"She owns company shares more than any investors we have." Tristan declared that made Sam tremble in disbelief."What? I don't believe you!" She lashed at him."Believe what you want Sam. Nicole owns half of the company and if you keep this up she might change her mind in signing the divorce agreement.""No! You are saying this just to stop me from bullying that bitch.""Just stop! Please stop. I have more in my plate now. So leave and give me that peace of mind, even for a moment.""Are you throwing me out of your office?" Instead of replying Tristan called his secretary in the interphone. "Please come and show Miss Grey out.""No Tristan you can't do this to me, I make sure you regret this!" Samantha was still yelling after she was ushered out of the room. Tristan slumped at his chair and massage his head."How long has this been going on with Samantha. She use to be easy and fun to be around but now she is giving me headache, worries and anxiety." He realized."Has it been t
This is great Mum" The twins remarked simultaneously in awe. Nicole brought them in the biggest and famous amusement and theme park in Santa Elena as to Adonis recommendations. She herself didn't know about this place as a child she vaguely recall being in this kind of place . Of course in Santa Monica where the kids grew up there are limited theme parks and nothing compared to this magnitude."I don't recall having this theme park before Ado." She voiced out her thoughts Adonis."It was started to build just about months when you dissapeared. A year later it was completed. But it almost wasn't able to operate .""Why?" "There was a despute between the partnership of the Hewitts and the Georges." "You mean this park is own by the Hewitts?" She was shocked."Partly. I guess the old Mister Hewitt intervene. So the Georges agreed to continue with the project." Adonis explained.So this is the project that were discussed during their meeting with the George couple.Nicole recal
Nicole and her kids were back in Santa Monica, but the issue surrounding their father's identity has not yet been resolved."I Think you should tell them the truth. " Helen told her. "I'm going to tell them but not yet grandma I'm still waiting for Tristan to present the divorce paper. I need to claim my inheritance before our marriage will be dissolved. I don't want him and most of all I don't want that mistress of him to get hold of what my parents has left for me." "I think if you are waiting for him to make the first move, you've got a long time waiting." "Why?""Because if he wants divorce, he would made a move already. I think he had second thoughts.""I mean why would he have second thoughts? He wanted it for a long time.""I don't know dear but I feel that he wanted to have a hold on you.""For whatever reason that might be I would not initiate the dissolution of our marriage.""Right dear don't allow him to demand the conditions. As of now you have the aces.""I know, a
Tristan did not waste anymore time he called his private investigator. For an update on his wife's activities."I don't think that is a good idea sir." Charles told his boss."Why do you say that?""Sir your PI and Samantha has a friendly relationship, and I have as discovered that he is divulging his discovery to her. Maybe I am wrong but I think you should get another person to do this without telling her." "Are you saying that Sam control his reports to me?" "I'm afraid so.""How dare you Charles involved yourself in my private affairs!" Tristan felt betrayed that his trusted man doesn't trust his girlfriend."I am just looking after the affairs of the company , but I cannot dismiss the fact that Samantha has a great influence on your decisions. It can affect your ability to run the company."So you think that I'm not capable of making my own decision without the interference of Sam, is that it?""No sir, what I'm saying is that you are so in love with that woman that you overl
Jacob have already left for Santa Elena, with the promise to come back and visit his great- grand children. The twins had wonderful time with their great-grandfather."I guess this is it grandma. She told Helen."I wish you good luck. Don't worry about the kids." Helen bud Nicole goodbye on her mission back in Santa Elena.A few hours later she is Infront of Tristan in his office. "To what do l owe the honor of your presence in my office dear wife?" Sarcastically Tristan greeted her."Spare me your sarcasm dear husband. We both know why I'm here.""I don't think you miss my presence, so I think it has to do with bussiness. I already asked Charles to handle anything that has to do with our business partnership." "I know that. That is why I also advise my assistant to handle anything that has to do with our business partnership." She replied using his own words. Tristan smirked."So why are you here? I thought you said that, the divorce issue will be handled with your lawyer?""It se
"What! You weren't able to achieved what you are supposed to do?" Helen's voice reverberated on the phone. When Nicole called them that night."Samantha arrived and I had to leave to avoid conflict." "So what are you planning now? ""I will try again grandma.""Good." They continue their conversation about the kids who were sleeping by the time she called. Just as she hang up the call her phone rang again. "Who can it be?" She wondered looking at unregistered number of the caller."Hello?" She replied."Hello Nicole, it's me Tristan." His voice was clear and strong." What is it you want Tristan?" She is excited but she doesn't want to give away any clue."Can we meet tomorrow after work at dinner?""Are you inviting me to a dinner date? I wonder what would Samantha Grey would say if she learn that her boyfriend is having a dinner date with his wife." She taunted him."I just wanted to have an arrangement with you regarding the divorce. But if you want to assume that it's a dinn
