Mary's life"That evil man is my father, Mr. Agostino is my biological father so I know that much." ."I'm so sorry to hear this Mary," Anna couldn't help but apologize. "You don't need to feel sorry for me or anyone else, this is my fate, although it appears bad I'll live through it with pride."Anna took her gaze down, she felt bad and embarrassed with herself for her dislike for Mary, she never imagined that Mary lived such painful life."One fateful day I annoyed that evil man, I broke a glass cup while trying to serve him and his visitors, he got so angry and decided to discharge me. The man didn't see me as a useful object and he wanted to discharge me with his own hands so he took his hand around my neck and started strangling me.I was around 23 at that time, he didn't even let me attend college because he saw it as a waste of time. While he was strangling me Sir Ace ran out from his room and knocked him to the floor. I was almost out of breath at that time but I saw the angr
Photo albumAnna watched in shock as Ace stood in the middle of her room."What is that?" Ace pointed to the album still laying on the bed and that was when she snapped back to her senses."Ye... Yes, you can come in," Anna closed the door and rushed towards him."Oh, that? That is an album, the children's photo album." She took the album and gave it to him."You can check the pictures out," Anna smiled.Ace sat down on the sit he found and opened it, he started flipping through the pages slowly as he saw cute poses of the children. And for the first time since Anna knew Ace, she saw him laugh a little when he saw a funny pose Riccardo made, he was only three there. "Riccardo right?" He asked still laughing."Yes, he is the one, I don't know why he makes these funny faces whenever his picture is about to be taken.""Is that all?" After going through the two albums Anna gave him, he implored."No, there are more actually but I usually don't touch them for fear of misplacing one of th
Awestruck"I... I think I forgot something," Anna turned and ran away. She has been ogling Ace for the past 2 minutes non-stop, she doesn't understand how it happened but when she realized herself and saw Ace standing right in front of her, she became too embarrassed and had to run away.Even Lady Mary saw it, she saw how she kept staring at Ace without blinking.Shit! Shit! What happened to me? What the hell happened to me? Why did I suddenly freeze? I'm so stupid. Anna made to slap herself but remembers the makeup she is wearing.Anna paced about the room thinking of how she could face Ace.He must be expecting me back there, what to do? I don't think I can face him after embarrassing myself like that. Anna began panting, she was becoming anxious and that increased at the sound of his voice."Anna?" Ace knocked and called."Anna, are you okay?""Yes... Yes I am, I just need to finish with this and...""Open the door," he requested and her heart skipped a beat.No please, she bit her
Rude bitch! "It's that lady over there, she's the bitch babe, she's the bitch!" Anna saw the lady from earlier yell while pulling a guy beside her.Anna scoffed and stopped walking and watched as the lady matched to her in anger.She looked back but Ace wasn't in sight, she felt happy at that because she doesn't want Ace to witness the lady's rudeness. The lady got to her and stopped."Hey bitch, pick it out!" The lady dropped her purse in front of Anna, and Anna scoffed again in disbelief.Some customers in the restaurant took out their phones to record them while some moved closer to watch with their own eyes.The guy with the lady also came forward and stood behind the bitchy lady."I'll count to ten, if you don't pick it, I'll...""You'll what? What are you gonna do?" Anna snapped.I need to get rid of this lady before Ace comes out and sees this, this is so embarrassing. Anna thought."Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Look at this rude crazy bitch," the lady moved around Anna while cla
GistAce and Anna got back to the house a few minutes past 7:00 pm to find the kids happily waiting for them."Your parents are home guys," Bay announced and they ran to greet them. The kids asked them where they went to and if they could follow them to the place next time but Anna covered up by asking them questions about their new school.**After the family were done with dinner, everyone went to their specific room to round up and sleep. Bay came to Anna's room with a huge smile on her face."Tellll meeee! Don't allow me to ask, just spill the whole thing." Bay jumped and this made Anna laugh."Stop laughing and tell me already, how did you pull that off? And your makeup looks amazing, who did it cos I know you didn't do that." She teased.Anna started the story and when she got to the bitchy lady's side, Bay frowned in annoyance."I wish I was there with you, I'd have ripped her clothes off and left her naked," Bay threatened."Yes I believe you, I also wished you were with me a
A baddie Anna stormed to Bay's room and knocked on the door, she kept knocking on the door until Bay opened."My god Anna, what is it? Come in," Bay ushered her in but she refused."Do you know a club around here?""Yes, why? Anna, did something happen?""Get dressed, let's go out," Anna said and immediately left for her room to also get dressed.Bay went into her room and got dressed as Anna requested, she picked up her phone and came out to find Lady Mary waiting for her."Why was she here?""I don't know, I'm about to find out, it seems something happened, she asked to go clubbing," Bay told her."You are not in America anymore, Bay. It's dangerous here, Padrino has enemies everywhere.""I know but what can I do? Should I refuse her request?"Lady Mary sighed and looked away."I'll tell the guards to secretly follow you, it's safer that way." Lady Mary informed her before leaving to do as she said.Bay went up to Anna's room to find her fully dressed for the outing, but the outfit
