"The burn was a second-degree burn, so it didn't cause much damage," Dr Tessa explained, looking from Vincent to Diane, who was behaving like a two years old baby.
"But she keeps complaining of pain," Vincent said. "Don't worry, your wife has a very fragile skin, I already administered pain killer to her, so she would be fine," the doctor said, amused by the two lovebirds. The way they had bashed into the hospital Emergency Room screaming that there was an emergency, altering every doctor, only for them to realize that it was just a minor burn.
"You must dot on your wife, Sir, to bring her to the hospital just because of this small injury. A home first aid box would have solved the problem," the doctor added verbally admiring them.
Diane smiled, she knew how much Vincent loved her but she didn't think others would be able to see it as well, if only they had met sooner, she would have been the one with the title of 'Mrs Russell'
"Oh my gosh, did we make it obvious," Diane began blushing. "We really love each other, so we can't help showing our affection everywhere, I hope we didn't make you uncomfortable," Diane said.
"No, you guys are actually admirable and would definitely have cute kids in the future," the doctor said.
"We do have a son, and he is really cute," Vincent said. Out of his three kids, Jason, Ryan, and Rumi, he was particularly very proud to be Jason's father. He loved him more and would go out of his way just to make him happy, perhaps because Diane happens to be his mother.
"A girl would look more pretty," Dr Tessa teased, and they all laughed.
"You should rest for a while. The pain killer is very strong, so you might feel light-headed and dizzy," Dr Tessa said before she left.
Diane turned towards Vincent, giving him her cute puppy eyes. "Come on darling, the doctor said you would be fine. It's just a minor burn," Vincent said, patting her hair gradually.
"It's not just a minor burn. It's a second-degree burn, and from what I know about burn, they do leave a scar. What if this does leaves a scar on my precious thumb?" Diane whined. "Don't worry dear, it won't even if it does leave a scar, no one would notice because they would be so mesmerized by your beauty to even look at your thumb," Vincent said. His voice was so soft and gentle that it could easily pass off for a therapeutic consolation podcast.
"Did you see how Leilani behaved when I burned myself? She didn't even care about me, I was in pain, but she just sat there as if nothing happened, even when mother told her to get some ointment, I saw her, she didn't hasten her steps, she just walked gradually, she didn't even care about me and she spent alot of time getting the ointment, like how hard is it to get an ointment. I didn't even care her say sorry, she didn't call me sugar or try to share in my pain, she was just there and it seems she was happy that I got burned, she was happy, I saw her lips curve in a smile when I asked her if my injury would leave a scar, trust me, she was happy," Diane whined.
Vincent smiled at her, patting her head gently. "I know, but Leilani should be the least of your worries. In fact, she shouldn't even worry you. You are the one that I love, and nothing would ever change that," Vincent kissed her, gentle on her lips.
Diane was convinced that Vincent loved her more than he loved his wife, but she wasn't sure how long the love with love, even though they had a son together, but Vincent was always with Leilani, he sees her everyday, she is the last person he sees before going to bed and the first person he sees when he wakes up. She was jealous that Vincent sleeps and wakes up close to another woman and not her.
"If you love me that much, why don't you divorce her, just end your marriage with her already," Diane said.
"You of all people should know that I can't do that. I can't divorce Leilani. Trust me, if I could, I would have done so a long time ago. You know my grandfather dots on her more than anyone else in the family. Divorcing her might make me lose out on my inheritance," Vincent said.
"For the love of God, your grandfather is old, the man is crippled, why would a crippled man be the one standing on the way of our love. Jason would be five years soon, and he keeps calling another man's father. we need to be together as one big family," Diane paused. She touched Vincent's face carelessly before she placed a kiss on his lips. "Honey, you are the heir, the mainstay of the Russell conglomerates. Your grandfather would be the biggest fool of the century to disinherit you just because you divorced that nobody, Leilani. Jason is your first son, which makes him your heir, and I want everyone to know that Jason is the fourth generation heir and not that useless autistic boy, Ryan. Besides, you don't have to worry about your grandfather. Your mother is quite capable, she is the vice-president of the conglomerates and she would never let your father disinherit you, and she likes me more than Leilani, we really don't have anything to worry about," Diane said.
