“Mommy, is daddy in London too?” Marcelo asked all of a sudden, stunning Anna into utmost silence. It took less than a second to get past her shock and she was about to reply to him when she heard her phone beep. Fishing it from her pocket, she gave it to Marcelo to check what it was. “It's an inbox from your email.” Little Marcelo, who was already used to spending almost all his time on his mother’s mobile, playing arithmetics games, while she was cooking or painting was very knowledgeable about her work life. He was her little secretary. “Alright, I will check it when we get back home.” Anna smiled at him before she saw him going through her phone to play games again. Anna’s expectation of cheering Marcelo up with lots of fun in the amusement park was all for naught as the little boy was stuck with her all through and refused to play with other kids. Staring at the huge pack, Anna suddenly realized that only a countable number of mothers were like her, and most of the famili
Anna was shocked at how efficiently she had illustrated the image of the twins, and she couldn’t say a word even after listening to her son’s query. Her heart swelled with love and heartache as she gradually raised her trembling hands to caress the painting while tears pricked her eyes. “Look at them, Marcelo.” She spoke, her voice drenched with overwhelming ache. “These two men, they are your fathers.” and my masters. The tears that she was holding back started falling off her cheeks.Marcelo’s face changed into a disturbed one and he stood up when he saw her crying.“Mommy, don’t cry. I've seen them. Stop crying.” He used his thumbs to clear off his mother’s tears as he consoled her He started blaming himself for insisting that his mother show him his father. If he knew that she would end up crying, he wouldn’t have asked at all.Even though he was surprised that he has two fathers unlike other kids, he didn’t dare ask his mother any more questions as he gently patted her back in
After a few minutes, Rebecca was escorted to Jackson’s office by his secretary, but when he saw her, he felt like he had seen her before.Looking at her as she walked closer to him, Jackson realized that he only thought he knew her because she had traces of Anna’s features on her face. It was so ridiculous as he hadn’t been expecting Rebecca Cameron to resemble Anna at all. “How much did you spend to have her facial features?” He queried, his voice holding every inch of mockery he could add. Upon listening to his question, Rebecca faked ignorance as she quickly moved closer to Jackson to get a better view of him. “What do you mean? This is just makeup.” She muttered with the thought that she would be able to deceive him as it was more than fifteen years since they saw each other. Meanwhile, Jackson had asked to see Rebecca’s picture five years ago after his father had told him he would be engaged to her, and she was a totally different person then and now. The more he thought abou
A few weeks later, Maria alongside her boyfriend, Adrian, went to London International Airport to pick up Anna and Marcelo. She was so excited to see her sister after 5 years and she couldn’t wait to finally meet her nephew. She kept on looking, stretching her neck forward for their appearances unknowingly until Adrian pulled her back to his lap. “Take a chill, Ria. They will arrive soon.” He held her by the waist to force her to sit still. Maria pouted at him and rolled her eyes before she looked forward again. Fortunately, Anna and Marcelo appeared, and it was Anna that was able to recognize Maria with her keen eyes. “Maria!” She yelled a huge smile on her face.Maria searched for her in the crowd, only to place her face, which she had recalled from Facetime, on a 5 foot 8 woman wearing a black Givenchy leather jacket, while holding luggage, with a small purse, and a gorgeous little boy, who she instantly recognized as Marcelo. “Anna! Marcelo!” She sprang up to her feet immedia
Raising a brow at him, Jacob asked. “Is there anything I don’t know about?” “Well…” Jackson shrugged slightly. “Aside from the fact that father had mismanaged the mob family after you left, I don’t think there's much to catch up with.” Jacob’s facial expression gradually turned into a scowl. “Mismanaged? Are you saying the old man lost his touch?”“Apparently, he doesn’t have what it takes to be the leader of a mob anymore,” Jackson replied. “The last time I visited the mob house, there were less than 20 in there. So scanty, I couldn’t even stomach it.”“Good for him.” Jacob blurted out insensitive, that was when Jackson realized that even though his twin brother had renounced his shrewdness, coldness, and ruthlessness, he was still insensitive and remorseless to certain things. Which includes their father. “If we later find Anna, will you forgive him?” He found himself asking but Jacob didn’t reply and he changed the conversation. “You said you found the artist?”“Yes, I should me
When Anna arrived at the restaurant she was to meet her client, she sent an email to her, and let her know that she had just gotten to the location. Rebecca, who had been nursing her broken heart and wallowing in her unexplainable hatred for Anna, hadn't left her room after leaving Jackson’s office that day, felt a rush of happiness surge through her when she received a message she had been expecting. She had presumed that once the artist arrived and Jackson was able to get their contact information and also the art she was paid for, he would be appreciative toward her, and even tell his twin brother that she was the one that assisted him in finding the artist he was in search of. Maybe, just maybe- she would be able to get the attention of Jacob Mikelson, and Jackson wouldn’t think so bad of her anymore. He might be disgusted that she had done a bit of surgery to look like Anna, but his brother might find it attractive. Rebecca had thought she would be able to gain the twin's favo
If Jacob imagined that Rhoda could be keeping a secret from him, and presumably, her husband too, he would never have imagined what he had just heard. “So, you are saying you met David Cole there that night, and he had told you their mission, but you kept it from me because you thought you were protecting your marriage? Is that what you are saying?” He summarized what Rhoda said back to her in a few words. His tone was so cold that it made Rhoda tremble to her surprise.“I also said, I didn’t know that you care for her that much.” She asserted as if saying that obviously, she would have definitely protected her marriage before any other thing. “You don’t know I care for her that much? That's your excuse for keeping this for five fucking years?” Christian, who was too stunned to say anything, felt Jacob’s cold glare on him after his words, and he instantly started shivering in fear when their eyes met.Rhoda fixed herself between them immediately and tried to use herself to protect
Jacob walked back to the bedroom with a neutral expression on his face even though he was raving inside. Everything he had just found out from Rhoda replayed in his head again, making him realize that Rebecca Cameron wasn’t the only Cameron that needed to be canceled. If he had known that CC’s little boy, David, who he had only learned about from his brother five years ago, was the brain behind the horrible disaster that had been happening, he would have dealt with him severely.Their father also was an eyesore to him anyways, so their whole family might as well pay for everything they had cost him. He couldn’t hear Rhoda’s soft whimper again, but he would make sure that David Cameron especially lives a few years longer in pain, for putting fear in his family’s most treasured jewel.As for Cole Cameron. . . A cold smile rose on Jacob’s lips when he thought of his father’s closest friend. ‘Well, it wouldn't be that bad if the old man lost someone close to him for a change.’ Just imm