Reaching the ground floor, Irene walked back and forth in futile while waiting for another message from Oliver. There was nothing she could see as suspicious as she guessed, heaving a sigh Irene checked her phone. Oliver didn't send her another message nor did he tell her specifically about what he meant, out of frustration Irene stared at the cars moving on the street. 'Why did he tell me to come here? I see nothing.'After searching for a while more as she found nothing, Irene made a call to Oliver. The caller tune mixed with someone's screaming got her attention. "Help! Someone stole my bag! Help me... "Quickly running outside, Irene the old woman to stand up. "Ma'am, are you ok?""Yes. He stole my book, it has documents in it.""Let me take a look." In double pace, Irene ran after the thief. There has been sometimes when she helped people, and working out, running was nothing new to her so she was stronger than she looked. "Stop right there!" She commanded while hunting him do
As she entered the room, Conall looked at her from her head to toe though his facial reaction was unreadable."Where have you been? It's almost my meeting time." Getting back to his computer he asked, his voice low. "I had an urgent matter to take care of so I had to go out. I'm so sorry. Uhmm, you have a meeting with Doshl Company executive in fifteen minutes. I've already prepared all the documents." Irene noticed his facial reaction, for someone she was curious about him looking worried. "Ok." Getting his coat from the cupboard Conall was walking after her when suddenly he held her arm and asked, "What happened to your arm?" His tone full of concern as he looked at her. "Oh, it's nothing. A mere cut.""A mere cut? It looks like something else to me. Didn't you say that you went to do something urgent?""Yeah, I..." Cutting her off he tapped her hand gently while observing the bandage carefully, "When you left you were fine. But now you have a cut in your arm.""It's really nothi
"What happened? Granny.""It's nothing, you send me the pic first." A little too excited, Zoe looked at the tab in her hand while scrolling through it. Owen scratched his head and uttered, "Fine, I'll send it right away." Like a bird waiting for food, Zoe tapped her fingers against the table.Beep!As soon as Owen sent her the photo, she quickly checked it and her eyes glowered in excitement and happiness. "Yes, it's really her."Looking at the phone screen for a brief moment, Owen muttered still in confusion, "Granny Zoe sounded excited... Can it be that she already met with Miss Miller?""Who met with Miss Miller?" Hearing Conall's sudden voice, Owen bit his lips. "President... " He uttered."Who met Miss Miller you said?"'Shit! Why was I loud? What do I tell him now? I can't just say that it was Granny Zoe... '"Owen.""Ahh, one of the employees asked me where Miss Miller was, she had something to tell her so..." "Ok."Owe was following after him silently when suddenly somethin
"Win, Aus. You two go first." The two boys looked at Ellaine sadly and they asserted, "Yes, Mummy."Maria held the boys hand and excitedly uttered as they walked towards the trial room, "Babies, let's go."Irene came to the shopping mall with her triplets and Maria tagged along. But Ellaine seemed kinda lost, though she tried to hide it. After they left, Irene held Ellaine's hand gently and took her to sit on the couch. "Ella, what's wrong? Baby." She asked concerned, looking at her gloomy face. "I like my old clothes, Mummy.""Will you not tell your mummy the truth?" As Irene looked at her with gentle eyes, Ellaine looked down. Tears fell down her face as she couldn't hide it anymore."Ella, what happened? My child. Did someone say something? Why are you crying?" "Mummy, why is not daddy with us?" Crying out loud, Ellaine looked at her with teary eyes. Her small eyes were so full of sadness that it broke Irene's heart. The question hit her hard.Irene hugged her daughter, patting
Looking at the man Maria rubbed her forehead, with an annoyed look in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Miss. Are you okay?" Alvin asked in a sincere tone of voice. He picked his bag up from the floor and looked at her with a gentle look in his eyes. But unlike him, she didn't apologize but got angry at him. Maria let out a sigh and said, "Don't you see the road is so wide, yet you went around hitting me!""I know it's my fault, I didn't look before walking that's why I'm apologizing.""Whatsoever, from now on watch out while walking." Saying so as she was about to walk past him, her phone beeped. Maria read the message and she muttered in irritation, "What a bad day it is!" And giving no eye to the man standing in front of her, she just walked away.Seeing her with an annoyed look on her face, Irene asked, "What happened? You don't look good.""Don't say, I met a maniac who didn't watch before walking. I was late and they said they got another designer already." She asserted a little bitterly.
