Chapter 82 A few weeks later Ren POV The last five weeks have been the worst days of my life, but I'm still pushing through. I went back to start working for Mr. Douglas just as Alicia wanted, although I have no clue about what she's up to. She has been keeping me at arm's length, and we've just been living like housemates because I can't say like enemies. She has been frequenting the hospital, and never allowed me to know what has been happening with her health, and not even that of the baby. Things have really been hard on me, and I feel like I'm going to lose my mind soon if she continues to do this. I check my wristwatch for the umpteenth time while waiting in the living room for Alicia to come join me. I overheard her talking with the doctor on the phone yesterday, and with the way she spoke to him, I guess they are having an appointment today. I won't let her go alone. The sound of the footsteps descending down the staircase pulls my attention, and I look in
Chapter 83 Emily POV Sitting in the bar all alone and waiting for Ricco is annoying, but I have to see him tonight and end things with him once and for all. I can't leave here now even if I want to. I called him a few minutes ago, and he seems to be stuck in a traffic jam or whatever he said was keeping him there till now. Taking a deep breath, I close my eyes and bite my bottom lip as many thoughts parade through my mind. I'm thinking about the decision I'm about to make, I don't know whether I will regret it later or not. Will Ren ever give us a chance together? Just the thought of everything is driving me crazy, but I know that I don't want Ricco anymore. I just have to stay away from him and think straight. Another ten minutes passed before he finally showed up. "I'm so sorry, babe. I was stuck in a traffic jam. Have you eaten yet? Do you want me to order something for us?" He beams with a smile as he pulls out the chair and sits on it. He looks extremely hands
Chapter 84 Alicia POV "Your test result shows that you have been stressed lately. You need some rest, Mrs. Houston," The doctor says to me a few minutes after the medical checkup, and I slowly nod my head. "What about my baby?" I inquire, and he nods his head with a bright smile on his face which only means that the baby is doing good. "The baby is fine, but you need to rest so you two will be fine. Also, you need to take your anti-asthmatic depressant too, ok?" He says to me, and I nod my head sadly. Each time I recall having asthma, I always feel so sad that I want to cry my eyes out. What if I have an attack in my sleep and end up losing my life? What if I get an attack, and nobody is there to give me my inhaler? Is that why I will lose my life? What if I'm still carrying this baby then? Will I die with him or her in my womb? All those are driving me crazy and I just feel like giving up on life, but that's not something I can do. Not now, and not forever. I need to
Chapter 85 Alicia POV My head spins around, and my heart feels so heavy as I stare at him with heavy tears streaming down my cheeks. I try to wake up from this nightmare, but it's not working. What I've been so scared of has finally come true, and I don't even know how to handle it right now. What have I ever done to my uncle to deserve this treatment from him, or should I say what have my parents ever done to him? It was all his fault all along? "I loved you with everything in me, Alicia... Even though I was poor, I wanted to become a better person and be with you for the rest of my life, I wanted to..." "I'm tired of hearing those words... Just stop!" I scream at the top of my voice as I clutch my ears tightly and shut my eyes tightly. My heart feels like it's being ripped off my chest, my body feels like my skin is being peeled off alive, and my blood is so hot that I feel like someone must be boiling it. "I'm sorry, Alicia..." "Why did you come back?" My li
Chapter 86 Alicia POV "Ren?" I manage to call him, and I finally clarify my curiosity as he turns to face me, and I know that I'm doomed. Since this place doesn't look like a room in our house, then that can only mean that he abducted me. "You're awake, sweetheart?" I watch as his blurry figure walks toward me, and all I can see is a monster. My vision finally becomes clear, and what welcomes me is the smirk on his lips as he stares at me. "Why, Ren? Why did you do this?" Tears stream down my cheeks as I stare at him, and all I feel is pain. "You told me not to back off, Alicia. You told me that there was no reason to, and I heed to your advice. I mean, you were right, after all," He shrugs as he sits beside me on the bed, while still having a smirk at the corner of his lip. "I thought you loved me, you bastard!" I yell at the top of my voice as I finally sit up on the bed, but he only scoffs. "Yes, I love you, Alicia. But what if I lose you? Whether I do
Chapter 87 Mr. Douglas POVNothing gives me so much joy than seeing Alicia beg for her life, and do you know the most satisfying part? The fact that this is being done by the man she loves so much. All these years, I have been living in pain, seeing my brother enjoy all the wealth. It's annoying how he got the biggest share of our dad's company, and I was only given a small part of it. I have tried to take all the pain and humiliation all these years, I have tried to be patient and let everything go, but it kept driving me crazy until I couldn't take it anymore and had to react to it. I have almost gotten what I want, and at this point, I can only feel so happy. I just want to ruin my brother's family, and nothing else. "I thought she's smart enough," My wife chuckles beside me as she watches the video with me. It's a video from the CCTV camera implanted in the room where she is. "She is, but not smarter than I am. Nobody can be smarter than I am," I giggle after I sip
