“Your father killed him,” the vigour in his tone told Flora how much he hated her father and now she finally understood why? But did her father really kill him? No, her papa could never hurt a child…. never ever. “Armando was just a 15 years old teenager when your father killed him and it was just because he was the son and the heir of Bernard Zelvasco….a man your father used to consider as his enemy,” rage scorched in each and every vein inside his body as his mind started recollecting the painful flashes of his destructive past which had forced him to become the nefarious person he was today. Flora had turned into a complete statue. She didn't know what to say to him in return, so she just continued to listen to what he had to reveal about his past to her and that revelation was breaking her apart. She was still not ready to believe at all that her father could kill a child in his rivalry, no matter what. “My mother died when I was just 2 years old due to a heart condition and my
Their eyes collided and by seeing those tears in her eyes, he understood she had heard everything. It made him ball his fists more vigorously. “Leave, Kester,” his voice sounded extremely calm and composed but his bloodshed gaze made Flora understand it clearly that now the last string of his endurance had broken up finally.Exhaling a soft sigh, Kester looked at Flora and then at him. “You both need to take your next step carefully and fast before it would be too late,” Kester uttered and they both understood what he actually meant. After that, Kester left from that room, leaving them alone with each other.After Kester left, Flora saw him walking closer to her. His eyes refused to leave hers, even for a single second. He reached her in a couple of strides.Flora lowered her eyes as soon as she found him standing in front of her but she could clearly feel his gaze on her. She thought he was going to burst out at her but he proved her wrong with his next words.“Tell me, Ora. I want
The car halted in front of her home which made Flora step out of the car. As soon as she stepped outside, she saw her father and uncle Dario standing at the door, waiting for her. Their gazes were glued at her.Automatically tears brimmed in her eyes, as soon as she saw her father. She couldn't even tell through words what she was exactly feeling at that moment. Without wasting any further second, Flora ran towards her father and hugged him as tightly as possible. Flora broke down into tears in her father's arms which made Riccardo wrap his arms around his child securely and protectively. He finally felt that relief of having his child in his arms, safe and secure.No words came out of their mouths because at that moment that father and daughter just needed to embrace each other. That father needed to securely cage his child in his arms whereas for the child, she needed her father's embrace to feel safe, secure and alive.“P….papa,” Flora whimpered while burying her face more deep ins
“Your momma went into a coma the second she found out about your abduction,” gathering all his courage, Riccardo finally dared to tell that thing about a mother to her child.Slowly tilting her head, Flora looked at her father with her reddened glossy eyes and it hurt Riccardo even more. He knew this was going to be difficult but he had not anticipated it to turn so painful. He was seeing his child breaking so badly by seeing her mother in a condition like that and he was not capable of doing anything to stop that pain from engulfing his family. He was feeling extremely helpless at that moment.“When I got to know about your abduction, I tried to hide it from your momma because I knew she wouldn't be able to endure it but when you stopped taking her phone calls and she couldn't reach you, Aniya became suspicious that something had happened to you and….” He paused, feeling it extremely agonising to say those things to his daughter again.Like a statue, Flora continued to gaze at her fa
“You will not harm aunt Aubrey and Ameline, papa,” Flora said to Riccardo. Her watery eyes were fixed at her father. The second her uncle Dario entered their parents’ bedroom with that tension laced face, she understood something was not right and after her father left with him, her suspicion confirmed, so she made one of the staff member stay with her mother and she followed her father and uncle Dario and here she found what was the actual matter here. Her father was planning on killing Aubrey and Ameline which she couldn't let happen at any cost.Flora stepped inside the studyroom and then walked straight towards her father. She stood in front of him.“Free them, papa. Please, don't hurt them,” Flora requested her father, holding back her tears.For a brief moment, Flora witnessed her father staring at her in complete silence. He didn't utter a single word to her, like her words or her behaviour startled and stunned him. Somehow, he looked at her in disbelief, like he couldn't beli
“Everything will get completely alright very soon, Rican,” Noelle told her best friend, Rican. Both the teenagers were present inside Flora's room who was still sleeping and they both were taking care of her together as Rican wanted to stay with his sister and Noelle didn't want to leave her best friend alone in a tough situation like this when he needed her.“Don't be disheartened, please,” she said to him while placing her palm over Rican's shoulder who was sitting beside Flora on the bed. His chocolate brown eyes were fixed at his sleeping sister's face where he noticed those dried up tears stains on her both cheeks which were telling him how much tears his sister had shedded from those closed eyes of hers. She had cried herself to her sleep.“Sissy is here finally and I am sure, now aunt Aniya will wake up too then everything will get alright. Just don't lose hope please,” Noelle tried to give him comfort through her words as she knew he needed them. Rican didn't answer back but h
“The progress is extremely good this time in Mrs Alfanso's health,” the doctor uttered while checking Aniya. Flora and Riccardo were also present there inside the room.“Hopefully if this continues to proceed like this then very soon, she will be fully recovered and will wake up too,” A smile formed on Flora's face whereas Riccardo's throbbing heart filled with a little calmness finally, hearing the doctor's words that Aniya was going to be completely alright very soon.“Her reports are also good. Hopefully, she will get back her senses very soon,” the doctor said while looking at Riccardo. He nodded at the doctor who came to their home for Aniya's regular checkup to make sure about her speedy and correct recovery of her health.“I will come back tomorrow at the same time. Take care,” Riccardo dipped his head at the doctor after hearing her and then she left that room.Both Riccardo and Aniya walked towards the bed and stood beside it. Flora saw her father sitting beside her mother.
