"Bella, Bella, are you okay?" Aunt Christy rushed towards her and Bella straightened herself from Daniel's arms"I...I... I'm fine aunt, I was just surprised to see the two of you" she managed to say"Are you sure that you're okay? You look quite pale" Daniel asked anxiously and a bit suspiciously, why did she react that way when she saw her aunt? Didn't she want to see them? He had allowed them inside with hopes that having a family member visit her would lighten her mood but it seemed that he was wrong and he was ready to send them away if it bothered her"I'm fine Daniel, thank you. Can I have a few minutes with my aunt and her husband?" She asked and Daniel hesitated a little bit still staring at her, he didn't want to leave her alone if the presence of her family bothered her, he would have to find out about her relationship status with her family "I am fine Daniel" Bella reassured firmly and even managed a smile at him and he nodded before stepping away"I'll be upstairs if you
When Bella came down the next morning, Aunt Christy was seated alone on the sofa and Ben was nowhere to be seen "Good morning Aunt Christy, have you had breakfast?" She asked as she walked towards her AuntHer Aunt nodded and Bella glanced around, "Where's Ben?" She paused when she saw her aunt's face, it was black and her lips were split, "what happened to your face?" She cried and jutted her aunt's face upward so that she could get a good look"Oh! It's nothing, I...hit my face on the door""Oh please Aunt, do not lie to me, I am not a kid anymore, Ben did this to you right?" Without waiting for her Aunt to give her a reply, she turned towards the guest room, "I am going to give him a piece of my mind"Her aunt's hand shot forward and caught her arm, "No please, do not say anything to him" Aunt Christy's eyes looked so frightened as they stared at Bella"What are you so afraid of Aunt? Why won't you leave him even when he treats you so badly?""B..Ben is a nice man, he is just hot
Bella was seated at the dining table but she couldn't eat, couldn't concentrate, her mind kept on wondering at her aunt's reaction, so she decided to go to her aunt and plead with her once more to tell her the truth.The door was slightly ajar when she got there and she was about to push it open when she heard what they were arguing about and she frozeThen suddenly, it clicked, she remembered, the man who had come earlier to do something to her father's car brake, he was the one who followed them and watched her parents burn, tears streamed down her cheeks but when she raised her hands again to push the door open to confront him, his next words shock her the most, that one of her parents is alive and standing right in the room? She couldn't hold it anymore, she pushed the door open and stood in the doorway"Which of my parents is alive and who among you is my parent?" She asked as she instinctively stared at her Aunt who was staring at her with tears streaming down her cheeks"No Bel
Daniel dived at the hand holding the gun just as another shot was fired, but it missed its mark as Daniel twisted Ben's hand and the shot was fired at the bed stand lamp instead, it shattered and debris of glasses fell across the floor.Both Daniel and Ben fell on the bed with Daniel still holding Ben's hand and trying to take the gun from him while Ben struggled against himDaniel was situated astride him and he brought up one knee and placed on Ben's windpipe, cutting the flow of air Ben struggled to breathe and his grip on the gun weakened, Daniel ripped it off from his grip.He tossed the gun away without letting Ben go, he turned him around so that he was lying on his stomach, and using a piece of cloth he saw on the bed, he tied Ben's hands to the back.Daniel was not new to this kind of thing so his movement was swift and precise as he tied Ben's hands and feet firmly"Help us, help my Aunt, she is losing a lot of blood" Bella cried and Daniel brought out his phone "I need an
Daniel frowned at the message in his phone, it was a debit alert that showed someone had made a withdrawal from his account.When Bella's aunt was going back, she had requested money from him and he figured that she wanted to help her aunt with some things so he gave her his credit card, and to his surprise, he got a message that she had withdrawn up to a million dollars but he thought nothing about it, after all, he has the money. Anything to make her happy but now he started to think that there is something up with his wife because this was the second time he had received a debit alert from his card in just a week, not counting the million dollars she withdrew before.If he were to count that one, it would mean she had withdrawn three million dollars in one week.He was hoping that she had gone shopping with it but even her wardrobe hadn't changed, is she in some kind of problem? He will talk to her when he gets home and remind her that she can confide in him.Bella was in the offic
The drive home was tense and unpleasant, an uncomfortable silence that neither of them made any effort to break. Each of them was lost in their thoughts and Bella promptly faced her side of the screen.Her thoughts were in shambles and inwardly she was berating herself, why didn't she tell him? She was presented with the opportunity to tell him everything but instead, she shied away like a coward and now, she only has herself to blame for any repercussions."We are home" his voice penetrated her fogged mind and she blinked as she glanced around, they were indeed home. Without saying a word to him, she stepped out of the car and had only taken a couple of steps when she was stopped on her track.Two policemen were standing outside Daniel's house and approached them when they sighted her and Daniel. She has a strange feeling that this wasn't a cordial visit"Mr Klaus" one of them called and Daniel raised a brow at them"Yes, that's me, what is going on?"The policeman turned and stared
