VICTOR.... "What happened?" Bella slowly massaged the back of my head; somehow, that started releasing my tension. I hung up at that moment and brought our foreheads together. "Maybe a work call." Her face fell, her brows furrowed, and a tinge of anger flashed across her beautiful hazel eyes. "Don't they have a home to go to? Why are they working even at this hour? I don't like it!" I tossed the phone on the bed, not giving her a second chance to be upset, and held her tightly. "I won't, I promise. This ends for the night. Now, I am only yours." I kissed her pouty lips and added, "Perhaps they do not have a beautiful wife to return home to like I do." Those words brought a shy smile to her face. "Well, that's true," she said, pressing her head on my shoulder. She yawned; her eyelids were droopy. Slowly, I placed her on the bed, adjusting the pillow underneath her head and covering her with the quilt. "You rest; I'll join you after freshening up." "Okay," she murmured before clo
BELLATRIX.... I rolled on the bed, fluttering my eyes. I touched the empty side and frowned. Well, he is gone. Sigh... Of course, he is busy as hell, and I am bored out of my mind. I lay flat on the bed, looking up at the ceiling. Maybe I can visit Stella and see her work. Though she's not jobless like me, what if she's busy and can't give me any time? Hmm, then should I visit Roy? However, I dismissed the idea almost immediately. That man is busy too. Ugh! I rolled onto my side, touching my belly. "Baby, is your mother truly so hopeless? Should I not have left the job? Oh God, this is so frustrating." I rolled onto my back again. I'm just a restless pregnant woman with no aim in life. Definitely, for the first time in my life, I'm regretting not making any more friends who can spend time with me when I need it. Ugh! I sat up, climbed off the bed, and dragged myself into the bathroom. I brushed my teeth, had a shower, and finally came out of the bathroom, only to bump into Luci
BELLATRIX.... "What?" I gasped, staring at him in disbelief. His parents were murdered? Fuck! He slowly nodded, sorrow clouding his face; the anguish was evident. "Yes." I gulped hard; the strange feeling in my heart kept increasing. "Wh-who did it?" I asked, my words fumbling. "Three people were involved in this murder. Grandpa knew the two main people who made it happen. He found out a few days after their death, but... he hid it." He sighed. "Grandpa hid it? But why would he do that? It was, after all, his daughter and son-in-law!" I almost cried out. He stayed silent for a few seconds before saying, "Perhaps he feared losing what remained. Perhaps... he was trying to secure a few lives." Securing lives? What lives are more important than his own children...? And that was when it hit me. One would be forced to do it if it's related to his own children! My gaze widened in realization. "Does that mean it was...?" "Ambrose Ryder," he finished my words, making me almost breath
BELLATRIX.... Sucked into the dark hollow, I floated in the darkness until I saw him... Victor, my husband, standing right before me. I looked at him, smiling. But... why does he look at me that way? So cold and... lifeless. "Victor." I approached him, trying to touch him, but he suddenly stepped back, pushing me away. "Stay away from me!" His menacing growl and cold demeanor sent me off. "Victor," I whispered in shock. "Why?" "As if you don't know." He scoffed. "Do you forget? It was your father who killed my parents. Your father, Bellatrix." The hatred in his voice broke me. "No, Pl-lease..." Tears streamed down my eyes. "I... I didn't know. I'm sorry, Pl-lease forgive me." "Forgiveness?" He smirked coldly, shaking his head. "Never. I do not trust a killer's daughter!" He stepped back from me. "There will be nothing between us anymore, Bellatrix." "No, please! Don't leave me alone!" I begged, trying to run to him, but my feet seemed to be frozen. "You deserve to be alone..
BELLATRIX.... I glance at the closed door of the room. Victor is not near, I can check it now. With a throbbing heart, I clicked on the file and a page opened in front of my eyes, which somewhat surprised me. Staring at the report, I feel a little confused. Turns out, the report belongs to Olga Montrose, and the DNA matches over 49% with one of her parents, I suppose and the other has a 0 maych. But, what surprised me the most was, it was signed by Florence. I blinked, leaning on the pillow on my back. If I'm not wrong, I remember this Olga Montrose, she is friends with Florence, even came to the Valdez Villa a few times in my presence. But... Why did Florence signed Olga's Report? Could it be, she was helping her friend? In confusion, I once again glanced at the closed door cautiously, before calling my gynaec. "Yes, Mrs Dubov? How are you feeling now?" She asked over the phone. "Do you want me to go to you?" "No, it's fine doctor. I've called you to ask that are you sur
VICTOR.... Today, I set out for RD Corporation. All the board members and important shareholders are going to choose their official Chairman, and the majority knows that it will be Ambrose Ryder. However, they don't know yet what surprise I have packed for them. My assistants, guards, legal team, Grandpa's lawyer, advocate Tim, and Assistant Daniel are with me. Getting out of the car, without any hindrance, I walked inside the company. No guards stopped me; perhaps they were intimidated by seeing such a huge team, or it was because of Daniel. We directly went to the huge conference hall of RD, where the meeting was being held. From outside, we could hear the voting being counted. At that exact moment, Luis pushed open the huge door, and I walked inside, followed by my subordinates. Every eye turned to us, and both Ambrose and his wife turned to me, their eyes widening at first before frowning. "What are you doing here?" Ambrose asked, clearly dissatisfied and scared of my appeara
FLORENCE.... I stared at the report on my desk. It's the DNA report of me with my adopted parents. It was expected to be unmatched with them, and it happened with Dad; he is not my biological father. However, my DNA matched over 49% with Mom. That only meant one thing: she has given birth to me, but how is that even possible? It turns out she was hiding not one, but two secrets from me. But the question still remains: if she's my mother, then who is my biological father if not Dad? Was it the one who had died? Everything in my head is just messed up right now. There are many things I cannot understand at this point. How is that happening? Mom used to adore me since childhood. In fact, she was the one who insisted on taking me home after my father died, as I was her bodyguard's daughter. She adored me and took care of me. I thought she was doing this because she was missing her own daughter; she was trying to replace her true daughter with me in her heart and distract herself fro
BELLATRIX.... "Roy, you're here!" I exclaimed. Well, I was kind of expecting both Roy and Stella to burst in this way after seeing the news. He rushed to my side, his face frowning. "How did that happen? Your father..." "Hey, it's alright. I'm fine. And yeah, that's true; my father was one of the killers," I shrugged. "And before you ask, yes, Victor told me everything, and I did not stop him because, before my father, he is also a murderer." I frowned, recalling what I saw in the news. "In fact, because of Dad and Ambrose Ryder, Victor has to come back to the country. Ambrose even wanted to kill him in Russia." "Oh, that's why he suddenly returned to New York," Roy murmured. He raised his gaze and suddenly stiffened. It took me some time to realize that he wasn't staring at me but at the woman beside me... "What are you doing here?" he gasped, seeming surprised. Blinking, I turned to Stella. She did not reply and only shrugged, looking away. Hold on... Do they know each other?