Bella's mouth hung open as she stared at Nicholas Calvin's huge mansion, she had never seen anything like this and even before stepping inside, she already felt so out of place. She had been stunned when Daniel had told her that they would be attending the anniversary of his father and had given her a quite expensive dinner gown to wear to the party. She had been hesitant about the gown because first and foremost, it was way too expensive and higher than their budget but Daniel had told her that she had no reason to worry because he bought the dress on credit and would have to pay in installments.The party was boozing with the rich, all glamorous and classy and Bella felt out of place even when she was dressed in such an expensive dress, she felt she did not have the poise and carriage of a rich and classy lady.Heads turned as soon as Daniel and Bella entered the Calvin's mansion, the party was being held in the garden, and with Bella's hand in his arm, Daniel led her into the garden
Bella walked towards the direction given to her for the restroom and got lost. The mansion is so big and one could easily get lost, she retraced her steps and headed towards the direction she came from, at least that's what she thought.She stopped on her track when she heard voices"Rollo was shot by Nikolai Klaus and the cottage was taken from him" a voice was saying and Bella slowly walked towards that direction, it was coming from a dark room at the left wing of the building. "I do not understand why Nikolai Klaus will be interested in that cottage, something is not adding up. Did he see his face?" Bella recognized this voice to be Daniel's father but who are they talking about?" Well, she might as well just ask them for directions to go to the washroom and that's it, she shouldn't care what they're talking about"I don't think he is after the cottage, he is after his pen drive and Rollo was stupid enough to tell him that the pen drive is with you""That fool, I want you to get r
"where are we?" Bella asked as they stopped in front of a big mansion, she was nervous when Daniel started going in like he owned the place, she knew that it's not possible for him to own such a big mansion hence, she was curious, "are you breaking into someone's house?"Daniel scoffed at her question, "Don't you see I am opening each gate and door with a key? Is that how to break in?""Oh well...so?""This house belongs to a friend of mine, he is currently out of the country and wants me to occupy it until he comes. his only condition is to take good care of it"Bella gasped in awe as he opened the door, the inside of the house left her speechless, "I...I...never knew you had a friend who is this rich""Er...em.... yeah.... actually, this is the only house left to him by his mother, and his mother had inherited it from her parents""Oh, I see" Gingerly, she sat on the sofa while Daniel went to the bar and brought a bottle of wine "Do you think we should be drinking his stuff?""Trus
"Calm down, I'll get to the bottom of this, just get some rest" he patted her back and stood up, he wanted to make some calls to find out who was behind this.Bella grabbed his hand when he made to leave her room, "Please, don't go...I... I'm scared"Daniel loves sleeping alone and he needed to be alone that night so as to find out things."I'm sorry to ask that from you, it's just that I can't think of sleeping here alone this night after what just happened"Daniel sighed, much as he hated it, he'll have to oblige her, she is his wife after all even if it's just on paper. "I'll sleep on the couch", he turned off the light and lay on the couch, he watched her until her breath even out before he closed his eyes to sleep. He can't take the chance of making calls in the room or he will be risking her hearing, whatever call he has to make, he will do it tomorrow.His eyes snapped open and he quickly grabbed his gun when he heard Bella scream, his eyes located her on the bed and he release
"Damn", Daniel cursed as he pushed Bella behind a street pole just as a bullet whizzed past her ears, he didn't even come out with his gun and so could not return fire. With what Bella had told him, he was certain that his father was behind this.He gazed around for what to do. If they don't leave here, the shooter will be able to get to them very soon. He sighted a flower roll and whispered in her ears"I'll count to three, then you'll make a run for that flower roll and I'll distract whoever is shooting at us""No Daniel, I....""One...two...three..." He counted, not minding her outburst, and pushed her towards the flowers. Bella made a mad dash for it, she had never been so scared her whole life. She had been hurt, betrayed, and lost faith but had never been so scared, she finally hid behind the flowers as Daniel had instructed her and gasped for air. Damn, what's wrong with her? Why does her heart hurt so much? Her breath came out in a painful gasp, it was as if the air was being
Bella stood in front of J. Nikolai Textile Ltd.It was a very big company just as Brittany had told her. This is just one of Nikolai Klaus's many companies and this one deals with textiles, he has several other companies that produce different products, she even heard he had one that produces skincare products and was also the owner of the biggest shopping mall in the country.The mysterious Nikolai Klaus whom many people have not seen, his mysteriousness is what intrigues her, and she finds herself wishing to run into him someday.She was directed to go to the HR office with her profile, she badly needed this job and really hopes she gets it. Since the shooting event, there haven't been any more attacks on her and she had been too shaken to leave the house in search of a job or anything and her husband has mostly been absent from home. She felt a dampening in her mood just thinking of how he had coldly shunned her on the day of the shoot-out like she goes about looking for who to sh
Daniel was tired and really needed to go home and rest, he hadn't rested for weeks because he had been constantly on the trail of those shareholders and now that he had succeeded with his plans, he just needed to unwind. "How dare she lock me out of my own house" he gritted as he banged on the door. He used to have servants and cleaners everywhere in this house but he had to tell all of them to leave so as to maintain his status in the eyes of Bella, although, he didn't stop paying them, he had asked them to go on vacation until he sends for them and not once had one of them dared to lock him out, even though he didn't return for a month, the door is always opened to whenever he comes back and his new wife now thinks that because he hadn't been back home for days means she can lock him out?He banged on the door once more but harder and after a moment, the door opened dressed in her nightie looking like someone who had just woken up"The nerve of you to lock me out of my house and go
Daniel was sipping coffee when Bella finally came downstairs, their gaze met and held for a fleeting moment before she quickly averted her gaze. She silently poured herself a cup of coffee and his brooding gaze followed her around. The air between them was so tense that Bella felt like running away from that brooding gaze of his.She sipped the coffee and shuddered at the taste and dropped the cup. She couldn't take this much bitterness, not even a drop of sugar was added to the coffee.She couldn't take the silence anymore and she turned to face him, "I'm sorry" they both spoke at the same time and they both stared at each other and he smiled while she giggled softly."I was a jerk yesterday, I shouldn't have kissed you""Let's just forget about it, it didn't mean anything to me by the way""Hmm" he replied to her last statement as he narrowed his eyes at her and she stared at him in a kind of way, "I mean it didn't mean anything to me also, in fact, I forgot about it the moment you
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