She felt sick to her stomach. Not to the cuisine oh no no no, but to the hand that entwined with hers on the dinner table. She even felt his gaze when he accidentally-though to her it wasn't- touched her thigh.
"A coronel back in the old days when we used to eat war for breakfast"
"Grandpa, are you still a cononel?" Seth asked while seated on his grandfather's lap.
They all gave a hearty laughter to Seth's attempt on saying 'coronel'. Mick felt bad for her baby being laughed at. When she consented to meeting his parents she didn't think that there would be so much pretend kissing and touching, acting like some lovey duvey couple they weren't.
She remembered how Roman came up with a perfect story of how they met and fell in love at a masquerade party. He didn't leave out also how they made love at the same masquerade party they met at. This seemingly made his parents happy especially Debra Cervantes w
Roman CervantesHe was gonna kill him. Kill him for sure! Kev did this, he drugged her!"No... no. Don't look at me like that. Last time...last time you did that we ended up making a baby"He caught her hands in mid air before her fingers trailed on his face again. Carrying her to their room was quite tiresome. Marga had already tucked Seth in bed, now back to his drunk wife who couldn't keep her hands to herself."Mr Cervantes, are you scared of your own wife?" She once more played with his hair as he removed the heels from her feet laying her on the bed.He sighed and covered her, "Sleep"Was all he got to say before he shut the lights including the little light that flickered on the night stand."On one condition. You sleep next to me...I'm scared of the dark"He grinned and slowly joined her in bed. Turning his face to the other side he looked at his phone's screen. Messages from Debra Cervantes on whether M
Why was she standing at the door goofily waiting for him to arrive? Why was her heart leaping with joy rather than feel mad about him disclosing her location to her parents?Truth is, she was glad. She really missed her mom, Gus and her dad who promised to live in LA for the moment to make up for lost time. She took a peak through the window to see his car pulling up slowly in the driveway. Her heart skipped, clueless and not knowing how and what to say. She ran stupidly to the kitchen pretending to chop down some veggies.His voice boomed the house as he called Marga to take his briefcase to the study room. She on the other hand fixed her hair even smelled it to make sure she'd used the correct shampoo. Hardly had he taken a step into the living room than she came in. She had mastered all the words to say... Roman we have never seen eye to eye since our marriage but today I want to thank you for bringing my family to me. Thank you for helping them find m
Don't look! Don't look again Mick! But she ended up looking once more while Roman chuckled at her nervousness."Um...dinner...go to make" her words came out wrong so being the woman she is, she scrammed out of the room so fast.Minutes later, she stayed in the kitchen with Marga sending glances at her."I saw it! Why did I look? Did he want me to look at it?""Ma'am, is everything okay?" Marga asked noticing that Mick was talking to herself as she chopped the carrots."No I mean yes. Yes, yes I'm fine" she lied."Marga I'll help her out, you can take some rest" his voice came from behind.He opened the fridge taking out the other ingredients for the meal. She pretended to be so engrossed in the carrots but it was hard to. He already got rid of his suit and was now wearing casual clothes, a grey full neck sweater and blue faded jeans. His hands came from behind covering hers and grabbing hold of the knife.
What can we conclude from the video? Trouble in paradise?She glared at Chanel from Channel 5 news. This woman was impossible. Mikaella knew she was jealous of her right from highschool. Now getting some juicy scoop such as Roman hitting Phil and leaving him for dead was what Chanel wanted to ruin her reputation. And by the looks of it, Chanel was already winning. Her mind drifted to Seth hoping in God's name that he hadn't read what people spewed in the internet. Of course people judged her. Some saying that Roman had a right to behave how he did since she was having an affair with Phil. Some pitying the millionaire aka Roman Cervantes for witnessing his wife in a restaurant holding hands with a man.She had had just about enough. She did nothing wrong on the contrary Roman did everything. He was the devil in all this not her. She was not the villain and she knew it.Her lips quivered slightly as she reached for the bruises on her arm with a lig
You are just...mmh...a donkey butt!" she spat as Chanel rolled her eyes and chuckled a bit."Donkey butt? That's what you can come up with? Girl, if your marriage ain't working, it ain't working. No need to deny it" her smile made Mikaella want to scratch her face with her sharp fingernails.Coming here to confront Chanel wasn't working for Mikaella especially when she was bad at trash talking. Chanel seemed flawless at everything she did, trash talking included. Mikaella stood there like a fool infront of the workers of Channel 5 news. Some giggled, some whispered and Chanel gave her an evil glare signalling to her that 'she had better stayed home'.Embarrassed and lacking words, Mikaella stormed out of there running to the cab that popped at the right moment and at the right time."Just drive" her eyes bulged with fury as she told the cab driver."I should have called her a dirty bitch or a baffoon" she slammed her forehead talking to h
