It was already pretty much a bad day...
The wedding designer had called in saying she came down with a terrible fever suddenly, the hall booked for the wedding suddenly has some electrical failures and if all of this continues, the Anderson's would have to postpone their first daughter's wedding.And that will be terribly unfair to the bride, groom and all their guests that has been invited.To cheer up the to be bride, her little sister and best friend arrange an outing, an evening party at a famous hotel, something like a bachelor's eve for her and she decides to attend, hoping to take her mind off all the setbacks.Mike sings along to the catchy song on the radio as she drives down to Heirloom, the second biggest and expensive hotel in all of New York.As soon as she opens the large doors into the prepared place for the party, everyone gives her loud whoops and pats on the back."Congratulations Mika, you're so lucky." They coo towards her and she has a smile ready for everyone, her worries starting to melt away already."Have you seen Lily or Alicia?""I saw them by the bar. Congratulations by the way."Mika smiles easily and finds her way, cutting through the surprisingly large turnout of the party. They all seemed to be having fun though.As soon as she cuts through and the two ladies sight her, they burst into wide smiles and run to her, hugging her all at once.Lily pulls away and pouts. "If anyone had told me you'll be getting married at twenty two to the one and only Price Woods, I would have just laughed them to scorn, saying that my plain Jane sister would marry such a man? Balderdash." She laughs.So does Mika and Alicia."What's balderdash?" Alicia laughs the loudest. "Sounds like a word from those boring literature I was forced to read back at the university. But now, my best friend will be having a good life. Price is so dreamy. You're so lucky.""You two are too kind. Come on, why aren't you in the party?" She holds them by the hands and starts to pull them towards the crowd.Lily stops. "Come on, I think we need liquid courage for this night. I'll grab us a flute of champagne each."She walks back to the bar, her pink dress flowing neatly behind her with every step. At the bar, she's handed three flutes of champagne but only one of them still has unsettled bubbles.She soon returns and hands one to each of them.The one with the bubbles end up with Mika. They all cheer and drown their glass in one drink.Behind Mika, Alicia and Lily smile evilly before all going together into the crowd to dance the night away...Only Mika doesn't remember how she ended up on a strange man's bed and exact week to her wedding.She gasps loudly and then covers her mouth immediately to not wake up the man sleeping so peacefully beside her, completely naked.Dreading the outcome, she looks under the sheets and turn completely red. Her pants are gone, and so are her clothes, all strewn across the floor in an obvious reminder of wild sex the night before.She slowly climbs out of the bed, dressing herself up immediately, slowly and deliberately, keeping quiet. She gets a close full look at the stranger and something about him just seems terribly familiar but her mind is too disturbed and too muddled to place anything.She grabs her shoes but doesn't wear them, walking out of the VVIP suite and taking the elevator downstairs where she meets Alicia and Lily at the breakfast room, each laughing over a plate of bread and eggs each."What the hell happened yesterday?" Mika asks them both, her mind completely blank.Both of them look her way, their smiles turning sinister. "Oh, you're awake? I thought it would take a few more hours since that man seemed to be so good in bed that I kind of wished I was the one there." Alicia comments, taking a bite of her bread."What?" Mika asks, unsure of what her reaction should be.If there is anything she is not expecting, it's what she just heard.But Lily chuckles right after. "Seriously. He had such a finely tanned body. You should have seen the way those muscles of his were dancing. Ah. We can't leave you out either, you were like a dancer, whining your waist so fluidly on his groin. If I didn't know better, I would have said you were a slut."Everything in Mika's hands fall to the ground, making a loud clacking noise in the normally silent restaurant. She chuckles humorlessly. "What kind of prank are you two pulling? Come on, don't play such a joke on me, I don't like it. What really happened?"Alicia and Lily look at one another and bursts into laughter.Lily holds her phone up to Mika's eye level. "Want to see something?" She taps a video file and loud moans fill the room.Moans, loud female ones that sound very much like her voice.Mika goes very pale and her eyes start to water. "Please don't...""Sorry, I think that's a little too late. We sent it to them already." Alicia speaks, throwing a piece of onion from her egg at Mika. "Price must have watched this a million times now, so would your parents and those reporters we sent it to."Defeated, "Why? What did I do wrong to you both?" She looks at Lily. "You're my sister..." Then at Alicia. "You're my best friend. Why would you choose to betray me like this? What did I do wrong?"Lily stands up and grabs a