CELINE POV-* * ( C O N T I N U A T I O N O F T H E F L A S B A C K ) * *-“M-Mom… D-Dad…”Horror filled my entire system when I realized my parents were also here. I didn’t know my parents were also here.My body trembled not because of hunger but because of my parents, who were both glowering me.“What do you think you’re doing? Are you leaving this room? For what? Show the people downstairs and get their attention?”I quickly shook my head in denial of what they were saying. “I just want to get something to eat.” I almost cried because I was so scared. “I haven’t eaten since yesterday..”“And you want us to believe what you say?” my father asked me as he unbuckled his belt.My feet voluntarily retreated away from them to get away. By the time they got close to me, that thick belt was sure to hit my skin until it broke.When they entered my room, they closed the door.“You deserve to be taught a lesson,” my mother said angrily. “Then remember that you should not disobey
CELINE POV-Lance hugged me without breaking the kiss. He pressed his body towards me until he walked and I couldn’t do anything but walk backwards and at the same time I sat on the bed.During the three seconds, Lance doesn’t remove his seductive gaze from me as he unbuttons three buttons of his clothes. “Lance–”Lance claimed my lips with his lips again. I did not open my mouth to not respond to his every kiss. For this reason, it didn’t take long for Lance to pull away from the kiss and he stared at me.“Celine, please. I want you...” he said in his throaty voice.When he is about to kiss me again, I tilt my head to avoid his kiss.“Why can’t you give me a kiss?”If I followed the impulse of my body, I would have given Lane more than a kiss. But I would rather endure the body heat I feel than give Lance a kiss and give him a slight chance to be a fool to him again.“I will sleep in another room.”I stood up without looking at Lance.Lance’s warm body pressed against mine from beh
CELINE POV-I was thinking hard about whether I should continue touching this part of Lance’s body. I’m not sure if it’s right for me to touch it without him being conscious and without him knowing.I need to touch that and not just pinch.I took another deep breath before doing what I had to do.Using my thumb and pointed finger, I grabbed the end of Lance’s shirt and slowly lifted it up, until I saw Lance’s abs, then I let go of the shirt that was held by the tip of my finger.I check Lance’s face and I don’t think he woke up.Is Lance fast asleep while holding my hand or is he just pretending? I will know the answer to what I will do.I stared, and I didn’t blink for a few seconds in the time looking at Lance’s tan skin abs. Lance’s abs were shining in my eyes. I might call his abs are sparkling eight pack abs.I shook my head and closed my eyes. What are these things I’m thinking? I shouldn’t think about anything. What I need is to get out of here.I pinch Lance’s four abs first.
CELINE POV-Returning home, Lance went straight to the second floor and entered the main bedroom, then turned me over to the king size bed.“Why don’t you just let me go, Lance?”“Not until you come back to me, Celine.”“Comeback to you?” I stand up. “I am not losing my sanity to come back to you. Can’t you see? My life now is happy in Chicago–”“Because of whom? Is it because of that man that you are happy?”“Because I was free from you. Because I was free from our marriage. Letting you go is one wonderful decision I made in my life.”“And letting you go was the stupidest thing I did, Celine.”I looked away from Lance and turned away from him. I can’t keep up with how he glares at me.“Celine, why don’t you just give me a second chance?”I shook my head.“Don’t you love me anymore? You don’t even have a little love for me anymore and you prefer to be with that man?”“Tristan... never hurts me. He always thinks about my welfare.”Lance gently grabbed my arm and made me face him. “I w
LANCE POV-The time I heard that, I ran to the room where I locked Celine. I used my gun to remove the locks. Immediately upon opening the door, we went inside one by one. I right away looked for Celine on the bed but she was not here. I was about to look for Celine in the other part of this room, I just saw this man carried that Celine. This man put the denim jacket on Celine’s body.“Put her down!” I threatened and pointed a gun at the man.Instead of obeying my order, he went straight out of this room. I was about to fire him a gun, but Hanna quickly covered my gun with her palm.“What are you doing!?” I shouted at Hanna.“Madame Celine has wounds on her forearm.”“What!?”“On her neck there are a few small scratches. Did you do that to Madame Celine?”“Are you sure you didn’t hurt Celine like that?” Hanna asked with judgment towards me.“H*ll, no! I never and even then
CELINE POV-“What do you mean? Why did you ask about that?” Tristan asked me back.I shrug my shoulders. “Curious?” I reply to a question. “Where?”“They said it was Lance’s private villa. Lance’s private property is hard to find.”“Let’s just say I have my own ways to find you everywhere, Celine. I think we should just forget what happened.”Everything Lance said came to my mind and how he fell asleep just by holding my hand, as if he was safe in my hand. And the madness that I think of this is maybe I should forget.I nodded. “You’re right. We should forget that this weekend never happened.”———When we arrived at the airport, Tristan took care of everything, especially paying for our plane ticket to Chicago. I have nothing except myself. I left my bag at the private villa. And, Tristan thinks ahead. He got an id from my apartment before coming here so there was no problem buying tickets for us.It’s almost two hours before our flight time, so now Tristan and I are just waiting t
