Day-2Josephine found that the surrounding land has been turned over, she suspected that there is no guard but there are some settings.She often watched movies where a land or area looked like it was completely empty with no inhabitants or guards, but was actually a dangerous area.It is possible that the area is polluted by certain radiation so it is possible that people who set foot on it will be exposed to that radiation.Or there are mines installed underground and will explode if someone steps on them.Or it could be that a hole has been dug and sharp spears have been placed underneath it so that anyone who accidentally steps on a covered hole on the ground will fall and die stuck to the spears.Josephine shuddered and prevented Sky from jumping through the short door."Why, mom," protested Sky while looking around them. "There are no guards here. This is a good chance for us."Josephine sighed. The children are smart and strong, but after all they are still children who lack ex
Day-3Josephine looked at the guard with furrowed brows. "The kids still haven't finished breakfast." "Our leader wishes to see you, Ms. Jade. I will bring you before him now," the guard said politely. Josephine shook her head. "Not now. I have to wait for them to finish eating well until they're all gone, only then will I come with you." Josephine sat back down in front of the triplets and accompanied them to eat. The guard who picked up Josephine to be brought to her boss's place did not move and finally gave in and waited.After the triplets finished eating, then Josephine approached the guard. "Come on. The children have finished eating and I'm ready to meet your boss." "Mommy, please be careful," said Flower worriedly.Rain pulled Josephine and whispered in her ear. "If possible, can you take a look around and observe where you are being taken, in case there is an alternative way for us to escape."Josephine nodded and gave her children a thumbs up. "Don't worry. I won't be
Day-3"Why after returning from the room of the person who detained us, Mommy daydreams a lot?" Rain whispered to his two siblings.Sky shrugged. "Maybe there was something she heard that was bothering Mommy.""Just ask her what happened," Flower whispered. "I will ask her what's going on."Rain and Sky shook their heads together. "Don't. Sometimes parents don't like their children knowing too much of what's on their minds and we don't have to know everything," Sky said seriously."If mommy thinks it's something worth sharing with us, she will definitely say it without us asking, otherwise it means it's something we don't deserve to know yet," added Rain in a serious tone.Flowers just nodded. "Ah, oke, I understand.""Never mind, leave mommy alone first. Let's talk about our escape plan again this afternoon. We can sneak one by one, so we won't be found out," Rain said in a serious tone. "I'll sneak first to open the door and after that we'll only have three minutes to escape before
Josephine was afraid to open her eyes. She doesn't know what happened or what will happen to her. She and Sky find themselves caught between mobsters preventing them from escaping and Josephine's last memory is only of feeling tired and resigned, hoping that her children would be okay and then, someone behind grabbed her. It was very quiet around Josephine and she lowered her hands from above her stomach, feeling the soft cloth covering where she lay. Josephine's sense of smell was also awakened, inhaling the subtle aromas of lavender and fresh cinnamon soothed. Josephine was confused, but right now the feeling that overtook her was one of calm and security. Slowly, Josephine opened her eyes. This familiar scent made Josephine wishful and when her eyes opened, she immediately looked up at the high ceiling above, which seemed to have been her daily meal in recent times. Josephine slowly gathered her strength and consciousness and got up from her sleeping position.She was in a r
"I-I can wash myself," muttered Josephine embarrassed. Her heart just beat twice as fast and her knees felt weak. Nicholas was so close behind her that every time she breathed, she could feel the scent of cinnamon and mint from his warm breath against the nape of Josephine's neck. Nicholas smiled and kissed Josephine's hair from behind. "Lots of cuts and bruises on your arms. I was worried you might have trouble in the shower. Come on in. I'll be waiting by the sink sending a few emails on my phone and if you're having trouble you can easily call me." Josephine decided to let Nicholas in and followed her into the bathroom. She felt her body was already warm even before the warm water from the shower flushed her body. Under the unturned shower, Josephine stood hesitantly. Does she have to take off all her clothes so that she is completely naked, or does she keep her underwear on, or doesn't need to undress at all?After thinking for a while, Josephine took off all her clothes witho
Josephine opened her eyes slowly. This was the deepest sleep she'd had in months since she'd been back on Metronine. Josephine felt her body much fresher. She stretched and felt something weigh on her stomach. A hand crossed over her stomach and Josephine's body suddenly felt warm and her face flushed. She turned and saw Nicholas who was still sleeping. The man's face was serene and his breathing even. Josephine felt various feelings raging in her heart, when she saw a silver necklace, with a pendant of a silver ring engraved with tendrils of gold leaves and diamonds in the center which was wrapped around Nicholas' neck. Carlos also wears a ring like that but it's not made of silver, but wood. Then, could she be optimistic that six years ago, the man she slept with and later fathered her children was Nicholas, because of that silver ring? Josephine moved, turned her body to face Nicholas and her hand reached out to brush Nicholas' hair that fell to his forehead. Nicholas had a ver