Dashing out of that room, Flora ran towards that hall from where those gunshots were coming from and when she reached there, her soul froze by seeing that dreadful scenario in front of her eyes. Dozens of men had surrounded her father whose one hand was bleeding badly. He was standing there, completely defenceless against those dozens of men who were fully armed. All of their guns and weapons were pointing straight at her father and due to that reason, her father's men had to drop all their weapons and surrender in order to make sure of the safety of their boss’s life. One of those men was standing behind her father and the barrel of his gun was pressed against the back of her father's head. All of that numbed her heart but it filled her head with rage….pure rage. “Leave him….. right now,” Flora screamed out of her lungs, making every single head turn in her direction. Storming towards her father, she stood in front of him and that was where she noticed that the man who was pressin
“Once again, happy birthday, Eara,” “Thank you, granny grandpa,” Eara said to her grandpa Dario and granny Niova while sitting on her mother's lap. She was video chatting with them inside the car as they were heading to her birthday party venue which was N.R…Alfanso. “Bye…. enjoy your evening, my little princess. Bye,” Niova said to Eara and then looked at Flora. She nodded at Flora softly and then hung up the call. Flora sighed, heavily. After losing their daughter, Noelle, her uncle Dario and aunty Niova shifted to another country and they both also barely visited here and everyone could clearly understand why. “They are fine?” Niley asked, who was also present in that car with Flora, Easton and her husband, Kester. Flora nodded at her and then looked at Niley and Kester’s one year old daughter, Neser, who was peacefully sleeping in her mother's lap. Flora beamed at her. “Eara, don't wake her up…baby. Look, your baby sis is sleeping,” Flora said to her daughter who was trying
“Happy Birthday, Eara….” That tiny 3 year old girl opened her doe eyes, hearing that voice and a smile formed on her face, seeing her parents and grandparents. Giggling, she clapped her hands which made everyone chuckle. Smiling, Flora picked her three year old daughter, Eara, in her arms and kissed her cheek. “Happiest birthday to my baby,” she wished her. Tittering, the little girl hugged her mother. “Thank you so much, momma,” she said. “Happy birthday to my Eara,” Easton uttered, kissing the tip of his daughter's tiny nose. Ears giggled and kissed her father's cheek. “Thank you, papa,” “It's our turn now,” Aniya said, making Flora and Easton smile. Riccardo took his granddaughter in his arms and kissed her forehead. “Happy birthday, my little buddy,” he wished her. It felt like he was holding his tiny Ora in his arms because Eara just looked like her mother in her childhood. Cute and bubblish. Eara smiled and hugged her grandfather tightly. “Thank you, grandpa…” she kiss
“Ethan, stop running and come here,” Flora shouted while running behind her 4 years old toddler who was just little in his age and height but when it came to running, he could defeat athlete runners.“ETHAN….” Flora yelled out of her lungs but instead of getting scared by his mother's shouting, the little boy continued to run all around their house. “Ethan, come here. I am warning you,”The little boy giggled, hearing his mother and started circling around the dining table. By now Flora's stamina had started giving up on her. She stopped and grabbed her waist and saw her tiny trouble maker laughing at her.“Momma, you need to drink milk to become strong like me,” the little boy showed his non-existent muscles to his mother which made Flora narrow her eyes at him. Of course, he was going to advise her to drink milk when she gave him this same lecture about drinking milk regularly.“You…wait,” Flora ran towards him but Ethan again dashed away from there but this time he got bumped agai
“You love troubling me, don't you, mi alma?” That huskily deep voice and those words of her abductor filled Noelle's tummy with tingles. She felt his warm mouth giving a soft suck on her tender lips and with no second thoughts in her head, she let that warmth engulfed her entirely because that warmth belonged to the love of her life, her best friend, her soulmate…her Rican.After pecking her lips, he pulled back and let his dark brown hues get stuck over her ethereal light blue ones. Those eyes of hers which he was insanely in love with since he was a child. He tried to kiss her again but Noelle stopped him by cupping his mouth.“And what do you think you are doing, Mr Rican Alfanso?” she sent him a tiny glare which filled his gaze with amusement. Holding her wrist, he slightly pulled away her palm from his mouth only to kiss her in between her palms delicately. He was just not only irrevocably in love with her but he was obsessed with desiring and cherishing her too in every possible
