Chapter 35SiennaI lay on the soft, plush bed, my weak mind running with different thoughts. I wanted to be anywhere but here. I wanted to be anywhere but on this bed. But I had no choice since I was technically forced home by Sasha and Kelvin.Speaking of Kelvin, I had totally forgotten I had kept him waiting at the parking lot. He had insisted on waiting there so he could take me home after, and I just didn't have the energy to argue with him further. Not when I was super worried at that time.I knew an incredulous amount of time had passed since I found out my mother was indeed…dead. But I just couldn't bring myself to believe it.My heart felt heavy with emotions, and my eyes and body were heavy with fatigue.I felt him come in. I felt the bed dipped beside me, and for a second, I froze.Adams hadn't done as much as step into the room ever since the marriage. He gave me space.But then, I was suddenly overwhelmed with his signature scent, mixed with shampoo.It calmed me. I wante
Chapter 36Sienna;The next morning, I woke up to strong arms wrapped over my body. At first, I froze and was about to panic, as It was an entirely new experience to me. But then the familiar Cologne caught my nostrils.Adams.And just like that, the memories of the night before came to mind, making me cringe in displeasure. I wanted to palm my face at my vulnerability. Bawling like a little baby…..His warm breath brushed over my face, and I carefully raised my head a bit to stare at him.His hold on me tightened like he knew I was pulling away.He was deeply asleep, his breaths even, and as much as it felt so good and comfy in his arms, I needed to head back to the hospital.Careful not to wake him up, as he looked so peaceful sleeping, I disentangled his arms from me and tiptoed out of the bed.I was mortified as I recalled how I had shamelessly cried in his arms last night. The last thing I wanted was to bring down my guard whenever he was close.If Adams knew about my mother's sit
SIENNA;" What did you just say?" I asked, my temper rising.A heavy feeling rested on me almost immediately, and the stupid smirk on her face wasn't helping matters.Lisa was watching me, the corner of her lips becoming wider by the second.She was enjoying this." I asked you a question!" I stormed towards her, demanding to have an answer.My fingers clenched by my side, but then she chuckled darkly." What? Do you want to hit me? Go ahead, Sienna. I always knew you had a fire in you. I knew you had a bitchy side as well, why don't you go ahead and unleash it right now and stop hiding under the facade of an innocent girl."Her words were sickly sweet but filled with an icy determination. She wanted me to act. She was riling me up, no doubt.I took deep breaths, trying to control myself and my thoughts.What were the possibilities that she knew about my mother and her health condition?Has she been stalking me?Or was there something I was missing?A look of realization crossed my fea
Chapter 38;Adams;My mind was a mess as I sat in the meeting room with the investors. To say I was focused would have been a joke. This was a deal I couldn't afford to miss, and as much as I was pissed that the investors had requested a pitch alongside Highlife Pharmaceuticals, it was an understatement.Just why the fuck does that mother fucker try to take everything from me? Why?Thankfully, the meeting was done and I grabbed my cell phone. No notifications. Why wasn't she picking up?Rage, with a mix of worry, bubbled in me as I thought about last night. She was shivering a lot, crying so much, and damn it, It's been quite a while I was this worried.Waking up on an empty bed left me in a sour mood this morning.Granted, I was pissed she didn't return home the previous night, AFTER going off with Kelvin, but seeing that way melted all those thoughts away.No matter how hard I tried to think, I couldn't stop worrying about what the hell happened to make her that way.I slid the cha
Adams;I stood, frozen in shock at the scene in front of me. I must have uttered her name because Sienna's head snapped towards me almost immediately.I saw the tears in her eyes. I saw the detached, miserable look in her gaze, as she stood facing Doctor Robinson, and at that very moment, I didn't know how to react.She found out?No, she has found out.A feeling of dread settled in me as I took a step towards her. The moment our eyes met, I could have sworn she looked utterly relieved, but just as quickly as it came, her eyes hardened immediately." What are you doing here?" She snapped, her tone hard but steady.My mouth opened to say a word, but no words came out of it. I blinked rapidly, taking in the scene. Trying to understand what was going on.Doctor Robinson, who stood by her side, had his gaze on the floor the whole time, and I felt my blood boil.The foolish mother fucker must have informed her or let it slip in a way." Mr. Adams...." Doctor Robinson began to speak, but I
LISA;I tapped my fingers impatiently on the table, as I sat with my phone clutched tightly in my hands."I am sorry. I can't do this anymore," He said, and I couldn't help the bile of annoyance creeping over me."What the hell do you mean you can't? Have you forgotten so soon, Doctor Robinson?"I scoffed, clenching my fists as I spoke to him." You will do as I say and on no account should you go against the plan. Failure to adhere, you know how this would end up for you.""It isn't going to end well, by the time he gets here. He warned me not to say a word. He warned me about this, so I am as good as dead either way."I scoffed, rather irritably.For a specialized doctor, he sounded too scared and witless. A smirk crept on my lips as I regarded his words carefully while watching my expression in the mirror.He had just informed me Adams was in the hospital and was likely to come seeking answers from him. Which means he wouldn't be at the house for quite some time." Why are you doin
Chapter 41Lisa;"The kids?" I asked as I watched him dress up quickly.Kelvin walked up to me, wrapping an arm around my waist, "Yes, Lisa. I know we still have a lot to discuss. I just have to attend to an emergency."I shook my head, blinking in confusion, "Yeah. I get that. That's not what I'm saying. What kids? You never told me about them.""I didn't?" He shrugged, with a distant look in his eyes, "must have skipped my mind. We just arrived in the city a few weeks back, and this is the second time we are meeting here in this city."I let out a deep breath. He had a point. Kelvin and I had been working together for a while now, we kinda hit it off ever since we were in New York. Of course, I knew he had an animosity with Adams, but I was way wiser than that. Kelvin and Adams had always been at each other's neck for a long while, for obvious reasons. Reasons I still couldn't fathom the importance. But I couldn't resist the opportunity to keep him closer to me."Oh? That's fine.
