“Darren, I’m sorry. Can’t you forgive me? At least tell me where the kids are?” Areiza gripped Darren’s wrist tightly as though she was holding onto her last straw of hope.Darren knew that he should feel happy to see her suffer like that, but that was not the case at all. “If you can take them away from their father, why can’t I take them away from their mother? Oh yeah, they will have a mom! I can always marry someone else.” Darren couldn’t help but be cruel towards her now.“Darren, you can’t do that!” Shaking her head desperately, she pleaded with him.“Why not? You give up the kids on your own, didn’t you?” In a bit of pique, he pinched her chin hard.Areiza broke free from the grip, stood up, and threatened coldly, “If you dare to separate me from the kids, then I will kill myself right before your eyes!”“You can try,” He sneered with a mockery in his eyes. ‘Did she really think that I would go soft on her just because she threatened me with suicide!’Wiping away her tears, Are
“I’m going to take the shower now and, in the meantime, you can think about my suggestion,” after saying those words, Darren walked into the bathroom.Looking at his receding, Areiza’s heart sank. She knew he had become the ruler since she chose to escape from him. And since she could not resist anymore, she had no choice but to face the consequences. She smiled bitterly as a sense of despair crashed into her heart. Areiza wanted to get out of bed, but just before she could stand up, she heard Darren’s voice coming from the bathroom.“Areiza, come and join me for a shower!”Frowning, she wanted to say no, but Darren suddenly walked out of the bathroom, picked her up, and carried her to the shower.“Darren, you…” she immediately grabbed his clothes in fear.“This is a compensation!”“Compensation for what exactly?” she was confused.“You almost made me lose my kids to another man, and you have to pay for it,” Darren sneered as he turned on the showerhead. Soon, the water poured down, d
“Mom! Mom!” Aaron suddenly appeared at the door. The instant he saw Arriza, he ran towards her as fast as he could. Areiza squatted down and waited for him with open arms.With a beaming smile, Aaron ran into her arms and hugged her tight. “Mommy, you are back!”“Yes, Mommy is back!” Areiza hugged Aaron back. Tears were welling up in her eyes as she held him. Only God knows how excited she was for this moment.However, this happy movement didn’t last long. Darren bent down and took Aaron out of his arm. He rubbed the little boy’s head and coaxed him, “Aaron, your mother has something important to do. Why don’t you go to your brothers first?”“Okay…” Aaron looked at Areiza reluctantly. She could see in his eyes how he wanted to stay with her a little longer. But in the end, he had no choice but to do as told.“Mom, please come back soon,” he said.Areiza could only watch as Aaron walked away from her. All of a sudden, she felt an impulse to rush over and hug up. But she knew that she c
“It doesn’t matter. I feed him once in a while.” Areiza forced a smile after being stunned for a moment. She then carefully picked up the fork and fed the spaghetti to Aaron. Aaron was obediently sitting on the chair, looking at her with his big eyes, waiting for her to feed him another mouthful.Looking at them being so close to each other, Darren felt like a complete outsider.Soon, Aaron was done eating and let out a satisfied burp. he patted his belly and said, “Mom, I’m full.”Areiza smiled as she reached out to lift him.“Nanny, you can take Aaron away,” Darren ordered impatiently.“Yes, Mr. Venzor,” the nanny immediately came forward and took Aaron away from Areiza.“Mom!” But Aaron didn’t want to leave his mother.“It’s alright baby, I’ll come to you soon!”“Okay,” only after hearing her comforting words did Aaron go with the nanny, leaving Darren and Areiza alone in the living room.“Come and have a dinner.” Darren ordered.“I don’t want to eat. I just want to go upstairs to
“What the hell do you want, then?” Areiza asked Darren in a shaky voice.“What do you think I want?” Darren approached her with a sullen look in his eyes.Areiza’s heart sank, but she knew how furious he would be once he found out the waiver of custody when she had prepared it. Tearing the documents into pieces was not enough to satisfy him, so she could only appease his anger by making love to him. After all, he would only let her see her kids if she pleased him well, and she was already prepared to sacrifice anything for their sake. Areiza closed her eyes for a moment to pull herself together before she put her arms around his neck, looking into his eyes.However, Darren said coldly, “What? Is that all you got?”“I can do a lot more, but will you let me sleep with my kids after you are satisfied?” Gritting her teeth, she tried to negotiate with him. She was missing her kids a lot and if it was possible, she would do anything to spend time with them.“Do you still want to sleep with
Areiza was furious when she saw that Darren was trying to go back on his word, but there was nothing that she could do to fight with him now.“Didn’t you say that you would let me see the kids if I pleased you?” She muttered in a low voice, hanging her head.Darren walked up to her lowered his head, leaned closer, and asked, “What did I say? I want you to tell me?”His deep sedative voice and his hard breath made her feel numb all over. Although he was only casually standing in front of her, it was enough to make her lose her composure. She could not let things continue to be that way.Gazing at his bare feet, she reminded him in a low voice. “You forget to wear your slipper. They are beside the bed,” She said, trying to evade the topic.“I know where they are. You don’t have to remind me.”Just when she was expecting him to turn around and grab his slipper, he pressed his arm against the door, tapping him. “Areiza, you have not answered my question yet. What did I say?”She could fee
