Warren's POV
I was silent at the whole time that we were eating our lunch. As usual, the foods were expensive and delicious, cooked by our personal chef.Mom and Ivy continued talking to each other throughout the time that we were eating. They never lose their own topic of conversation. I zoned out most of the time that we were eating.Ivy would constantly look back at me and ask me questions where I would pretend that I was interested. Mom would get mad and give me her long speech if she saw how bad I treat Ivy.It feels like Ivy was her real real daughter and I was her undeserving future son in law.I just wish that this whole thing would be over so I could go back to my penthouse and be by myself.I thought we were free to go home after lunch, but mom held back Ivy to continue their conversation in the living room while sipping tea.They always talk everyday, but they look like friends who hadn't met each other for five years.If I could, IEverett looked at her sleeping daughter tenderly with a smile on her face. His previous anger towards me is wiped away from his face.What is he feeling right now? What does it feel to be married to to the person you love and hold a bundle of life on your arms.That was what I and Bella was wishing for. We were waiting to become parents. Children is the only missing piece in our marriage, but it didn't happen. It turns out that everything we had was a lie."I'm going to take some wine," I stepped to leave, but Everett stopped me."Don't leave, we are not done talking yet.""I'm going to come back after.""Is that what you've been doing after your divorce, drowning yourself in alcohol and work?" He asked making me stop.That was my life at the first few years that Bella left.I was always drunk every single day and night, but Ivy snapped me out of it."I thought you were doing well in the business because of Bella. I thought you were inspi
I was planning to take the kids out and spoil them before I tell them who their father is. Calvin is right, I should tell them the truth while they were young. But we didn't have the chance to do so because Charles doesn't want to be absent in school. He wants to finish the school year with perfect attendance and as his mother, I should support and help him with that. I should be teaching them that punctuality is important.I took out a deep breath after doing it a million times already. I would need to pick out the things I would wear to the event with the help of Lisa today. I know I shouldn't be nervous about it because I'm just going to choose something I'd wear and I am not meeting Warren yet.It's just that everything seems odd. I used to be excited to be with Warren, but now the thought of seeing him makes me feel preposterous."You're late!" Lisa glared at me as I came out of the elevator.She always goes to the office earlier than me even if we live in t
"That bitch! She should have told us sooner that she got Ivy's dress. I would still buy that dress even if it doesn't look good on you." She grinned"What you did was insane! Thousands of dollars for a gown! You're making me become poor.""That was nothing to you! It didn't even reach 1% of your net worth." She said, nonchalantly.That's how rich I am. People loved my mall because of the restaurant it has on the rooftop. It was so famous that people around the world would spend money just to visit my mall. It was always filled with people.We've been planning to build different branches around the world and everything is already set. I'm just waiting for the expansion project to finish in the main mall right now and make it the largest mall around the world before we announce our other branches."I wonder what Ivy's reaction will be when she sees you wearing the dress she bought. Please bring me to the event! Please!" She pleaded with puppy eyes.I sigh
Saturday came like a wind. It was too fast like what happened with me and Warren. It caught me at the time I was unprepared. Things you dread always come so suddenly and I was dreading for this day to come. I have to tell them the truth now. I can't come back to my word just because of my fears. I have to do this or I'll suffer dire consequences in the future.This time I didn't wake up the kids. I let them sleep until they woke up. While waiting I cooked our breakfast. As usual, Charlie woke up earlier than her brother. We didn’t wait for Charles to wake up and started to eat our breakfast which was waffles and warm chocolate. They never eat breakfast without a warm glass of chocolate. By the time we finished eating Charles woke up and ate his breakfast with Lisa who surprisingly woke up late. She always wakes up earlier than all of us.“We will go out today so you all had to prepare!” I told them excitedly. Charlie squealed happily.“But we h
It's Monday. I took a few deep breaths to calm my nerves. I'm already wearing the dress, shoes, and accessories I just bought. I look glamorous in my night make-up. Despite how stunning I look I still feel nervous."Hey, don't think much about it," Lisa said after she noticed me fidgeting nervously on my sit. I looked back at her and saw how elegant she was in her outfit."I-I don't want to do this," I said and she propped her hand on her waist."Just get on with it, okay? You have nothing to worry about! You have me and I'll be there watching you."Her speech didn't make me feel calm. I just felt more nervous. I just want this to be over with. Andrew drove my limousine for us to the event. The kids were watching movies at home before we left. Charlie kept on telling me that I looked like a princess and Charles said I look like a different woman."Don't forget to put the kids to sleep after watching one movie," I told Andrew as I went out of the limousine an
