"Stand guard where?” Bruce asked cause he had just returned home. So what was his wife talking about? Or was she talking about his personal bodyguard? Seems more like it. His eyes slowly drifted away from her face, tracing down her figure. "What on earth are you doing in my clothes?" Bruce's surprise was evident in his voice, though he fought back the urge to burst into laughter. His gaze lingered mostly on his shorts, which Stacy had cinched around her waist with...a rope? Unable to contain himself any longer, Bryce chuckled. "I bought you new clothes. There was no need for you to wear those. Do you even realize how you look in them?" he teased, his smile softening his typically serious demeanor. "You look like the milkman on a home delivery, Stacy! Did you not look at yourself in the mirror before stepping out?" Although Stacy had anticipated such a reaction, the actuality of it unfolding before her was more than she could bear. She felt utterly mortified. "I'll go
"It's nothing?" he inquired. "Yes, it's nothing, haha," Stacy chuckled, trying to contain the playful young girl who was squirming in her grasp. "I see... You're certain?" Bruce questioned again, a hint of suspicion in his raised brow. "Yes, absolutely," Stacy affirmed with a nervous smile. "We were just having some fun while you were away." "Alright then,” He nodded, diverting his attention to Cherry. "Pookie, it's getting late. You should head to your room now," Bruce advised Cherry. Stacy shook her head slightly. "Oh no, if Cherry goes to her room then it means...I and Mr. Yates would remain here and we will have to sleep on the same bed?!” "So soon?! But I just got here. I've already had my bath and everything. I want to sleep next to my new mommy on the bed," Cherry protested, crossing her arms and pouting as she climbed onto the bed. Okay," Bruce agreed. "Really?" a radiant smile illuminated Cherry's face, her gray eyes mirroring Bruce's own widened in delight
They soon got to the restaurant and were given a book filled with the menu for dessert and as expected, Cherry was the one who chose the flavors and fillings she would love to have on her old stone ice cream. And then a family-sized pizza with some French fries. It didn't take long before everything was presented before them and Cherry started to dig into her ice cream like she had been craving for it for ages! "Mum? Why aren't you having your own ice cream?” Cherry asked with a creased brow and then a naughty thing came into her mind. "Do you want me to feed you the same way Dad did to you yesterday?” She raised her eyebrow more with a teasing smile on her lips. "huh?” She raised her eyebrows twice and then threw a wink at her mum. "No way! I'm feeling much better now, I don't need anyone’s help to feed me,” Stacy scoffed, folding her arms underneath her ample bossom. "Great! Then start digging into your ice cream before it melts. It tastes much better when cold and not
The lady seated before her had a striking resemblance to Cherry starting from her blonde hair down to the structure of her face. The only difference was the fact that Cherry had grey eyes which were very similar to Bruce's. Vanessa stared at her little girl, smiling widely at her which made Cherry frown. "Why are you staring at me like that?” She asked suspiciously. "Nothing. I just realized that my little girl has grown up so much,” Vanessa chuckled but Cherry didn't laugh and instead, stared at Vanessa like the stranger that she was to her Vanessa eventually stopped laughing cause it was now weird to be the only one laughing while the other just stared at you with a straight face. "You don't know how much I've missed seeing your little cute face,” Vanessa smiled, reaching out to pull Cherry’s cheeks but Cherry slapped her hand away from her face and gave a serious warning. "Don't touch me, missis. You never did miss me so don't you dare fake it and expect me to believe
- "Goodness me! Jessica was right all along! Something is going on just as she had anticipated!” The friend of the lady who was sitting opposite Stacy and Cherry whispered to herself in bewilderment as she stood in the distance among the crowd with her phone. "I need to inform her now, thank goodness I had recorded the whole thing right from the beginning just as she told me,” She giggled. She was about to call her friend to inform her of the ongoing scene but it seems her friend was always informed before anyone else cause she caught sight of her friend capturing the whole thing live on her phone in her blog. Vanessa moved her gaze to Ella who stood by the side in fear. It was clear that she was very anxious by the way her eyes darted between the both of them and didn't know what to do to help her madam out. The bodyguard was outside trying to prevent the crowd from going and interrupting them cause Vanessa had clearly instructed him to disperse the crowd. However, the ri
**** Immediately Stacy stepped into the mansion, she was met with a scowling look from Olivia who had her arms crossed as she stood right at the entrance of the door. Stuttering, Stacy greeted, "Um.. We are back now,” She said, gripping Cherry’s hand to control her nervousness cherry used her thump to rub her skin in reassurance. "It's okay, mummy,” Cherry mouthed with a smile and Stacy nodded. But that still didn't take the fear away cause Stacy got confused when she saw a smile spreading across Olivia’s face. "Yes, welcome. You should come in and have some rest. You must be tired by now after the stunt you pulled out there,” Olivia said welcomingly as she made way for Stacy to come in. Stacy shut her eyes "Goodness, she must have found out about everything,” she instantly regretted ever retaliating back at Vanessa. "What? Don't you want to come in?” Olivia asked in concern. "Why? Is it because you realize how much you have disgraced the Yates family just after steppi
Olivia was startled when she saw Bruce suddenly walk past her and head straight for the stairs. "He is back? When did he return home and why so early?” Her eyes were wide open both in surprise and fear. "Did he see what happened?” She pondered. "But if he did, then why isn't he saying anything about it?” Then she heard his deep indifferent tone slice through the air with his massive back clad in his office suit turned at her. "You shouldn't mess with my wife and daughter ever again, Olivia Yates. This will be the last warning I will give to you. Defy me again and I will make sure it won't be me who would deal with you. Stacy and Cherry will he the ones to put you in your shoes. So be mindful of your actions if you do not want to be disgraced,” Olivia's initial surprise morphed into a simmering sense of annoyance. "And what exactly do you mean by that?" she challenged, striding confidently towards Bruce. She let out a disdainful scoff. "My suspicions were correct after all!
