Duke attended three back-to-back meetings and completed them quickly. Then he came home. He planned to arrange a surprise dinner for Lelia today. Today was their one-month anniversary of marriage. He wanted to do something special for her. He decided to cook for her. After cooking her favorite dishes, he put everything on the dining table. Then he took out many candles from the drawer and started setting the dining table.When the candles were arranged, he took out the roses from his bag which he had bought on the way home. He scattered the flower petals on the dining table and put some flowers in a vase and placed it middle of the dining table.After lighting the candles, he turned off all the lights in the dining room to see what his arrangement looked like.As soon as he turned off the light, a monstrous sight caught Duke's eye. The sweet scent of roses came to his nose.The rose petals looked like red pearls under the bright candlelight.Duke smiled in satisfaction and turned th
With trembling hands, she put her hand gently on the Duke's cheek. Duke looked up at her, feeling the warm touch of Lelia's hand.Duke looked down with an unknown fear.He thought that seeing his beaver face would make Lelia look disgusted of him. He was afraid to see the expression on her face. He didn't want to see Lelia's hatred and fear of him. He held his breath and waited for Lelia to say something. His heartbeat was very fast."You have been in a lot of pain, haven't you?" Lelia asked tearfully.Hearing Lelia's sobbing voice, Duke was surprised. He looked at her and saw tears welling up in Lelia's eyes."Those must hurt you a lot, didn't they?" Lelia asked again. Now she could not hold back her tears. Tears started rolled down on her cheeks."I am sorry. I hurt you so much without understanding. I forced you to take off your mask in front of me. I hurt you a lot, didn't I? I didn't know the depth of your wounds. I never would have forced you if I had known. Forgive me, Duke. P
"If I don't cook for my wife, for who am I going to cook for? Your personal chef is always at your service. I can cook for you any time you want to eat," Duke replied with a smile."That's also right. I also have something to tell you. I didn't give up after listening to you. I finished my project and submitted it. Now I hope my boss is going to like it. Of course, I am working on another design as a backup. If my boss rejects my first design, I will submit this one. I can't let my boss disappoint in me," Lelia said with a smile"You worked hard to make this design. Surely your boss will appreciate your hard work," Duke replied. As he had three very important meetings he didn't get any time to check the design Lelia had submitted."Let's see. Duke, I want to tell you one more thing. I don't want you to hide your face from me anymore. These scars on your face prove you haven't given up. You are still fighting. If you hide yourself from me, I Can't help you. Don't hide yourself from me,
Before dying, Duke wanted to avenge his Mother's murder, so he made one last attempt to escape. But his weak body did not support him. Duke stumbled and fell to the ground."The lame man is trying to run. You should be admitted to the Olympics. I think you can make the country famous by being the first in the Olympics" The boys started laughing at Duke's condition.Duke struggled to sit up from the ground when he saw the boys surrounding him. He realized there was no way to escape from here. Duke was not afraid of death. Nor was he afraid to endure torture. His only regret was that he could not avenge his Mother's murder before his death. He was afraid that if he died before taking avenge of his Mother, his Mother would be disappointed in him. He wanted to be welcomed by his Mother with a wife after his death, not with disappointment. One of the boys raised a hockey stick to beat Duke.Duke closed his eyes wearily and mentally begged forgiveness from his mother who could not retali
Another question that may come to your mind is why didn't your Grandfather try to find your mother by promoting your Mother's picture in the newspaper and on television? When your Mother was six years old, your Grandfather's business rivals kidnapped your Mother to terrorize your Grandfather.Your mother was hunted down for five consecutive days.Since then, your Grandfather has never allowed your Mother to come in front of the media. No one in the world knows what your Mother looked like. Your Grandfather hid your mother from everyone, fearing that his business rivals might harm your Mother again.Your Grandfather was afraid that if he published your Mother's picture on television or in the newspaper, his business rivals might find and kill your Mother. That is why he continues to search for your Mother in secret with his own men.""Business rivals? What business rivals are you talking about?" Duke asked. In fact, the question was swirling in his mind that why his Grandfather did not
Duke freshened up and came out of the room to find that Lelia was not there but there was food on the dining table. Duke finds a note on the dining table.He picked up the note and started reading it."Duke, I am leaving a little early as there is another emergency job at the office. I have put your favorite breakfast on the table. Please enjoy it. Thank you for the surprise gift yesterday. I hope you have a good day. Bye"Duke smiled after the note. He realized that Lelia was too shy to face him, so she left first."I must speak to her today or she will continue to ignore me," Duke muttered and began to eat his breakfast.Lelia was standing at the bus stand. She deliberately lied to the Duke and came out of the house earlier. After what happened last night she felt very ashamed to face Duke.Lelia looked at her watch and muttered, "Why is the bus late today? Every day the bus comes at this time."Just then a car came and stopped in front of her.Looking at the car, Lelia realized it
Lelia was so relieved to see Liam's sad face and get off the bus. She entered the office with two cups of coffee.After she entered the department she exchanged greetings with Rose with a smile and gave her a cup of coffee. Then she came inside her cabin and started working. Lelia was coding on her laptop at a fast pace. She wanted to finish the main part of her new design by today.Lelia was working so intently when her phone vibrated. Lelia picked up her phone and saw a message. It was Duke's message. She started reading the message. "I am sorry for what I did. I shouldn't have done that yesterday. I know you left home without having breakfast because you didn't want to be in front of me. Please don't ignore me. You are the only person of peace to me. If you ignore me like everyone else and don't want to be in front of me then I will leave the house early so that you don't have to see my face. I don't want you to suffer because of me" Lelia was upset when she read Duke's message.
