She leaves me while she goes to get her computer. I scroll my hand, and the central home screen appears, showing Christian with a beautiful girl, hugging and happy. I look at them until Marta arrives and I show them to her.
"See? He has someone, and you were dreaming something else.""Ha, ha, ha..., seriously you haven't researched your husband on the internet? That's his younger sister, Christie.""Did you?" I ask incredulously."Of course I did, last night I spent a long time reading about him. There's not much, but I didn't find any women, well, there was one a long time ago before the accident, but after that nobody knows anything, he's been single until now that the rumors started that he's married. Thank goodness they didn't take any pictures of you, or our house would be flooded with yellow journalists.""Seriously, he didn't have anyone?""They say he was with a girl, but that he left her when he woke up from the coma because he didn't rememberI ask him and go in search of Christian. He comes with me, greets the man, then takes the suitcase and carries everything inside. I follow him and ask him."Is that what you really want for your life?"I follow Christian, who carries the enormous suitcase to the room my grandfather has assigned him, right next to mine. I enter behind him and ask:"Is that really what you want for your life?"He finishes placing the suitcase on his bed and turns slowly to face me. He approaches very slowly until he is only half a metre away."Yes, I want this," he replies firmly. "I don't want to be alone anymore in a world I don't know, where the only memory I have is the cake your grandmother used to make me. Is it wrong to want to be here, in the only place where something exists that reminds me of Bella?"I don't know what to say. I don't know why I came and asked him this stupid question, when I was the one who asked for his help. I'm about to turn and leave, but he
"Of course she won't tell you that, just as she doesn't accept that she's depressed because she doesn't see your father," he continues to explain, and he might be right, Grandma is very closed off. "What I'm trying to say, Bella, is that we're going to do this the best we can so that everyone is happy. Your grandmother sees your father, our children continue to be happy because they think I'm their father, no one will criticize you, and I... well, I...""We're here, sir!" the driver interrupts us. "It seems the flight from France has arrived, look over there." He tells us, pointing to some French people who pass us by.We get out quickly, Christian takes me by the hand and I let him, we run through the people who are coming out until we see her standing with her suitcases in the middle of the airport, looking around a little scared."Eugenia!" I call her when I see her, she sees me and waves."Well, Bella, I thought I had been forgotten," she says, giving me a bi
On the other hand, if the rumours are true, his choice isn't bad. Heiress Isabella Sardino isn't a terrible match. Surely, she doesn't need his money. So, why would she agree to marry Christian? And those children? Are they Christian's or Luis Ibáñez'? Mr. Thompson wonders when the office door swings open, revealing Mrs. Thompson, her face contorted with fury.“Did you see the outrageous thing your son has done?! I told you we shouldn't have indulged him, letting him do whatever he pleased in his condition! Now this woman has ensnared him, tricked him into marrying her!” She frantically says.“Darling, sit down and calm yourself. We shouldn't have pressured him with Adele, I told you. He couldn't stand her, I saw it in his eyes the day we argued. That's why he left. We've treated our son terribly.” He answers softly, trying to calm her down.“What do you mean?Mr. Thompson sighs, the weight of their mistakes settling on
Christie as always, defends her brother in front of them with real zeal and turning to her father, she continues:“And just so you know, Dad, I just solved the contract mess, I'm leaving this afternoon to help my brother with a problem he has at his publishing house and he says you know what it is, so don't assign me any more work, because I won't be here. Goodbye, I'm going to pack my suitcase!"And with that, she leaves, slamming the door behind her, making him jump in his chair. The mother looks again at the photos of her son, especially the ones where he is smiling happily, and looks up to find that her husband is doing the same."Well, I don't care what you say! My daughter-in-law is Adele and I will continue to fight for them to work things out! Because before he lost his memory, he was happy with his girlfriend, he had bought the ring and everything to get engaged. I don't want him to accuse us tomorrow, when he regains his memory, that we didn't fight ha
He shakes his head smiling and answers: "No, I've never been married before, and I don't remember when I had a girlfriend. It's like we're both first-timers, so we'll have to learn together, ha, ha, ha..." he laughs nervously. "Although you were married, you must know.""That doesn't count," I replied. "I never lived a married life with Luis. I'm at zero, just like you. Okay, I've seen my grandparents since I was a child, we'll imitate them. You have to hug me all the time, and help me with everything, both be kind. That's what we'll do, it won't be so difficult. We'll spend almost all our time at the office, and weekends at your house, what do you think?"He watches as I take my panties out of some drawers and start putting his underpants away. I blush and quickly put them in the other drawer. Christian turns and clears his throat. Then he takes a pair of shorts and a pullover and goes into the bathroom. When he comes out, I'm already lying down and complete
