Chapter 32
It was the day of her engagement. Since the Rodriguez house is big enough to host as many guests required, the ceremony was planned in the visitor's hall of the house itself.
Celeste played her fingers in anxiety. Her mother Lucy took a seat besides and hugged her. "Anthony is an understanding and caring guy. Nothing to worry about. You're a lucky girl sweetheart. Be happy." She cheered for her.
Natalie arrived on time. "Congratulations, my friend." Her eyes studied her top to bottom before she ran and hugged Celeste. "You look beautiful."
The hair was styled in a bun with motifs on either side. Celeste was dressed in a red long dress. It had a sheer detail in the bust area and below the chest were free flowing curls with sequins. She matched the dress with white stone necklace and earrings which Anthony bought for her on their first date.
The pastAfter the engagement ceremony, the guests left. “I want to take leave, my son and wish you a happy life ahead with Celeste.” Lucy stood beside Tom and on the other side Celeste followed.Anthony’s features were calm till then. But the moment Celeste stood beside Tom to leave, he looked puzzled. He made a discreet chin lift and told her to stay back.It was a sweet thrill for her to test his patience. Celeste acted clueless. But was Anthony a man to give up? He had waited enough for her. Now they are even engaged. She is his completely now. He held her hand before she walked away from him. “Celeste is moving in with me tonight, Tom. Tomorrow my men will come and lift her luggage from your house.”Tom was not happy with what was happening and it was not a shock for Anthony. The man was shameless to stoop to any level for m
Chapter 34The pastToday is Celeste's birthday. Anthony took leave from the office because he wants to spend the whole day with her and make her birthday memorable.“Good morning sweetheart. May all your dreams come true and life take you to places you cherish. Happy birthday.” His extremely masculine gravelly tone brought goosebumps of delight on her skin.Anthony planted a kiss on Celeste’s forehead pushing away the hairs from her face and placed a rose beside her head on the pillow.Her cognac eyes opened, gazing at him in a shimmer. Handsome is an understatement. Anthony is a very attractive man with high cheekbones and a slight stubble. “Thank you very much Anthony.” Celeste pulled his face to her lips and kissed his hairy cheek.“Come on, get ready.&r
Chapter 35“How dare that bastard! He did not allow me to talk to Celeste on the contrary blackmails me that he will turn her against me. Well, I will see how he does that. Celeste is my daughter. All mine. Boyfriends come and go. But I'm here stable in her life. Always. She knows that and she loves me.” Tom blew his vengeance against Anthony with Dave.“Do not think so loose about that asshole. He has enough evidence against you to prove to Celeste what you are and he is smart to turn the tables. The earlier, the better, we need to get her back to us.” Dave spoke in a neutral tone.“Enough evidence? In that case he should have used his magic by now. Why didn't he? Dave had no words for the question of Tom.“He had installed a jammer in her phone and I could not track her location. I don't know where she went, leaving her phone u
Chapter 36Sometime later Anthony heard a loud squeak from Celeste's bedroom. Tout de suite he climbed the stairs skipping one at a time and then his laugh was uncontrollable. His girl who is a spitfire, who challenges him and makes him dance on her little finger is frightened of flies. “It might have entered your room through the garden. Why did you keep the window open? You could have used air-conditioning instead.”Celeste cried, ran to Anthony and fell in his arms. He chuckled softly and gently ran his hand on her back before kissing her cheek. “It is okay. Don't cry. I'm going to take care of it.” He took out the phone from his pants pocket and called the security. “There is a fly in Celeste’s room. Drive it out of the window.”She nuzzles her head in the crook of his neck. “I'm not going to use this bedroom tonight. Can I sleep with
Chapter 37His lips captured hers, tongue lapping across hers as his hips continued their ministrations. Her body screamed that it knew his touch. It gave her indications that he was someone very well known in her past. Was he telling her the truth? Is she really a patient of amnesia? And those drugs which he was giving her? She had researched them. They were indeed medicines given to treat patients of Amnesia.However her mind withdrew. Why would her dad lie? He is the man who gave birth to her. But looking at the other side of the coin, Anthony could be given a benefit of doubt. She had been staying with him for so long. He had not once tried to exploit her. Today whatever happened was on their mutual consent. She was treated like a princess, not a captive in his house. “What are you thinking? Is everything alright with you Celeste? Does it pain you?”There goes his conce