Lelia bought a nice watch from the shop and then entered the shopping mall to buy groceries. As Duke surprised her by cooking her favorite food, today she wants to surprise him by cooking all his favorite dishes.She quickly bought all the things and then came out of the mall. Without waiting for the bus, she hired a taxi and went home. She wanted to reach home as soon as possible so she could get time to cook her husband's favorite dishes.Even after office hours ended, Duke was still in his cabin going through some files. After checking the file carefully, he put his signature on the file, and then he picked up the file Lelia had submitted.He was about to open and check Lelia's file when his phone vibrated in his pocket. Duke took out his phone and saw it was Noah. As Duke answered the phone, the security guard called out, "Sir madam has reached home.""She has got home! But it's not the bus time. How did she get home?" Duke asked Noah a little surprised."Boss, Ma'am went home by
Lelia looked at her husband and started thinking about the day when she found out about Duke's true identity. Starts flashback, when Lelia came out of the kitchen with a glass of juice for Amelia, she saw Amelia excitedly shaking the pictures hanging on the wall. Lelia looked at Amelia and smiled, "Do you like them?" Lelia asked her with surprise. She was surprised because Amelia, a rich girl, liked those simple, ordinary pictures. Amelia looked at Lelia and smiled, "I really like antique things. You guys have a great choice." Hearing Amelia's words, Lelia looked at her with confusion. "Antique things! Where did you see antique things? Those are just ordinary pictures nothing special?" Lelia asked her curiously. Amelia was very surprised to hear Lelia's words. She looked at Lelia and said, "What are you talking about, Lelia? Ordinary things! Do you think those are ordinary things, these pictures and the follower vase are not ordinary things. Lelia, all the pictures hanging on th
When Lelia looked at her Grandfather with tearful eyes, James hugged Lelia without a moment's hesitation. "Grandpa, Duke Duke.... " Lelia could not finish her words and started crying. James gently patted her back and said, "Calm down my girl, don't worry. Duke loves you very much. He will never leave you alone. Duke has proven how much he loves you today at the wedding hall. He will come back to you at any cost. So, don't cry. Just wait for him. You should give him an earful for putting himself in danger"James comforted Lelia. After today, James thought that now Lelia would live happily with Duke, but suddenly, when he received the news of Duke's accident, he rushed to the hospital without a moment's delay to support Lelia. "Why does this happen to me, Grandpa? Why do the people I love keep walking away from me? First Grandma, then Mom, Dad, and now Duke? Why is my destiny so cruel? Why do I have to lose my loved ones over and over again? Why can't I find peace? Don't I deserve to b
When Lelia opened her eyes, she found herself standing in the middle of a beautiful garden. Lelia looked around the garden in surprise. She did not understand what she was doing here and how she got here. Wasn't I at the hospital? Yeah, I was at the hospital? Then what am I doing there? Duke! Where is Duke?" Lelia wonder She started looking around for her husband. Suddenly, she heard someone's footsteps behind her. Lelia quickly looked back and saw Duke slowly walking towards her. A soft smile was playing on his lips. Seeing her man all fit and fine Lelia's worries disappeared in an instant and she ran and towards Duke and hugged him tightly. Duke smiled softly and said, "What's wrong, love? Why does your face look so pale? Did anything happen? Are you okay?" Lelia hugged Duke tightly and said, "Where have you been? I was so scared when I couldn't see you. Where did you go, leaving me alone? Why did you leave me alone? Didn't I tell you never leave me alone? Then why did you do that
Hearing her words, Xavier looked at Stanley, not able to believe her words. Stanley took a deep breath and spoke up"He had an accident. The operation was successful but he is still in danger. He needs to be kept under observation for twenty-four hours. This twenty-four hour is very critical. I can not say anything about it, sorry. I have done my part, and the rest is in the almighty's hand," Stanley explained, and Lelia's expression turned pale as if all colours drained out of her face. She started trembling in fear of losing him. The thought of living without him in this cruel world made her heart break into a million pieces. "Ac...accident! He had an acci... accident!?" Lelia whispered as she felt intense pain in her heart. Her eyes become teary. With teary eyes she looked at Stanley and uttered hopefully, "He will be okay, right? Nothing will happen to him, right?" Stanley looked away, not having enough courage to meet her hopeful eyes. When Stanley looked away without answerin
