****PROLOGUE****
“Young Master, Please don’t do this. Please, don’t hurt her. She is pregnant and if your dad finds out about this, he is going to take serious action against you one more time," the head maid who is in her late forties begs.
Caden's eyes are filled with fury, watching her sit outside composed. He thinks she is pretending all of it and pretending to be an innocent irks him more.
How well can she act as if nothing happened?
The woman's eyes say it, she wishes he would stop causing trouble for his father and be a rather supportive son, but Caden has already sworn to be his father's nightmare.
He has promised himself to make sure that his mother's memories never leave the house and he is ready to deal with anyone who would try to interfere with his memories of his mother and him without his consent.
"Please don't do this young master, The boss wouldn't take it lightly and that naive girl is carrying a child inside of her, don't cause more problems," she tries to soothe him.
“Julie, do you care about her or me? You're just like the others. I Fuckin' do not care about whom you favour the most, and worse of all, I do not care about what that perverted old man thinks of me. He has already harmed me enough and I'm not scared of him, what more can he do?” he grits his teeth.
His eyes move to his hand which the maid is holding, seeing his intimidating look, the woman slowly lets go of his wrist.
By the look on his face, she knows that he wouldn't listen to her and will do as he pleases. Caden storms out with a wicked smile creeping on his face. He is going to gain pleasure from hurting her so bad.
He grabs the knob, opens the entrance door, and goes out to the garden to meet her.
She is sitting alone in the garden, her hands playing with the hem of her dress, her eyes staring at nowhere in particular. Her mind is long gone and she doesn't see Caden come out.
The head maid looks out at the garden where she is being seated. Julie's hand paws on the glasses with extreme worries.
“God, please! Give her more strength, please. She is still so innocent, having to put up with his harsh behaviour and knife-cutting words would only hurt her more," she prays for her though she is unable to do anything. She knows what Caden is like when someone interferes in his business.
His hands balls into fists as he approaches her.
The leaves from the trees are flying all over the place, with some dropping on the space on the bench. Her fingers pick the leaves, tearing them anxiously.
She is so lost and doesn't realize someone is close to her until he clasps her hands forcefully and makes her stand up in such a rough and disrespectful manner, pulling her along with him.
“Caden! What the hell are you doing?” she shouts as soon as she feels his hand around her wrist.
“We need to talk. I need you to give me answers right now, Esther. Quit the act because I'm not buying any of it. No emotional games, just tell me what I want to know,” he growls.
"Leave my hands, I will answer your questions." She struggles to free her wrist from his grip and it ends up with her getting bruises.
"Answer me truthfully how much did my old man pay you to be his sugar girl?” She winces in pain, his grip is getting tighter but he doesn't seem to be affected.
“What the hell are you talking about? Why are you saying such nonsense about me?"
Caden crosses the line when he called her sugar girl."Nonsense?" He asks back, "What about the shitty thing that you are doing right now? What do you want to say about it?” he twists her arms and makes her turn her back to him as he speaks beneath her neck.
“Caden! You’re hurting me. Leave me, please,” she pleads. The pain is becoming unbearable,
"Stop lying. You told me you would tell me everything. Just tell me how much my dad paid for you. Is it money? I am willing to pay you to double the amount or perhaps triple the amount you collected from him. I want you to stay away from my family, just disappear from my life you wretch," he says in a rage which hurts her to hell.
“You are misunderstanding everything, it's not like that. I-I...,"he stutters. She knows it would be hard to make him understand her, he isn't even willing to listen.
"I'm not ready to listen to your trash, just tell you your price and get the fuck out of our life bitch!" Caden already loses control over himself, his eyes are soaking wet and he wouldn't admit to ever being deeply affected by this woman.
“You’re hurting me, please." Her eyes were begging and he choose to ignore them. Droplets of tears roll down her cheek.
She isn’t the one what he is thinking about. He has misunderstood her and for no reason, she thinks that she needs to explain everything to him before he thinks too much negativity about her.
