CELINE POV-As soon as I left Tristan’s office, I saw Ashley being taught by Bianca how to greet a customer.“No offense. I’m just curious. Like in a volume, is that the loudest volume of your voice?” Bianca asked Ashley.“I don’t know...” I heard Ashley answer when I got close to them.“Goodness gracious.” Bianca said, stressed.I think Bianca is running out of patience with Ashley. Bianca has a lot of patience, but in this situation where people are just testing her patience, her patience is short.“Just like this… hmm…”I laughed a little after Bianca paused talking. She seems to have run out of ideas on how to cheer Ashley up. Even if Bianca’s patience runs out, she will choose to teach Ashley in a good way.“Guys,” I called them both to grab their attention. ““Celine,” Bianca almost cried, as she approached me.“I called Sebastian to talk to him,” I said to Ashley.“Why?” Bianca asked in surprise.Before I could answer Bianca’s question, Sebastian arrived and politely asked wha
CELINE POV-THIS IS THE DAY, the opening day of the Heavenly hotel and restaurant.I can’t help but feel nervous, thinking that I will face more people and others are sure to influence people. I am not sure how I will deal with people later and how to talk to them.At Stellar restaurant, when I talk to customers I often know what to say because I will be called and let them know first what the customer will say, whether they will complain, thank you for the good service and delicious food, and ask for an available seat. Now, I will face people who I don’t know what they might say and ask me.“Mummy, you look pretty.” Sunny praised me.I’m wearing a light blue formal long dress. The style of the dress is bodice with a gentle v-neckline, draped pleats across the front, has a thin strap that wraps around my shoulders to a lace up back. Also has A-line silhouette, short train on the back of the skirt and has stunning floral design on tulle fabric. I pair a three-inch color beige platform
CELINE POV - My heart beat faster, every breath I took became heavy, and the blood flowing through my body seemed to disappear. “Mummy, why is your hand shaking?” When I heard Sunny’s voice, it seemed that someone slapped me hard and brought me back to my senses. I hurriedly looked at Bianca. “Take Skye and Sunny inside the kitchen first. Don’t let them out of the kitchen, don’t let anyone else see them.” I panicked. “Huh? What?” Bianca asked, confused. “Why?” “Just do me a favor, please.” I almost cried to Bianca. “Okay. Okay.” Bianca also answered with an awkward smile. “How about the event?” “I’ll take care of it. Never let my kids out of the kitchen until Tristan and I take them there.” I bent slightly to look at Skye and Sunny. “Go with Bianca first. Play with her first.” “I want here, mummy. I want to be with you, mummy.” “Later, Skye. Follow what I said.” I removed my grip on Skye and Sunny, and then I gave them to Bianca. “Please. Don’t let anyone see them.” I remi
CELINE POV - “Sir Yuichi has gained a reputation in the business world for a long time. Until now, Sir Yuichi has been recognized as a young multi-billionaire.” I explained to Tristan then I looked at Sir Yuichi. “Tristan’s family is known in the business world, so perhaps you recognize Tristan’s last name.” Sir Yuichi just nodded at me once. Sir Yuichi is the type of person who is not talkative. As Christine told me before, the way Sir Yuichi were to speak, it would seem like every word that Sir Yuichi uttered would be worth a million dollars. “Maybe so. In the events that I used to be with my family, I heard the name Yuichi.” Tristan agreed. The smile on my lips slowly disappeared when I saw familiar faces approaching our direction while they looked into my eyes. “Tristan...” I almost whispered out of fear. Why are my parents here? “Celine, why?” Tristan came in front of me and looked at me from head to toe to check on me. “Why are you pale?” “Celine.” Tristan turned to my
LANCE POV-I followed Celine with a sharp look along with the d*mn Tristan. I clench my fist and tighten my jaw. I want to wrench the hands or not be able to remove Tristan’s hands so that he can no longer hold Celine’s hand. Celine should only hold my hands and not any f*cking man’s hands.D*mmit. I need to talk to Celine about that stupid thing, f*cking Tristan announced. I need to make sure what this man announced was not true.“Lance,”I looked closely at Hanna after she grabbed my arm. For this reason, I paused following Celine when they got off the stage. “What?” I asked, irritated. “Make sure what you say is more important in your life.”Everything in my eyes now is meaningless until I talk to Celine.“Freya is coming here.” Hanna whispered.“What? How the f*ck did she know about this event?”I didn’t intend to tell Freya about this, but I knew she would know this soon. The only thing I don’t want is for her to go soft opening. Maybe if she sees Celine, what she will do to Ce
LANCE POV-Albeit, I saw Celine and Tristan together inside a car and went away. I let them go. I will also see Celine here tomorrow and I can talk to her.After leaving the car where Celine was, I was supposed to go back to the party hall to say goodbye to Christine and Yuichi, however I saw them going in my direction and ready to leave.“Thank you for coming.” I said to Christine and Yuichi.“No problem.” Christine answered. “Also, you know we came here because you said Celine was here and you know that’s the only reason we came.”“I understand.” I replied.“It’s too bad we couldn’t catch up for a long time. By the way, her boyfriend is quite nice.” Christine said with a grin that she definitely wanted to tease me. “I think you will have a hard time winning back, Celine.” she commented with a laugh.“And I will not stop until Celine comes back to me.” I am determined to admit it.“Then good luck,” Christine said with a smile. “We have to leave. Our children, especially our son, are
