LUISA'S POVLuisa's POVTo some, meeting a rich billionaire and getting sudden fame might be a blessing. Suddenly, everyone knew who they were and wanted to be friends with them. Their financial problems were suddenly solved and they could afford all they had always dreamt about. Yet, so far, it had been more of a curse than a blessing to me. Yes, I wanted my financial problem solved but I didn’t want to get married to a man as a ticket out of poverty. Then being famous had never been my dream. I just wanted a happy home.Now, I was getting famous in all the wrong ways and my life was the most exciting topic to the public.My phone kept on ringing and every time I saw that it was Kingston, I ignored it. I don’t want to speak to him. If only he had left us both alone, we wouldn’t be in this mess.“I think you should pick up his call.” My mother said she didn’t have to check my phone to know who was calling.“I don’t want to speak with him right now.”“But he has the right to kn
KINGSTON’S POVI had two things on my mind; one, find Luisa, talk to her and know what’s going on, and two, go to my mother and deal with everything regarding Clarissa.Jimmy was back and expecting my next course of action. I called Seth first, “How’s it?”I heard low sounds of typing. “I am still working on it. I have gotten some of the internets but it’s just too much.”“I don’t care how you get it done, but I want it done before the end of the day.” I hung up.I guess I would leave seeing Luisa till next time, but I will keep trying her number. Whenever there wasn’t a piece of the news online, I can boldly visit Luisa. Then, we could discuss, and this time around, I mean really discuss with her.“Jimmy, get the car ready. We are going back to my parent.”Jimmy stood up immediately as if he was already awaiting that instruction. I packed my files and called my personal assistant to postpone every meeting scheduled. I was doing a lot of things that were not adding money to my in
Jenny was the visitor I was expecting – the one I believe I needed to talk to. When I opened the door for her to come in, Jared, the bodyguard made sure that no one except Jenny came in. They were few reporters outside and some were actively taking pictures without seeing me clearly.“This is some serious shit. It’s as if you are some sort of celebrity that they are trying to get in touch with.” She sat down, nodded and continued. “I guess you are some sort of celebrity. The wife of the young billionaire, Kingston Sanchez.”I ignored her. Jenny had always had something about money. She believes money solves all problems. “So, how are you holding up? How’s Chris and your mum?”I sighed. My mum was silent ever since I insisted on not listening to her love story. She was giving me the silent treatment and Chris was with her. I guess, grandmother was more fun than a mum with lots of thoughts. “They are fine.”She nodded. “How are you holding up? It’s just a day so far.”It was more
Kingston’s POV Evading the journalist was the easiest thing for me. I made sure they couldn’t get a facial picture of Luisa or Chris. They were more than satisfied with our back pictures as if it was the most pleasant picture, they could get hold of. I know it was their job but it was so late at night, yet they were staking outside an innocent woman’s house just to fire her with questions. They have learnt to respect themselves to a level in my presence. I don’t respond to any of their questions. Never. If I needed to pass on information to them, I would request a private interview. They need to learn how to respect people’s privacy to a level. I would make sure none of the pictures surfaces online, even those of the back pictures. Jimmy smiled at Luisa the moment she gets in the car. Chris was asleep on her lap, and I collected him to make her feel comfortable. “How are you holding up?” He asked her. She smiled. She gave him a genuine smile that she had never given me before
Luisa’s PovI had come to accept Kingston in my life. He was good to me and Chris, plus he cared. I had gone back online to check the news; no matter how I wanted to show that I couldn’t care about what others thought about me. I found myself going back to check some of the comments, and there were none online. The pictures. The news. It was as if it never existed in the first place, and no soothsayer had to tell me it was all Kingston’s doing.Now, we were in the stage of getting to know each other. The only problem was Clarissa and her daughter who always came to visit. Kingston had accepted her as his daughter, and they visit always. Nelly had a room in the mansion. She usually played with Chris and I felt that he would get too close to him. I did not mind them getting closer, but I minded her mother’s attitude toward us. It was also obvious that Clarissa hated me. Whenever I tried to have a conversation with her, she shut me up. In Kingston’s absence, she called me good
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
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