Estella’s POV It was so embarrassing having him see me in such a miserable, downcast state. I recalled how many times I'd bluntly refused him when he came pleading to be with me again. He divorced me on the day I was confirmed to be pregnant with quadruplets and he took in my twin sister as his wife. Sometimes later, I discovered he was under a threat from no one but Adrian to let go of me, since he didn't treat me well while we were married, I didn't want to have anything to do with him. I thought Adrian was the most perfect man for me, I gave him a chance, he never disappointed, not until this very moment. When I heard the metallic door of my cell room opening, my nerves grew stiff. Cameron was coming in, the very person I was trying to avoid. I was shy and so ashamed of myself. It was really bad for him to see me this way after eight years. So, I wasn't mistaken. He was the cop from yesterday. “Estella!” His voice sounded so gentle and sympathetic. I raised my face. He handed m
Estella’s POV Adrian's threats slowly began playing in my mind one after the other. “Mom!” I heard their four voices ring out at once. Seeing me, their faces got captured with shock and pain. They then shifted their gaze to the rocky cop by the wall. “Good morning–” Alvis’ attempt to greet Cameron which would have been followed by his siblings got caught up in a wave of shock. He looked at his siblings as they exchanged glances with each other. “Mom!” They dashed towards me, staring at Cameron from the bed I sat on. “Mom, is this dad?” Gervis asked, staring with her eyes balled out. “Why do we share a similar face?” Jarvis demanded to know. I want to tell them at this moment that he's their dad but my voice choked and no word could come out of my mouth. Cameron began walking towards them, his face slightly lowered as he kept on staring at my kids. His jaw dropped and his arms which he folded so tight over his chest released. He wanted to say something further, to ask some other
Estella’s POV Cameron took a careful look at me, then cocked his head to the right. His lips move and boom, his walkie talkie is ringing again. “This should be him!” He muttered, sparking another tension. He pulls up with a determined nod, assuring me. “I'll step in!” With guilt of pulling him into Mt case, I nodded my head. “Officer, get that woman out to come sign the transfer of all of her assets back to me!” “What?” Cameron asked, pretending as though he didn't hear what Cameron just said. The moment his tone changed to a cold, passive one, I knew the battle between these two had begun but was I worth fighting for after all I had done? “Didn't you hear what I just said or it's against the law?” Adrian whined to Cameron with a serious tone. “I should alert your superior if you don't comply. You as well know my position–”“Mr. Adrian, I should label you a thief for wanting to seize what someone else toiled to acquire. First of all, you should be convicted for abuse of power.”
Estella’s POV “I sincerely regret saying that!” I said, pulling my palms together in a clap gesture and bowing my head low. His eyes never left me, at the same time he didn't say anything but turned around, walking away a bit to the entrance of the cell room. “Stop using government agencies to perpetrate your evil. If you think you're really powerful, let's take this case here and wrestle one on one as two wealthy men.” Adrian burst out into a cynical laughter. I withdrew backward to the bed, tired and wanting to ask Cameron not to do any further. “I'm tired! I'll face my fate!!” I made a hand gesture to him. “I'm trying to help you!” He lip synced to me. I nodded reluctantly. Seeing him leave the door of the cell to walk towards me, I stiffened. “I want to do this as punishment for treating you badly while you were married to me.” I heard him say further. I got totally mesmerized. “Is he trying to show his interest again or just trying to clear his guilty conscience?” I could
Estella’s POV I couldn't bring out my doubt but still I couldn't trust him being the one Adrian wanted working with. What if he's trying to instill fear into me or trying to trick me indirectly into giving off my wealth to Adrian. “But his name didn't–” “He was using a fake name to invest in your company and each time you asked to meet with the chief shareholders in your several companies, he will get someone to represent him.” “Gosh!” I sighed, looking back in shock. “Then why–” “Have you discovered why he disappeared those whole eight years after I was proclaimed dead at the hospital?” I could still remember him being the last person I saw before I passed out. Upon lying there in coma, though I was unconscious, I could sense Cameron's cologne and feel his presence. I was suffering from a broken heart syndrome over fear of separating from Adrian, since we had a quarrel that was so serious he lost interest in me and then I loved him so much. When my heart stopped as it was late
Estella’s POV I'll be a single mother all my life. I'm sorry for my kids that I can't provide them with a dad. “Estella?” “Estella?” I felt slow taps on my shoulder with my name being called, it sounded like a dream. I blinked my eyes realizing myself once again, I was swaying my body with my arms tightened across my chest as I drifted into thoughts without realizing. “Oh, I'm so sorry.” I gave off a sad smile. “I was carried away.” I managed to say, trying not to show my emotions. “Thinking? About what I just said?” I looked at him and nodded my head slowly, putting up with another smile. “It's fine. I totally understand.” Cameron assured, caressing my shoulder. “You will find a man who loves you so much.” “No! No! No!” I shook my head. “I'll keep on being a single mother. Relationships aren't for me, I don't think any man will love me and even if they do, they don't always last. It's best trying to avoid this heartbreak.” I poured out my mind while fighting hard to prevent t
Cameron's POV She was heading to our apartment. Towards reaching the door, she stopped and turned around. Her eyes darkened, she folded her lips so tight. “I'll make sure you don't get to be with my fiance!” She delivered her threat and then walked in, slamming the door against us. With her gone, I return my attention to Estella. “Estella, can you tell me what's going on?” My voice got turned into a cold, slow motion depicting how serious this was. She flinched her head, looking outside through the floor-to-ceiling glass window. She returned back to me with a deep breath. “I can't tell you anything.” She cried out suddenly, her voice was broken into cracks. “I'm not in the mood to explain anything to you and besides there's no need. We aren't getting married–” “Huh?” My heart dropped with wonder. I leaned my head towards her, giving her a hard stare. “Did you just hear it out yourself?” I muttered inside of my mind, not saying anything. “What does what I'm looking for have to do
Cameron's POV “She will be here with me till everything returns back to normal but as of today I introduced her to my fiancee, it happened they know each other but Chloe denied. Estella enquired about her boyfriend but she scolded me if I was believing her rival.” “I guess there are things she's hiding. So far I don't really know about her past life.” All of a sudden, I stopped talking and hit the table with my palm. I felt I was talking too much. “Luis?” “Yes sir.” “Get into investigation about Chloe. Chloe Patricks. I want every single detail of her life, right from birth. Run a security check on her and submit your findings within the week.” “Alright sir.” “What about me?” Charles asked. “I'm here for?” “I needed to inform you about this as well, Adrian and I have gotten into a challenge and I would be meeting with the FBI Director to report him.” “Huh? But you told him you're taking the challenge out from the police?” I nudged his shoulder as I rose up. “It's gonna be a