Piper’s POVIt turned out that Jay took us to a café on the top deck of the ship that has an indoor and outdoor room. The special thing about the café was that their outdoor room had the most beautiful view because it was on the top deck. So, we could see the sea view all around us.The first time I entered the café, I was surprised because it was quiet and there were only four of us. I guessed Jay must have booked this café, especially for us. From the direction of the kitchen came the sound of clanking cooking utensils. Several waiters were standing around us with friendly smiles. One waitress, wearing a different uniform from the others, led us to the outdoor room.Then she closed the door separating the indoor and outdoor rooms. I was sure my guess was right. There was no one but us in this café. Jay had planned all this. And even more surprising, in the outdoor room, there was only a square-shaped, sizable table and four chairs.“Sir, is it just the four of us here?” I asked, loo
Piper’s POV“J-Jay,” I stammered. What was the ring for? “Piper, will you be my girlfriend? Let’s start a relationship and form a happy little family with our two kids,” he asked as he touched my hand and prepared to slip the diamond-encrusted ring onto my finger. “Jay, I-I,” I replied a little hesitantly. “Don’t hesitate, Piper. Please think of your and our kids’ happiness. We don’t need to get married soon. We can get to know each other better first. Please accept my love,” he pleaded as he looked at me. It was a look I couldn’t resist. He looked like a child asking for something. So handsome!I took a deep breath and reassured myself that everything would be fine. I had to fight for the people I cared about. “Yes,” I replied. Jay was surprised. His eyes widened, and he asked once more to confirm what he had just heard. “Please say it one more time. Will you be my girlfriend?” he asked. “Yes,” I replied, smiling at him. He smiled back and put the ring on my finger. Jessie a
Piper’s POVMoments later, I heard a loud laugh from the other end of the phone. Megan laughed loudly. Maybe she was laughing at Jay’s warning. I already suspected this. She is not a woman who gives up easily when her desires are in her hands.“Jessie, Jensen, let’s just sit there and let your dad take the call first,” I asked them. So, I took their hands, walked away from Jay and sat on the long chairs available along the aisle.Throughout the conversation between Jay and Megan, I saw the look on Jay’s face unhappy. The tone of his voice seemed to hold emotions that were ready to explode like a volcano ready to spew out all the hot lava. It seems like their relationship hasn’t been all right. May there be a way out of the strangeness of the relationship between the three of us?“Mom, did something happen? I think I heard someone yelling on the phone,” Jensen asked.“Aunty Megan is on the phone and I think everything is all right. Are you sleepy?” I’m trying to divert the conversation
Piper’s POVMy heart skipped a beat at the sight of Megan standing near the sofa. Her sharp eyes and body language like a soldier ready for battle made me uncomfortable. Somehow, I felt like I was the one at fault. Fortunately, they’re not bound by marriage. If they were, then I was in the wrong, and that meant I was the one who had taken Jay away from Megan. “Yes, let’s talk things through. Piper, sit here,” Jay said. He asked me to sit next to him. “Tsk, a few days together have made both of you look like envelopes and stamps. It’s ridiculous,” Megan said. “Sit down, Megan. Let’s talk about this as adults,” Jay pleaded. She complied. “Megan, there has been no relationship between us from the beginning. I let you stay here solely for Jessie’s sake because I thought you were her biological mother. However, all the facts have come out now. I will not dispute the past to maintain a good relationship between us. However, I expect you to leave this mansion and live a new life and let
Piper’s POV After laughing, Megan screamed so loud it made our ears ring. Then, in a flash that I couldn’t avoid, she pushed my body toward a shelf near the sofa. I crashed into the shelf, then into the wall, and fell to the floor along with the shelf. I winced in pain and my legs ached as I tried to get up and stand. It wasn’t until I realized that my left arm had landed on a piece of the fallen statue. No wonder I felt my arm was sore. Faintly, I heard Jay shouting, and he came over to me and tried to lift my body. I saw Ken and Nick holding Megan’s hand from hurting me again. She was still screaming, even louder this time, as she cursed all of us. “I swear you will suffer and pay for what you have done to me. I will remember these insults and all of you will repay my heartache a hundredfold,” Megan yelled as she tried to break free from Ken and Nick’s grip. “Let go of my hand, you fool,” she yelled with a glare. However, Ken and Nick did not release their grip on Megan’s hand
Megan’s POVMom closed the door slowly, then sat beside me.While touching my hand, she asked once again, “What’s wrong? Tell me. You don’t look like your usual self.”“Jay,” I replied.“What’s wrong with Jay? Did you guys fight?” Mom asked gently.“It’s worse than that.”“Tell me. But arguments between lovers are normal. It’s a common thing,” she said.“If you think so, then leave me alone.”“Megan. Can you be nice?” she asked. It looked like Mom was getting emotional.Then, we were silent for a while. “We’ve broken up. He asked me to leave his mansion, and he preferred to be with Piper. You must not know that since a few months ago, Piper has been working as Jessie’s private tutor. And at some point, Jay found out that Jessie is Piper’s biological daughter. Everything has been revealed. Our actions have been exposed.”“How so? You never told me that Piper was Jessie’s private tutor. Why didn’t you prevent it?” Mom asked with widened eyes.“I don’t know where or how she got the privat
Megan’s POVI saw Mom’s face change. She looked panicky. Instantly, her body language became a little strange. “W-what do you mean? You also know that Freddy is my college friend. There’s no special relationship between us. Stop all your weird thoughts,” Mom pleaded as she stood up and approached me.Suddenly she touched my palm and brought it close to her face, more precisely she pressed my palm to her face while looking at me. “I hope you won’t talk about that again. I don’t want any misunderstanding between me and your dad. Understood?” she asked. I nodded. To be honest, I didn’t want Mom and Dad to fight and become enemies because of what I said or did. But Mom’s attitude towards Freddy and vice versa seemed to be more than just a friend in the past. Freddy cared about Mom and vice versa. And I didn’t know since when I felt that the shape of my eyes was like the shape of Freddy’s eyes. My crazy mind kept saying that I might be the child of an illicit relationship between Mom a
Helen Smith’s POVKaren, Piper. I miss you. I never hated or wanted you out of my life or the mansion, but I did everything for your good. There was something you didn’t know that I’ve been keeping close. I felt that my fate was not as good as the other mothers’. Martin, my most beloved son, went before me, while John, my second son, has an unpleasant character and intentions. Maybe it’s all my fault. I spoiled John too much for him to become what he is today. To him, it was only my treasure that mattered and not me as his mother. I knew and could see their suspicious intentions and movements. Even John and Erin’s every word showed that they were after something from me. Of course, they were after the company, the estate, and the mansion, as well as some of the other properties I owned. When I learned of their intentions and Piper’s departure from the mansion seven years ago, I realized that if all my assets fell into John’s hands, then I was finished and Karen and Piper’s fate wou