CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX:
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The bells rang—
Althea—who was clad in her white wedding dress—tossed the flower bouquet in her arms into the air. Cameras flashed and the sound of the clicking shutters echoes all throughout the venue. The handful of women who went to their wedding flocked to get the bouquet while laughing their hearts out.
In the end, it was Emily who caught the bouquet.
Althea saw that and laughed. “Sure enough, it’s your wedding next, Emily!”
Emily likewise laughed and suddenly looked behind her shoulders. Meters away, Marjorie was sitting with a wine glass in her grasp. Marjorie never let her eyes wander away f
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN:—They were not allowed to think about it for too long. The next day after that, there were no honeymoons, no breaks, and no couple time for them. They immediately went back to work.Tyler made an unexpected announcement that made his whole company uproar. He transferred his shares to Althea’s, making her the CEO of his company.As expected, many were shocked, but none of the higher-ups opposed his decision. Aside from them, no one knows that Althea has been making the decisions on behalf of Tyler for almost four months, she had spoken with his secretary and been guided by the head of human resources.Although it is only occasionally, she already earned the respe
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT:—“Are you ready?” Althea asked.Tyler let out a breath, the white mist emerging from his mouth and disappearing in the air. He tugged his scarf on his neck and rubbed his palms together. “Yes.”Althea glanced at him from the corner of her eyes and saw that his usual smile was not there.Althea smiled sadly. She did not comment on this and just turned to lead the way. They trekked a path towards the mountain. The path was littered with tall grasses and massive trees, standing like a proud wall and shielding them with their leaves.Tyler was silently following behind Althea. His eyes swept around anxiously.The road seems endless.Later on, there seems to be a clearing. Tyler paused in his tracks, and Althea waited for him to move back on in silence."We're here." Althea voiced out after the long walk.They were in a
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE:—They were shocked, appalled. Tyler took the blow the most and silently observed Althea from the corner of his eyes.She was calm, but he knew deep inside her that she was also in a state of bewilderment. Her undisturbed appearance made his panicking mind stop and reboot.‘That couldn’t be mine.’ He thought then his eyes went down to her belly. ‘I don’t know how many months her belly is, but I’m sure that it’s not mine. I can’t remember having physical contact with her in the past 10 months.’
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY:—“You remembered something.” Althea went straight to the point, she looked at her husband sternly with both of her arms crossed against her chest. “Tell me, is it yours?”It was the day when Tyler received a message from the cops that they found the hideout where Althea and Kai were. He remembered waking up in a hotel with a stranger in the bed, but because of that message, everything turned blurred and he disregarded everything.Now that this came up, everything came back rushing in like a tide in his mind.Memories from the night when he drowned himself in
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE:—Life continued, but it was not the same as before.Sheryl kept on going back to their house demanding an audience with Tyler, but her appeals sometimes fell on deaf ears or they would just turn her away like how people swat an annoying fly away.But she’s persistent and kept coming back like they owed her billions, just like today.She was wearing a fancy black maternity dress with a coat on top to prevent her from the cold. A soft pink colored scarf was around her neck like a snake. Her boots had a rather high heel which is totally unsafe if you’re pregnant, but the soon-to-be mother herself doesn’t care about the safety of
Althea's phone rang. Both eyes went to her pocket, and with no suspense, she took it out and…“Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear.” Althea laughed at the idiom. She flashed her phone’s screen to Sheryl.Sheryl read it and her eyes contracted after seeing Tyler’s name on it.Althea picked it up and purposely put it on a loud speaker. “Hey.”“Hey my love.” Tyler lovingly said from the other line. The sweetness in his voice traveled to the ears of the other three. “How’s it going? I hope my wife’s not stressing herself up. I can’t have the future mother of my children frown all day.”“I haven’t reached the offi
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO:—“Sheryl!” Tyler shouted angrily at the phone. “What are you trying to gain by leaking someone else’s identity?! Did you knock your head and finally went mad?! Kai’s just a kid!”Sheryl laughed loudly. Her small head was thrown back in her laughter and she was obviously bathing in the mirth she felt after hearing Tyler’s angry shouts. Diana looked at her from the opposite seat with a smile on her face. Seeing her daughter happy with someone else’s misery made her proud.Just like how she raised her.Diana shook her head and continued sipping the blood-like liquid inside the wine glass. Her eyes went toward the fireplace and acted like she was the only person in the room.“It’s your fault!” Sheryl equally shouted back, not with anger, but with amusement that seemingly riled the other up. “You should have accepted it without a word, but you
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (02):—The phone call was cut off. Although it was broken abruptly and rudely, the pregnant woman showed no dissatisfaction and she was even wearing a complacent look on her face, seemingly proud of what she had done.She turned and caught her mother staring at her above the wine glass that was hovering right above her lips. Diana had a small smile on her lips as she watched her daughter. When Diana saw that Sheryl’s attention was on her, her smile widened.Her luscious red lips were especially inviting, added by the moisture that was taken from the wine she was taking. Slowly, she muttered. “How is it?”She was asking about what happened. Sheryl chuckled and responded with pride. “Sooner or later, he will be mine!”The pitch in her voice was high, showing an obvious hint of her excitement.Sheryl thought that her mother would also ride her excitement and compliment her on what she’s done, but then, she said something unwelco