A week after the banquet...
"Finally! Land of the free!" she dragged her luggage as she rummaged the surroundings with her light brown orbs.Couples holding hands while strolling in the park. Street vendors in some areas. Neon lights that sparkling brightly on the big billboards in the pedestrians. Names of closed stores and other establishments. It still looked daytime but when she glanced at her diamond watch, it was nine in the evening.She continued walking, her backpack hanging on her shoulder. Her luggage was just as tired as her. They were both dragging themselves on the ground. Till she thought she had found solace. But the line was as long as an anaconda she once watched in their private theater in the mansion."Cymbals!""Is that a bar?" she asked herself.She was eighteen but she had never been to bars before. She was also a night owl but how she spent her night wasn't what a normal teenager did. While they were under the disco lights jiggingWhen Maria held the mic, everyone stood up and gathered in front of the stage. Danny bit the drums and cymbals while their bass guitarist, Bass strummed the strings. Apple started swaying her hips and nodding her head to the rhythm. Maria started stomping her legs.Let's go girlsCome on!I'm goin' out tonight, I'm feelin' alrightGonna let it all hang out..."She's very good!" Isabella gasped in awe.This was her first time to see a band performing live and she loved every second of watching it.The best thing about bein' a womanls the prerogative to have a little fun andOh, oh, oh, go totally crazyForget I'm a ladyMen's shirts, short skirtsOh, oh, oh, really go wildYeah, doin' it in styleOh, oh, oh, get in the actionFeel the attractionColor my hair, do what I dareOh, oh, oh, I wanna be freeYeah, to feel the way I feelMan, I feel like a womanThe crowd had gone wild. The
The woman in Benjamin's bed got up right away. She took her coat on the floor and her heels on the doorstep. She just brushed her hair with her fingers. She glanced at Benjamin who was in his robe sitting elegantly on the sofa not minding about her business."Sweety, I am leaving now!" the woman bade him a flying kiss but she was just about to turn around and leave when Enrique swung the door open."Uncle! What the h*ck? Who's this?" he exclaimed in both shock and disappointment."D*mn it! Next time, move fast. Oh, there's no more next time. Get out!" Benjamin harshly got up and shoved the woman out."Hey! Stop pushing me, a*shole. Is this your nephew? Oh! He's handsome!" the woman started caressing Enrique's chest which made him feel disgusted. He pushed her away as he glared at her."Wow! Like uncle like nephew. Hmp! Don't you know, your uncle has been screwing me and cheating your aunt for three months now!" the woman even uttered ignoring Benjamin's warn
"Have a seat, President Michaels!" Enrique gestured Albert to sit on the couch but the latter stood straight and slowly walked past him instead.He went towards the floor to ceiling glass window and slid the curtain with his fingers. He peeped through it then also shifted his stare at Enrique."Why are you so interested in her?" he started without taking his orbs off him."Coz, she's beautiful!" Enrique casually replied.This time Albert walked regal towards him, hands in his pockets, light brown eyes ogling on him, and the voice of a powerful family."There are more beautiful women who hopped in your bed for the past six years but you never have this too much heed and grip on them!"He circled around Enrique like he was his subordinate but the latter with equal power, just gave him a wry smile."You mobilized your secret men to watch over her 24 hours 7 times a week. You left your suave dandy life in Ireland to be closed to her here. You appear in
It was Saturday and it's in the mid of May. It was also the first rain of the month. Samantha couldn't take a day off for Laila hadn't come back yet.Fe had to call Maria to give her a heads up. When she dialed their land phone, a beautiful voice greeted her call."Maria, is that you? Wow, you're practicing well. Your voice is getting better and better!""Hello! This isn't Maria. I'm Isabella, her ... niece!" a sweet gentle tone replied.Fe was flabbergasted. She checked the number she dialed thinking she might made a mistake."The same!" she thought."Are you looking for her? Wait a second, I will just call her!"She was about to answer but Isabella already put the receiver on the table. Fe could hear Maria's voice on the background. She was rushing in."Hello, sister-in-law! We need to see each other now. Come here, quick. Don't tell Sam!" she whispered as she glanced around.She heaved a sigh when she saw that Isabella settled in their
"Do you have any plans for today?" Albert started the bizzare talks.He was cutting the clubhouse sandwich with a bread knife while talking to her."I don't have, Young Master. Why did you ask?" Samantha replied and asked back.She was not really eating but just stirring the getting cold mushroom soup in her bowl. Albert halted when he saw what she was doing. He lifted his head and stared at her."Open your mouth!" his deep voice made her obey right away.Just by that deep condescending voice, her whole senses would react to follow his words. Unfair she thought! These were hers but why did it seem like they always followed another soul.Upon parting, Albert stuffed the cube of sliced sandwich in her mouth in an instant which made her stun."Chew it!" he commanded.Samantha did as what he told. He was watching her with amusement. He liked how submissive she was."If you don't have any plans, let's go out!" Albert uttered."Where are w
That hour after midnight, when the Houston Mansion alerted Enrique about Isabella's situation, he called someone on the phone. That time, he didn't just visit his uncle but he also meet someone in a private room in that person's own bar, the Cymbals.When that someone saw his caller ID, he thought twice of swiping the green icon. After a couple of rings, he finally decided to answer."What on earth brought you to call me, Manager Houston?" he asked with wry smile.He was in his private room in Cymbals. He locked himself inside contemplating on his relationship with Madeline and his feelings with Samantha. He could hear the loud music and the scream of the bar hoppers on the first floor but he was too lazy to check on them."My sister ran away from Ireland and she might be here in the US!" Enrique answered.Albert chuckled."So, what if she ran away? I don't care about your sister!""You don't understand what I mean, Michaels! You maybe don't care a
"Sir, we have a problem. Fe just called!""What about it? Is it about the company?""No, sir. It's about the twins. Isabella Houston has run away from their home in Ireland!""I have nothing to do with them anymore, Sebastian!""But sir, she's in our place!"Christopher who was reading a book in his imperial room in Millennium Suite in London lifted his head on him and stared deeply at his anxious eyes. He gracefully stood up and walked towards the built-in bookshelf and placed the book properly on its original place."Fate is really playing fire on us, Sebastian!" he uttered as he turned around and tapped the shoulder of his bodyguard who was trembling in fear."Sir, if Isabella is missing, then my daughter is in danger. I can't afford to lose her!" Sebastian replied as he followed Christopher's steps with his worried gaze."Since that incident happened 14 years ago, we have saved and protected one of the Houston's heir. I can't let that happ
..(warning: gruesome incident)"Why are you doing this?" he asked with his eyes wide open still in doubt if he heard Benjamin wrong."Obey us first, Michaels if you want us to spare your heir's life!" Lance uttered instead.Christopher's shoulders fell. His eyes showed defeat. His son's life was in danger. He didn't want to stain his hands with blood from the innocent four year old's life but he had no choice."What about my wife?" he then remembered.Hopefully, they didn't include her in this deadly bait. She was already suffering from her illness that consumed her life few years later."Don't worry, we know her life is already in thin line. She's in your bed, sleeping quietly!" Benjamin replied with a smirk.Even that they knew he thought. These people whom he never thought would become his enemies for a lifetime, indeed prepared everything. The illness of Christopher's first wife was unknown to everyone especially in the world of com