When Richard came back after handing Isla to her nanny, Bella asked him, “Who am I killing?”“No,” he stopped her. “I should be the one killing someone because these gifts mean that I’m not performing very well in the other room. And my pride just took a blow.”Bella smirked. She had been furious a moment ago because she didn’t know how she would educate her daughter if she had seen those sex toys and asked her what they were and used for, but hearing him talk about his pride, she had no words left.“Are you serious right now?” She didn’t know how to be mad about the R-rated gifts anymore and that was his goal.“Of course, I’m serious,” he answered. “Have you seen any man that would love for his strength to be underestimated?”Bella shook her head and sat back on the soft rug to continue opening their wedding gifts. She figured that she would rather spend her time doing some work than starting an argument.It’s not like she even had the energy to fight.Richard rejoined her and
Bella met the butler on her way and quickly asked him to bring a bottle of champagne and two glasses to the inner living room before she returned to Richard’s side.“Where is the bottle?” He asked seeing her return empty-handed. “I thought you were going to bring it.”Bella settled on the floor next to him and replied with a smile that reached her eyes, “The butler is going to get it.”A few minutes later, the butler returned with the items she had asked for and Richard literally watched her put a call through to her friends. It was a video call that would enable her to show forth her happiness to them and just like that, he watched himself get dragged to play a role.She made him pop the champagne and clink glasses with her while her friends watched from the phone screen dreamily.Never had he expected that his calm and composed woman would have this side to her. Even while they were dating, she never showed this extreme comic side of her until they got married.He couldn’t u
Richard was preparing for his one-month business trip and at the same time, he was making sure to spend the time he had with his family.In the two weeks he had left, he picked Isla up from school and helped her with her homework.When Bella was running late from work for Isla’s ‘Parents Teacher’s Meeting’ Richard closed early from work to get there on time before she joined him an hour later.After the meeting ended, Richard took Bella and Isla to have dinner at a five-star hotel. And as today was one of those days the child wanted to explore, Richard indulged her.“Mummy, can I go take a look outside?” She asked. Bella immediately shook her head. “If you are done eating, sit here.”Isla pouted her lips and folded her arms below her chest then suddenly she remembered that she had a new father and quickly turned to Richard. “Daddy, please let me go for just five minutes and I will be back,” she pleaded. Bella saw what she was up to and felt good within her. Now, her daughter
A week before Richard travelled, Bella started helping him to organise his travel luggage. He fixed all meetings for the afternoon and attended them.He didn’t want to miss having breakfast and dinner with his family and also taking them to nice places.As Matteo worked with Richard, the late put him in charge of his main company and set a few structures in place.Finally, on the day Richard was to leave L.A., Bella drove him to the airport with Isla already crying in the back seat.She knew her new dad would be fine for quite some time and she would miss him. She didn’t want him to leave unfortunately, even her emotions could not stop him.“Princess, I’ve told you several times that I will come back before Christmas so we can travel to Bali for a fun-filled holiday as you requested. Don’t cry otherwise your eyes will get swollen.”“And you won’t be beautiful anymore,” Bella added.Truth be told, Richard was a little frustrated with Isla’s tears. Unlike before, he would have be
Bella visited a gynaecologist to get her body checked and get a few tests done to be sure that everything was alright.She had several months learnt and noted that babies should be planned and also the body and the womb that would carry them.Pregnancy was not something that was supposed to happen like that and when it’s planned, there is always a higher ratio of birthing healthy and intelligent babies.Bella wanted to live the best life hence, she already got started with putting the plans in motion.As she returned from the hospital that evening, she spent some time with Isla by chatting with her and having dinner together. But as soon as the little one went to sleep, she returned to her bedroom to put a video call through to Richard.According to him, they had a meeting that night, so she had to call him as soon as she got some time off.“Heh, Babe!” Richard was all smiles as soon as Bella’s face appeared on his screen. She was in her bed and dressed for the night while he wa
“Take them off,” He instructed.Bella smiled. She finally understood where this was going. This man didn’t just schedule a meeting to talk about important stuff. He also wanted a piece of her.“What if I don’t want to?” She asked, raising a questioning brow while trying to hide her smirk.Instantly, Richard’s gaze grew wide. “Have you ever been punished from afar?”He missed her body so crazily and she was here thinking of teasing him. Did she think he was going to let her off after playing games with him?“No. So, I’m curious,” she replied. “Babe, I promise you would never want to experience that,” he threatened and then went back to instructing her to take her clothes off.Bella chuckled softly before taking down the tiny hands of her singlet to let him see her deep cleavage first before pushing the entire thing down to her waist and airing her boobs out.Richard inhaled sharply when he saw her boobs bouncing out of her clothes. He quickly adjusted his position and licked h
By the time Debby’s husband finally found the time to see her, she had been in the hospital for two days straight. And then he had to come and anger her instead of taking care of her worries.“I’m going to launch an investigation on this matter and make it public if you don’t believe that your children had a hand in what happened to me,” Debby swore. The area around her eyes was swollen coupled with a few purplish bruises on her cheek and around her neck. The hospital gown she was putting on covered the remaining part of her body so if there were other injuries, it wouldn’t be known, well except for an arm that was hanging in a sling.Apparently, she had a broken arm that had to be put in a cast.“You can’t do that! I’m not going to let you do that,” he insisted. “I already told you that I was going to take care of the matter yet, you are still making a fuss about it.”“You told me that I didn’t have any evidence against your children, so I’m doing the exact you want from me.