Chapter 42Sienna;It was almost nighttime, and I still didn't understand what was going on. I was numb and unfeeling, and my head was filled with so many thoughts.Why do I have to be subjected to life like this? Why do I always have to be at the receiving end of every wrong thing happening? I let the tears fall down my cheeks again, but this time I was able to feel them. The deed had been done, I thought. But that didn't erase the fact that I was so fucking pissed as to how I was dealt with. According to Sasha, my mother's body had been taken care of--she got that information from my beloved father, who felt it wasn't necessary to inform 'the girl he licked from the streets and had been a nuisance to their life ever since.' It was all good though, but I didn't expect it to hurt this way. I didn't. I didn't do anything wrong. I straightened on the bench where I sat, tilting my head down the hall when a figure caught my eyes. I blinked, and then I immediately stood, apprehension
CHAPTER 82SIENNA'S POV;I was a mess by the time she was done speaking“ What do you want to do now?” She asked, reaching out to hold my hands.“ I need to leave,” I said, wiping the tears off my cheeks.She let out a breath, “ That is why you signed the papers.” “ Yes,” I nodded.“ I still don't get it though….how did he agree to this? He signed it right? Why? What was….the reason he held on to?”“ The news, Sasha. The same.... one you sent to me this morning. He never released that. He never told anyone about it. And now he thinks I did it.”"So....who did?" She asked, with a curious tone."I have no idea. I'm actually pissed that he would think so low of me. Why would I do that? What on earth do I have to gain from it?"Sasha rubbed my shoulders, "Don't let it bother you, Si. You have a lot to focus on right now."I shrugged as I stared out the living room, worried a bit that I hadn't heard the twin's voice for a while.“I'm sorry that this is such short notice, but I really need
CHAPTER 81Sienna;"How is this possible? A few weeks ago I would have sworn that man would do anything to keep you within his clutches. What changed, Sienna? Something definitely happened for him to have signed it ‘cause I doubt it was a moment of goodwill?"My heart clenched as her words resonated in me. The reason he had signed the papers was definitely not because he was doing me a favor. I could clearly recall the hurt in his gaze earlier.....I could recall the ferocious look in his eyes as he cornered me in the shower and ripped my blouse.....A shiver wracked through me, and of course, Sasha noticed immediately.“ Is that….are you crying?” She muttered incredulously, peering into my eyes.“ What? No!” I defended, as I wiped my eyes. Sasha's hands held my wrists, stopping me halfway as she stared at me with worry etched in her gaze.“ What happened?” Her voice was soft, and she held my shoulders. And just like that, the tears flowed down my cheeks. I couldn't control them anym
Chapter 80Adam's POV"Is this supposed to be Joke, Henry? Cause this isn't funny one bit." I responded."Definitely not. I am as confused and surprised as you are." He answered, seemingly serious.I huffed impatiently, "Can you hear yourself right now? You are not making any sense here, and I really need to have a much-needed rest,"I needed time to process the events of the day and I would very much love to be alone at the moment.Just a few hours ago, I had sent away some news reporters gathered at the front of the house. Those motherfuckers didn't hesitate to pull up at my gate, hoping that could get a speech off me.I was utterly pissed, especially since I couldn't sue the agency who leaked the news. According to them, it was sent in through an anonymous link, and it was 'their duty'1 to release it.Speak of utter bullshit!Right now, I was in no mood to listen to Henry rant about....whatever it was he had seen. And I absolutely didn't want a single reminder of Sienna at the mome
CHAPTER 79ADAMS;I wasn't expecting her to come back here. And I definitely wasn't expecting her to find me in the shower as well.My fists clenched as I stormed towards her in the bathroom, and when I saw how she recoiled, a new wave of anger surged through me. My eyes trailed down to the little wet patch on her blouse, and filled with an intense rage I didn't see coming, my fists reached out and ripped it off.Her startled gasp was everything. "I asked you to get out, didn't I? I clearly said I didn't want to see your face ever again, but you are just so stubborn, aren't you?"Her eyes were wide, and her hands convered her breasts, as she stared at her in shock.Suddenly, there was a bang on the door, which made me pause momentarily as I tilted my head to the side.I stared back at her, and then I grabbed a towel on the rack behind me and stepped out.*****My brows furrowed, when Agatha Informed me, yet again that Henry was in the living room waiting for me. What the hell is he d