“Congratulations, you are pregnant,” Flora was completely shaken after hearing those words from her doctor. She was pregnant. Her heart froze, both in thrill and nervousness. She was pregnant.“Come to my clinic tomorrow for some basic check-ups of your and your baby's health. Take care,” the doctor's words snapped her out of her shock. “O…okay. Thank you,” Flora stuttered and then hung up the call. Niley's brows furrowed in confusion, seeing that unusual reaction on Flora's face. She was looking like her doctor had caused a spell on her through her phone. “Hey! What happened?” Niley asked but Flora didn't answer. She continued to look at her phone. Scowling, Niley shook Flora's shoulder and she finally looked at her.“What happened?” Niley questioned her again. Flora blinked before finally parting her mouth to answer her.“The doctor said I…I am p…pregnant,” she uttered while stuttering and her words widened Niley's eyes but before Niley could say anything, that voice resonated.
Flora was completely confused by seeing that little kid with Kester and the very first thing which appeared in her head was who was that little boy and why he was with Kester.Flora noticed that the kid turned a bit afraid as soon as he witnessed those strangers around him. He tried to hide himself behind Kester in fear.“Cain, don't be afraid. They all are going to be your friends,” Flora heard Kester telling that kid and the way he was talking to that little boy, it made Flora suspicious of a very big thing. Was it Kester's son? If it was then it was something startling for Flora as she was not aware of this even slightly.Kester held the little boy's hand and then brought him forward.“Don't worry. They all are going to be your buddies,” Kester uttered to the kid which made the kid look at all those strangers in front of him until his doe emerald eyes caught a familiar face.“Uncle E…Easton,” the little boy stuttered, focusing his eyes on Easton which made Easton smile. He walked t
Flora saw him getting in front of her father and then he stood in front of him which paused the beating of her heart because she had no clue of what he was going to do or say to her father at this point. She had never seen her father and him exchanging any kind of words with each other and that thing had started worrying her a lot, especially when she was aware of their not so good relations and thoughts about each other.Holding her heart, she was peering at them and even the lightened up surrounding had tensed up with those two men getting face-to-face with each other until….“I am sincerely remorseful for the harm I have caused to you and your family, Mr Alfanso,” he uttered and his words startled everyone, including Flora. So he was wanting to apologise to her father and family.“Getting completely blinded by my hatred for you, I continued to harm and hurt you and your family but the truth was none of you ever deserved any of it,” he sounded genuinely guilty which was reflecting i
Next morning, Flora woke up from her beautifully peaceful sleep with the tender rays of light falling on her face. She slowly opened her lashes only to find those alluring grey eyes peering down at her. Those eyes which had trapped her very existence in them. A soft blush crept on her face because she didn't know for how long he had been staring at her while she was sleeping like a little tired baby. He saw her cheeks turning pink whereas she darted her gaze down at his chest.“Staring at someone like this while they are sleeping is considered creepy, Mr Marzel?” She taunted him while peering at his naked chest. They both were completely uncovered under that blanket and their bare bodies were also grazing against each other, turning everything more intimidating for her, especially after when her head continued to repeat what had happened between them last night and how he kept her awake more than half of the night last night.A smirk formed on his face, hearing her words. Leaning hi
Flora's heart tingled as soon as she felt him pressing his warm lips against her. Without having any second thoughts, she kissed him back while wrapping her arms around his neck.Feeling her soft and delicate lips getting captured into his mouth, he finally realised how badly he had been missing them all this time. He was restlessly needing to feel, touch and taste that tenderness of hers because only she was capable of calming that sheer desperation inside him which he felt when it came to her only.Their lips were beautifully devouring each other, having no urgency to care about the rest of the world. He softly nibbled on her lower lip which made her slightly open her mouth. He entered his tongue inside her mouth and as soon as she felt their tongues touching each other, Flora softly moaned which made him pull her more closer.He made sure to press her entire body against his, leaving no inch of distance between their bodies. Flora grabbed his hair when he cupped her nape to deepen