Tristan and Nicole both turned in surprised looking at towards the door. But Tristan recovered quickly. "Nicole meet Anna and Anthony George. You remember them do you?""Of course, she remembers us, we just met a few weeks earlier." Nicole stood up to welcome the couple with Anthony shaking her hand and Anna kissed both her cheeks. Tristan look startled.While Nicole at the back of her mind she is surprised and anxious asking herself. "Is my plan going to fail before I even started?""Nice to meet you again Nicole, actually We were just passing by when we saw Tristan entered the place so we engage him in a friendly conversation until we invited ourself to join your dinner date. He he he." Anthony is such a darling that Nicole doesn't hold it against them when they barge in they supposed to be private meeting."Oh no problem with that, you're welcome to join us. Isn't it Honey? " Tristan sweet and affectionate tone made Nicole realized that the couple doesn't have the knowled
Tristan contemplated on everything he had discovered this night. He wasn't able to noticed that Nicole stepped out of his car, lost in his own thoughts.His mind return to the time that he suspected that he must have slept with his wife. But it slipped in his mind the incident because of the trouble arising to the refusal of his potential business partner to sign the deal.Earlier that day he had a big fight with Sam. She had become manipulative in their relationship that he felt like a dog on a leash. She threatened to leave him and abort their child.He went to a bar and get drunk in frustrations before he went home. He doesn't even remember how he was able to reach home. He woke up with a headache, but he felt that he slept with someone and had a wild night.He thought it was Samantha, but it felt different. He saw the evidence in the sheets on his bed that he thought he should confront his wife.But was those kids that the Georges claim to be his, is it true? He must get to the
Nicole is not feeling well. She stayed in her room, and was absent from the breakfast table. Even though she is being detained in this big house. She is free to go around the house except stepping out of the house. She is staying here for almost a month but there was no sign of her being return to her family. Has Tristan already forgotten his promise. But first before tackling their relationship as husband and wife she had to get away from here.The thing that baflles her most is that the woman Geena as she was called had not been seen around the house, since the last conversation she heard when her abductor and Geena was talking. "Look Terry you promised! Did you have a change of heart?" Geena snapped angrily."Be patient Geena I have waited long enough that a few more days won't matter to perfectly succeed in my plans, I need to have the children here to win that woman. There's more a lot at stake if we win her. With the kids here she would be easily succumbed to what I want."
"Athena?... You're alive?" Jacob is shocked to see the woman everyone knows have perished along time ago."Surprise to see me Jacob?" Athena replied."Why of course! This is a welcome but dangerous surprise." Jacob happily responded.'To what do I owe this presence, do you really come in place of my good friend Jonathan?""Actually he send me to you to serve my own purpose." Athena calmly replied."That is?""Nicole Hayes, my daughter." she said."Take a seat Athena, and tell me about it. Oh by the way Nicole is a Hewitt now. She is married to my only grandson, just as you and Hillary wished."I know, the reason why I didn't expose myself before now because I thought she is safe with the Hewitt's hiding her true identity. But now the situation is change and I cannot just sit and watch the show developing before my eyes." She said with conviction." Jacob watch and observed how she speak with conviction. quite the opposite to the naive and innocent bride of Joshua Hayes, when she was i
"Who are you? Why you sound so familiar?" Nicole said to the woman in the table. There was a subtle panic in her eyes and anger in the man's face. He yelled at the woman."Geena! Go back to your room." The woman rise from her seat and step out of the dining room. Leaving Nicole confused with chaotic thoughts,"You too Nicole, Go to your room." He said a little bit softer this time."No I want answers! Are you refering to my children! Why does she sound so familiar. Who is she? Why are trying to destroy my family. Why?.....why!" She become hysterical that the man called someone to lead her to her room."Guard her door so that she won't attempt to escape!" The man ordered"Please Nicole please don't anger him it would be useless." Emma the helper that was assigned to her beg. She had become a bit closer to the woman as she is the only one whom she can talk to."Please answer me....Why?" She still insisted. As he was ushered out of the dining room."Would you like me to bring your breakf