CELINE POV - “Who is that?” Tristan asked me after Sabrina left. “Do you have a sister?” “You don’t know Sabrina?” I was surprised to ask. Sabrina was quite popular at school back then and if Tristan remembers me, I expect him to remember Sabrina more. “No. I never met her.” “Eh?” I asked, and I was speechless. “I thought you knew her. As far as I know, you were together at the gazette club then.” Tristan shrugged his shoulders, who really did not know about Sabrina before. Surprisingly, Sabrina used to be with him more often in the school club because Sabrina followed Tristan. “But you haven’t forgotten me?” “Why would I forget you?” Tristan asked back. I pressed my lips together for a second to stop myself from smiling. I felt a little strange feeling that wanted to make my lips smile wide. “Why did you ask Sabrina?” I asked to change our conversation. Tristan didn’t seem to remember anything about Sabrina back then, either. “I was just curious.” “Are y
CELINE POV-When I take Skye and Sunny to kindergarten, unlike before, they give me a kiss or a hug or they give me a super hug. Since last night, they’ve completely disregarded me.Skye and Sunny followed what I was telling them, but there was no enthusiasm or smile on their lips.Last night, if Tristan hadn’t talked to Skye and Sunny, my children would have ignored me. They didn’t even want to send Tristan out last night. Tristan just promised that he would come back and sleep in the apartment if he wasn’t busy.Once I arrived at the Stellar restaurant, it was as if heaven and earth had joined me. In the five years that I have been here, only now have I had no desire to work.Even then when I was juggling my studies, taking care of my children and working here at Stellar restaurant, I never ran out of energy because I always had in mind that I wanted a beautiful future for Skye and Sunny. But now I’m thinking about my children because I can’t think of anything about how mad they ar
CELINE POV-I placed a pillow on Sunny’s back before sitting her upright and in a comfortable position. I took the salmeterol from her bag and put the mouthpiece on her lips.“Breathe quickly and deeply,” I instructed Sunny.After doing that, I removed her inhaler, then Skye counted one to six seconds.“Breath out slowly,” I instructed her again.After that, Skye held Sunny’s hand and counted again.“One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six…”I glanced at Lance, who was on the edge of the bed. He is intently looking at Sunny, his forearm on his chest while his other elbow rests there where his knuckle was moving.“Sixty!”Once Skye’s count reached sixty, we repeated the procedure from the beginning. We did this ten times until Sunny’s feeling and breathing were normal.“She is okay now,” I grabbed Lance’s attention.His blue sea eyes widened as he looked at me. “What do I need to do?”“Get out of this room.”“What?”He asked in disbelief.“I’ll put them to sleep first,” I quickly added.“Oh…
CELINE POV-“Daddy Superhero, are you the one who will take us to our new house?”“Yes, sweetheart. I will take you to your new house.”Lance had two bodyguards with us carrying our two suitcases.“Do you want me to carry you?” Lance asked Sunny.“Yes!”I had no choice but to hand Sunny over to Lance. I didn’t want to cause trouble here and scare the kids.Lance picked up Sunny, and I carried Skye.“Does our new house have a big playground?” Sunny question as we walked towards the basement parking lot.“Do you want a playground?”“Yes! I want a big playground where Skye and I can play.”“We’re going to build a playground there.”Sunny clapped her hands in joy at Lance’s words.Once they arrived in front of a van, his people opened it, and Lance got in with Sunny.After he lowered Sunny from the seat, he looked at me. “Get in,” he coldly ordered me.I let Skye out of the car first, then we went to the second row of seats together.When we sat down, the door closed, and the driver got
CELINE POV-“Mummy, are we going to move far?” Sunny asked while I was fixing her clothes.“Not too far,” I replied.“Mummy, why are we suddenly moving?” Skye asked.Surely Skye was curious and felt that there was another reason why we were suddenly moving house, and he needed an answer.“The rent fee here is a bit expensive. Mummy found a better and cheaper apartment to rent .” My excuse.“I hope there is a park or playground where we are moving,” Sunny commented excitedly.I put on a face mask for them.I grabbed one large bag and grabbed two large suitcases. I tried to fit all our belongings into the two suitcases. I only brought the most important things.“Let’s go, sweethearts.”When we got out and got off the apartment, I immediately flagged down the first taxi I saw.“Mummy, Auntie Sabrina won’t be coming with us?” Sunny question as we boarded the taxi.“No, sweetheart. But she will visit us again like before,” I replied. “At the airport,” I told the driver as he got in.I won
