Kingston’s POVWhen I received the first DNA test, I was in denial. There was no way Nelly could have been my daughter. I only did the DNA to humour Clarissa; I did not want her to come up with any excuses in the future. I trusted my doctor and believed it might have been a mistake. So, I asked him to perform another DNA which also came back positive. There was no way I would allow a child of mine to live far from me, so I decided to give her a room and permission to visit whenever she wanted. But the closer I got to her, the more convinced I was that she was not my daughter.Clarissa found an opportunity to visit every time I was around. I left her just because of Nelly. I mostly ignored her, but she was always bringing up new topics like, “Nelly won a quiz competition in school.” Or “Nelly’s teacher said she is one of the best students in her class. She is just like you.” I knew what she was trying to do; she was trying to make Nelly look like a perfect child to me, and fo
“What are you doing here, Derek?”I was surprised to see him. I never thought I would see him again, and yet here he was in front of the Sanchez mansion asking for me.“I wanted to see you again.”I turned to the security guard, “I know him. You can let him in.”He nodded, while Derek drove his car in. When I received a call that I had a visitor, I thought it was my mother. She had insisted on not visiting the mansion until I fully got married to Kingston. Sometimes, I found it difficult to understand her moral values. I was shocked when the guard said it was a man, and it was Derek.I sat quickly beside him in his car, until he packed in front of the fountain. “I had no idea you are coming to visit me.”He smiled, “I wanted to surprise you.”What was with everyone trying to surprise me? “How did you know where I live?”He chuckled, “Come on, Luisa. You are famous. It will be wrong if I don’t know where you live.”As we moved into the sitting room, I could feel most of the m
KINGSTON’S POVI had found out everything I wanted to know about the bastard – his name was Derek Wilson. He was a lawyer; a famous one that had won a lot of cases and hardly loses cases, twenty-seven, never married and had few criminal records. I didn’t go deep into his records because lawyers could have those when they get too dedicated and loyal to their clients. I also believed that everyone had a way of dealing with getting their work done. Involving in some criminal activities might have been his. As a businessman, I don’t fault the process as long as the end result is yielding. I also knew most of his activities these days because I had put a tail on him; I knew he had met with Luisa just thrice including when he visited her in my mansion. I didn’t ask Luisa about him because I was learning to trust her. If she wanted me to know anything about him, she would tell me all about it. The strange thing was, he was closer to Clarissa than Luisa. Seth had sent me pictures of h
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENClarissa’s POV.I have never lost what I wanted severely in my life before, but with how my plan was going, I think I was going to lose out big in this deal, and that was why I had to do something about it.Derek, my partner, lay his head on my lap while kissing each of my fingers seductively. I sighed, “I don’t think she is going to fall for you, Derek.”He smiled. His smile was so cute that it melts my heart. It was one of the reasons I had fallen for him, and why I was pinning on him. Derek was what I called handsome and brilliant. Most of the deals we had tried out were from him, and he mastermind most of it all by himself.“You think so.” He questioned.I nodded.“I think she is already falling for me. She just needs more time to think about it.” He stood up, walk to the table, pour a drink into his cup and sipped it. I was expecting him to come back to my lap to rest, but he sat on the opposite chair looking at me with a strange gaze. “What!” I sai
The look on Luisa’s face was something I could get used to. Her mouth was left open, and she gazed at everything like she was seeing it for the first time. She had opened her mouth twice to speak to me, only for her to close it back in astonishment. She ran up the stairs, then back down. Then, she moved around touching things, then she was back at my side. I smiled. The way she acted brought a sincere smile to my face, and I was glad that I postponed all of my meetings for this date.“Are you serious right now?” She asked.I had no idea what she was talking about, so I asked. “About?” She twirled, “Why is no one in the mall?” She stopped to give me a fake angry gaze, “Are you going all cliché on me right now? Renting the mall all to yourself just because you are a billionaire.”I laughed this time; it was loud and I felt the vibrations in my chest, “Princess, I did not rent the mall. I own it.”Her eyes got wider, “You own the mall too. You own this particular mall.”I nodd
Kingston's POV“Hello, Kingston,” Clarissa said with a huge smile on her face. Luisa came out of her hiding place, and security made sure to send everyone in front of the mall home. I know they would be willing to post something about the billionaire and his estranged fiancée, but I trust Seth was going to handle that. That was the reason I paid him as much as I do.The three of us went back to the restaurant. Clarissa wanted to sit beside me but I told her to sit opposite me while Luisa sits beside me. Clarissa pouted, but I couldn’t care about it. When she saw that I was not giving in to her, she sat opposite me.“What are you doing here?”I was angry that she had spoilt my date with Luisa, but my face was expressionless.“I wanted to see you. You have been so busy, that I hardly see you at all.”I raised a brow, “Why do you want to see me? I don’t think we have anything to discuss, right?”She looked at Luisa, then back at me. “Can she excuse us? I will love to speak with