He grabs his jacket, takes my hand and we run out, while he calls the driver to have the car ready. We get in and speed off to the house. As we enter, my children run towards us, frightened."Dad..., Dad..., that witch wants to take us away!" Lucas says, terrified.Christian picks them both up and turns to greet us. My mother approaches me and gives me a hard slap."You're a slut...!" she screams, and tries to hit me again, but I grab her hand and throw it away."What do you think you're doing?!" I ask her, trying to control myself, seeing the fear in my children's eyes."What's going on here?"My grandfather asks, very annoyed, entering with Grandma, Eugenia and my father, who also arrives at that moment and opens his eyes wide in fear when he sees my grandmother's gaunt face, holding her stomach and very pale, as if she were going to faint, while my grandfather and Eugenia hold her up."How could you hide from us that you had two bastards?" My mother continues to shout, not caring t
My mother's eyes widen alarmingly as she opens and closes her mouth several times, unable to produce a sound. She looks at me repeatedly, unable to believe it. Christian smiles, seating me beside him and taking my hand. He waits for my mother to form a good impression of us before he continues speaking. He even waits for her to sit down in front of us, looking in the direction where dad went with grandma.She certainly didn't expect that reaction from dad. Well, none of us did, especially not him taking his mother's side so clearly. And even less so that he would be married to the person I am. Christian's voice makes me look at him again."Do you know why I'm still here sitting, talking to the person who has insulted my beloved wife and children in the worst possible way?" he asks.My mother turns pale, resembling a sheet of paper, as she nervously wrings her purse in her hands. Christian continues to stare at her intently, with a chilling smile, and speaks extremely slowly, measuring
I give him a kiss on the cheek and go to my room to tell Christian how much I appreciate what he did. Upon entering, I can't believe what my eyes see. He's asleep in the centre of the bed, with my children in each of his arms, sleeping turned and hugging him."What a lovely picture," whispers Marta in my ear, making me jump with fright."Marta, you scared me! Come on, let's put the children to bed."We each take a child and carry them to their beds. I call to Christian, who opens his eyes and looks around."You can change your clothes now, Christian.""Where are the children?" he asks, looking around. "I promised to be by their side when they wake up. They were very frightened.""Alright, follow me. We laid them down together; let's take them and lay them with us. Is that okay? Will they not bother you? I assure you they move a lot; they won't let you sleep. By the way, thank you.""You don't have to thank me; they are my children, Bella, and you are my wife. I will defend them agains
I watch him leave and I'm left feeling scared. I keep looking at the news in the newspapers and what they're saying about me is horrible, surely Dad will come when he sees this. What was I thinking? And my father-in-law? Will he be upset because I involved him in this plan? I just asked him to accompany me, I knew he would find them, he had them checked. He must know where Christian is, he has something to locate both of them."I won't stay here waiting for the police to come, I'll go to their room, I have to put on a good show, because if they implicate me in Christian's kidnapping, I'm finished. That must be Dad. I take my phone, and yes, it's him. He must have found out everything by now. What the hell was I thinking when I did that?! I take a deep breath and answer."Hello.""Can you tell me what on earth was going through your head to commit such a stupid act?!""Dad, let me explain, I didn't do anything, I just accompanied my father-in-law. The rest happened on its own.""Do you
As she speaks, she takes out everything she has. They reach the room where Christian is still asleep, having a very restless sleep. Doctor David immediately begins examining him; he has dealt with many cases like this in the association he works for. Santiago informs him of the type of drug Christian was given. At that Munent, Doctor Alfonso also arrives with the results of all the tests he conducted."We need to start him on a drip right away; we also have to give him all his medications. I managed to find out some but not all," Doctor Alfonso says."I have them here, doctor," Christie shows them again. "These are all the medications my brother takes, along with the dosages and how he takes them.""That's very helpful; pass me the information. I think you should all leave now and let the doctors take care of him."Everyone rushes out of the room, leaving the doctors engrossed in attending to Christian. Isabella is very scared, along with her sister. Marta starts making tea in the kit
At this moment, they are interrupted by Grandma Tania, who asks them to come for tea. Grandpa follows them immediately, inviting them to the living room. The children's laughter makes them turn their heads to see them running towards them. They arrive and throw themselves into their arms, kissing them happily."Grandpa, you came to see me!" exclaims Lucia excitedly."Yes, my girl, I came to see both of you. We came because your grandma also came to see you.""Does Grandma love us too?" asks Lucas."I have always loved you," replies Grandma as she leans in to kiss him. "You look just like your dad when he was your age.""Really, Grandma? Do I look like my dad?" asks Lucas excitedly."And me, Grandma, who do I look like?" Lucy asks in turn."You look a lot like your aunt, you even have dimples on your cheeks," Mrs. Thompson replies excitedly."Really, Grandma? Why are you crying?" Lucy asks."I'm not crying, I'm just excited and happy to see you.""Mun and Dad aren't here," says Lucas.
