Laura’s POV “Here, it is, Miss,” Karen uttered, placing a plate of mashed potatoes, gravy and steak on the table.“Okay, you may leave,” I discharged her, and she nodded before exiting the dining room.Then, I cut up a small piece of the braised beef and ate it.I spat out the steak as soon as it made contact with my tongue.The steak was as salty as the water at an ocean floor and overtly oily, as if she had left it overnight to sit in a jar of oil.Karen had successfully prepared the worst steak ever and had even served it to me, like the blockhead she was.Hurrying over, she asked. “Do you have any problems with the food, Miss?”For some reason, her question awoke the budding anger within me to its peak, and without thinking, I gave her a dirty slap.“Do I have any problem with the food?” I mimicked her annoying chirpy voice, rudely tapping her forehead.“I-I'm sorry, ma,” Karen apologized, holding back her tears as she stared at the floor.“Always look at me when I'm scolding you
Catherine’s POV “Good morning, Dr Williams,” One of the young resident doctors whose name I had forgotten greeted me, as I strolled into the male ward.“Morning,” I nodded, and continued on my path to see my patient who was scheduled to be discharged tomorrow.My patient, a middle-aged welder who had fallen from his motorbike and had gotten a nerve strain in his brain, was fast asleep, and as I didn't want to disturb him, I decided to come back when he was awake.“Uhm, Dr Williams,” The resident doctor uttered, as I turned to leave the ward “Yes?” I responded.“My name is Kayla Simpson and I have a favor to ask from you,” She said, to which I furrowed my brows.“What favor is that?”“We all know you are one of the best neurosurgeons in America, if not in the world,” She began, and I smiled, inwardly preening with pride.It made me really happy whenever people praised my skills.Kayla was a smart person; instead of begging me to do her a favor with straightforwardness, she had decide
Laura’s POV “I can't believe this,” I spat out, as I re-read the lawsuit in my hold.“You need to calm down, babe,” Daphne placed a hand on my shoulder. “Maybe apologize to him and keep your distance just like he wants. It's clear the ma-”“Whose side are you on exactly?” I snapped at her, and she sighed before sitting on the couch again.For the past three days, I had been at Daphne's place, in order to avoid the press and the evil public.Pacing the room, I raked my hands through my unkempt tresses as the gears in my head turned, in search of a solution.To get Alessandro's attention, I bought a diamond ring some days ago, wore it, and posted a picture on my social media platforms claiming I was now engaged.I had tagged Alessandro's profile and had also paid different blogs to write about it, in order to disperse the news throughout the whole of America.Now that I thought of it, I shouldn't have done something so silly to steer Alessandro's focus to me.I had only worsened the sit
Catherine’s POV Blinding rays of sunlight diffracted through the window into my eyes, and forced them open.The blood vessels at my temple throbbed with an agonizing migraine as I carefully sat up while the antiseptic smell of the room enlightened me about the fact that I was laying in a hospital bed.Squeezing my eyes open, I stroked my temples, trying to recall how I ended up in a hospital.It was then it clicked in my head and I shot out of bed with a start.Liam had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen at the kindergarten, and I had fainted after I was given the news.My baby was abducted yet I was here sleeping like a log of wood.I was such a useless mother.As I made to remove the IV cannula from my wrist, the door opened to let Mr Thomas and Leo in.“Mummy!” Leo ran to hug me, and I weakly hugged him back as tears freely rolled down my cheeks.“I don't want you to dwell on it, Catherine,” Mr Thomas's voice wafted into my line of hearing as I rubbed soothing circles on Leo's back.
Catherine’s POV Rivulets of tears cascaded down my cheeks as I stared at Liam's side of the twins' shared room.Trembling with sobs, I reached forward to caress the messy scribbles on his wall and squeezed my eyes shut as I tried to envision Liam in the kidnapper's den.Although Mr Thomas had advised me against dwelling too much on it, I just couldn't help myself.My poor baby. I couldn't help but wonder how he was coping in a strange and scary place.Liam, who Leo often teased by calling him a scaredy cat.Liam, who couldn't sleep on his own, without coming to my room.Liam, who couldn't do without his teddy bear.The kidnappers were yet to contact us which scared me to no end.Hell, for the past three days, I had only been chewing ice cubes as food because I couldn't bring myself to swallow anything but that.I was quite proud of myself though for not breaking down in Leo's presence once.My heart shattered into irredeemable shards whenever he asked me when Liam was returning home
Laura’s POV “I want my mummy,” Catherine's stupid offspring whined, as I sat on a chair in front of him.“Really?” I chuckled, before grabbing his Joe harshly. “If you want to see her, shut your stupid mouth up else you'll starve to death.”The boy looked so much like Alessandro that it annoyed me to look at him.You must be surprised as to how I found out about Alessandro and Catherine's twins.Well, sometimes, Kennedy proved to be an efficient worker.About a week ago, Kennedy came to my apartment to give me the news that Catherine gave birth to Alessandro's children back in Canada, and it seemed Alessandro knew about it.He had also backed up his claims with pictures of the twins standing side by side with Alessandro at their kindergarten.A surreal idea of hurting Catherine had instantly struck me as I gaped at the pictures.If I wanted to make Catherine back off forever, hurting her kids would be the best move to make.Ergo, I had hired some men to abduct one of them at the kind
Catherine’s POV “Walk like a fucking human being!” The big, scary man in front of me barked, as I took tentative steps into the abandoned building, that was the kidnapper's den.“I'm sorry,” I whispered, before the second man, who was sidling beside me, suddenly shoved me into a large room.The room looked like something straight out of a horror film–cobwebs hung from the dilapidated ceiling and the window panes were rusty and hanging on for dear life.To sum it up, the room exuded an eerie aura that creeped me out.I was about to turn around when the kidnapper spoke from behind me.“We finally meet, Catherine Williams.” My breath hitched in my throat causing me to breath out of my mouth, as I slowly spun around to face her.On seeing her, a guttural gasp escaped me and I pointed a shaky finger at her.“Laura Vasquez!” I screamed in shock.I could recognize her poised face anywhere given the amount of time that I had seen her on the internet, during my period of self-loathing.So th
Catherine’s POV “Mummy, I want mint chocolate ice cream and blueberry muffins,” Liam uttered, as Leo snored gently beside him on the hospital bed.A middle-aged man who Alessandro had introduced me as Grandma's new butler had brought Leo to meet us at the hospital.After we were rescued, I had decided to take Liam to Tender care hospital in order to make sure that he had no internal injuries.Thankfully, the doctor had quenched my worries by reassuring me that he was fine.However, I had decided to make him spend a day in a private ward, under strict medical monitoring just in case.A day had passed since the whole kidnap fiasco and I was immensely reprieved to learn that Laura was now in jail.Her court hearing had been set for next week, and with the amount of evidence at hand, I knew she was going to make prison her home for a very long time.“Really?” I asked, to which he nodded.“But I don't want it now,” He smiled sheepishly. “I want it when we get home.”“Okay, baby,” I mirror