Chapter 1Isla"What do you think you're doing with my sister, Joe?" I asked with a clearly shocked look on my face. They were in a fancy restaurant and I didn't want to cause a scene.Too many eyes were on us too.Phoebe and my fiance were smiling and were holding hands across the table. I thought upon seeing me there, they would let go of their hands but I was wrong.Joe didn't look even a bit remorseful."What does it look like we are doing? We having a fancy dinner date." Phoebe replied with a scoff.Joe smiled at Phoebe and kissed the back of her palm. "I don't want to cause a scene here so please can we go out and talk?" I asked gently but I was trying so hard to hold myself from yelling and pulling out Phoebe's hair."There's nothing to talk about, Isla." Joe replied. It was the first time he was saying something since I stepped into this place."What are you saying Joe? Our wedding is on two weeks time but you're here on a fancy dinner date with my sister and you say there's
Chapter 2ISLA"You still don't get, do you? The reason I broke up with you was because you cheated. The man you slept with weeks back wasn't me. Go find the man you had a one night stand with!" Joe yelled to my face.My hands shook as I tried to drink the water on the table but it gave up and the cup fell and broke.My heart was beating loudly and faster, my head was spinning in circles as I tried to understand what exactly Joe meant."What are you talking about? We went to a party together and we got drunk. I remember you taking me to the hotel room and when I woke up, I was naked under the covers.Even if you weren't there by the bed side, I knew it was you." I explained desperately.Let this be a prank."Is this a prank or a lie just to avoid being responsible? I thought you'd be happy about our baby and I thought we liked each other enough to want to have a child together." I added."It wasn't me in the room. We both got drunk, yes. But I left you to use the restroom but when I c
Chapter 3PHOEBEI was twelve years old when dad brought in his mistress daughter, Isla who was nine years old.Mom hated the idea of bringing in Isla but her cute puppy eyes couldn't be ignored. Her mother had just lost her life to cancer and there was no one to take care of Isla.Dad had to take her in. Since dad is wealthy, Isla got to live like a princess. Dad didn't like her that much and I knew.She wasn't pampered like I was but she wasn't mistreated either. But she didn't experience parents love.I liked Isla at first and I was close to her. She looked pitiful and I felt sorry for her that she didn't have a mother anymore.We played as children and we were close.But I started to dislike her when I was starting to get compared with her which was in high school. I was two classes ahead of her but we still got compared.She went on competition and won medals for the school and herself.She was pretty and boys were always hovering around her. She seemed to get all the attention
Chapter 4FELIX"Sir!" My butler called me as he walked up to me on my reading table.I took off my glasses and looked at him."Yes? Any good news?" I asked him hopefully.He bowed his head. "Yes sir. I found her," He said and I immediately stood up from my chair."Are you serious?" I asked."Yes sir. I found her and her name is Isla Peterson."He handed me the portfolio in his hand and excused himself.I was glad that he finally found her.I didn't think of looking for her but just kept the memory with me but I couldn't and a week ago, I told my butler to do anything he could to find her.I knew it was going to be pretty difficult as I didn't even know her name.But I gave him the details I could remember.I opened the portfolio and read through it.He had found her through the CCTV camera and from there, he traced her.I looked through her file and I found out that she wasn't just an ordinary girl.Her family was wealthy and she went to prestigious schools. She graduated as the bes
Chapter 5ISLA"We are sorry but we couldn't save the baby. It's life was already in danger," The doctor finally said."No, don't tell me that! Where is my baby?" I bursted into hot tears.I wept so hard that I passed out. I was deeply hurt.When I woke up, I wouldn't say a word. I just stared into space. Even when Mel came, I didn't talk to her.My parents or even Phoebe didn't show up."You have to eat something," Mel said calmly as she tried to spoon-feed me but I turned my head away.I refused to eat or drink anything. Not when I had lost my baby.Few days later, I was discharged. I was nothing like myself and I looked like I was going to collapse anytime soon.I was told that I was unconscious for three days after the surgery and apart from the death of my baby, they gave me another bad news;I won't be able to get pregnant again.My womb was damaged due to the accident. I was just twenty three years old and my motherhood had been cut short.My life seemed meaningless and I hated
Chapter 6FELIX I couldn't stop thinking about Isla because I was sure it was her. I couldn't forget her face and name all these years. How could I?She was in my mind, my head and even my dream. Thoughts I had about her wasn't all that nice though, I was angry at her.She did something I didn't expect she could do and I was never going to forgive her, ever.I closed my desktop and took of my glasses. I stood up from my chair and went to the sitting room.Aiden was still on his MacBook I looked at the wall clock and it was five minutes past ten. It was past his bed time."Aiden?" I called with a sigh. He looked at me briefly but went back to what he was doing."It's past your bed time, you know that right? Drop your MacBook so I can tuck you in bed," I said softly.He ignored me and turned to face away from me.I've tried to be close to my son and made sure he had everything but he wouldn't open up to me.I don't know if he didn't like me and sometimes, he does hurt my feelings.When
Chapter 7AIDENWhen Felix finished scolding Aiden, he got angry and ran away. The butler wanted to run after him but Felix told him not to as he would know his way back to his office whenever he was done sulking.Felix who had an entertainment company still in the same building, little Aiden wandered off until he was completely out of the section where Felix stays and he went to the entertainment part of the building."Hey cutie, are you lost? Where are you going to?" A lady asked with a smile when she saw Aiden and he didn't look like he was from around there.Aiden who didn't like people or talked, ran off.He got to a small room where he saw a door slightly opened and the hallway, people were passing by.He was starting to get scared. He was fidgeting and avoiding eye contact. He badly wanted to hide. He didn't want anybody to touch him too as he didn't like it.To escape from them, he entered the storage room close by and locked the door.The room was dark and he was so scared b
Chapter 8FELIX "Sir, young master doesn't want to eat." Aiden's nanny told me.I took off my glasses and looked at the middle aged woman."What did he say was wrong? What is it this time?" I asked."He wouldn't write it for me, he just doesn't want to eat." She replied.I stood up and went to the dinning room to meet Aiden sulking.After the incident that morning, he had refused to allow me even touch him.He got discharged. I took him home and cancelled all my appointment for the day as I wanted to be with him. Jasmine wanted to come over but I told her not to because Aiden didn't like having her around.We both went home and throughout the ride home, Aiden didn't even give a glimpse at me.I was careless by making him leave on his own and not tell the butler to go after him.Whatever happened to him was because of my carelessness.When we got home, I put him to sleep.He woke up in the evening and I asked his nanny to cook dinner for him while I worked from home in my study room.