Chapter 38“Sweet Jesus, you finally answered my call. Merry Christmas, my Sunshine. I had been trying to reach you for a long time but your phone is always unreachable.” Tom panicked.“My phone broke, daddy. I got a new one today from Anthony as a gift.” Celeste left the part that Anthony broke her phone in anger. Otherwise Tom will have loads to say against him. Call it attraction or infatuation she doesn't mind but as long as this relationship lasts Celeste wants to dwell in it.“Don’t be smitten by his generosity. He will have a purpose behind every act towards you.” There is no way a young charismatic billionaire like him could fall in love with a bar dancer and a destitute like her. Celeste understands she is living in the world of fantasy. Just like her dad said, maybe it's her foolishness to build hopes on this enticing Venu
Chapter 39Interrogation on Anthony can be done on another day. Her present thought was on what she could give him for Christmas. He had given her such a costly present, she couldn't let this festival go from her with empty hands. Not minding what her father spoke to her she thought about Anthony. Since it is Christmas all the servants were on leave. From the day she came to his home, there was not a single day she had cooked. He had looked after her like a princess. Why not give him a treat one day from her side?The secret way to win a man's heart is through his stomach. If he was a food lover she has the coins on her board. She can please him with her cooking skills.Celeste was sure he would take her to some fancy restaurant after coming home for lunch. So a tasty lunch would be a good idea.But she doesn't even know what he likes. After thinking for a good bit of thirty minut
Chapter 41PastBefore Anthony's men could reach her, Tom put her unconscious form in his car and drove away. However it was not an end to the battle for him.*****“Sir, we got him along with Celeste.” Rudolph informed Anthony and the smile on the latter’s face was unbounded. However it was short lived.“While our men were trying to trace her, they found Tom chasing Celeste. She was trying to run away from his reach. To stop her legs which were in action, he took an iron rod from the construction site on the other side of the footpath and threw it on Celeste. It hit her on the back of her head and she collapsed to the ground in a pool of blood.”Anthony stared at him with a blank face for several moments. No words came out of him. Rudolph took his steps forward. “Sir, are you
Being the live witness of everything Natalie endured, Dave suffered a panic attack thinking of how torturous his death would be. While he was suffering the palpation, Anthony called the tattoo artist. He could be very vicious when the convict is a conniving swine. And Dave had invoked his black eye by bringing him a lot of problems."Do as I say." He called the blind man who was waiting for his call outside the room. "Carve the words I say on his forehead - Anthony is innocent."Dave yelled loudly sizzling like a snake when the needle of the tattoo pen pinched his skin."Do you know Dave, your tattoo artist Mr. Elliott is a blind man and his first experiment is on you. Elliott loves drawing but he could not get an opportunity to work anywhere because of his handicap. I encourage talent in every area and decided to realize his long time wish. Look how beautifully he painted my words on your forehead." Anthony showed Dave a mirror. He was havin
Chapter 83"I can understand, I will wait for you to adjust to the new situations." Celeste pouted, spreading her arms for Anthony.He walked into them and sighed looking down at her slightly visible baby bump.Celeste giggled. "It's only a baby, not an atom bomb to hurt you. You're hesitant even to hug me. What would you do when my tummy grows to the size of a football?"Celeste joked but for Anthony it was not even near to funny. On the contrary it was one of the most horrific things he was about to experience after being born.***"Anthony, I want you to send that bastard and bitch to the netherworld. But before that I want them to clean the dirt they spread against Rodriguez. We are a reputed family who have been in international and overseas business for generations. Some Tom Dick and Harry dare not talk nonsense about us in public and try to corrode our fame. You need to teach these grinches a good lesson so that one
Chapter 82"She is pregnant. Mr Rodriguez, I hope this is gonna be happy news to you." The doctor looked at him doubtfully after she saw the dull features of Anthony.The news came to him like a shock. Anthony did not know what to say. He was not planning for a baby so soon. Though he had experienced Celeste's mood swings and nauseousness off and on, they had taken preventives. He trusted contraceptives more than his intuition and they have failed him. There were exceptions for every issue. It was the truth Anthony had to remind himself. He forcefully spread his lips when he saw reels turning in her head. "How long is she due?"The young female doctor grinned. "She is two months and two weeks pregnant. In fact, double congratulations to you. You are going to be the father of twins."Damn it! Anthony felt like a blast happened in his body no sooner he heard the doctor's words. When he is apprehensive of having one firecracker at home, there are two on the
