There's trouble in paradise
“Selene, I think you need to be very careful around this Benson guy. I don’t trust him one bit. Can you believe I saw Coco exit his room just a while back?” Chloe spoke dramatically, causing Selene to probe, “Why are you making such a big deal about this? We both know they are colleagues. I can even say they are rather friends if I should be fair.” Chloe eyed her friend as if she were a toddler who didn’t understand how the real world worked. “She was sneaking out of the place, dimwit. No one walks like that out of a friend’s room.” Chloe responded, earning a shrug from Selene. “So, if you are speaking from experience, how many of your friends' rooms did you tiptoe out of?I have no friends to visit, so you could tell me about it, no?” Selene teased her friend, causing Chloe to roll her eyes at her before adding, “I’m being serious right now, Selene. This is not a joke. With the way the guy looks at you, he could even force himself on you if you ever find yourself alone in the
“Tell me everything is intact. I don’t want any errors, Coco. Mind you, if anything goes wrong, it’s on your head. Don’t disappoint me.” Benson quickly spoke to her as if they didn’t know each other. He even made it sound like Coco was the one to gain from whatever they planned to do. “Why would you talk like that, Benson? You haven’t even looked at me properly since you set eyes on the new girl. What? You want to replace me with her?” Coco felt a bitter taste in her mouth when that word fell from her lips. She wasn’t willing to lose this man for any reason at all. If for anything, she will rather eliminate all the threats standing in her way, no matter how difficult it is to eradicate them. “You should have told me all along that you want some sweetness, Bella… Ahem! I mean, Coco.” He referred to her as Bella, then quickly corrected himself when he noticed that she didn’t make a fuss about a thing. “I think she didn’t hear me. Thank goodness. Knowing Coco, she w
“Selene, just as I said yesterday, you need to be very careful with that jerk today. If you miss a single step, it will be too dire for us to handle. We both understand what I mean.” Chloe kept reminding her friend about what might go wrong if she’s not careful enough. “Come on, Chloe, you know he even called me yesterday, but I didn’t give in to his rantings. How about we forget about him and concentrate on the positives of today’s scene instead?” Selene tried to reason with her friend, hoping Chloe would drop the topic and concentrate on the day’s scene. “You don’t get what I mean, Selene. That is where my problem is. He told you he will do everything to get you as his woman, or no one else will. That’s to say that he might even hurt you if he doesn’t have you to himself. That’s a big threat right there. Do you understand the gravity of the situation? That is the reason why today’s scene scares me so much. It’s not even helping to see how sneaky they’ve been since morning
“Tell me, Wendy, why did you lie to me about spiking Declan’s drink? You made me look like a fool in the presence of the man I love. Now, he doesn’t even wish to see me anymore.” Angelique Penn addressed Wendy like the lowly servant that she thought him to be.“If you can’t do it right, must you attempt it? I don’t even understand why you need to be this uptight all the time.Or, do you have eyes for Declan also?” Angelique taunted in rage, only to hear the nanny respond in a calm voice, “I have been at his side since Maya got pregnant. I took care of her till Chloe was born. I was there when the little girl was named, and I am still relevant in his life. What else do you think I need apart from this?”Wendy sounded like a contented housewife who didn’t have any further demands to make as long as her husband came back home to her.“Are you telling me you have feelings for Declan Grayson, and only wish to finally see your love through the silent efforts you make?Hahaaaaha! Ah,
“no eres mi madre. Nunca supe lo que significaba esa palabra. Toda mi vida he sido nada menos que huérfano de madre. You are not my mother. I've never known what that word ever meant. All my life, I've been nothing short of motherless.)” The sound of those words was so harsh that the woman couldn’t even breathe properly. The pain in her chest made it feel as though someone was squeezing her chest so tightly that breathing became a huge chore all of a sudden. “no por favor… no digas eso (no, please… Don't say that)” The woman’s tears fell so much that one may be confused to think she was mourning. She kept shaking her head vigorously, the words, “No… No…” remaining on her lips. She wished he could stop saying those things, as she only did everything because she wanted to protect and keep him safe. “¿Dónde estuviste todos estos años? ¿Por qué me abandonaste, sólo para aparecer ahora que no te necesito? Where were you all these years? Why did you abandon me, only to appear now t
“S… Selene… S… Selene, sweetheart, please tell me you’re okay. Please…” As Celeste fumbled around in the dust, she was so stricken that her mind couldn’t stop replaying the scary scene that just unfolded before her. She was hoping her daughter would jump into her arms, so that she would be the one to get hurt, instead of her. However, when she witnessed how Selene got thrown out of the vehicle just now, her body was yet to stop trembling, but, she still fumbled around to get through to her. Selene wasn’t supposed to stray this far into the forest, but things just went haywire, and she could only hope that her daughter was safe. Celeste was sure she wouldn’t recover if her daughter’s life was ever lost through this experience. ~~~Flashback~~~ The car sped for a while, as Selene tried to manoeuvre it toward a stream up ahead. A few crew members had swam in it when they came, so she intended to jump into it after discarding the car. However, she suddenly noticed that the vehic
“I’m sorry, ma’am, but you cannot do this. You don’t have the requisite training and…” The pilot tried to reason with Celeste, letting her know there was no way she would succeed in her attempt, but the sharp look she gave him caused him to clam up. Then again, it was his job to ensure her safety, and there was no way he would watch her do anything that could hurt both her and her daughter. “We came here to do a job, ma’am. I won’t allow this. I already told you we’ll return for your daughter soon enough.” He fired in an angry tone, ready to zone off. Unknown to him, the woman was even willing to die for her daughter, if need be. If you move an inch from here, I promise you’ll be jobless before you get to the city. I have the mayor on speed dial, and you know what that means. I can also promise that no one in Bloomsbay will dare employ you after this. Not even as a cleaner.” Celeste used the hard road, as they might just leave her daughter if she decided to be any more cal
“Si. Si. Si. Hablaremos más cuando regrese. Pero por ahora necesito ir a arrancar algunas malas hierbas. (We'll talk more when I get back. But for now, I need to go and uproot some weeds.) Rafaela had to say goodbye temporarily, even though she hated the thought of parting with her son. They spoke for a while, trying to catch up on the many decades they lost, and the short time just wasn’t enough. ¿Ahora? ¿Debes irte hoy? (Now? Must you leave today?) Declan wasn’t willing to part with his mother so soon. They just met a few hours ago, yet she was leaving once more. He felt as though he was losing her for the second time already. Odio separarme de ti, Santiago. Pero esto es muy urgente. Simplemente no puede esperar (I hate to part with you, Santiago. But this is very urgent. It just can't wait.) Seeing how hard Rafaela was having it to say goodbye to him, Declan decided to make things easier for her by making the process more smooth. He reckoned it would seem too selfish o