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CELINE POV-“Mummy, where’s daddy Tristan?” Skye asked me.“Daddy Tristan, will be back soon.”“He won’t leave us?”“No. Daddy Tristan will not leave us.”Skye leaned his head against my body. “Mummy, I’m sleepy.”“You can sleep. I will not leave you.”“I’m scared. I want daddy Tristan.”I kissed Skye on the forehead and did my best to prevent even a single tear from rolling down my eye.We are now at the hospital, where an expert doctor has conducted a mental health check-up on Skye. We are waiting for Tristan outside the office of the doctor who diagnosed Skye.When Tristan suspected Skye might be experiencing the aftermath of a traumatic event based on what Skye shared with Tristan. Tristan said Skye told him that if Skye makes noise, there is a get me and Skye and that monster will hurt us. Tristan didn’t understand what Skye said. That’s why Tristan spent the entire day seeking a doctor who could assess Skye.It didn’t take long for Tristan to exit the doctor’s office and glan
CELINE POV-Since Skye has recovered from the fever, we decided to let go to kindergarten first. We arrived at school earlier because Tristan and I had a discussion with Skye’ and Sunny’s teacher regarding Skye’s situation.“I’m sorry to hear about that. I will make sure we don’t give any reason to trigger Skye’s situation. I will also redouble the focus on Skye and Sunny, Ma’am and Sir.” The teacher said while we were talking to her outside the classroom.“Thank you so much, Teacher Agnes.” I sincerely thank her.I gaze at Skye and Sunny, who were now happily playing and talking with their fellow children.Despite the teacher’s assurance of watching over my children, I still couldn’t eliminate the fear of what might happen to them while I was away. What if Sunny’s illness will attack her suddenly? What if Skye suddenly remembers about the monster he was talking about and I’m not with them when that happens?“I’ll will call both of you right away if there’s even a little of trouble
CELINE POV-“What!?” I snorted. “What do you mean, new job?”I saw Lance tighten his grip on the papers he was holding before he let go and placed them on the table.Lance tightened his jaw while maintaining his gaze on me. “Do you think I don’t know what you’re f*cking doing, Celine? You were absent from no d*mn excuse for consecutive f*cking days. For f*cking what? Go f*cking awol and get fired from your f*cking job on g*dd*mn purpose?”Why didn’t I consider Lance was not that foolish to assume that thing?“I warned f*cking you Celine. You are simply devising a g*dd*mm*t plan to keep your distance from me, I have a plan ready, so you won’t be out of my sight.” Lance said firmly and angrily, but calmly.“You can’t do this.”“If you believe I’m breaching the contract, you are free to d*mn terminate your contract. Inform me immediately if you intend to terminate the contract, so I can figure out where we should go on our first date.” he said in his cold baritone voice. He shows no em
CELINE POV - After I changed my clothes because my shift was over, I took the things from my locker and left the attendant room. I then began to feel tired all over my body. Looks like I need a massage at the end of this week. My body changed with the new job given to me. Even though I use my whole body to work as a cook and receptionist when I’m at Stellar restaurant, the housekeeper’s job is still different. Both are tiring but the tiredness differs from my body. “Celine!” I looked at Bianca as she hurriedly walked towards me. “What happened? Why were you cleaning the hallways a while ago and wearing a different uniform?” “I’m in the housekeeping department.” I answered almost in a whisper, not because I was ashamed of my work, but because I was tired. If I arrived at the apartment, my main desire was to relax with my kids and have food delivered for us to eat. “What!?” Bianca’s voice was a bit high pitched. “Is that possible? How did that happen?” “It’s a long story. I
CELINE POV-Even though I slept well for over eight hours, I could feel the pain in my whole body, but I needed to get up earlier to cook Skye and Sunny for breakfast and they would eat for school.It’s already 05:30 am. My intention was to wake up before five in the morning, but it seemed like I also had to train myself to wake up earlier so that I would not be in a hurry, like now. Before leaving the room, I kissed Skye and Sunny’s forehead then left my room.As I was going to the kitchen, I was surprised when I saw the food covers on the table. Even though I was tired last night, I was sure I left nothing here at the table.When I was near the table, I saw a sticky note. I took it and read it.‘I came here earlier to cook breakfast. I didn’t wake you up because I saw you were fast asleep. I bought you pain relief patches, but make sure you don’t use it for over 12 hours. Please call me if you’re awake. I love you. - Tristan Carter.’I smiled after reading Tristan’s note and then
LANCE POV - I shook my head while looking at Celine’s beautiful face. Sure enough, after sitting on the couch and less than five minutes later, she fell asleep. “You still haven’t changed.” I whispered. I slowly and carefully arranged Celine’s place. I laid her on the couch. Perhaps by the time she wakes up, she will ponder something if I move her to the guest room or my room. I rushed to get a blanket from my room but subsequently I noticed how clean and tidy my room was. When I opened the cabinet, my clothes were neatly folded and hung. I didn’t realize that Celine was skilled in this kind of thing. There are many things about what Celine can do I am unaware of, and I repeatedly find myself fall by her. After I got a blanket, I returned to Celine and then I put it on her body. I sat on the floor to gape at her beautiful face and see it closer. Staring at Celine in a peaceful place like this is priceless. If only I could spend a billion dollars so that I could be with Celine a
CELINE POV-I quickly opened my eyes as I remembered I had taken a nap while in Lance’s penthouse suite.I was about to get up but couldn’t when I saw Lance’s blue eyes staring into mine.Did I dream, or was Lance just a hallucination in front of me? I am sure he wasn’t here before I accidentally took a nap? I hope the whole day hasn’t passed?“You just take a nap, Celine.” Lance said, as if he read the questions in my mind. “You’re still the same as before.” Lance added, laughing.I mentally frowned in surprise. What does Lance know about me, and what does he know about me?I was supposed to get up, but during the time I moved, I noticed Lance didn’t move from his position. If when I got up, my face might hit his face if he didn’t move away from me.“I’m going to get up.” I told him. He seemed to have no intention of moving, anyway.“Aren’t you going to stay here first?”“If you look around, I’m done with my work.”Lance looked around, so I took this chance to swiftly get up and sta
CELINE POV - It’s still imprinted on my heart and mind how I cried every night before that I couldn’t breathe because of so much crying. How he hurt me repeatedly. Especially during the times when I was ready to do everything to save our marriage and stay together, but what he did is he didn’t destroy me but, he also drained me. Before I completely let go of our marriage, I endured many times even though it was so painful and crazy to love him. When I fell in love with him, I thought I saw the person I would spend the rest of my life with. I didn't care everything, even to our unborn child, but what did he do? He married another woman in a snap. Maybe when Lance needed me, he just needed me but he didn’t want to be with me. That could be the reason he got married hastily and disregarded our three years of marriage. And I don’t want to go through the painful sensation when I fell in love with Lance. I can’t let myself go. I can’t lose myself again because I have children I
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