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
CELINE POV-Lance grabbed my other arm at the same time as he pressed me against the metal wall with his darkened eyes.“What are you–”I tried to remove his grip but before I could raise one of my hands, he quickly moved his grip on my wrist hand and stuck it to the wall. Lance did the same to my other hand.He slowly brought his face closer to mine and at the same time pressed one of my hands in his grip, enough not to hurt me and enough not to let go of the grip. Lance’s other hand gradually rose to my palm until he reached my palm and forced our hand to intertwine.“Your hands are cold,” he whispered in his throaty voice with a mellifluous voice.I swallowed hard upon seeing Lance’s face up close again. His sharp nose with a mole above the hole in the right side, which was about the size of the dot of a new pencil sharp.I nearly buried my head in the wall to avoid his face being so close to mine that I could perceive his heavy breathing.My eyes seemed to have a life of their o
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