Xavier and Stanley received this bad news before they could reach their office. When they got the news, they turned the car immediately, breaking all the traffic signals, and drove at maximum speed to reach the construction site. When they reached the construction site, they saw that rescue workers had already started working there. Stanley and Xavier broke through the police barricade and ran inside. They entered and gasped as they saw that the building had completely collapsed. They heard Mark screaming Duke's name like a crazy person and working with the rescue workers. Xavier and Stanley did not hesitate for a moment and called the army quarters using their secret code and requested for some skilled rescue workers to be sent from there quickly.When Mark saw Stanley and Xavier both had reached, he ran to them and pleaded in a humble voice, "I beg please save my boss. Five people, including my boss, are trapped under the building. Please save him" "Nothing will happen to him," St
I have begun to take revenge, Mom. I will take revenge for every injustice done to you. Very soon they will suffer the consequences of their injustice," Duke said, looking at the grave. Henry patted Duke's back. "There is no need to be ashamed in front of Kathleen, Duke. I am sure Kathleen is proud of you now. You have not broken down even after enduring so much torture. Kathleen must have prayed in her last moments that you would not give up.You have fulfilled your Mother's hopes. If anyone here should be ashamed, it is me. I have failed to save my daughter. I am very sorry. I have no right to apologize to you, but I still want to apologize to you. Forgive your Father, Kathleen, and now rest assured, Duke will never be in danger again. Your beloved son, Duke, has found a caring and loving wife just like you.Your son married the girl you thought he would marry. Your son has fulfilled your dream, now you can sleep in peace. It is time for those who hurt you to suffer. I promise you
When John threatened to divorce Stella, Stella looked away from him and looked at Lilly. Suddenly, all her anger went to Lilly. She felt that if she had not given birth to Lilly, all this would not have happened today. Suddenly, she felt that all this was happening because of Lilly. Her long-planned plans had failed only because of Lilly. As soon as this thought entered her mind, Stella roared like a wounded lion and ran towards Lilly and grabbed her by the throat. "Die. Everything is your fault. Everything is happening because of you. So, you need to die. You must die so I can live peacefully. I will kill you. If you had not been born, I would not have lost everything." Stella tried to strangle Lilly just then, the police arrived there. The police ran towards them and stopped Stella. But Stella tried to go near Lilly to kill her even after seeing the police. When two lady constables tried to handcuff Stella, Stella did an unbelieving act. He snatched a lady constable's gun and aime
John was shocked to hear Duke's words. He felt like his 27-year marriage was a game of lies. There was nothing in it but pure lies. His 27-years marriage life collapsed like a house of cards in an instant. John lost everything in an instant and became destitute. He looked at Stella and asked, "Why?"Stella immediately started to protest and lie blatantly, "John, why do you even believe that man Duke? Duke is obviously lying to separate you and me. How can you think that Lilly is not your daughter. Lilly is your daughter, your blood. She is our daughter. How can you deny it? Has your mentality sunk so low that you believe Duke's lies? Don't you try to understand why Duke is lying all the time. Duke is making everything up to create trouble between you and me so he could separate us from each other. I beg you do not fall for his lies. How can you trust a stranger over your wife, John? Have you really lost your mind? Don't you really trust your wife? The Mother of your only child?You mu
After the fourth slap, Stella could no longer maintain her balance and fell to the floor. Even after she fell to the floor, John did not stop. He grabbed Stella's hair and forced her to stand up and held her against the wall by the throat. He asked in a terrible voice, "I am asking you for the last time, were you behind my Mother's death? If you still don't tell the truth, I will kill you for sure?"Seeing her Father's angry appearance, Lilly started trembling in fear as usual. She did not dare to come forward to help her Mother. Two of Stella's teeth were loose due to the slap. Her front teeth rubbed against her lips and blood was coming out. Stella did not get a chance to scream in pain because, by then, John had grabbed her throat. Stella tried with all her strength to free herself but she could not move John even a single inch. The more she tried to move John, the harder John squeezed her throat. Stella felt like her collarbone would break if he pressed a little bit. She couldn't