According to Principal Anderson, Oliver got into a fight with Rafael McCallister during lectures, and the latter sustained a cut on the lip that required suturing."Currently, Master McCallister is currently in the school clinic receiving treatment." The woman told Damien, then turned to Isabel,"Ms. Campbell, fighting is a serious offense according to the school's policy. I have no other option but to suspend both the boys, for a week.""But, Oliver was defending his brother who was being bullied by the other kid. Isn't bullying a serious offense here too?""Ms. Campbell, I know you think the punishment is unfair, but it is the school policy. Mr. Bernadotte is familiar with our school policy, as much as Mr. Giddorti is."The woman turned to Damien who haven't said anything else since he asked the whereabouts of his nephew.He was more concerned by the fact that Isabel was the mother to Sebastian's sons than he was at the situation at hand.After Sebastian introduced his twin sons to t
A few weeks later, Sebastian received the invitation to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Forum, which was an award winning event he was familiar with.Over the last decade, he has bagged the award for enterprenuer of the year for seven consecutive years, with ten nominations.Damien Giddorti who was his sworn rival has always lingered on second position, which was another reason the man despised him, aside from the longstanding rivalry between their family.Usually, he attended the event with Shakira as his plus one and it has been so since they began dating.However, with Isabel now in the picture, the change was automatic.She was his date for the event, he didn't tell her about the event until it was a few days away."Sebastian, I don't think it's a good idea that I should accompany you to a public event." Isabel tried to decline his generous offer, but he wouldn't let her.They were in his bedroom, preparing for bed, when he brought up the topic of the event."Why?"He didn't see
"Tell me, Isabel. Do you really love him?" Austin asked her,"Austin, this isn't why I called, and I'd rather not talk about my relationship with Sebastian, with you." She tried to explain to him,"But, I need to know if I stand any chance to be in your life in the future. I need to know.""Austin, it is more complicated than yout think....""You love him?""Yes, Austin. I love him!" She blurted in exasperation,"I love Sebastian, and the chance of you and I being together ever, is almost nonexistent. That is not because I do not like you, but because I do not love you in the way you are assuming." She explained to him,"I'd rather we remain friends, because I'm not the woman for you. I'm not the one for you.""But, I love you, Isabel." He argued, heartbroken,"I've loved you for a very long time. Why can't you give me a chance like you gave him? He wasn't there for you and Reynolds until recently, and I bet he's only going all this because of Reynolds." Isabel sighed somberly,"You k
Sebastian pushed open the door, a smile on his face as he expected to see Isabel. But instead, he was met with a scene that made his heart skip a beat.Valentina's hand was raised, her palm inches from Isabel's face. Isabel's face showed no sign of surprise, nor was she afraid, but the scene was wrong. Absolutely wrong.No one touches his woman. No one at all."How dare you?!" He thundered, and both ladies spun to his direction.The air became thick with tension, and for a moment, time seemed to freeze.Sebastian's eyes narrowed, his jaw clenched in anger. He strode across the room, his long legs eating up the distance."Valentina, what the...?" he began, his voice low and menacing."Mr. Bernadotte, where did you bring this lady from?"Sebastian's eyes flicked to Isabel, who looked shaken but unharmed. He took a step closer to Valentina, his eyes blazing with anger. "You're going to regret laying a hand on her," he growled, his voice low and deadly."Who told you that you can disresp
That evening, Isabel was in the kitchen, preparing dinner with Brittany, when Sebastian returned home.She heard the boys greeting him in the living room, then she overheard him asking them where she was."Mommy's with Brittany in the kitchen."Seconds later, she could feel his presence in the kitchen, his delicious cologne dominating the atmosphere."Isabel." He called her, but she ignored him, asking Brittany to check the chicken in the oven."Brittany, excuse us for a moment.""Brittany, can you do what I asked you to do, or should I come do it myself?" Her tone was icy as she spoke.Brittany was torn between doing what she asked her to, or leaving the kitchen like her boss has commanded her to.She didn't want to disobey Isabel, because unlike the man's ex, she was kind and humble, however, she owed her loyalty to the man, because he was her employer."Are you still here, Brittany? I asked you to leave, didn't I?"The poor lady turned to Isabel with a remorseful look,"I'm sorry,
"Amelia Villani." He called her name, and her stomach tied into a knot."Longest time." He smiled as if they were old friends meeting again, after been separated for years.Amelia was mortified, her pounding crazily as she looked away from the young man smiling chvalrously at her.He has metamorphed from that eighteen-year-old boy with fine features and athletic body, to a young adult who seemed to be living off his parent's money.He has lost all those boyish features girls at their high school use to die for.Although he still retained some of his fine features, but she could tell the difference between the young man she was seeing now, and the boy she trusted blindly then.The difference was glaring.Now, he exuded a completely different aura, one she didn't think existed in him, until their last moments together."J--Jamie Wellington...." She stuttered, incensed by the sight of him.It was a mix emotion of shock, surprised and anger."Yes, Lia. It's me, Jamie." He tried to reach he
