(Anj’s POV)My hand flew to my mouth.“Eve came to me that night, crying and asking for help. I was so heartbroken and angry. My poor Eve… my beloved Eve. My friend. I encouraged her to sue Leonard, and I’d do everything in my power to help her, but your mother said no one would believe her. She said, ‘Who would believe a daughter of a servant?’”Feeling like fainting, I leaned to Sky’s shoulder. My body went cold, my heart stopped beating, and my eyes welled with tears, rolling down my cheeks without warning. I heard someone sobbing, only to realize the sound was coming from me.“Dad, enough,” Sky said as he wrapped his arms around me. “Enough…”I didn’t think he was pretending to be mad at his father because I could feel his muscles trembling, and like me, he was heartbroken, hearing the story for the first time.His dad has no plan of stopping. He wiped his tears and continued. “Eve got pregnant.”When I heard it, my eyes gaped at him, not believing I was a product of a sexual assa
(Sky’s POV)“Dad!” I uttered in anger, narrowing my eyes at them when Angela threw the DNA test result on the bed and sobbed. Although I knew it was not enough to ease her pain, I wrapped my arms around my wife. David stood up, pacing furiously, but I wasn’t sure to whom.“I didn’t know. Your mother kept you from me,” David cried, looking hurt.My mouth gaped open, and I stared at David, not expecting him to be Angela’s father.“If only I had known, I wouldn’t let this happen. Eve knew how much I loved her. She’s the only woman I loved, and she knew I didn’t care where she came from.”He sat down and lowered his head while his hands gripped his hair. “The first time I saw you, I had my suspicions because even with spots on your face, you looked exactly like her,” he gritted his teeth in anger but suppressed the pain. “I didn’t even know what happened to her. She was just gone.”Dad released a bitter laugh. “Ha! I didn’t expect that. The genius David and Eve.”David ignored him and
(Anj’s POV)After kissing me, Selene called her sisters to the steps of the pool, and as if it was something crucial only for them, they started talking in a hushed sound.“Hmm… That’s a first,” I mumbled, wanting to say more, but Sky molded his lips to mine, kissing me with such fire in the early morning. I saw him last night checking on me, but I was glad he gave me time to be with my mother, even if I only had her things with me.“Good morning to the most beautiful woman in the world,” Sky said, planting another searing kiss.“Mmm,” I moaned, breaking our kiss because I could feel eyes gaping at us as if we were in a movie."Really? I just heard that last night that I was the most beautiful woman in the world," Anya teased, nudging Dylan.Sky laughed. "You are, Anya." He kissed me again. "But for me, only my Angela."“Aww! I need a girlfriend,” Finn uttered, looking at Elenita and smiling at her as he waggled his eyebrows.Elenita wrinkled her nose. “I’m too old for you, Finn, and
(Anj’s POV)Olivia and the kids went back to the swimming pool, Steve excused himself to take his medicines in his room, and Finn told us he would feed his pets, inviting Dylan to go with him.Anya and I were the only ones left on the table. She stood up, sitting on the empty chair beside me. When I looked at her, she was in tears.“Why are you crying?” I asked, wiping my tears too. “I’m glad Sky and Dylan weren’t here,” I said as we laughed and cried.“I’m just so happy for you, Anj,” She sniffed, breathing out, hoping it would stop her tears from falling.“Me, too, Anya; I’m so happy for you,” I held her hands. “I’m sorry about yesterday and last night, Anya. I really wished us to talk, but -” I sighed, not knowing where to begin.She nodded. “Sky explained to us you’re not well, and even if we suspected he was lying last night, I wouldn’t dare pester him last night. Sky looked tired and worried about you.”“He was,” I answered and then raised my eyebrows at her. “But tell me the go
(Anj’s POV)Without Sky, my life felt empty.For five days, even if we would do video calls many times a day, I still missed him, and when I woke up at night, I could not believe my heart wanted his warmth beside me. Yesterday, when Frank told me he was at an important meeting and couldn’t talk to us, I could hardly eat, and all I wanted to do was curl in bed and hug his pillow. He was only free to video call us last night.Today, my Mighty Sky is coming home. I smiled as I left our room but stopped in the next bedroom and peeked at the door to check on my daughters.My girls excitedly listened to the interior designer about how she would decorate their bedroom. I would catch her glancing at me nervously as my daughters told her what they wanted to add. She had to please her little clients, who had lots of demands just like their father, or else she had to answer from Steve or Sky.Sky told me I should give them whatever the girls wanted, but I told him I didn’t want to spoil our kids
(Anj’s POV)After giving birth to two babies, the doctor asked me to push again. I remembered glancing at my sun and bright star before nodding to her. She was expecting another girl to come out, but she said it was as if my moon goddess helped me push her brother, but despite that, he still didn’t survive, and Selene almost didn’t make it.When I heard Selene’s first cry, I sobbed, wishing Sky was here. With three babies on top of my chest, I told my children that the sky was almost complete. My heart ached for Cloud, but with three babies, I had to live and wake up. They needed me, and with the thought of me being an orphan, I swore to my children that they would not lose a mother.“Mooommmmyyyyy!” My children wailed, crying as they tried to get into the bedroom. Nina has been stopping them because she thought I needed the time alone.I blinked, and my head turned, following the cry of my girls. My lips curved a sad smile as I opened my arms to them. I saw Nina wiping her tears, ste
(Anj’s POV)“Sky is alive!”It was what I wanted my heart to believe.After Sister Grace left, Aunt Rose came, giving me her warmest hug, and for a while, she cried with me. She sniffed as she moved away from me, her palms on my face as her thumb softly touched my cheeks, wiping the tears.“Have you eaten already?” She asked, and when I shook my head, she forced a chuckle. “I’m not asking you, Angela. I’m asking that little Sky in there,” she took my hand and placed my palm on my belly. “He might be hungry and tired. Or should I say, they might be hungry?”“They?” I released a brief laugh, tears rolling again. “Aunt Rose!”She smirked. “What? You’re a Mars now. You should have known the rumors about them.”“Rumors?” My eyebrows raised at her.Aunt Rose grinned at me. “They were wealthy because someone in the family always produced double. Steve has twin brothers, and you knew he has twins, too, right?” She pursed her lips. “I guess you broke the tradition of producing only two. They s
(Anj’s POV)The large clusters of clouds had been hiding the beautiful and perfect blue sky for two days now. As I leaned my back facing the garden, I noticed that even the flowers were gloomy about the weather, and sadness loomed in the mansion.Elenita shared with me that it has never been this busy in Mars’ residence except when Freya died. In the kitchen, as she claimed her kingdom, the maids seemed to have never stopped cooking. It was only yesterday when Jocelyn came, hysterical with the news about his son was missing and could be dead somewhere. Steve, though looking tired, remained the strong head here at home, but when he saw his ex-wife, I saw him break into tears for the first time.After seeing Steve cry, I understood what he meant when he told me not to break down because when everyone saw him and Jocelyn crying, it was like looking at the top of the tower falling to the ground. All I wanted was to sit in the corner and wept, wanting to scream for Sky.Finn and Leo have n