Luisa’s POV“Why did you do that?” Jenny whispered yell. “How can you advise him to allow her to move to the mansion?”Two days after the date, Clarissa moved into the mansion with her daughter. She had tried her best to move right beside Kingston’s room but he had insisted she move to the down floor. “I think it’s for the best”She raised the cup in her hand to me. She was working in the kitchen, while I sat down on the counter. Kingston had officially stopped me from doing any maid-related work. “For the best! In what way exactly? It’s obvious that she doesn’t like you, and instead of you trying to avoid her and making sure that she is far from you. You are doing the opposite. I don’t get you, Luisa. You used to be smarter than this. What’s wrong with you?”I sighed. I know. I know it was not the best idea, but I wasn’t doing it for Clarissa’s sake. I did it because of Nelly. I knew how it felt to grow up without a father figure in my life, and I knew how much I hated m
Recently I found out that what I hated most was not being around Luisa. I had always thought doing things that wouldn’t fetch more money in my account was frustrating, but I found out that not seeing Luisa for a week was more frustrating and annoying. I had been avoiding travelling out for business because I wanted to be close to her, but there was no way I could avoid it anymore. Also, I would make sure I convince her to follow me on my next trip.“What are you staring at?” Jimmy’s voice brought me out of my thoughts. We were in a bar trying to let off some stress after dealing with meetings for five days straights. I took a sip of my drink, “What do you mean?”He raised his brow. I guess he was now in his friendship mood, and not a worker mood. “Something is bothering you?”I shook my head taking another sip of my drink. “I am not bothered about anything?”He wasn’t convinced, he was one of the few people I couldn’t lie to even if I was lying to myself. “Tell me what’s wrong.
Kingston’s P.O.V.“Derek’s dead.”Luisa dropped on the bed. I guessed regardless of how she thought she hated him, his death was still shocking to her. I was pretty shocked myself. I wanted to be the one who ended his life slowly, but I never thought he could be so cowardly. He chose his death to be tortured, but then he had been so sure of himself, so I wondered why he suddenly changed his mind and died.She looked around, avoiding my gaze and biting her lower lips.“I told the guys to bury him silently. He doesn’t have any family.”She sighed, “Do you also think it’s our fault? If we had handed him over to the police, he might not have killed himself, right?”Holding her shoulder, I shook my head, “It’s not our fault, Luisa. All we did was protect our family. Anyone will do anything for family’s sake. And we didn’t kill him. He chose death.”She paused to assimilate that and nodded, “I went to him yesterday, alone.”My hold on her tightened, “What?”“After we left Derek, I went to s
Luisa’s POV I trailed back the path I just left with Kingston. I wasn’t supposed to be back here, but I had been doing daring things and was ready to take it up a notch. I wasn’t trying to be brave or pretending to be, but I wanted to make something clear to him, and I know I’m the only one who can pass the message loud and clear. I was expecting some kind of security to guard the building in case of an attempted escape – and I have my perfect excuse at the tip of my tongue.Alas! There was no one.The door was closed firmly, and the key was attached to it. It made no sense, but barely anything makes sense these days. When I came with Kingston, there was no one at the door, but I had expected that was because Kingston was there. I thought once he left, someone would be guiding him, like Jimmy, ensuring there was no way to escape.Well, I guessed attaching a key to the lock made it safe. I unlocked the door and stepped in slowly. My senses were on alert. Maybe someone was guiding hi
Luisa’s POVI wasn’t wicked. I wasn’t the type that sees others in pain and gets happy, but I was when I saw Derek there. I thought it would be a painful experience, but it was just the closure I needed – knowing he wasn’t anywhere that could be dangerous to my family. Knowing he couldn’t escape gave me some peace of mind.After walking a few distances from him, Kingston stopped us, “Are you okay?”I frowned. I know he was trying to protect me, but I wasn’t some kind of weak female. I wanted him to know that. “I’m fine.”He didn’t smile, “I just want to make sure you are really fine. It’s your first time seeing such a sight.”That’s true. I might have felt pity for someone else, but I didn’t feel pity towards him. We continued walking, and an idea boomed in my head, “How about we celebrate?”“Celebrate.”I nod, “Remember that we couldn’t go on our honeymoon because of the situation. How about we start our celebration now?”He raised a brow in astonishment. He had rubbed on me. No
