POV: Miguel “Is this seat taken?” I asked her with a smile on my face. I didn’t even need to ask that because I’d seen her walk into the restaurant alone and sad. I pulled out the seat next to her and I sat on it, looking into her teary eyes.She ran a hand through her hair, the soft, luxurious fabric of her dress a stark contrast to the storm brewing within her. The tears had stopped, but the ache in her chest lingered. It’s Raphael!It’s got to be Raphael, I’m sure of it. He had been so cold, so dismissive. I’ve heard stories about him, I know how brutal and heartless he can be. I’ve not had the opportunity to deal with him before, but it seems we are destined to cross paths. I keep trying to avoid him, but the more I avoid him, the more we keep clashing on different occasions.“Who hurt you, Marisol?” I asked her, forgetting that she had no idea what I was talking about. My voice startled her, pulling her back to the reality of the bustling restaurant. She looked up, her heart s
POV: Miguel I never thought the day would come when that void in my heart would be filled to the brim. I never knew I would be this happy to walk around town with the one person that has been missing in my heart all these years. I don’t even know how I managed to survive all these years without her.We went to the mall, I practically begged her to accompany me over there. I just had to buy her a present, something we would use to remember the day when we found each other. She was a bit skeptical about following me around town and getting caught on camera with the strange new guy in town.“Raphael would kill if this gets to the papers tomorrow. You know he accused me of having an affair with you this morning,” she scoffed, laughing at the idea of having an affair with me. “Why would he think that?” I asked her, feigning surprise.“Well, he caught me gawking at you while you called out to me from the crowd. I’ve never been one to care about my admirers before and be know I don’t have
POV: Miguel We went from one store to the other, picking out different outfits and accessories. It was during a stop at a jewelry store that I spotted a particular piece of jewelry that made my heart race with excitement and nervousness. I picked up the matching gold wristwatch first, glancing at the one on his wrist. It felt right, like a secret tie between them. It’s supposed to be a wristwatch for couples, but I feel we should have it, I want us to have it. It feels just right.“This looks beautiful!” I told her, drawing her attention to the matching wristwatches. She looked at me, her eyes looking sad and uncertain. I knew it was boldly written at the top that it was for couples. That alone is enough reason for her to reject my offer for this expensive matching wristwatch. “Raphael and I have the exact same thing at him. It would be so weird if I had two of the same brand of wristwatch, don’t you think?” she asked me smiling beautifully as she walked over to another brand on the
POV: Miguel“What games see you playing with me, Vera, why did you deceive me?” I heard Austin yelling at his wife, his coming sounding mean and arrogant. “Games?What games, my love?I wasn’t playing any games, what are you talking about?” She asked him, her voice a little bit shaky. It’s either she is terribly scared of him or she is lying her ass off to save her own skin. “The call was a lie, I didn’t get any damn contract from Raphael Hawkins, dammit!I wasn’t even allowed to get past security because he gave that order before he left his office. He made me look like a fool, and it's all your fault Vera, you advised me to go for that contract, you told me it was going to be great. Why did you tell me to go, Vera, did you make me leave the house just so you could host Raphael Hawkins and Dominic fucking Morell!” he yelled in her face, making her gasp in shock and land a hot slap on his cheek, hitting him so hard that his cheek turned the other way.“All I do, I do because of you,
POV: Miguel “Do you know who I am?” I asked again, my stern gaze fixed on him. He squinted his eyes to stare at me closely, his forehead creasing in thought. He is obviously thinking about it deeply, wondering who I am. His face doesn’t even look as if he has a wild guess, he looked completely lost, giving me a look that say that there is no way in hell that he would know someone like me.I still stood outside the grand Kendall mansion, my heart racing with anger, livid anger. I can’t believe that I’m still left standing outside like a fucking nobody. When I pressed this doorbell, I was hoping to be recognized as the twin brother of the child they had stolen. I nearly heaved a sigh of relief when Austin Kendall opened the door himself. But here he is, his expression was one of suspicion as if I were a thief or a fucking nuisance.“Who the hell are you?” he repeated, eyeing me like a criminal. Frustration boiled within me, I couldn't believe he was still repeating the same question to
POV: Miguel “Pay Daddy and let me make you a happy man, my love. Who needs Victoria when you can have all of this and more,” she lets out excitedly, coming to stand in front of me.“Why don’t you be a good boy and pay the damn money!” She added annoyingly, rubbing her hand on my head and caressing my cheeks and moving down to my chest. I caught her hand before she could go any further and I twisted her hand to her back, making her yell in pain and call out to her parents and the guards, crying out for help.“Who the hell do you even think that you are?Do you know what I can do to you and your parents?Have you ever tried to investigate my family background, do you know what I am capable of?” I screamed at her, holding her hand backward until the guards pulled her out of my hand. Even after I was pulled away, I continued moving in her direction to strangle her to death. How did they raise her to be so evil and manipulative?If she could be this mean to me that she is meeting for the
