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Chapter 69“Let go of me!” Rhoda muttered as Liam dragged her outside the house.“What do you think you are doing?” Liam asked as he let go of her hand.“What are you talking about?” Rhoda asked as she stared at Liam Angrily. “What were you thinking by coming here? And how the hell did you know Brandon’s mansion” Liam asked and Rhoda Rolled her eyes. “It's a big town, Liam. Colby's Villa is known by all, it was quite easy to find the mansion and it was so easy to get in, I just had to put on some shows and they let me in” Rhoda said as she rolled her eyes. “Why did you come here? What was your motive? I know you lied just now in the room. Sooner or later Brandon is going to find out the truth about you” Liam said and Rhoda laughed “Really and what next? Do you know my downfall is your downfall too?. if I go down, you go down too?. I'm not going down alone, I'm going to drag you with me” Rhoda said and Liam clenched his fist. “Not if I tell him the truth first” Liam said and Rhoda
Chapter 70“Children, mommy is gonna rest now. You don’t have to worry about anything, I’ll take care of her perfectly well” Brandon said and the kids smiled at him. They didn’t know why but they trusted Brandon so much and believed whatever he said. Brandon Carried Hannah and climbed the stair and then felt the urge to throw Hannah on the bed roughly but then he remembered her hand was not healed yet, and she might bleed. He quickly dropped her on the bed gently and then moved away from her a bit. “You are so heavy, what do you eat?” Brandon said and Hannah frowned at him. The other day he said she was too light and she should eat more in the future and now he says she's too heavy. She hissed.“I didn’t ask you to carry me in the first place,” Hannah said and Brandon scoffed. “Tell me you didn’t enjoy it while I carried you. I saw it when your face turned red, I knew you enjoyed it and was probably thinking I was going to do something else with you” Brandon said and Hannah stared
Chapter 71“You sure you hate him or maybe you love him but you do not want to admit what you feel” The voice spoke calmly and Hannah turned only to see Jessica standing by the door with a smile on her face. “Oh my goodness, did I say that aloud?” she thought as Jessica walked fully inside the room.Hannah wondered what she was doing in her room. This was the first time Jessica was entering her room and smiling at her, she wondered what happened all of a sudden. Jessica stared at Hannah and noticed what was going through her mind. The looks Hannah was giving her said it all. She smiled and sat close to her on the bed.“I don't think my brother was lying about calling that woman over to embarrass you. I know Brandon is a complete asshole but there are things he wouldn't do” Jessica said and Hannah turned to her at once.“Have you been eavesdropping on our conversation since?” Hannah asked and Jessica nodded in response and Hannah clicked her tongue.“Shit!! Now she knows the marriage
Chapter 72Arianna is seen in her room holding a glass cup filled with wine. She gulped from the glass of wine and then dropped it on the table. She stared at her phone and suddenly picked it up and dialed Hannah’s number, and immediately she picked up the phone.“Hello Mommy,” Hannah said over the phone“Hannah, how are you feeling?” Arianna asked “I’m okay Mommy, at least for now,” Hannah said with a sigh“What’s the problem, honey?” Arianna asked in a concerned tone. “Nothing much, I and Brandon have a misunderstanding and I’m planning on ending the marriage. He’s asking me to give him a few more days to find his mom before we end the contract” Hannah said and Arianna screamed at once. “What?!” She muttered as the color of her face changed immediately. She didn’t want the contract marriage between Hannah and Brandon to end. She wished for it to become a real one. She gave out a deep breath and calmed herself. She just needed to speak with Hannah calmly and she would listen to he
Chapter 73He needed to make sure Brandon didn’t see Rhoda, he knows Rhoda and he knows she was planning something bad.“Is that Rhoda on the phone?” Liam asked and Brandon nodded.“I do not think you would be able to meet with her today, you have a meeting with the T-Brothers this Evening. They changed their mind and are willing to talk business with you” Liam said.“Oh, that’s good news, you would be going over to Rhoda’s house to keep her company then. She said she’s lonely and needs some company” Brandon said and Liam nodded in response before walking out of Brandon’s office. “Whatever you are planning, Rhoda, I’m going to stop you,” Liam said and with that, he walked away. ******************************The octuplets are seen in their room, discussing with each other. “I remember that lady from the other day,” Jasper said “Same here, she was the woman that had gotten into a fight with Mommy the other day at the mall,” Addison said and they all nodded in agreement. “I wonder
Chapter 74“We need your help, Aunt Jessica….” Jayden said and Jessica raised her eyebrows wondering what they needed her help for. “If you want me to keep an eye on Grandma, well, sorry I can’t. Besides she’s no longer here, Brandon had thrown her out of the house” Jessica said and the kids stared at her surprised.They didn’t know Brandon had asked Grandma to leave. They wondered when this had happened. They had seen Grandma Elizabeth with her luggage and they thought she was going on a travel trip, they didn’t know she was asked to leave.They wondered why. They quickly shook off the thought, they were here for a reason, they would find out why Brandon had thrown Grandma out of the house later.“We didn’t know she was asked to leave. Well, that’s not the reason we came here. We came for a different thing” Jayden said and Jessica, who was sitting on her bed, folded her hands against her chest, giving her full attention to the kids.“We think Brandon is our Biological father,” Addis