Bruce gave Stacy a reassuring look, trying to calm her nerves. Silently telling her that it's fine to share anything that bothered her. He knew something was wrong somewhere for her to be so hesitant to pick up her calls. Stacy shook her head silently in disapproval. She didn't want Bruce to know anything. He shouldn't find out. "Don't do this Mr. Yates. You can't know about this. He will only use you for his benefits, Sir,” Stacy pleaded desperately, trying to convince him but she wasn't voicing her words out but instead saying them through her glossy amber eyes. Bruce ignored her plea and slid his slender fingers across the screen. He remained quiet as he listened to the person on the other end of the line attentively. "Are you crazy, Stacy?! I have been calling for so long and you have refused to pick up! Are you doing this because of what I told you earlier? Huh?” Ethan’s voice roared angrily from the other side of the line which caused Stacy to flinch. Her mind r
Stacy just glared at him. "What? it's not like I believed him, did I?" Bruce defended then moved his gaze around the sitting room. "And why isn't Eddie around here?" He asked, suspecting that she might be up to something. "I told the guards to throw her out of the estates. She's doing too much and I can't accept it any longer. I've taken more than I can chew," Stacy snorted, twitching the side of her lips as she folded her arms over her chest. Bruce walked over to Stacy in slow and calculated steps that Stacy had to look up at him, wondering what he wanted to do. " Wh_what?" She stuttered and Bruce swiftly wrapped his hand around her waist, pulling her closer to his chest. "You did a good job by taking out the trash, little birdie," He smirked, leaning closer to her ear. Vanessa glared at the couple romancing before her, her eyes full of hate and jealousy. He had taken everything from her and now he was about to imprison her on top of that? Who does that?! Cough Cough
"Bring her In,” Bruce commanded. One of the police who didn't handcuff anyone went outside and informed his team using a hand sign then he returned to the sitting room. "She is coming,” He informed with a bow. Stacy saw Bruce nodding and soon she saw someone getting pulled into the sitting room by another police officer like she was some sort of criminal and her jaw dropped to the ground! Exact features, exact eyes, exact hair color, and style! The only difference was that the clothes she had on were worn out and looked ragged. Edward's feet staggard back in disbelief. "This can't be true. There's no way she would be the one I fell in love with. She can't be the one,” He whispered to himself, his gaze fixed on her as he shook his head. Edward refused to believe cause the girl he knew back in school didn't look this ragged. She was well-kept and was a good girl who was barely noticed but he did the moment he bumped into her in the hallway when she was in tears. How
Everyone listened to it attentively. * "Bruce, I can't live on like this. I love you. I've always loved you from the beginning! That's why I decided to date Edward, at least that way I'll get a chance to speak to you once at least because I never had a chance to speak to you," CShe confessed, her breath coming out shakily. "I have always loved you right from when we were little but I am just a girl no one took notice of. Just a girl behind the wall and when someone finally did, I did not. I do not Love Edward Yates. I love you, Bruce. It's you I want and love. I can do anything to make you believe me. I can strip myself right before you if that's what you need to see before you believe me, Bruce Yates," her voice begged desperately and for some seconds there wasn't anyone responding to her "I do not love you neither would I do so after you strip yourself. I love someone else and it's only her that I will keep loving," Bruce told her to her face genuinely."You should have some
* * * * After dropping Cherry off at school, it was already noon and she needed to pick her up before the bell rang for closing. Stacy headed upstairs to get her purse as she made a call to Bruce's line for God knows how many times now with no answer from him. She kept calling every time and now she was about to pick Cherry up from school but he was yet to answer his calls. "What's wrong? Why hasn't he been picking up?" Stacy's face was wrinkled as she glared at the screen of her phone. She was bothered about his whereabouts and worried about his well-being. "He should at least pick up and let me know that he is doing good rather than getting me so worked up!" Stacy grumbled, making another call to his which was yet ignored again with no answer. "Pick up the damned phone, Bruce!" Stacy yelled out at the screen, venting her anger and worry on the phone by the way she angrily held it. She climbed up the final stairs and was about to make a right turn when she b
