PEOPLE can tell that a new day has begun when they look up in the morning and see a pale blue sky with white clouds floating in it, the breeze blowing the leaves beside the road, and the birds jumping back and forth from the tree.Zoe was ready to open the café again when Cindy rushed towards their main door.“What’s wrong, Cindy?” Aunt Millie asked who was getting ready for their work. Cindy flashed a smile. “Work again, Aunt?” Millie frowned but nodded after. “Of course; why?” Cindy shook her head. “Nothing, Aunt. Anyway, I’m here to pick Zoe, Aunt Iris,” she stated when Zoe’s mother came out from the kitchen.Iris smiled. “I know, dear…” she glanced at her wristwatch, “—you two are late for ten minutes in opening the café,” she added.Cindy let out a soft chuckle. “Zoe got a morning sick—” she didn’t finish her words when Zoe covered her mouth.“We need to go, mom, aunt. See you later,” Zoe said as she pulled Cindy outside their apartment.Soon as they stepped meters away from t
“DON'T start, Helios. I’m pregnant,” Zoe uttered immediately, making Helios press his lips together.He was just teasing her and taking chances. “Since you’re here, help me tell my mother about my pregnancy,” she continued.Helios’s forehead creased. “Why you didn’t tell her? Why do you need—”“Are you dumb?” she arched her brow and pierced her eyes into Helios’s. “Fine, I’m a coward. But if you don’t want to, then DON’T,” she emphasizes the word: don’t.Helios slightly shook his head and let out a soft chuckle. “Don’t worry,” he reached for Zoe’s left hand, “let’s face her together. Let’s go?”Zoe bit her lower lip. She finds him more handsome when he’s showing care. She nodded. “Wait here, and I open the door—”“No need, Helios,” she cut off the hum of Helios’s words.Helios nodded and let go of her hand.Zoe could still feel the morning sickness, but she was trying to fight it. Also, she has cravings, but they are not that bold.Helios wore his sunglasses soon as he stepped out o
ZOE expected her mother to be upset, but she accepted the truth, thankfully.Iris, Zoe’s mother, noticed a change in her daughter’s body and mood. She thought it was just a mood swing at first, but it turns out she’s pregnant.“I have nothing—I won’t say too much for you both. I’m not opposed to your pregnancy, Zoe. My concern is Mr. Lincoln,” she said, looking at Helios. “Is he aware of this?” Iris inquired,Helios let out a small sigh. “Not yet, aunt—” he didn’t finish his sentence when Iris cut him off.“Call me mom if you don’t mind,” Iris said, smiling.Helios squealed with delight, tightening his grip on Zoe’s hand.“So, what are your plans? And Zoe... Did you seek a doctor’s help for your pregnancy?” Iris asked her daughter.Zoe nodded. “Yes, mother. Last week, Cindy and I went to see an OB. Actually, they gave me vitamins and told me what to do and what not to do,” Zoe replied.“That’s fantastic. How about your cravings, honey?”Zoe looked at Helios first before returning her
CINDY'S forehead was in deep lines while waiting for Zoe, but it seemed like they were having a serious talk inside. She was about to place the refills when her phone inside her pocket vibrated.She frowned and got it off from her pocket. She arched her brow when she saw the caller.It was Calyx.“What?” she asked, a little boastful.“I’m across the street. We need to talk about something,” Calyx said, and after that, he ended the call, making Cindy feel rage.‘What’s wrong with him?’ she thought. Feeling a little rage, in the end, she called Mr. Reynolds and told him that she needed to settle with an important thing for a moment, and after that, she would get back.Across the street?Soon as she stepped out of the café, she looked in the straight direction and saw Calyx Audi.She gritted her teeth and crossed the street. Cindy knocked on the window, and Calyx lowered it down.“Hop in,” he said.However, Cindy crossed her arms in front of her chest and arched her brow. “What do you n
GRANT arranges a private dinner for Helios and the rest. It was Helios’s request, and he agreed with his cousin’s plan.After a few minutes of waiting, one by one came to the reception. Cindy, whose voice was as loud as always, echoed in the hall. Grant heaved a sigh and shook his head.“Hey, Cal, say to your girlfriend to stop yelling. We’re just near,” Grant said as he walked towards Calyx, who had just come in.Calyx looked at Grant with a knitted forehead. “Why don’t you tell her?”Grant's brows furrowed. “Are you kidding me?” he asked.Calyx let out a soft chuckle and tapped Grant’s shoulder. After that, he walked toward the table and pulled a chair.Cindy, who was just near Grant, suddenly pinched Grant’s ear and twisted it, making Grant whimper.“What the hell?!”“Enough with that!” Helios uttered, anger lingering in his voice. He pierced his gaze towards Grant, making Grant raise his hand in surrender.Cindy rolled her eyes and sat beside Calyx.“Sit beside Zoe—”“You’re not
AFTER the dinner meeting, Zoe and Helios left the venue first. Followed by Grant. “I’m taking the cab—”“No,” Calyx pulled her closer to him. “I will take you home—”“To my home, all right, Cal?”Cal’s brows furrowed and grinned after. “All right,” he replied.But of course, Cindy knew that Calyx was a great scammer. Well, the man sent her home but stopped a few meters away from her apartment. He parked his wrangler near the empty lot.“What are you doing?” Cindy asked, making Calyx form a sly smirk on his lips.“I miss—”“Shut up, Calyx, and send me home. I am not in the mood to have sex with you,” she said, frankly, which made Calyx arch his brow and let out a soft chuckle.“I was about to tell you that I miss being with you, like this, where we can talk for a while—”“Oh, shut up. Don’t mock me, Cal. I know you so well.”Calyx scoffed. “So, that’s how you portray me? That I only want you… because of sex?”Cindy let out a sarcastic laugh. “Aren’t you?”Calyx doesn’t know how to rea
ZOE felt the excitement and fear that lingers at the same time. She only needs to wait for a few hours before Grant will pick her up.Helios reminded her that it was Grant who would fetch her so that it would be safer. Puzzled, she still agreed.“At least bring some clothes, honey,” it was her mom.Zoe smiled as she sat on the small couch. “It’s fine, mom. Helios told me that we’d buy stuff once we get there,” she replied.Iris arched her brow and nodded after. “Are you sure about this, Zoe?”Zoe frowned. “Why are you asking me that, mom?” she laughed, “of course.”Iris pressed her lips together. She shook her head and heaved a deep sigh. “I don’t know why but I have a bad feeling—”“Mom… what are you talking about? I accepted it. I am taking the risk with Helios.”Iris moved close to Zoe and reached for her daughter’s hand. “Promise me that you will call me if something happens—”“Mom… please, I don’t want to leave with those thoughts that you want to insert inside my head. I promise
“DAMN it! You can’t do this, Dad!”“Try me, Helios. Try me. I warned you. I told you to stay away from that woman, and what did you do? Do you even plan to elope with her? You would destroy the clan if I didn’t find it out!”Helios clenched his fist while he pierced his gaze toward his father. “Don’t you dare touch them,” he uttered.The old man laughed. “I won’t if you promise me that you will forget her and marry Chloe.”Helios’s heart seems enveloped with barbed wire. He tried his best to understand everything—he was just fighting for his love.“If Cliff didn’t tell me about it… I wouldn’t know about it,” Don Lincoln said.Helios now darted his gaze toward the man that stood beside his father.Cliff—the traitor. Helios trusted him as his reaper, but he ended up spoiling his plans.“Be grateful that I didn’t kill you, traitor!” it was Ambrose who stood up beside Helios.Cliff didn’t show any expression and was just looking at them while his friend Ambrose was dressed in rage.Don Li