Charlene’s povWhen Dominic came home, I could tell something was wrong. He had a serious look on his face, and his eyes were distant." Charlene," he said, sitting down next to me on the couch. "We need to talk."I felt a knot form in my stomach. This couldn't be good. "What's wrong?" I asked, my heart pounding in my chest. All I could think about at that moment was the fact that whatever he heard from Jeremy was not good. I was scared about what would happen if Jeremy were to go against our plans. ‘’what is happening Dominic?’’ I asked him.He took a deep breath. "It's about Jeremy, your brother."I froze. "What about him?" yet another question that I needed answers to but still, Dominic was taking his time before saying anything and I wondered why he was hesitating to tell me what I wanted to hear. After a moment of silence, he began to explain everything that had happened. About how Jeremy had been involved with a drug trafficking ring and had sacrificed himself to protect his daug
Charlene POVThe day of the court hearing arrived and I couldn't help but feel nervous. I had never been to court before, let alone for something as serious as this. I knew that Jeremy had made a terrible mistake, but I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He was my brother, after all, and at the same time, I hoped that he wouldn’t say anything that might affect either of us.‘’Everything is going to be fine,’’ Dominic assured me as we were about to leave the house and I decide to rely on that even though a lot was going through my mind.As soon as we stepped out of the car, we were bombarded by reporters. They were asking if I was my brother's accomplice in the death of Alexa. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I tried to ignore them and walk past them, but they kept following us and asking the same question over and over again.‘’Are you an accomplice of your brother?’’ ‘why did you kill Alexa?’’ ‘’Are you guilty of the crimes that are behind directed at you!’’Dominic tried
Charlene POVOn reaching the house, Jeremy's daughter ran towards me, excitedly calling out my name. "Auntie Charlene! Auntie Charlene! You're finally back!" She handed me a flower that she had picked from the garden, and I took it from her with a smile. I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes but I hide how I was feeling at that moment because I knew that she could sense how I was feeling at that moment. I didn’t want her to even find out about her father because I had kept my promise to him that I would protect his daughter. I would only be a bad person if I let something happen to his daughter. I had to make sure that she was protected because it was his last wish for me."Thank you, sweetie," I said as I hugged her tightly. "How have you been?""I've been good because Zenobia and Jackson kept me company," she replied. "Did you see my daddy?" she asked flashing her lashes at me.I hesitated for a moment before replying, "Yes, I saw your daddy,’’ I muttered and looked at Domini
Charlene POVI hugged Zenobia and Stella once again as I bade them goodbye. Dominic and I had dropped them off at the orphanage home with the lady in charge. Miss Christnah who was a good friend of Edward. ‘’I will be back for you two,’’ I promised them. ‘’please watch over Stella for me,’’ I said to Zenobia.Zenobia smiled at me and picked Stella from the ground. ‘’of course Charlene. You don’t have to worry about that as I will always be here for her,’’ she promised me and I felt reassured.When it was time to leave, I spoke with Miss Christina for a moment and begged her to watch over the kids. ‘’please, no matter what happened, you are not allowed to release the children to anyone aside from us,’’ she already knew this but I took my time again to tell so that she would protect each of the kids and I wouldn’t have to worry about anything happening to either of them.‘’of course,’’ she agreed. ‘’you changed the lives of the children during the dance festival and I am so glad that th
Dominic POV“When you get to my house, find a red book. Whatever you want should be there. The answers to the past.’’ Those were Jeremy’s words to me when I visited him before the trial and now that I have found the book, it contained something that I never expected that I would see.We left the house after getting the book and gathered around in my house. Once we were seated in my study room, I opened the red book and we all read it together. ‘’I never expected that something like this will happen,’’ Charlene commented after reading the book.I shouldn’t have involved her in any of this. If I had the chance, I would have tried my best to make sure that she doesn’t have to be involved in the plan. I just wanted to find out the truth about what has been tormenting me for years and I wouldn’t want anyone to get involved in it.‘’isn’t Adrien Inkstone the number one company in the city and around the world?’’ I asked Edward who seemed to know everything about everyone since he had been i
Charlene POVI wiped my lips clean as I threw up again. One of the reasons why I had walked out on Dominic and Edward was because I felt nauseous and also dizzy. I had been having been facing insomnia lately and could barely sleep but I couldn’t tell Dominic because we were all faced with a lot of problems I would have loved to tell him but at the same time, I hated the fact that he was trying to remove me from joining them.I washed my mouth and stared at myself in the mirror. My reflection was not what I expected from someone that had been finding it hard to sleep. I had expected that bags would be under my eyes but instead, my face was glowing. I placed my hand on my stomach and heaved a deep sigh. ‘’my baby,’’ I closed my eyes. ‘’I am going to protect you, Zenobia, and also Stella. The three of us are going to live forever until the end,’’ I chuckled as I whispered to my child even though I knew that he couldn’t hear what I had said. I was glad that I got to speak to my child.‘’c
Charlene POVI burst into laughter as Dominic woke up and rubbed my stomach. ''hello baby!'' he said. It was morning and I didn’t get much sleep the previous night because Dominic and I had a round of sex that I couldn’t even count. It was an amazing night with him and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. ‘’Dominic!’’ I screamed out his name as he grabbed my hands and pinned them above my head then he kissed me on my lips.‘’I want to be with you today with no worries and I…..’’ he stopped suddenly when we heard a knock on the door. ‘’who is there!’’ he shouted at whosoever was at the door. My thoughts were that the person who was at the door would be none other than Miss Donna. She was the only one with us in the house.‘’Mr. Maximus, you have a visitor!’’ she announced.A visitor? I exchanged looks with Dominic because the last time that I checked, we were not expecting Edward until evening and Dominic was working from home so I couldn’t figure out who was at the door.‘’Do you know w
Dominic POVI never imagined that she would come to find me. After finding out that she was alive, I even hid it from Charlene because I didn’t want her to worry but Maria found her way into my home expecting that I would run into her arms. I dragged her out of the house when she was starting to get on my nerves by acting as if anyone wanted her back. I took her to Charlene’s studio and we both stand there staring at each other without talking for a few minutes.I folded my arms while waiting for her to say something, and explain her reasons for returning back but instead, she looked around the room chuckling as she pointed to the mirror and the couches that were in the room. ‘’I never thought that you would marry the woman that was responsible for my death,’’ she told me and scoffed. ‘’here you are acting as if everything is alright when I died and I lost my child Alexander.She was right about that because I never thought about him. I had believed that since Maria was alive, he woul