Chapter 88 Ricco POV "Hey, man. What the hell do you think you're doing, huh?" Mason, my best friend scolds me as he snatches the bottle of vodka from me, glaring hard at me. I have been in the bar for hours and have been drinking myself to a stupor in a bid to get rid of her thought from my head, but it doesn't seem like it's going to work. His image keeps popping up in my head, and the memories we had together are something I can never let go of. "It's hard for me, Mason. I really love her," Tears stream down my cheeks, and he scoffs. He has always warned me about Emily, but I never listened to him because I was so blinded by love. He told me that she was not someone trustworthy, and even though I knew that, I was hoping she would change one day, but who the hell am I to think that I could change her? I was just fooling around. "I know you love her, but you said that she told you she was in love with someone else. What do you want to do now? Kill yourself over someon
Chapter 89 Alicia POV It has been three days since I have been here, and nothing has happened. Nobody has contacted me, not that I will know if anyone did, anyway since Ren has my phone. It's finally the day my uncle will come here with his lawyer to force me to sign the papers, and I'm a bit scared. I'm scared that my parents will be broken if they lost everything like this, I'm scared that he will hurt me and my baby. I'm just like a ticking-timed bomb, waiting to explode. The footsteps coming from outside make my heart skip a beat, and I gulp down nothing nervously. The footsteps are multiple and don't sound like it's only one person, and I quickly conclude that it must be my uncle and his lawyer. The door finally opens after the sound of keys comes from outside, revealing my uncle with a grin on his face like he'd just won a lottery. I wasn't expecting less, anyway. "Hi, Alicia. It has been a while," His grin dissipates into a smirk as I stare at him with d
Chapter 100 Everything went too fast, Mr. Douglas was finally sentenced to death by hanging since he killed two people, and his wife was sentenced to life imprisonment for being an accomplice and didn't say anything when her daughter was killed. It has been three months since Alicia has been at home, while Ren and Felix have been managing the company in her place. The two men have developed a strong bond together in which they are now best friends. Lilian too has been supportive of her friend, although she was still single. Alicia on the other hand was in her final trimester, and they would be expecting a baby anytime soon. It has been a hard day for Alicia, since she has been struggling the whole day, trying to suppress the pain she kept having occasionally. She has been feeling this pain for the last one month, and the doctor would always tell her that it was fine whenever she had gone to the hospital. Sitting on the couch and watching TV, she suddenly feels a st
Chapter 99 Writer's POV Mr. Williams has finally been laid to rest a few days ago, and the last few days have been hard for Alicia. Trying to balance between getting over her dad's death, and caring for herself and her unborn child has been difficult, but with Ren, Lilian, her mom, and Felix beside her, she was able to improve. It was supposed to be a beautiful morning, but no day has been beautiful to Alicia after everything that happened. Just if she had known, she would've involved the police before and let them handle it, or at least told her dad about it, maybe the innocent man wouldn't have lost his life, but then, she believed that God has already destined this to happen in the first place, so there was no reason to regret it now. Standing on the balcony and leaning over the rail while staring up at the sky, many thoughts run through her mind, including finding out later that Emily died at the hands of her dad. Although they were never on good terms, but she was
Chapter 98 Alicia POV We all pace restlessly in the hallway after dad was taken into the emergency room, and the doctors are trying to revive him. He was shot in the chest, and I don't know if he would survive this. Douglas and his wife have been taken care of by the cops and have been apprehended. "Calm down, babe, he will be fine," Ren tries to calm me down, even though he knows things may not be fine. My dad is inside there, fighting for his life, and I don't even know if he is going to survive it. "Will he be fine, Ren? Will he be ok?" I ask him, but he only sighs and pulls me into his arms instead, hugging me tightly, while I cry on his chest. My stomach is already big and round since I have passed my second trimester. The sound of the footsteps drawing close behind us pulls my attention, and I quickly turn to see that it's the doctor. "How is he, doc? Is my dad ok? Is he going to be fine?" I bombard the doctor with questions while I wait for him to r
