EDENThe morning came too fast and I wish it never did. I woke Belle up and got her ready for Alicia to come pick her up.I didn't sleep early last night. I stayed up all night, thinking about how long this was going to go on for. I needed to be back to my cabinet as quickly as possible. My kids were growing up without me and I didn't want to lie an important part in their lives.I stared at Belle as she slept, not knowing when next I'd get the chance to see her.I brought out her phone and hit the record button.“Listen baby, I need to tell you a couple of things. Roman has a severe allergy to nuts, any kind so make sure that he doesn't eat that and also an allergy to shellfish. His feet get really cold sometimes so make sure to tell your dad to rub his feet and he must be wearing two socks.”She nodded so I continued.“Also, for Ethan, make sure that his sweater and mittens are always in his bag when he goes to school. Also, he gets sugar rush easily so don't give him too many swee
ROMANNothing new was popping up on the radar. The connection was just all over the place and we couldn't get an exact signal.“It’s been doing this since last night, Roman. I don't think it's going to give us anything new.”I knew she was saying the truth but I didn't want to give up.“How about we call Henry? I mean, he's the one who made the damn thing right?"That won't do any good. He had already gone and there was no telling when he would be back.“He’s out of the country for now and there's no telling when he'll be back.”That was the lie we were going with.“Okay then maybe we can call him and ask him how to work this thing or better yet, he can track her down himself."None of that was going to work because as far as I could tell, he wasn't going to pick any calls.I felt so exhausted as I didn't sleep last night. All night, I waited for it to get an exact location but nothing came up.My eyes were drowsy and I hadn't eaten yet.I stood up from the computer desk.“Don’t forget
LILITH“Hey! What's going on here?”My eyes widened when I heard his voice and I immediately turned around to see me.He was obviously shocked because he didn't expect me here.“Eden, what are you-” He turned to that stupid woman who had nothing better to do than to disturb me. “She's my friend. It's okay.”I stuck my tongue out at her and rolled my eyes, turning back to Kian with a smile.He took my hand and pulled me past the crowd and my heart stared racing quickly. He was holding my hand.He took me into the office and close the door and I thought he was going to kiss me right there and then but he didn't.“Have a seat.” He showed me to a chair and then he sat across from me.I thought he liked Eden. That was why I came as her, so that he would be able to see her and things would be easy for me. So why was she acting like this?Or was he acting hard to get? I mean, I could chase him if that's wa swhat he wanted. I would chase him to the ends of the earth as long as I would have him
ROMANI went back home feeling rejected, angry, stupid and hurt.Even after what I'd seen, I still didn't want to believe that it was Eden, so I went outside to look really well.I made sure to check all the things I knew about her and it was her. After almost a month of leaving the house and leaving me with our three kids, she had the guts to be here in another man's arms, kissing him.I should have gone over there to speak to them but I couldn't bring myself to. I couldn't bring myself to look her in the eye and ask her why she did that to me. To us.Why did she leave our kids and come all the way here? What was it she wanted that I couldn't give to her? Why did she feel the need to come to that man to give her happiness?By the time I got back home, the kids had returned and that's what I'd been avoiding. I blinked away the hurt in my eyes and smiled as Ethan ran I to my arms“Hey, little buddy. How was school today?”How could she leave these beautiful kids? Or maybe it was me, ma
EDENMy body hurt when I woke up. I felt like a huge boulder had dropped on top of me.What the hell had happened and where was I?Whose house was this?.The last thing I remembered was-A sharp pain passed through my head, causing me to pause my thoughts. What was wrong with me?I looked around the house, I didn't know where this was so how did I end up here? I was sure that I had never been in a place like this before.So many flowers and leaves. Or did Alicia rent me another apartment? No, I would have remembered. The fact that I had blacked out only meant one thing.That woman had finally come out. But what did she do this time around?I stood up to look around the house. Who the hell lived here?My throat was dry and I was very hungry but right now, I needed to find my way out of here. I wonder if there is anyone else in the house.Maybe I should just leave. I tiptoed across the room, not wanting to make any noise or draw any attention to myself. I'll be lucky if I get out of thi
ROMANI didn't go anywhere today. I wanted to spend the day with my kids, just being with them and playing with them.School was back in session and it felt good that they came back home to me. Since it was just me for now, I didn't have a choice but to look after every aspect of their life even down to little details.Quinn says I should let the maids handle it but I can't. I can't leave my kids to other people to take care of them. I felt the responsibility to be there for them when they needed me.I didn't have anyone to take care of me. My father didn't exactly give two shits when it came to me and I didn't want a life like that for my kids.I wanted them to know that their father thought about them and loved them. My kids were the only reason I did everything I did, they were the reason I worked hard to be a better man.. I wanted to show them just how much I cared about them.As for Eden, I don't even know what to do about it. I didn't know what to say about her and I didn't wan
ROMANI went back to my room and played the recording and when I heard what was on it, tears rose in my eyes.I couldn't believe it. I spent the entire night listening to it again and again and I couldn't help but feel like a fool.Falling asleep to her voice, I waited till morning till the other kids went to school.“Dad, why didn't you wake me up for school? Where's Ethan?”“Belle, you're not going to school today. We need to talk."She looked at me then immediately took off her bag and searched through it.“You have my phone, don't you?”I dropped it on the table and she gave up, and sat on the chair.“Are you going to tell me what's going on?"“Okay, but you have to promise not to be mad at mum, okay? She did it because she was scared and she didn't want anything to happen to us.”What in the world was my six year old saying?“Belle, I've been looking for your mum for a month. I just want her back home. I'm not mad at her and I would never be. Please just tell me.”By the time she
EDENI woke up knowing something good had happened. I didn't exactly know what it was but I felt a lighter way in my heart.And then I saw him.The first thing I did was to run to him and throw mysf into his arms. The tears came immediately and I didn't know if I felt sad or happy.“Roman, you're here.”He kissed my hair.“Yes, my love. I'm here. Eden, gosh I missed you."He didn't know how much I missed him. It felt like I was losing it. Having to deal with something like this on your own seened more of a greater problem than I'd initially thought.Roman was always the one who helped through a lot of issues that I had and doing this without him felt like the time when I had to run away from him when I was pregnant with Belle.“Why didn't you tell me something like this was going on? I felt so out of everything when I had to hear things from our six year old daughter.”“Belle told you?"he nodded.“She told me after I found your recording on her phone. She fell asleep while listening