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It was easy to find the person Blair had hired to find out what I had been up to for the five years I disappeared. I had to admit that I was impressed with the move. She had hired the best private investigator. It was no surprise he was able to dig as far as he did but his findings would end there. We had no choice but to contact Grandma that someone was poking around and she promised to take care of him.She promised me that she wouldn't do anything to hurt him and I trusted her because Grandma was a woman of her word. “Found anything yet?” I asked Shiro, leaning over his shoulders to peer at the laptop screen. Shiro, Ria and I were huddled together in my office, collecting evidence to teach Blair and Valentina a lesson.I made a promise to them and I intend to fulfil it. I wanted Blair to know that I wouldn't sit still if she tried to pull any moves. This was my game now. I was the only one allowed to make any move. They just had to stand still and bear the wrath of my anger.S
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When Nova left the house, she didn't say a word to me. She had tried to say something but the words just won't come out. I didn't think she would be that surprised by what I'd confessed but I was wrong. She was extra shocked and it made me wonder how Davian would react to it.I had to tell him about the court hearing tomorrow because his presence was compulsory if I wanted to leave there with my account details with me.I felt bad that I had kept it till the very last minute and wondered if he would be able to clear out his schedule for tomorrow for me. I followed the address on the GPS map and ended up in Davian’s office building. It wasn't far from the house as well. When I arrived, I removed the lunchbox from the car and eyed it with uncertainty. “Is this a bad idea?” I muttered to myself warily. I've never made lunch or even cooked for him before so I didn't know whether he would appreciate it or not. I sighed and dropped my hand that was holding the fancy but masculine brand
Last Updated : 2024-02-23REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS 37.
My phone rang for the hundredth time and I didn’t bother to look at who was calling before I pressed my thumb against the side button to silence the shrill tone that was now causing a headache.On a second note, I decided to switch off the phone since I knew she would call again. I didn't need this now. “Who’s been calling you?” Davian asked from beside me.We were on our way to the courthouse for the hearing. My gaze went to his hand gripping my lap to keep it still since it wouldn't stop bouncing on its own. He hadn't asked any questions, just placed his hand there to stop the movement that was making my legs ache but I couldn't stop.“Valentina” My face tightened and my eyes narrowed as I thought about how many times she had called me already. “The journalist?” He asked, head tipping to the side in surprise. “Yes,” I confirmed with a huff. “I promised her a treat and I delivered. Now she won't stop calling me”Davian raised his brows “What kind of treat did you give her?” "I m
Last Updated : 2024-02-26REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS 38
I tipped my head to the ceiling to stop the tears from dropping as I wound my arms tightly around my baby. My survivor. His head was pressed into my legs and my hands were buried in his mass of curly dark hair. It had been so difficult being away from him.“You didn't come back, Mommy. You promised you wouldn't be gone for long” Ronan mumbled against my dress, still not looking up.My eyes glazed over on its own accord but I caught the tear before it could drop. I pulled him back and bent down so I was at the same eye level with my son. I cupped his small face with my hands and stared into familiar icy blue eyes that were almost grey like his father. “I’m sorry, little Ro.” I apologized, placing a dozen kisses all over his face “Mommy is sorry for leaving you alone and I won't do it again.” I said bitterly because they weren't true. I would have to send him back immediately so they don't hurt him to get to me.“Promise?” Small eyes twinkled with hope, punching me in the gut but I
Last Updated : 2024-02-27REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS 39.
DAVIAN’S POVI leaned against the car, my mind numb and thoughts racing as I thought about what just happened.I had a kid. A son. There was no wishing it wasn't true or even denying it because he was practically me, reborn. He had my eyes, my nose, my curly long hair I had as a kid and that Icy Blue eyes I shared with Mom. My fingers ran through my hair, trying to gather my thoughts before Malian came out. Was I even pissed? I know I was surprised and still grasping the situation but underneath the stunned feelings, I was angry with her.She had my child and kept it from me even after we got married. Her behaviour these past few days was starting to make sense. The hushed whispers between her and her brother. The sweating on our way to the courthouse.I tried to come up with a reason why she wouldn't tell me after the marriage that we had a child but nothing. I couldn't believe she kept something that important from me.Was I ready for a son? No. But hell if I'll let her take my
Last Updated : 2024-02-29REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS 40.
