Bella made it down to the parking lot of the apartment. "I guess since my plan failed flawlessly, it's high time to leave everything for Mom and Dad to handle". She said to herself and entered her car. Bella started her car, but instead of driving it, a thought flashed inside her mind. 'So Mom really does have male lovers she gives Dad's company money to?. I was only kidding with her when I said that. Seriously, I was only acting then and saying nonsense, but who would have thought that it would turn out to be so?'."Hmm". Bella suddenly smiled before she said to herself. "I guess it won't hurt to threaten my Mom sometimes with this secret of hers". Bella was done thinking and talking to herself. She drove her car in no time and in exactly 15 minutes, she arrived at the mansion. "What a freaking morning I had". Bella muttered when she came down from her car. She headed straight to the mansion and entered. In the living room, she saw her Dad, Elrod, sitting on the couch. He wore a
(It was 12:38 pm in the afternoon)At the dining room, Deborah, the kids, Jake and Mateo were all sitting down in their various seats and eating the food the chefs prepared for them. During the lunch eating minutes, at some point Jake's eyes would stare at Mateo when Mateo wasn't looking back at him. Jake would occasionally shake his head pitifully at Mateo before he would focus back on eating. Jake was feeling sorry for Mateo since he was sure that Alexander would definitely have a punishment stored for him. "I'd take the kids to school tomorrow".Mateo's words were so sudden to Jake that he even coughed, choking himself with food. Now Mateo was suspicious of Jake. He was aware of the fact that Jake had been staring at him secretly, but he chose not to say anything. "Easy there. Have some water". Deborah said to Jake who obeyed. Jake poured for himself water in the glass cup next to his plate. He drank it quickly and completely avoided his choking from continuing. Minutes late
"Hahaha. What a sweet Monday evening to remember things. Yesterday was a real bloopers for those two bodyguard punks. They thought a slim young lady without muscles wouldn't be able to stop them. But too bad they were wrong. They were easily knocked out by me and they didn't wake up until an hour later!". Susie exclaimed. She didn't forget what happened yesterday morning since it was funny and entertaining to her. "Yeah, but you should come eat your food, Susie. You don't want to go to bed with a hungry stomach". Tina said from the kitchen. Since Tina wasn't a great cook, she prepared a simple meal that she could even prepare in her sleep. And that meal was 'Noodles'. Susie left the living room sofa she was sitting on and went to sit on the dining seat. She said, "Fine, I'll stop talking and prepare to eat. But I was still right on this, you should have let me cook a much better food. You definitely know that I'm a good cook". "Yeah. But I was craving for noodles. That's rea
"Who dares? Didn't the rat knocking have an idea there's a door ring bell that's supposed to be pressed?". Susie questioned. She totally wanted to ignore the knock on the door, but she was afraid that if it continued to go on, Tina would be woken up from sleep. With her front palm, she hit her forehead and rubbed her face down to her chin. She was done doing this before she stood up and walked straight to the door to open it. As she unlocked the door, she said "Didn't your mother teach you how to knock on….". Susie wasn't given the opportunity to finish her words because one hefty man in his early forties hit her neck, knocking her out before he grabbed her roughly and carried her on his shoulder before walking away. Unknown to the man, Susie wasn't knocked out, though she pretended to be and remained silent while on his shoulder. 'What a complete joke. You couldn't even properly knock me out'. Susie thought. Although Susie was on the man's shoulder pretending to be unconsci
"Who…. Who are you? Are you perhaps my guardian angel?". Susie questioned with curiosity while the tall guy slightly frowned at her before trying to leave. Susie quickly grabbed his arm as she wasn't ready to let him leave without knowing who he was. She asked again, "At least I'd like to know your name. My name is Susie. What's your name handsome?". The tall guy released Susie's hand from holding his strong arm. He was still slowly blinking his eyes when he sighed and massaged his temple with his fingers. He simply said, "You can call me, Jake". Jake stared at the unconscious thugs on the floor and was certain that it'd probably take them some hours before they regained consciousness. Meaning that there was enough time for Susie to escape and return back home. Jake also stared at Susie one last time before he left."Just, wow". Susie softly exclaimed. She continued to watch in awe, the back figure of Jake until it disappeared into the night. "Jake? That guy, he's so cool like m
Elrod arrived and parked his car at the apartment building premises before he rushed inside after coming down from his car. He didn't exactly know which room number Tina's apartment was, so he went ahead and confronted the security guard he bribed before. "Please sir, I'll show you her room. But don't get me into trouble because of this". The security guard said, causing Elrod who was still panting fastly to nod his head desperately. The security guard led Elrod to Tina's room apartment after collecting another bribe money from Elrod. He left Elrod alone afterwards, not waiting for the door to be answered. "This is it. I'll knock and press on this door ring bell until that brat inside gets tired of the noise and opens the door". Elrod said proudly with a smirk, as if he was already sure that Tina would open the door eventually. Elrod started and did as he said. He pressed the door ring bell over 50 times including hitting the door with his hands, but no matter what, no one answer
Tina was still in disbelief as she continued to stare at Elrod who was still asleep. "Please Susie, tell me, are you seeing what I'm seeing?". Tina tapped on Susie's shoulder as she questioned. "Of course. That's even the same question I wanted to ask. How dare he come here after what he did?". Susie admitted while she was still glaring upon Elrod. "What are you going to do?". Susie asked. "Ignore him of course. What do you expect me to do? Beat him?". Tina asked. "I could say we should beat him up, but I think it's best we just ignore him". Susie declared and took Tina's hand. "Come on, let's go. We still have someone else to pay back". Susie added. "You're right". Tina agreed and followed Susie. They both entered the elevator and descended to the 4th floor where the CCTV room was located.With her right leg, Susie kicked the door to the CCTV room and it opened. There, Susie saw the security guard who was bribed by Elrod. Susie led Tina inside the room before shutting the door.