"Look, I understand how you feel, darling, but let's play it safe. My mother loves you, but she doesn't know about us or even Jason, so no one knows how she would react when she finds out. As for being capable, she might be but not compared to my grandfather. He hasn't resigned yet, which means he is still the chairman and president of the conglomerates. He is the highest shareholder, and he hasn't even named the heir and trust ne darling, I might be the CEO, but that does not mean that I am the most capable out of everyone in the Russell family. My grandfather can be a hassle, and he really dots on Leilani. He might name her heir ahead of her kids," Vincent said.
"What? Her son is autistic for the love of God. Does no one see that? Besides, how would he name her heir when she isn't even his daughter," Diane asked pissed. Everything about Leilani pissed her off, and she was tired of the pretense of being her friend, smiling and giggling around her.
"Have you forgotten? My mum stepped in as an aftercomer when my dad was terrible ill and later on passed away. Leilani is his granddaughter-in-law, which makes her family, and we have a daughter, Rumi. The Russell family do have a lot of family rules and traditions but there is nowhere it is written that girls are exempted from the line of succession, besides Ryan might be autistic but he isn't dumb, he is strangely brilliant and intelligent," Vincent paused thinking about his son's condition for the first time. He has read about autistic and from what he knows, Ryan was really extraordinary.
"Are you taking Leilani's side right now, or do you also plan on naming Ryan your heir when you take over the conglomerates?" Diane yelled angrily.
"No, I love you, and I love Jason more than anyone. He would forever be my first choice. All I am saying is that we should play it safe so we won't lose everything to Leilani and her kids, We should think about Jason, always," Vincent said.
Diane exhaled deeply, seeing reasons with Vincent. He was right after all. She can't just bear to lose anything to Leilani, not even the most useless thing. She just wants to take everything from Leilani and watch her perish.
Leilani scanned the entire room, looking for the perfect spot to place the suckyi flower. She had promised Mr George that she would take proper care of the flower even though the flower had the rare ability of thriving in all conditions. She still felt the need to be careful with it.Leilani frowned. The room was big, but there was no place suitable for the flower. Vincent had installed a small book shelf in the room, which occupied most of the space, plus her large dressing table, which took its own space. She would have dropped it close to their large bed, but Vincent wasn't a fan of flowers. He had a strange allergy for flowers, which he made sure Leilani was aware of just in case she kept questioning the reason why he had never gifted her any flowers since they met and got married."Why don't we go find you a new spot," Leilani said, leaving the room. She made her way to her kids' room. It was very spacious, and she wouldn't have to worry about Vincent liking it or
Leilani walked into the Novena University Teaching Hospital in the company of Jason, holding firmly a bouquet of rose flowers and a fruit basket even though she didn't see the need for all those things. It was a small burn, so Diane had no reason to be at the hospital or even stay that long, but Leilani knew she had to pretend to take all those things along with her to the hospital. If there was anything she noticed about Diane and Mrs. Madeleine, it would be that those two were really close, and it won't be no shocker if Diane opened her big mouth to narrate how the hospital visitation went to Mrs Madeleine."Hi, Good evening, I'm here to see Mrs Diane Timmer," Leilani smiled at the receptionist. "Okay," she said. She glanced at her computer, and after a few seconds, she got Diane's room number. "She is at the vip ward, room 3. Here is your visitation ID card," the young girl said, handing her over a vip hospital visitation ID card."Thank you," Leilani said before ma
"Was Richard here?" Leilani asked, surprised. Her eyes fixed on her Diane, who just smiled awkwardly, thinking of a convincing lie that won't expose herLeilani was sure Richard went for a business trip. The guy is a totally freak obsessed with his updating his live location whenever he traveled out, and currently, his live location was South Africa. Besides, Diane mentioned something about Richard having a bad day at work and had to travel fitca for a quick business trip, which is why they didn't attend her wedding anniversary."Erm, no, Richard traveled," Diane said, stunning Dr Tessa. "Traveled, but he was just here moments ago. You both were cuddling and being all lovey dovey," Dr Tessa frowned, looking from her to Leilani.Leilani scoffed. She didn't need to be told whom Diane was being all lovey dovey with. It was her husband."Sugar you know Vincent is such a protective type, he was so scared that I got hurt so he was taking extra care of me, every