“I need Venita’s contact,” Matteo revealed. “Do you mind keying the strings of numbers here?” He asked as he brought out his phone and held it out to her.Bella narrowed her gaze down at him. “What’s your plans?”She literally didn’t have to know everything, but Venita was her best friend, so she needed to know the man’s intentions for her before handing the contact over.A lot of guys have hurt Venita and even though Matteo was a very good friend to her husband, Richard, that wasn’t enough evidence that he knew how to treat women right.At least she has heard what his relationships in the past looked like. She hoped he wasn’t going to play with her best friend’s heart.Anyway, she trusted that Venita would be able to take care of him before anyone else came in to help her out.Matteo grinned at her question without withdrawing his phone back. “Well, all you need to know is that I have no bad intentions about her.”Bella shook her head. “I need to hear more.” That he didn’t hav
Bella didn’t know what to say or how to feel when she saw the news. While her friends were talking about it, she stood up and walked away.Instantly, the chatter died down as the three women exchanged glances before quickly following after her.“Bella, what is wrong? Can you speak to us?” Rosie asked as she soon matched her steps.“I just want to be left alone for an hour. Is that not okay?” She said without stopping in her steps.Venita and Caro glanced at each other before moving their gazes back to her.“Actually, that is not a bad request. A little bit of privacy is not much to ask for but you see, the fetus in your womb is still unstable and the doctor wants us to make sure you are never left by yourself.”To avoid her slipping into depression, her doctor had given them an instruction to follow.Even though Bella might seem to be in a better mental state now than when Miriam died, the child she was carrying was still in danger.Bella’s friends were worried that she woul
Seeing her true colours, Mr. Rowland was grateful to his children for beating the hell out of her some months back otherwise, he would never have thought about monitoring her movements.It was all thanks to them that the thought dropped in his head.He had indeed married himself a gold digger who spent his money on men younger than he was.It was only recently that he found out and when he planned to file for a divorce and chase her away, Richard came to him to ask for help, as his good business partner, he decided to return the favour.He pushed back his plans a bit to help him gather enough pieces of evidence.Richard literally had no idea that Mr. Rowland had already done the basics on how to catch Debby otherwise he wouldn’t be worried right now wherever he was that the investigation on Debby might take too long.“Go ahead and start eating,” Mr. Rowland instructed as he quickly averted his gaze.His eyes burned at the fact that he had been living with a criminal for almost
Richard was not the only one carrying out the investigation. He had the help of his best friend, Matteo.“How is it possible for someone who has been hiding from the police for four months to suddenly jump out to drive into Bella’s car?” Matteo asked. Even he didn’t believe that was an accident.“I’m glad this matter is under both government and private investigations,” Richard said to him.A thought came to Matteo as he complained about what intentions Kareen might have had.“The police are still trying to investigate where that woman has been hiding.”The question was, how did Kareen survive for four months without being caught on any CCTV camera or stepping out to buy anything?The answer was right in front of both men. It was very obvious that she had help.“That woman had help,” Matteo suddenly said. “I think I know who it might be,” he added with a straight gaze on Richard.There was only one known person from their side Matteo thought would want to get rid of Bella.It
“Why did you take me back home?” Bella inquired as their car pulled up in the driveway.Richard threw her a glance before climbing out of the car. He managed to get her out and sighed in relief when Isla appeared.He let the little girl distract her until they got into the master bedroom before sending her away.“Bella, I’ve got some bad news to share,” He revealed as every fake emotion disappeared from his eyes.He looked a little sad and that scared the shit out of Bella. Plus he called her by her name.“Did anyone die?” She managed to ask as she felt her heart racing in her chest. She almost couldn’t breathe properly.Richard didn’t answer that question. He let out a deep sigh, confirming her fears.Bella quickly rose from the bed as her eyes turned red. Tears formed in her eyes as she stared down at him.“Who died?” She asked as a tremor wrecked her lower lips.A deeper sigh escaped from Richard’s lips as he rubbed his hands together. “Miriam got into an accident with you