CELINE POV-“How did Lance see you?” I asked Bianca.“Skye and Sunny are looking for you, and Skye suddenly runs as I prepare them for food. I didn’t catch Skye right away because I grabbed Sunny. I don’t want to leave Sunny alone and I don’t want to run Sunny. Then I caught Skye sitting on the floor and saw Sir Lance in a hurry. It was as if Sir Lance had just looked at us,” Bianca explained.“Didn’t Lance ask you? Or, didn’t Lance say anything?” I asked again.“Nothing. Sir Lance didn’t even look at us for five seconds.”I was in tears to look at Tristan. He smiled softly at me. “He didn’t seem to know yet, and he didn’t suspect.” Tristan whispered.“I hope.” I answered, full of hope that our suspicion is right.I did not think about that first. A sense of relief washed over me as I knew my children were out of harm’s way.I bend down to give my children a kiss on their forehead, now sleeping. I gave Sunny a kiss first next to Skye, but I was stunned when my lips applied to Skye’s
CELINE POV - The next morning I woke up earlier than I used to wake up. I’m also not sure if I fell asleep. All night long, I looked at Skye several times. Sometimes, I also saw Tristan coming to their room to check with Skye, so when I got out of the room, I did not wonder if Tristan was still asleep soundly on the couch. I approached Tristan to fix the blanket on his body. When I looked at his face, I couldn’t help but stare at Tristan’s face. Tristan is the kind of guy who is cute and, at the same time is handsome while he sleeps. He is also attractive while sleeping, especially noticeable with his natural long eyelashes. His naturally thick eyebrows were yet in order to make him even more handsome. Behind the fit and bulky physique, Tristan has a cute side he doesn’t show anyone. But even so he is a loving, caring and responsible man. I silently laughed as Tristan moved his lips along. I saw his dimples. In fact, except for Skye and Sunny, Tristan’s dimples are stressf
THIRD PERSON POV-“I’ll explain again from the beginning?” Celine asked reassuringly while hiding her irritation.“I think you need a break first,” Lance said formally. “I’ll review what’s in the folder again.”Celine blinked her eyes innocently a few times for a second while looking at Lance, who was so engrossed in the folder that he didn’t notice Celine’s actions.She didn’t know what to do as she waited for Lance to finish reading the document in the folder again. She could already feel the pain in her feet from wearing three and a half inches heels.Celine wanted to sit down for a moment to rest her feet, but thinking that she was in a formal meeting, she wasn’t sure if she should sit down, so she stood up.By chance, Lance glanced at Celine’s feet and was surprised to see her wearing high heels. He hadn’t noticed that Celine had been wearing such high heels all this time.Lance shifted his gaze from what he was reading. “Miss Andrea, you can sit down.” Lance said, still formal.
CELINE (ANDREA) POV-A wry smile glimpsed on my lips after I presented Mr Lance Hart with the best wines we could offer him, as well as other wines he requested me to explain.In my last explanation of the presentation, I no longer look at the slides. Out of the thirty slides, I didn’t memorize five or four slides because of how many times I explained it to him.No. I was wrong. This is not a familiar occurrence, I prefer to call it an annoying occurrence.He tilted his head while looking at the folder Enzo had given him a while ago, where the printed slide I had presented to him several times was attached.Lance and I were the only two left in the conference room. His secretary, who was with him earlier, had to be dismissed because he had an emergency job that needed to be fixed. While Enzo, who was with me, also left because he had other work to do that Giovanni left.After a second, he looked back at me. “Can you repeat your explanation from the beginning? I don’t understand what’
CELINE (ANDREA) POV-I tilt my head, cross my arms, frowning as I look at Giovanni.“Andrea, why are you looking at me like that?” He asked.Giovanni is in the hospital, lying in a hospital bed. His favorite car crashed into a pole because he dodged a cat, so now he has a mild arm and leg injury.“After driving for so long and taking such good care of your car, you suddenly crashed your car into a pole? And now, really?”“Accident. I can’t avoid an accident.”“Why do I felt that I don’t want to believe you?” I blurted.“Are you saying I’m lying?”“No,” I shook my head. “I was just pointing out that… the timing of your accident was great.” I said with a sarcasm tone then sighed.While he was on his way to the company, he called me and said he was in the hospital.I was at the coffee shop when he called, serving customers’ orders. I was startled by his screaming in the other line, causing me to call our mother to come see him. He said that what happened to him was serious and that he
