Luisa’s PovIf anyone had told me it would have been this easy for Kingston’s mother to accept me into the family I would have doubted it with the amount of hatred she showed towards me. She held my hand and stopped in one of the empty rooms in the mansion. After lunch, I decided to give her a tour of the mansion. Honestly, I didn’t expect her to accept the invitation easily.“Thank you, Luisa. It was thanks to you that I was able to mend my relationship with my son. I felt bad about what I had said to Kingston, but my pride didn’t allow me to apologize to him. I honestly owe you both an apology for my attitude towards you guys, especially you, Luisa.”I blinked not believing she actually was apologizing to me. “It’s okay. We are family, and I believe family should always stay together.”She nodded. “Thank you, Luisa. Thank you.”I smiled while showing her the things I had done in the house. Having too much time on my hand had made me creative, and focused on making the mansion
Kingston’s POV“He asked what kind of person you are, master?” The maid said, her head was bowed and she couldn’t look me in the face. Although I had told her countless times to look up, she rather looked down to say whatever was on her mind.“And?”“He asked if Mrs. Luisa is happy with you. He wanted to know if she was going through any pain, or issue that seems unbearable in your hand.”“And?”“He spoke about how happy he was to get this work, and that was why he wanted to know about the family he was working for?”“Did he say any other thing?”She shook her head, “That was all he said, master. He didn’t say any other thing. He only thanked me and left back.”“Thank you. You can leave.”She looked up at me with wide eyes, and stuttered, “Did you just thank me, Sir?” Without waiting for a response, she continued talking to herself until she left my presence, “The master just thanked me. He thanked me.”I looked up at Miss Andreas, who hide a smile on her face. “Was it that weir
Luisa’s POV “Shh,” I placed my hand on Jenny’s mouth and pulled her out of the room. “You are going to expose us before anyone else found out about what we are doing?” “This is insane, Luisa. I think we should abort this and go back inside. Playing with Chris doesn’t seem like a bad idea.” We were in the maid’s building, after putting Chris to sleep, I was able to sneak out and convince Jenny to follow me. But, with most of the maids recognizing me, it hadn’t been that easy. We had tried to beg those who saw us keep it a secret, and now we are avoiding the rest of the maids. Jenny sighed, “We aren’t even sure he is going to come here. It had only happened once. He might have finished every other business he had here.” I hadn’t thought of that. The idea of meeting this person had been foremost on my mind, and luckily, Kingston had been busy in his study with lots of business deals. I knew I had limited time here. I pinched Jenny, and she almost yelled. “Let’s try to be posit
Kingston’s POVLuisa was acting strange, and although she tried to act as if she wasn’t hiding anything, I could tell. It was in the way she stared at me when she thought I wasn’t looking at her, and how she looked back down as fast as she could. I would have found it cute, if I didn’t find it highly suspicious and inconvenient, especially with Derek’s man lurking around my mansion. He had gone to the maid’s building again, but this time there was no one who spoke with, not even the previous maid that had spoken with him the last time. I was so tempted to instruct Jimmy to find a way to hide a camera or install a CCTV in the building, but I respect women's privacy rather than acting in such a selfish manner. I glanced at Luisa and she smiled at me. It wasn’t the smile I had come to associate with her; it looked like she forced this particular smile my way, showing off all her teeth. Chris, who sat on my lap, stretched his hand forward, “Mama.”She picked him up, giving me a brig
Luisa’s POV“Come on. Are you really going to do this? This guy might be dangerous.” Jenny said. She stood by the door not bulging even though I tried pulling her with me.“It’s not as dangerous as doing nothing. He doesn’t even know me, and the last conversation I had with him was quite insightful.”She rolled her eyes.“Jenny, he claimed that he wanted to rescue me. I think this guy might actually have a good heart, but had been spoon-fed lies by Derek. Derek is an expert liar.” I pulled her again; this time she moved an inch.“Fine. But, if we are caught, I would lie my way out of this.”“No one knows what we are doing.”It was easier to meet up with the guy this time as they had planned it ahead. He was waiting in the same garden I had taken him to. He hit his leg on the floor repeatedly like he had been waiting for a long time. I stared at my wristwatch; I had been on time. “I think I should hide like before in case he tries anything dangerous. I can easily alert people.
“Luisa was with Fabian?” Jimmy said. I hadn't asked him to monitor her movement. He must have seen them together and thought it was important for me to know.“Fabian?” I asked with a raised brow.“The guy Derek sent to trail you.” He added.I stood up, “And you didn’t bring her back? That’s dangerous. What if his purpose was to kidnap her? I can’t deal with that again.”He smiled. I almost hit him; I was talking about something dear to my heart and his response was a smile at me. He had lost it. I frowned, “What’s wrong with you? How do you find any of this funny? This guy is Derek’s pawn.”I moved towards the door but stopped when I heard Jimmy chuckle. I moved closer and almost punched him, but he had anticipated that and waved it.“The guy had no idea she was Luisa. He thought she was one of those maids he was talking to.”That stopped my next step. I turned to glare at Jimmy. “He doesn’t know she is Luisa. How is that possible?”He shrugged.“Did Derek take some dumbass t
Luisa’s POVI glared at the actress the agency gave us, Rena. According to their Manager, she was their best upcoming, but there was nothing best about her. Across me, Jenny bit her lips tightly afraid I would snap at her if she as much as laugh. And, she might be right. I could feel the anger boiling in me as I watched her focus more on Kingston than my words. “No!” My voice was higher than I intended it to be. “You don’t touch him like that in his presence.”“But, I am acting like his wife. I should be able to touch him like that.” She purred, not moving away from him. For some reason, Kingston sat still with a small smile on his lips. Maybe, this was my punishment for not telling him about Fabian until it was last minute. I never knew he would hold such grudges, or maybe he wanted to see me jealous. Either way, the more I stared at Rena, I felt like calling all of this off. But, I needed this to end Derek.This seemed to be the easiest way to deal with him without endange
Luisa’s POVI have never been as annoyed as I was with Rena; everything she does annoys me and I debated letting her go and coming off to Fabian, but I know the risk involved. I know Derek might be waiting somewhere for feedback on what he had sent Fabian. And time as it was wouldn’t always be by our side.Rena had taken it upon herself to take her role to the next level. She commanded the maids like a tyrant billionaire wife, although, they barely listened to her especially if I was there.According to Jenny, she was a bitch who hadn’t tasted sugar before. A drop in her mouth was making her intoxicated, and that was how it felt. Really!She gawked at the dress I had put on the bed for her. After a week of training her, and telling her a lot of things about me, she was finally going to meet up with Fabian and I honestly couldn’t wait to get rid of her.I was dressed in the maid uniform, and Jenny was in charge of Chris. Kingston had installed a CCTV in that part of the mansion.
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