Robert's POV(The night before Luke & Belle's wedding)“Damn. Why do I have to drive you in the middle of the night? What do you think I'm your lackey?” Beside me, Natalia with her sleeping pajamas clinging to her tired body, yawned widely with a sleepy face. The moon was just above her head, where she stood leaning against my black car.“If you still can't pull off your little mission, I'm really going to ask Luke for help right now,” she joked in a humorless tone.My emotions were getting the better of me. “Why don't you just call him right now, even if you want to beg to his face,” I threw out rudely. I slammed my car door right beside her, causing her thin shoulders to shake in shock.Natalia didn't answer. Only a brief grumble on her pursed lips full of stifled babble. “Damn Robert. You know how much I hate working with that damn man. If it wasn't for Mattheo, do you think I'd be willing to be a washerman for all his dirty deeds?” Natalia grumbled in annoyance, until she lit her
Robert's POV“Explain what you mean by allies,” I said behind his booming laughter. From the hustle he was showing, I had a feeling he was in a bar right now. My ears weren't deaf enough to not notice the female voice beside him.My forehead instantly crinkled with irritation. I'm pretty sure Belle Kensington has no idea what Luke Davis is doing right now. Their wedding is only until tomorrow, and he's at the bar with another woman.Annoyance burns in my head when I think of what Mattheo has sacrificed to be with Belle. And this dog's ass guy, he's just casually cheating on her before their wedding. It's true what Natalia said, Luke is the definition of a monster.“You want to come to my wedding, don't you? That's fine, I'll let you. After all, I did intend to invite Mattheo there. Since he's not available, I'll take you in his place,” continued his rancid voice.“How great of you to think Mattheo would come when you invited him,” I said, turning to sneer at his provocative words. “My
Robert's POVThe missed call took half of my time to get ready. I hadn't expected my plans to fall apart like this. Natalia never picked up my call, ending my relaxation that was replaced by nervous thoughts.I left the business of tracking Mattheo's land route to the four subordinates I had. In the meantime, I busied myself at Belle and Luke's wedding that took place early in the morning. Hiding myself in the crowd of guests, there I was, staring at the woman from a distance.Her face has never changed, since the first time we met. It was funny, considering the first time I knew her was on her wedding day with Mattheo. Now, I met her again at the wedding. With the same man, she still looks as young as she did five years ago.That flat belly already has no trace at all of carrying two twin baby boys. The dress that embraces her slender body tends to be skinny, no doubt she is the most beautiful woman in this building. There was an unpleasant sensation in my chest, when I saw her kissi
Robert's POV“I can't believe Luke contacted you through that chat just to throw away my two babies.” Belle cried in her own arms. Her thin body trembled to contain the turmoil of sadness that was so evident in her voice. Sitting next to her was truly a torture in itself. Moreover, I was the one who lied about the chat history.Luke Davis, I was forced to use his name for the sake of this mission. He never contacted me, let alone sent that text message. On top of that, there's no way Luke would throw away the two baby girls he loves.The message ‘I only love Belle, but not the baby she made with Mattheo.’ was a lie. There is no such chat between him and me. The chat I showed Belle was just a fake impression I used to make her believe.I know it's a very dirty way, I'm also very disgusted if I imagine I have to do this dirty way for my mission. However, I must keep Belle away from Luke. That psychopathic man will only make matters worse if Belle is still by his side.And for the sake o
Robert's POV“H-hey! Angel! Don't turn off the call!” I screamed at the speaker. Damn girl. As soon as she heard my voice and recognized me, she immediately cut off my call unilaterally. From the echo of her voice, I was sure she wasn't at the Belle family mansion. Her behavior only made me more suspicious.I haven't given up yet. I called the number again using my other cell phone, after realizing she had blocked my contact number. She didn't pick up for a long time, in the end she unilaterally turned off the call.'Oh, she's messing with me.' My mind started to get annoyed. I did another one similar to what I had just done to Belle. Considering they were both women who grew up in the same neighborhood, I was sure she wouldn't ignore me this time.'Looks like you forgot who I am, Angel. Do I need to report to your employer about us contacting each other so often without any Kensington family member knowing?' I sent the threatening message at lightning speed.Just as quickly, she resp
Robert's POVAlex didn't say anything, he opened my car door without letting me know that he wasn't alone waiting for me. I was sitting inside when my back came into contact with the soft cheek of a baby nursing its mother.“Belle?” I gasped, stunned. She was already sitting next to me, with one of the babies she was nursing. “Since when-no, I mean, did you make it through that crowded kitchen? I didn't expect you to get here before me.”Belle put her index finger in front of her lips, asking me to lower my voice in front of her baby. “I just got here too. The kitchen wasn't that crowded when I passed by earlier. In the end, it seems that the Goddess of Fortune has extended her hand to me.”“I see.” I fell dreamily, in front of the two babies who were sleeping in the center seat of my car. This close, it was the first time I had seen the twins from such a close distance. Natalia was right, it was hard not to recognize them as Mattheo's twins.'These two babies look so much after him.'