The first night after Darren had left, Areiza tossed and turned in bed all night. Their argument a few days ago was still fresh in her memory as if it had just happened yesterday. Restless, she sat up and picked up her phone to check the time. It was already 4 a.m., yet here she was still wide awake.While Areiza was scrolling through the news feed, a headline caught her attention. She read through it and found that the plane N873GK bound for BL crashed at one o’clock this morning. The rescue team had confirmed that 35 people had died in the crash.Areiza’s phone slipped from her hand upon reading this. Her mind went blank for a moment, and she felt as though she had been stuck by lightning. ‘Wasn’t N873GK the flight Darren had taken? It could be possible. It was impossible!’A sinking feeling emerged in her heart. Well, thanks to this, she snapped back to reality. ‘Where was the remote control? They must have been a mistake.’ Thinking that, she jumped out of bed and fumbled for the r
A few days had passed, and there was still no news about Darren. Sitting on the sofa dejectedly, Areiza turned around and hugged Tia and cried bitterly.“Areiza, please don’t cry!” Holding her softly, Tia comforted her.“Okay.” After a while, Areiza sniffed and wiped away her tears. ‘I could not cry. Now I should cheer up and wait for Darren to come back!’ While she was talking to her, she heard her phone rang. Areiza looked at the caller ID and saw that it was from, Dylan. After hesitating for a while, she answered the phone.“Areiza, are you okay?”Hearing his deep voice from the other end of the line, he seemed to be a bit worried. “I’m fine,” Areiza replied with a faint smile.“You still haven’t heard any news about Darren?”At the mention of Darren’s name, Areiza begins to cry again. It had been a long time since the accident, and there was still new news for him. But for some reason, she firmly believed that he was alive.“No news is a good news. He will be fine!” Dylan comforte
Darren carried Charlotte to the suite upstairs of the hotel near the church, where the reception was held. Inside, he placed Charlotte on the bed while he sat on the edge of the bed and said, “When are you planning to open your eyes?”Charlotte kept her eyes closed and held her breath nervously, not daring to open her eyes.“Well, it’s good things you that you don’t want to wake up!”Before Charlotte could even begin to understand what he meant, she felt his warm breath seep into the skin on her face. Charlotte opened her eyes and met Darren’s deep-set smiling gaze. His face was inches away from her and he was about to kiss her. Fortunately, he stopped the second she opened her eyes.Seeing his smile made Charlotte excited. “You know that I just pretending?”Darren didn’t answer the questions. “Were you aware that I was outside at the time?”Charlotte couldn’t respond to his query, so she just looked at him blankly. She had won the bet. At first, Charlotte just hoped that Stella could
Today was Peter and Anna’s wedding day.Darren came to the villa early in the morning to pick up Charlotte. However, Charlotte didn’t want to show up with him in the same place.“Charlotte, if you don’t want to see news about us breaking up tomorrow morning, then you had better come with me.”Even if their relationship was on the verge of breaking right now, the truth remained that the public still saw them as a loving couple. Though Charlotte was uncomfortable about the idea, she had no choice but to go to the party with Darren.When they entered the banquet hall, Darren wrapped his arm around her waist and pressed her body against her.The fabric of Charlotte's dress was thin, so when his palm landed on her waist, Charlotte’s body temperature rose and she felt her blood coursing through her veins.All the other guests at the wedding looked at them with envy. Teasing and sighing at how sweet they were.Charlotte was so embarrassed that she turned to him and said, “Let me go, will you
Peter was right behind the door when he saw Stella badgering Darren. He watched as Darren pushed her away and ran after Charlotte.Stella fell to the ground, but she got up held onto Darren’s lap, and continued begging regardless of how humiliating her act was.“Darren, where are you going? Don’t go! Please.”“Let me go,” Darren growled. In an act of desperation, Stella shook her head, held on to him, and refused to let go. She was no longer the proud woman she once was.“Darren, I’m begging you. Just give me a chance to be with you!”Finally losing his patience, Darren pushed her away from him and stopped her before she could latch him again.“Stella, you have no idea why I’m letting you show your face to me. It’s not because you are my friend, nor it’s because I want to keep some sort of connection to you.”“Then why?” Stella asked with tears in her eyes.Peter didn’t hear what Darren said in the end. He saw how despair consumed Stella and it showed on her face. She fell on her knee