“You’ve hurt me more than anything else. Who the fuck are you to interfere in my family? Who the fuck are you to want to take the place of my mother? Who do you think you are, playing with my heart and then you walk away just as you please?" He feels like strangling her.
Caden already lost all the trust he had in her, she betrayed him and there was no way he would let her leave his life unharmed.
“Mother? No! How can I be your mother? I am of your age. I would never dare to think of being your mother. Your father has a wife, I would never get engaged to him. He is like a father to me. Why would you even think about me like that? And I have never hurt you,” she claims as the tears sparkle in her eyes.
Caden lets go of her hand, pushing her to the ground. In an attempt to guide her stomach, Esther places her hands over her stomach. She feels like her bones are cracked, having fallen to the ground like that.
She decides to quit the explanation, there would nothing she could say to him to make him calm.
Caden kneels in front of her, grabbing her jaw and forcing her face to meet up with his. She is unable to look away.
“I am warning you one more time, I wouldn't be this nice the next time we meet, stay away from my family, you have no place here. Just get lost, disappear from this country, disappear from my sight. You're already blacklisted, I am happy to announce to you that I now hate you more than I hate my father.
I will find you and make sure you beg for death if we have to meet again," He pushes her back, stand up, and walks away.She tries to sit back up but couldn't. She is tired, tired of everything. Esther remains on the floor, crying her eyes out. There is no one she could cry to. No one to comfort her, when she thinks she has someone to lean on, life always made it worse, it has taken that person from her.
He once loved her, fell for her and was willing to fight anyone who would hurt but now he claims to hate her more than anything. He wants her to disappear from his life.
Who's she to him? Why does he hate her so much even after loving her a lot?
CADEN: It is December 10. Christmas is almost fifteen days away. I have developed the habit of not having excitement during any events of my life lately neither on my birthdays nor any anniversaries or the heavy and sophisticated business parties of my dad. None of them push my heart even a little bit. Whenever those days come in my life, I would like to deter them as far as possible. I don’t prefer staying at home and having a great time. And this event is more than just a catastrophe to me. “Caden! Where are you headed to?” My dad’s aggressive and wild voice echoes, all over his huge mansion. “I think you know it. I would love to skip the so-called joyous occasion of your life if you don't mind cause your delighted occasion is the most dreadful day of my life. I wouldn't care even if you mind at all," I say as I roll my eyes upwards.Bitterness and dissatisfaction are so much vivid on my face to convey to him that I am not elated with his decision, not even a little bit. It is o
CADEN:I fall down on the fluffy bed of ice with my head facing upwards to the dark sky. The icy downy flakes are coming down to reach out to me giving me the cold sensation on my skin. My eyes get closed as I fall down but they are conscious enough to be opened one more time. My eyes open slowly as I see the light passing through the falling snow making them extremely beautiful with luster and shine in them. I have never seen such a beautiful scene. For the first time in last one year, I feel so much calm and peaceful as I look up in the sky. “Who… the hell… are you?” the sharp, loud yet stammered voice penetrates my ear. The voice is absolutely of female and she might not be more than twenty or so. I would like to look at her face. She just hit a twenty two year old guy and made him fall on the ground. I am so much curious about her now. But the light she is holding is showing everything except herself. “Me? I…,” I try to stand up from the ground but before I could do that she h
***CADEN***She presses her lips making me feel numb all of a sudden. It’s not because I have never kissed a girl. I have an experience of kissing a lot of women in till today but only few had initiated to kiss me first. But no one was able to give me the current chills and a feeling, she is giving me right now.My whole body stiffens as her skin touches mine. Something electric starts to rush down my body giving me weird yet beautiful sensation. My body becomes uncommunicative and reactionless as her warm lips touch mine for some next seconds. She pulls her lips away from mine after few seconds.I abhor that she pulled away from me right now. I want her lips to be on mine.Always!I want her lips madly roaming around mine and I crave mine to do same to hers.