Robert's POV“No. She's already in my apartment. Yeah. No, don't talk about this to anyone. I'm struggling to win her trust here. Tck, don't worry. Do you want her to be more suspicious because I took her to an apartment in the suburbs? My apartment is much easier to monitor from a distance. I'll call you later.” Beep.My first call with Natalia, ended with a headache. Angel had somehow managed to get Natalia to check my secret message, and call me back. The conditions there were apparently even more terrifying. I got goosebumps listening to her explanation.Mattheo had hired the best lawyer in the country to investigate his stabbing at the hospital. The witnesses were no joke. All the patients in his hospital, who were treated on the day he was stabbed, Mattheo paid each of them hundreds of thousands of dollars to get them to open their mouths.'It's only a matter of days until everything is exposed.' I thought to myself. Secretly, I was also caught in the storm of panic. I wasn't th
Robert's POV“It's bad, Natalia. Belle suddenly has a high fever. And it's not like I can take her to the hospital. What should I do now?” I panicked, after four full hours of being connected to Natalia's underground phone line. One week after we moved into my apartment, Belle had a dip in her health.“She won't eat or what does that mean?” asked Natalia in a huff. She wasn't as calm as I was. Luke Davis is currently trying to reach Mattheo on the assumption that Belle ran away with him. Here, we as the people behind are being given a headache by his actions. And now, it was made worse by Belle's sudden illness.“No, that's not it,” I retorted while massaging my strained forehead. “She seems exhausted, and stressed, of course. She didn't say anything after moving here, but I think she's worried about Luke Davis, too. That guy, it seems, is still trying to reach her with different numbers.”“What!? It can't be!” screeched Natalia in disbelief. “You think I spent tens of thousands of do
Belle's POV“Nggg~” Raven whined in tears when I separated him from his soft pillow. Not much different from her brother, Christ, who had already cried when his deep sleep was awakened. I really couldn't bear to wake them up in their unhealthy state.'However, Mattheo is already in Japan. It's only a matter of time until he finds the location of this hospital and my nightmare will come true.' I reminded myself not to let my guard down for a second in this critical situation.“Forgive your mother, my dear. I'm sorry.” I repeatedly apologized to my two babies who had to become victims of their parents' problems. I had to do this now or never.While Robert was still talking to someone on his phone, while the hospital was still too quiet for the guards to find me. Once again, I had to leave everything behind for my two babies. I'm not sure I would have survived if I hadn't hurried now.As soon as I found out Mattheo had reached Japan, the stitches in my stomach were excruciating. My stoma
Natalia’s POVI never expected to get a surprise like this, Mattheo's coming to the hospital and seeing me alone had managed to make my heart beat.I never imagined that Mattheo would even give me another surprise that was even more shocking than the previous one, not only did it make me do heart exercises, but it almost made my heart fall out of place because I was so surprised to see Mattheo in front of my eyes when I was just a few steps away from getting into the car.It was even more shocking that he was waiting for me there, like he already knew what I was going to do after this. Mattheo, he couldn't possibly know that I was going to leave and escape through the back door of the hospital and he couldn't possibly know that I kept a car in the backyard of this hospital either, right?''So, what are you going to say again this time? What are you going to explain about everything that has happened this time, where are you going and what made you decide to escape from this hospital?'
Natalia’s POVWho would have thought, a few moments after the phone call with Ragen had been disconnected, the doctor came back into the hospital room and he again checked my condition, which was still lying weakly on the hospital bed even though it had been assisted by drugs and also an IV tube that was still attached to my wrist.I will not waste this good opportunity. I will ask the doctor if I can get out of the hospital right now, so that I can meet Mommy Ragen without getting suspicion from anyone, including Mattheo if he finds me out there again.Unfortunately what I hoped for didn't really come true, the doctor stuck to his decision of not allowing me to be discharged from the hospital. My body that was still weak and not fully healthy was used as an excuse to keep me here.But I also can't stay here like this, I have to go and see Ragen before she does something much worse, she could tell Mattheo and twist the facts so that Mattheo only hates me.No, I can't let that happen!
