CELINE POV-Just as I was leaving the library, Tristan called and said he was outside the gate.“I’m on my way there,” I said, then ended the call and quickly walked towards the main gate of the university.Four years.In the past four years, I still can’t believe how my life has gradually changed with Tristan. Not even in my dreams did I think this would happen along with that I would be able to do the things I do now.Tristan is still with me. He helps a lot. When I was pregnant, he never took his eyes off me until I gave birth. My children were triplets, but one died. I also suffered for a long time because of that, and if Tristan wasn’t by my side during those times, I still don’t know and can’t imagine what would have happened to me.My body was too weak to give birth to triplets, but fortunately I survived, as did my two other children, Skye and Sunny.Tristan built a restaurant last year while I was graduating. Aside from running the restaurant, he helps me look after my child
FREYA POV-“What are you saying that you don’t have duplicate keys?” I asked the people at the reception desk irritably.I waited for three hours outside of Lance’s penthouse last night, but no matter how hard I rang the doorbell, he wouldn’t open it. That’s why I decided to check into a suite room in this hotel. And now that I’m asking for any duplicate key to Lance’s penthouse, they won’t give it to me.“Do you know who I am? I’m the wife of the owner of this hotel. Right now I can fire you from your job, and you won’t be able to find a job here in Chicago.”These women quickly got scared when they heard that I was Lance’s wife.“Where are the duplicate keys?”“I’m sorry, Ma’am–”“Madame.” I corrected it.“Madame. I’m sorry, Madame Hart, but we really don’t have duplicate keys to that floor.”“What the hell are you talking about? Why don’t you have duplicate keys to that floor?”“It’s because that floor is exclusive only to people with Boss Lance’s authorization.”I looked at the o
CELINE POV-“Mummy!”I immediately heard my children’s voices as they kissed my cheek.“Mummy, wake up!” I heard Sunny say close to my ear.I first opened my left eye to peek at my daughter then my right eye. “Good morning, sweetheart.”“Good morning, Mummy!” Sunny greeted me enthusiastically.“Good morning, Love.”I looked past Sunny and saw Skye still fast asleep as she turned Tristan’s arm into a pillow.“Mummy, our room is big, bigger than our house.”Tristan and I laughed a little together. Last night, after Tristan’s mother, along with his brother and Ashley, greeted us, we were sent straight to our room to rest. Before we could enter the room, the children were already asleep on our shoulders.Four of us slept in one room and one bed. Our bed is a giant family bed size, which is why four of us fit perfectly in one bed.“Skye, wake up!” Sunny shook Skye. “I want to hug Daddy Tristan too!”“No!” Skye answered with his eyes still closed and hugged Tristan.This is the first time
CELINE POV-Martha was so happy to play with Skye and Sunny after we had breakfast, she only had to stop playing when her few friends came to visit her. Tristan was on a video call with the attorney who was studying how to terminate our contract at Heavenly Hotel without me doing the consequences Lance wanted.Now, Skye and Sunny were next to me sleeping for their 14:00 nap time.A few moments later I heard a knock from outside the room. I stood up and opened the door.“Ashley.”“Can I talk with you, Ma’am Celine?”“You can just call me by my name, we’re not at the restaurant.”“I’m not used to it, but I will try.” She giggled.“Come in.”I opened the door wider and we went into the living room.This guest room is so big that it looks like a small house with a mini living room and a mini kitchen.“I just want to chat with you, because I have no one to talk to,” she said.I nodded. “Me too,” I said laughing. “Tristan is busy too. Anyway, did you know Tristan is your fiancée’s brother
CELINE POV-‘I might consider.’ This was my answer to Tristan’s question.It was a little late at night and I was still thinking about that. He wants to move us here for good if we get married. He doesn’t rush me into thinking and he doesn’t force me either.If his family doesn’t change their minds about Skye and Sunny once they find out that Tristan is not their biological father, I might consider moving here. But if my children don’t want here, then maybe not.My children’s welfare and wishes are still the first things I will consider. However Skye and Sunny told me a while ago they want it here and don’t want to leave.I let out a soft sigh and dismissed that matter for now.I looked at my children who were sleeping soundly. I kissed their foreheads and slowly got up to avoid waking them up, especially Skye. I had a little trouble getting him to sleep because Tristan wasn’t by his side.After I dressed Skye and Sunny for bed earlier, Tristan left, his Grandfather and Father called
CELINE POV-Tristan dropped us off at my apartment and hurriedly left.“Stay here. I’ll update you.”I nodded. “Be careful.”“I will.”We were rushing back to Chicago after Bianca called Tristan’s phone number this morning and told us the bad news—that all the branches of the Stellar restaurant had burned down.Upon entering the apartment, I sat Skye and Sunny down on the couch, then turned on the television and brought them to their favorite videos.“Mummy is just going to call someone,” I told them while grabbing my phone from the center table that I had left when we left.I hurriedly grabbed the charger from my suitcase and immediately plugged it in to charge my phone.When I opened the phone, my forehead furrowed after I saw the thousand messages from Lance’s mobile number. Asking where I am and many more. My nostrils flared, and I bared my teeth as I stared at his messages. I’m sure he’s the one who caused the restaurant's ashes.That’s him. That his organization is known for tu
