SABRINA POV - “Where’s Celine?” he coldly asked, as if that slap was nothing to him. I didn’t even question if he was conscious of Celine’s presence. What’s the point of him being the owner of this hotel after all? “For what? Hurt her?” I asked sarcastically. “After you ordered our parents to hurt her, now you will be the one to hurt her?” I found out from my parents that day why they were still insisting on returning Celine to the jerk man in front of me and they told me that this jerk man ordered them to return Celine to him no matter what they did they did it to Celine before. At first, I doubted my parents and thought they were deceitful, a common practice for them. But, after Celine’s recent statement, I realized for the first time theyy telling truth. “What are you saying I ordered your parents to hurt Celine?” “You asked them to return Celine to you. Do you have any idea what they did to her just to marry you?” I immediately wiped the tears that fell down my ch
SABRINA POV-After I finished talking to my last client, I stretched my hand. Fortunately, even though I was late, I was able to come up with a good excuse, so they still accepted my offer. Otherwise, I might have been fired from my job. I also intend to resign but not now. I haven’t passed the board exam yet.I suddenly think about my sister. How is Celine doing? She must have rested, and I hope she is doing well. After what I heard earlier, I thought there was still hope for Lance and Celine to get back together, but it looks like I would prefer her to be with Tristan or be a single mother. I look at the time on my phone that I haven’t taken out of my grip since I returned to the hotel. It’s already 15:30. My snout lengthened. If I go back to the hotel, I won’t be able to catch up with Celine. She always leaves before 16:00 or exactly 16:00. I’ll probably just go to the mall to buy my skin care essentials and also look for a book that I can use for the review. I also need to focu
CELINE POV-The night after the incident between Lance and me, I filed for one week’s leave.After what happened, I couldn’t face him yet and the anger I feel towards him might increase.I don’t want to get to where I get consumed by anger and do bad things.When I filed for leave, I didn’t think about what might happen or what Lance would do. I didn’t want to see him even for one week straight.I haven’t been to work for four days, nothing Lance is bothering me. Bianca also told me he hasn’t noticed Lance at the hotel for four days.I took this opportunity to go to the Stellar restaurant with Sunny.As I entered Stellar, the employees greeted me. Some people were surprised, perhaps because I came today and maybe because of Sunny.“Ma’am, do you have a son with Sir Tristan?” asked Olivia, one of Stellar’s new crew, in shock.I smiled at them and went directly to Tristan’s office.“Mummy, I miss Skye.” Sunny utter with pouting lips as I put her down on the sofa.Tristan took Skye to L
CELINE POV - Reaching my home from the apartment, I felt a weight lifted from my shoulders. Even though I don’t have heart disease, I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack because of the nervousness earlier when I lost sight of Sunny. I looked for her all over the office when I didn’t see her. I searched the entire restaurant for her. On the point I didn’t really see her, I was supposed to go to the CCTV room, but I saw her outside the door, running inside. Sunny left the office because she didn’t see me. As she exited the office, she noticed a person resembling me, and when she believed she had spotted me, she pursued it until she left the restaurant, discovering it wasn’t me. I questioned her several times to make sure if nothing bad happened to her. She always answered nothing. “Sweetheart, did nothing really happen to you when you went outside?” I asked Sunny again. “No, mummy.” She answered every time I asked her. “Next time, if the situation is like that, never leav
SABRINA POV - “You know, mommy, I have one thing that daddy inherited from you.” I told them gently. “Of course, you are our beautiful daughter.” “You know what that is? Being bad.” A smile spread across my lips, then I released my grip on her hand. “If I feel scared every time I remember Celine’s screams and cries, how can Celine feel? Surely what happened to her was more traumatic.” “What are you talking about?” asked daddy. “I’m just saying you have to pay for everything you did to Celine. I will never tell her you are both here. With everything that happened to her, she still has a kind heart, which is annoying because people like you surely abuse that. If Celine finds out about your condition, I swear I will not be the one to tell her about this matter.” I clap once. “Okay, if she ever asks about you, maybe... I might tell the truth about your situation. Just maybe.” “Afterwards, we treat you like a princess. Will you do this to us?” Mommy said firmly. I laughed silently
CELINE POV - Upon arriving at Stellar restaurant, I went straight to the bathroom. While I was in the cubicle and peeing, I heard someone sniffling outside. I thought the woman just had a cold but not long after; I heard her crying. After I finished peeing and flushing the toilet, I immediately came out of the cubicle and saw Ashley wiping her face. “I didn’t know you were here, Ma’am.” I smiled at her. I washed and dried my hands. “Wait,” I interrupted her, as she was about to hurry out of the bathroom. “Y-Yes, Ma’am?” Her eyes, nose, and cheeks were red. I go near her. “Do you want a hug?” Ashley nodded, holding back tears. As I hugged her, I heard her cry again. I just rubbed her back. “I don’t know what to do. I’m tired of waiting, but I can’t let him go.” She said between her sobs she could barely speak. The person she loved was definitely the reason she was crying. Ashley pulled away after a few moments. “Sorry, Ma’am, if I said my problem and brought it to work.”