The first assignment Roark gave to the Kane when he came to the hospital with their dinner, was Jamie Wellington."Every single information you can get about that kid, I need them in a file.""Did he do anything?" Kane asked the man, curious and confused about the unusual assignment."He wasn't among the boys to attacked us.""He has done nothing now, but I have a nagging suspicion that he has done something in the past and intends to do it again." He confessed to Kane,"Something about him isn't right at all to me."Kane was lost, staring at the man like he was speaking in a foreign language.What has the boy done that he suspects he would do again, when he barely knows who he is?Maybe he was being paranoid over nothing?Knowing the man's adhesion to human, he believed the man was creating a mountain over a mothhill."I know what you are thinking, Kane. You think I am being paranoid over nothing, but you know nothing about what I witnessed today." Kane did not say anything, knowing
"Amelia." Roark panted before claiming Amelia's trembling into his. He plunged his tongue into her mouth, kissing her fervently like his life depended on it.He was fighting for dominance, while staking his claim on her.His tongue possessed every corner of her lips, while his grasp circled around her neck.Amelia could feel herself burning from within, yearning for more of his touch. She gasped into mouth, as his grip tightened around her neck, not enough to shut blood flow to her brain, but enough to remind her that he could if he wanted to."I love the taste of your lips, Amelia." He groaned against her mouth, ravaging her lips,"You taste so delicious that I don't want to stop kissing you."He broke off the kiss with a bite on her lower lip, and Amelia's eyes closed automatically, as she relished the taste of his lips lingering on hers.His grasp loosen around her neck, and he grazed the spot he'd bitten with his thumb."Open your eyes." Her eyelids twitched, before she screwe
While they were having lunch, Sebastian made his intentions of coming to their home clear to their home."Isabel and I are getting married soon." He told them, and we have come to seek for your blessings, Mrs. Hadid."Patricia looked at her daughter, Jasmine, then her attention returned to Sebastian who has barely touched the meal served to him."Okay, Mr. Bernadotte, you've my blessings to marry Isabel, my daughter." The woman said without any hesitation, which Isabel found odd.Of course, she knew they were intimidated by Sebastian's presence.Who wasn't?Everyone she knew, was intimidated by the man's presence and they all accord him with utmost respect.But, Patricia and Jasmine seemed terrified of him, in a way that seemed quite suspicious to her."Isabel," Patricia called her name and she turned to the woman,"Child, you made the right choice. Mr. Bernadotte is a good man and he will keep you happy." The woman advised her,"I am so proud of you, Isabel and I know your father
After ending the call with Detective Jonas, Sebastian called Pierre and gave him the assignment of sniffing Damien Giddorti's ass"Pardon my asking, Mr. Bernadotte, but this is unlike every other assignment you've been giving me?""Yes, I know, but I need every information you can get on that son of a bitch.""What kind of information do you need?" Pierre asked the man, still confused about his request."Have you been told anything about him?""I just received a tip of an alliance that Giddorti Enterprise is pumping Wall Street with drug money, so I need you to help me find out if it is true or not." Pierre wasn't comfortable with the assignment, and he aired it to Sebastian immediately."Mr. Bernadotte, you need to understand that this isn't as easy as you think. Whether or not Giddorti is involved in any illegal activities, busting him would do you no good.""There's always a hierarchy, and trust me, someone like Damien Giddorti can never be at the top of the food chain. It i
Sebastian was eager to facilitate the wedding process, and make it happen at soonest.Left to him, they would've gotten married that weekend, but there was a lot of preparations to be made, and Isabel has insisted that he postponed it, because she needed to tell her family about it."The same family who set you up, and nearly had you kidnapped, if not for Fowler's timely intervention?"He wasn't thrilled with the idea of her going to meet them, and that was mostly because they were still in his custody, unbeknownst to her."Despite what they've done to me, they are still my family, and I do not intend to get married without getting their blessings." She was honest with him."I've no friends, nor do I have anyone elsewhere except them. And although they might've wronged me countless times in the past, I don't think it is fair to cut them out of my life just like that, because they saved me too.""And you've done well to repay them every kindness they've shown you. Yet, they continu