POV: Victoria “Miguel Myers…” I thought to myself as I smiled brightly, thinking of his smile, his beautiful smile. I sat on my bed, a soft smile dancing on my lips as I replayed the day’s events in her mind. Meeting Miguel Myers had been unexpected but delightful, so amazing. He had listened to me, like truly listened, as I poured out my thoughts and feelings, something I hadn’t realized I craved until now. The way he engaged with me, nodding and responding with genuine interest, made me feel valued. His eyes, those beautiful eyes that made me feel as if I was looking into a mirror. I can’t forget him so soon, I can’t get thoughts of him out of my head, he’s just so amazing and special. My new special bestie.Tomorrow, we are set to have lunch together, and the anticipation bubbled within me. I just can’t wait to be with him all day again, it's amazing how we share so many similarities. I wonder if we would be ordering for the same foods and drinks. I would love to know what he lik
POV: Victoria “What is it with you and these boys, why won’t you stop hanging out with these boys that are taking you away from your family?First, it was Raphael Hawkins, he’s the reason why we are hiding out in the middle of nowhere, he brought us here and now your father thinks that we are cowards!” She let out furiously. “How about you be grateful for once Mom!He saved you and Claire from Dad, he is the reason why Dad didn’t hurt us at the hospital and even when we got back home. He is the reason why we are alive mom, he saved us!” I shot back angrily, glaring daggers at her. She was taken aback by my outburst, I guess she is used to me being the calm one among her kids. I never get this upset, I try not to. But this time, I couldn’t hold it in any longer and her er expression softened slightly, but the tension remained. “You need to focus on Claire. She’s the one who’s suffering, not you. You should be doing everything you can to bring her home. She is your only sister and s
POV: RaphaelIt took a few days for the girls to get back on their feet. Turns out the poison Eloise used on them is a deadly chemical that could turn them invalid for the rest of their lives if not handled properly. If they had stayed there longer for her to administer another dosage, it would have been detrimental to their health. Good thing we got to them on time, good thing we took her out before she could hurt them more than she already has, especially Victoria who is a few weeks pregnant with my child. She had no idea she was pregnant, I had no fucking idea. It was discovered during her body exam at the hospital, and I couldn’t be happier in my life. This changes everything…It doesn’t just validate our relationship; it’s going to keep every other man away from her; it will be the one reason why I will fight everyone, including my grandfather, just to keep her. I couldn’t take my eyes away from her, even when she fell asleep on the hospital bed. It’s amazing to know that a lit
POV: VictoriaSo it turns out that Eloise Kendall was still lying and playing games with us down to the last minute. After the building exploded, Raphael got up as fast as he could and ran up to me, making sure I was okay. Miguel was here the next second, and they smothered me with love and care, checking to see if I was not hurt. “Claire…My sister…Where is my sister, where is Claire?” I managed to ask in my confused state, turning around to find her. They heard me asking for her, and they turned around with me, searching for her. We spotted her in Dominic’s arms as he struggled to get her to wake up.“No! No! No! No!Claire!Wake up!Claire!” I called out to her, struggling to get up but failing miserably as usual. Raphael took one look at me, and he turned in my direction, and he knew I needed my sister. “Stay with her; keep her safe!” he told Miguel as he left my side and ran to Claire’s side, administering mouth-to-mouth while Dominic called out to her, yelling at the top of h
POV: Victoria“Move away from here; she has a bomb; she is going to kill us all!” I yelled in Carl’s direction as I saw him approaching us slowly, thinking that my Mom was not seeing him. Of course, she is seeing him through the device in her hand; she knew the moment they took off the power grid that they were here. She came up to us and smiled excitedly, clapping her hands as if it were the happiest day of her life.“The guys are here to save you. Your Prince Charming has arrived, and they came prepared to save you. Are you not excited?” She asked us, smiling so happily. I turned to Claire in fear, and she had the same look of fear on her face, too. “Let them go, Mom; they don’t have to die because of us,” I begged her.“Of course, they do. Why the hell would you ever think that they deserve to live, why would you think that?” she asked me angrily.“I have been waiting for them for so long, they are the reason why we are still here. Of course, they would get what they deserve; the
