Taking a peek around, Maria headed towards a mall while holding a few bags in her hand. She had been doing shopping alone while Irene was yet to come. Maria checked a dress out keenly and voiced in an excited tone, "Perfect! This one is the dress I have been looking for, I want to buy it."With that excitement as she picked up the dress, suddenly a woman grabbed it. "Excuse me! I s... " her face was full of disdain as she noticed who it was. "Don't you know grabbing something that someone else already picked is rude?"Leila frowned for a moment but then again, she kept calm but didn't let go of the dress. "I have been eyeing this dress for quite long time, you just came a second ago.""Even a second is counted, so let go of it." Leila didn't let go at all, instead she held onto the dress firmly. "A second cannot be counted, so you let go first." And she insisted. "Maybe you have a problem in your head or forgot to bring your brain with you. Can't you count?"Maria's tad beat angry
With all his concentration, Alvin watched Irene while she took a sip in her cold coffee."Whatever you have to say, please say it without delaying. I've to go for a meeting soon." Irene voiced, putting down the cup from her hand.Maria strictly warned her not to go with him, Irene managed to keep her calm turn went with him."Are you doing good these days?""Yes.""How is your work going on?""Good.""Are you happy?""Yes, I am."Alvin looked away for a moment, he had been trying to talk to her and it was quite clear yet she didn't ask him anything on her own. Since they came here, it was never her but him who started the conversation. Well, after what he did to her he didn't expect her to be super friendly with him though but a little bit wouldn't hurt, right?As no questions came from his side, Irene annoyingly spared a gaze at her phone screen and then she voiced while collecting her purse from the next chair. "If that's all you have to say then excuse me.""Irene." As Alvin called
"Who is that man? Why did I ever see him before?" Seeing Irene pause on a spot, Conall hurriedly grabbed a chair and took a seat, hiding his face quickly.Irene looked at the screen of her phone then checked the surrounding. As she noticed Alvin, she checked the surrounding more carefully this time."Stay away to my man! Stay as far as possible.""Why should I?""He is my fiance, we are about to get married. You can't meddle in.""Did I? You are not yet married and now, you are so possessive of him.""Whatever I am. You will not meet him again, stay away to him.""If you are so scared of losing him then you can play tricks to keep him only to yourself.""Whatever, I just know that you will not mess with other's men. It's not what a good girl does, you know... What I mean, right?"Remembering those warnings coming from Leila, Irene couldn't help but smile cheerfully. After she met Alvin, Leila called her and went of warning her straightly without giving her a chance to say anything bac
"Good morning, Mr. Hudson. Good morning, President."As the door of the elevator opened, Conall was about to walk in but he paused as she appeared before him. Their eyes locked for a moment before she looked away. Getting in the elevator, Owen called out, "Mr. Hudson? Are not you getting in?"As Conall walked in, Irene moved aside. With both of them in the elevator, it felt kind of weird to others. The employees looked at each other but they remained silent.Irene looked straight into the space when Conall skipped a gaze at her once in a while."Sorry, I can't answer you this.""What do you mean?"When Irene asked him if he loved her, Conall never told her that he loved her nor did he say that he didn't love her but his sudden cold behaviour as he didn't make any eye contact with her and also, he walked away from her... Irene didn't ask him anymore questions and left. Since then, they didn't talk again. As the elevator door opened, Owen was about to say something but he had to stop
"Yeah?" Taking a bite on the food when she was observing the surroundings, Alvin couldn't remain silence anymore. A little annoyed, he asked, "Is Mr. Hudson always narcissistic? Does he always behave like this with you?"Irene smiled upon hearing him, taking a sip in the water leisurely. She didn't think he would come to her by himself and even go as far as showing off to people that she was taken. "Well, he is not narcissistic always. And sometimes he... No, recently I've noticed... he has been a lot more possessive than before. I'm also surprised here haha."Alvin rolled his eyes and questioned in utter disbelief, "And you never say anything to him? He was just being too much, you never set a boundary?""Well, I tried before but you know... Sometimes you just want the other person to be a little possessive of you. There's no need to set any boundaries." Irene added, comfortably having her lunch. She didn't care what Alvin would feel or what exactly he was trying to say.All roaming
"Granny." As soon as Irene saw Zoe, she ran to her. Irene was working in the garden and she had no idea that Zoe was coming, it all came as a pure surprise."Aww, my child. How have you been?""I've been good. How are you? I feel like I haven't seen you for almost a decade, Granny."When they were hugging each other, Conall watched them from the distance. While meeting with the kids and managing to keep his relationship strong with Irene he was getting tired as days passed by but he somehow kept going on. Zoe spared a gaze at her grandson then near Irene's ears, she asked, "Is Conall bullying you anyhow?"Irene smiled and nodded her head in denial, "No, he is not.""Hmm, are you sure? Since I'm here you can tell me the truth, I will punish him accordingly.""No, granny. He is not bullying me at all. He treats me nice and also takes care of me."For the first time since she met her, Zoe heard her praising Conall and looking at her eyes she could tell that Irene was not lying either. B
After walking for a while, Irene looked behind. No, no car was coming to pick her up. Conall didn't even chase after her? What kind of person he was? On other note, the road was getting deserted as night was getting deeper, not even a mosquito could be seen to be passing by.'Did I think so wrong about him? If he doesn't even love me, why was he behaving so sweet and possessive then? All his behaviour made me feel like he cared for me and he loved me...'Thinking of those things he did for her for the past few days, when Irene was still walking unexpectedly a car full of boys passed by her side on the road. Irene ignored them and continued to walk, without putting thoughts into it that what would she do if they were to harass her.The car slowed down to catch her pace, then one of the boys took his sunglasses off and stared at her teasingly. "Where are you going? Baby. Are you going that way? We are going as well, come... We will give you a lift."Still ignoring them, Irene walked fas
"Would you like a cup of hot coffee?" "Yes, please."When Irene was in the kitchen, Conall kept staring at her from the distance but there was no subtle expression on his face. With all his attention he watched her move around while humming a song."It's proven that you are their biological father." Those words from earlier kept beating in his ears again and again no matter how many times he tried to get it out of his mind. Conall was informed that the triplets mother's name was still unknown and he could relax a little bit but the news that he was indeed the father of them made him sad.Irene turned towards him and looked at him, a little astonished. "Is anything wrong?"To her questions, he didn't answer at all but he was still a little lost. After Conall got the information, he couldn't keep holding her hand. Something in his chest stopped him from doing so, he felt guilty even though he didn't do anything wrong."Conall?""Yeah?""Are you okay? You seem lost.""I'm alright."Whe
"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