Chapter 75“I am sorry,” Brandon said and Hannah paused at once.Did she just hear the rude Brandon Colby say he his sorry and from the tune of his voice, he meant what he had said? Hannah raised her head and turned to him wondering if Brandon was the one who just apologized. “I am sorry, I was wrong, I am sorry,” Brandon said and Hannah scoffed. She pinched herself thinking she was in a dream. Brandon would never apologize if he did anything wrong, the only time he apologizes is in front of her children. “So, can I help you now?” Brandon said and Hannah didn’t say a word. He put the towel on her hair and helped her dry her hair. He then walked towards the wardrobe, brought out a big shirt and helped her put it on gently because of her hands that hurt. At first, Hannah didn’t want to agree but she had no choice but to give in. He took a comb, helped her brush her hair, and packed the hair in a messy bun.Hannah wondered where he learned how to pack hair. Just then Brandon heard hi
Chapter 76She quickly hurried to her room to take her bath because she had started to feel stinky.She rushed to her room and quickly took her bath, after which she took from the few clothes she left in her wardrobe and put it on.She walked out of her room to Jessica’s room, there she met her sitting on her bed while going through her phone. Jessica raised her head as she noticed someone had entered her room and to her greatest surprise she saw Grandma Elizabeth.“Grandma,” she called surprised and Elizabeth smiled at her and sat close to her on the bed. “What are you doing here?” Jessica asked“Are you still gonna push me away like your Brother did?” Elizabeth asked. “No, Grandma. Of course not. I was just surprised to see you here knowing Brandon kicked you out” Jessica said and Elizabeth sighed softly. “Where do you stay now?” Jessica asked worriedly. Even though her grandma was capable of doing evil, she was still her grandmother. After her father and mother had left, she wa
Lucas had left the room to make some calls, leaving Hannah and Teresa alone in the dimly lit space. The air between them was thick with unspoken thoughts, with grief and frustration too heavy to voice.Teresa watched Hannah closely. She looked hollow—her eyes distant, her shoulders sagging under a weight no one could carry for her.“You okay?” Teresa finally asked.Hannah blinked and turned her head, forcing a weak smile. “Yeah.”Teresa hummed in response, clearly unconvinced. She reached into her pocket, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it with a practiced ease. Smoke curled in the air between them.“Do you smoke?” she asked, offering one toward Hannah.Hannah shook her head. “No. I never have.”Teresa chuckled, taking a long drag before exhaling. “Figures.”Silence stretched between them, but it wasn’t uncomfortable. It was the silence of two women who understood each other—different, yet bound by shared pain.“My mother-in-law used to hate me too,” Teresa murmured suddenly, he
Teresa sat in the back of a dimly lit bar, the scent of cigarette smoke and aged whiskey thick in the air. The place was quiet, the kind of underground haunt where no one asked questions, where secrets were currency, and where a person could disappear if they weren’t careful.She checked the time on her phone. Her contact was late.Across the table, Hannah fidgeted with the glass of water in front of her, her expression distant, lost in thoughts she wasn’t ready to speak out loud. Lucas sat beside her, his gaze locked on the entrance, his tension palpable.When the door finally creaked open, Teresa’s eyes narrowed as a tall, wiry man entered, his leather jacket scuffed and his face shadowed with stubble. He scanned the room before spotting her and sauntering over.“You’re late, Marco,” Teresa said, her voice edged with impatience.The man—Marco Ruiz—grinned as he slid into the seat across from her. “Good to see you too, Provenzano. You know how it is—hard to stay alive in this busines
Hannah stood in the dimly lit warehouse, her fingers clenched into fists at her sides. The stale scent of dust and oil filled the air, mingling with the cold fear settling deep in her stomach. The warehouse was one of many they had searched in the last twenty-four hours, but this one felt different. The moment she stepped inside, a weird sensation crawled over her skin, like a presence lingering just out of sight.Lucas moved beside her, scanning the rows of crates stacked high against the walls. His jaw was tight, his frustration barely concealed beneath his calm exterior. Teresa stood a few steps ahead, gun in hand, her eyes sharp as she surveyed their surroundings. They had all hoped—desperately—that this search would yield something more than dead ends and half-truths. But as the minutes ticked by, that hope was slipping.Brandon had vanished without a trace.Every lead they had followed led to nothing. Every whisper, every clue, every trail had been a carefully crafted illus
