“Cute baby, stop crying, your mama will be here soon,” came from little Rosie as she rocked the baby in her arms. Just as she started rocking the baby, he stopped crying and stared at her with his big white eyes. “Wow, Sie Sie. You are good with babies. Look how Kai stopped crying just as I handed him to you.”“Hehe, mommy.”Where were they? They were both in Kathie and Jared’s home to see the new member of the family and while in the room with Kathie and the baby, she decided to go freshen up and handed the crying baby to Izabelle. The baby didn't stop crying even after she rocked him and petted him. Then she noticed that the baby was staring at Rosie while crying so she had Rosie to carry him and she was more than elated to do so. “Mommy, the baby loves staring at me.” Right! Maybe he was wondering why the cute girl was carrying her or why her eyes looked like his. Oh. Maybe you don't know but this child and Rosie have some resemblance. Just a few. Like eye color and hair color
“Maybe I should have just ignored her.”“Well, she’s just imagining that Marcel would get engaged to her but he isn't going to. Marcel is not even interested in her.”“Lower your voice,” Izabelle whispered as she stared at the door. Kathie’s voice was somehow loud and if it leaked outside, Marcel would definitely hear. She doesn’t have the strength to explain to him why they were mentioning his name in their conversation. “Oh shit. I forgot. I guess it’s not safe to discuss here in this house. Maybe we should fix a date and you know catch up soon.“Right. That’s a great idea. We should do that one of these days.”“Mommy, baby brother loves playing with my Barbie doll,” Rosie giggled as she ran to her mommy. She pointed at the child in the crib as he held her Barbie doll tightly and played with it. Rosie must have thought him that. Did she forget that the child was a boy and Barbie dolls were meant for girls?Izabelle and Kathie were sure that this child would turn their boy into a gi
~Away from Izabelle and Marcel. At The Matrix Airport, United States~ “Damn it. Get the fuck out of my way,” Ruby snapped at a lady as she rolled her traveling trunk into the airport. “This damn crowded place. Well, it smells like home. Finally.”Ruby sighed as she kept moving her suitcase with her and stopped when she got to a silent place to make a call. She has been waiting for this call since she arrived at the airport an hour later but the call hasn’t come through. The airport was crowded with men, women, and children moving around with speed as they wanted to reach home before it started raining. Ruby dipped her hand into her brown jacket pocket and took her phone. The white pants that she was wearing had gone a little dirty at the bottom. She dialed a number on the phone. “Yes?” A loud voice resounded from the other line. “I arrived at the airport an hour ago.”“And so? Don’t you know your way home?”She gasped. What the actual fuck. “Didn’t you tell me that you would se
Ruby decided to walk down the messy road in search of a lift from any good person. If someone told her that she would be walking down this messy street filled with water from the previous rainfall today just after getting from the airport, she wouldn't have believed them and would have kicked their ass if possible. But here she was in this messy place. Pushing her heavy suitcase on the road like some housewife who was chased from home by her husband. In her mind, she cursed her father for doing this to her. The man didn't even stop to think that she might fall into the hands of bad people. Maybe this was what she got by being a sinner. Bad parents and unfair life. Anyone else would kill to be in the position that she was. The one and only daughter and child of the Mclver family but not her. She desperately wanted to get out of the shell she was in called family. She wanted to leave. But well, she has no choice, does she? “He even called me incompetent. Fucking man. After everything
Holy hell!!!Is he a human? Ruby stopped herself from exclaiming that out loud. As he rolled down the window, she was able to see his face clearly and oh goodness, he was staring at her. His gaze was focused on her and she had to tear her gaze away from him and she blushed for the first time in her entire life. Maybe not really the first time but it was obviously the first time in a very long while. This man sitting next to her was like a Greek god. His aura was dominating and not only his aura, but every part of him was. How can anyone be this handsome? She couldn't resist from moving her gaze back to the man and staring at his face again. His coffee-brown hair was combed backward and he was wearing an earring making him hotter than he already was. Oh goodness! His chiseled jaw and strong chin. Everything about this man screamed handsomeness, power, and dominance. He looked like every woman’s dream. Then what about his body? Her eyes roamed to his body. This man was tall. He was f
