Lillian dipped a white towel into a bowl of warm water as she gently wiped the bruise on Don's cheek with it. Her gaze met his a few times, but she didn't say a word neither did he yet, she could feel he was staring deeply at her.The blow Don threw at Felix almost resulted in a serious fight. Fortunately, only one punch met Don's face, while the rest of the blows were directed towards Felix. It was not until the others came out to separate them and asked the both of them to go home.Everything happened like a dream to Lillian, though she was grateful Don appeared at the right time to save her from the harassment. She'd never expected for him to come to her rescue, looking that furious. At first, she thought his anger was targeted towards her, so her heart escalated in fear, but after realizing it wasn't to her, she felt relieved and happy. For the first time in their marriage, he didn't lash out on her when something like that happened. She didn't know how to thank him, especially
By this time, Lillian's tears were falling freely, and her hand covered her mouth. Hearing Don's story brought countless tears to her eyes that she didn't realize they were falling.She sniffled as she wiped them off, trying to act strong. What good was it if she couldn't comfort him at this crucial moment?“My mother was the only hope I had, but she was crushed in just a few minutes, right in front of my eyes. She always comforted me with a kiss but since she died, kissing any lady brought back memories that I tried to seal years back, which was why I avoided it in all possible ways that I could.” He smiled through his tears.Lillian had never seen him like this, and it only broke her to realize she brought back some painful memories. If only she hadn't kissed him that day......... Her heart shattered as she raised his head and began to wipe the few tear drops on his face.“You didn't kill any of them. Your father deserved what he got and as for your mother, I'm sure she is happy wh
Bella sat on the dining chair, looking like a bride whose groom had run away on their wedding day. She heaved a sigh as she glanced at the dinning table.The dining table was filled with different dishes of all kinds—something she had begun to prepare earlier, so she would meet at the agreed time. But, it seemed like they were the ones to back out of the agreed time first.She had invited the guards for a dinner since her brother and his wife weren't around, but they all ditched her for an operation. Though, none of them could help the situation.Having no one else to turn to, she decided to call Lillian. Fortunately, she picked at the third ring.“Bella! You're calling so late at night. It's bedtime here already.” Lillian groused immediately from the other end.“Oops, sorry. I just needed someone to talk to. Everything here seems boring since you left.”Lillian sighed and there was silence for a while before she spoke again, “Sorry, I just moved away to the corridor, so as not to dis
Bella spread her hands wide in all smiles, looking ready to receive Lillian into her arms, while the maids behind her went to take down the luggage from the car.“Goodness, I missed you.” She whined like a child as soon as Lillian got in her embrace.Lillian disengaged the hug and chuckled, “But, you sent me to the trip…”Bella heaved a sigh and engulfed her in a tight hug once again, “I know, but I can't help but to feel your absence in this house. You know, you are the only companion I have.” Her whining didn't stop as she tightened the hug.Lillian couldn't help but to burst into laughter. This was the same lady who was chasing her to the trip three days ago.“You have Rex, and he will be more than willing to keep you company if you had asked him.” Lillian thought to play around for a while with a small smile playing around her lips. This time, she disengaged the hug and hung her arms around Bella's neck instead.“Not like he has that chance. You know, he's been part of the peopl
“Eva isn't at her house as we guessed and nobody seems to know when she would be back…”“Including her friends?” Don interrupted as he glanced at Draco in the mirror.He was standing in front of the mirror as he pulled off his wristwatch and placed it in the same place he kept the other wristwatches. His face had a void expression, even if what he felt was total annoyance.In Brazil, Don received a few things that proved Eva had been committing crimes behind his back, including the deal she made with Klaus. He realized the plan was to get him, Don, seriously injured then pin everything on Lillian, which almost worked, just that Brandon had unknowingly beat Klaus to attacking Don first.After going through all the evidence he received, Don couldn't help to feel a strong urge to avenge; he was going to begin with Eva first before he would think of what to do with Klaus later on, for almost turning his back on him.“...... So, yes. I also confirmed they were telling the truth, as I made
It was finally the day when Antonio was to be lowered into the ground. All of his burial rites were performed, and the last one was going to take place today.The hustling and bustling in the mansion was clear as different cars were brought into view in the compound. Guards in all black trooped into some cars, leaving a few empty cars for their boss and his family.Shortly after, Don walked out of the house with Draco and Rex trailing behind him in all black attires, just that Don's was a lot fancier.“.... His body was found near the ocean by one of our source, and it seemed like he was killed by a gunshot.” They stopped in front of a Black BMW XUV Jeep and Don turned to Draco, who just finished talking. “So, Ricardo is dead?”“Yes boss.”“Where is his body?” Don asked, his left eyebrow wrinkled up in a frown.Since Ricardo betrayed the clan, he didn't stop searching for him, so hearing this news made him pissed. He'd wanted to be the one to end his life.“We burnt it.” This was wha
All the guards that were assigned to Lillian were gathered in a row, their heads lowered to the ground as their hands clung to each other on their crotch area.They looked anxious, no doubts! So, they tried to hide it by all means. It was futile to reveal how scared they felt, even though the atmosphere alone was tense.Bella was seen pacing to and fro in front of them, she ran her hand over her hair at intervals.“Have you searched everywhere in the vicinity?” She asked as she finally stopped pacing after a long while.Her question seemed off, even to her because she knew they've searched everywhere in the area but didn't find anything that could help.“Yes.” One of the guards replied with a low tone. He was already nervous ahead, for the worst was yet to come from their boss. “It's obvious she'd been kidnapped.” He added, but this only frustrated Bella.“Oh goodness!” She groaned out as she started pacing around again.She had gone to the hospital to join Lillian as planned, but the
The look in his eyes was looking rather scary to Lillian, and she wondered immensely who he was.He didn't reply to her when she asked, so she tried to think back to all the faces she had seen in her entire life, but his didn't ring a bell. His last statement also increased her curiosity, leaving her to continue wondering who he was.'Could he be a close family to Mark?' She thought in her head, but her mind countered it. If he was truly a family member of Mark, then what would he want with her?Not like any of them knew her, neither did she know any of them. Just as if Pablo had just gotten out of a trance, the look on his face became cold with a glint of hatred in his eyes.Lillian noticed this and decided to change her question, “What do you want with me? I don't recall ever meeting you before.”“Of course you won't because the last time we met was when you were in your mother's womb.”“Excuse me?”“You don't know who I am, but your parents are very familiar with me. In fact, we w