The night was thick with silence, the kind that felt like a living, breathing thing, pressing in on them as they stood at the edge of the abandoned docks. The stench of salt and rust filled the air, mixing with something darker—the unmistakable scent of blood.Teresa’s fingers curled around the handle of her gun as she scanned the area, her pulse drumming hard against her ribs. Her father was dead. That chapter of her life was over. But this? This wasn’t over. Not until she had him.Not until she had Brandon and brought him back to his family.“We should’ve heard something by now,” Hannah whispered, her voice tight with restrained panic.Teresa didn’t answer. She was thinking the same thing.The lead had been solid. Brandon had been held here—multiple sources confirmed it. The docks had been his prison. But as they stood here, surrounded by crates and shadows, the truth settled like ice in her veins.Brandon wasn’t here.And the blood on the floor was still fresh.Teresa crouched do
Teresa barely had a second to react before the door to her office swung open. The moment her eyes landed on the man standing there, a cold shiver ran down her spine. Her father.Bernardo Provenzano. The man she had once idolized. The man she had spent her entire life trying to please.And now, the man she had just betrayed.He stepped inside with a slow, deliberate pace, shutting the door behind him. The soft click of the lock sent her heart into overdrive.“Oh, my little princess,” he murmured, his voice filled with mock tenderness. But his eyes… they were filled with nothing but hatred.Teresa’s hands gripped the arms of her chair, knuckles turning white. Fear slithered through her veins, but she refused to let it show.“How disappointing,” he continued, shaking his head as if she were a child who had misbehaved. “I thought you were different. Better. Not like your mother.”Teresa inhaled sharply.His mother.For years, she had believed the lie—that her mother had been killed by a r
The beeping of machines was the only sound filling the hospital room. Jessica lay on the hospital bed, her skin deathly pale, her chest barely rising under the weight of the oxygen mask secured over her face. Wires and tubes connected her to the machines, keeping her alive, but just barely.Hannah stood frozen in the doorway, unable to move. The doctor’s words still rang in her ears, cutting deeper than any wound ever could.“She has a five percent chance of survival,” the doctor had said, his voice clinical, detached. “She lost too much blood, and the delay in medical care worsened her condition. We’re doing everything we can, but you need to prepare for the worst.”The worst.Hannah clenched her fists, nails digging into her palms. This was her fault. If she hadn’t suggested they escape… if she had just listened, just stayed put, Jessica wouldn’t be lying here, fighting for her life.And Brandon…A fresh wave of pain hit her. He was gone. Taken. She had watched him surrender himsel
The river had given them a chance, but it hadn’t given them freedom.Brandon collapsed onto the muddy shore, gasping for air. His limbs ached from the relentless current, but he didn’t have time to recover. Jessica.Lucas dragged her up the embankment, his breathing ragged. She was completely unconscious now, her body limp in his arms. The river had sapped whatever strength she had left. Her wound was bad—too bad. If they didn’t get her help soon…No. He couldn’t think like that.“Teresa,” Brandon barked, snapping back into survival mode. “Where’s the nearest hospital?”Teresa, still soaking wet, flipped open her laptop with shaking hands. Water dripped onto the screen, but she didn’t stop. “There’s one about six miles south,” she said breathlessly. “But there’s a problem.”Brandon exhaled sharply. “There’s always a problem.”Teresa gave him a grim look. “Bernardo’s men will have every major road blocked. They’re already watching the airspace. If we head to that hospital, they’ll find
The cave was damp and cold, the scent of moss and river water clinging to the air. Shadows stretched across the rocky walls, their flickering shapes cast by the distant glow of searchlights cutting through the trees outside. They had barely made it out alive.But they weren’t safe.Brandon pressed his back against the jagged rock, listening. Boots crunched against gravel just beyond the entrance. The soldiers were closing in. They had minutes—maybe seconds—before the cave was compromised.Lucas sat against the far wall, pressing his hand against Jessica’s wound. She was slipping fast, her skin pale, her lips trembling.“I can stop the bleeding, but not for long,” Teresa said, her voice tight with urgency. “But she needs real help, Brandon.”Brandon looked at Jessica’s barely conscious form, then at Hannah, who was up beside Teresa, shaking from the cold,she looked so pale. He had promised to protect her. He had promised to protect all of them.He clenched his fists. Promises meant not
The night was supposed to be theirs. They had escaped, survived impossible odds, and left Bernardo bleeding on the cold ground. But fate had other plans.They wondered how come he was alive. They had witnessed him go on his knees, blood all over him.The deafening roar of helicopter blades grew louder, sending shockwaves through Brandon’s chest. The floodlights cut through the dense trees, slicing through the shadows that had once been their cover. The tracker beneath the seat blinked like a taunting heartbeat—steady, unrelenting, and damning.Teresa’s fingers flew over her laptop, her breath ragged. “I need time,” she muttered, panic lacing her voice.“We don’t have time,” Lucas growled, yanking a rifle from the back. “They’re here.”Jessica shifted, barely conscious, her breathing uneven. Hannah took a deep breathe while having a second thoughts.Maybe she should just surrender herself to Bernardo and all this would be over. But Brandon here would rather die than watch her go back