LANCE POV - I continued to wait outside the restaurant until it closed and I still followed Celine. As I drove and followed her, many thoughts ran through my mind that maybe the girl she called Sunny just called her mommy because she was just considered as a second mother and, now Celine would take her to the child’s real parents—however, that wasn’t what happened. Celine’s stop at her apartment with the child was unmistakable to me. I followed them with my eyes until they happily entered the apartment. I waited for a few more hours to observe if anyone else would come to pick up the kid who might be her actual parents, but by the time I was already twelve midnight, no one else had arrived. “Fuck. Sh*t.” I drove the car to my private hangar where my private jets were. While driving, I called Conrad’s phone number, which was on the third ring, and he answered it. “Let’s meet at my f*cking hangar. Right away.” “Now, Sir?” “Yes. Also, send five people to guard outside Celine’s a
CELINE POV - The next day when I entered the Stellar restaurant, I silently sighed as I saw Ashley wiping the table even though it wasn’t her job. I heard her colleagues at work were happy with her improvement in her work. “Good morning, Ma’am!” The staff greeted me when they noticed me. “Good morning.” I greeted them back, then headed straight to the office. As I sat at my desk, I smiled as I remembered I had a lot of work completed yesterday. I will double check all of this. Then if I have time, I can still help in the kitchen. I missed being in the kitchen and helping cook. I felt my phone vibrate from my sling bag I had placed on the table and when I looked at who sent me a message, it was Sabrina and I smiled when I saw her name. She sent me a text message saying, ‘See you later. I’m excited to see you and bond with my nephew!’ I replied to Sabrina, ‘See you. Let me know one hour before you leave.’ It’s Friday now and Sabrina wants me and Sunny to bond over the weeken
CELINE POV-“Thank you.” Was all I could say.I suddenly felt ashamed of myself. If I continued to leave, I would leave Starr’s grave alone and I wasn’t sure when I would be able to visit her grave, if that happened.“You don’t have to. Starr, is also my…”He didn’t continue because he wasn’t sure if he could say that.“She is also your child.” I continued.A moment of silence prevailed around us before we heard Skye calling me from the kitchen.“We’re being called by…” I mentally took a deep breath. “Let’s go?”I didn’t wait for him to answer but instead I walked past him. I felt strange as if something heavy had been removed from my chest, which I was so delighted to feel relieved... I want to hug him.“Yes, sweetheart?” I asked Skye when we arrived at the kitchen.“Mummy, I’m hungry. Aren’t we going to eat yet?” Sunny asked.“We will eat now. I’ll just get the rest of our food.” I told them.“Can I sit beside you, Sunny?” I heard Lance asking permission as I grabbed the broccoli
CELINE POV-“Mummy. Mummy, wake up.”I woke up to Skye’s voice as he repeatedly patted my cheek along with calling me and waking me up.Based on my body clock, he woke me up earlier than we usually wake up.“Sunny, is not here.”I quickly opened my eyes and got up.Sunny was sleeping in the middle of us; on the other side, I made sure there were big pillows for Skye as well as on the floor.“Where is Sunny?”“He took…”He stopped as he blinked his blue eyes.“Is it Lance?”“Lance?”“The one who gave you a car.” I reminded Skye in a different way.“Yes, Mummy. He came here earlier, and then he invited Sunny to leave the room.”“What?”I immediately stood up. “Come here.” I hurriedly called Skye.I right away picked Skye up. I didn’t even think to put on my slippers as I hurried out of the room.Did he take Sunny while I was sleeping? Will he keep Sunny away? All this question is freaking me out.“Sunny!” I shouted at the same time I hurried downstairs. “Sunny!”When I got downstairs,
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