TWO WEEKS LATER*"How many years does it take you to inspect those things Bella?" Don said glancing at the phone placed at the phone stand as he successfully made a U- turn."Years? I've just spent weeks here and it isn't up to a month yet." Bella defended from the other side of the phone."So, you plan to stay for a month?" Don asked in a scoff."I didn't say that." Bella sang out and he scoffed again."When are you coming back?" He asked as he glanced at the phone."And don't you dare hang up." Don said again trying to avoid what happened the last time he called her and Bella's laughter was heard from the other side."I don't know but, I'll see what I can do about that." She replied and Don scoffed."You don't plan to come back anytime soon, do you?" He said glaring at the phone like it was Bella."Maybe, ain't sure yet." Bella replied."You're just so unpredictable." Don said now focusing back on the road."Thank God you know that." Bella sang out again and Don scoffed."Will you j
Lillian took slow strides as she walked towards Don's room. She paused in her steps when she was almost at the door, contemplating if it was alright to go and check up on him at the moment. She didn't know if the doctor was done with him yet but there was only one way to find out. She sighed as she resumed her steps againShe had gone with them in taking him to his room earlier and stayed with him but when the doctor arrived, he asked all of them out, even when she insisted on staying back as his wife. She decided to go back to her room while waiting patiently to hear reports but then it's been twenty minutes and she hasn't heard any yet.She got to where the guards were standing at the entrance and took in a deep breath."Please, can I see him now?" She asked staring from one of them to the other.The guards looked at each other then back at her. "Wait here." Rex said and went into the room. He came out shortly and gave way for her to pass. She went in and met the doctor already pa
Don's face expressed shock but it was only for a split of second. What she said was kind of true, he needed to eat, so he could take his drugs and get out of this bed. He badly wanted to find out who did this to him and he just couldn't wait to lay his hands on whoever it was. He sighed and managed to put his legs down from the bed."You shouldn't stress yourself, I'll put the....." Lillian tried to say but he stopped her by raising his free hand up."Don't bother." He cut in as he finally put his legs down, and Lillian helped to properly place the table in front of him.She uncovered the meal and he started eating while she stared at him."Will you continue to stare at me that way or go back to your room?" He said noticing her stares but didn't look at her."I would stay here as per what the doctor said." She replied in a slight nod and he scoffed but didn't say a word."You know, you look more handsome when you take that cold look off your face." Lillian said again after a while an
Lillian hugged her pillow tight to her chest as she thought of all that happened recently. She just couldn't understand who had wanted to kill him. Who did he offend that wanted to end his life? And to even think he didn't do anything about it? Or was he?What if the doctor hadn't arrived earlier, what would have then happened?She took in a sharp breath, throwing the pillow aside."If he isn't going to call the cops, then I'll have to help him do it." She muttered to herself clicking her tongue as she picked up her phone."But come to think of it, I don't have any cop's number." She said as she clicked her tongue again."I'll call Fred, he might have one." She said again dialling her brother's number.He picked up at the second ring."Hey, little sis." He said."Where the heck are you? it's so noisy over there." She said in a little scoff."I'm sorry, I'll step out in a sec." Fred said. There was silence for some seconds before he spoke up again."I'm out now, so what's up?" He said
"I hope you know this would be your last visit here." Don stated as he glanced at the doctor."Yeah. You're fine now, so there'll be no need to come here again." The doctor said in a light smile."Please, where is your wife, Mrs Dean? I haven't seen her around since I came here." The doctor said again, this time with a nervous smile. He has been the Dean's doctor for years and Don's associate but he still wasn't free around him yet."You're here as a doctor and not as her welfare guardian, so focus on your job." Don replied with a hostile glare. "I'm,, I'm sorry. Please, pardon me." The doctor apologized Immediately in a stutter. He has always avoided anything that would get him pissed off."Are you done?" Don asked grumpily. He was already getting impatient with the doctor's unending checkup."I'm almost........." Someone barged in with force. They both turned to see who and they saw an angry Bella. "Leave us alone, doctor." She said staring daggers at her brother. The doctor lef
"Shhhh, it's alright. You would be fine." Bella cooed, rubbing Lillian's hair and at the same time trying to calm her down. They remained like that for minutes before Bella finally released her from the hug."Have you eaten?" She asked with her tone sounding worried."Yeah." Lillian muttered in a small nod.She was no longer crying heavily like before, all thanks to Bella.Bella eye searched for any injury on her body, she let out a long sigh of frustration after seeing a few on her knee."He did this to you, right?" She asked fixing her gaze on the area of the injury. She exhaled sharply when she didn't reply."Honestly, I'm sorry about all these and I will do my very best to make all these pass." Bella said staring at her in pity."As long as you don't know anything about how he got shot." She quickly added and Lillian nodded quietly."Now, wipe your tears." She said again and brought out an handkerchief. She tried to help her wipe off the traces of tears on her face but Lillian w