Roman Cervantes"We have to come up with strategies to make sure that our goods reach the target market" Kevin unflaggingly insisted.The board members seemed impressed with his idea and so was Roman. The slight buzzing of a phone jostled everyone's attention to Roman. He excused himself and exited the room in a rush. SOSHe knew what it meant either Mick was in danger or Seth was in harm's way. Dialling Mick's number he called her over and over but the calls went straight to voicemail. Deploying the one thing he never thought he would use, he tried to track down Mick with his phone. Needless to say he acted like a real husband by pinning a tracker on her skin the other day when she was drunk and if that wouldn't work he could always track her phone.Her location popping up on his screen, he wondered what she was doing all the way outside town. Hours later, he parked his car away from the cab and rushed out. His grey eyes met with Mick'
"Roman? I can't do this anymore,"she said restlessly.Sure the night was calm, the air soothing, the house quiet but Mick's heart was none of those. Roman had just confessed his feelings for her but did he confess to remedy the situation? To ease her nerves? To make her stay? To make her believe in some stupid fairytale that a man such as himself could love her?His breath fanned her neck and her well she was restless call it uncomfortable even, to be in his arms."Then let me show you how much I adore you, Mikaella," he whispered and Mick could feel the heat radiating from his body on her back. She could feel his core harden against her butt and she bit her bottom lip to stop the agonizing emotions that were struggling to be released."Let me show you just how much you matter to me," he whispered once more and her breathing hitched.Roman was stubborn, she gave him that. He still had his hands on her empire waist not intending to let her
Roman Cervantes"You always have a knack of interrupting me when things are going great. What is it, Kevin? Why'd you have me rush all the way to this restaurant" "It's Kim. She has a new boyfriend," Kevin started mortified as he glanced at her sister and the Italian guy she was having dinner with across their table."Yeah, so what? Kevin we talked about this. We have to let her grow""Ro, the dude is not even Italian. He's a mechanic and all he wants is to impregnate her, marry her and get her wealth," Kevin said and Roman rolled his eyes.Sad to say but his brother was a control freak when it came to their little sister Kimberly. Even he looked over at the table their sister was at, he could tell that she was happy and he didn't want to ruin that."You are overreacting again," Roman sighed calling the waiter to pay up but Kevin sneaked a device in Roman's ear."Just listen," Kevin nudged, "I sneaked a tiny microphone
**Eight years later***"Dad! You came!" Kylie squealed jumping into Marcus' arms."I wouldn't miss it for the world princess",he spoke, parting from the embrace and giving her the purple wrapped gift."What about Pop-pop and Meemaw?" She asked looking behind him to see whether they were behind him."Unfortunately your grandfather had to bail at the last minute, something came up. Meemaw was right behind me, she's probably taking something from the car. Anyway, happy sweet sixteen, princess. Or should I say hashtag sixteen, hashtag sweet sixteen? Hashtag adobs""Eew, stop! Just stop! Happy birthday will do",Kylie chuckled.Mikaella and Roman were by the chocolate brunch flirting as always and at the same time wondering when Seth would get to the party. Kylie and Seth were bonded so much that they had an insane love for chocolate and so much that when Seth went to college, Kylie wanted to go to college with him too. The people murmured against themselves asking when the cake would be cu
Mikaella"You don't have to do this",another voice soared in the room and a pissed James turned to stare at the man standing by the door.Marcus stood cautiously by the door and Mikaella felt relieved that he was there."Daddy!" Kylie screamed wriggling in James' arms."One more step and the kid gets it. Don't tempt me!"James shouted placing the nozzle of the gun on top of Kylie's head."Look, man. She's just a kid. Leave her and her mother and take me instead. I can get you cash, ten million, twenty-any amount you want",Marcus reasoned taking another step into the house."Not another step!"James shouted pressing the gun on Kylie's head harder and Mikaella cried praying that her kid wouldn't get hurt."Money? You think I want money from you? You should have let her die maybe then my family wouldn't be dragged into this mess. You are so clueless, aren't you? I'm not here for money and I don't want to do this but Leonardo has my family! It's a good thing you came, you are supposed to di
MikaellaHer week had taken quite the somersault, she couldn't imagine that just a while ago she was in New Zealand worrying about what to cook for supper and the foundation's well being. Now she was worried about more trivial things, if Marcus had gotten released today as Roman had promised, if it was right to even go back to Roman and how Kylie would take the whole situation.She had been cooped in the condo for hours now, the logical thing at the moment was to start packing. To start preparing for a new life as Mikaella Sandoval Cervantes.Kylie was in her bedroom sleeping after an exhausting morning of playing horsie as she called it with Knuckles. Pouring the last of the coffee in her mug, she grabbed the mug heading to her bedroom to occupy herself with packing clothes she didn't really like into suitcases she hadn't even bought."I don't even like yellow",she sighed looking at the bright yellow dress on her bed.The other dresses next to her bed were even brighter than that on