"You have to be honest and tell me, what exactly are you looking for through this DNA test?" asked Lynn with a serious face. "I will really help you if you tell me the truth."Josephine sighed and looked at Lynn questioningly, reassuring herself that Lynn was a good and trustworthy man. Josephine also thought that she would have difficulty dealing with all of this without the help of Lynn, who had wider access in this hospital."All right, Lynn, I'm going to trust and be honest with you. Actually, I'm looking to find out who the real father of my triplets kids is."Lynn's brows furrowed. "The triplets? You mean the two kids who were with you at my birthday party yesterday and called you Ms. Joy?""Yes. There are many things that I have to confirm before declaring that they are my children, and one of them is the matter of this biological father.""But there are only two kids, in my party last time.""There was one other kid who wasn't at the party that day.""Wow, you have triplets? T
Josephine looked at the calendar on the dresser. She had circled so many dates since Nicholas' departure. Josephine tried to call Nicholas many times, but his phone was always off. Josephine also tried to find news about Nicholas on the internet through business, political, or economic websites, but all to no avail.Nicholas seemed to have disappeared into the earth, instead of going to Italy to do business.The paper that Nicholas wrote became Josephine's bed companion every night and sometimes she would cry before going to bed because she missed him too much.Josephine and the triplets stay at the Adams mansion even though Nicholas is not around. When Josephine tried to take the triplets back to her own apartment, James forbade her and Madam Luan begged them to stay as it was Nicholas' orders.Undercover bodyguards are always watching and escorting them everywhere, making sure they are safe. Although at first it felt a little uncomfortable, eventually Josephine and the triplets got
"Italy?"Josephine's eyes widened. Nicholas nodded with a smile. "Yeah. You know, our beach--La Luna, we haven't been there for a while. I think a week or two would be nice."Josephine chuckled. "What are you planning, honey?""Hey, what? I'm just taking you on a honeymoon."Josephine laughed and hugged Nicholas. She rested her head on Nicholas' chest and enjoyed his husband's heartbeat, which sounded calm and steady."Let's have our honeymoon at La Luna, honey. I want to go alone with you," said Josephine gently.Nicholas stroked Josephine's hair slowly. "Baby, let's retire for now and settle down wherever we want. I'll leave Genesis completely to Summer and Autumn, while you can entrust Farline to Flower. I guess, we've done enough and for now, let the children do the work." Let's give everything to them to take care."Josephine nodded and hugged Nicholas tightly. "Yes. Let's retire and live wherever we like. Maybe two months on La Luna beach, two months here, the next two months in
"I can't say no, can I?" asked Josephine softly.Sky lowered his head, unable to meet his mother's eyes. Flower and Rain also lowered their heads, even Nicholas. The spacious room was cold and silent.Josephine was silent, deep in thought. He knew that eventually one of his six children would decide to continue Nicholas' work and it had to be done.She remembered the conversation she had with Nicholas a few years ago, when the first triplets decided to study at different universities in different countries."I will train one of my four confidants, to take control of the Gold Dragon," said Nicholas at the time. "Who do you think is the most suitable?"Josephine looked at Nicholas in surprise. "You don't intend to pass the Gold Dragon down to one of your children? Shouldn't that clan be passed down?"Nicholas shook his head with a smile. "I'm about to abolish that tradition, since I saw that among the first triplets no one was interested in doing so.""How do you know that no one is int
"Daddy, you can't be like this," Flower complained, glaring at Nicholas. "You're a mobster and you're afraid of getting hospitalized?"Nicholas pouted. "Don't confuse my work with my illness, doctor," Nicholas snapped. "Anyway, it's just an influenza.""Come on, dad, admit it. You're afraid of needles, right?" urged Flower with a wink.Josephine laughed seeing the father and daughter argue. She took Nicholas's hand and squeezed it gently."He don't need to be hospitalized, Flower. Your daddy isn't afraid of needles, but he doesn't like the smell of disinfectant and how the nurses are going around checking him every hour," said Josephine.Nicholas took Josephine's hand gently and kissed her palm with a smile. "Your mommy really understands me, Flow."Flower pouted and sighed. "Mommy, you always spoil him. At the hospital, the equipment for examining and caring for him is more complete than when daddy is treated at home. I and my fellow doctors can also examine daddy freely there," said