"Why doesn't he pick up the call?" Calling him again and again, Irene worriedly typed a quick message on her phone. She ran faster towards a certain direction as she was typing the message when something caught her attention and she paused. Turning her head towards her left, Irene took a step back. How relieved she felt! It couldn't be told with only words.Irene hurriedly walked towards the balcony, a relaxed smile appearing on her face, "President, you are here." But Conall didn't even look at her as if he had no idea of her arrival, he stood still with his back turned away from her. Getting a call from MacMillan Irene turned away from him. "Miss Miller did you find him?" There came, MacMillan's worried tone of voice. "Yes, I found him. We will be coming down in a minute or... " Before she could finish the line, Irene cried out worriedly, "President, what's wrong?" As she saw him sitting on the ground, like someone so weak and she got more worried. The man she saw always had a
Ring!As the familiar number popped on her phone screen, Irene excused herself and headed towards the exit. "Good afternoon, Miss Miller. How have you been doing these days?"Irene peeked around, making sure nobody was looking and she asserted, "Why did you call? You can get straight to the point.""Ohh, you are in a bad mood I see." From the other side of the call, Oliver sounded quite relaxed. Irene kinda disliked the way he talked with her previously, though they were just working together but whenever he talked, he sounded flirty.Keeping calm she voiced serenely, "Mr. Hudson, it has been months since you promised but you didn't really help me at all.""That day I did.""Ehh? You didn't. You told me to go to the ground floor but there was nothing." Irene mentioned. After meeting Zoe, she still waited but she met none and Oliver like a free bird didn't tell her anything about it. "Wait, please calm down first Miss Miller.""I'm already calm."Heaving a sigh Oliver looked at the f
"Wait, so you meant to say that it was you who posted everything?" Ellaine asked in utter disbelief. Rowan had a big smile on his face as he voiced proudly, "Yes.""Wow, my brothers are so cool." Ellaine was overwhelmed, she hugged Rowan and laughed when Austin joined the group of two. "That Miss has hurt our sister, she wants to push us away from daddy. How can we sit and do nothing then?" Austin mentioned, in an angry tone of voice. In the kindergarten when someone tried to bully Ellaine, both her brothers stood up for her. They were like the knights protecting the princess. Ellaine couldn't help but cry out in happiness, "Thank you brothers.""So are we going to delete everything or keep it that way?" Austin looked at Rowan curiously. "We will, after a while." "Uhmm, will it really stop her?""I'm not sure but let's hope that it does." Hearing Rowan, the other two nodded their heads in unison and lied on the soft bed. "Let's hope for the better."∆ ∆"President, Granny Zoe has c
"1, 2 and... 3."As Irene threw the flower bouquet towards the crowd, all the men and women ran to grab it. Surprisingly, Luxury picked it up and the crowd cheered for her.In the happy moment, Irene was watching how everyone was so happy. Her dream to have a fulfilled family finally became true.Irene was about to walk to Conall who was talking to his friends when suddenly a familiar face came to her view. Upon seeing her, the person quickly ran away."Babe, where are you going?""I'll be back soon.""Is everything alright?""Yes."Irene ran after the person, the faster the person ran the more Irene wanted to see who it was. For a moment, she thought she was hallucinating. Why would the person who hated her would attend her wedding?"Mrs. Thompson." Stopping at a point, Irene called out loudly and the person with a mark stopped. "If you came to see the bride's face, you should give her the blessings as well. Don't you know the traditions?"Hearing her, Alora turned to her direction.
• A week later •"There's only an hour left till the wedding starts. Mr. Hudson." Conall tossed his phone on the seat and sped up the car. If not for the sudden business urgency, he would have been in the wedding venue by now but... Ring!As his phone, Conall took a look at the front way then he leaned to get his phone. Boom! There, Irene moved back and forth anxiously. In a princess wedding dress, and with all the makeup and hairstyle, she looked like a princess.Checking the timing in her phone, she bit her lips then dialled Conall's phone number for the 16th time but she couldn't contact him at all.'It has been so long since the last time I talked to Conall, he said he would be here before the wedding starts but only fifteen minutes left till the wedding starts, he is nowhere to be seen. Far more, I can't contact him.'"Miss Miller." Luxury hung up the phone and hurriedly ran to her. "Did you contact Conall? Where is he?""Uhmm..."Seeing her pale reaction, Irene touched her
"Good morning, Miss Miller." Seeing Irene come out of the kitchen, Luxury greeted her. Irene put down the plate of fruits as she saw her. Noticing the file in her hand, Irene asked, "Good morning, why are you here? Is something wrong at work?""Ahh, no. I came here because Mr..." Just when she was about to answer her, Conall appeared there. "I have told Miss Martin to come, I've something important to talk to her." Conall added, walking to the ladies.Hearing him, Irene looked at him in confusion. She knew Conall didn't know Luxury so there was no way they were working together on something or maybe they did but she didn't know? But if that really happened then he would have told her about this, in fact Luxury wouldn't hide things from her, right?But that was not the thing which concerned her though, rather the file Luxury was carrying pulled all her attention."Wait, what's wrong? Did you find a solution for Mr. Desmond's case?" Irene questioned, sounding a little excited."It's n