Chapter 97 Writer's POV "My uncle, Mr. Douglas Williams, has been blackmailing me for the last few months now..." She stops to see the shock on his face as his eyes slowly widen in shock. "Wh...what are you saying?" He yelled from the crowd, even though his conscience was judging him deep down. "Mr. Douglas hired someone to get married to me, so he could claim my dad's properties," She said, airing confusion in the hall, as everyone started murmuring. "What are you talking about?" Her dad finally stepped forward, confused about what Alicia was saying. "You should ask your brother, dad... Ask him what you have done to him to make him think he could ruin your life. Ask him why he hired Felix, forced him into a relationship with me, and when we planned to get married... Why he sent him away and made him look like a bad person!" She yells at the top of her voice as tears brim in her eyes. Seeing the confusion in her dad's eyes hurts her even more, because this man
Chapter 96 Alicia POV I feel nervous today, especially as Ren is not here with me. It was finally the day for the end-of-the-year party, and I was supposed to be happy, but I don't feel any emotions as the only thing I feel at the moment is emptiness. I arrived with my parents and Lilian moments ago, and they left to greet the guests. My uncle is not yet here, and I think he must be preparing himself to get the title of a CEO today. "Hi, Alicia," Hearing his annoying voice behind me, I turn to see him standing with his devilish wife beside him, both smiling innocently at me. If I was not aware of what they have done, I swear I would think they are the sweetest people on earth. "Hi, uncle, Aunt," I reply to them with a smile, since I have to pretend nothing is going on. I don't want him to do something stupid here. The last thing I want now is someone getting hurt in this building. "Brother, you are here?" My dad utters as he walks up to us, and they both excha
Chapter 95 Writer's POVNext evening It was a beautiful night for the family of Mr. Williams, since they just came back to the country, and the grand dinner date was going to host tonight. Mr. Douglas and his family were also invited by his brother to the date, and of course, he honored the invitation. "It has really been a while, brother. I have missed you so much," Mr. Douglas utters as he glances at his brother, Alicia's dad. "I have missed you too. How are you, Emily?" Mr. Williams replies to his brother before he turns to Emily and smiles at her. "I'm fine, Sir," Emily replies to him. "Where is Alicia? Why is she not here yet?" Mr. Douglas asks as if he was missing Alicia, but that wasn't the case. "I think she should be here any moment from now," Mr. Williams replies, and just then, Alicia walks down the staircase, graced in a red short gown that stops right before her knees. She has her hair packed in a tight bun, light make-up on her face with a red li
Chapter 94 Mr. Douglas POV It was finally a few days to the end of the year party, and I can't help the excitement that fills my heart, since I have been looking forward to it. Yes, my dream is finally going to come true, so it's only right that I am happy, right? As my driver drive me to the restaurant where I asked Felix to meet me so we can talk, I can't help but think back at the things I've done, and I can only be proud of myself. Just a little one more shot, and everything will be fine. I finally arrive at the restaurant a few minutes later, and the driver pulls over at the parking lot before he comes to open the door for me, and I step out of the car. Stepping into the restaurant a few minutes later, I spot Felix already sitting at the far end of the restaurant, waiting for me. I had called him earlier today to let's meet at the restaurant tonight because I have something to tell him. I just hope this works out. "Have I been keeping you waiting?" I ask
Chapter 93 Ricco POV Driving to Emily's house to check on her and maybe get her to change her mind this morning, but I was disappointed when I found her hugging someone in front of their house, but I became perplexed when I drove closer and found out that the person she was hugging was Ren. Is she kidding me? I wanted to turn back and leave, but I can't help it. "Is he the reason you broke up with me?" I turn to Emil and ask after I punch Ren hard in his face, and she sighs briefly. "Can you just leave, Ricco? You are creating a scene here," She utters without remorse, and I scoff as waves of anger spur through me. "Why? You are embarrassed? You don't want me to embarrass him? What has come over you, Emily? Have you forgotten who this young man is? He is your cousin's husband for goodness sake, what the hell do you think you are doing?" I yell at the top of my voice, finding it difficult to contain my anger. I feel my blood boiling in rage, and my knuckles itch to
Chapter 92 Emily POV I know it must've been hard for Ren to have dumped his wife like that and decided to get married to me, but what matters to me is that we are finally going to get married soon, and I don't care about any other thing. I haven't talked to my parents about it, but I'm planning to do so today. Descending the staircase after I left my room a few minutes ago, I take a deep breath and gulp down the lump in my throat as I spot my mom and dad in the dining, having breakfast. It's just 8am. "Good morning, mom, dad," I greet them once I arrive at the dining and pull out a chair to sit on. "Good morning, darling. Did you sleep well?" Mom asks, and I nod my head. "How was your night?" Dad asks with a wide smile on his face as he glances at me, and I nod my head. "It was fine, dad," I reply to him. "I made your favorite, baby. Why don't you have your breakfast before it gets cold," Mom says before she stands up to serve my food. "Thanks, mom,