"Calm down, Tina. Let's not act hastily because of your temper". Susie announced.On the other hand, Tina still had so much to say, but she suppressed them all since Susie was right. She exhaled deeply before she held Susie's hand and let her sit on the bed with her. She calmly said, "You're right, Susie. We don't have to act hastily but, we're definitely going to get my mom's will today and that's it". "Tomorrow I'll be busy with the shooting". Tina added. "Alright, anything you say. The sooner you get your revenge, the sooner I'll get my revenge too". Susie announced. Speaking of which, Tina's stomach suddenly grumbled causing Susie to chuckle since she was certain that Tina was probably hungry. "Come on. Let's go and prepare something to eat before we go on with the plan". Susie said. She took Tina's hand, leading her out of the bedroom, all the way to the kitchen. After many minutes in the kitchen, the vegetable stew, rice and pork meat were all cooked and ready for eating. S
It has been one month and a week since Bella left for Italy with Leonardo. And now, it's been 9 months and counting since Tina became pregnant. Plus actually, last two weeks ago, Mina successfully gave birth to a baby girl. The district mansion,“Come on, honey, I have to take you for a checkup”. Mateo said to Tina in a soft voice as he tried to wake her up.“Just give me 5 minutes more”. “You've given this excuse countless times already. You're just being lazy”.“Lazy?”. Tina weakly got up after hearing the last part of Mateo's words. And since Mateo was close to her, she grabbed his ears with her hands and pinched them while she said, “Who are you calling lazy? Is it me? In fact, you're the lazy one, my sweet darling. I'm busy carrying two lives inside me and you're calling me lazy?”. “The audacity….”. “I apologise, I apologise. Calm down, you'll hurt yourself and our baby”. Mateo immediately pleaded and was confused after seeing the confused look on Tina's face. “What's wrong?”.
7 months later,Because of the trick Bella used against Leonardo that day, she completely stopped coming to work and even found another job. To Bella, she thought that since she had repaid Leonardo's grudge, he won't come again for her, but guess what? She was wrong because Leonardo always confronted her which made her wary of him. Like, when is he planning to leave for Italy?“Ha, I'm tired”. “A stressful day at work too, ha?”. Susie asked Bella as she was also tired since she came back from work too just now. “Yeah.. I'm so tired that I don't think I would be able to do anything”. Bella replied as she laid comfortably on the sofa. “Sorry, but I think you have to do something, Bella”. Susie admitted and when she saw the confused look Bella was giving her, she added, “Leonardo is waiting outside the apartment for you. I saw him on my way in”.Hearing what Susie announced caused Bella to react and jerk up immediately. “What does he want from me this time?”. Bella said with a frown.