"This isn't our first project, is it?" Rain asked with a frown.Two of his men lowered their heads, avoiding his anger."Why is there still an error for a problem like this?" asked Rain annoyed."I admit my mistake, Mr. Rain," said Steven Bohn bravely. "The supplier of the floor we used to use suddenly informed us that the floor specifications we requested were not available due to a shortage of basic materials, so they offered a replacement at the same price. I had no idea that the replacement floor was not according to the original specifications."Rain sighed. "Take apart all the floors that have been installed and return them to the supplier. Find another supplier who can give us what we want, even if the price is higher. I don't want this project to have any flaws or defects, because the person who asked me to do this project is a very close and meaningful person to me. I don't want him to be disappointed!" Rain said firmly, then turned around and returned to his room.In the caf
"Hold him, Flow," Sky called while holding the kid down with his feet. "He'll run away again if you don't hold his hand!"Flower snorted and took the small creature's hand that was trying to rebel."Come on, it's just a shower, why are you guys so unruly," Flower complained half angry. "Where did Rain go, why is he taking so long? Doesn't he know that these stray cats are getting bored?""Mommy help, help us, moooommmmyyyy ...!""Gosh, Summer, people will think I'm torturing you if they hear you scream like that," Flower said angrily."I don't like showers!" Summer shouted."Me too!" added Autumn."You too, Forest?" Sky asked fiercely.The little boy called Forest turned his head quietly while patting the water with his chubby hands. "I like baths. I just don't like you guys.""Jeez," Flower moaned.The three children in the big bathtub started to misbehave again, but before Flower and Sky could run out of patience, Rain came driving a plant sprayer.He started the engine and a large
"Mom, why are you so pale? Are you sick?" asked Flower with a worried tone. She put her bag on the single sofa and approached Josephine who was lying straight on the long sofa while covering her eyes with her arms.Josephine lowered her arms and looked at Flower who was still wearing her middle school uniform."Flower, are you home already? I didn't hear you come in," said Josephine in a languid tone."I came in through the back door, because Madam Luan said you weren't feeling well since morning and lay here," Flower said. "What are you doing, mom? Do you have a fever?"Josephine smiled and stroked Flower's hair. "It's okay honey, just a little unsteady and nauseous. I think it's from a lack of sleep the past few days. You know, ever since Uncle Rocco came back to Italy for his honeymoon, I did all the research myself and the other day there was a bit of a problem at the distribution center so I have to go back and forth all day from the laboratory to the warehouse," said Josephine l
"He ... You mean, Lucas?"Lindsay nodded shyly."You and him..." Janeth didn't finish, only raised her eyebrows, waiting for Lindsay to say something.Lindsay sighed. "I think I've managed to forget him and bury my feelings and memories about him, all these years. It's not easy for me. Even though you never met me at that time, I'm sure you know that I have to undergo psychiatric therapy too. One of them is to let Lucas go.""Yes, I know. I think you really need that. Your obsession with Lucas has hurt a lot of people at that time," said Janeth."Yeah, I'm aware of that. However, Lucas came back and kept coming, even though I never wanted to see him. Last week when he came, I finally decided to see him because I really wanted to end things with him, but ...." Lindsay hung up her words."He won't let you go?" continued Janeth with a smile.Lindsay blushed, took a breath, and nodded. Janeth laughed and hugged Lindsay."I'm so happy for you, Lindsay. At least I can rest easy now, because
"You're getting thinner," Lucas said sadly. "Did you eat well during this time?"He stared at the woman in the dull blue prison uniform in front of him. Lindsay is still beautiful with her hair cut short, even though her face is getting thinner and her eyes are dim.Finally, after Lindsay repeatedly refused visits during the nearly six years he was in this correctional facility, she also agreed to accept Lucas."What do you want, Lucas?" Lindsay asked quietly. "Why do you keep coming even though I keep rejecting you? Aren't you bored?"Lucas has never missed visiting Lindsay in the last five years. Every two months he would come, leave the food he brought with the warden because Lindsay never wanted to see him.Lindsay's cellmates were about to enjoy the food and after walking around for a while instead they were excitedly looking forward to Lucas' visit because it meant there was good food available.Lindsay stared at the floor, not daring to meet the eyes of the man she once loved,
"It's not for me to judge who I'm dealing with," James said softly. "After all, you're still young. You don't know anything about the real world. You taking a decision like this, is a great big step. Your heart is good, only clouded by your parents' manipulation. Your mind is clear, only clouded by your sister's bad influence. When all the ugliness is gone, you dare to regain your purity. That's great!"Janeth listened to James' words with her head down. James' deep voice was pleasing to the ear and what he said was soothing to her heart.James reached out and took Janeth's chin, moving her up so their eyes met. "Cheer up. I'll wish you all the best. Tomorrow is the day, so you need to be completely healthy and ready."Janeth's eyes blinked slowly and her hand lifted, holding James' hand on his chin, then, Janeth brought her face closer to James and planted a kiss on the man's lips.James was stunned, frozen in the warmth of Janeth's ripe lips crushing his. He could feel the desperati