“I…I’m sorry,” she says faintly. Her eyes staring down on the floor like she has committed such a huge crime. I disliked the way she said she was sorry for doing something that I wanted to do since the moment I met her. Why wou
***CADEN*** “Hey, young boy! We’re having dinner at mine. Would you love to come over? I don’t know if a city guy like you, would love to be invited to a country’s gatherings but you know tomorrow it’s Christmas and it’s an eve tonight. We are inviting everyone around and don’t want to leave you out on such a festive occasion,” the fifty-year-old Thomas invites me. It’s been almost fourteen days, that I have been over here. It’s pretty difficult to stay over here. Well! I don’t want to lie to myself, it’s so much more difficult to survive over here. Here, there is everything but there is nothing for me. That’s because of the way of life people over here live and the way I used to live. They can’t even imagine how luxurious and sound life I have been living and right now, I can only imagine. I threatened my dad at that time and leave the place but after coming over here I feel almost empty all the time. Yeah, the reason is that my way of living has been completely different from w
***CADEN***“Caden! Caden is here!” I hear Caisey’s voice from the balcony of the house. She has such a sharp voice that I can hear it almost miles away from the house.Caisey isn’t our mom but sometimes I think she is the female version of our mom. Mom never spoke about her teenage and her youth ever in her life with us. From the day, I can remember, I remember she only smiled at us when she was alone with us. She would teach, sing rhymes and sometimes even dance in front of us but in front of dad, she never did that. Her expression would automatically change when dad was around.But from Thomas, I get to know how my mother was. She was lively. She was the most cheerful person and a young beautiful girl. My mother used to laugh, she used to joke and she would love to mess around with the farmers when she was young. When Thomas told me all of these, I thought for minutes if he was talking about my other or was he just talking about some other imaginary lady. But he ensured me it was h
***CADEN***That beautiful face! How can I ever forget that face? That face means so much to me.The girl whom I have been searching for so hard all this time is sitting right in front of my eyes. I cannot believe my eyes for that. Am I just dreaming right now?My mouth forms ‘O’ as my hands and legs become senseless all of a sudden when I see her. Since, the moment she left me alone over there, everything has changed for me.Previously, life meant nothing to me. It was useless and I had no expectations from life at all. But now it’s different.I believe I can say, now my visions have completely been changed.I can see my whole world through her eyes and I can tell, my whole spirit is captured by her just like some magician does.Sometimes, I think she is holding my whole consciousness, like some magic and is not letting me get away from her. It’s ridiculous but that’s the actual truth.Her deep eyes are looking downwards and her face is solemn like she is thinking deep about somethin
***CADEN***“What do you mean by postponed?” I ask.“I heard his wife had a serious health hazards. So, the wedding was postponed to next day. I didn’t go in their wedding. Cohen was the one who attended the wedding,” she says.“You didn’t attend the wedding?” I get shocked.“Why would I? One of my brothers, was on detention and I knew that was for Mom. I surely lost her at the lower age than both of you. But I surely know what’s going on. I don’t want to see my siblings being crumbled,” she says.I know she is younger than both of us. But this time, she made me proud of her and also, I feel like I am stabbed from behind and broken into thousands of pieces right now.“Do you want to go somewhere else?” I ask her.“Can we go and visit mom’s favourite place right now? I just miss her a lot nowadays,” she says with her eyes full of tears.“Come here, baby girl,” I say as I pull her in warm hug. I feel sorry for her. She had to lose her mother in such a young age. I feel sorry for us. We
***CADEN***It’s been a week after the Christmas Party. I had thought I would be able to see her after that day but I haven’t seen her since that day, nor I have seen my dad in those days. I have tried asking Cohen, about him but he just answers me with the same reason like he used to do every time.‘Business Reasons.’But, I don't buy that lie even a single percent. He must be enjoying his holiday with his so-called wife, while giving me so much stress over here.“Are you heading to college?” Caisey asks me as she passes by my door.“Of course! It’s the only place where I can breathe properly,” I say.“Well! Drop me by my school then,” she stands in the front door with her hands folded against her chest.“Where’s your chauffer? Ask him to do that,” I say.