SASHA;My fingers tapped on my cell phone screen as I paced along my living room. What the hell is going on? I wondered.Sienna was supposed to be here any moment. She had called quite earlier, a few hours to be precise, that she would be on her way now and was saying some stuff that just didn't make any sense.For days she has been acting a bit strange, and all my attempts to coax her into telling me what was wrong proved futile. Her instructions and pleas to keep the kids locked up in the house were the only thing stopping me from making my way to where she lived with that mother fucker.I could feel something was definitely off, especially with the accident that happened a few days ago, just outside the house.Releasing a sigh, I collected myself as I watched Liam who sat on a sofa, quietly watching an animation I had set up for them. Nick was nowhere in sight, but judging from the noises coming from their bedroom, I could tell he was having a great time.Sienna's words this mo
KELVIN; To say that I was fucking thrilled would be an underrated understatement. I sat in my office, my legs up above my desk, as I watched the News. A sly smile spread across my lips as the thought of how smoothly the plan had gone. Quite out of initial expectations, but this was a discovery I, for one was stunned to hear. "You should wipe that smirk off your face. If I hadn't come up with the idea of cloning his office, we wouldn't have gotten here." Instantly recalling that I wasn't alone In the office, I turned to stare at Lisa, where she lounged lazily on the sofa with a glass of wine in her hands. "I am quite curious, too," I mused, my eyes narrowed, "You seem to be really ecstatic about this. I thought you are in love with him, or something, and wouldn't want to see him sad?" Lisa shot me a glance, and scoffed, "Of course I care about him. That does not mean I am stupid, you know?" "How so?" I asked, as I picked up my glass of wine and chugged it's contents down
Sienna; I was still reeling from the shock of it. How the hell was this on the news? Staring at Adams sitting there with his hands on his head, I knew this was it. This was why he was so angry, not just because of the divorce. But, it still didn't add up. It didnt make sense. The words at the headlines caught my eyes again, and a deep frown settled on my face. "Adams..." I took two tentative steps towards him, Instantly feeling really really shitty. He didn't move, didn't say a word, nor raise his head. And just then, his words the day before rang in my ears, and I froze. He had mentioned he never told anyone about this, so why.... I shook my head. No way was he thinking I was behind this, was he? "Adams, what is this? Why are you on the news?" "I need you to leave, Sienna. Please, just get the hell out!" He snapped his head up and glared at me. "Don't tell me you think I did this? Adams, you can't possibly think I would stoop this low, do you?" I asked, feeling quite
Sienna;I took a step in, and then another, swallowing harshly as I finally found myself in front of the desk.His eyes didn't leave mine, and hell, I could see them swirling with an intensity I couldn't quite place.The tea tray dropped down on the desk with a silent clatter, and I heaved a sigh "For you," I whispered, wanting nothing but to turn back and get the hell out of this office, but my feet stayed rooted to the spot.Adams stared at me for a long while, but eventually tore his eyes away from me. He was angry, judging from the way his fingers clenched into fists on the desk and the not-so-subtle way his jaw ticked continuously."Are..are you okay?" I found myself asking, unable to tear my gaze from him. He looked so broken, but he wasn't really expecting me to throw everything he did out to the air just because of what he went through or because of last night, did he?Granted, I felt shitty he had to go through that, but I had a valid reason for doing what I did. It still d
Sienna;I had dropped off the drive as instructed by whoever the blackmailer was, and it's been exactly five hours since I left the house.Not only did...whoever was delayed in sending me a location where I could drop it off but it also made me trek a long distance from where the taxi dropped me to an uncompleted building.I had no idea what importance it holds, but I was sure It was something of great value, for my children's life to be at stake for it.Still, I was far from relieved, especially after knowing that whoever that was, definitely knew her address already and might not hold their end of the deal.I had called Sasha a few minutes ago to check up on the kids whilst informing her I would be at the house in no time.But in the meantime, I needed to get something from the house. Glancing at my wristwatch, I nodded, determined that Adams would most definitely be at work by now.I needed to get something rather important I had forgotten back in the room. If it wasn't of great im