DAVIAN’S POVWe didn't speak to each other the entire car ride. My hands shook at my side and I had to clench them into fists to control my emotions.My son had rejected me. It shouldn't be a surprise since we barely knew each other but it didn't stop the hurt the rejection blew in my face. Little Blue eyes that looked like grey as we were inside the car watched me from his mother's neck. He was curious but was too timid to ask again after he was startled by my conversation.I didn't want to startle him anymore so I kept whatever I had to say till we were in the comfort of our home.The moment we entered the house, I turned to her “Give Ronan to your brother. I don't want him to listen to what we have to say”She gave Ronan to Shiro and the little boy began to struggle against his uncle’s arms when Maliah started to walk away from him.“I'm not going anywhere, Little Ro. We are just going to talk. I promise you won't go back to Japan, okay?” She whispered and placed a kiss on his for
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DAVIAN’S POVI left Maliah to help Ronan settle down first before I attempted to meet him again. She said I should give her some time to explain to him who I was so that the next conversation I have with him won't be awkward for the both of us and I agreed.My life had changed in a matter of seconds and I now had to consider that I had a kid who may get caught in any crossfire if I made the wrong decision.I leaned back in my office chair and cast my gaze towards the ceiling. I had to plan my next move because I needed to find evidence that Blair and Sabrina were directly involved with the death of our child.My mind ran through my numerous options. Should I involve Riccardo and do this the illegal and quicker way or go through the legal and slower method?Before I did anything, I had to inform my parents of the new development so I picked up my phone and dialled my Mom’s number.“Davian, sweetheart. Is everything fine?” She went straight to her normal worried questions as soon as she
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Davin’s hand was stiff in mine as I led him to the room Ronan would be using. My little survivor had settled down and I told him I wanted to introduce him to someone.I had yet to explain who Davian was to Ronan because I wanted him to be there when I did it. Ronan had become less suspicious now he had a room.He had held on to me at first and wouldn't let me go when I tried to leave the room. I tried to make him understand that I was bringing Davian but my baby had thought I was leaving again.It broke my heart knowing how my actions over the past years had caused Little Ro to develop trust issues. He was too young to do that and I never wanted to give him any reason to ever doubt me again.I was going to try to never break the promises I made to my little survivor.I had given him my phone and he knew I never went anywhere without it. That was the only way he allowed me out of his sight.I turned back to look at Davian and his composure was tensed. I had never seen him question or d
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REVENGE and TEMPTATIONS Epilogue
Three Years Later:I checked my appearance for the nth time. I was nervous, but I was also excited because today was my baby's first recital.I can’t believe three years have passed since everything happened. My life has been so happy. I can’t ever remember it’s signing my life when I felt this much peace for such a long time.I had nothing to worry about; I was surrounded by people who loved me and supported me. It was insane that I had a life that was so perfect.My phone began ringing, and he picked it up from the table in front of me."Obaasan,” I cried out happily as soon as he answered the call. “I was just going to call you.” I said it with a smile in my voice.“I’m sure you were,” she teased. Ever since I promised to call her one day and I forgot to do so, she never believed me. I told her I wanted to call her.“I promise. I was going to call you because I wanted to talk to you before we left the house,” I said with a pout.“You haven’t left yet?” She questioned me with an acc
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“I’ll wait for you by the car." Divine pressed the kiss to my forehead and walked back to the car while I made my way into the cemetery.I haven’t been here since dad was buried, and it was weird, to say the least. I missed him a lot, and I was sorry that I had never visited since the six years he had been here.Maybe I was ashamed because of the hate I felt towards him in the four years that followed his death.It didn’t take long for me to reach this spot where he was buried. Words could not describe the emotions that were flowing through me as I placed the flower on the grave.“Hi dad,” I whispered, and I took a seat on the grass beside his grave. Thankfully, Shiro had paid someone to always make sure that the grave was always clean and well taken care of, so there were no overgrown grasses or thorns on the bed.“I’m sorry I haven’t visited in a very long time. I was very angry because of the misunderstanding caused by Sabrina. I’m sure you must have been lonely.” I’m also cute, wh
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I groaned as my eyes opened groggily. The first thing I noticed was that I was no longer in the hospital room.I lurched forward in shock, but my body was dragged back with a force that caused me to look down. I was tied to a chair, and the movement has caused pain to travel up my healing hand.Blood trickled down the bandaged hand, meaning I must have hurt it while trying to move. I winced as the pain from the hand increased.“Can I get a fucking break? I was just shot and now kidnapped.” I cursed and looked to the ceiling, but there was nothing to look at.The roof was falling, and I doubt it would hold if a storm were to happen.“And an abandoned warehouse too,” I scoffed when I took in my surroundings. Judging from the look of this place, I’m sure no one has been here in years.“Aren’t you going to come out, Sabrina?” I called when no one would step forward or speak to me.I wasn’t stupid. I could feel eyes on me, so I knew she and whoever helped her bring me here were in the shad