MikaellaᕙShe had worn Elizabeth's clothes inorder to fool the guards standing outside her door. The plan worked and right now she was on her way to Men's Central Jail.Within no time, she was standing outside the place where Marcus was being kept wondering if it was a good idea to even step foot in there. Was she even ready to face him? It was too late now, to back down."Name?"The sheriff asked and she answered Marcus Pierce. I'm here to see Marcus Pierce.It was a good thing he didn't ask who she was because she had no clue how to answer the question. She was his wife or atleast she thought she was his wife.The sheriff got out a bunch of keys opening the metallic door for her. The door creaked open and there was a certain silence that creeped her out. She followed the Sheriff walking behind him meekly. There were all kinds of people in there, one of the guys in there had a tooth, another was missing an eye, another had a scar on his face that looked like either he was burnt by h
RomanHe must have been way in his head if he thought that just because he found her, they would be one happy family.'Give her time' Most people told him that, but how much time had he lost not being with her?They couldn't understand him, understand how he was feeling after seeing her after so long. He was driving to Lisa's house, she atleast needed to hear everything from him than from another person. He knew he was going to hurt her but the truth had always hurt and at the same time let people free. His wife was back and like a love struck teenager his feelings for her were stronger. Maybe stronger than even before now that he knew he had a daughter and Lisa needed to know that. That he cared for her but he still loved his wife.At first he doubted Kylie was his daughter, which is why hours later after Marcus was brought back from New Zealand with the help of the police, Roman had been the first to visit him in prison. It pissed him off, how Marcus asked about Mikaella and Kylie
MikaellaShe sipped the wine that came with the condominium. Sitting on a warm fuzzy couch, her eyes raked the world outside the huge glass window. All her life was a lie. All those eight years with Marcus were nothing but a made up fairytale.She couldn't help thinking about what her son said. Seth wanted a mother so bad, he needed a mother by his side but she on the other hand had shut him out of her mind, had shut everyone out of her mind. What had she done to deserve such punishment, such torture?"Don't cry mom",Kylie came to her clutching Mr Knuckles in her hands.Atleast she had Knuckles with her, after everything that happened, Mikaella was sure that the new environment would torment Kylie as much as it tormented her. Which is why, she asked everyone to give her space so that she could process everything.Roman was quick to reject the decision she made but at the end of the day, her brother Gustavo thought it best. So hours later, she and her daughter were in a luxurious condo
MikaellaIn every action movie, there was always this guy who would say something dumb like 'expect the unexpected '. The dumb thing about it was that once he bravely let those three words out his mouth, there was no manual that came along with it. No list of instructions on how to confront the unexpected or how to react to the unexpected or what the unexpected really was to begin with.Kind of like how her life was at the moment. A whole bucket load of unexpected shit hit her whack in the face and there was no way to confront it, no way to tackle it because in the first place nothing made sense. It was like being hit in the head and waking up in a totally new world, where no one made sense, nothing made sense and the environment didn't make sense either.The more she stared at her shaky palms the more she felt like going crazy, her mind drowning in a whirlpool of questions. Who was she? It was like starting from square one again. Like the exact moment the doctor asked if she remember
Roman"You tell him to get a good place to hide because I'll sure as hell kill him once I get my hands on him",Roman threatened the woman standing in her living room scared."And where exactly are you taking her? Her husband deserves to know- I'll call the police if I have to,"she fired back and Roman didn't flinch.He had an unconscious Mikaella in his arms unwillingly to let her go. With an angry grunt, he tightened the grip on her waist leaving the house in a hurry and his men following close behind. As soon as she was secure in his car, the driver revved the engine and they were on their way to the airport.He was determined to get her home. He had promised Mick's parents that they would definitely see her. Getting the phone from his pants, he dialed Gustavo's number."I have her. It's her. It's really her but she can't remember. She can't remember anyone. Gather the best doctors from the world, we are going to bring our Mick back, Gus",he said smiling from sheer happiness."I-i'l
MikaellaSomething terribly fishy was going on, just the other night she had been knocking on Elizabeth's door and no one seemed home. Actually she hadn't seen her for a couple of days now since they had that talk."You are telling me they eloped to come here? What, maybe they eloped again? You know how young love is", Carmen suggested but Ruby couldn't shake off the queer feeling in her chest.If they eloped again Elizabeth would have told her, maybe thank her for everything before saying goodbye. Plus, a little prying about the Hendersons from Marcus and she found out Bill Henderson wasn't planning to move anytime soon. His wife had a great job here and so did he so why then would they sell their house?"Why don't we forget about it. So how was New York?" Ruby asked taking a sip of the coffee infront of her."Turns out I'm destined to never find love, be it in New York or here. I hooked up with this guy and after we had done it, he said he wasn't ready for something serious. He was