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?
BELLATRIX.... "Are you sure? I don't want you to be stressed," he said, worried. I smiled up at him. "Don't worry; I won't let them harm us anymore. I just feel bad for Mom." I sensed he wanted to say something, but in the end, he nodded reluctantly. "Alright, let them in." As we stood in the front hall, we saw Mom and Florence hurriedly come in. Their faces were haggard, their hair messy, and they wore no makeup, but Mom's face was full of dried tears. My heart clenched at the sight of her. However, her reaction worsened when she saw me. "Bellatrix! How dare you! At least you could think before taking such a step! He is your father!" Mom shouted at me. "You have no face left to show him! Since the day you ran away, Bella, we have faced humiliations! Why? Why are you doing this to us?" She cried out loud while Florence held her. For the first time, I did not feel hurt by her words. It turns out I wasn't expecting anything more from my ex-family. "I am doing things to you?" I s
BELLATRIX.... Almost three weeks later... "No! No! No!" Victor rolled off the bed, jumping far away from me. "Not at all! I am not going to do what you are saying! That's impossible!" "....." "Fuck!" Murmuring a curse under my breath, I quickly slipped to the edge of the bed, revealing more of my skin from the red lingerie I'm wearing. I pouted my dark red lips, which were painted that way because of the lipstick, in a seductive way. "Baby, please." I fluttered my lashes at him. I know it affected him as he gulped hard. For sure, my appearance is messing with his mind. Well, that was the plan! However, it was only messing with his mind. Damn, I can't believe this man's self-control! Shaking his head, he held a blank expression on his face. "No way I am doing this. Control yourself, Bellatrix." His voice came out way harsher than I liked. "....." Did he just deny me so harshly? How dare he! I was getting angry now. This man was showing too much attitude! Just because I