glass of water. "You're not even my real sister. You're just a girl without parents who thinks she can climb up high by marrying a big shot... Well, what can I say? He accepted my own proposal as soon as I sent him the video. Turned out he didn't even like you but had always had the hots for me... You're so dumb that..."In a flash of rage, Mika grabs the transparent glass away from Lily's hands and smashes it on the wall behind her. A sharp piece rebound and tear Lily in the face, precisely on her plump cheeks.She suddenly shrieks, her hands flying to her face to shield the cut part.At the sight of blood, Mika takes a step back, the reality of what she has just done hitting her.A tall man with neatly slicked back hair suddenly appears and attends to Lily. "Lil, are you okay? Did she harm you?" He sees the blood and he gets very angry. "Security!" He yells and turns to Mika just as the men arrive. "Arrest her. Make sure she spends at least a month in jail. Hand her over to the police for assault. This is my order."As they lay their hands on Mika, she gasps. "Price..."He scoffs. "Don't even call my name you whore. Take her away."And for a whole month, Mika stays in jail, the sensibility of that situation never sitting right with her.And a secret growing in her belly."Inmate 0202, come with me." The female warden raps on her cell door and opens it.Mika steps out of the small cell, waving goodbye to the other women she had stayed with for a month as she holds the small basket containing all her effects.She's taken to the office and the warden gives her a few documents to sign before handing her another basket filled her clothes from that fateful day, her phone and purse.She grabs them all and heads out of the door, squinting lightly at the harsh afternoon sun.Then she smiles and rubs her hand on her belly.She immediately hails a taxi and leaves.Less than two minutes after she leaves, a white Ferrari pulls up in front of the police station and out comes Price Woods with Lily on his arms.They go inside and hear that she has just been released. Lily scoffs in disappointment. "I was really hoping to meet her so I could give her the invitation card to our wedding. Why was she in such a rush?" Price smiles down at her. "You're so cute and too nic
FIVE YEARS FROM LEAVING HOME..."Happy birthday darlings." She places a spongebob cake in front of them. It's a Saturday so everyone is at home, there is no school nor work and she has the best surprise planned for her children. Maya claps excitedly and blows the candles out.Miles grumbles. "Come on, you don't get to blow it out on your own."Maya stands up and stretches to her full height, looking down at him. "What did you say?"Mika laughs. She has been terrorizing her brother ever since she became conscious enough to do so. And it happens every single one of their birthdays since they were two years old.She cuts slices of the cake for them both and relights a candle on Miles's slice so he can also blow it out. He closes his eyes deeply, clasping his hand together before blowing out the fire.Mika tilts her head and watches him. "What did you just do?""My friend told me that before blowing out the light on a cake, you can make a wish."Mika chuckles and sits down beside him.
She closes the door behind her and goes inside as the man plays with the twins as naturally as she has always played with them.There is something like immense joy on his face as he's almost glowing while playing with them, her heart almost softens but she hardens it right back. There is no way for her to know whether he has a good intention for being there... She sits upright as soon as the thought crosses her head that maybe he's after the twins? Maybe he wants to take them away from her? She srings to her feet and goes to meet him. She turns to Maya and Miles, "Why don't you two go inside and finish the cake? Mommy's not hungry now so we'll join you in a little bit."They whoop and go inside to go have the cake that she had previously kept for tomorrow.He stands up to his full height and has a smug smile on his face, something about her just what's to whack it right off but she just clenches her fist."Whatever your intentions are from coming to my house, you can't...""Come back
Very early the next morning, Mika has everything ready, all their personal effects, clothes and the likes mainly. She walks around the apartment, noting things down that has been left behind, like most of the furniture, kitchen utensils and the like.She does not touch them, the back of her head telling her to be reasonable, that they just might return home. She doesn't know what to make of that man just yet.Lucas Santinello.He may be a trillionaire, who has made a name for himself in the industry but what's to say that he's not a bad person? Maybe a woman beater? A child abuser? Frantically, she looks for her children and pull them into a hug. She pulls them back and looks into their eyes individually. "Maya, Miles. We are going to a different state, things will be very different okay? New people, new accents, you'll even make new friends and the biggest of all, you will be living with your father, please tell me anything that happens that you don't like, okay?"They nod, smiling.