A lady walked secretly into the maid's quarters. She made sure to confirm she wasn't being followed before closing the door behind her quietly.She was a maid who worked in the mansion.She brought out her phone and shakily dialed on the number. The call rang to the end without anyone answering it. She tried it the second time and this time, the call was answered."What the heck is your problem! Why are you disturbing my peace for goodness sake!" The receiver said sounding pissed from the other side."I'm sorry ma'am but there's a problem." The maid said lowly."What is it? I hope it isn't about what we talked about the last time." The receiver said with the voice harsher than before."It's about it, ma'am." The maid breathed out glancing behind her just to make sure she was safe."What is it all about then?" "She has been released from cell. " The maid announced and the lady at the other side gasped in shock."How the hell did you let that happen!" She yelled."It wasn't my fault, m
Don stood in front of the mirror as he did the last button on his shirt. He put on his jacket and used his cologne.He fixed the wristwatch on his wrist and wore his boot before he finally left the room.Rex and Draco, who were already waiting for him followed behind immediately. They made their way down the stairs and entered the living room. Don halted his footsteps pretty damn quick when he saw Lillian already in the living room waiting for him.She stood up when she felt his presence behind her and turned around to him. She was wearing a turkey velvet red belted gown and golden heels with a golden clutch to match. His eyes scrutinized her carefully and it made her so uncomfortable. She coughed lightly as he finally got out of his reverie. She heaved a sigh when he walked past her without saying a wordShe followed him and they all got into the car after the guards opened the door for the both of them. She faced the window all through, staring at the outside on their way. She w
The two siblings paced to and fro in the waiting room. Their expression held nothing but anxiety as they prayed silently in their hearts for everything to go well.Lillian's mother wasn't excluded. She was called to the hospital immediately Bella and her brother, Don, suspected that Lillian was in labor. Luckily, Mrs. Blake was around the area at that time, so she followed them to the hospital.It had been over an hour since Lillian was taken into the delivery room, and there's been no news from the doctors in charge.This continued for a few minutes until they all sighted the doctor heading their way, and they rushed to him immediately.“Congratulations. She has given birth to a bouncing baby boy.” The doctor voiced out immediately with a light smile.Their once worried look brightened instantly with smiles lingering on their lips.Finally, Bella spoke out with so much enthusiasm, “Can we see them now?”“Of course, you can see them. Come with me.”They all followed the doctor to Lill
“Ughh, how tasteless can this be?” Lillian chimed in a loud voice that caught everyone's attention.All eyes were shot at her, with only Bella's having the courage to remain on her, unlike the maids who immediately continued what they were doing.Bella's gaze instantly raised a question when she glanced up from her phone.“These are no fun to take! It's really tasteless.” Lillian continued to whine and this time, she tossed the berry in her hand back to the rest in the tray.“Do you want us to get you another fruits?” One of the maids stood in an upright position and asked.They were all new maids. After what happened to Aurora, the maid who committed suicide and Mara, Don replaced the maids and, this time, with a much stricter rule. Lillian shook her head, thereby urging the maid to go back to her previous duty.This was mostly all what Lillian does to the food and even fruits she eats since she became pregnant. It was either disgusting or tasteless like earlier. Things even got wo
Bella got a hint of the situation immediately her mood changed, and no words came from her. She heaved a sigh but didn't say a word either.Just then, the door opened, revealing Don. He walked a few steps into the room and paused to stare at Lillian.The family shot him a glance, then back at Lillian. They also got a hint of the situation and guessed they obviously needed some privacy together.“Now that your husband is here, we'll leave you two to talk.” Mrs. Blake said and glanced at the others, and they all nodded.They left the ward as agreed, but that didn't change the aura in the ward. Don and Lillian still maintained their silence as different thoughts ran through their heads.But there was something strange about Don's demeanor. His expression wasn't unreadable as it used to be. This time, she could bet she was able to read some emotions out from his facial expression.One of them was anger, but who was he angry at? Lillian shivered at the thought of him getting angry at the f
A devilish smile didn't fail to crawl to his face as he attempted to pull the trigger, but all of a sudden, all the armed men in the place pointed their guns towards him, shocking everyone except Don and his personal guards.“You should also get one thing straight, no one escapes my wrath when they look for it.” Don finally voiced out with a dangerous smirk.Rex and Draco were also freed, and they joined the multitude of boys to pointing guns at Pablo. Pablo, whose face was now filled with confusion and shock, gently dropped his hand by his side.“Do you really think that you were the only one with the plans here?” Don's mind flashed back to how he replaced the men that were meant to support Pablo with his.It wasn't an easy thing to do but it was still worth it, especially since it had to with getting Pablo away from Lillian's life forever."What is happening now?" Pablo glanced around him, his mind trying not to accept that he was already outsmarted.This wasn't what he had planned.