Warren’s POVI know that this is the perfect time to meet the owner of Sullivan industries. I have to talk to her, to persuade her to choose my offer instead of Calvin's. I placed the invitation on the table and stared at the wonderful view behind my office desk. I sighed and tucked my hands inside my pant's pocket. My mind flew off again on what could Bella be doing right now. Perhaps, she is sleeping cuddling Calvin on their bed. I shaked away the thought and pinched the bridge of my nose. I can't let them distract me.I told my assistant to prepare some appointments to look for my outfit. As usual, I will bring Ivy with me like the past few years.I accompanied her in choosing her outfits and she also accompanied me. That day was disastrous for us. Both of us can't decide on anything to wear that we had to rely on what Leslie thinks about our outfits. It didn't help that Ivy doesn't get along with Leslie unlike Bella. The moment they both laid their eyes on e
Bella’s POVI can't help it but to cling on Calvin's arms tightly as they approached near me. A shiver went down through my spine at Warren's intense gaze. Ivy looks like she saw a ghost, she looks pale and I could see drops of cold sweat on her forehead despite that the room is air-conditioned. Warren offered us a handshake and Calvin took his hand in a tight grip.Everyone is looking at us, I'm sure they can also feel the tension around us. I also shaked Warren's hand and sparks flew away again making me remove my hand immediately.At least, there’s that thing that didn’t change between us.Ivy pasted a smile on her face trying to pretend like nothing happened, "Nice dress!" I complimented her. The dress she was wearing was mine. It was the dress I bought the night I got divorced, same with the shoes, bag, necklace and earrings she is wearing. I bought it all with my own money."Thank you!" she muttered and tucked a strand of her hair beh
I watched them for hours waiting for Ivy to just leave Warren alone. The moment Ivy left I was overcome by fear. All of the reasons why I should talk to Warren just left my mind. I can’t think clearly anymore. I was overwhelmed by my emotions. I averted my gaze from Warren when I saw him looking directly at me. I tried to look around for help but Calvin and Lisa weren’t around. ‘Shit’ I cursed. They promised that they will be with me. Where are they?“Bella, can we talk?” Warren asked behind me and I don’t have any choice but to talk to him even if I dread doing that.I turned around and smiled sweetly at him, “Sure.”“Can we talk privately, please?” He asked. I’m starting to freak out internally. I can’t even stare right through his face, and now I’ll have to talk to him alone!“Sure.” I can’t believe I just said that. What is wrong with me?!We walked out
It was one of our lucky guesses. Somehow, we guessed that this might be written in the contract. We all know what Ivy wants. It’s marrying Warren and Gemma obviously wants money. She wants nothing more than money. I know that since we were little.So, to take some precautionary measures, Warren transferred all that he owns to my name.That’s also how I found out about Warren losing everything he mostly has at the day when we met again at the hospital after our trip to France. I found out that prior to going to the hospital to see Charles; he went first to their family house to sign papers to transfer his properties and to sign away his right as the only son of his parents.There was not much that he has to transfer to my name. So now he actually owned nothing.Blood drained from Ivy’s face as she realized it’s over. We defeated her and there’s nothing for her to do because Gemma is now gone to help her and she will be in prison, so s
"Defendant Ivy Sutton is filed with charges of documentary falsification, felon in possession of firearm, kidnapping, grand theft, attempted murder and aiding and abetting wanted criminals.""Attempted murder? How?" the defense asked after hearing the charges against his defendant."It was the incident five years ago, I believe. They attempted to force the victim into abortion, but ended up nearly killing her and doing nothing to save her."I don't know if this man really has no idea about this, but I'm sure he has to have known everything before he entered this court. I'm sure Ivy had told him everything. How else is he going to defend her if he knows nothing at all?Ivy might have hired the best and most heartless criminal defense attorney at all that only cared about her money, but Warren also hired the best that there is to handle the case that we are pressing against her. What she did is a serious crime and there's no way she can leave unscathed. All I want
Warren just came out of surgery and I don't know how I did it, but even though in my distraught state, I was able to comfort the twins about the fact that their father is in surgery."It's a simple surgery, that's what the doctor said so no need to worry much," I told them and both of them were able to be with each other with smile on their faces as I wait for Warren's surgery to end in the waiting room."Warren, I'm sorry," I whispered to him as he sleeps on his bed. He's probably still under the effects of morphine.I know for a fact that Gemma wants to shoot me from the start, but Warren blocked his body from the bullet's path to save me.Ivy was stupid to trust Gemma, she didn't know that she was just using her so she can destroy my life for whatever reason.Watching Warren unconscious and weak without any certainties of when he will wake up made me realize how dumb I was for telling him that it wasn't easy.That it isn't easy for me to live with hi
