Nuella watched in sheer horror as the blade descended towards Oliver, the cold steel inching closer with every passing moment. Her voice caught in her throat, and her limbs refused to respond as she desperately wished to intervene but her body was unmoving, as much as she wanted to rush in front of Oliver and protect him from Marcos she could not.The scene was accompanied by a dissonant symphony of fear and despair. The room seemed to close in around her, suffocating her with dread. She watched as Marcos pushed the blade into the heart of Oliver and right in front of her eyes he fell on the floor dead.“Oliverrrrr!!!” She cried out as she jolted up from her bed gasping for air.“Nuella” Jena who was sitting close by immediately rushed to her.“It’s okay” Jena parted her on the back “It’s just a nightmare”Nuella scanned around the large hospital room and saw that she was indeed dreaming “Where is Oliver and Alicia?”“Alicia is sleeping in the room over there and Oliver is in the base
A day later Raymond arrived at one of the most secure prisons in H city where Brenda was kept. His steps felt heavy as he approached the imposing gates of the prison. He had to go through several security checks before he was allowed into the prison to visit Brenda.It had been three long years since Brenda, his ex-wife, had been locked away for the unthinkable crime of murdering his first wife and Nuella's sisters and also for plotting against Nuella. He had vowed never to visit her, carrying the weight of his own grief and anger. But the recent events had shaken him to the core. After Celine had crossed a line that could not be ignored. She had kidnapped Alicia, his granddaughter, plunging both families into a nightmare of fear and despair. He had come to the final conclusion to visit Brenda after Nuella had narrated all that happened in Celine's underground hideout, finding out what Nuella passed through had angered him. If Oliver’s friend had not arrived quickly with his men the
Oliver held the top of the gun that Nuella was holding.“Let go” Nuella said to him but he shaked his head.“Just let me do it, the last thing I want is for your hands to be stained with blood” Oliver said to her “No Oliver, I have to do this myself, she is my blood. If there is anyone who should do this it should……………..”“Not be you,” Raymond said from behind, making Oliver and Nuella turn back.Raymond walked towards them until he was standing in front of them.“Dad, what are you doing here?” Nuella asked, she was not expecting her father to be here in the base, the last thing she wanted was to have him watch her kill Celine since Celine was still his daughter no matter what had happened.Raymond looked towards Celine who looked so unrecognizable as a result of the torture that she has undergone. He moved his face away since it greatly affected him to see his daughter in such a state.Raymond looked at Nuella and Oliver ``You should listen to Oliver, you should not stain your hand
6 Months Later In one of the largest chapels in H city, Nuella smiled from ear to ear as she looked at her beautiful friend who walked out of the car. Today is the wedding day of Jelena and Maximino and she is the chief bridesmaid.Nuella only got to hear about their love story after Maximino had come to H city. Jena never told her when they met 4 years ago. After hearing their story she was glad that they had both come back together and are now getting married.Jelena and Maximino's wedding was a grand affair, held at one of the largest chapels in H city. The venue was a stunning masterpiece of architecture, with towering stained glass windows that bathed the chapel in a warm, colorful glow. The high vaulted ceilings, adorned with intricate carvings and chandeliers, created an atmosphere of elegance and opulence.As they walked down the aisle, Jelena looked radiant in her wedding attire. She wore a breathtaking ivory gown with intricate lace detailing, a fitted bodice, and a cascad
2 year later In an unknown secret base, in one of the underground torture rooms, the voice of a man being tortured could being heard.The man screamed out in horror as the hot dagger was stabbed on his palm. The pain was too unbearable for him to bear.Oliver stood there and watch his men torture the hell out of the man. “Boss he has lost consciousness” Jack said “Then wake him up” Oliver said “But…….” Jack wanted to explain that the torture was already too much for him to handle but when he saw the cold look on the face of his boss, he could not finish his statement. Jack swallowed and immediately proceeded to pick another dagger on the fire and stabbed it in the other arm of the man which made him wide awake and screaming in pain.The man in question was one of his business partners in the underworld who had dared to betray him, he would have to serve as an example for others to follow.After a while of torture Oliver finally signaled for Jack to stop which he immediately did.
