"Are you being serious, Tina?". Mateo questioned. Tina scoffed before staring at the sky. She thought to herself, 'Everything ended easily, not like I expected at all. Linda is nowhere to be found according to what the police said, and Bella, why is she pleading to see me?'. Tina tried to ignore these thoughts, but it grew more and more inside her mind, getting her really uncomfortable. Tina sighed in defeat and suddenly said, "I'm going to the prison".Susie was so surprised after hearing what Tina said. She stood in front of Tina and held Tina's shoulders with her hands as she said, "Are you being serious now? Why would you go to the police station? Is it because of that rude brat?. Most importantly, I don't think you should go there. You don't look so good".Tina smiled and admitted to Susie, "The police officer said Bella begged to see me. I don't want to visit her at all, but I don't feel good either by ignoring her". Susie sighed deeply and removed her hands on Tina's should
'Huh? This is the Bella they talked about? Her face looks too innocent. I don't believe she could do such a thing'. Mateo thought to himself before staring at Tina. He thought once more, "As for Tina, I can believe her to be savage because of her fierce eyes".Mateo noticed that all eyes were on him, so he realised that he didn't say the part about Tina in his mind. "You…. You guys can carry on. Don't mind me at all". Mateo added immediately and stepped backwards a little. Tina didn't want to speak around the bush, so she directly asked Bella a question, "Bella, what happened?". Bella gulped hard and soon, she narrated exactly what happened to Tina and the others who also heard her. "So the will I stole caused all this trouble? Your mother wasn't even in love with Elrod, but was only after the wealth of my Mom?". Tina said, causing Bella to nod her head in agreement. "I should have known that in the first place". Tina added. Meanwhile, Bella wasn't done with what she wanted to say
The next day, The time was already 8:30am in the morning. Deborah had already woken up from sleep, dressed and prepared the kids for school, while Jake took them to school by himself since he was planning to head to the company afterwards, as he needed to be present at the company today to represent Alexander. "I wonder why that brat is still asleep when he informed me yesterday that he'd leave the mansion by after 8am". Deborah said and stopped watering the flowers. Soon after, her hands were carefully placed on her hips as she stood at her favourite spot in the garden. Just then, Mrs Harris confronted Deborah. "Madame Deborah, I wanted….". Mrs Harris didn't get to finish what she wanted to say and Deborah cut her off. "Harris, I've already told you recently to call me Deborah. There's no need for formality between us. Look here, we're both of the same age mate, so I prefer us to be informal". Deborah said and then smiled, causing some wrinkles in her eyes area and lips area to
The shoot was set to start at 10:00 am sharp. Mateo finally got up from bed and did as Deborah had told him. He was through dressing and went to the dining room to have his breakfast before leaving for the shoot. When Mateo asked Mrs Harris, who helped serve him breakfast, about his Mom, Deborah, she informed him that Deborah had already packed some of her clothes and some of Mina's and left for the hospital. Mateo sighed in defeat after Mrs Harris left him all alone in the dining room. "I can't believe that big brother is returning back. Jeez, here goes my freedom. And here I thought I won't see him for at least three weeks. Should I just go get an apartment of my own? Yes, but I have to come up with a better excuse so that no one will be suspicious of me". Mateo said to himself and then sighed in defeat again. He was weak about the news of Alexander returning, but that didn't stop him from finishing all his food since he was strangely hungry this morning. "I should probably leave
Alexander returned to the mansion with Mateo. As they came down from the car and entered the mansion, they saw the kids, including Jake, already waiting for their arrival in the living room.Alexander went ahead and sat down on the sofa. Immediately he sat down, Tyler, Taylor and Tessa went to his side. Alexander caressed his kid's faces with love and care and soon, he carried them all to sit on his lap, not minding how heavy they were on him. "It seems like you're busy, big bro. I'll ask you about my sister-in-law, Mina, later". Mateo immediately said, he didn't even wait to finish his words and already turned to leave."Stop". Mateo jerked up and halted immediately in his tracks after hearing Alexander's voice. He slowly and gradually turned until he was directly facing Alexander. 'I already know what this is all about. I'm really sorry, Mateo'. Jake thought to himself. Seeing that Alexander didn't say anything else again other than staring at him, Mateo asked with a forced smil
Time flew by so quickly and finally, it was the first of next month. Tina already told everything about the contract marriage to both Bella and Susie, and to her great surprise, they both accepted it with no objections. And of course, Susie mostly accepted it because she wanted to make use of this great opportunity to get to know Jake more, and probably start a relationship with him if possible. "You look so beautiful and stunning". Susie complimented Tina who was wearing a white gown that was beautifully designed with lace. "Yeah, I agree too". Bella supported. Tina saw the excited look on Susie's face and then she began with her thoughts, 'Just look how happy she is. I'm even wondering if it's me or her that's entering the Cassano family mansion to live there'. Tina shook her head as she thought through. "That's right, Susie. While I'm going to be away, what about your revenge plan?". Tina asked as she was worried that Susie wouldn't be able to act alone without her. After hear
"Pardon? Did I just hear right? I'm getting married to Mateo in four days time?". Tina asked Alexander in disbelief, and deep down inside her heart, she was wishing that this time, Alexander's words would be different. "Mateo, you should take your fianceè to your room. She must be tired". Alexander said and didn't bother to reply to Tina's question. In the same second, Alexander went to his kids and carried all three of them in his strong arms. He announced to them, "Come on, kids. You should better wash up. Your Mom is returning today and you must brush your teeth and bathe before I let you get close to her". After Alexander left with Tyler, Taylor and Tessa, Jake immediately rose up from where he was sitting and confronted Tina who was standing by Mateo. "Lady Tina, I see you're here. Did Susie happen to come with you? Is she outside?". Jake curiously asked in a calm voice.Tina glared at Jake as she replied to him, "Why don't you call Susie by yourself and ask her? I'm not your w
Mateo remained quiet for a while since he didn't know what to say. "Why aren't you saying anything, Mateo?! Didn't you hear what I said just now?. Fine, I'll repeat what I said again. I said, you're going to take very good care of me and our baby!". Tina announced once more. "Our baby?. I don't understand". Mateo finally said something to Tina after a while of remaining silent. Hearing what Mateo admitted, Tina sighed in defeat. She excused the doctor and nurses from the ward so that she'd have privacy time and conversation with Mateo. After the doctor and nurses had already left, Tina was certain that it was high time she told Mateo the whole truth. Tina's memory Flashback of weeks ago, the day the movie ended. (Note: The first chapter's full explanation of what happened that night)."Tina, you really did surprise me even though I am your manager. I didn't expect that the movie would be a great hit". Jaden suddenly showed up to where Tina was seated and said. Tina hissed in a no