“I wanna go with you today. He has fractured his hands and is going to take a leave for a weeks or so,” she answers. She should have just asked with dad or with Cohen to replace her chauffer with someone else for few days.But Caise
Final chapter***CADEN***One has to pay for the sins that they committed all their life. But, I don't know what sin I had committed and I don't know what sins my mom and Esther had committed that we had to suffer a lot.I don't think I had done a great sin ever in our life. So, the truth is we all suffered from the sun that someone else has committed. We all suffered because of the sin, Cameron Payne has committed.I rush out of the office as soon as I hear that.He deserved that. After killing life of so many people he deserves to die like that."Where is he rushed to?" I ask as I run to the car."To the City Centre Hospital," he says. He drives the car for the destination.It's been a year that I have been planning for this day but seeing that without even lifting my pinky finger something happened to him makes me kind of mad.How? Why?There is not even a little bit of remorse on my face on his accident but somewhere in my heart I become restless as my heart beats quick and fast
Chapter 114 ***CADEN***A year later"Boss! We have a meeting scheduled with Cameron Payne," my assistant knocks on my door.I look at him and nod my head."I'll be there," I say as I stand up from my seat.I have waited for this day for so long. It's been a year. A complete one year, two days and fourteen hours that she has been away from me.I don't know where she is. What is she doing and what happened to her?I remember that night when me and Carlos reached on the research center. At that time, we realized that there is no entrance to that center until and unless Cameron Payne lets us to enter inside.And there was no way that he would let us enter inside that door. We waited for almost three days without food, without water just like a zombie but there was no trace that they were going to open that door for us.On the third day, I became unconscious and that was what brought me to the hospital.I was rushed to the hospital and was hospitalised for two days. I don't know when did
Chapter 113 ***ESTHER***"My baby was prematurely delivered and without even my consent. I was just a surrogate mother," I say and Cavendish looks at me with a shocking eyes."What? In how many months and why?" he asks me as he gulps the fire roasted meat into his mouth. Not a big piece but a small piece."Six and half months maybe. I'm afraid if the child is even alive," I look at the fire with my pensive eyes. I pray that the baby is alright and he make it to the world but even after I pray a lot I cannot think that the baby have so much chance of not making it to this world. The thought of it makes me scared but I cannot stop thinking about it.I know it's a negative thought but even after I try so hard not to think about it, it's what my mind is filled with it."Then, I'm sure the child didn't make it," he adds in it and though I know that might have happened being assured by him torments my heart to the hell.I don't say any word but just she'd tears."I promised myself that I w
Chapter 112 ***ESTHER***It's cold. It's freaking cold. My whole body feels like I am somewhere in the middle of the sea. What's this sound?Is it the sound of moving waves? That can't be. Or is it? Is it really what I am thinking of cause it feels absolutely something like that?I gently open my eyes. As soon as I open my eyes, the bright beam of sunlight almost blinds my eye.What's going on? My hands feel numb but I manage to use them. I raise them up closer to me. It's wet.I am right.I am in the water. I quickly get up from where I am lying. I look at my lower portion of the body. It's alright but I am still too weak to walk.They had performed surgeries on me. I still have my wounds in my body?I get up and sit upright in the sandy shore. I am here. I don't know where am I? He threw me over here. That damn bastard threw me over here.I look around the place. There is nothing that I can see like a civilization or human kind. This is ... Some lonely island that I have never hear
Chapter 111 ***ESTHER***I slowly open my eyes and see the world of machines, doctors and medicines all around me. There are six of them in the room. Where am I? In surgery room?I want to move my hands to see my stomach. I want to check if the baby is alright. But my hands are tied. There is no way I can reach my stomach this way.I don't feel anything over there. I guess they have ...they have already ...I cannot control myself. I don't have any energy to do that and I cannot move my lower parts of body. What did they do?I cry loud but my voice creaks. My voice doesn't come as it should have come. My tears keep on flowing from the corner of my eyes rapidly. I can feel my tears wetting my hair.But the fact that I am alive makes me happy. It gives me the courage to embrace myself one more time. And this is not decreasing my hope. Not even a little bit.I am bound to do that. I am bound to take revenge and and I will do that in any way. I am not giving up whatever they break of me.