HangoverAnna tossed on her bed for a while before convincing herself to sit up, immediately she sat up, a wave of headache hit her.She groaned and held her head in pain. The door opened and Lady Mary came in."You are finally awake," she said."I'll be back," she closed the door and went out, she returned a few minutes later with a cup of tea."Here, it'll help your hangover," Lady Mary gave her and she accepted it after thanking her.After drinking it, she felt very pressed so she rushed to the toilet and released herself.She returned seconds later to find Lady Mary dressing her bed."You don't have to do that Mary, please leave it, I'll do it," Anna tried taking the bedspread from her but Mary insisted."You should have your bath and change your dress, you reek of alcohol." Lady Mary scrunched her nose.Anna accepted and left her, she looked at the time to see that it was past 10 am."Oh my gosh! The kids," she screamed."They are already in school Anna, you don't need to worry
"I apologize, I shouldn't have... I should have asked more questions, I should have made you more happy but I didn't, forgive me." As he said this, he moved closer to her.Anna didn't say anything but instead continued crying."Anna please, can you just look at me? I misunderstood you, it's my fault okay?" Ace continued.Anna stopped crying and turned to look at him."Will you bring them back? Those guards," she implored."Yes, I will do that today, I'll get them back to their job," Ace said."Promise?""Yes, I promise," Ace promised.He sat down beside her but Anna moved to give him space. Anna moved again but he moved closer to her."Why? Why do you keep doing this? Why do you keep confusing me?" She half yelled."I won't beat around the bush, I need you to be on my side, Anna," Ace informed."You should have said that from the beginning instead of doing this- trying to confuse me that..." She paused and heaved heavily."I'll apologize again, I don't know what you heard that got you
The betrayer Anna huffed out in anger and also went out, she saw the guys holding Desmond in a corner and walked to them."Let him go," Anna demanded, glaring right at them."Miss, we can't do that unless we are...""Let him go," Cosimo said behind them and they immediately let Desmond go.Anna grabbed his arm and pulled him to where her driver and Bay were waiting.She asked Desmond to get into the car while she got in through the other side."Take us to the nearest hospital, they dropped him into some water," Anna said to the driver and the driver ignited the engine of the car."Anna?" Bay called."Not now Bay, don't say a word to me," Anna demanded and Anna kept quiet.Desmond couldn't take his eyes off Anna as the driver took them to the nearest hospital, he was ashamed of himself and wanted to apologize and thank her but at the same time, he didn't know how to open his mouth and say it. They arrived at the hospital in no time and Anna made sure Desmond got admitted, as Anna tur
** Three Days Later **"Now are you ready to say the truth, Desmond?" Cosimo asked.They were back to interrogate him."No, fûck you! How can you keep me here and don't bother to feed me?" Desmond snorted."I see that you have regained your energy," Cosimo walked around him. He was tied to an iron chair and made to face Ace and Cosimo."Bring in the torture tools, we will get the truth out of you whether you want it or not," Cosimo threatened.Some guys brought in some tools and kept them in front of Desmond."We will use all these on you until you decide to tell us some truth Desmond," Cosimo pointed to the torture tools and this creeped Desmond out."Can I ask you a question?""Yes, what is your question?" Cosimo inquired."Anna didn't send you to do this so why are you doing this? And what are you to Anna?""That's two questions, Desmond and I'll answer just one.""We are doing this because we can. Now will you be obedient enough to answer my questions or do you want to be tortured
Stubborn DesmondOne of Capo Vico's boys dumped a bucket of water on Desmond and he opened his eyes, Desmond lost consciousness due to the beating so they had to wake him up again, they lifted and dragged him to Ace's feet. Then made him kneel in front of Ace.Water mixed with his blood dripped down his body as he knelt there weakly."So what were you saying and which bitch were you referring to?" Ace questioned but Desmond kept quiet, he was too weak to open his mouth and speak."Vico," Ace called when Desmond didn't reply, and Vico had one of his guys hit him on his head with a wooden stick.Desmond collapsed on the floor but he was forced to kneel properly in front of Ace.His eyes were swollen and his nose was broken, blood kept coming out of his nose and other part of his body as he stayed there like a mommy."Repeat what you said Desmond, I'm waiting," Ace told."I'm... I'm sorry, I apologize. I shouldn't have done that... I'll give her 50 perfect of it, 50, I can even make it 6
