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Chapter 9: A Marriage of Convenience
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I bit into my nails as I walked back to the hospital ward Serenity was with Stacy. I felt like shit. I already knew this would be the outcome but I still couldn't get used to it. How was I going to deal with pretending to be a happy couple with him when I despised him? Pretending meant I'd have to share a bedroom with him too. That could be fixed, right? He wasn't giving me a chance to negotiate. I didn't have a choice but to follow his orders.I groaned and pushed the door open. This time, the children were complete. Zayne was crying as he hugged Serenity who was laughing and petting him on the head. Zyaire was seated by the window with Zach keeping a keen eye on him. Savia just sat quietly, watching everyone. She was the first to look at me.I sighed and walked into the room. "Zayne, stop crying, your sister isn't going to die,""He's crying because he knows that," they replied simultaneously. It gave me the creeps whenever they did that. It didn't happen often but whenever it did, I
It Should Have Been Like This Chapter 11: A Facade of Forgiveness
Time went by quickly. I prayed and hoped time would stop. Every day I went to bed wishing that when I woke up, I'd go back in time to the previous day so a day wouldn't be added. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. He kept his promise and didn't show up in my face after our marriage was registered. A few times, his bodyguard, Cadmus, would come and take Zayne and Serenity to see him. Zyaire followed a few times and didn't ask why the arrangement was like that. Since he wasn't the type to care about anything, I wasn't a bit worried about him.The new apartment he got us was a small two-room apartment. I didn't like the place and I knew he intentionally did it to make me as uncomfortable as possible. He never said a word to me, not even a greeting during the months.I knew I was the one who asked him for that, but it sucked how easily he obeyed. It just reminded me more why he easily ruined my life in the first place. I wanted him to provoke me so I could have more reasons to pour out my an
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The car drove into the house I once lived in. The architecture was the same but the color of the building had been repainted to beige. The house was one of the biggest I'd ever seen and even to date, it left me marveled. The driver came out and opened the door for us. The children came out first and just as they came out, someone ran out of the house shrieking.His mother.I hadn't seen her in years. She was the most beautiful woman to ever cross my path, even for an old one. She was the framework for Rominic's beauty. She was also very kind to me back then and the closest thing to what a true mother was, but I stubbornly kept my distance because I was seeking my stepmother's affection."Oh my, my baby girl! My brown biscuit!" Stupid name, but Kara had never been good with names. I made my way over to her, smiling and readying myself for her infamous bone-crushing hug. "My Papaya!" She shrieked when the hug came. I laughed in her arms, groaning silently from the pain of her stronghold
It Should Have Been Like This Chapter 13: offer her a job
Rominic's viewpointLavender's death drove me mad, but the silent treatment she gave him the past months made me feel worse. It wasn't easy pretending she didn't exist but I had to do that to secure our future. I could tell in an instant that the two eldest children held a significant value to her mentally than the others. They were intelligent and clever, that was part of the reason. The girl especially, was dramatically cunning and she was my first target. From the reports submitted by Stacy, the bodyguards stationed around their house and the information I got from the other children, she was the center. Winning her over is the first step to weakening Zach and then Lavender.Ah, I couldn't believe I was plotting against my children.Lavender not only hated me, she doubted every word that came out of my mouth. In her mind, I was a giant asshole. A well-deserved image but not something I wanted to leave. Still, changing it overnight wouldn't be possible so the best action was to act
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Rominic's viewpoint"Lavender, you're going to exhaust my scheduled plans. Please hurry up already!" I shouted, looking up at the staircase. I didn't have much to do but I had a foreign partner I needed to talk to around 4 PM. If I was going to act as a driver and take the children around the city, it needed to be done before that time.Surprisingly, Lavender agreed to my conditions… well, the first one to work as my PA, not the second to sleep in the same room. She barely agreed to the first one. I was going to find a way to make the second one come true. Time was all I needed."Daddy, save me!" Serenity shouted, running down the staircase. Her hair was parted into two twin tails swinging with her bouncy steps. There were two small buns at the top of the bouncing twin tails. It suited her angelic face."Serenity, come back here!" Lavender shouted. The sound of her heels hitting the staircase aggressively made me worry about her. She could fall. That concern was short-lived when she c
It Should Have Been Like This Chapter 15: a day at the mall
Rominic's viewpointGoing shopping for girls is nothing but pure torture. I, at least, thought that since my daughters were kids, they would be easy to deal with but I was wrong. Not only did Savia and Serenity love to dress up, but they knew exactly what they wanted so they were extremely picky. They would never accept something if they didn't like it. They had their own style of dressing at their age and were determined to stick to them. Zach and Zyaire were the same. They knew what they wanted but didn't find the available clothes good enough. Zayne didn't know what he wanted so it was one hell of a battle trying to figure out what he'd like.Then Stacy joined and I was thrown into hell.They were worse than my sisters and mother combined. Damn, they were bossy little brats! I was tired and struggling with a nasty headache but they didn't seem to notice."Not that one, Daddy, that pretty pink one," Serenity huffed with annoyance. I was supposed to help her pick a pair of shoes from
It Should Have Been Like This Chapter 16: Appeasing The Little Boss
Rominic's viewpoint"Good evening, Mom!"Lavender nodded, her eyes still fixed on what she was doing. Her hair was weaved back into three big fancy braids and she had some green stuff all over her face. "Welcome home, kids, how was your day?" Is that my shirt?"Mommy, are those our books?" Serenity asked, jumping on the sofa next to her mother. She stretched her hand out and poked the green stuff. "Can I get a face mask too, Mommy?"Lavender nodded. "Your grandmother is mixing more in the kitchen. You can ask her to make it for you too," Serenity jumped down from the chair and ran to the kitchen. Lavender was distracted. I continued to stare at the shirt on her body. It was my favorite green shirt but the edge of the sleeves had been tinted pink, the same with the hem. I wouldn't have recognized the shirt if it wasn't for my initials that were written on the collar.Zyaire stood beside her and bent, trying to get her attention. "Mom, are these our books?" I breathed with relief when I
It Should Have Been Like This Chapter 17: first day (1)
To say the least, my life was going fantastic. In case you didn't get it, that was sarcasm. As much as I liked how my children were happy, I hated how close they were getting to him and how much I had to pretend like I was okay with it. Zachary was easier to bribe than I thought. In less than a week, he was already worshiping the ground his father walked on. Why? His father had intelligence and I didn't. His father let him use his laboratory and I didn't even have anything related to a lab. His father gave him a credit card and was teaching them how to drive. I didn't have a car.I was against the children learning about driving. Stacy brought the idea up when she sought approval to teach Zayne how to drive. I refused but Rominic thought it was a good idea and accepted. The children were all for it so it was seven against one. Stacy was in charge of teaching Zayne. Kara taught them in Rominic's absence, except Savia who wanted to learn from her grandfather for some reason. Rominic too
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