POV: Raphael“How is he?” I asked Miguel a few minutes later after he spoke to the guys he put in charge of his parents. We have been waiting for their report and for a minute there we thought that something bad has happened, we thought they were under another attack from Eloise. We were contemplating whether or not to cancel the mission tomorrow and go back to Havana to save the Myers and get them out of town before coming back to face Eloise. But the call came in just a few minutes before we made the decision to cancel the mission. Turns out that the guys are even more efficient than we thought. Immediately after Shaun came out from surgery, they moved him and the Myers out of the hospital and took them to a safe house outside the city. “You did good, guys; I’m proud of you. Where are they now? Where did you take them?” he asked the boys after confirming that they were safe. “I’m sorry boss, but we can’t disclose our location to anyone yet, not even you, Mr Myers.” They told him
POV: RaphaelWe were all awake all night, going over the plans over and over again, looking for any flaws. Dominic and I did not have any misunderstanding as we worked together, in fact, you will never know that we even had a fight before we started. Saving the girls is more important to us and that’s what we focused on.We could not walk up to the front gate together because that was where she was expecting us to follow. We flew a drone over the property, and we saw that half of her security guards were stationed at the entrance, waiting patiently for us. I’m sure that she must be expecting us to show up at her gate any moment from now. I mean, she wasn’t expecting us to back down, was she?“Get the helo ready, we leave two hours after the ground team,” I instructed Carl. We decided to split the teams into two so one team could create a diversion while the second team sneaks into the house and saves the girls. We agreed to use a helicopter to drop a few guys on the building while th
POV: Raphael“If you are here to give me attitude and make my job more difficult for me, I suggest you get the fuck out of here right now. I’m too busy to deal with your attitude, Raphael, I mean it!” He told me furiously, glaring daggers at me. It’s obvious to everyone looking that this guy is angry with me for a completely different reason. I mean, he cannot be this furious because I said I wasn’t helping, right?“I’ll do anything to save Victoria, even if it means putting up with your bullshit!” I told him, repeating my earlier response and ignoring his earlier comments about my attitude.“Are you testing my patience? Are you trying to piss me off?” he yelled at me, letting the others turn to us curiously as they wondered what was going on between us. I turned to face him and he came to stand in front of me, glaring at me as if he wanted to punch me.“If you have something to say, why don’t you say it to my fucking face, Dominic. You keep saying you have moved past my betrayal, but
POV: Raphael“Shaun, what is going on over there, Are you hurt?” Miguel asked him in a panicked tone as he got up immediately and viewed his body to see where he was shot. I’d already seen it when the nurse took his phone but I didn’t say anything because I don’t want to get him more worried and upset than he is presently. He was shot in the chest and stomach, and I could tell that he is in pain, but he is just faking it to put Miguel’s mind at ease. It would break Everyone if something bad happens to him. I know I only just met the guy today, but trust me, I would feel it too because he is such a great guy and he doesn’t deserve to die. I see him like Carl, he is loyal to a fault, just like Carl. I could see it in his eyes that he would do anything to protect the Myer’s, even putting his life at risk for them. He is still bleeding from the gunshots, the bullet has not been taken out and the bleeding has not stopped. He must have lost a lot of blood while waiting for Juliette Mye
POV: Raphael“If you had a way of getting them back all this while, why haven’t you done so yet, why are they still being held hostage, Mr perfect plans?” Dominic retorted angrily.“ It’s your perfect plans that got me into trouble with Carlos Gonzalez in the first place, remember?” He asked again, scoffing at my words. I wanted to refute his decision one more time, but he stopped me with a wave of his hand, dismissing what I had to say as if it didn’t matter. “Save it, Ralph, I don’t want to hear it!” He told me angrily, glaring at me. “Tomorrow, I’m saving the girls and bringing them home to their family and loved ones. You can keep planning and stalling for as long as you want, I don’t care. But I’ll advise you to stay the fuck out of my way before you get hurt!” he warned me, walking past me and heading back outside. He turned around when he got to the door and he turned to Miguel and said,“I'm going out there to make plans on how to save your sister and my woman. You can
POV: RaphaelI didn’t want to deal with Dominic now because I knew that he must be so furious with me for keeping him in the dark all this while. I have not been sending updates to him as he instructed. I’ve been too busy to even think about him. As expected, he was angry with me, and his tone was so rude when I called to inform him that Miguel and I were crashing at his house tonight. I thought he was just being unnecessarily angry. I mean, I know I didn’t call him to give him updates, but he should have called me to, right?When he didn’t hear from either me, Carl, or even Miguel, he should have known that something was wrong, and he should have called to find out what was happening. He knows the enemy we are facing is so cunning and evil. He should have called us to check up on us and see if we were okay. But he didn’t call either, and now he is pissed at me for nothing.I was getting ready to give him a piece of my mind, but when I set my eyes on him, I immediately felt guilt