"Make sure you don't go about disgracing the Russell family or even Diane Timmer, unlike you who doesn't know how much effort it takes to build up a reputation. Some of us do actually do, and some went as far as contributing their effort to build the reputation," Mrs Madeleine said, breaking the dead silence in the dining table.Leilani glanced at her, knowing fully well that the speech was for her. Vincent had left for his emergency business trip to China and won't return till after one week which leaves her in charge of dropping off the kids at school against Mrs Madeleine wish, whom didn't want her to be the one present and the Teachers, Parents and Pupil first meeting."Leilani isn't a fool. She can handle the twins very well," Mr George said. Aside from him, no other person actually has the balls to talk to Mrs Madeleine, not even her sons, daughter, or daughter-in-law. They all worshipped her like a goddess scared to get into her bad books.Mrs Madeleine s
Leilani walked into the kindergarten meeting room, disrupting the meeting, which started about thirty minutes ago and dragging all attention to herself.She smiled, looking at the eyes of the patents, especially the mothers who seemed to be stunned by her breathtaking beauty and aura. Leilani would have easily walked in through the back door, but she decided to enter through the front door, which was directly close to the stage where everyone had their attention. She had gone through a lot at Dérévé and spent a lot for no one to notice her or her outfit.Leilani smiled even harder, bowing gradually to the young lady who was addressing the parents before she entered."Sorry, I'm late, I had an emergency to attend to," Leilani said, finally approaching her. She didn't bother to go into details with the emergency she had since she already guessed the lady would obviously think it's a work emergency."Welcome, Mrs....?" Dean Jane as
It has been over a week since Leilani attended the Heritage kindergarten opening meeting, and still no phone calls from angry parents or the school complaining about the dissatisfaction they felt because of the scene Leilani created. Every member of the family was stunned, but none was as stunned as Diane and Mrs Madeleine. Leilani had quite the reputation of messing up everything and creating a huge mess. She had low self-esteem, so she would always stammer when talking to others, even those of a lower class than her, which made everyone make jest of her and call her a chicken mum.Diane was expecting to receive the news about Leilani and probably carry her signature name "Chicken Mum" over to the next school, but Leilani seemed to have managed to scale her way out in one piece. Mrs Madeleine, on the other hand, was particularly angry. She had practiced so many curse words to use on Leilani when the news of the mess she created comes in. She had plans of shaming her in front
Leilani stared deeply at the seat Diane had occupied and chuckled. She had spent the entire week investing her time and energy thinking of the possible things she could do if Diane came up with a flimsy excuse for not giving her back her shares and out of the many things she thought, starting her own line of business topped the chart besides she had the knowledge of the future which could help her know the business to invest on, but that wasn't enough. Her knowledge of the future was vital and important, but she needed more than that if she was going to fight the Russell family and Diane and win the war. The plan was good, but it would be perfect if she had some sort of alliance, a group of rich friends, or rather acquaintance and then a muse for the public to see while she stirred things up from behind. That was the only way she could succeed easily without dragging much attention to herself, especially the attention of the Russell family.Leilani exhaled deeply, staring into her ph
Leilani walked out of the Tarrot shop with the words of the shaman lingering in her mind. She had thought her knowledge of the future was all she needed, but then, there was still a lot of work that still needed to be done, to he sure she and her children didn't suffer the same fate as they did in their previous life.She stood motionless and her eyes fixed on the tarot shop as the Shaman's voice echoed deep into her head. "You are either alive or dead. The path your life takes depends on the choices you make. You were given a second chance to correct your mistakes and navigate your life better, but whether you would continue to live or die, depends on how well you do, but remember, what is bound to happen will happen, there are certain events that can't be truly avoided no matter how well you navigate your life, it is simply at every route you take and it must happen, that is what you call fate, it can never be changed but then, there is one thing that can be changed, that is the per