Chapter 110 ***CADEN***I rush angrily to my dad's home. How dare he? How dare he do that to Esther? I had warned him. I had warned him numerous times but even after all of those warnings, he keeps on doing the things that always gets on my nerve.I travelled six hours long taxi ride just to see the man whom I hate so much. God damn! This man!"Cameron Payne!" I shout with a loud voice. I don't know if he is in the house. But I'm sure I'm going to kill him if I find him here.I look at his room but he isn't there. The head servant in his house comes out and informs that he isn't in the house. He set off for somewhere yesterday and hasn't returned back since then."Where? Where did he go?" I shout at him."We don't know young master," he says.I shuffle my hair in frustration and walk downstairs. I look around his house but I don't find anyone in there. Where does he keep his wife? Where does she live?I stop my feet as I turn back and ask the head servant," Where is his wife?" I ask.
Chapter 109***ESTHER***This smell! This smell is so much bad. It's the smell of tyre burning. I hate this smell. And this clouds of smoke, I can't see anything in front of me. Where am I? Where in the hell am I?I try to open my eyes but I don't get to. It's stinging like hell. What happened? What in the hell happened?I am tied on the chair. My hands are tied behind and my legs are tied too. I can feel my wedding dress hugging my body but I am not able to see anything.There isn't a single sound around here and luckily my mouth isn't taped or closed with some clothes.But God damn! I'm kidnapped. I'm kidnapped for god's sake.I try to open up the rope that has tied me from behind. I still cannot open my eyes."Caden! Caden!" I shout his name. Slowly, I remember what happened before.I was hit by someone in my head, someone from behind. I saw him. I saw that fucking bastard Cameron over there.How did he get over there? We even switched off our phones not to let him know where we we
Chapter 108***CADEN***Her smile is what I love to see the most in the whole world. We both don't know what is laid in front of our future but we really don't want to give up in any part of this journey. I know there would only hurdles in front of us but I don't want to give up on her. I want to be part of her, in her sorrows and in her happy times together.What could make me more elated than being her husband? I am more than just excited to be her husband.She wants to file a case against Cameron Payne and I have a full support in that. I hate to tell him my dad. I have always hated to but now I really don't want to get reminded that he is my dad. He is dead for me.He has made so many people suffer and cry that it's shameful to introduce him as my father. I have lost my mother because of his selfish motive and she lost her three members of her family. It's hard. It's not only the number of members but it's a emotion, the soul that he has killed.I can't tell how much I hate him.
Chapter 107***ESTHER***"For what?" she asks. I see her eyes looking at me with curiosity and innocence. But it's a first time that she has looked at me like that. She hasn't done that since I have come over here. She has been ignoring me since I came over here like I never existed in her world."For taking you wrong. For not being able to sit with you and communicate with you properly," I say."You don't have to do that. You don't need to communicate with me. I don't feel like talking with you after all," she says.That's hurts a little but I knew that from the very start."I know but can we talk? Who knows we might have something that's common," I say.She looks at me with those weird eyes and then turns back."We don't have anything in common except Caden, I guess," she says."Oh! Yeah! We both do have him as common," I follow her trying to catch with her footsteps."Why do you like him so much?" I ask. She looks at me and then returns back to walking."I don't know. Maybe because