"You know he is dangerous, what if he reveals your secret? No, no. I can't...""Shhh! Calm down. Just calm down, will you?" Pulling her in a hug, Conall tried calming her down. Irene told him everything Luca, and after knowing it all, he didn't seem to even bother."Conall, he is not as simple as he looks. He is really really dangerous, trust...""Shhh! Just take a deep breath first, then I have something to say to you."Irene wiped her years of and asked, "What is it?""Do you want to marry me? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?""But Mr. D..." Interrupting her, Conall held her hand and looked into her eyes, "Shh! Just answer me, I want to know your answer.""I do."Smiling lovingly, as he showed her his phone she was surprised. "Wait when did you...""When you were telling me about Luca Desmond.""So your men are already working on this?"Conall pulled her close, having her rest her head on his shoulder he kissed her forehead, "Yes, so don't worry. You just need to
"You know there are many beautiful places we can go to. There's k..."When Conall was excitedly describing about places to Irene, she kept looking at him from the distance. The words Mr. Desmond told her kept playing in her head over and over again, and everytime she remembered it, her fear of losing him got her bad. 'I know Conall can't be touched, he is more powerful than Mr. Desmond. But he has enemies and he has secrets that can ruin him... Far more, he raised me so if he wants, he can ruin me faster than I can even imagine.'As Conall touched her shoulder suddenly, Irene was taken aback. "What are you thinking of? Is it me in a wedding suit or us in wedding dresses?""Ahh yes. I'm fine..." She didn't smile at him at all, though his smile made her feel a little better but she was so worried. She knew Luca looked fine but at times, he could be very dangerous. Far more, Irene was the CEO of Desmond I. O. in name, the real one was Luca. He was still the sole owner of the company th
"I don't wanna stay like a guest. Let me work as well..." As Irene picked up the knife, Conall held a cherry in his mouth. He approached from the behind, grabbing her waist he turned her around and feed her the cherry. "You!" "Have some sweet."Irene wanted to leave but when she went outside, she found out that Conall took her to an island from where she wouldn't be able to leave by herself even if she would want to. Having no choice, she stayed with him. But so far, he didn't let her do anything with her hand. Even when she said she was hungry, he decided to cook by himself instead of letting the chef do it. "Have a seat, I will be done soon." Conall took her in his arms and then he put her on the counter. "Wait, I want to help."Conall watched her making a cute face as he walked to the kitchen. While he was putting on the apron she kept looking at him. Suddenly he took it off and uttered, "Since you don't wanna stay like a guest, how about you help me put this on?"'He just put
"I wished this before, I wished that she would break up with him and come back to me.""It's dangerous, get down..."Suddenly he jumped down, and hugged Maria, she was taken aback. "I know I am a bit selfish but I couldn't help. My love for her never died, it was always one-sided and even though I had a chance to make it both sided I... I have ruined it all with my own hand. But when I heard that she broke up with him nor does she love him... My mind was so... You know I was just so happy. So damn much happy! Haha." Those words echoed in her ears again and again, Maria felt uncomfortable for some reason. "Mr. Wilson, let go."Alvin let her go and looked at her pie-eyed. He touched her face and smiled foolishly, "I will marry her, Mary. I will... Right now, I'm just on seventh heaven."Maria felt bad somewhere in her chest, it hurted so bad that she couldn't say anything. Since the day she met him, she didn't think of him as someone special but now... She had a different opinion. "D
"Thank you." Alvin voiced, smiling at her. Giving a cup of coffee to Alvin, Irene took a seat opposite of him. She didn't look so good though, her face full of sadness and compassion."Are you alright?""Yeah, thanks for asking. Alvin." She gave him a small smile as she grabbed a cup of coffee as well. For a few moments, silence took place in the living room. Since he came to see her, he didn't see her smiling wholeheartedly at all. Alvin put down the cup on the table and crossing his chest he looked straightly at her. "Irene.""Yes?""I want to ask you something but I don't know if... If I should ask it or not.""What do you want to ask?"Since he asked for a chance, she didn't hold any grudge against him. So when he wanted to meet her, she agreed on their meet up. With a slight hesitation, he asked, "About Mr. Hudson... Are you planning on really marrying him?"The moment he took his name, Irene remembered how Conall clearly told her on her face that he couldn't marry her. Her ga
"Mr. Hudson, one of our men had found out Miss Miller's whereabouts.""Where is she?" Since she vanished into thin air, Conall had tried every way possible to find her but as if she didn't exist, there was no news of her so far. "Daddy, won't you play with us?" As Rowan called out for him, Conall gave him a small smile from the distance. "Let me take this call first, I'll join you guys once I'm done.""Ok, daddy.""Yes, she was last seen in a cafe with a man at the northern area of the city. It was an hour ago." The voice from the other end of the call came through and Conall furrowed his brows, "Who is he?""We couldn't find it yet, we are still searching for his identity."Conall kept his fists clenched even though he looked calm. "I want to know where she is right now, why did she meet that man and everything about their relationship. Inform me of every details, got that?""Yes, Mr. Hudson."Hanging up the phone, Conall let out a sigh. At least he could relax now since her last lo