It's been a week since the day that Warren and his parents came barging to my house demanding to take the kids with them. Warren broke my trust when he told the truth about the twins to his parents and I was clear about my rules.
If he told anyone about the twins, I will never let him come near them ever again. He broke the rule, so he's suffering the consequences.He was supposed to be with the kids today since it's weekends, but instead I'm with them eating at the rooftop of our mall.I watched as Charlie slurped her soup noisily. She loves the food, but they looked like something is still missing to make them more happier.I had told them that their father can't be with them today and they made no objections about it. I don't know if they knew the reason and heard what happened when I was arguing with Wilson that night, but my only problem is telling them that they can't meet their father ever again anymore.Right now, I won't worry about it. I won't dampWarren's POV"Dad you came!" Charles shouted and ran towards my open arms. I hugged him tightly and he hugged me back.I still can't get over with the fact that he's now calling me dad. Before, he was so aloof. He couldn't even look into my eye and speak to me forwardly. I'm so happy that our trip to the amusement park had changed the way he views me. I'm so elated to see the happiness in his eyes as he welcomed my hug. I can't believe that he's finally comfortable around me. I had gained his trust and I will make sure not ti break it. He will never regret letting me into his life easily, same with his sister and their mother.I know that there's a long way ahead of me if I would wish to gain Bella's trust back. I had hurt her with the worst possible way that any husband can do to hurt their wife. Still, I'm willing to face everything just to have her trust again along with our children.For now, that's impossible to happen. Bella is keeping a line between us. Sh
"Buy our cupcakes and have lemonade for free!" I shouted as soon as I saw people coming nearby.The twins shouted the same thing whenever they saw people coming."Charlie, don't eat the cupcakes," Charles swatted his sister's hand when he saw her reaching out to the cupcakes on display."It looks delicious," Charlie pouted."We are supposed to sell it not eat it.""You can't eat the cupcakes we are selling right now. Don't worry, I bought extra cupcakes for us. You can eat all the flavor you want after this." I smiled at her.Soon enough, people started buying cupcakes to our stand because of our promo. If it wasn't for the free lemonades, I doubt we could be able to gain their attention. I should have thought a different product instead of cupcakes. Most of the families out here are selling cupcakes so the competition is high."Okay, I'll go around the booths to see how the other people are going," Charlie volunteered."Yes, that's a good ide
Bella's POV"B-Bella," Warren stammered.He's supposed to be in deep trouble right now along with the twins, but after the realizations I had when I was alone, I can't bring myself to be angry at him anymore.He broke my rules at the time when I don't even fully trust him, at the same time I know all this would happen. These things were inevitable. I can escape to a different country and change my identity, but in the end they will surely find their father and meet their grandparents.Whatever I do I can't keep a part of them away from my children even how much I dreaded for it to come. Someday they will surely meet in the right time and I don't want to be the villain who would try and separate them. Especially now that I found out that Warren love the kids and his parents love them equally. As long as the twins wants to meet them, I will be by their side to support and protect them."I'm sorry for meeting the kids in secret," he apologized with his face ful
Bella's POV"Mom, why don't you want to come?" Charles asked me for the third time.I was fixing his bow tie when he asked me a question that I had answered many times.Both of them had been trying to convince me to come to their family dinner. If they only knew that I don't get along with their grandparents and especially with Warren's other close relatives."I can't come because I have a lot important things to do.""But you said that we are more important to you than anything," Charlie argued."That's true, but what am I going to do there?""If they are going to officially welcome us to their family, then they should officially welcome you too because you are our mother," Charles said."Listen, I've told you both before that there's a lot of things that had happened that you cannot understand because you are still young. Just trust me, okay? I'm doing what's best for us."Charles and Charlie didn't seem convinced. They still want me to
Warren's POV"Your mom is busy? Well, how she's doing?" Everett asked the kids further.He's asking them question so he could get close to them."She's fine, do you know my mother?" Charlie asked him."Of course I do. We use to hang out together with your father and Ivy.""What are you doing outside alone with Jasmine? The people are inside, you should come and join us," I interrupted their conversation, fearing that the kids will ask more questions and Everett will tell them things that they weren't suppose to know."We were inside. We just came out because the wind and the view out here is nice. We also don't want to stress out Lucinda," Everett answered and turned his attention to me.The moment that his conversation with the children ended, the twins started running off around the place by themselves just like they did when I toured them inside the house. They were caught up by their own world again.I sat beside Everett's table and they b
The house is filled with people and although all the people that are invited were close to our family. I don't recognize most of the guest that came, but they all knew who I am.I had met some of them when I was a little boy, leaving me no memory of who they were.As I try to look for my father, I get delayed by people calling me over to their conversation, asking me questions and telling me stories that I don't remember happening.I finally saw my father drinking champagne with his peers by the fireplace. All of them had solemn faces, talking something important. Maybe it's about the business again."Father," I called him in a soft whisper, but his friends still noticed me."Son!" My father said loudly and placed his hand over my shoulder.I raised my hand and shook hands with his friends, that I don't recognize.Father have a lot of friends and connections in and out of the country. He calls a lot of people friends and I can't memorize them all.
"Charles!" I called out to my son worriedly and went after them. Before I could even take a step forward, mom grabbed my arm to stop me."Talk to the twins and tell them to accept Ivy as their stepmother. It's important that we take the twin's side so we can take them from Bella and you could be with them and Ivy forever," mom told me seriously.I scoffed at what she said. "Do you really have no heart at all even to your grandchildren?" I asked her in disappointment. I actually thought that she cared for them the same way that I do. It turns out that they just like them because they are their grandchildren, just like how I'm just their son. They are treating us as an investment, an emergency food, an object that they control to get what they want."They are just kids, Warren, that's why they are emotional. They just need to spend time with Ivy and let them know each other-""They are kids!" I yelled at her, interrupting her words. "You can't force them to accept
I raised my head to stop my tears from falling. I don't want them to see that their father crying."You gave up, and now?" Charles asked softly."Now I'm willing to make everything right but it's too late. I am four years late.""Mom used to tell us that if you want something, you must do something about it. Nothing will happen if you just sit there and wait for some miracle to happen. It's like giving up again for the second time," Charlie told me."You can't give up now, dad. You're four years late, but you just made progress. If you really love mom and you want to make things right, then make things right," Charles told me.I turned to look at them and saw hope and trust in their eyes as they look at me. Both of them had put their trust in me that I will bring back things to normal again and I don't want to disappoint. Not again, not after the disappointments I gave them in their four years of life.------------------------"Warren!" Mother call
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