Joana had searched for Jeremy Campbell on the internet, she entered his profile and was shocked at what she saw. She did not know what she was expecting to see but it was certainly not this, nudes of various ladies, and one of those ladies was Bella, in fact, there were more nudes of her than 9f the others, scrolling down, she played the video that he had uploaded and her jaw dropped, "holy cow" she muttered as she watched Bella and Jeremy sex video, this was too good to be true, she was sure that Nikolai has not seen this, together with the evidence she has if Jeremy kissing Bella, there was no way that he won't push her away. She quickly downloaded the video and uploaded it on her social media, "Nikolai Klaus's wife is cheating on him" She smiled at her caption before uploading it, and in a matter of minutes, it has gone viral with a lot of people downloading it and feeling sorry for Nikolai Klaus that he had to marry such a wife.Even in school, Bella's sex video was on everyone's
Daniel has just finished from a business meeting, he was damn exhausted, and he would have skipped the meeting if he could.Bella should be home by now, his lawyer had informed him that she was being released today and Daniel had sent his driver to go pick her up. Today was supposed to be their day together but he would join her later. The way his mind was right now, he didn't think he could spend the day with her without finding out her little secret with the Jeremy guy.There was a knock on the door and Aaron walked in looking quite disturbed, "boss" he said and sat down right in front of Daniel"What is it, Aaron? Is your wife alright?" He asked in concern, wondering why his friend would look this troubled, he heard that she almost miscarried the other day "My wife is fine, this is about you boss and the assignment you gave me" Daniel had asked Aaron to research on Jeremy Campbell and he wondered what Aaron had found out to make him look so disturbed"Tell me Aaron, what is it?""
lJoey had shot at the ground close to Daniel's leg and laughed out loud, "Not so fast Nikolai Klaus, I am not about to give you an easy death, you will have to watch while I kill your family""Leave my mother alone" Niko cried and before anyone could stop him, he ran to Joey and bit her hard on her leg"You brat" she yelled and kicked him off her but that distraction was enough for Daniel to act, he grabbed Bella away from Joey and just at that exact moment, Joey fired her gun at Bella but Daniel had pulled Bella behind him and he got shot instead"No!" Bella cried as another shot was fired at his belly by an angry JoeyBella sighted Daniel's gun lying beside him on the ground where he had kept it and without even contemplating about it, she picked it up and shot at Joey.Joey looked dazed and slowly turned towards Bella but another shot sounded from behind her. The bullet penetrated her skull and she fell down in a heapBella stood there, hands shaky on the gun she was still holding,
Bella jerked upright when her phone suddenly rang beside her, she had fallen asleep beside her phone on the chair while Daniel sat all night holding her and waiting for the caller.Daniel had tried to trace the number that had called Bella earlier but could not because the caller had used a disposable phone to call"Put it on speaker" he mouthed and Bella nodded"H...hello" "How does it feel to spend the night without your kids?" The caller asked"Terrible" Bella yelled in her head and fresh tears streamed down her cheeks, "Please do not do anything to my kids. I'm begging you"The caller laughed ruthlessly, Daniel tried to place the voice but could not, it sounded mechanical and they could not even tell if it was a male's voice or a female's voiceDaniel snatched the phone from Bella's hands, "What the hell do you want, who are you and why have you kidnapped my kids?" Daniel growled and there was a slight pause on the other end"I love how anguished you sound right now, oh! It just
Daniel pounded on Bella's door and she immediately threw it open as if she had been waiting for him"Where the hell are the children?" He asked angrily"Don't even pretend to me, you took them""Why the hell would I do that? Did you hide them with the hopes that I won't come and get them?" He clenched out and grabbed her chin, "Tell me where they are"Bella pushed him off, "I don't know...they went out to play and when I went to get them, they're nowhere to be found" she cried and tears escaped from the corners of her eyes, "if you didn't take them, then who did?"Daniel watched her anguished face for a moment, damn, she was being sincere, worry etched his face as he put a call to his men"Who could kidnap my kid? That's the danger of being associated with Nikolai Klaus, one of your enemies must have taken them""Your boyfriend could have taken them too" Daniel snapped as he shut his phone and Bella blinked at him for a moment"Jason? Why would he? Besides, we broke up and he has gone