Don tucked his gun into his pants as he glared at the men on the ground, some were unconscious while a few were groaning in extreme pain. He didn't waste any more seconds before he left the area.Pablo was actually more prepared, considering the number of guards he had secretly placed in the building. Fortunately, Don and his personal guards were well-trained enough to take them all down. Although, they wouldn't stop trooping into the building, more like they already knew of the intruders.As Don ran up the stairs, he was more vigilant than ever. The occurrence from earlier should never happen again, especially since he had only a limited time.Yes! He was already informed by Sir. Jeffrey about the short time they had to rescue Lillian. He would rather not waste a second out of it even though, three minutes had passed already.He halted when he got to a hallway leading to different rooms. Opening one of the rooms, he concluded he wouldn't be able to make it if he searched through them
Bella stood, glaring at the man in front of her, that if not for just a good reason, she would have strangled him to death right there.After so many days of searching and trying to find him, he was finally found. But then, it was so unfortunate that nothing could be done to him at the moment.“I think you can stop glaring now, else your eyes might pop out any moment.” Mark finally said, not able to endure the harsh gazes he was receiving from Bella.He was roughly tied in a piece on the cold floor, that it was so difficult to even move a body part. Though, he was already in that state before Bella and her brother arrived.“I don't mind, as long as you go down first. And don't think you're doing us a favor here because you're one of the reasons all this is happening.” The hostile glare didn't leave Bella's face as she spat out her anger.“That stupid brother of yours had better f**king bring Lillian back.” Mark retorted with so much loathe behind his voice.Even though Bella's anger k
“Boss, as we speak, they're after me and......” Mara glanced at the men running after her and she mumbled, “F*ck!”They were so close to her that in a few seconds they could catch up with her. F*ck herself for making the injuries on her look so real. Now, she couldn't even run properly with all the injuries she inflicted on herself.The men, who happened to be Don's guards, split into two groups as one group out took Mara and blocked her from running further.Figuring there was no other way out as the guards already circled her with their guns pointing directly at her, Mara halted and without a second warning, threw her phone into the nearby river.All the guards were shocked, realizing what she just did, but none of them bulged to retrieve the phone. As long as they caught Mara first, they're sure to get all the information they wanted, including the reason she shot Eva.“Hello? Mara!” The line had already disconnected, but Pablo didn't realize it until there was no more sound from th
“I want to get rid of that so-called wife of his, I don't think I can stand her even though we're just knowing each other. That b**ch is beginning to step on my toes.” “She has a name.”“Do I look like I f**king care? Whatever name she goes by, whether Lillian Blake or Killian Black, I just want one thing, and that is to get rid of her while she is still new.”“So?”“So, I want you to do something, and it's slightly simple, though dangerous.”“Danger is literally my other name, but first, what do I get in return?”“Whatever you ask for. Hold on…. What are you staring at? You want my body?”“You got it, babe.”“Just do what I want, and you'll have all you ask for.” The recording paused and that was Eva lifted her head, her mouth, and eyes wide open in shock. She glanced at the person whom she would rather die than have to listen to the recording at the moment and felt her life was over.Listening to the conversation she had with Klaus some months back made her whole world crumble. Ju
“We searched the CCTV footage for the supposed area and, as expected, it's been altered. It only showed the part where the Lady and maid stepped out to check the unconscious guards in another car, the rest of what took place wasn't found.” “It was also known that the security guards there were all unconscious at the said time, which means….”“Which means that this person really knows what he is doing. But who could he be? Or could it be......” Bella cut Draco short as her mind drifted to Mark, but strangely, she doubted if he had such authority or resources.“I doubt if he was. Even if he was behind it, I believe he had back up, someone with a similar goal compared to his.” Don also thought of Mark, but being in this game for long, he understood that not just anyone had the power to pull such strings.Nobody said anything for a while, and this gave Draco the opportunity to speak again.“We've sent messages across to all of our connections in the country, but there hasn't been news ye