“Mommy, this place is big,” Rosie chanted as they got into the mansion. She bounced around the huge living room that was three times bigger than the one in the condo. She was sure that this house would have enough space for her to play in. She would live that. “Hmm. Daddy said we'll be living here for a while.”“We will?”Izabelle nodded. Her head turned to look at Marcel who was carrying their belongings in. Well, she had agreed to his request to come to live with him in his mansion in the meantime since she had to act as his fiancee for now. His parents would be here at any time. She was told that they went to the supermarket to get something. “Mommy, is there a playground here?”The child thought that since this place was bigger than their house, they would have a playground for kids like her here, right?“There isn't any.”Marcel walked up to the child and carried her in his arms. “If Sie Sie wants a playground in this mansion, then Daddybis ready to do it for you. All you have
“Anyway, I think I'll be free tomorrow. Why don't we meet up? I don't think I can wait till the weekend to meet with you, Ruby.”“Awnnn. Me too. I'll be super free tomorrow since I decided not to go to the office throughout this week. I'm tired from the trip so if you're free tomorrow, just give me a ring and I’ll be like flash. Whoop.”They laughed. “Alright then. I’ll make sure to give you a ring tomorrow if I’m free. See you later. I think they’re here.”“Who is there? Do you have guests?”Izabelle looked left and right before whispering. “Marcel’s parents.”“What?”“Don’t scream too much, else they might hear us. I have gist too. That's why I can’t wait for us to meet so I can also tell you what’s going on here. A lot has been happening.”“Ohhhh,” Ruby said in a teasing voice. “Don’t tell me you and Marcel are dating now?”Izabelle sighed. She should have known Ruby was going to tease her. “Dating? There’s nothing like that. We’re not dating”“Are you sure? Like 100 percent sur
Just then, the door of the room creaked open and a head popped in. Both eyes snapped to the door to look at the person who just pushed the door open. Marcel looked pissed and ready to shout at the person for not knocking but he quickly retracted that look when he saw who it was. Although he was still pissed, there was nothing he could do as the person wouldn't like to see him making that face. “Oh, oh, I didn't see anything, I promise,” it was Marcel’s mum and she covered her eyes with her hand as if she didn't see what was going on whereas her fingers gave space for her eyes to see a bit. Izabelle quickly pushed Marcel away and straightened her dress. What was anyone supposed to think about finding them in this position? He was in nothing but his towels and he was backing her against the wall. It was a defining position and might even look too erotic for the woman. “It…It's not what you think,” Izabelle tried to explain. The woman dropped her hands and folded them. “You don’t ha
~Eight Months And Some Weeks Later~“You know I'm not going to get into that thing, honey,” Marcel complained as he looked at the two of them. The two most important people in his life. Izabelle and Rosie. He was standing in between them and they were peering at him, begging him to do their bidding. Having two women in life is so stressful. He can't wait for the baby in Izabelle’s womb. The family of three was in a park. They came to have fun as it was a holiday and the mother and daughter duo were begging that Marcel get into the roller coaster with Rosie as her mother was heavily pregnant and would not be able to accompany the child up there. But Marcel was still traumatized from his last time getting on a roller coaster and had sworn that there was nothing in this world that would push him to get up there again. “Please, Daddy. Just this one time. I promise it won't be as bad as the last. Don't be afraid. “Who says that I'm scared? I just don't like how it moves so fast. Daddy i
Seeing that his boss’s wife was not fine, he decided to call a doctor for her. “Uncle, are you calling a doctor? Mommy is unwell.”He looked at the sweet little cute girl that he still couldn't believe was his boss’s daughter. Like, how come he has had a daughter all these while and he was only aware of it a year ago? “Yes, cute. Didn't worry, your Mommy is going to be fineThe little girl nodded and ran into the bathroom on the other side of the room. She came back with a bowl of water and a small towel in her hands. Knowing what she wanted to do, he smiled and rubbed her head. She was a smart little child just like her parents. “Mommy, I'm going to dab your face with the towel,” she told her unconscious mother. She had always noticed that whenever she was unwell and her temperature was high, her mother would simply dab her head with a towel and clean her body. This sad the second time that her Mommy was unwell since this year and this was the second time that she would be doing t
Izabelle finally woke up on the third day after she was declared pregnant. The doctors had said that she passed out from the shock and would wake up anytime soon but it wasn't until the third day that she woke up. When Izabelle opened her eyes, everywhere was blurry to her and she tried to look around but it was blurry to her. “Mommy, you're awake.” She heard Rosie’s voice and her tiny footsteps as she ran towards her. She also heard some other footsteps rush to her and when they were finally right beside her, she was able to see them clearly. “Izabelle, you're awake.”“Izabelle.”“Pl…please help me sit up.”Both Ruby and Mrs. Wilson helped her sit up on the bed and she ass finally able to see everywhere clearly. She was in the hospital. What was she doing here and when did she come here? Then all of a sudden, all the memories started flashing into her head. From her grandfather and then to her pregnancy announcement. God. All of this was happening too fast. Right! Her grandfather.