Tied "Hey! Bastards! Untie me right now!" Desmond yelled at the top of his voice to attract the guys outside the room, he has been hearing their voices for quite some time but none of them came."Bastards! Fools come and untie me!!" Desmond kept yelling at them."You want some money right? Tell me the amount you want and get this off me."The large door that looks like a gate opened and Desmond stopped screaming. He watched as the men from last night came into the room one after the other.Desmond counted them with his eyes and they were 14 in total."Come and untie me, took you guys long enough, and where is that bitch? Where is Sharon?" Desmond groaned as one of the guys came up to him and slapped him hard across the cheek."Will you stop acting like a girl? Even girls don't aren't this noisy," the guy glared at him and the other guys laughed."You are a bastard you know that right?" Desmond gritted his teeth in anger."Take your eyes down," the guy commanded."Untie me now when I
Blackmail. Deceit.Bay constantly turned to stare at Anna as the driver drove them back to the house.When Bay continued staring at her, Anna had to speak up."What do you want to say Bay?""You know they lied to you to con you, don't you?" Bay grunted."I know that," Anna mumbled."Then why did you still give him the money? Why did you allow them to con you that way? The both of them deceived you, it's unacceptable." Bay frowned."He did a lot of things...""I don't care what he did for you Anna but deceiving you to get some money is a crime, he should be punished for it.""I've always wanted to repay his kindness to me, even when I realized they were deceiving me, I still had to pretend like I haven't caught their lies. I'm happy that I no longer owe him, in the future when I see him, I can easily walk past him without a feeling of remorse," Anna explained but that didn't alleviate Bay's anger.She was boiling inside at what Sharon and Desmond did to Anna and she stayed that way til
Conning "I have a question for you, what will you do if Anna picks another man over you?""Where is this coming from Cosimo?" Ace furrowed his brows."I'm just saying, what if Anna meets up with another man and somehow falls in love with him, what will you do?" Ace stopped working and dropped his pen. Once again they were in his office."I guess it's her choice, I can't change that," Ace replied."Won't it break your heart?""Break my heart? I don't think so, I might feel a little bad but I don't think it'll break my heart," Ace answered."Are you saying that because you want to give me an answer or it's the truth?" Cosimo cross-questioned.Ace frowned but didn't say a word until they heard a knock and Anna's voice came up."She's back," Cosimo whispered then opened the door.Anna came in and greeted the two men."I came here because I saw your missed calls," Anna said."Yes, I heard you went out and called to check up on you," Ace told."Okay I'll go to my room," Anna said and immed
Infidelity"No, it can. It will change a lot, I came back because of you, I already filled for divorce from Sharon, I don't love her at all, that makes me a free man, I can freely marry you, just like we planned, just like before my love, and we'll have up to 5 healthy children just like we planned so please give me a chance, listen to me. I promise to clear things out, give me a chance please?" "Desmond...""What did you just say, Desmond? Did you say you filed for a divorce?" Sharon rushed into the house, she looked ready to kill Desmond."Sharon, can we just talk later?" Desmond groaned."No, there is no later, I want to hear you say that again," Sharon moved closer to them but Garbo dragged her back and dragged her out of the house."When you are done talking you can tell me," Garbo came back and said to them."Please don't worry about Sharon, Sharon deceived me and made me marry her, she threatened me with her child after you left, she said she was going to expose me if I don't
Her Ex"Is Anna going somewhere?" Cosimo asked and took a seat in the visitor's chair."I don't know, why do you ask?" Ace asked as he worked on his laptop. They were in his office."Nothing, I saw her leaving the house a while ago and I think I know where she is headed.""Hmm," Ace hummed."I think she's headed to her ex," Cosimo added and Ace stopped what he was doing and looked at Cosimo."Now you are interested," Cosimo sighed."Which ex are we talking about here?""The ex we visited, her fiance," Cosimo waved his hands."Him? What was his name again and why is she visiting him?""Desmond, his name is Desmond, I don't know why she looked for him. You can ask her if you want to know more," Cosimo said."No, there is no need to bother with it, it's her business and I don't think she wants me involved in it.""Are you sure because I made investigations and found out that her ex is already married and he has a son who is almost a year older than your kids?""So what does that mean?""
Desmond "So you haven't heard? Desmond was cheating on you with different ladies on a daily basis, Sharon was his main hoe and he finally married her in your place when you left, I thought that was the reason you broke up with him. I thought you found out about this," "No, I... I... I don't know about this," Anna found it hard to believe."Desmond is a man whore, he doesn't deserve someone as faithful as you, could you believe that everyone found out about his unfaithfulness but he turned it against you and said you were the cause of it.He said it was because you were not giving him what he wants, he said you were satisfying him enough so he had to satisfy himself outside, I had to hit him when he said those shameful words, he can't turn this on you." Garbo went on and kept talking about the incident from the past."Garbo... Garbo, can we stop here for now? I have something to do, I have an appointment to catch up on, I'll visit you properly next thing, I'll also call before visiti