Lucas regards her in the car, sparing glances at her every once in a while.She catches wind of it. "What is it?" She asks him, not grabbing her children's attention.He shrugs. "What? I didn't say anything."She's pretty much lost in her thoughts after that. Alicia? A fashion designer that's flying someone down for her show? After backstabbing and bringing her own life a standstill, she had the guts to go and make it? Mika scoffs out loud unconsciously.Luc looks right at her. "Something funny?"Mika just throws him a glance and says nothing.It's a long drive from the airport to wherever they were going. She snaps out of her head and watches Maya as she paints something on her brother's face, both of the bursting into laughter. She also smiles."Wow. I didn't think you were ever going to smile, figured you were an ice queen or something."Everything in her body unwilling to show any ounce of friendliness to him, moreover, he's still in a way a complete stranger to her. All she know
It's almost like time stops immediately it happens and just as they kiss accidentally, Mika gasps and through muffled lips, it comes out as another sound.She immediately scrambles to get out from beneath him. He also stands up, struggling to keep his composure, the suaveness he had managed to sustain all day coming to an end. He clears his throat and puts his hands into his pockets. "Well, you're welcome." He decides to not mention it, just reporting back to his former attitude smoothly. "I mean, you could have cracked your fall if you fell down without my support."Mika smiles awkwardly. "Seriously. We should go back, I want to see the kids. I can't believe I miss them already."He nods.She passes by the flowery patterned door, her mind too far away to care about how secretive he is about what he's in the room. They just kissed!Accidentally, yes but it's a kiss all the same. His lips are as luscious and soft as they look and... She suddenly shakes her head, scattering all her hai
The next morning meets Luc downstairs along with Miles and Maya. Mika heads downstairs as soon as she wakes up so she can make breakfast for them but she meets them dressed as though they were all going out without her.She looks at Luc for an explanation. "Aren't you going to work?" She asks him with a speculative look."I'm my own boss so I can take a free day whenever I want. And today, I want to spend it with my children. Do you have any problems with that?"Luc can swear he saw her eyes twitch at his question and he only smirks at her. "They are mine too. I have a lot of money I can't spend on myself alone so I'd rather use it for them. We have a pretty packed schedule today. We'll go to a restaurant first and then go shopping, then in the afternoon, we'll go on a brief trip with my jet to a small place I just discovered I don't want to tell you." All the while, he's smiling in a way that Mika can't quite put her finger on, like he's doing it deliberately to get her angry.Not wi
Luc scowls in the car as he sees the articles that has been released about her. If he hadn't urged and convinced her to return, she'll probably remain ignorant and happy with her humble life where she was but now, no one is willing to cut her some slack.They are really saying tons of shit about her."Bull..." He starts and sees the curious eyes of the twins looking up at him. "snout." He changes his words last minute and swallows the 'shit'. He mutters under his breath "Damn it."It's already late evening and they are heading back home, it had taken him quite a while to see the ruckus her presence back in Brooklyn has caused. He had been so carried away with being around Maya and Miles that he hadn't checked his phone all day which is completely unlike him.His scowl deepens as his secretary reiterates everything back to him. All that had been said on the news and tabloids, basically their view of her and with the one he's seen himself, neither of them is coming on her side.But what