Kingston’s POV.My hand hurt, and I wrapped a cloth around it bruises on it. I wasn’t ready to stop what I was doing. I grabbed Derek’s collar and moved him closer to me, but he was all limp. His lips were bruised and covered in blood. I was certain, I must have knocked off one or two of his teeth, but he forced a smile towards me, showing his bloody teeth.It was getting boring to me.I loved it when he struggled, and could still talk about how Luisa was his. How all I was doing wouldn’t make him leave her alone? How she was going to realize I wasn’t good enough for her?It was fun when he had the fight in him, but now, it was boring. He could barely talk, even if he wanted to.I threw him back, flexing my hand, and turned towards Jimmy who stood at the edge of the door. “No food for him today?”Jimmy nodded, and I headed to the bathroom washing off his filthy blood. I bathed thoroughly and changed my clothes before heading to my family. There was no way to hide my bruises so
Luisa POVI didn’t take my eyes off Derek from the rearview. I could hardly believe he was her in the car with handcuffs. My gaze momentarily went to Rena and I paled – it was my fault. The bruise on her lips was all because of me. It should be my lips, not hers.“I am sorry, Rena.”She turned towards me and winced a bit touching the bruise, “It's okay. It’s what I signed up for.”I chuckled, “You didn’t sign up for a bruise on your face, that’s all on me.”She shrugged, “Regardless, I am just glad to be of help. Honestly.”Fabian snorted. I glared at him, but that didn’t keep him shut.“I can’t believe you lied to me, Jenny. You were the one I was looking for and you sent me up.”If it wasn’t for the bruise on Rena’s lips, I might have felt guilty for lying to him, but I felt nothing. “That’s because you weren’t willing to know the truth. You only heard the story from one person's perspective and you jumped to a conclusion. I can’t put my trust in someone who blindly trusts
Kingston’s POVThis place was a hotel in disguise. It was hard to believe that there was a hotel without security, but the first point of contact was the receptionist. While we were trying to follow Rena’s dot, she stopped us with a smile.“Welcome to Numb Hotel. How can we be of service to you?”I frowned, and turned towards her, improvising, “We need a room.”She mentioned the price, and I could hardly believe how cheap this hotel was. It might have been the reason they lacked security and safety. She pressed a bell on the table, and we waited – each second painfully long until another woman came out from somewhere. She was fat and her stomach seemed to be obstructing her from moving normally.“Follow me.” She said.She started moving us in the opposite direction of the blue dot. I stopped and she copied me, “Any problem?”I pointed towards the direction, “I want a room on that side.”She sighed as if she had been afraid we were planning on canceling. I guess they do need mon
Luisa’s POVTracking someone wasn’t as easy as it was portrayed in movies. It was way more stressful, and it didn’t help that they were on foot while we were following them in a car. They kept boarding different public buses. After some time I took a nap. It took a while for me to wake up and see that we were following a new bus. Kingston turned and smiled at me, “You are awake. I think we are almost there. This is the mall where I met that idiot.”I looked out of the window. Of course, I knew the idiot he was talking about, but I didn’t say a word. The town Derek seemed to be hiding in wasn’t what I expected. It looked like a small town with fewer people. The mall Kingston had pointed out didn’t have a lot of people shopping there. It might have been the reason they were able to corner him without anyone to help him.“Where are they now?”“In the bus, ma,” Jimmy responded. I nodded thinking of what Rena would feel like at the moment. Her last words ring in my head, but I can
Kingston’s POV“I think we should be getting ready now.”The moment I heard Luisa say that I placed my hand on the steering, but I didn’t move. I could see the eagerness in Luisa, but nothing was happening. It was just Rena looking around as if she was searching for someone; probably she was looking for that Fabian guy. No one had seen him this morning. They know to report to me once he was sight, but I haven’t received any message from anyone, it only meant one thing, no one has seen him. Rena stopped and placed her phone in her ears.“I think she is calling Fabian,” Luisa said. I smirked at her, everyone could see that but she was so eager to point everything out. If it was up to me, she wouldn’t be following us in this operation, but she had planned and worked on everything. I wouldn’t want to be the one to deprive her of the joy of achieving something. Plus, it would be good for her to see that Derek wasn’t invisible. I wanted nothing more than for her to be at ease with
Luisa’s POVI didn’t sleep all through the night. Kingston didn’t sleep either. He kept trying to keep me calm, but I had a lot of things going through my head. I had handed Chris over to Jenny. Kingston had instructed the security in the house to increase immediately after we were out of the mansion. He didn’t believe Fabian would keep it a secret from Derek. According to him, Fabian was the loyal type, and it would be difficult for someone loyal to keep a secret from his boss. That didn’t help my anxiety, it only added to it.All I did was pace around trying to figure out what hadn’t happened. I had never felt so paranoid in my life.“Calm down, dear. Nothing bad is going to happen.” Kingston said. He was sitting on the bed, his gaze continued to follow me as I moved.“I know, but what if he hurts Rena before we get there.”He sighed, “We are going to get him before he gets close to Rena.”I nodded because I trusted Kingston. I believe if he says it was going to happen, then