It’s been two weeks since Bella and Richard found out they were pregnant.Richard’s excitement knew no bounds as he did everything beyond his power to ensure that Bella was comfortable getting over the horrible morning sickness.To think that thing was powerful enough to drive him out of their master bedroom for a week simply because Bella couldn’t stand the smell of his bathing soap.The man was forced to change it seeing that things were serious.How could he forgo cuddling his wife every night just because of his bathing soap?Richard literally employed a live-in nurse but was forced to sack her the very next day after Bella threatened his entire being.He was really scared of his wife this time around since her hormones were on the high side. Fortunately, he learnt to adjust quickly to the new situation. He wanted a baby with her, so this was the other side of it which he was very much willing to experience.Bella soon returned to work. On the first day, she slept all t
How was Bella supposed to answer the question she hasn’t confirmed yet?Mrs. Cooper couldn’t understand the thoughts running in her head as they continued to stare at each other, but she could see the signs, so she raised her brows, prompting Bella to answer.“I think so, but I haven’t confirmed it yet.”She and Richard started trying for a child in December and if she was pregnant, the signs and changes to her body would have started by now, especially depending on the date it happened.“That’s good news then! I shall help you get some pregnancy test kits,” Mrs. Cooper announced and sat down next to her, taking her hand gently with her eyes filled with gratefulness.“Please don’t mention any of this to Richard. I only want to break the news to him when it’s been confirmed. I don’t want to raise his hopes high and then flop it if the result turns out to be negative.”Even though Bella was still mad at him for no reason, she cared about his mental health and wouldn’t like for him
Caro made a V-log at the end of their Switzerland Christmas trip and posted it on her page for all eyes to see.The majority of Bella’s fans knew she was her friend hence, some of them were already following her Instagram page since they got to see the fun side of Bella all thanks to her.So, while everyone was wondering what was up with Bella since the last time she posted on her page, they got notified about Caro’s latest V-Log and went to watch it.Two hours later, the video went viral as blogs reposted it. Everyone interested got to see how cute and interesting Bella and Richard’s marriage was. The side death glares from Bella and the grin on Richard’s face as he tried to pacify her after annoying the hell out of her.Richard’s playful side also got exposed to everyone, especially with the stunt he pulled after the group lost their way and ate ice cream before he called his bodyguards to come show them out.No one knew that millionaires could have this sense of humour.Of
Bella stared at him wide-eyed. “You...”“Shhhh.” He shushed her. “If you don’t want us to get caught, don’t scream,” he said and continued to use his fingers to tease her down there.Bella whimpered. How was she expected to keep her mouth shut when he was doing those things to her?She wasn’t a tree but a real woman whose hormones and neurons were functioning properly.Unless she covered her mouth, she wouldn’t be able to hold back her moans, so she covered her mouth to stifle the sounds.She would have suggested for them to draw the curtains, but that would even attract more attention as everyone would know what they were up to.Fortunately, Richard didn’t torture her for a long time before letting her go. Also, no one left their seat during the event.Several hours later, they touched down in Switzerland and two luxurious Mercedes vans came to pick them up from the airport along with four security cars that accompanied them.Everyone settled in the big mansion that Richard h
Venita and Caro giggled as they climbed the stairs to the private jet. They couldn’t believe they were going on such an expensive and interesting trip to celebrate Christmas.The flight attendants treated them like Royalties and showed them to their seats.Bella figured that the two friends would need to keep each other company during the flights, so she arranged for them to be given a space where she could join them for a chat as well.Richard finally managed to bring his father on the trip along with his doctor. The old man’s time was almost up and according to the doctor, he had only a few years left.Richard figured that he might actually help his father travel out to enjoy Christmas once even if he wasn’t in his best healthy state.Bella’s parents got onto the plane and were assigned seats before they were helped to secure their seatbelts.They were happy to enter their son-in-law’s private jet once again as their wedding had been the first time they ever got to experience