He was now suffering from both the cold from sitting in the rain for a long time and from the fall from when he was trying to pick up his phone. “I got here immediately I heard the news,” Ruby finished. “Where is Jared? He isn’t here?”“He stepped out a bit to make a call to his wife. He was in the office when he heard the news too.”“Goodness. I pray nothing happens to Grandfather. I don’t know what to do if something happens to him.”Ruby held her hands and patted it. She was trying to console her friend and make her feel alright. She just returned from Thailand in the hope of starting a new life and now this? This was depressing. She didn’t even tell Izabelle all that the doctor said. The doctors had said that the old man’s condition was so bad and they weren’t sure that he was going to make it alive and that they just had to pray that he eventually made it out. “Izabelle.”She turned to the side to find out who it was that called her and when she saw that it was Jared, she imm
~Three Weeks Later~“Marcel, what are you doing?”“Just a little okay,” Marcel said as he started kissing her from her neck downward. “We’re up in the air.”“Doesn't matter.” He continued kissing her, not listening to what she had to say. She was only trying to tell him that they were not home to be doing this kind of thing. These few weeks that they made up, he has been all and about her having her from morning to night all in the name of making up for the months that he wasn't here. Now, they were in a private jet traveling back home. Well, a lot has happened since the day his grandmother came to yell at her. After they settled, she had convinced Marcel to work hard to get his company back and he has been working from home since then. Home! Right. He moved in with them. Thinking about that made her smile. They were back to being a happy family and she couldn't ask for more. She just prays that nothing comes in between her happiness this time as she would be very sad if that were
The old woman turned and got face to face with her grandson which she quickly ran and embraced. Marcel got her away from him and rushed to Izabelle who couldn’t bring herself to face him. She turned away from him as he tried to look at her wound. If he shows any utmost care to her right now, she is going to melt and cry in front of everyone and that would be so embarrassing. She doesn’t want anyone to see her as weak or something. “Izabelle, look at me. Are you alright?”“I’m… I’m fine.”“No, you’re not. Grandma just hit you with something hard. I know what’s in that bag. Come, we have to look at your wound. Please look at me.”She couldn’t bear it any longer and let him look at her wound that had swollen a lot giving her a weird face. She felt like yelling right now because her anger was still at its peak and it would remain like this until someone calmed her down. “Calm down, okay. Look at me. Breathe, in and out.” She did as Marcel asked and was finally able to look him in the e
The old woman looked at the place that they were in. It was in front of a store with its goods displayed outside proudly. It was better than the other stores that she had seen while coming here. She stepped into the store and looked around until she heard a loud voice coming towards her. “Welcome. We have all that you wa…… Old Mrs. Wilson?”Izabelle exclaimed in shock as she stared at the woman standing in front of her in her shop. What on earth is this woman doing in her shop and who even informed her that she lives here? Her eyes were so wide in shock that if care was not taken, they might just pop out because like… What are they doing here?“Why are you so shocked seeing me here?” What kind of question is that? Why is she so shocked? Does this old woman really have no idea why she is shocked? It was obvious she never expected her to be in her today. It was more shocking than ever. “Forgive my manners, old Mrs. Wilson. I was just shocked seeing you here.”“I guess so. Well, that'
“I am tired of what your father and grandmother are doing. They both want to kill me in this mansion.”“It's going to be okay, mum. I'll do something about this.”“Please do, son. Please come and make the company stand on its feet again without getting married to anyone. They all think that they are wise enough to use someone to their advantage. I don't like that girl to be your wife anymore. Their true character has been revealed.”“Mum, about that…. I'm putting it on sale. I'm not changing my mind about that.” Mrs. Wilson ran her hair through her jet black hair that was messy from her not taking care of it for days. Her hair and even her head were messy. The marriage that she was in was also messy. Messy things around her. “Why are you doing this, Marcel? You want to put the company on sale? Don't you remember how hard it was for us to build the company to how it is now? We have done a lot for it especially you and all you want to do now that it's at stake is to give it out on sal
“You want us to forgive him already? You’re no longer angry at him?” “It’s not like that. I just feel pity for him after all, Mommy is the one who always says that we should forgive and forget.”Now, even her daughter was asking for her father to be forgiven. What was she going to do about this? She was scared of her heart getting broken again because if anything like what happened months again repeated itself, she wasn’t sure that she would be able to handle it. This drags her back to the question Marcel asked her before he passed out. What if she finds out that she was the one who misunderstood everything that day? What then was she going to do? If that was the case, she was clueless about what to do. If she gets out of the room now, she’s going to call Jared and ask him to get help from people so they can get the CCTV footage of that day. She wanted to see things from the people she trusted, not someone that she no longer trusted. “Mommy?”“Yeah?”“What are you thinking about?