CELINE POV - After I recovered from my shock, I went straight to walking. I had nothing to fear from her. I was going to go to her husband to confront him; that’s it. If she wanted to come and listen to what her husband and I were talking about, she was free to do that, so that she would know what her husband was doing to mess with my life. “The nerve,” Freya whispered while grabbing my arm to stop me from walking. “Didn’t you miss my feet?” She asked, laughing until it disappeared. “Now I understand why my husband is still here,” she firmly said the word husband. “After being his ex-wife, now you’re a mistress? Are you flirting with him?” I slid Freya’s hand down until she released her grip on my arm. “I’m not anyone’s mistress.” “Oh? You are not calling yourself a mistress, then what?” She observed me from head to toe. “I am Lance’s wife; he is married to me. What are you if not his mistress? Another woman? Fling? One-night stand? F*ck buddy–” I didn’t let her finish ac
CELINE POV-These stiletto red heels I gave to the person who owns them. But maybe I’m just wrong; maybe it’s owned by someone else.I slowly headed upstairs, avoiding making any noise, even though my breathing was slow.Once I got to the second floor, I silently gasped. I almost fell after I saw Tristan’s clothes scattered around. Those clothes were what he was wearing this morning.I followed the direction to where Tristan’s clothes were scattered, to his room with the door open.When I was outside the room, I didn’t even need to see what they were doing. I heard her moan, screaming in lust.“Ooh! Tristan! Too fast!”“Please, make it faster!”“A-Ahh!”I continued to enter thinking and hoping that my suspicions were wrong, but I stopped and froze in my tracks after I saw Tristan riding on top of Bianca’s body. They are both naked on the bed.“I’m cumming again, Tristan!”As they cum at the same time, they both caught their breath. Tristan buried his face in Bianca’s neck until Bian
CELINE SALVATORE POV-Everyone came near the table where the birthday cake was while everyone sang happy birthday and Lance lit the seven birthday candles on each cake.After Lance lit all the birthday candles, we stopped singing ‘happy birthday’.“Make a wish first before we blow out your birthday candles.” Lance sweetly reminded our kids.Skye and Sunny closed their eyes together with a smile on their lips.Lance and I looked at each other and smiled at each other while waiting for our children to finish making their wishes.“Are you done making wishes?” Lance asked our children after they opened their eyes.Skye and Sunny giggled while nodding.“Let’s blow out your birthday candles. After counting to three, we will blow out your candles together.”Our children affirmed with a smile.Lance and I moved closer to our children and then our friends and family counted.“One! Two! Three!” As mentioned the three, we simultaneously blew out the birthday candles one after the other. When
CELINE SALVATORE POV-I just want to cry in elated. In the past few hours, our children’s birthday celebration has gone smoothly.Benjamin had prepared a short program he hosted, while he had someone take pictures while he was busy. He prepared children’s games, which everyone took part in except Don Charles, Sir Frederick, Yuichi and Giovanni.Giovanni wanted to take part in the games, knowing him he would do anything for his nephews, but in his condition, he pretended to cry on the side when Skye and Sunny looked at him.For now, we have given everyone time to rest after the games, and now I am sitting at the table with Christine and Astrid.“You should have told us what Lance did, so we burned him inside one of his hotels.” Astrid asseverate in a frustrated tone.Christine just mentioned that she had just found out from her husband about what Lance had done when I disappeared without saying goodbye six years ago. She mentioned that not because she wanted to bring up the pain I was
CELINE SALVATORE POV-“Mummy, I saw Skye and I’s cake.” Sunny said in amazement when she returned to our room after drinking water downstairs. “Our cake is so big, it’s bigger than daddy’s height.”It was our children’s day. We made their birthday an early dinner party because most of the attendees were close friends of Lance and I. My family with Ashley were coming from Italy who had just landed here thirty minutes ago and the Morgan family was coming from San Diego.“My cake is yellow and Skye’s is blue, just like daddy and Skye’s eyes.” Sunny continued with her story. “Is Uncle Lucian coming?”In six years, except Lucian was with us, he was never absent from Skye and Sunny’s birthday. So they got used to Lucian attending their birthday, especially Sunny.“Yes, sweetheart.” Lance answered. “Your Uncle Lucian is coming.”I told him yesterday that our children can look for Lucian on their birthdays, and he said he understands that. What’s important to him is that our children no longe