Natalia’s POV''Mattheo, can I talk to you outside? There's something I want to talk to you about,'' Robert said which made me turn my head, wondering to myself what Robert was going to talk to Mattheo about?Was he going to say something very important that I shouldn't know so Robert asked Mattheo to leave?Shit, why can't my brain think properly? Even if Robert asked Mattheo to talk outside together, I was sure that Robert wouldn't tell the truth. Yes, he is also the one who has always helped me, if what I hid from Mattheo was revealed, it would also drag his name and Robert would not do that, I'm sure.Never mind, I should just trust him for now. Trying to convince myself that Robert will definitely not do anything wrong, he must have thought about it and considered it carefully before doing something.''Talking together? What do you want to tell me, is there something important?''Robert without hesitation immediately nodded to confirm what Mattheo had questioned, confirming that
Natalia’s POV''Why does your face look so pale after seeing me? Your reaction is so exaggerated, it's like you're seeing a ghost.'' Mattheo mocking me again while I was still trying to convince myself that what I was seeing was real, that Mattheo's presence in front of my eyes was not a hallucination due to the effects of the medicine I had taken.But his coming to the hospital and visiting me was real.He was really in front of me and was even looking at me intently, my palms were getting wet when I saw the way Mattheo was looking at me. With my nerves getting the better of me, I tried to act casual despite the fact that my heart was almost out of place.I'm afraid that Mattheo knows the truth about me, I'm afraid that he knows what I'm hiding from him, and I'm also afraid that Mattheo knows what makes me here now.This stress that I'm feeling, I'm sure it has something to do with Mommy Ragen's request that told and forced me to follow her will, assist her to seize custody of both M
Natalia’s POVI never thought that things would never go as smoothly as Mommy Ragen wanted, the process of taking custody of the child that she wanted was not as easy as imagined.'There was too much drama to be done, too many lies that needed to be prepared in order to get everything that Mommy Ragen wanted.'However, the fire of desire that has been burning so big inside her makes she completely unadvised in any way, she still imposes her will and insists on doing everything possible so that her goal can be achieved immediately.Even I could only stay silent and pensive staring in disbelief at her in front of there who was still talking to the Lawyer to discuss what they would do next so that the custody of Belle's two children could fall into the hands of her grandmother who was none other than Ragen.I did not expect that her ambition to control all the assets inherited to the two babies would make her desperate to do anything, even to the point of trying to seize the custody of B
Ragen’s POV''Robert, no matter what happens. I hope you will keep your mouth shut from everyone, I don't want all this to leak out to others and put me in danger. Mommy would immediately suspect me if what she is planning to do is leaked to others, you want to help me right?''Robert immediately nodded his head, agreeing to what Natalia said to hide everything he knew. To keep everyone's mouth shut so that what was happening here wouldn't leak out.''Of course, you don't have to worry about me leaking it. I will definitely keep my mouth shut with everything that has happened, just relax.'' he reassured Natalia and managed to make her smile with relief, at least Robert could be trusted for now.''That's good, for the time being, we should hide everything that happened from everyone, especially Mattheo, he shouldn't know what his mother is planning. I myself am also reluctant to get involved with that oldman madness, I don't know what the end will be, but I can guess that things will d
Ragen’s POVFrom where I was sitting, I could see Natalia shaking her head, looking very distrustful of me who dared to go against the law to get what I wanted.Of course I dare because it's not the law that I will fight against that I have in mind, but the property that will belong to Belle's two children that will also belong to me if I manage to get custody of the two children.Whatever she thinks, I don't care what she thinks here either, I'm not asking for her opinion. But I'm just forcing her and the lawyer in front of me right now to do what I want.Yes, not just the lawyer. But Natalia must also comply with what I want, whatever I tell her, she must obey!''Why are you shaking your head like that, Natalia? What are you thinking?'' I asked her, furious too because more and more Natalia seemed very out of line with my mindset.''Nothing, Mom. Just.. I think I need to go to the restroom first, You just continue the conversation with Mr. lawyer.''Natalia immediately rose to her f
Ragen’s POV''Natalia, I only asked you to accompany me to the legal counsel. Why are you so scared of being found out by Mattheo? After all as long as we keep quiet and don't tell anyone then it will all be safe right, or do you really want me to do something to you first so that you will listen to what I say and make you want to obey my orders?''I stared at Natalia's two eyeballs so intently, giving off an intimidating aura that was so strong as to pressure Natalia and make her give up on her initial decision to refuse my orders.“Please, I can’t do this,” She’s still rejecting me.“You certainly know what I mean, Natalia. It's not a difficult thing to influence Mattheo to hate you by bringing up his children's names, I can do that if you continue to refuse me. Ah, how about I tell Mattheo that you secretly want to harm his children?''Natalia looked surprised when I suddenly turned my head to look at her, I also saw her body jumped up when I suddenly turned my head and looked at h