"Sorry!" I accidentally spilled the tub where my feet were cleaned in there. I incessantly bowed my body to the innocent maid, as my sudden movement of standing up from the chair made her jump.
"I'll buy food for you sometime! It’s on me!" I screamed at her as I ran around. "You can leave now! My body is clean!"
To the young maid, my form was that of a child running to its mother, of course.
My body moved on its own with an impulsive pull, once I heard the voice of a man greeting a doctor in front of my ward.
"Luke!" I shouted the name loudly. Whoever heard it was suddenly startled, stopping their important conversation, to help catch me who jumped like a child.
"Shoot. You're going to fall." Luke protested at my careless move. "You don't have to come here, didn't I promise to come to your room?" he added with a long sigh.
His slightly annoyed face is adorable to me. Why did I just realize Luke has such a cute pouty face? I didn't noti
Notes: Belle's POV ends hereMattheo's POV begins/Sinclair Corporation Headquarters/"Sir. It's about the time."The dragon-carved gate was a neglected item with four personal assistants standing around waiting for directions. Suitcases were carried silk-lined fur coats, and documents required for an important meeting.As soon as my feet remove themselves from their seats, everyone will be on the move to the airport. Today's flight was something my mother had determined as far as me being forced to be a puppet for her company."Madame Ragen is calling." My secretary appeared from behind my body, its back to him."Tell her we'll be leaving soon," I said, lazily. My hand still supports the face that hasn't changed its flat expression since last week.Last week was the first time I failed to reach that woman. Belle, the wife I had thrown away, who would have thought she had a new replacement?And on top of that, the man she chose is Luke Davis, the son of the Davis family whose existenc
"Madame Belle says she doesn't need a man who doesn't care about her. And take .... She hopes you never see her again. Just like you never came to her.""What?" My ears refused to believe what I had just heard.'Belle doesn't want to see me anymore? What kind of nonsense is that? Did she forget about the agreement we had? She is the woman who loves me so much that she can't give up anything for her freedom. And now she wants me not to see her?''No.' This can't be happening. Belle wouldn't dare to say such a thing. There must be someone standing behind her, instigating her.'But if it's true...' My thoughts started to get mixed up. If that sentence came out of her lips who already had another man, then..."Cancel the flight.""Pardon me?" The astonished voice of my subordinate, replied quickly the second an absurd order came out of my throat."Are you deaf?" I snapped out of control. "I told you, cancel ever
"You're not looking for that woman, are you?" Her voice was very low, whispering to me in front of my mother, locking down our conversation as much as possible."Tell me you're not looking for her," she insisted again. Her teeth chattered in disappointment, at my reaction of staring at her flatly. It was the honesty in my eyes that made her shake her head."We'll talk later. Just don't you dare say that to your mom. You'll die here!" she screeched in a whisper.Her threat formed a crazy idea in my head. Natalia realized it before I could say anything. Her hand moved to prevent me, pulling my arm away from the steps I wanted to take towards my mother."Mattheo! You can't say that!" she screeched, resisting my push with all her might. "Don't say it!""What is this?" Ragen looked at the unusual movements of the two of us with an uncomfortable look in her eyes. "What crazy thing are you doing? I hope there's no need to lock you up today."'T
"He's not your child! Get out of my life!"What happened? A second ago, everything was fine. The baby was still smiling at me, and Belle was greeting me warmly.In just a blink of an eye, everything was turned upside down so sharply. Slowly, I realized that the baby she was holding had changed its face. There was no longer a cute baby that had Belle's face mixed with mine.The baby's face was changed to be similar by a man I hated so much. The man who took Belle from me without me realizing it. Luke Davis. The baby is slowly turning into a baby boy who has a very similar face to him.The white dress that Belle wore turned into a dark color, slowly becoming black.Her anger was exuded from a pair of irises that turned red, as red as blood. There was no longer a genuine smile and a warm aura refracted from her face. Belle had completely transformed into a ghostly woman who cursed my existence."It's because of you that I'm like this!" she snap
"Young Master!"The one who embraced my body first was Robert. In his embrace, I could feel the bones in his hand breaking. He forced himself to accompany me here, even though his injury was no joke."I'm sorry, if I had known that someone deliberately hit our car, none of this would have happened!" he squealed, his face wet with tears in my arms.'Someone deliberately targeted my car? Someone tried to kill me? But, who?' I said in my mind. So this wasn't an accident, but someone deliberately targeting me?I tried to find my cell phone, which seemed to be beside the bed. Stammering, my limp hands searched for the thin object. Robert realized it, immediately preventing me with his free hand."Stop it, you're still hurt," he said, with a huff. "Is there anyone you want to call right now? I can do it for you.""Call .... my mom," my mouth opened with difficulty."Madame Ragen?" he said in astonishment. "What are you calling that
In our young marriage, I almost died of poisoning. The culprit was my own mother-in-law, Belle's mother. That old woman originally intended to poison Ragen, my mother.However, the food she served reached my plate and I ended up having to swallow the deadly poison.Belle was the one who saved me. Before the ambulance came, she pulled out my stomach contents with her own hands. My life would have been in danger without her first aid.Afterward, Ragen accused that woman and kicked her out of our mansion. For a whole year, Belle never stopped crying in her room because of that incident. She constantly blamed herself for what happened to me.'My mother... she has been blinded by power. She wanted to kill you so that I could get your family's inheritance!' I'll never forget that sentence, which she always said every time she woke up from her nightmares.I couldn't bring myself to tell her the truth. That her mother intended to kill my mother because she disliked her nature, not because of
"You can't run around in the corridor! It's dangerous!" a girl screeched. Her soft voice reminded me of one of Belle's favorite maids. They had been friends since childhood, Belle even considered the maid as part of her family.'What's her name again!?’ I tried to remember who the maid was. No luck. Maybe the accident made some of my memories disappear.But I'm pretty sure the girl I heard earlier was Belle's favorite maid. I lifted my feet and headed outside, looking for where the girl had run off to.I lost track of her. I should have chased them as soon as I heard the scream. My steps ran here and there, colliding with many patients in the corridor and even causing a commotion.My efforts were not in vain. I found them walking into the elevator on the third floor. It's just that I lost track of them. I didn't catch up, and the elevator doors had already closed.It didn't matter. I could use the stairs. Besides, I doubted they would welcome me warmly if they knew who was chasing them
Natalia Starling's POVA warm, sticky, red dot fell on the surface of an incompletely peeled apple slice. The red liquid reflected a wound, not from a hand that had stopped its work. Instead, it fell from the nostrils of a woman who had lost all semblance of a face."What are you looking at?" That woman, me myself, threw a temper tantrum at anyone who passed by. "Do you think this is a spectacle? You think just because Mattheo left me, you can do whatever you want to me?"Yet not a single servant dared to contradict me. This large mansion still stands with me as its Mistress. Losing one supporting pillar made something inside me scream in fear. The horror of all my struggles so far would vanish in the blink of an eye."You! Throw away this apple! I said Mandarine apples! Are you fucking deaf!?" I threw it at a window, breaking a fireplace in my room. Adding insult to injury after a few weeks of losing the man I loved."We'll replace them with new o
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