“You wouldn’t think I get banned from coming to Italy?” Cayne asked in worry because they were going to fly today. They didn’t prepare anything else but themselves. Up until now, Jilly had not seen their baby and they were going to be on the same plane. Just the day before, Jilly decided to stop having midwives.
“If you do, do you think it was the DEA’s doing? No, it will be Marcus’ and he won’t do that.” Jilly replied and gave him a look of being stupid. She had been preparing for the flight ahead. She was thinking about her daughter and it got her nervous just thinking about being in the same room. There would be a possibility that Jilly would ask Grace to be put in the bedroom of the jet while she and Cayne would be in the sitting area. She didn’t know why, she was just not ready to face her yet.
“You know he hates my gut, right?” He tried to jog the memory of how the last time they had encountered in Italy.
“Of course, how could I forget.” Jilly shrugged
I am aware that chapter 21 has two chapters posted, I accidentally did it. I asked my editor through email to delete one of those, but she has not replied to me. This new editor of mine is not so responsive as my old one, I think she left GN.
After the awful flight she ever experienced, she had been really resting at her house. Mariah had been staying at the house with them, and sometimes Marco would too. Mariah only came home when Marcus urgently needed her, other than that, Marcus had no problem letting her stay with Jilly and Cayne.At night, sometimes Grace cried and Cayne sprightly went to her. Jilly would be awake whenever he left the bed and there were times when she felt useless. Like right now, Cayne went to Grace’s room to check on her. She didn’t cry but he just wanted to check on her, so Mariah wouldn’t have to check on her again. He was sparing the old woman for more sleep. Jilly felt awful towards Mariah, she was the one who got tired and all because of taking care of her daughter.The door pushed open and Jilly turned around to face him. Cayne who saw Jilly awoke got back to bed and kissed her forehead.“Why are you awak
Jilly sat on the bed and her eyes found those mesmerizing brown eyes just like her father’s. She could see the resemblance between the father and daughter. How could that be possible? Jilly thought Grace was all the way like him until she showed Jilly her few teeth smile.“Mama,” again, Grace called Jilly with that smile and she couldn’t help but break into a smile too. That was the definition of happiness to Cayne. He watched that unfold in front of his eyes, something he had been dreaming of coming true.Grace swayed into her mother’s arm and Cayne placed her where she belong and should be.Jilly accepted Grace and brought her into her chest. She was feeling one of everything, she couldn’t describe how she felt at that moment. Nobody could describe how it felt to hold their child for the first time other than pure happiness and bliss. She kissed the top of Grace’s head lovingly
The knocking sound on the front door of Jilly’s house could be heard by everyone in the living room. They had finished with breakfast and now they were just lounging on the couch minus Antonio, he had to go because work needed him. “I’ll go,” Jilly volunteered to be the one to open the door. Cayne helped her get off the couch and watched her walk away to get to the door. They were not expecting any guests because nobody was excited to get the door. So, as the house owner, Jilly initiatively be the one to be responsible for that. Pulling the door open, Jilly was surprised by the guest. But then, a wide grin made its way to her lips making the guest confused. “You didn’t know that he left you for a boyfriend now?” Jilly spoke in a loud voice directing to the inside of the house. Immediately, she heard a ruffling sound and Marco appeared beside her. He didn’t dare to cross over Jilly. He wanted to make sure that Leira
“Don’t you think that she looked familiar like you’ve seen her once or twice?” Jilly asked him as they were laying down on the bed in their room, Grace was fast asleep in her room. “Cayne!” She snapped at him as she didn’t hear any answer. When she turned to look at him, turned out he was busy with his phone. Jilly could see that he was doing business. “Sorry,” he quickly apologize and put his phone down. “Her?” He asked to make sure that he got what she was talking about. “Leira.” She sighed and understand that Cayne had a business to run even from abroad. “I feel like I have seen her before but never really met her.” “She does look familiar. Feels like I saw her in a nightclub when I visited one in French.” Cayne replied. Looking back at Leira, he only saw her briefly at the hospital but today, he got to see her up close and for a while. “She is from French,” Jilly confirmed.
They just finished taking a bath together, a bathrobe wrapped around her body and a towel wrapped around his hip. She winced slightly and wrapped her arms around his stomach from behind.“Does it hurt?” Kook asked his wife and turned his head slightly.“Just a little bit,” she admitted. Yes, they were having a good time in bed and followed to the bath. It was steamy, heated, and exciting. They always found a way to try new things as a married couple and they were loving it so far.They walked out of the bathroom and to their room to change. After they were dressed, Kook grabbed her face with both of his hands and kissed her on the lips. Their moment got interrupted by a blaring phone from the nightstand. He looked at his phone and walk towards it to pick it up. He saw Cayne’s name on it.“Cayne,” Kook picked up the call and greeted him shortly.
