Chapter 141

Catherine:As soon as the door opened, my father entered the room, his eyes scanning the place. But he didn’t see Nico who was hiding inside my closet.“Where have you been?” My father stopped only a few inches away from me, holding my arm, shaking me.“It’s my makeup!” I suddenly said.“What?” My father shot me an annoyed look.“You have to call Ellie, like now!” I told him.My father narrowed his eyes suspiciously.“That’s silly…” My father started dragging me outside the room.“I can’t go out like this!” I yelled, fighting back.My father’s eyes all of a sudden glimpsed the ring that was wrapped on my finger.“What’s this? Where did you get this from?” He asked, but I answered him instantly.“Marcos…He proposed to me” My father looked surprised, but glad for the first time in days.“Well then…I guess I’ll look for Ellie and send her in” He said, rubbing the back of his neck.I didn't realize how excited my father was for this wedding until now.I was relieved that my father believ

Chapter 142

Nico:It took her too long to come back…I didn’t even care if I found someone half way there, but I had to see where the hell she was.I stepped out of her room, the moment I did, I found myself in the middle of a long hallway.I didn’t know where it was leading me, but I decided to follow my feeling, walking with steady, fast steps.I had a weird feeling, my chest tightened with each step I was making.Then all of a sudden, I heard a noise coming from one of the rooms on my way.I froze, trying to listen if the voice was Catherine’s.“Please!” I heard her crying.Then I heard him, Marcos.I started boiling from the inside, grabbing my gun as I headed straight toward the door, trying to open it, but no matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to open that door.I suddenly heard Catherine’s screaming, then within a few seconds it was Marcos’ turn. My eyes widened, and my hands started to shake when I couldn’t hear Catherine's voice.Then all of a sudden, I heard Catherine crying out

Chapter 143

After Nine months:Catherine:I heard my baby cry for the fourth time that night.I checked my phone. It was three in the morning.“Albie…” I whispered, saying my baby's name.Yeah, I called him Albie.Nico and I had decided to name him Albert, but Albie was his cute little nickname.I picked him up, walked to my comfy chair, and began breastfeeding him.I sighed, staring at how cute he was as he started closing those little eyes and calming down.The last few months, and ever since the night Nico saved me. We never actually talked about it, nor talked about us…Nico sent me with his sister to this small cabinet in the middle of the woods to keep us safe.He said that my father wasn’t his only enemy…I actually had no idea what he meant by that, until his sister, Angela explained to me the other day that her step mother, Marcos’ mother, was angry with Jiro and her son.She explained everything to me, about the agreement between Nico and her step mother…So basically, Nico was only pro

Chapter 144

Nico:Why the fuck was she still crying, didn’t she know it wasn’t fair to use her tears as a weapon? She was hurting me without even realizing it.I walked back toward her, I lifted her chin up to look at me.“Why are you crying?” She stared at me in silence.“Aren’t you tired of hiding? Aren’t you tired of running away? Is that how you want our son to live? Don’t you get it just yet? You’re not giving Albie any other choice, you’re making the choice for him already, you’re forcing him into this world!” She said,I frowned as I took a step back. She was reminding me of myself, and my father…My father forced me to become like him!He forced my mother to leave us and marry someone else! He taught me that women can’t be trusted.But now, why do I see myself like I was another copy of that terrible man!Was I a bad father already?“I’ll give him the choice!” I suddenly said.“What if he doesn’t choose your world? Are you ready to accept that?” Catherine took a few steps toward m

Chapter 145

Catherine:If he returned before sunset and found us here, we could never leave…His tone was firm as he said those words.But his body language said something else. His hands were both clenched while he said those words.He stood by the door, stealing one last glance at Albie, his cheek muscles twitched and an angry look on his face while he continued to stare at our baby.Albie was playing inside his bassinet, not having the slightest idea of what was going on between his father and me.That made the whole situation harder and sadder for me…For a moment I thought he’d turn around and say he didn’t mean all of that. I thought he’d tell me that he was ready to leave with us and forget about everything bad that ever happened in his life.I thought that the least thing he’d do was to look at me before he left…But he didn’t, he just continued to stare at his son before he all of a sudden stormed out of the room, closing the door shut behind him.The tears I’ve been holding back all of

Chapter 146

Catherine:I waited for the door to open, thinking that Nico was already inside, waiting for us…But again, all that was just a hope, a wish that didn’t come true.Malcolm opened the door for me, placing all my bags inside then when he was about to leave I stopped him.“I can’t accept this house” I told him, but he let out a deep breath then placed the keys on the table, grabbing another envelope from his pocket then stared at me.“This house belongs to Albie, he’s the only one who can decide” He explained then looked at Albie, “Isn’t that right sir?” He teased him then took a few steps toward the door to leave but stopped all of a sudden and turned to look at me.“Take care of yourself…And if you ever need anything, I’m family too” He informed me, sending a smile at me.I smiled back, nodding at him watching him leaving toward his car.My eyes roamed all over the place. It was a huge house, and I couldn’t even return it. Part of me really thought I’d find Nico waiting for us here. I