Cassandra arrived at the hotel which was a 20 story building, this hotel was newly constructed by the Armstrong hotel company and she had long before now reserved the presidential suite of this hotel which is situated at the top floor.Her bodyguard, Cooper opened the door for her and she stepped out of the car then stared at the tall building in front of her. “Thank you Cooper” she said to her bodyguard before walking towards the hotel building and Copper followed behind her.The moment she stepped through the grand entrance, she was greeted by a shimmering crystal chandelier that cast a warm and inviting glow throughout the opulent lobby. The marble floors beneath her feet whispered luxury, and the soft strains of a grand piano added a touch of elegance to the air.With a gracious smile, the impeccably dressed doorman welcomed Cassandra and swiftly arranged for her luggage to be taken care of. She made her way to the reception desk, where a team of professional staff members attend
Shocked was an understatement, Oliver was furious when he saw Cassandra in front of him, flesh and blood and the way she smiled at Nuella made him clenched his fist hard.“How come she is alive and he doesn’t know, it has been 14 freaking years!! How the hell!!” Oliver said in his head Alex and David looked at Oliver who heard a furious look on his face. They know he will skin her alive if he had the chance, the woman who dared to betray him then ran away.Cassandra tried her best not to look at Oliver and only fixed her gaze on Nuella who she smiled at. Have both of them already met? The thought of that made him clench his fist hard.Nuella smiled back at her as wellWhen Oliver saw that he raised his brow.Cassandra approached where they were standing and gave Nuella a hug.“Hello Nuella, thanks for inviting me” she smiled Oliver's face turned dark in rage that he immediately pushed Cassandra away from Nuella. Cassandra fell on the floor which made everyone in the banquet hall ga
Welcome back home ma’am, welcome back home sir” Rosa and the other maids greeted but were completely ignored by Oliver and Nuella who had an angry look on their faces.They wondered what had happened during Alicia’s birthday to make them come early.When Rosa did not see Alicia with them she went to ask Pedro, one of the bodyguards and he told her that Alicia was taken to the family residence to stay with her great grandma and aunty.Nuella got into the room and slammed the door, Oliver opened the door and got in as well. “How the hell did you meet her and even sign a business contract with her!” Oliver was pissed On their way home they were already having an argument in the vehicle.“Maybe if you had open up to me from the start I would have known that the same woman was the one from your past, but no, instead you kept everything away from me”“First she died and all of a sudden she is alive, how did you expect me to know that it was her!” Nuella fired backOliver stared at her in
15 Days LaterIn the past 15 days a lot has happenedFirst, Jenna has given birth to a beautiful baby boy Secondly, Cassandra was already in prisonThirdly, Everyone who was a victim of Cassandra has press chargesFourthly, Mariana has woken up from her coma but is still in the hospital recovering.Oliver has put some restrictions on Nuella, for the past 15 days the only place Nuella was permitted to go was the hospital to see Mariana, his mother. She was restricted from going anywhere else.She had a company to run but could only stay home to do it. She has been a full house wife for the past 15 days. One thing she enjoyed about this punishment that she was given was that she could spend a lot of time with Alicia who was so happy that her mommy was home with her.She did dancing, singing, drawing, swimming and other fun stuff with her daughter in these 15 days. She also spent time talking to Jenna on phone and video calling to see her god son since they could not return back yet.Ol
Nuella was shocked, she looked at the body that blocked hers and was shocked to see that it was Claudia, Cassandra’s mother.Cassandra screams “Nooooo!!! Nooo!!!! Mother!!!” She dropped the gun and immediately rushed towards her mother whose body was held by Nuella.She knelt down and shook her mother’s body for her to wake up “Mother place wake up!!”Oliver dragged Nuella up to allow Cassandra to hold her mother instead. Nuella who has been in a dice, stared at Oliver.“Oliver, how….?” She was surprised as to how he was here.Romulo and the others who had seen what had happened, immediately left the base that was not far from where they were and rushed there immediately.“Why would you plan all this without my knowledge?”“I’m sorry, knowing you, you would have done things more rashly” Nuella said Oliver sighed “All the anger he had for her immediately disappeared now that he was holding her in his arms.Oliver hugged her and sighed in relief, he was glad she was not hurt. After a
Seeing that David was about to be strangled to death by him, Oliver freed him. David gasped for air, and became pissed, he immediately stood with all his strength and gave Oliver a punch.Oliver, who was not expecting it, staggered back but regained his composure. Before he could retaliate, David gave him a second punch that landed him on the ground.He was shocked, he was always the one punching but this time David had retaliated which he did not expect.“I always do everything for you and tolerate your nonsense but where I draw the line is where you try to strangle me to death. “From today onwards we are not friends, I do not see any reason why I should abandon my own business to always be with you and help you.David was panting in anger “As much as I want to help Nuella in this situation I will be leaving” David got in his car and drove off.Oliver, who already got up from the floor, stood and watched as he drove off. All his men stood a few distance away and could not do anythi