Katherine had been holding on to his hand from the moment they got out of the car. She was holding it too tight for him to not be bothered.“Katherine.” He let out a harsh sigh and pulled his hand to tuck of hers. “Enough, she’s not going to eat you alive.”“Then would she, if I am dead first?” She asked and shot him a glare. He sighed again and just let it go. He brought his hand up and formed a fist to knock on the door.Knock. Knock.“Are we expecting a guess?” Jilly asked Cayned with a frown. It was dinner time, were people not aware of that to visit someone’s house?“Maybe,” Cayne shrugged. He ha
Jilly kept her words to let Katherine meet Grace and at first, Cayne was against it for an unknown reason. But, Jilly reminded him that he couldn’t be selfish and needed to let people embrace them and Kook, of course, made a fuss of protest to Cayne.As it was getting late in the night, Jilly announced it was time for bed.“Where do you stay?” Jilly asked as the three of them stood up and for Cayne to escort them out. Grace, who couldn’t keep her eyes open to see the guests leave just fell asleep in her mother’s arm.“We’ll see wherever is available and close by. I hope to see you again tomorrow.” Kook answered.“Then just stay here, we have rooms available since Mama Ria and Marco are no
“Where’s Cayne?” Jilly asked aloud to anyone that could hear her. She needed him, where was he when she woke up? He was not beside her and not waking her up. She had a problem with that.“You should not scold him, child. He was just opening the door for me.” Mariah tried to spare her son-in-law. Jilly was known best for her torture in many ways and she would not back down or back away from it when she was determined to do the job.“I was just asking about him, Mama Ria. Is it wrong?” Jilly turned to Mariah again who had a worried look. She did feel guilty a little bit for putting Cayne on the edge.“No, it’s not wrong. Marco! Where’s Cayne?” Mariah quickly averted her gaze towards her son wherever he was at the moment.&nb
Jilly had found their location and it was a bit odd because the location was in the coastal area. There was no call or message after Cayne called, which was even weirder. It was the first time she handle this kind of kidnapping. They went silent with no clue at all. So, she decided to handle this lightly and go with Marco, just the two of them.“Do you have friends in this area, Jilly?” Marco asked. They have reached their destination in the coastal area.“Not that I recall,” she said and sigh out of uncomfortable. “I don’t like meeting like this.”“Then, do you want to go back around and make a plan?” He raised his eyebrow in question.“That is a waste of the trip and I need to get my daughter fast. I would have made a plan and taken my time if it was only him getting kidnap but Grace was also with him. A kid would have trauma when experiencing bad things they remember,” she said seriously. After being a mother, she considered a lot of things.“Kidnapping has not been this easy and s
Jilly, Mariah, and Marcus were waiting for Marco for dinner. While Jilly was enjoying Mariah’s angst, Marcus was stiffly sitting on his seat afraid of her outburst. When he first got home, Mariah was giving him an earful about guiding Marco the right way. Right there and then, he knew Jilly must have been talking about Marco and told her everything he try to hide from her. He didn’t want her to find out for a reason, because he doesn’t want to stress her out about him.Marcus was tapping his finger on the table and shaking his foot in the air under the table. Jilly turned to look at him who looked unknowingly unconscious, she smirk at him. Marcus caught her smirking at him from his sightline and then he glare at her for putting him in this position.“Are you happy now, Julliane? Are we your laughing stock?” Jilly pouted to Marcus for being so mean to her. Her mood had livened up because of them, she admitted that.“Marco are, not you. But, if you feel that way then I’ll be grateful.”
Jilly was waiting at the airport for her baby's arrival from New York. She missed her badly and couldn’t wait to hold her in her arms. She was waiting by herself in the lounge of the private airport. She furiously typed on her phone, answering to many emails which were waiting for her response.“The plane is landing, Ma’am,” a staff informed her as the jet was on its way down. She put her phone down and thanked him before looking outside where she saw the jet going down. She stood up and walk out to greet her right off the jet. She was standing at a safe distance waiting for the engine to die down.She was excited to greet her under the stair but when she saw Mark walking out on his own, she got confused. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow, silently asking him where her daughter was. When Mark got down and before she could scold him, another person appeared in the doorway. She saw Cayne along with Grace standing there ready to make their way down the stairs.“What are you doing?”