"Dad, I have to tell you something now that you said that.""What thing?" he asks as we walk towards the room where Chris sleeps."Yesterday afternoon, when we went to the market to buy clothes to go to the club, we ran into his parents, and my father-in-law..., my father-in-law...""What about your father-in-law, Bella? What did that heartless man do to you?"Upon hearing him shout furiously and seeing the terrible expression of hatred on his face, I become frightened and no longer think it's a good idea to tell him. However, I've already started and can't stop now. I will continue to trust my father as I did my secret friend. I won't hide anything from him; he seems to know Mr. Thompson very well."He was looking at me in a strange way, I thought he was comparing me to Adele, but... but... you know I don't have much experience with men, dad. But I think he was looking at me as a woman; I even saw him licking his lips while looking at my breasts.""Heartless womaniser! He hasn't chan
I don't know what to think or say right now. I told him so many things, shared my fears, talked about him, about Mum. Now I understand why my secret friend knew how I thought and understood perfectly without much explanation of what I told him, and gave me such good advice. I run towards him and hug him again, happy that he shows me in that way how much he loves me."Are you not upset?""No, I'm not.""Can I now be your best friend instead of your secret friend?""Yes, yes, Dad, I would really like that!" "Then answer me honestly all those questions I asked you." I pause, right now I want to tell him the whole truth, but I'm ashamed of what I did, going to the club, not knowing who the father of my children is, and above all, that Christian is not. I promised not to tell anyone, but Dad is no one; he's my dad! I slump into a chair not knowing what to do or say. It's not just my secret; I need to discuss it with Christian and even with Grandpa. For now, I'll tell him only what I can
Standing before my father, who observes me in silence, I patiently wait for him to speak. What does it mean that Christian is here in his house, and what did the doctor mean by that? He gestures for me to follow him into the study, and I do so quietly. He sits at his desk and switches on the computer."I want you to see this, Bella. Before I tell you anything, and for you to understand why your husband did what he did."I approach slowly, feeling like I'm about to witness something unpleasant, but I need to know. As I arrive, I see a video of a young man stumbling around a house, his gaze vacant as if he doesn't recognise anyone. I focus and realise it's not our house; it's another one. When the man turns, I see that it's my father when he was young. There's another person being taken away whom I can't recognise because their face is blurred."What does this mean, Dad?""That drug they gave your husband yesterday. That day, my girlfriend was supposed to meet me and disappeared; I neve
I catch Christian's face and kiss him, making him forget about them. I keep doing it for the rest of the night, even when we get into the limousine, I don't let go of him. We are all a bit drunk. But Christian instructs the driver to stop."Christie, take this key and go with David and Marta to the hotel where my company's party will be held.""Why my brother?" she protests. "I'm very tired! Whatever it is can wait until tomorrow.""I want to check something. Please, Chris, do as I ask," he turns when he sees she is really drunk. "Take care of them, David. Let's go, Bella."We get out of the limousine, which drives away, leaving us in the complete darkness of the street. Another car approaches, and we get in; it's one of the security guards' cars."Where to, boss?" the driver asks. I am also a bit drunk, so I just follow my husband without knowing what he wants to do."Take us to the estate," he orders very seriously, and I still don't understand. "I di
I jump to my feet and we head to the dance floor. He wraps me in his arms and we dance non-stop for over an hour, laughing and completely happy with my husband, who also seems to be enjoying himself. We return to our table to rest for a bit. The girls are lost, but we're not worried, they're well taken care of. I see Christian furrow his brow and follow his gaze, and I can't believe it. Adele is a little further away, with a woman I can't quite identify, but she seems familiar!"Bella, by any chance are you wearing something my parents gave you?" Christian asks suspiciously as he inspects me."No, my love, why do you ask? You know I don't like jewellery, I only have these earrings that are gifts from my mum and the ring you gave me, nothing else.""I'm starting to suspect that one of us has a follower who tells them where we are," he says as he takes another sip of his drink, still looking towards where she is. "You're ruled out, I don't have anyth
I go to Marta's room, who is clad in very tight black trousers that accentuate her beautiful body. Her hair is tousled and adorned with garments, reminding me of the wild girl I met in France."Marta! I almost didn't recognise you!" I exclaim, truly astonished to see her."Why haven't you dressed yet?" she asks, ignoring my exclamation as if it were nothing."I came to see what you were going to wear to match. I've never been to a nightclub, you know," I explain, unable to stop looking at her; she is truly beautiful. "Marta, you've really surprised me. You're very beautiful and you were hiding it.""Stop exaggerating, I just fixed up a bit. What do you mean you don't know what to wear? Bella, we bought you the clothes you should wear, put them on.""Don't you think it's too tight?""No!"At that moment, both she and Christie, who appears dressed almost the same as Marta but in gold trousers, say simultaneously. Mine are dark blu