“Woman, I don't care where they use the guns from me. Don't say some shits about it.”“What about the lives that die from the bullets of your guns, El? What if there are old people, children, or maybe even pregnant women who die because of the bullets from those guns?”He sighed heavily. I can't tell if he feels guilty or if he's mad at me again because I say so much.“I thought you were tired. Why are you talking so much?”“El—”“Valerie, if you're tired, can you rest and not say more? I'm tired too, Valerie. And you're making me even more tired!”“I pity the innocents who suffer, El!”“You and my child will be worse off if I don't do this, Valerie. Can you think of my child before you think of others? This is for his future. For the future of my family! And this is for my own sake!” He looked away from the window. “I should not get back from the life I had before. It's traumatic!”I sighed out of relief when he looked in front of him.“El, it's your obsession and not about the peopl
I got up from sitting. I violently wiped the tears from my eyes, and it was like a piece of stone if I threw it on each side of my body.Crying, I went to my cabinet, took the big luggage, and opened its zipper. I took my things from the cabinet drawers and also those that were hanging inside it. “Fuck!” I cussed, realizing that I don't own any of these things. The clothes, jewelry, sandals, and bags are not mine. All of them were bought by my demon husband. And one thing is for sure, there is a big possibility that this is from his illegal business. “Valerie!”I sniffed, looking at the door that was moving back and forth, trying to free itself from its frame. He was behind that door, and I couldn't stand to see him. If we talk about the love in my heart for him, it cannot be compared to the distance from Earth to heaven. I love him that much, but innocent people are dying because of him.“El, let me go, please!” I said out loud. He kicked the door so hard that it broke its lock,
Currently, I was walking down the middle of the room, and I slipped through the door to its veranda. There I saw him holding the lying post. He ordered Amia to call me from my room and come here. I don't have any clue what he is going to say. “El?”Because he was wearing a loose white top and bottom, his body stretched through the fabric when the wind blew. Every curve in his abs and even his V-line is also marked on the fabric he is wearing. His wavy hair fell back but became a mess as the wind blew them. He was with his smooth blue mask, and it doesn't change the fact that he's really hot. “I'm glad that you came. You're about to give birth, Valerie. I hope you're not thinking about anything else. Doctor Moore said you should be more careful now because you're about to give birth to my son.”I bowed, but what I saw was not the floor I was walking on, but my stomach, which was too big compared to the previous months of my pregnancy. I headed to the veranda rail and held on to i
—Eldifonso Suarez—5 Years AfterI'm sitting in my office chair and working steadily. Suddenly my son's picture flashed on my laptop screen, the delayed ring of the messenger caught my attention. A wide smile drew my lips as I answered his call. His blonde and curly hair first appeared in the camera. He was playing with his favorite Dino on his bed and making a strange sound, imitating the dinos in his talking book I bought for him when he was still at one. “Hey! Kiddo, you're playing again. Have you eaten your lunch?!” I asked him. He shook his head, and now his eyes were focused on me. “Stop calling me, kiddo! Will you, mask man?” He rolled his inherited eyes from his mother, the woman I killed using my own hands. Actually, I could have used a gun to kill Valerie, but I thought our maids and butlers would hear a gunshot and would definitely point me as a killer. I drugged her until she died on the veranda of my room. I then pulled her towards the bed and told the assistants th
I was still in the distance, but I heard Foval's happy shout as he went down the stairs. I was nervous when he almost fell when he tripped. “Foval, be careful!” I said worriedly to him. I was holding my chest because of what happened. “Daddy!” he still shouted when we were close to each other. Earlier, he said he doesn't want to talk to me unless I book a flight to Hong Kong. But now it's like he forgot the annoyance he felt towards me. I bent down to pick him up, and when he was in my arms and I was carrying him, I tickled him so much that he laughed like he was going to pee. “You're really annoying, mask man! But thank your good friend because he sent me toys! He said it's better to play around here than fly to Hong Kong and spend some time there!”I sighed.“Your uncle really has to destroy other countries to make you calm and convince you to never go there. Hmmm.”“That makes Uncle Martin a better businessman than you, mask man. You can't make me say yes to what you want. You
I don't know why I went inside a nightclub. I am anxious and losing my sanity because of Signor Suarez's threat. My son should not know the truth behind his estrangement from his mother. I am thankful because I have never heard of my son looking for his mother with me. But if he finds out that his mother died and I killed her, I'm sure he will feel hatred towards me. I felt the mask I was wearing as I walked through the corridor. I laughed and shook my head because I thought, I don't need to wear this mask because no one knows Eldifonso Madrigal's face. Even the Wills surely won't remember me being the janitor who lost his job because of what they did. They put the poor workers out of their jobs even though their sales are high. I am one of those who lost their jobs. I was deeply hurt by what happened and lost hope. When I remember the time I kneeled in front of Mister Wills, it breaks my heart, and it's like my soul is on fire. My mother was sick at that time, so I needed that