“That’s my granddaughter” Romulo was so happy like he was watching a wrestling match.Matthew and Israel were relieved that Nuella was not the one that was knocked down instead.“Now is time to move to the next stage” Romulo grinned.Back to the ladiesNuella benth down and stared at the unconscious Cassandra on the ground. This was just the beginning.She had hit Cassandra so much that she looked a little bit unrecognizable.Soon, some of her grandfather's men rushed to where she was after they had finished fighting off the men that came with Cassandra.“Ma’am are you oka……” one of the men was about to ask but stopped what he was going to say when he saw that the person on the ground was Cassandra and that the madam was fine with no single crash in her body. They sighed in relief.“What do you want us to do with her ma’am?”“Carry her and bring her along” Nuella said Nuella started walking to the next location and the men followed along while carrying Cassandra.The men Cassandra ha
Cassandra headed to the location after meeting with her men. She did not know what Nuella had planned so she had to bring back up, a good number of her men were following her to that place.Unknown to her, Claudia had hidden herself in one of the vans.At the location, Nuella had already prepared herself, she had prepared a lot for Cassandra, the whole world was going to witness a part of what was going to happen today. Cassandra was not going to escape all this. About an hour later, Cassandra and her men arrived at the place.Their cars were packed in the side of the express and through the directions she was given they were supposed to enter the woods.Why will Nuella bring her to the middle of nowhere, is her plan to kill her and feed her to the wild animals?Cassandra could not tell what her plan was but she was glad she was prepared. It is either she kills Nuella or Nuella kills her, both of them can not live here alive.A call came and it was Nuella “Hello Nuella” she said onc
“H…how?” Nuella smiled “You thought I was inside?”Cassandra's eyes widened “How did you know?” she clenched her fist.“Don't worry I will tell you when you get here. It will take you few hours to get here and while you are coming please come with you add-ons or lifejackets cause I promise you that I will not miss like you did, I will make sure you die by my hands?”“And if I don't”Nuella smiled “You won't dare, I have a lot on you already Cassandra. You have to face me whether you like it or not, it is either you die or I die Cassandra”“You are right, it’s either you die or die” Cassandra said“I will send you the location, you already had a plan on how to get rid of me before the car accident which didn't work so now that it didn't work I want you to bring on your A game cause you won't imagine what I have waiting for you” Nuella hang up the call and sighed in relief.Cassandra can choose not to be here but she is smart enough. Cassandra was still shocked, it is beginning to see
Hours Earlier Cassandra stayed in a car close by waiting for the car Nuella was inside to catch in flames. She had sent her people to plant a mini device that would lead to the car crashing and going in flames. This will enable Nuella to die or have severe injuries.Right in front of her eyes the car from miles away driving at full speed caught in flames.In the early hours of the morning she had used a burner phone to call Nuella which she picked.“I think we should finally come face to face, don't you agree?” she had said to Nuella.Nuella smiled because she has been expecting this call “I agree, it's about time we settle our scores. You do understand that it is either I die or you die in this battle”“Yes I do, and I can't wait to come out victorious”This conversation took place at around 5am.When the call ended, Nuella informed Matthew and Israel about the call. Mathew and Israel left their hideout to the place where Nuella was going to meet Cassandra.Nuella informed her grand
Just as she had suspected, Oliver had come to the nightclub late hours of the night. She was in her vvip section close to his and waited patiently. Thinking he will be here alone, surprisingly Alex and David also came along after ten minutes.There was no way for her to listen to their conversation since the private rooms were sound proof. In order for her to know what they were saying she paid the server that served drinks for them to listen to their conversation.After 10 minutes of waiting the female server returned and told her all they spoke about.“So they are all still in support of Nuella? She scoffed Cassandra was here for two hours until Alex left and now it was just David who she is sure must be convincing him to go back home.She is sure Oliver will refuse and at that time David will leave. Oliver does not need protection since he had his bodyguards in every single inch of the club. True as she said David left after failing to convince him, so now came her opportunity.S
The person that called Nuella next was Elena. Elena asked her what was going on and what she plans on doing to clear her name and that if Oliver sees this he will be really angry most especially since what happened between his father and mother is yet forgotten.Nuella felt at ease that Elena did not outrightly accuse her of doing what the media said she did.“Has grandma seen it?”“No, I have warned you that no one will show her the news today. Seeing such a thing will make her distressed and will remind her of what happened between her son and Mariana. She had planned on visiting Mariana at the hospital today but I had to convince her to postpone it since reporters will be outside the hospital premises.Nuella felt at ease knowing that Grandma May hasn't seen the news yet “Thank you Mariana for making sure she doesn’t see it and also for trusting in me”“Have you spoken to Oliver yet?”“Yes and he is really angry”“Oliver should know that you won't do such a thing. Although the pic