knew that I shouldn’t have done this. I should’ve been a mature parent and just left it all alone. But no. I had to do this to my son, and now he feels so horrible because of me and I don’t know how to stop it.The only thing I can do is watch him type furiously, trying to backtrack on the actions that I made him do. His screen stops flashing red, and he breathes a sigh of relief. But then it flashes red once again until he’s forced to shut it down.“I can’t make it stop!” He starts to breathe hard. “Oh, no….”The screen goes black and I freeze. Liam and I just stare at the screen wordlessly, feeling like our world is crashing down on us. I hold his sh

Chapter 40

Elena’s POVThe ride to the school is tense. Anxiety is already running through my veins even before getting into the car, but knowing that Sophie is also clearly in distress is just making it all worse.To me, at this moment, it seems that the universe is telling me that I’m messing up left and right with my kids.We had no issues like this before. My kids were happy and healthy and constantly performing well. They never threw a tantrum, never showed bad attitude. They were always polite and well-behaved, to the point where Grandpa Harold told me that they were more adult than he was.“I didn’t behave like that until I turned sixty,” he would always say.And I was proud of that. I was happy. I was honored to have been blessed by children who were so good that I never had to pause my working life and give them less quality time in result. We were all happy.Until we got to New York.Now everything is complicated.Liam isn’t talking to me, which I know is my fault. And Sophie locked he

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