If only I could have turned her back to me so she wouldn't leave my lap, I would have done that. But I can't because she is working. Shit! The well-known Eldifonso Suarez was having a boner because of the unknown woman he just knew as Valentina. What gives me a headache now is that she caressed the men on her way back to the stage. I hate it! I feel like I want to bring her away from this place where men feast on her body. Her thighs were moving like Rihanna's were doing. She really is a goddess of this place. I can see how men lust after her. They almost swallowed her with their stares, trying to create scenes in their fucking minds. I can't blame them either, because Valentina is truly seductive. Her sexy body and her smell like freshly picked grapes are addictive. “Oh damn!”She was playing with the peacock's feathers, she let them slide on the back of her hands, arms, armpits, legs, and feet. She next played with the strawberry jam, she took an ample amount using her point f
My brain stopped functioning when I saw her coming to my table with her hair falling down on the back of her tube dress, covering her fair white skin that was revealed to the crowd while she was performing earlier. I giggled when she sat down beside me. She was staring at me, and her eyes were asking why I let out a soft laugh. I sighed, looking at her. My heart was filled with the desire to touch her tonight. I am really excited about what will happen tonight. “Eli, right?” she asked me, to which I just nodded. “Well, Eli, Sabrina told me that you paid a lot to have me. What do you want to happen?” There was a tone in her tone that surprised me. I poured whiskey into the small glass and immediately drank the alcoholic beverage. I let go of the hot air, releasing the little tension I have. “Uhm. Valentina, you know what? I am eager to share a night with you. That's what I want. That's what every man here wants.*“They just stare at me because they can't have me. But you? You are
I was looking at my son, studying his actions towards his father. He took a slice of pizza and gave it to Eldifonso, who was carrying him on his lap. “Oh, you're so sweet, son. Are you doing that with your crush?”Foval was trying to control his lips to create a curve, but his face was red, showing that he was affected by what his father said. It made me feel more envious, witnessing how Foval was comfortable with Eldifonso and how much time they spent together. “Don't mention it, dad. You're making me embarrassed,” he said, taking another slice of pizza, but this time he gave it to me. “Thanks, son. Why you're embarrassed. All men have a crush.” I slightly looked at Eldifonso. “I know someone who has a lot of women, son. Don't wear his shoes if you grow up, alright?” “Son, don't listen to anything people say to you. Some people intended to destroy another people's image for their own benefit.”Foval looks at his father. “Daddy, is mommy telling you that you have a lot of crushes
It feels like I was in the solar system, and soon my whole being would be swallowed by the black hole, which was waiting for something to devour. I'm lost in the passing, yet I have to remind myself of my goal—revenge for myself. My heart was hard as rock for those people who hurt me, and I will never give a piece of pity and forgiveness to them. They tore me into pieces, shattered my heart, and became the reason why my soul wasn't holding back to avenge myself to all of them.If life has a rest day, I would take it, even if it's just a few days. I want to go somewhere with my son, away from other people who always pull me back to the worse past I have, and if I've recharged my strengths, I would haunt them again with my hateful comeback. I love Eli, but he seemed to be one of them, making me do things that I don't want to.My phone rang, catching my attention, pulling my hand in its direction. I sniffed, holding back the sound of sadness and anger in me."Hello?”“Baby, how are you?”
I let a few sighs escape from my lungs. I massaged my neck and immediately got up from my bed. Knocks from the door pushed me to stand up and go towards the door to open it for whoever is behind it. “Auntie?! G-Good morning,” I said, covering my mouth because I grabbed a few bottles of tequila last night from his wine storage after I swam in the pool. “Sweetie, you have visitors.”My eyes narrowed, trying to remember if there were people I expected to visit me. As far as I remember, I don't accept visitors at auntie's mansion because of my respect for her, and I don't have many friends either. Even Eli, my boyfriend, didn't expect him to come here today. Foval entered my mind, so I smiled at auntie. “Oh, auntie, is my son here? Damn. How can I face him when I'm like this? My hair is messy, and I still smell like tequila.”“Sweetie, it's not Foval.”“Auntie, if it wasn't Foval who would visit me and Eli, I wouldn't have expected anyone else. Apparently I never invited anyone to come
I moved around on top of the bed, looking at what position could make me fall asleep. Until this late night, Eli's words can't get out of my mind. I thought of him as a shallow man who only wanted to get the things he wanted through money, but he became someone who became deep.I decided to just head to the pool, and as usual, I'm carrying a bottle of tequila going there. I sat on the edge of the pool and gently dipped my two feet in the water, asking it to take all the anxiety that's bothering me.My feet were playing with the water while my hands were busy preparing for a drink to savor in my mouth.When I have the goblet in my hand, I put it beside me, sighing out of frustration that enslaved me.I heard footsteps approaching me. When I turned to see who it was, I saw auntie's feet. She sat next to me and immediately dipped her feet in the water.“What bothers you, sweetie?”“It's the situation that I have, auntie. Eli told me to forgive Eldifonso. But it's hard for me to do that.
