Kelly’s POV“That too!” Snow said excitedly after she saw a box of chocolate. Pierce chuckled and walked towards the section of the chocolates while carrying her. I watched her as she grabbed two boxes which only fit in her arms.“You want more?”“Pierce, that’s enough. She’d be hyperactive again.”Pierce looked at me and smirked. “Just one box, then?”I nodded and smiled when he talked to his daughter and she put one box of chocolate back.They went beside me and put the box on the cart. I pushed the push cart again and we continued shopping. After the groceries, Pierce brought the shopping bags in his car while Snow and I waited inside the mall.“Aunt Emily!”Snow pointed at someone and a smirk slowly crept on my lips after I saw Emily walking around the mall looking so annoyed. Behind her was Matt Foster.“Let’s go to Aunt Emily, mommy!”I shook my head at Snow. “No, sweetie. We’re here with daddy, right?”She blinked and smiled. “Yes! Mommy, is daddy Pierce my real daddy?”I smile
Kelly’s POVThe shooting in the mall has reached the national television and a clip where I was caught running away with Klay was exposed to the public. The people who know us and our family are spreading speculations that I have a secret relationship with my stepbrother and that my daughter is his child. Speculations about this happened before and it’s happening now. The people are strongly convinced that Klay is the father of my little girl, especially because they knew that Pierce and I did not communicate for a few years.“Don’t let this affect your relationship.” Mom, Pierce’s mom, said as she gently caressed my back. I was sitting on the lanai with her while Pierce and Snow were in the pool area with dad, and Phoebe.“Mom, I don’t know what to do.”She shook her head. “Don’t let this affect you. My son loves you and he knows what happened. That’s what’s important.”I looked at her. “Can I really ignore this, mom? Pierce said it’s okay and he’s just glad I’m safe, but I know him,
Emily’s POV“So you’re investigating your own family?” I asked, pretending that I didn’t know. I’m lying on the bed, naked under the sheets. Matt Foster is beside me, playing with my hair.“Yes,” he breathed out. “I had no choice. You said I should investigate to prove Kelly that she’s wrong, but I’m proving myself wrong, Em. My father was involved in her mom’s death. I’m sure of that.”I shot an eyebrow up. “You don’t even have a proof.”“No concrete evidence, but I heard him twice talking to someone about certain documents that could be used as evidence against him.”“So you believe, your father, a perfect man in your eyes, was a murderer?”“I don’t know.”I can see it in his eyes. He’s having a hard time accepting what happened. It breaks his heart discovering how evil his father could be. It was the same heartbreak I felt when I realized my father was involved in some syndicate. I can’t accept it. I can’t accept that the money he used to raise me and give me education was from ill
Kelly’s POV“A black and white themed wedding… We’ll make it extra elegant.”I smiled at the wedding planner. Our wedding will proceed. I don’t care about Lexi. If she’s really pregnant, then all the more I should marry Pierce this early. I don’t want her to ruin us again although he managed to ruin us when I’m already married to Pierce. But if she's lying about her pregnancy just to tear us apart, I’m gonna make her pay.“It’s a garden wedding and your daughter will be your ring bearer,” the wedding planner continued, recalling our conversations earlier.I felt Pierce’s hand caressing the small of my waist. We’re sitting close to each other and I can feel him constantly smelling my hair and brushing his nose against the strands.“I will personally contact you for the food tasting, and fitting of the gown. And if you have more concerns, you have my contact, Mrs. Anderson.”I smiled at her and nodded. “Yes, thank you.”We shook each other’s hand before she left. Pierce faced me and kis
Emily’s POVI just visited my dad in the hospital. The doctors informed me that his condition is getting worse and I can’t feel anything. I’m not sad. I’m not regretful. I just feel like I’m doing the natural thing a daughter would do for her dying father—get him the best treatment regardless if he’s gonna make it or not.My dad never apologized for the wrong he did to me. He didn’t tell me that he regretted ending up killing his own grandchild. He didn’t give me a reason, even a stupid reason, for killing the love of my life.I loathe him for so long and I still loathe him now that he’s dying.Am I a bad daughter if I say I’m waiting for his death and I won’t cry if he dies? Am I a bad daughter if I say I won’t regret letting him go like this?I don’t wanna dwell in the past and get drowned in the pain, but now that he’s struggling to survive, I feel like it’s his karma working.I opened the door of my car but someone pushed it closed. Annoyed, I expected it to be the person who neve
Kelly’s POV“What about this one?”I chuckled while looking at Pierce, showing me two pairs of baby dresses.“Pierce, we don’t know the gender yet.”He frowned. “It’s fine. We can just get both.”“Then the baby can’t use the other pair.”He shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. We can just have another baby.”I laughed again and pinched his side. “Whatever you want. Let’s go to the next store.”We already have plenty of baby dresses. Some are unisex and some are not. He wants to shop for our baby so I just let him. Although it will take long until the baby can use the dresses.He smirked as he followed me. He lined up on the counter while I just waited for him. After paying, we entered the next store. We were in his house, doing nothing when he suddenly invited me to go shopping. I know he wants to buy clothes for our kids and as a father, he deserves it.We’re about to enter another shop when someone appeared in front of us, blocking our way.My forehead creased and my blood immediatel
Kelly’s POVI immediately rushed inside the Anderson’s mansion as soon as I got out of Pierce’s car. I saw Emily sitting on the couch. Beside her was Phoebe.I felt my heart racing inside my chest. I’ve grown trauma. After everything that happened to me, things like this scares me easily. I feel like I will lose another person on my side again and it scares me.“Emily, what happened?” I asked worriedly, earning her attention.Emily looked at me as I walked towards her and sat on the couch across from her. Pierce entered and sat on the arm rest of the couch where I was sitting. His hand rested on my shoulder.I can feel his worry, his support, his comfort. Pierce has always been like this. Supportive. And I’m so thankful that we accepted each other again.“Last night Matt told me everything he discovered and since then, he hasn’t shown up. I just feel like it’s strange since he messes with me everyday.”That’s really strange. From what I witness, Matt likes Emily. So there’s no way he’
Matt’s POVI told Emily everything that I discovered. We also talked about what happened in the parking lot of the hospital. I don’t know what happened that night. She just suddenly lashed out at me and when I followed her to her condo, I tried to talk to her.She was cold so I thought it’s all because I’m not giving her an update about my investigation so I told her everything. But…but after everything she…broke up with me. She…ended the relationship that I’m trying to build with her.I was angry but I stayed that night and then I tried to spy on my dad again the next morning. It was stupid because I was caught by him.“You can’t turn your back on the person who raised you, Matt!” He sounded so angry and disappointed.I gritted my teeth as I looked him in the eyes angrily. He caught me personally and he didn’t allow me to escape.“Why are you doing this, dad?” I asked, trying to get even a stupid answer from him.I moved my arm and my eyes immediately landed in the silver thing aroun