(Sky’s POV)Angela was lying on the couch across from where I was sitting. Since there was another entrance to Anya and Dylan’s office, she found it okay to enter their office not wearing proper clothes appropriately. She was wearing denim shorts and a pink V-neck cotton shirt, her head on the throw pillow, looking relaxed as she read the magazine.My eyes couldn’t take away from her face down to the perfect curve of her mounds. When she raised her hand to flip the page, my eyes flickered to her belly. Flat belly. I sighed, glancing at my smartphone when she looked my way, smiling wickedly as her mouth was busy sipping straw from a chocolate tetra pack she found in Anya’s office. She crossed her legs, and I almost groaned, wishing those legs would wrap my hips again as she arched her hips to me.I breathed out, focusing on Elenita’s message, asking me what time we were coming because Dad kept asking her. I raised my head when Dylan entered the office, causing me to narrow my eyes when
(Sky’s POV)“Daddy!”Three girls chimed in, already dressed in their pajamas; they ran to me as they saw me enter the family room. After Angela went to Dad’s bedroom to read him his favorite book, I had to go to the study room for an urgent meeting online.Elenita, although she asked Nina, who used to be Olivia’s nanny before, to bathe the kids, she was still there to check on them. She was in her usual seat, answering crossword puzzles while waiting for Olivia. She glanced at us, then returned to her own world of puzzles. It was much better than seeing her read horoscopes again.“Ready to do your homework?” I asked, flickering my eyes on Olivia, sitting on the floor as she does her homework in Math, and Finn relaxing on the couch. “Is the world going to end?” I smirked at Finn, finding him here in the Family room, not doing anything like watching the TV or playing video games. I had to get their worksheets from the bedroom and bring them to the kids.I sat on the egg chair while the
(Anj’s POV)I couldn’t sleep.I didn’t know what got into my big brain, or maybe it was my ego, that I wanted to annoy Sky. I got up from the bed, and the man I wanted to kill with irritation was not in the bedroom. He must have retreated somewhere to avoid me.My kids were still sleeping, but they were early risers like me, so I was sure they would wake up any minute. I climbed down from the bed and walked to the closet room to change before my children saw me in this funny but truly sexy night dress.I chose a pair of shirts and shorts, but before putting them on, I looked at my reflection in his large mirror.“Hold in there, buddy,” I whispered, groping on my flat belly. “No one’s running away this time. We need the daddy this time to help us.” I heaved a sigh and put on my clothes.As expected, my three girls were awake when I left the closet room.“Good morning! How’s your sleep?” I asked, sitting on the edge of the bed, as they all came to me and embraced me.“Mommy,” Leyanne st
(Anj’s POV)“I’m not accepting it. It’s final.”I walked around the fountain, glancing at my kids eating breakfast with their father and uncle, while I nervously paced with Nitro following me, thinking we were playing Trip to Jerusalem.“I understand,” Anya said, then she hissed. “It’s negative,” she yelled, causing me to move farther from my phone.“You don’t have to yell,” I laughed at her.“He’s annoying me, wanting to see the kit,” she said. “Wait, let’s do a video call. I want to see the cute monkeys.” She ended the call, and a few seconds later, she did a video call. “Woah! You’re in paradise, Angela!” She exclaimed, seeing the roses behind me.“More like a gateway to hell, Anya,” I smirked and turned my camera to my children. I had to zoom the camera so she would see them.“Ooohhh,” she moaned. “Having breakfast with the yummy Daddy and handsome Uncle Finn,” she laughed. “Where’s the grandpa?”“In his bedroom,” I answered.“Return the camera to you, Anj. The annoying man here w
(Anj’s POV)“Can I borrow it?” Olivia asked me.For sure, she could see my hands trembling as I took the accessory from my hair. When I handed it to her, Olivia took the time to check if it was genuine or not, and then she nodded as if she was talking to herself.“Take a look at this, Angela.” My head moved closer to her. “These are real turquoise stones, the blue ones are sapphire, and the ones at its feathers’ end are real diamonds. I’m sure this is the missing clip because of this etch.”My breathing and heartbeat stopped altogether when I read the small and fainted Mars word, which I never noticed. No one ever noticed it.“The Mars had this for many generations, passed to the eldest daughters, but in my father’s case, he has no sister, so my grandmother gave this box to my Mom before grandma passed away.” She gave it back to me. “Freya is supposed to have them, but we lost her, so -”I stepped back, retreated, and ran away from her. I heard Olivia calling my name, but I was too sh
(Anj’s POV)“How did -” Sky stopped. “What?” His eyes widened. “No!”It was like he hit the stop button that I had stopped crying. What did he just say? “God, no, Angela! Good heavens, we’re not related.” He hissed as if I had said something terrible. “What made you think you’re my sister?”“Because…” I cried again, clutching his dress suit, not minding I was wrinkling it already. Now that I knew he wasn’t my brother made me want to bury my face in his chest.He moved closer to me and wrapped his arms around me, heaving a sigh many times. “I should have talked to you about it, but I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to answer all your questions.”“Finn and I…” My voice trailed off, not knowing how to say it. “Freya.”He moved slightly away from me and cupped my face, his fingers wiping my tears. “This is Dad’s fault.” He shook his head. “It’s a long story, but for the sake of our peace of mind here, Freya died in an accident when they were fourteen,” he said sadly. “Dad… he just couldn
(Sky’s POV)Lalaine has been calling my cellphone, and I have ignored her call while talking to Angela. At this moment, Angela's welfare is more important to me than Lalaine's concerns.When Angela fainted in my arms, my heart stopped beating, yelling Finn’s name for help to ready the car, forgetting my kids were there and we had a nurse at home. If she had not recovered, I would have probably gone crazy. I am not losing another woman in my arms, not after Freya. My sister died in my arms, and I could not do anything to save my poor sister.“Sky, it’s Lalaine,” Frank informed me, transferring the call to me. I picked up the telephone, answering her call.“Lalaine,” I breathed out, hoping not to talk to her right now, but I had to answer her at some point because of this Absolute Glam position issue.“Finally!” She irked as I uttered her name. “Why aren’t you in the office? Just a little more of this rolling of eyes of your secretary, I’d strangle her,” she snarled.“Lalaine, can we ju
(Anj’s POV)“Your cousin never fails to amaze me, Anj,” Dylan shook his head as we watched her taking pictures with my kids in the garden.When Anya and Dylan arrived, she asked me immediately if she could have pictures in the garden. Not wanting to disappoint her, I gave in to her request, and now my kids looked like little tour guides with their cute guard puppy, Nitro, following her around in the garden.I turned my head to Nina when she came with snacks and coffee for Dylan.“Angela, if you need anything else, I’ll be in the kitchen,” she smiled, but I caught her flickering her eyes at my handsome guest.“Sure. Thanks for the snacks, Nina,” I said, but I could not help myself from checking the pastries for the girls, making sure no peanuts in them.“No peanuts,” Nina grinned. “Elenita served the same pastry to the young Mr. Mars.”“Thank you,” I said thoughtfully, remembering that Elenita always prepares the meals, and in this house, she was the queen in the kitchen.When Nina lef