He was leaning on his car, looking at the sun that colored the sky orange. It was beautiful to stare at, but what's more beautiful is the love that I have for Eli. Even if others told me that he was not true to me, hiding his agenda from me, and doing something that would probably be a dirty one, I didn't think about that. He's someone I can talk to and who is comfortable to open up everything that I keep inside my heart.I don't care if he was the notorious villain or if he was the Hades of today, because he shows me the love and care that no one does. He said his words from his heart, even though sometimes I can't seem to accept them or be ready to hear them.“Why do you often bring me here, Eli?”“A rich woman like you is fed up with restaurants and other prestigious places to have a date at, Valerie. Another one, it is better here because rarely anyone goes here. I will only stare at you the whole time I want. Because I don't want someone else staring at you.”I stood up and looke
Foval was on the front of the crowd, cheering for me and his evil father, who was with me inside the sack. I was quiet, but Eldifonso kept shouting, claiming that we would win this sack race. “Me and my wife will win in this game!” he said loudly and proudly. “Eldifonso, can you please shut your mouth?”“Calm down, my wife. I will win this fight for you and for Foval,” he whispered to me. “Do whatever you want, but don't shout about it as if we're happy as a married couple. Don't you feel awkward?”“Awkward? I feel happy, Val. Look at us; we are inside the sack, close to each other, like we were under the same blanket.”He was too close to me to the extent that I sometimes feel the bulge in his pants whenever he faces the crowd on the right side. “You're the only one who's happy,” I whispered, gripping to the end of the sack. Why doesn't the game just start so that it ends immediately? “The rules of the game are only one; the couple that falls cannot continue to the finish line,
I was standing beside the pillar on the veranda of my room, holding the phone on my head, talking with my son, and looking at the moon that was trying to free herself from the clouds covering her light.“Mommy, when are you coming home to the mansion? I want to be with you, and daddy said he wants you back too. You should stay here with us so that we will be complete and a happy family.”I sighed. My son doesn't know what's going on around him; he wants me to go back to the mansion where I got so traumatized. Honestly, I can't imagine myself ever stepping foot in that place. That mansion was like a haunted house; I was haunted by my own dark past there. “Baby, let it go, and tomorrow I will talk to your daddy, I will tell him that we need to have an agreement about you.”“Mommy, I want you here with us.”Not even now, but I know that the time will come when my son understands the situation. My son is smart, and I have full confidence that he will understand why his father and I are s
We walked along the beach, holding each other's hands as if we didn't want this moment to end. Sometimes I lean my head on his shoulder as I feel him kiss the top of my head. “I can be a father to your child, Valerie. I promise that I can be the best father to him and the best husband to you. We can create our family away from people who are causing you stress.”“A while ago you were lifting your own chair, Eli Madrigal. You really can't wait to be told the good things others see in you. You always want everything to be fast.”“Don't tell me; you will tell me again that I am somehow similar to Eldifonso Suarez because of the way I behave. I am different from him and what he's doing. I am Eli Madrigal, the lover boy!”I giggled, listening to his words. Our footprints were following us, a lovers mark on the first date they had where they talked about the future and plans they wanted to share with each other. My heart is rejoicing out of every step that we take together, forgetting the
The lights are flashing before my eyes, capturing every detail inside the bar. Eli Madrigal was holding his bottle of beer, staring at the dance floor, where there were some women who occasionally stared at him and laughed, showing motives to him. I rolled my eyes, thinking bad about those filthy and bitchy women. I thought of going to them and slapping them one by one to wake them up from their fantasies. Eli cleared his throat and looked at me. “What's with the long face and one raised brow, Valentina? I thought we were here to have fun because your life is such a mess?”“Yes, Eli. But I still want a commotion because of what you're doing,” I said. I laugh at myself; I'm jealous even though Eli is not my boyfriend. He's not doing anything either, but I feel like he's flirting with the women here at the bar. “What am I doing besides just standing here and accompanying you while you're quiet there and all of a sudden your mood changes?”“Oh, really? Is that all you did?” I asked h