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
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,
"I want to have a recording of you and me having sex" Jeremy requested"What! No Jeremy, you have already taken photos of my nudes, although, I wasn't comfortable with it but I allowed it because I love you and trust you to keep it secret" twenty-three years old Bella replied as she stared at her boyfriend, she loves him so much and would do anything for him but she's not comfortable with him recording their lovemaking"If you really love me, you'll do as I say, come on, it's just for me to be looking at it when we're not together, I promise to keep it safe, don't you trust me?" He pouted as he waved an arm around Bella's waist"Of course I trust you Jeremy, but...""Shhhh....no buts" he interrupted her, placing a finger on her lips "just this once and I promise that's it, come on"Jeremy has been her boyfriend for two years and he hadn't for once given her any reason to doubt his love but she's just not comfortable with him making videos of the both of them and so, she turned him dow
"You are such a disgrace to this family, what have we done wrong by bringing you in to live with us?" Her aunt's husband, Ben, raged at her when Bella went back home from college, she had just wanted to run into her room and shut herself off but unfortunately, she met her family sitting in the living room and one look at their faces, she knew that they had seen the video"Bella, how could you allow that boy take record of you while..." Her aunty Christy burst into tears and couldn't complete her sentences, Bella felt so ashamed of herself, she hate to bring distress to her family"I didn't consent for him to make video of me aunty""Oh please shut up, you slut" Ben angrily shut her up, pointing a finger at her"Ben please, don't call her that" her aunty Christy cried, covering her face with her hands while she sobbed into them"If course I'll call her that, she is nothing but a slut, didn't you see the way she was moaning in the arms of that guy? Exactly like a slut""Please, uncle, I
"Mom, why do I have to get married? I do not want to get married especially not to that bastard" Joana grumbled as she stared at her wedding dress"That, honey, is because we need the money for your father's business. Remember, he promised a hundred million dollars if you get married to him, besides, it's only for a year and then, you can file for a divorce" Leticia Wonders replied her daughter, she do not like that her daughter is getting married to that bastard either and if there was a way for her to get the promised money without her daughter getting married to that good for nothing illegitimate son of the Calvin's family, then, she would do it. Daniel Calvin, a reputable rogue and illegitimate son of Nicholas Calvin, it was rumored that his mother who recently passed away had left him a fortune but with the condition that he had to get married before he can claim his fortune and also, the marriage has to last for a year.Daniel wants to claim his fortune and that too, he aimed t
"Congratulations on your wedding" Joana smiled at her "She is the bride of that bastard, what a pity" a lady said besides Joana and clock her tongue in a pitiful manner before walking off. Bella frowned when she refer to her husband as bastard"What's that lady talking about?" She clutched her bouquet and stared hard at Joana"Maybe she is referring to your husband being the illegitimate son of Nicholas Calvin, a renowned billionaire but refused to recognize your husband""Is that all?" Bella insisted when she sensed something in Joana's tone"Well, rumor has it that he is a broke ass and only has his mother's fortune to his name and I must say, the fortune is not even that great and with the ladies? He is a demon, rumor also has it that the last lady who dared to date him ran off and only her knows what she saw because the only thing she could say about him was that, Daniel Calvin is worst than the devil himself"Bella shuddered at this description and fear raced in her heart."Oh,
Daniel squinted his gaze on her, "Do not faint on me" She forced a smile but it looks more like a grimace than an actual smile "I do not plan on doing that" she "Good, now we can discuss about our situation. What do you say your name was again?""Isabella"Daniel nodded his head, "Isabella" he repeated the name to taste how it sounds on his lips, "I was supposed to get married to your cousin but I ended up with you, I do not know why the both of you decided to switch side but it does not matter to me as long as I ended up with a wife".Bella sighed with relief at his words but her relief was short lived when she heard him say, "But""I am quite curious. Why did you marry me? What's in it for you?""I...I...the thing is, Joana was having cold feet, she didn't want to get married, well, because of the rumors about you. She was scared"Daniel raised a brow at her words, "and you are not scared?""Of course I was" "So?" He pressed when she didn't say more, Bella wished that he could dr
Daniel had woken up from sleep and had noticed Bella's absent, he wondered where she could be. After taking his bath, he noticed that another of his T-shirts had gone missing.Doesn't she have her own clothes? His gaze searched the room for her clothes box or something but to his surprise, he found none .It had not crossed his mind to check out her clothes yesterday but now, he understood why she was in his clothes. Did she leave them in her cousin's house? He quickly carried his phone and dialed Aaron's number. Aaron has been his assistant and manager in his company for years now and if there is anyone who can carry out this assignment, that would be him."Find me everything you can about the girl I married" he said as soon as Aaron picked, "her name is Bella..." Damn, he don't even know her last name, "just find me anything you can" he ordered and almost hung up before another thought entered his mind"Anything else boss?" Aaron asked when he noticed the slight pause in his boss's
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