“Its fine. Rose and I share a birthday. Charlotte is a good friend with her, so I’m sure she will be willing to celebrate her birthday.” Stella said firmly.At that moment, Dora crap out by Stella so well-informed. ‘And she is so adamant on getting her hands on Darren.’The more Dora thought about it, the more she sensed something was amiss.As soon as Dora got home, she told Charlotte everything that Stella asked her to do.Charlotte pondered for a moment and said, “You should ask him directly. He can make decisions on his own.”“Aren’t you worried that rumors would circulate if he attended her birthday party?”“He probably won’t go,” Charlotte replied after some consideration.Dora nodded in agreement.The next morning, Dora asked Darren for his opinion. He just looked at her, and asked, “What did Charlotte say?”“She said that it’s up to you,” Dora answered.“Up to me?” Darren frowned in confusion.“Yes, but she also said that he probably won’t go,” Dora added.“Is that so? I will
“But I can’t stand it anymore, baby! Just let me fuck you, okay?” Darren lifted her chin with his finger and begins sucking on the tip of her tongue.Everything he did felt so good that Charlotte eventually gave in. He began caressing her tits, rubbing her nipples, and then pulling them. Soon, Darren loosened his grip on them. Charlotte’s breasts jiggled and bounced after he let them go.“Ugh,” A moan escaped Charlotte’s mouth, completely arousing Darren. He pressed his body against Charlotte. Thereafter, Charlotte felt he is huge manhood rubbing against her vagina. As Darren kept moving, Charlotte's desire grew, and she could no longer think of anything else.“Charlotte, can I?” Darren pressed his manhood against her, making her wetter by the second.“Darren, I want It. Give it to me.” Charlotte had no strength to hold back his neck. She wanted to grab something, but all she could do was to randomly wave her hands in the air.“What do you want me to give you baby? Tell me.” Darren be
After the meal, Darren touched Charlotte's forehead to check her temperature again and pulled her out of the Starlight restaurant.“Come with me to my office.”“But I wanna go home and rest,” Charlotte complained.“Well, you can sleep inside my office, too. Come on!” Darren put his hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her to his car.When Charlotte got into the car, she was about to fasten her seat belt, but then Darren leaned into it and fastened it for her. The tenderness in his eyes made Charlotte blush.Darren then cupped her cheeks, smiled at her, and leaned closer to her face. “Kiss me!” he said.“Huh?”Just before Charlotte could gather her composure, he lifted her chin and kissed her lips. Charlotte held her breath nervously too anxious to make any noise.It was already lunchtime, so many people were coming and going outside the place. Their car park was visible to many people. Passerby could easily spot them if they would look at them.Charlotte didn’t want other people wat
Because of how he reacted, the doctor felt tense and uncertain about what to do.Charlotte's face palmed and said to the doctor, “Honestly, I am feeling alright already. I’m sure I will get better after taking the antipyretic injections. Thank you, doctor!”The doctor nodded with a smile and left the room.Once he was gone, Darren sat back in his chair and directed his attention back to Charlotte. “You really can’t take your eyes off a handsome man when you see one, can you?”“What are you talking about? I was not looking at him.”He was so angry that he was practically snarling at Charlotte. “Are you not attracted to me anymore, Charlotte?”The look of jealousy and frustration on his face was amusing. He looks so childish!Once Charlotte's infusion was done, Darren held her out of the hospital while holding her wrist. By the time they reached the gate, their fingers were already interlocked. Charlotte’s heart felt a sense of comfort and warmth as she held his hand with him.After the
For a long time, Anna I stood frozen on the spot with her hand hovering above the door.Eventually, she dropped her hand with a sigh. She found a corner by the porch and curled up in it to cry her eyes out. the crowd.After a long time, Charlotte came back and was surprised to see her at the door. “Anna?”Anna looked up at her, her cheeks red with embarrassment. It was indeed abrupt for him to come here, but she had nowhere else to go. “Charlotte, can you take me in for one night?” She wiped the tears on her face and asked brazenly.Charlotte gaped at her for a few seconds before walking up to her. She held her hand and took it. “Come in!” Charlotte said.Charlotte asked the maid to cook some soup and bought it for her.Seeing the steaming hot soup in front of her, Anna felt the warmth and acceptance of the family, which was also something she earned for most. Anna picked up the bowl and felt a lump in her throat.Charlotte’s three kids sat opposite and looked at Anna curiously. Anna
Stella called Peter out of the blue and asked him to come to the bar where she was and keep her company.During her drunken speech, she broke into sobs several times.When Peter hung up the phone, he hesitated for a while but eventually decided to drive to the bar.Judging by Stella’s near-incoherent speech, she was very drunk. Not only that, she was a drunk woman in a bar alone. The number of things that could happen was too high for Peter to even contemplate.When Peter got there, he saw many empty bottles on her table. Stella was in the process of pouring more wine when Peter walked up to her and confiscated the bottle.“You have enough to drink!”With tears streaming down her face, Stella turned to look at him in disappointment. “Why are you here?”“Who else could it be if it were not for me?” Peter asked him confused.“I don’t want you. I want Darren.” And all of a sudden, Stella grabbed his shirt and looked up at him with hatred and determination.Her reaction pissed Peter off a