Mona stared at the red liquid in the bath as panic stirred within. Even though she resented and hated the man, he was the father of her two children. Bobby and Millie would lose a father if anything were to happen to Thaddeus. Regardless, he was still family.She grabbed Thaddeus by the arm to yank him out but could not pull him out. Hence, she kneeled by the tub and cried in his ear, “Thaddeus. Thaddeus. Don’t sleep. Wake up…” Thaddeus heard someone calling his name amid the haziness. The voice sounded like Mona’s, but he could be dreaming. He had told the woman to get lost. How could she be back for him? Mona painstakingly pulled the man to sit up and drained the bathwater. Her eyes welled up when she saw the long cut on the man’s thigh. “You’re an adult, Thaddeus. How could you be so reckless to your body?” Thaddeus opened his eyes and got a good look at the woman standing before him. It was Mona. Out of instinct, he pushed her away. He did not want her to see him thi
“If you’re not going to do it, I’ll also let the press know that you pushed Suzy off the cliff.” Shocked, Samantha stared at Victor in disbelief. “What did you say?” “Samantha, it’s time for you to pay for what you’ve done.” “What about you?! You’re no better than me,” Samantha yelled as she jumped out of bed and got dressed. She then grabbed her handbag and headed to the door in a haste. However, Samantha was stopped by two burly and strong men at the bedroom door. Ignoring Samantha, Victor took his phone and called the press. He told the journalists that a woman with ill intent drugged the heir of the Fontaine Group in the club. Victor looked as if he had just gotten rid of a problem after the call. He offhandedly glanced at Samantha in disdain. He teamed up with Samantha, thinking she could handle Thaddeus. Now it appeared that the pawn was no longer of use to him. Victor had found a better partner, so it was time to ditch the useless puppet. The next day, news abou
“Samantha, you have lied to me one too many times. I can’t trust you anymore.” “That’s up to you to decide. I shouldn’t have called and wasted my breath on you then.” Samantha offhandedly chuckled. With that, Samantha hung up. Mona grew hesitant as she listened to the disconnected tone on the other end. Samantha had given Mona the feeling that she was serious. Regardless of Samantha’s motive for calling her, Mona could not dismiss the matter since it was about her mother. Rising to her feet, Mona grabbed her phone and returned Samantha’s call. “What now?” “You said it was about my mother. I’ll come and see you now. We’ll talk in person.” “Forget it. I’m short on time.” Samantha raised her phone in the air so the airport announcement reached Mona’s ears. Samantha had not been lying. She was at the airport, and by the looks of things, she was leaving soon. “Where are you going? I’ll find you.” Mona stood up. The only thing on her mind was to get there and hear about h
Mona withdrew her arm. Looking at the man’s smiling face, she realized that Thaddeus had gotten the wrong idea. He probably thought she was worried and came to visit him. “How is your injury? Shouldn’t you stay in the hospital for a little longer?”“It was just a minor cut.” With his keen senses picking up that Mona was avoiding him, Thaddeus wiped the emotions off his face and resumed his poker face. He walked into the ward and sat on the sofa before lifting his profound gaze to meet Mona’s. “What did you come here for?” Getting the cold energy from the man, Mona rubbed her nose and followed the man into the room. Although she stood before Thaddeus, she did not feel comfortable being outdone by his commanding presence. While Mona wanted to get to the bottom of her mother’s situation, she knew that now was not the time. The man had a meticulous and complex state of mind. Mona did not have to say much for the man to read her mind. Since Mona decided to put faith in
Thaddeus even locked the door when passing by the entrance. Now that no one would intrude, they could enjoy some alone time together… After handling the discharge papers, Marcus returned to the private ward only to find the door locked. He quietly stood outside and was surprised by the slapping noise coming from inside the room. Um… Marcus rubbed his hands, and his ears went red. At a loss on whether to stay or leave, Marcus did not know what to do with himself. He should just wait. What if he was needed to run an errand…?The door of the ward opened after nearly an hour had passed. Thaddeus' voice was heard from inside the ward. “Come in, Marcus.” Marcus had nodded off in a seated position at the door. With Thaddeus summoning him, he wiped his saliva and got up to go into the ward. “Is there anything I can help you with, sir?” Thaddeus lit a cigarette and looked at the closed bedroom door. Mona’s earlier statement painted a grim look on his face. “Go and get the
“Mommy, can we really live with Daddy?”When it was the children’s bedtime, Mona told them about her decision to remarry. If she wanted to go to the Fontaine Residence, she had to take the children with her.The happiest one was, of course, Millie. She jumped in joy when she heard that she could live with her beloved Daddy.“That’s great. Our family is going to be reunited.”Mona was surprised when the word ‘reunited’ came out of Millie’s mouth.She smiled gently and bowed her head to kiss Millie’s forehead, saying softly, “Yeah.”“Yay! Yay! That’s great!” Millie lay on the soft bed, pulled the quilt up to cover herself, and closed her eyes, already beginning to look forward to the bright future of moving into the Fontaine residence in her sleep.On the other side, Bobby was very quiet and calm. He had already fallen asleep.Mona looked at the two adorable and lovely siblings, and a warm feeling rose in her heart. Even if the road ahead was difficult, she would always be full o
Mona took the document and skimmed through it.It was a prenuptial agreement which roughly divided the responsibilities and obligations of the two people, as well as the division of property.It was just like the prenup Thaddeus had told her to sign when they got married four years ago. Mona thought that the contents inside were the same, stating matters like them not interfering with each other during the marriage.Thus, she took the pen handed to her and signed her name on the signature line without reading it carefully.“There.” Mona handed the agreement to Thaddeus. “Now we can go get the paperwork done.”She placed her hand on the door and turned to get out of the car, but a large palm wrapped around her waist and pulled her back.There was a hidden smile in Thaddeus' eyes as he said to Mona, “Since you’ve signed, you can’t go back on your word.”Mona saw his meaningful smile, and her heart sank. She had a bad feeling.“Go back on what?”The smile on Thaddeus' face deepen
Thaddeus called Marcus to find out the latter had bought a morning-after pill.Not the painkiller he had thought of.The man had no time to scold Marcus. He hung up the call and walked out of the doctor’s office.He followed closely behind Mona, wrapping his arms around her and protecting her from the people coming and going for fear that she would bump into them.“Where are you going?”Mona stood still and looked at the man beside her coldly. “We’re not marrying, so I’m free to go wherever I want.”Thaddeus took Mona’s hand and intertwined their fingers. His almond-shaped eyes were deep as ink.“I tore up the agreement. If you don’t want to sign it, that’s fine. It’s not that you don’t want to marry; you’re just in a bad mood. Go back and rest. We’ll remarry once I’ve arranged everything at home.”Mona frowned and looked at the serious man in front of her. Although his handsome face was almost thirty, even without considering his net worth and background, his appearance itself