Chapter 47"Hi," Felix says nervously, walking up to her, and she slowly gulps down nothing nervously as she feels her heart beating rapidly against her chest. How he still makes her react like this anytime he's around even after so many years, is a puzzle she's yet to solve, and maybe may never be able to solve. "Hi," She replies to him casually, trying to pretend like everything is fine, but it's written all over her that everything is not fine. An awkward silence assumes the air, Alicia looking everywhere else except his face, as too many thoughts run through her mind. How much she has missed this man, how much she wants to hug him and tell him how much she has missed him. How she still has feelings for this man after everything that happened is really crazy. "He betrayed you, Alicia. You shouldn't be vulnerable in front of him," Her subconscious mind reminds her, and she gulps down nothing. As much as she wants to be brave and face him, she doesn't have the courage to
Chapter 48 "Will you at least listen to me?" He suddenly speaks up just before she's out of his sight, and she stops on her track, slowly clenching her fists beside her. "What do you want to say? Explain why you betrayed me?" She scoffs, turning to face him, and he bites his bottom lip. As much as he wants to tell her everything that happened, what if she doesn't believe him? What if she thinks that he's lying? "It was eight years, Felix... You never reached out to me... You never called me... You didn't care to know how I was faring. Couldn't you have checked up on me for once even though it was in the pretense of caring for me? Do you ever miss me?" She breaks down in tears when she can't take it anymore. "I missed you, Alicia... There was no day I never do..." "Don't look me in the eyes and lie to me, you greedy bastard!" She cuts him off. "You think I never wanted to reach out to you? Do you think I wanted to do that on our wedding day?" He scoff as more te
Chapter 49 Taking a deep breath, he pushes the door open and walks out of the restroom after he calms his head, feeling much better. Arriving at the party a few minutes later, he walks over to one of the chairs and sits on it after he grabbed a glass of wine from one of the waitresses, feeding his eyes with the interesting things that are worth it, while still trying to get that horrible image off his head. The sound of the heels clicking on the floor pulls his attention, and he trails the sound to see Alicia walking elegantly toward him. Anger spurs through him as he turns his face in pure disgust. As much as he wants to yell at her for this betrayal, he can't bring himself to do that, trying to remain calm. "Where did you go, Ren? I was looking for you," She says as she sits on the chair across from him. Her eyes look a bit puffy like someone that just finished crying or having a hard time forcing herself not to cry. "I went to the restroom. You don't look okay,
Chapter 50 "Hi! May I sit with you, please?" Felix asks as soon as he gets to where Ren is sitting with Alicia, and Ren scoffs unbelievably. His audacity is so daring. How dare this bastard still show his face even after what he just did? "No," Ren answers him before Alicia can open her mouth, while she just looks away. "Why?" Felix squints his eyes as he stares at Alicia for seconds before he turns his gaze to look at Ren again. "Sorry, Mr, but I don't think you have a right to ask me that," Ren replies to him, trying so hard to refrain from sending a punch to his face, but he may lose control of his anger soon. "Why don't I have the right, if I may ask? Who are you to tell me that?" Felix snaps at him, and he scoffs angrily. "Felix..." "I am Ren Houston, Alicia's husband. And what right do you have to question me?" He scoffs, and Felix's mouth drops open in shock as he stares at him for a few seconds trying to digest what Ren just told him. Alicia never m
Chapter 51 "Don't you want to know the relationship between your precious wife and that man?" She suddenly asks, bringing him to an abrupt halt. A smirk lingers around her lips as she stares at him while having her arms crossed on her chest. Slowly, he clenches his fists beside him, the image of them kissing pop up in his head, and he scoffs angrily. As much as he's curious to know what happened, knowing that Emily is not someone he can trust, how could he possibly listen to her? "I'm not interested," He says to her bluntly, about to leave but her voice pulls him back on his track. "Eight years ago..." She begins, then pauses and turns to leave over the rail, staring down at Alicia, who is busy talking with Felix and a few other men at the party ground. "That man... He dumped Alicia on their wedding day and ditched her after he stole money from her. Did she never tell you this?" His eyes slowly narrow in shock as her words play in his head. For some seconds, he sta
Chapter 52 "Let's talk," He says, now standing beside Felix. "What do you want to talk about?" Felix asks. "You see, I feel like my wife is not telling me the truth. Do you two know each other from somewhere?" He asks Felix, but he only scoffs. "Does that mean that you don't trust your wife?" Felix scoffs, and sips from the tall wine glass in his hand, glancing at Ren with a smirk dancing on his lips. "It's not about my wife... I don't trust your stares at her. Is there anything you two are not telling me? Do you know each other before?" He further asks, even though he isn't expecting Felix to tell him the truth. "Are you scared she will cheat on you with me later?" Felix finally turns to face him, and he slowly clenches his fists as anger spurs through him. As much as he wants to grab him and send numerous punches to his face until that lip of his is broken, on a second thought, he needs to calm down if he doesn't want to ruin this party. "Scared? That's r
Chapter 53 Emily catwalks elegantly toward them with a smirk lingering on her lips. "Yes, we are. Do you have a problem with that?" Alicia asks, turning to face her while crossing her arms on her chest. The sight of Emily disgusts her so much, especially now that she's wearing this nonsense of a cloth. "I see. Can I join you guys?" She smiles sweetly, glancing at Ren whose attention is not even there. He seems to be lost in thoughts. "No, Emily... You can't join us," Alicia replies to her bluntly, and she scoffs rolling her eyes. "Your husband must be a really loyal dog. He is not even looking my way. I guess this was all a waste of time in the first place," She giggles. "Say that again, and I will make sure you regret it," Alicia threatens her angrily, but she only scoffs sarcastically. Does it really look like she gives a damn about her threats? Sadly, she doesn't. "Come on, Alicia... Don't be too harsh on me. Besides, we are cousins," She giggles sarcast
Chapter 54 His phone suddenly beeps, and he quickly reaches out for it. 'I don't think we can meet today, Ren. I'll text you later. I need to be somewhere, and it's urgent.' "Shit!" He curses under his breath and throws the phone on the seat. Turns out that he just called him out here for nothing. He reverses the car and drives back home. Driving into the compound, he parks at the parking lot and steps out of the car. Looking around the place, a thin line appears between his eyebrows as he can't get a glimpse of Alicia's car. Did she go out? He saunters toward the entrance door, and just when he walks into the living room, his phone suddenly starts ringing. Bringing it out from his pocket, he quickly slides the answer button when he sees the caller to be Alicia. "Hey, Ren. I got a call that I need to be at the company in a few minutes, and I'm already on my way," Her voice sounds through the phone. "But we agreed that you're not going to the office today,
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,