Leo's company, at Leonardo's office,“Here is what you ordered. I've reprinted everything”. Bella announced as she carefully kept the files on Leonardo's desk.Leonardo collected the files and was reviewing them. It didn't take that long and he ordered, “Assistant Bel, go bring me a cup of hot coffee”.“That's it!. I quit!”. Bella declared before she sat down on the floor and refused to get up. “Because of you, I wasn't able to attend my big sister's wedding. I’m done trying to please you, Leonardo…. Do your worst". Bella announced with furrowed eyebrows. Seriously, she has been working for the past 7 hours non stop, and was already tired. “My PA is cute when she barks at her boss”. Leonardo admitted with a grin. “Ba- barks? Me? Barks?. Am I a dog to you or what?!”. Bella got annoyed and naturally rose up from the floor. “You can't breach the contract you signed”. Listening to what Leonardo said to her, Bella absolutely wished she could just kick him again. The knock on the door
Bella returned to Tina's apartment by exactly 9pm…. And the first thing she did was to lay down on the bed as she was extremely tired. “You’re back already, Bella? How was your day at work?”. Susie came out from the bathroom, and when she saw Bella, she asked. Bella let out a tired groan before she replied to Susie in a complaining tone, “Don't ask me, Susie. I feel pain all over my body”. “Pain? How did it happen?”. “It's all Leonardo's fault, of course”. Bella announced and when she recalled how horrible her day was today, she sat up on the bed and said to Susie, “Could you believe that since the moment you guys left Leonardo’s office, my butt didn't touch the chair?”. “Eh? What's that supposed to mean?”. Susie questioned as she didn't quite understand what Bella meant. “What I mean is that, I've been working and running like a horse all day long. That jerk, Leonardo! He didn't even let me rest for a sec!”. Bella explained and was panting angrily. Susie on the other hand, w
“Wait, wait, wait. I admit my mistake, big bro. I won't run away like that again”. Jake immediately explained as he was already beginning to feel dizzy with the way Leonardo was hitting his head non stop. “Good for you, little brother”. Leonardo said out before he finally stopped hitting Jake's head out of pity. Now, Leonardo's attention was focused on Bella who was hiding herself behind Susie's back. “Don't come close to me”. Bella immediately announced when she noticed that Leonardo was about to take a step towards where she was. A smirk appeared on Leonardo’s face as he questioned Bella, “Why”. “Why?”. Bella repeated with a frown before she came out from hiding and even went ahead and stood in front of Leonardo before she added, “You're asking me, why? Alright, I'll answer. First of all, you're a dangerous guy. And second of all, you're a freak. Just because I kicked you that night, you still haven't gotten over it? Are you a weakling or what?”. “You can talk all you want,
When Bella dragged Jake all the way to where the cars were parked, reality hit her head too hard because she suddenly remembered that she didn't have any car of her own since the Mansion was still sealed by the upper authorities. (PS: The mansion in Bella's mind is Tina's Mom mansion. Plus, Bella's car is currently stuck there). ‘Gosh. Even though I'm broke, when can I retrieve my car back from my big sis mom's mansion?’. Bella thought. Soon, she left Jake and ruffled her red hair. Seeing what Bella was doing to her hair, Susie asked, “Are you alright?”. “It's not like that, Susie. I didn't bring enough cash with me, and, how are we going to get to Leo's company?”. Bella said. “That's no problem at all. We can use cousin Sebastian car. Good thing I snatched his car key when he wasn't looking”. The voice of Camila was so sudden to everyone, that it caused them to turn behind. “Camila? Big sis? You followed us?”. Amelia was surprised and said. “Of course, Amelia. Well,
“Easy. Slow down, Bella. Can you explain everything that happened?”. Susie calmed Bella down with her words. As for Bella, before she began narrating the whole story, she went to one of the tables and took a glass cup that was filled with water. Soon, she drank all the water before dropping the glass cup on the table and returning to Susie's side. “Here's how it happened….”. Bella suddenly spoke out and went silent for a while. And after staring at everyone's faces quickly, she continued narrating the story, “You know I was happy this morning when I was preparing to go for my job interview at Leo's Company, right?”. Bella asked Susie, and when Susie nodded at her in acknowledgement, she continued narrating her story, “Well, I successfully arrived at the Company, thanks to God. And when I arrived at the interview floor, I waited for many minutes before the company workers started showing up. Plus that wasn't all, one of the office workers approached me and handed a document for me t
The gardens, After making sure that everyone was present in the garden, Deborah returned to the garden since she wanted to join in Mateo's birthday celebration. Upon arriving, Deborah was stunned to see some faces she didn't expect to show up. “Eh? Sebastian? Mason? Santiago? Camila and Amelia?”. Deborah said in disbelief before she added, “You all came? I can't believe this. You children didn't even inform me you'd be coming”. (PS: Sebastian, Mason, Santiago, Camila and Amelia are cousins to Alexander and Mateo). As the eldest among them, Sebastian went to Deborah. He didn't handshake her, but instead, he hugged her tightly while he said, “It's been a long time, mother. We all missed you”. “I miss you too, my sweet Sebastian”. Deborah admitted. She was hugging Sebastian so sweetly and warmly that it got Mason, Santiago, Camila and Amelia, jealous. “Me too. I want to hug you, mother”. Santiago announced and before he could reach Deborah's side, Amelia pushed him. “Not if I
Outside the mansion, in the gardens, Earlier this morning, Mateo's birthday celebration was supposed to be held in the living room of the mansion, but Deborah refused and insisted that it'd be much better if Mateo’s birthday party was held in the gardens. The garden was so huge and was decorated with harsh red ribbons. Plus, the ribbons decorations in the gardens were few since it wasn't a child's celebration. Seeing that the chairs and tables were in order, and properly arranged as per her order, Mrs Harris slightly nodded her head in delight before she returned into the Mansion to invite everyone to the garden. “Everything is ready?”. Deborah asked as she saw Harris approach her. “Yes, Deborah. Everything is set”. Mrs Harris replied politely, causing Deborah to smile. In no time, after Deborah dismissed Mrs Harris, she took over. First, she went to Alexander’s room, and when she was allowed in, she saw that Alexander was already dressed up. Plus, she also witnessed A