Luca came back to Jilly’s spot along with Lyan which confused her. They waited for Jilly to be done with her session because it was her right to have the time. The three men stood behind her as they wait, Marco was kind of in an awkward position there. Nobody was talking and beside him was Lyan Bargin, a former enemy unofficial line.Seeing Jilly was done with her session, Marco came forward to help her with the boy. He took the bow from her so she could talk comfortably with her guest.“I thought you were going to give me a tour? I reserved a solo, not a group.” She glanced at Lyan who come unexpectedly.“My apologize, Miss. Vantes. Mr. Bargin wants to see you in person.” He pointed at Lyan who still silently standing next to him. Jilly looked at him with a sinister look and ask what he want from her this time.“Do you like the archery place?” Lyan stepped forward to finally talk to her. While she was here, he wanted to impress her, and maybe that could change her mind. “I’ll give yo
While her daughter was out of the country, Jilly tried to do something she had never done in a long time. She even drove out of the town to find the perfect shooting range, not guns but archery. She tried it once, so she wanted to give her skill a try after a long time.“Welcome to the WiArchery,” a male worker greeted Jilly as she approach the front desk. The archery range was huge and in a winery field, so that combination was what attract the shooters to come. Everyone could come but amateur beginner was not recommended since the range was prepared for someone who knows archery at least the intermediate level.“I called yesterday, thank you for making a slot for me.” Jilly shook hands with him. She knew the reputation of this archery range, they didn’t take sudden or on-the-spot customers.“We don’t usually do this but since you said you don’t have much spare time, we took you into our available spot.”“It was very much appreciated,” she replied.“This way, I’ll lead you to the sto
Around lunchtime Kook finally brought Grace to meet his father. She spent the entire morning with him and Katherine. She took care of Grace wholeheartedly, he love seeing that but to have a child of their own, he didn’t think he was ready enough for that. That topic never came up in their conversation or life nor did someone ask about it to them. They had lived live comfortably and would continue to do so.Since the bar was not an appropriate place for them to meet, Kook actually didn’t tell Cayne that Grace was coming but he did ask Lincoln if Cayne was home. He said that he barely come outside during daylight. He also came out only to the bar which was at night. Kook didn’t know what kind of lifestyle he was doing but he better does good for Grace.Kook knocked on the front door of his house and waited for him to open up.Cayne opened the door and was totally shocked when he saw Kook standing there with Grace and also Mark with them. Cayne was literally just woke and still have diff
Today was the day Jilly going to send Grace off to the State to meet her father. This was her way of not cutting off their relationship but meeting him again in person, she was not ready yet. She would need more time for herself. A month was definitely not enough.“Kook will be on standby the moment you get off the jet. So, make sure to keep my daughter’s safe. That’s the only thing I ask from you, Mark.” Jilly had trusted Mark ever since they work alongside him, so she ask him for a favor comfortably based on trust.“I understand, Jilly,” Mark assured her that she would need no worry. He would put his life on the line for Grace. Grace was a baby everyone in the family cherish, so no harm should come to her.“Thank you.” After thanking him, she goes to get her daughter who was still occupied with her toys. She was in the living while Jilly talk to Mark in the kitchen. She bend down and picked her up from the ground. “Are you ready to go, My Grace?”“Yes,” she replied in her baby voice
“What are you doing keep coming here, Leira?” The house was not so crowded anymore. It had been a month since everyone left. The only visitors she had lately were neither her family nor Leira. She would visit with Marco at times but in the last few days ago, she had been visiting alone.“Taking care of Grace. She likes me,” she replied while playing with Grace.“So?” Jilly brought the breakfast she had just made to the living room where the two were playing. She put the plate down on the coffee table and sit down. “I don’t know about you, Leira, but I called Marco to come here to take care of your problem. Understand?”“Jilly.” She turn to her and raised an eyebrow. “Marco, he has been busy.”“I understand, that’s his job as an heir of the don. You get a bit of the life we’re living in, right? Giving service is not that much different from what he did.” Both heads turned to the front door when they heard the doorbell.Jilly got up from the ground and walk up to the door. She knew it w
“Do you even know what family means?” Marcus stared at Cayne. Marcus valued his family the most in this world and he would die for them, it had been his life’s motto. “It’s not just about to be together with them. You have to know what you want to do with them. From what I see until now, your life is extremely the opposite of what people live. Is that how you want to be living every day?”“Okay, we’ll take care of that ourselves.”“Julliane seems to be sick of it. Didn’t you hear?” He was referring to the earlier event. “What about you, Rachel?”Marcus was just asking her when the door was being knocked on, so he let them in. He saw it was one of his men. “What?”“Fran is here to see you,” he said and Marcus look at him with a raised eyebrow.“Does he mention anything?” He found it weird that his right-hand man wanted to see him without telling him beforehand. The guy shook his head to answer his question. “Let him in.”The man leave and Marcus was in his own world to find a reason wh