Like Sebastian avowed, he got the lady from the stored fired from her workplace, then got her arrested.Isabel wasn't supportive of his decision, but since he'd threatened to extend the lady's stay behind bar, if she begged him on her behalf, she decided to not say anything to him. However, she showed her displeasure, which he ignored."This should serve as a lesson to anyone who decide to disrespect you." He told her, as the officers took the crying lady away."Now, remind me what it is you wanted to get?"Isabel was quiet for a while, as the crowd dispersed, but a good amount of passerby were looking at them, awed to see Sebastian, his triplet sons and his new girlfriend."Nothing..."He threw her a discerning glare, then took her hand into his,"If I could remember, the Genesis of this misunderstanding was you trying to see if a particular shade of foundation matched you skin tone, right?"Isabel said nothing, prompting Oliver to say yes to the man."I still remember the brand,
After they left the store, Isabel could tell the boys were in a sour mood, and she didn't know what to say to cheer them up."Boys, do you want to go to the arcade now?" She asked them, hopeful they would say yes, but they didn't."We are fine." "Yeah...I think I'd rather go home."Both Oliver and Reynolds spoke respectively."Boys, I don't think you should be feeling sad about what that lady did, or anything she said to me." She told them, watching their sullen faces."You see, sometime the best answer to give to people who are being intentionally disrespectful to you, is silence.""But, mommy, she crossed the line calling you a lowlife and us, the b word." Alexander argued,"She was being disrespectful to you, but you did not defend yourself. Sometimes, people need to be taught that they can't go around being rude to anyone they see, because they feel like they can.""She needs to be taught a lesson." Reynolds concluded,"One she wouldn't forget in a hurry. Nobody disrespect my mo
Several minutes later, Sebastian was spooning Isabel whose head was rested against his chest.They were still exhausted from their earlier intense and passionate lovemaking and their hearts were beating in a rhythm."I'm indeed the luckiest man on the planet." He told her, possessively tightening his arms around her petite form."Had anyone told me ten to fifteen years ago, that someday I will become obsessed over a woman and desperately want to make her mine, I would've called the person a goddamn liar."Isabel let out an exhausted, but satisfied sigh."But here I am, at thirty-five, obsessed over you and wanting nothing but to spend the rest of my life with you. I'm the luckiest man on earth.""Likewise me, Sebastian." She whispered to him,"Who could've known that I would end up getting married to the same man I once despised like my life depended on it. But, here I am.""I'm no believer of fate, or destiny, but I think the only explanation to our relationship is destiny. We were
"What the hell are you talking about, Isabel?" Sebastian questioned her,"Why would you ask me to do that?""Because, I think it's the right thing to do, since we are both about to enter a new chapter of our lives." She explained to him.Now, it was her turn to beg him."I don't care about the both of them, Sebastian, but I do not think that I want us to have a life where we have people like them hovering over us." She continued, taking his other hand into hers."I understand that they must've wronged you in one way or the other, but I need you to let go of everything that happened. I do not want our children to be raised in this rivalry, which would mean passing it to their own children, who would also pass it to theirs, and the circle continues endlessly.""Isabel, what you are asking for is impossible. I owe no grudge against Shakira for what she did, but I don't think I would ever forgive Damien Giddorti for all he has done." He avowed to her,"Do you know what that bastard did
"I want nothing to do with that son of a bitch who ruined my life." Joan spat, the second Sebastian made mention of Damien Giddorti's name."Trust me, Ms. Lively, I do not want anything to do with him too, but I need the bastard to face the consequences of his actions." He explained to her, "And I saw the file on the rape charge you raised against him three years ago. However, for some reason, which I believe he'd influenced, the charges were dropped."Joan scoffed, staring at her palms which she placed on the table."I know you must be wondering why I am interested in your case, or why I suddenly believe you after all these years. The truth is that, Damien Giddorti has always been a bastard, but recently, he thought it would be funny to assault my wife, to spite me." Sebastian continued, leaving both the scar-faced man and Joan bewildered."Yes. He tried to take advantage of her, despite knowing that she's mine and although I got him arrested, but he was bailed out because there was
After over an hour of driving around Manhattan, Sebastian and Moses finally found the address they were looking for."Sir, I think you should stay here, while I go in and find the apartment." Moses offered to the man, who was seated at the backseat, staring at him through the rearview mirror."You know what floor her apartment is on?""No, sir, but I will ask around.""Ask them what? You've no picture of her, nor do you know what her name is or what she look like."Moses did not say anything.Sebastian brought out the piece of paper he'd copied the information about the lady into, then he handed it to Moses."That is her name, phone number and address. Although, I do not suppose that the number is still active, because I can't seem to reach her with it."Moses took the paper from the man, stole a glance at it, before he shoved it into his pocket.While Sebastian waited in the car, he stepped down, then made his way towards the several storey apartment building.Once he entered, he