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I could hear the loud beeping, but my eyes wouldn’t open, so I couldn't see where I was. One thing was certain, though. I wasn’t in bed with Davian, as the bed was too hard and the sheets over me weren’t familiar.“Maliah?” I heard Davian whisper. It sounded like he was so close yet so far, and I tried to pry my eyes open, but it wouldn’t budge.“Are you awake? Can you hear me?” He asked again, but this time his voice was more desperate.I was also desperate to open my eyes so I could see the family grey eyes I fell in love with, but my body seemed to have forgotten how to function.“Can you twitch your hands for me, love, if you can hear me? Please, baby,” he pleaded, and I tried my best to move any part of my body.I hated that tone on him. I didn’t like how desperate and almost close to tears he was. My brain wasn’t functioning well, and I was having a hard time figuring out why I was here, unable to open my eyes or move, or even what had happened earlier.“She moved her fingers,”
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The pain never came as I closed my eyes and waited for it. What came instead was Blair’s cry of pain, and I heard the gun clatter to the ground.I opened my eyes, and a strangled gasp escaped me when I saw the familiar custom-made tanto embedded in her hand, which had been holding the gun earlier.Blair’s other hand held the hand that was now bleeding profusely as she cried out in pain.My eyes snapped to the door to find my Oniichan standing there with a glare in his eyes and the sheath of his tanto in his hands.“What the fuck?” Blair screamed in pain.Shiro walked over to me and began to search for any signs of injuries.“I’m fine, Oniichan. Nothing happened. You came on time,” I muttered shakily.We looked behind me to see the spot where the bullet had been embedded.“We need to get that out of her hand before she loses too much blood and call the police too,” I told him.I winced as I looked at Blair again. The floor now had her blood as she cried.“What? Are you crazy?” Shiro hi
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I stilled at the question, and a cold crept up my spine. My head snapped to the back, and I gasped in fear to see Blair at my back. How did she get in?I said nothing to her at first. I wasn’t going to confront her in front of my babies, so I turned back to them with the most genuine smile I could muster.“Mummy, who is she? Is she a bad person?” Keita asked, his brows in a frown as he kept watching her from the end of the screen.“Keita, why don’t you keep your siblings company? I have to attend to my guest, and I’ll call you back as soon as I finish here, okay? Maybe Dad will be back by then, and you can talk to him too. Is that a good deal?” I proposed, knowing they might protest a bit.“Okay?” He answered with uncertainty, still not taking his eyes off Blair. “Will you be fine, Mom?” He asked again, and I nodded.“Of course, I’ll be fine. I know her,” I said, but they looked like they didn’t believe me. Just like the twins, though, Little Ro had a curious expression on his face as
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The impact of the news release was crazy. The effect was bigger than we expected, and the fans were angry. I was actually scared of the uproar the revelation of who Blair really was caused, and I was somehow worried when I saw articles of people demanding her head.“The comments are crazy, Maliah. This is bigger than we expected.” Ria said it with surprise as she scrolled through the comment section.“I know, right? It’s almost as if a saint got disgraced. I didn’t know she had this big of a fan base, and now they’ve turned on her,” I said with worry, and I glanced at the tab in my hand as well.I was also going through the comment sections, and while I was satisfied with the result, it was still alarming at how quickly people turned against others.“Apart from the comments tearing her apart, what do we have? Remember, she shouldn’t be able to recover from this.” I reminded Ria and logged out of the tab before I started gaining sympathy for Blair because of the violent threats her for
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A wide grin appeared on my face when I saw Davian climb down from the private jet. He had insisted that he would meet me at home, but I was too eager to see him. I missed him like crazy."I told you not to come," he said with a roll of his eyes as he handed the bag he was holding to the nearest bodyguard, but he had a pleased grin on his face."I missed you," I muttered before I flung myself into his waiting arms. "It felt like you were gone forever," I mumbled into his neck.Davian laughed, but his hands tightened around my waist, and he pulled me closer. I felt his lips leave kisses on my hair and the side of my head."I missed you more, kitten. Maybe we should go together next time?" He offered, and I nodded eagerly.I leaned back to kiss him just as eagerly as I felt, and he groaned against my mouth and deepened the kiss."At least wait until you are home," Kurt mused. I had almost forgotten that he had gone with Davian.Harvey and Isa chose to stay home and wait for Kurt since I
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“I still can't believe that Nova was the cause of everything. You can never fully trust anyone,” Harvey said with a shake of her head and disdain in her lips.“I'll be proving her right if I say that after everything you've done for her, but she was cruel and ungrateful to do that. She had a gem of a friend in you,” Isa added."Honestly,” I said with a sigh, “I just want to forget she existed. It's going to be hard, but I don't want to think about or talk about her. I'm just happy that we discovered everything before she did more damage.” Davian and Kurt left for Vegas for a business expo, so I decided to stay with Isa and Harvey for the two days they would be gone since I didn't want to be home alone. “You've been through a lot, child. Whatever it is that's going on, I hope you don't get hurt and keep yourself safe at all times." Isa reached out to grasp my hands and gave them a little squeeze."Thank you, Isa. I promise I won't let harm come to Ronan again because of what I'm doi
