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
CELINE POV-“Mummy, when Skye gets better, can we play?” Sunny asked while the three of us were in the living room.Until this time, Skye still doesn’t speak, she just nods and shakes his head whenever Sunny and I ask or talk to him. “Yes sweetheart, you can play with Skye again when Skye gets better and his fever gets away,” I answered and then I looked at Skye and kissed his on the cheek.“Hey!” Sunny said happily. “Did you hear that, Skye? get well soon, so we can play.”Skye’s only answer was a nod.I’m starting to worry about what Skye is doing. I can understand if Skye is like this only with Tristan and us, and not with Sunny. Because when it comes to Sunny, no matter how Sunny annoys Skye, and even if Skye doesn’t want to speak, if Sunny will be the one to talk to Skye, he will also change his voice in lively, so that Sunny won’t worry about Skye. Sunny’s smile dwindled. “Skye, are you mad at me?”Skye shook his head in response.“Why don’t you talk to me anymore? You don’
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