CELINE POV-I pulled back the arm he was holding with a frown.I waited for him to speak, but after a few seconds, he did not clarify what he was saying; instead, he just fixed his gaze at me.“I don’t have time for this.” I broke the silence, and this is my saying goodbye to him.Before I could walk away to leave Tristan, the door opened again, and two men entered. The one with a name plate is the manager, and the one wearing the suit, I think, is the owner of the restaurant that Lucian Morgan summoned.“Sir Lucian Morgan?” The owner of this restaurant called in surprise. “I didn’t know you were here. Is there anything I can do for you?”I looked at Tristan. “Give me your resume,” he said as he extended his palm.”“Why?” I was confused.“To know why you will not get a job in this city.”I glanced at the two men who had just entered. When they stared at my face, the manager whispered something to the owner of this restaurant, who was circling with his pair of eyes after that.By tha
CELINE POV - “Thank you,” I told the tenant after she finished talking to me. Before entering, I let out a sigh. The tenant informed me that from today the rent for the apartment will be 10,350 dollars. Almost five times the rent last month. I need to pass the interview and get a job; that kind of rent is out of my budget. “Who are you talking to?” Sabrina asked as I entered. “Nothing.” “You sure?” "Hmmm,” I nodded. “Did you bring all your stuff?” I asked, changing the topic. Sabrina will be back in New York to focus on her review. “Yep. It will be a while before I get back here. I have an exam coming up, so I need to focus on my review. But—” she raised her one pointed finger as if she were stopping me from speaking. "But it doesn’t mean that if you need me, you’ll disturb my review. That’s a big no. Okay?” I just nodded. “Oh! Maybe that’s the one who will pick me up,” Sabrina said when someone rang the doorbell. Sabrina opened the door excitedly, and upon se
CELINE POV-After I picked up the kids and we were going out, we saw Conrad in the parking lot.When Conrad’s gaze caught ours, he immediately came over to us.“Boss Lance ordered me to pick you up.”“Didn’t Lance understand what I told him?”I clearly told him earlier before I got out of the car that I don’t want us to have any kind of connection and that even picking up anyone who has anything to do with him, he shouldn’t do it anymore.“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Madame. Boss Lance just sent me here to pick you up. Shall we go?”The weather was cloudy.I just nodded and went in the direction of Conrad’s car.“Where is Daddy superhero?” Sunny asked as we entered.“He’s busy,” Conrad replied.“He is just like Daddy Tristan, always busy.”I stroked Sunny’s hair and didn’t comment. It would be better if Lance got away from us sooner rather than later before Sunny got completely attached to him.The trip from school to the outside of the apartment building was quick, and a
CELINE POV-When we got down from the apartment, I shifted my gaze to Sabrina after seeing Lance here with the car we rode in yesterday.“Wow!” Skye couldn't help but marvel at the car again.“I don’t know. I’m just not in the mood to go outside.” She explained before I could ask."Maybe it was just a coincidence. Right?” I asked sarcastically.“Yes. Of course, it was just a coincidence.”I believed what Sabrina said.I sat in front of the kids. “Skye, do you want to ride in that car again?”Skye catches a glimpse at Lance. “No.”“Why?” Sunny asked. “You want that car.”“Yes.”Sunny held Skye’s hand. “Then, let’s go. We’ll be safe with him.”Skye and I both did nothing when Sunny pulled him towards Lance.“Let’s go to school, daddy superhero.”Skye looked at the ground.“I’m not here to just drop you off.”“Eh? Why?”Lance sat in front of them, then showed the car key in front of Skye. “I will give this car to Skye.”His voice is not so cheerful but not too dry either.Skye quickly l
CELINE POV - “Sunny, it looks like she really likes art,” Lance said as she stared at Sunny. We were at the Art Institute, walking around. It was surprising that apart from the four of us, no one else was here, or maybe because it was only a few minutes before seventeen o’clock, the museum’s closing time. Since there was no one else around, I let Sunny look at the art alone, of course with Skye by her side. We were about ten steps away from them so that Sunny could enjoy going here more and so that Skye wouldn’t be too nervous. Sunny held Skye’s hand wherever she went. “As she said a while ago, she’s not sure either,” I replied coldly. “Why isn’t she sure? She seems to be enjoying it now.” “Maybe because she’s just used to coming here, or because she appreciates everything she sees. In her condition, she can only go to places like this occasionally, to museums—when there aren’t too many people, the surroundings aren’t dirty, she won’t see anything that can excite her fe
CELINE POV-“Skye, are you okay?” I asked when he didn’t move or speak after seeing Lance.“I’m sorry, mummy.”“Why, sweetheart? Why are you apologizing?”“I am not brave.”I hugged Skye.I told him once that if he wanted something or wanted to do something but was afraid, he should go for it rather than regret it later.I don’t want Skye to be like me; there are many things I haven’t done because of fear of the people around me or what might happen because of fear.“It’s okay to not be brave sometimes. You can still feel scared.”“I want to go home. I want to see Daddy Tristan.”I bite my lower lip. If I had a hard time without him, I’m sure the kids have a harder time adjusting without Tristan. How many times have they looked for Tristan in me? I’m running out of excuses why we can’t be with him.I don’t want to confuse the children by telling the truth about why we can’t be with Tristan again.“Are you sure you want to go home? I thought you wanted to ride in this car?” “I’m scar