"I am Athena Alba.""Dad we should bring her to the doctor she is bleeding!" Moira is getting hysterical seeing the blood oozing from Athena's arm."How did you got injured?" Tristan asked a little suspicious about the woman. "Dad she took the blade aim at me." Mark said and continue to tell his father how they fought the men who tried to make them ride the waiting car. But Athena appeared and help them. One of the men took out a knife and tried to suppressed them he almost hit Mark but Athena push him but got injured herself. People suddenly checked on the commotion, gather near them, scared the kidnappers and chased them away. While Athena was attended by the nurse for her injury Tristan contact his P.I. to check on Athena's background.Athena Alba, 48 years old single working on as an event coordinator. She also runs a security agency with a certain Jonathan Brown."Jonathan Brown why does the name sound so familiar?" He thought wondering.There are other credentials and pictur
The lady who earlier with the man in the wheelchair sits alone in her bed thinking about Nicole. "I hope she is safe. I can't just sit here and do nothing." She said to herself. She immediately get dress, but someone came and she halted from what she trying to do."Athena what do you think you're going to do?""You cannot expect me to stay here and do nothing?" She replied."There are so many people our people are doing just that! You cannot expose yourself.""I don't care Jon she needs me.""Please Athena listen to reason." "Athena wait let's see what's going to happen our people are mobilized already." He added to convince her. She had been with this man for a long time . If there bis someone knows her it will be Jonathan Brown. He became her friend , her confidante and most of all her protector."Who could have done this?" She wondered. Thinking she cannot pass into his security she thought that she has to wait what will be the result of their people."Do you think , I can get i
Nicole woke up in a strange place. "Where am I?"She look again. "This is not my room." She thought to herself. "Oh... So you're awake Nicole Hewitt." A man walk into the room carrying an air of cockiness that had Nicole feeling on edge."You know me?" She asked dumbly. He doesn't look like the crippled man in the wheelchair who kidnapped her before."Of course! What do you think?" Again he expressed an impression of know it all. But deep inside he was thinking that he cannot blame Tristan Hewitt for falling for this woman, aside from her beauty she carried an air of innocence that attracts most men."Who are you, why did you kidnapped me? Let me go I need to go home to my children." She become frustrated ."Ha ha ha, so funny do you think I will go to this length and just set you free. What do you take me for? Besides you don't get to order things around here, I do! " Still showing her that overbearing demeanor."Then what do you want from me? Money?" Nicole didn't know about
"Daddy, where is mommy?" Moira and Mark simultaneously asked when they saw their father.Tristan was surprised to learn that Nicole had not return to Santa Elena after that fateful day she caught him and that vixen Geena Blake in the act in the office. He immediately return to Santa Elena to look after the twins."Ahhhm...She will be coming home soon." He replied hesitantly.The scene that Nicole witnessed in his office was not actually what obviously as it looks. He had never encourage Geena to make advances towards him.He should have listened to Charles advised to report the woman to the police and sue her with espionage. But because he wants to get to the bottom of it. He decided to investigate deeper himself, he tolerated Geena and he hire her instead to be his secretary.to the point that he sacrifice his family, his relationship with his wife."Nicole where are you?" His frustration in knowing that Nicole hasn't returned made him think that she had left him and the twins to
Nicole excitedly step into the building to go to Tristan's office, but since no one knew her, she was hold at the receptionist corner."Do you have an appointment?" The receptionist inquired with malicious look aimed at Nicole "No, but...." She was cut from explaining."Then I'm sorry but we cannot allow you to just step into the boss office. What do you think of this place a walk in the park?" Another woman join in the conversation.She was rather very unaccommodating, very unpleasant. Carrying an attitude of hautiness that doesn't fits in her personality. Nicole can't help but comment in her mind. "Her attitude compensates her appearance.""I think we should call the boss secretary to ask him that Miss... What's your name?" The guard said. But other woman place her hand on the internal phone to prevent the guard from making a call."No ! Don't call please this is a surprise...." Nicole panic." Oh... So it is just another of those women who wants to seduce our boss." With tha
It's been three days since that Tristan last call, and the twins are missing their father."Mommy where is Daddy, he never called anymore?" Moira complained."Kids your Dad called but it's during your sleeping time, so I didn't wake you up." Nicole lied about her husband's failure to call. She doesn't want them to worry especially Moira. What could be happening to him. Is he that busy? Has the company is in deep trouble? She wondered.He didn't mention it in any of his call how is the company fairing. Is it very serious? Nicole wondered.She planned to give him a surprise visit when the latest campaign of their fashion catalogue is over. Just a shame she cannot bring the children when she will be traveling since it is still school days. She doesn't want to disrupt their schedule of their studies.Jack Wintel Tristan's acting head of the company, doesn't want to disclosed about the status of the company overseas. Nicole doesn't want to pursue probably he doesn't know the extent of