"I don't understand. What's the meaning of this?. This is totally not what you and I discussed on the phone when you called". Mateo reminded David who stood behind him. Before he instantly shifted away from Tina's side and stared at David, his manager, who avoided staring back at him with his face showing a hint of guilt. "I had to. Honestly, believe me when I admit you won't come if I had told the truth from the start". David tried to sound funny when he explained, but it wasn't funny enough to get Mateo nor Tina smile a little. "Tada. I bet you were surprised, right?". David questioned, but was totally ignored by Mateo who focused his attention on Tina. She was giving him a 'What are you looking at, dude' look, combined with a scorn expression. Seeing that Mateo didn't stop staring at her for a minute, she spoke out her mind. "Aren't you done staring at me?. You might as well ask me to sit if you wish to continue". "Ahem". He faked an obvious cough before mustering up his cou
The red range rover car drove inside the school premises before it stopped and he came out of it. As expected and to his horror, he didn't see any kids dressed in their uniforms running on the field, or even in their classes. The only person he saw present was the security guard who was already planning to shut the school gate before he drove in. Mateo walked up to the security guard."Hey my guy. Please, do you happen to know where all the kids went?. I'm here to pick up my niece and nephews". With a sweating face, he asked an obvious question even when he was aware that school was closed at 2pm. "Are you sure you're at the right place, sir?. Because if not, I'm sure you're aware the school closes at 2pm. And this is past 4pm. Please sir, I'll have to ask you to leave so I can do my job. I have to shut the school's ga….". The security guard didn't get to finish his words when he finally recognized who was standing in his presence. "You're…. You're…. You're". He was pointing at M
"Well well well, young man. I believe you're the most responsible son on the planet". Deborah teased. But in a serious way. She turned to face Tessa and her brothers. "Here you go my sweeties. Eat more fruits. It's good for your health". She put more sliced apples on their plates before standing up from her seat to stand in front of Mateo. Deborah's hands were crossed on her chest as she questioned Mateo. "What do you have to say for yourself now?".Tessa slightly giggled. Her left hand snaked around Tyler's neck since he was sitting next to her. "I think big brother Mateo is going to be in trouble". She whispered to Tyler's ear, after noticing the tense atmosphere between Grandma Deborah and Mateo."Thanks for the information, Tessa". Tyler gently removed her hand from his neck. "But I already noticed that". He admitted. "But, shouldn't we help him out? He looks like he really needs our help". Tyler added seeing the difficult spot Mateo is in. And how difficult it was for him to
After dinner Mateo retired to his bedroom in defeat. He pulled off his sweaty clothes and went inside his bathroom where he brushed his teeth for the second time and took his bath. Wearing his night wear with a wet white towel in his hand, he came out from the bathroom. Fully prepared to go to bed. "I'm so exhausted. I need to sleep". He stopped drying off his hair with the towel in his hand and threw it by the side of his wardrobe before laying on his waterbed mattress. "Mmh. Now I feel a little relief". He shut his eyes, ready to sleep when the creaking of his door woke him back up. He stared at the direction of the door. "You kids?. Aren't you three supposed to be in bed by now? I thought my Mother put you guys to bed". Mateo questioned. He sat up and watched Tyler, Taylor and Tessa. They made their way where he was and sat with him on his waterbed. Tyler scratches his head while he speaks. "Em. We felt bad for you about what happened earlier. That's why we're here. Bu
It was already Saturday morning. Tina Katz was already up from bed. She brushed her teeth and took her bath.She wore a light blue loose trouser with a pink shirt and went out from her bedroom, heading straight to her kitchen where she made herself scrambled eggs with pancakes."Mmm…. It looks so good!. I bet it'd taste really delicious in my mouth". She took the plates of food to the dining room, after which she placed them on the table. Before helping herself with one of the seats surrounding the table.Tina ate to her satisfaction until the three plates of food were empty. She took the plates straight to the dishwasher and washed them before returning to the living room."Ooo. Let's see what's going on today".Tina suddenly said. She switched on the tv and collected the remote from the sofa where she later settled down. As she was about to change the channel, the thought about Mateo, whom she left all by himself yesterday came to her mind. 'Wait. I wonder what happened to him. Did
'Why is she not answering the door!?. Is she toying with me or what now?!'. Bella wondered. Eventually, since Tina didn't answer the door, Bella had to stop what she was busy doing to face the reality in front of her. "I think something is up. Perhaps we should come again another time". After Bella had said to the bodyguards, she turned around immediately to leave when one of the bodyguards 'Thomas' with the most muscular body roughly grabbed her by her shirt. With widened and scared eyes, Bella exclaimed. "What do you think you're doing?. I'm not one of your enemies, so why disrespect me by treating me this way?!". "I won't have you waste my Boss's time like this. Whatever you must do, we three aren't leaving here unless we take our boss's bride to him". Thomas declared. His voice tone, including his facial expression, was harsh and serious."But but. Wait, you're not the Boss of me". Bella announced upon her realisation."So get out of my way!. How dare you speak to me like th
"A visitor you say?". Jake asked the guard. "Yes". The guard replied to Jake's question before leaving for outside. Because Jake was suspicious of the sudden visitor, he wasn't sure whether to let Tyler, Taylor and Tessa follow him outside to check. The reason he didn't want to let the kids go outside with him was because only those familiar with the Cassano family were recognised by the guards and allowed access into the Mansion. "Stay here". Jake said to Tyler, Taylor and Tessa. He walked out of the living room, heading outside. He turned behind him to shut the door but it almost hit Tyler. They didn't listen to him and still followed him outside. "Don't be stubborn you kids. Go back inside and wait for me. I said I'd be back soon. Just give me some minutes to confirm who the person is first". "Safety comes first". Jake added before leaving them. Seeing that Jake already left, Tyler came up with a suggestion and said to Taylor and Tessa. "We should follow after h
The distance from the front main gate to the main mansion was farther than Tina imagined. Though eventually, they arrived. Tessa took Tina inside. Straight to Mateo's room according to Tina's demand. "Is this his room?". Tina questioned Tessa as they halted in front of a door. "Uh-mmm. It is". Tessa replied and nodded her head in confirmation. 'Here goes nothing then'. Tina thought. She opened the door without bothering knocking at the door to alarm the person inside. It wasn't even up to 3 seconds that Tina and Tessa entered Mateo's room, he said. "Not now again Mom. I told you I have no appetite to eat anything". 'Huh. Did he just say Mom? This dude'. Tina thought. She walked towards the bed, where Mateo was lying front down. He didn't even have an idea that it wasn't his Mother that came in since he didn't mind staring at the door pathway. Tina was already standing beside Mateo's bed, waiting for him to finally stare at her, but he avoided staring at her like
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