Chapter 81Each step she took forward Anthony’s heart began to beat faster. A naughty twinkle sequenced in her eyes which nobody would notice but for him. He knew the language of her optics. She was having a lot of fun in teasing him by not even giving him a glimpse of her. But damn the waiting was worth it! She looked like a fallen Angel.“It has been seven days, twenty two hours and five seconds since the last time I saw you. You played enough with me. Wait till my hands reach you, my little soon to be wife.” He whispered in her ears clandestinely and projected the same naughtiness she had in her eyes seconds ago. In a flash the twinkle in her blue irises died down as if caught by a wave. Tout de suite Anthony displayed a triumphant grin which now everyone could see.“Take care of my daughter. Otherwise I will break your bones.” Carson spoke with a smile putting Celeste's hand in his but Anthony did not miss the seriousness behind
Chapter 80"Don't worry mom. He is breathing. Let us take him to the hospital.""Daddy what happened to you?" Celeste cried. She brought a glass of water and sprinkled it on his face to get him conscious. But it had no result. He was lying there like a dead man.Anthony arrived on time. Celeste ran to him and fell in his arms. "Daddy" She cried on his chest showing her father who was laying there a few feet away unconsciously."Don't cry sweetheart." Anthony said in pain while wiping away the tears of Celeste. He can stand anything on earth but not her sorrow. She is his weakness as well as strength. "Nothing is going to happen to him." He tried to rejuvenate her courage and helped Saul to carry Carson to his car to take him to the hospital.Scarlett was sobbing throughout the way. "He is not a man who shares his sorrow with anyone. Before Celeste was born he suffered cancer and he managed to keep it a secret from me till the end until it was
Chapter 79Ariana, Charles’s wife Aliza, Henry’s wife Sania and his sister Edith came to Anthony’s house a week in advance to make the wedding preparations. The children were running around the house while playing. Festive atmosphere was spread everywhere. The house was filled with traffic like the 42 Times Square Junction in New York.“Uncle Anthony, when are you going to buy us planes? You promised you would buy them for Christmas. Christmas is fast approaching.” Asher, the eldest of all the cousins, asked Anthony with his head held up as if he was looking at the Eiffel tower. All the boys old and young starting from 9 months to 5 years surrounded Anthony in Asher’s support.To ease Asher from straining his neck in looking up at him Anthony kneeled before him to match his height. “Did uncle Anthony ever miss to keep his promise, young man?”Anthony waved the hand to one of his bodyguards who br
Chapter 78The private investigation and secret operations team of both Night Eagles and Gangs of Myriad are working on full scale in close cooperation to trace the culprit behind the catastrophe at Carson’s house. It was a huge human loss caused to their boss and the Gangs of Myriad mafia is not going to keep its hands folded.In the midst of chaos the wedding of Anthony and Celeste was planned. He suspects a mafia war very soon because the massacre in Carson’s home was not an easy one. Someone very powerful is behind this and it is the indication of huge disaster ahead. Anthony wants to make Celeste his woman as soon as possible because of the changing circumstances.With Goofy’s death Carson feared Scarlett would once again drown into depression. Luckily Celeste’s wedding came on time. Celeste made Anthony agree to her decision to stay with her parents. As a result Scarlett got over the loss of Goofy’s death pretty soon. &l
Chapter 77An hour agoA pearl of his sweat dropped on her forehead as his sperm spurted into her mouth similar to the fountain stream in the pond of water. A victorious grin crossed Celeste’s features before she wiped her mouth and looked at Anthony with triumph.Like fireflies which bring light in the no moon night, Anthony brought brightness in the glum life of Celeste. Today she has no shortness in happiness. “My beautiful spitfire, it is time to pay back for the naughty deed you just did. You take me to a euphoria and then stop your hands at work to make me beg? Not a good choice.” He winked at her with a snicker.Celeste rounded her lips like a little girl and looked at him scornful. She had no idea it is through these sorts of piques that she makes even as dangerous a mobster like Anthony Rodriguez who can kill people in a blink of an eye go crazy for her.“Do you know you are walking on thin ice by
Chapter 76Anthony had sent Kyle to the hospital where he got the DNA test done of Carson and Celeste.“Sir, I have gone to the laboratory. The hematopathologist who did the DNA test is bribed by an unknown source to tamper the result. He is in my custody now. The original result proves positive. DNA samples match more than 90%. This man with me has no information about the criminal. Should I kill him?”No sooner Kyle asked the question, the face of the physician turned red with fear. “Please do not kill me.” His voice came muffled because of the plaster pasted on his mouth.“He is paid twenty five thousand dollars through a wireless transfer for manipulating the result and sending it to you.” Kyle informed Anthony.“Fucking bastard!” Anthony murmured. “Find out the source from where the money went to him.”“I had already made the investigation, sir. Not much information