Warren slumped on the couch and held his head between his hands when the call ended. He looked lost after the conversation, while I looked more stricken and worried on what's going to happen.Warren stood up, dialed something in his phone and waited for someone to answer his call. "Hello, I just had a call in this number, can you please track it for me?" He paused, waiting for the person at the end of the line to answer. "Thank you so much," Warren said before ending the call."What did they say?" I asked him."The call was done in a payphone," Warren answered me with a troubled expression.These guys they hired are smart, one of the reasons why the FBI are still searching for them."I can't wait anymore, Warren. My daughter is out there with Ivy, Gemma and wanted criminals. It's lunch time, Warren, but my daughter hasn't even eaten breakfast and drank water since she's kidnapped," I told Warren pleadingly."Mom, don't worry. You're stressing yourself t
Bella’s POV“The results came in and everything is fine. All his vital signs were clear and he just needed to rest. It appears that the cause of all of this was too much stress and nothing really serious.” The doctor smiled at us, giving us a great news.“Oh thank God!” A tear escaped my eye because of happiness.I held Charles’s hand tight and gave him a light kiss on his hand. Charles was hospitalized, he fainted and his nose bled because of me. He was stressed because he was worried too much about me. It reminded me of what Warren’s parents had told me that I was responsible for all these that had happened.When the doctor and the nurses had left, I started crying beside Charles. I don’t want to cry, but the tears just spilled out. “You should have said something. You should have talked to me,”I croaked. I’m supposed to scold him and teach him a lesson, but how could I if the tears flowed out of
Warren’s POV“Didn’t I tell you to leave?!” I hissed at my parents after securing the door behind me.“We are not going to leave until you let us see our grandson!” Dad roared back at me, making me feel more angry.“You have no shame in being here,” I spoke roughly, keeping my voice down, knowing that Bella can hear our conversation inside the room if we raised our voice.I can’t believe they have the guts to rush here to shout at Bella and tell her that she’s the worst mother that there is. Bella is a great mother. I can never imagine a woman raise up twins so perfectly after having a divorce. She never wants all this to happen, and I know she’s going through a lot of things right now. How could they barge here and blame Bella for everything.I never hated my parents the way I hated them now.Today, I was supposed to go to our family house to settle the company ownership with my parent&r
Gemma’s POV“You understand now, huh?!” Ivy yelled at the poor girl, her eyes wide with contempt. “I did all that because of your mother. She’s the reason why I turned into this so you have no right to call me things because you don’t know me!” Charlie flinched at her seat and I could only smile behind them, trying to suppress my laugh.I never thought that Ivy is even this stupid. How can’t she see everything? How can’t she hear the words coming out of her mouth? She brought all this to herself and yet she’s blaming her actions to Bella.She was the reason why Bella and Warren got close to each other, the reason why Bella thought she was fine with her marrying Warren. She accepted my offer that’s why we were here. How can’t she not see the reason why we are here?Was I so good of an actress that she couldn’t see that I’m only using her and lying straight to her face or is she jus
Ivy’s POVThat’s how it all started, the betrayal, the edited photographs, the kidnapping, all the hideous crimes I committed. It started with a promise that Gemma gave me. A hope that she will give me the life that I always wanted in exchange for my cooperation and money.I should have said no, I should have ran away from her at the mention of the word “mafia”. Perhaps I was being desperate. I was afraid of living a life where I lost. So, I grabbed the opportunity when she handed it.Even though I’ve agreed to help Gemma in her plans to ruin Bella’s life a day just after her marriage, our plans started rolling two years in their marriage.Gemma thought that waiting for two years will be the right time to ruin their relationship. Study says that most married couples feel burnouts in two years of marriage, so we waited patiently for that.The fact that Bella and Warren have no children and are not expecting one made it easy
"Ivy?" Warren asked questioningly. I turned around and saw him come out of his penthouse confused.I pocketed my phone behind my jeans and looked at him nervously.We have been texting regarding the wedding that is happening tomorrow. I texted him and told him to come out of his house because I'm here on his front door."I thought you were joking. How long have you been here?" He asked me with a smile. I didn't answer him. "You should come inside, it's so cold out here.""No," I declined politely. "I won't be long. I just came here to ask you a question and I want to see you answer personally."Warren inserted his hands into his pocket and nodded his head, shaking his hair. "Sure, go ahead." He looked like he was feeling cold, but I couldn't feel anything."I just want to remind you that you are marrying my bestfriend.""I know that.""I'm not here to tell you what you already know. I'm here to tell you that if you had hurt her in any way, I w