Bella felt hot where his arms wrapped around her, she stared into those caramel eyes and felt lost for words.Daniel slowly raised her so that she was standing on her own feet, he swiped his hand across her lips"Oh Bella, what am I to do with you?" He murmured and replaced his hand with his lipsBella sighed as if she had been waiting for it. The world fell apart and they were both in their world. A world where only the both of them exist. Daniel Calvin will always be her downfall and worst distraction.What the hell am I doing? She asked and broke free from his kiss, they were both breathing hard as they stared hard at each other."I won't let you go Mrs. Isabella Calvin" he murmured as he traced his hands on her lips.Bella suddenly felt vulnerable and she quickly reined in her composure "We have separated already" she managed to whisper"Separated but not divorced, you didn't sign the divorce paper remember? Which means that before the law, we are still legally married"Bella blan
Bella rushed home from Daniel's office, what the hell did she just do with him? She had gone there to plead with him to leave her alone but she didn't even do that, she had given him her body instead.Unbidden, the moment he slid into her jumped into her head and she squeezed her legs together, the sensation of him, right there in her thighs felt like he had never left.He had said that he wanted her in his life, but she didn't need him in hers. He abandoned and humiliated her years ago when she needed him the most and left her pregnant, no, she cannot forget all that she went through. She does not need him now because she is doing just fine without him.She won't allow him to mess up her mind and emotions, if he wants to go to court, then so be it, she'll fight him in court."Bella, are you alright?" Jason asked as soon as she got home, he took one look at her and his face darkened with anger, "What did that bastard do to you?""Oh Jason," Bella said and wrapped her arms around him,
Bella came back from her outing with Jason and the kids, since Nikky's surgery, this was the first time they took her out and she was exhausted already, Bella had to come back home with her so that she could rest.Bella was about to open the door when she saw a paper on her doorpost, she quickly opened it and behold it was a court order waiting for her on her doorpost, her hand shook a bit as she read it, oh well, she already knew that Daniel was a man of his word and as he had threatened her with a lawsuit, he would pursue with the case.But she did not understand why she was still affected by it when she already knew him so well.She leaned on the doorpost to support her trembling feet and using the back of her hand, she wiped away the sweat that has suddenly formed on her forehead, her breathing was coming in a short gasp, damn, she was having a panic attack"Are you okay?" Jason rushed towards her and snatched the paper from her hand, his brow furrowed at just a glance of it, he s
Daniel couldn't stop thinking about his encounter with Bella, she was now a mother, birthing another man's baby.He wondered who that man was that was able to win her over very fast.His first reaction when he saw her was happiness, he was going to apologize for how he treated her back then but he changed his mind when he saw her with kids.His mind went to the little boy, he had eyes exactly like Bella's, he felt wistful and imagined that the boy was his.That Bella moved on so quickly was proof that she never loved him enough.His mood turned sour and he hated it that Bella suddenly showed up.**The surgery took hours and Bella sat apprehensively with Niko on the chair waiting for news of Nikky. Niko was already asleep on her lap when the doctor came and told her that the surgery was successful and Nikky had been wheeled into the ICU.She was not allowed to go inside the ICU so she just stared at her daughter's tiny frame through the glass.She didn't want to leave but she still
Bella felt as if the ground had been snatched from under her, there must be a coincidence in the name of the hospital,"Do you mean Jenny Memorial in Venni City? She choked out and Dr Sam stared at her"I am glad that you already know the place, if you want your child to be there, it must be as early as possible".Bella thought back to the doctor's words as she arranged their clothes in a bag, they were going back to the city she ran away from, back to the city where she was scandalized and stoned, back to where she was once abused but more importantly, back to the place where Daniel Calvin resides.She wondered if it was possible that she would enter the city without him knowing, how would he react when he saw her? Was he still angry with her? What will happen if he gets to know about Niko and Nikky? He had always been hot-tempered and she could imagine his reaction already, he would try to take them away from her.Her stomach quivered with this thought and she shook it off, she was
Bella paced in the hospital lobby, tears forming in her eyes, she wouldn't be able to take it if anything happened to her child"Mom, will Nikky be okay?" Niko asked from her side and she stared at her son and hugged him close to her"I believe so Niko, I won't be able to bear it if anything happens to you or Nikky, the two of you are my life"Nikky had always been a very fragile child from birth hence, Bella always paid special attention to her but in a few years as she was growing, she hadn't had any health issues for a while and Bella thought that her child was finally okay.Sometimes, she regrets not telling Daniel about her pregnancy but she has been so scared that he would take them away from her. At least they will be living a better life and not this life of always lacking something at home that she had to offer them. if only her children knew that their father was a billionaire and she had made them suffer this much, they might just not forgive herBella sighted Jason coming