CELINE (ANDREA) POV-When my parent’s mansion came home, I went straight to our room. Skye and Sunny are asleep. My mom is next to them. I kiss my children’s forehead first before bathing.I took a quick shower to just freshen up.Getting out of the bathroom, I slowly wake up my mom.“Are you just coming?” Mommy asked as she woke up.“Yes, mom.”“Who brought you here?”“Hendrix. They took me here before heading to the airport with Sabrina. ”Mommy smiled when I mentioned Sabrina’s name.“Sabrina, she looks nice.”“Yes, mom.” I proudly answered. “As I say, she is the last person I know will never leave me.”My mom kissed my forehead. “I’m happy you have someone to depend on when we are not with you.”I smile.I didn’t even tell my family what I had experienced in the hands of Sabrina’s parents.“I’ll take you to your room?”“Don’t bother. I will not get lost going to our room.” Mommy jokes. “Go to sleep. You must be tired. Good night.”“Good night, mom.”When Mommy got out of the ro
CELINE POV-After setting the coffee on the table along with the chocolate cake and muffin, I sat down.“I’m sorry if I only took care of you now. Ashley is still not very used to interacting with people.” I explained to Sabrina. “Taste them. They’re one of her specialties.”It was late at ten at night when Ashley and I closed our coffee shop. I helped her talk to our guests, so I didn’t have time to take a break and attend to Sabrina. Before Ashley left, she made coffee and baked Sabrina so that Sabrina would eat freshly baked.My family takes care of my children during these times.“It’s okay, Sunny and Skye entertained me, so I wasn’t bored either, also your brother.”I laughed when she mentioned my brother. “I hope Giovanni didn’t hurt your head.” I said, laughing. Knowing my brother, he has a talkative nature.“I’m used to it.” Sabrina laughed until she let out a sigh.“How are you?” I asked.She sipped her cappuccino, then smiled. “I’m fine. Your friends didn’t abandon me. Than
CELINE POV-The crowd applauded after the ribbon cutting for Ashley and I’s coffee shop.“I hope you all enjoy and–”I stopped speaking and left my hands in the air when I saw Lucian at the end of the guests with a bouquet of red roses.“Why did you stop speaking?” Ashley asked in a whisper, not yet noticing her fiancée.I pointed at Lucian.At the same time Ashley looked at what I was pointing at, our guests also looked.“Lucian…” I heard Ashley whisper in disbelief as she stared at her fiancée.As Lucian walked towards him, the crowd parted ways and gave Lucian a way to get to his fiancée.I took a few steps to the side so as not to interfere with them.Hendrix approached me. “Are you okay?” he whispered.I nodded. “I need to.” My answer whenever I am asked that question.I fix my gaze without emotion on the red roses that Lucian gave to Ashley.I don’t have a splendid memory of red roses, because of that memory I hated red roses. But Ashley loves red roses so I don’t just let her
( 7 M O N T H S L A T E R )[ MILAN, ITALY ]....THIRD PERSON POV-Rayne Ashley Evans was busy checking every item, every corner of the cafe that was just hours away from its grand opening. She had asked the staff several times if anything was missing and each of them patiently answered the cafe owner’s repeated questions.“I’m sorry for asking so many times,” she apologized to her staff. “I was just nervous.” She explained.“It’s okay Ma’am.” One of her female staff members assigned to clean said.“We understand, Ma’am,” her barista agreed.Ashley smiled at how her staff at her coffee shop were giving her so much patience.“Alright, get ready. We’ll be opening in less than two hours.” Ashley announced to everyone with a smile.“Yes, Ma’am.” Everyone said in unison before leaving Ashley’s presence to check how many times they had checked their respective jobs and positions assigned to them since two weeks ago.Meanwhile, Ashley sat down at the table and let out a sigh. Her he
CELINE POV-“Are you not going to stop messing around and now you make up stories?” I angrily asked Hendrix.After we had breakfast earlier and I dropped my kids off at school, Hendrix blocked my path and pulled me into his car. Before I could get out of the car, he got me inside and quickly started it.He took me to a private resort I assumed he was building because I saw its name outside.Everything was still being built at this resort and only in front of the beach could we talk quietly.He handed me some papers. When I saw its contents, I didn’t bother to examine it anymore, especially after he told me what this thing was.“What should I do so that you don’t come near me anymore?”It was getting annoying that he kept coming near me. I was tiring of pushing him away and now he was making up stories?“I’m not forcing you to believe. I’m just giving you a choice.”“Choice for what?” I asked, holding back my irritation. “One more thing,” I took a quick look at the paper he showed me,
LANCE POV-I looked at the sky where I ordered the fireworks. Celine would see my birthday surprise for her. I’m hoping she liked it and I also sent Hendrix to that place. Hendrix agreed to work with me, but he had one condition and that was to protect my family in his own way. I agreed as long as he would update me if my family was safe.“It’s so beautiful. Are those for me, babe?”I shut my eyes before looking at Freya with a forced smile. “Yes.” I answered sparingly.I need to be with Freya, I need to show I regret everything I did to her. It’s unfair to her after what happened to her. I will make her bait to those who betrayed me.I waited all night for a message from Hendrix and after he said someone was still trying to kill Celine, it was not enough to show a sudden change of mind. I had to make everyone believe what I was doing with Freya..I went back to Chicago. I shouldn’t have gone to Celine that day, but I couldn’t stop myself. I went to her and left because I might not s