Bella paced the house and dialed Daniel's number for the umpteenth time but she could only hear the dial tone, it was not even ringing, he always went off without informing her but this time she had a bad feeling about it.She sat on the couch and fell asleep right there on the couch. She woke up very early the next day and still had no sign of him. She quickly dialed his line and it was the same as the previous day, what could have happened? There was a knock on the door and without thinking, she ran to the door but it was Aaron"B...boss Aaron, w..what are you doing here?" She asked in confusion, it was so late in the night already, "m..my husband is not at home"Aaron's face was tight with worry and Bella had a bad feeling, did something happen to Daniel?"I want you to get some of your things and come with me""What? No, what's going on? Where is Daniel?" She asked in a raised voice"You have to come with me for your safety" Aaron replied softly but still she hesitated"I'm not le
Brittany draped the quilt over sleeping Bella and sighed, she was grateful that her friend finally stopped crying and went to sleep"You should get some sleep too," Aaron's voice said softly from the door but Brittany paid him dust, she was not ready to talk to him after what he had done to her, treating her like trash. She stood up and went to the kitchen to get some water"I haven't thanked you for coming over," Aaron said following her to the kitchen but she ignored him yet again"How long are you going to ignore me?" He asked and angrily placed the glass of water on the kitchen counter, splashing some of it all over her body"Do you expect me to jump on you the moment I see you after treating me like trash? Sorry Mr. When I said I don't want to talk to you I meant it, I am only here for my friend""I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel that way, it was just that I wasn't ready for the way I was feeling"She gave a hollow laughter and glared at him, "You should not have sought
Bella insisted on seeing Daniel, it had been two days since she was told that he had been found but she was not allowed to go to him, she would see him today and nothing could stop her.She grabbed Aaron's arms when he was about to go out, "I'm coming with you" she stated firmly and he sighed"It's too dangerous...""I don't care, I only want to see my husband" she insisted and he thought about it for a second before nodding, "alright but just this time, I don't want the enemy to sniff that he is vulnerable otherwise, he will be in more danger""Alright, just this once and I won't insist on seeing him again until he has completely recovered" Brittany had gone back to check on her store and promised to be back soon and Bella hoped to be back before Brittany returned.She followed Aaron out into the car and noticed the guards that came along with them, was this how she would be living in fear and going about with armed guards? She reminded herself that this was the life of Nikolai Klau
Aaron cursed as he watched the driver check on the car tire, the taxi that Bella had entered had no way in sight, damn it, his boss will have his hide if anything happens to his wife. He never knew that his boss's wife could be this handful."Women, ain't they all a handful?" He muttered when he thought about Brittany. Finally, the car tire was changed and he went straight to Daniel's house, but the place looked like there was no one inside, he hated to worry his boss but he needed to know what was going on. He told Daniel about what transpired between him and Bella and that Bella was not in his house.Daniel's heart twisted when he heard about it, did she really carry out with her plans to move out? "She said she was going to move out, I think she has, find her, I want to know where she is""Okay boss" he replied as he ended the call, she was supposed to be with the boss in this difficult time yet she chose to move out, he sighed and asked the driver to turn around.He needed to chan
When Bella opened her eyes again, she realized that she was no longer where she had been, she had been moved into a tiny room and it had been shut from the outside, the room was dark and her heart raced in fear, she was claustrophobic. "No! They can't do this to me" she murmured as tears flowed down her cheeks and she struggled to breathe, "no!no!no! Please" she kept chanting as she banged on the door agitatedly, "Please, open the door" she begged and her breath hitched when she got no response from the other side, she slid to the ground and crawled to a corner of the room, folding herself into a ball, she started counting, "1...2...3..."Her mind flashed back to when Ben, her aunt's husband used to lock her in a dark room for hours, she could hear the mice in the dark coming for her feet and she would scream and beg for her aunty to save her but even her aunt is scared of her husband and she would only tell Bella to bear with her husband. She would tell Bella to close her eyes and c
Bella groaned in pain as her eyes slowly opened, for a moment, she thought it had been a nightmare, that she would open her eyes to see herself in her room. She swallowed painfully when she woke up to find out that she was still locked in, she felt so tasty already but she sat mute, too scared to move or utter any sound only tears were silently flowing from the corner of her eyes, will Daniel come for her? She had rejected him for keeping his identity a secret from her, of course, he wouldn't care what happened to her, he shouldn't. He should be in his hospital bed recovering and not run to come looking for her.The door opened and Calvin came inside with a bodyguard, who stared at her thoughtfully, "Your husband has 72hours, if he doesn't come, you will die""You are wasting your time, I have told you that he won't come. We had separated and I was going to get a divorce, now, do you think he would come for someone that he is no longer with?"Calvin narrowed his eyes at her, "You are
Bella heard the blast and wondered what was going on, the door flung open, and furious Calvin stormed in, "come here, you witch" he said and dragged her by her hair"W. Where are you taking me?" She stuttered as she was pulled along"Your lover is here and it's time to send the both of you to the other world"Bella was shocked, Daniel came for her. Even though he was still in the hospital when she was kidnapped, he came looking for her? Tears filled her eyes, to think that she wanted to divorce him when all he had done since he met her was to risk his life to save hers."Drop your gun or I'll blow off her head," Calvin said, although, Bella could not see anyone"I won't do that if I were you" Daniel's voice boomed just before he came into view and Bella attempted to dash toward him but she was pulled back by her hair and she cried out as fiery pain shot up her scalp"Let her go or your family dies" Daniel warned and for the first time, Bella noticed the people behind him, Calvin's son
Bella stared at Daniel who was pacing around the hospital wearing a worried frown, he hadn't rested since they got here and his limp was more pronounced, she remembered that he was in the hospital bed before leaving to save her and now with Aaron's life on the line, he wouldn't even drink water or sit down.Bella wondered if this was the fierce formidable being she had seen when he was dealing with his father. Indeed, Daniel has two sides, one that is very loving and tender, that will fight to protect those he cares about and worry if any harm before them, just like he was worrying right now about Aaron, and the other side of him is a side that she never wished to experience, just thinking about how cold and ruthless he can be when he is offended, she pray never to fall victim to that side of him. Someone who can pull the trigger on his father without batting an eye is worth fearing."Come and sit down, you need rest too," she told Daniel when she thought that her eyes would fall off
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