"Where did he go? Wasn’t he here last night?” Stacy gasped, wondering why he wasn't on the bed and it was still very early in the morning. A knock on the door caught her attention and she moved her gaze to the door. "Mummy? Daddy? I've been knocking, why aren't you guys answering the door?” Cherry’s little voice caught Stacy’s ears as Cherry kept knocking on the door, outside the room. She immediately got down from the bed and was about to answer the door when she noticed how rough her hair was the moment her gaze brushed past the mirror. The rough night Bruce had with her replayed harshly in her mind. How could Bruce have left the room just like that without saying anything to her? Or was she thinking too much about it? She blinked her eyes three times, moving the memory and everything concerning Bruce to the back of her mind for the time being, and quickly combed through her hair, fixing the out-of-place strands of her hair. "Mummy?!” Cherry screamed and banged h
"I_i...I do," Her voice came out shakily that she couldn't tell him that she didn't want him. Or perhaps she did. She did miss him, his breath against her sensitive skin, his touch, the way his tongue played on her skin. She missed him a lot in these few hours while he was away, spending his time with Eddie. She just wished she could find out the reason why he was hurting her so much. He hurt her at first and now he was getting close to her like nothing happened before. Why should she let him her close to her again after what he did? He should pay for it. He must pay for it! "You do, huh?" Bruce smirked and slammed the door next to them shut with one of his hands, then twisted the key till it got locked as his gaze remained on Stacy, keeping her in place. "Then why bother to pull away from me when you know you want the same from me? Isn't that being inconsiderate? Being selfish when you know I need you? and miss you so badly? huh?" Bruce confessed as he whispered again aga
"What? How can cockroaches be in here?" Bruce frowned. Eddie hid behind him instantly. "Don't ask me those damned questions! How would I know? First, it was ants, and now cockroaches? What the heck is up with your room?” Eddie asked. “I don't know. It's never been like this,” "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say all these insects started coming Into your room ever since I came here? Huh?” Eddie asked, glaring at Bruce. "I didn't say anything like that but if you take it that way, it might be true,” Bruce shrugged his shoulders. "I will call the guard to come and clean up the room so you can have some sleep. I might also have to hire another maid to clean up-” "Sleep where? So another type of insect can climb up my body? I can't sleep here, Bruce. I won't sleep in this scary room filled with all sorts of insects!” Eddie suddenly screamed when she felt a cockroach crawl up her feet. "Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!” She screamed but Bruce was confused about what h
An unknown knock was heard on their door and Bruce moved his gaze to the transparent door but could not see who was outside his room due to the way the glass was built. Eddie looked at him and then at the door, she knew that there were only two people who could come to Bruce's room by this time, knocking on his door. "Those witches won't let me enjoy my time here," She whispered under her breath, her eyes full of annoyance. Bruce was about to get up from the bed when she beat him to it. "I will check," She said you him gently and Bruce relaxed back. "Who is at the door?" Eddie asked as she walked to the door and opened it. There was no one before her till she moved her gaze downwards and saw the blonde-haired girl she had expected. She frowned her face at the sight of her before throwing questions at Cherry's face. "What do you want?" Eddie asked but the moment Cherry opened her mouth to answer her questions, she threw another."Shouldn't you be sleeping in your room
Eddie froze midway through her facade as she frowned and pouted her lips at Bruce. "Such a grumpy man. He can't even feed a pregnant lady who is in pain," She complained with a sneer on her lips. "I know that I am not pregnant but what if I was pregnant for him?! Could this have been the way he would have ignored me like I am a nobody all in the name of he is sleepy and tired?" Eddie rolled her eyes. "Douchebag!" She cussed him and sighed. "Goodness! I have to think of something really quick." She thought as she averted her gaze to his broad back that was faced against her. A few moments later_ "Oww!!" A loud cry erupted In the room. "I need water, please. My belly is hurting so bad! Our baby is in danger," The annoying cry pierced into Bruce's ears and he grumbled. "The heck is she up to now?" He almost yelled out. Shutting his eyes tightly, he remembered that damned man who forced him to do this. " Doctor Miles, I will make sure you pay for making me pass through this hel