CELINE SALVATORE POV-This was probably one of the shortest days of my life. If my phone alarm hadn’t rung when it was time for our kids to eat dinner, we wouldn’t have noticed the time.After we finished swimming, Lance and I took our kids around the mansion, then let them play in the indoor playground and accompanied Sunny to her art room.For our kids, the mansion house had renovated a few of the mansion’s rooms, but most remained the same. Lance also introduced us to all of his personnel here at the mansion house, some of whom were new and some who weren’t new and didn’t know us.We also moved some of our clothes to our room.I spoke to Mommy on Face-Time and asked her to bring our important belongings when they arrived tomorrow.“Who’s excited about your birthday tomorrow?!” Lance queried our kids with delight. All three of them raised their hands while Lance raised two of his also his two feet. “You’re more excited than our children.” I carefully remarked as I climbed onto th
CELINE SALVATORE POV-“Daddy, you did wrong. You did wrong too, Skye.”“What’s wrong?” Lance and Skye asked at the same time.Our children’s voices, as well as Lance’s voice, were the ones that woke me up.I hadn’t even opened my eyes yet. I could sense Lance was the one who started the trouble between the three of them.I yawned before opening my eyes.Lance and Skye were facing Sunny, while Sunny was looking at her reflection in the hand mirror she was holding. From what I could see, they tried to braid Sunny’s hair in two but Sunny’s hair only got messier.Lance had a book next to him. It was a book about hairstyles for women.“Skye and I followed the instructions here.” He said while looking at the book he was holding. Skye nodded agree his father, also looking at the book.Lance looked at Sunny and his gaze passed over me. “Celine.”Our children turned to me then they came to me to give me a hug. Lance also came to us and wrapped the three of us in his arms.The warmth of my chi
CELINE SALVATORE POV-“I’m so wrathful about what you did. I’m slowly getting used to being without you, and the next thing I know, I might lose my love for you without listening to your explanation, or maybe I won’t lose my love for you–but it’s getting to where I’ll get used to not having you until I don’t care about you anymore. Why didn’t you tell me what happened to you, that you were comatose, and about your rehabilitation?”“Who told you those things?”“I want to know everything. I want to understand, because if you regret the times you weren’t with us, I would do even more. But the anger in my mind still prevailed because I knew nothing.”Lance closed the photo album before speaking. “Butler Arthur and Conrad, they betrayed me.”“What? Why?” That was the last thing I could think could happen.“I don’t know and my half-brother mentioned nothing either, that our father is Butler Arthur’s brother. I didn’t even know Conrad was Butler, Arthur’s son. They wanted to overthrow me, th
CELINE SALVATORE POV-The third floor and the private room full of Lance’s toy collection were the only places we went. After that, we went to the dining room.I noticed that the long table was new, but the memory of the last time I went to the dining room still came back.The chairs were heavy for our children, so Lance helped them sit down. I sat next to Sunny, while Lance sat next to Skye on the other side.“So much food!” Sunny said in amazement. “Can I eat all of this?” she asked.“Yes, Ma’am,” Benjamin replied as he was about to take a vegetable dish. “You can eat all the food that is on the table. I made sure each dish was not harmful to you.”Skye and Sunny clapped together.There are many forbidden foods for Sunny that Skye goes along with, so it seems that there are also many forbidden foods for Skye because she understands Sunny’s feelings first.“I want that! That too!”Skye and Sunny couldn’t hide their excitement that they could eat more dishes, while they pointed to the
CELINE SALVATORE POV-I can’t believe this will ever happen. I don’t know how to let go of my love for Lance, but there have been so many times I’ve come to the point of almost giving up that he’ll come back and be with us.I broke away from the hug. Smiling, I wiped both of his cheeks while his ocean blue eyes looked into my hazel brown eyes.I stopped wiping when Lance grabbed both of my hands and gave a quick kiss. “Thank you, Celine, for giving me a chance repeatedly. This time I’ll never waste it.”“I know.” I replied softly, while holding back my tears.I looked at Skye and Sunny, who were innocently looking at us. I could see the wonder on their faces why Lance was still crying.“Skye, Sunny, can you give daddy a super hug, so he’ll be happier?”It was a new and thrilled feeling that I could tell our children that Lance was their daddy and that they could call him daddy.Without hesitation, our children quickly approached him and gave a tight hug while showering him with kisse
THIRD PERSON POV-As soon as Lance woke up, the first thing came to his mind was his recurring dream where Celine left him. He let out a sigh, trying to get that dream out of his mind, until he became aware he couldn’t hear Celine’s voice, that he played before falling asleep.The two things were working, which made him wonder why they were both off. He dismissed that puzzle after realizing nine hours had passed since the scheduled time he should have risen.He impetuously moved. He was about to run to the bathroom, but he was again surprised to find his suitcase missing.“I’ll just buy some new clothes.” Lance uttered to himself.He went out first and hurried downstairs.“BENJAMIN!” He called out loudly to the person who was in charge of his mansion whenever he was not there.Lance called Benjamin several times. He even went to the kitchen, but before he could enter, Benjamin was already in front of him.“I told you to wake me up at nine in the morning.”“Ah, Sir Lance, about that–”