Chapter 89AIDEN "How is work being going son?" Dad asked as we sat down in his study room."It has been going fine dad." I replied him with a shrug of my shoulders. Dad removed his glasses and left his table and came to sit on the chair beside me."I heard you assaulted an employee, is that true?" He asked the question that I knew he was going to. I knew the reason he called me was to ask me questions about this and what has been going on at the office."It wasn't my fault dad. That bitch—" I was trying to say something but dad shut me up with a hard slap across the face. He was already standing and in front of me.His palm already landed on my cheek before he realized what he had done."You never hit Caden. Am I that bad of a son to you? You would not even ask me my own side of the story. This is not fair Mr Holtons. I know you are already contemplating on whether to hand over the company or not.In fact, I know it's in not in your agenda to do that. You do not want to and you will
Chapter 90LESLIEAnd just like that, we started running around the kitchen with flour in our face and hands.I caught up with Caden and rubbed it messily on his face."Lool at you now!" I teased and laughed at him.He pusured me but I kept running. He finally caught me and wrapped his hands around my waist. I placed my head on his neck while he placed a kiss on my neck.I giggled lightly. He turned me around slowly to look at him and our faces met and our eyes bored into each other's.I felt goosebumps all over my body.That moment, I did not what came over me.I kissed Caden on his lips and spoke to him while staring deep into his gaze."I like you a lot, Caden."I don't even know the kind of courage I got to say those words to him, it just came out;I just blurted it out.Caden looked at me with surprise written all over his face. His jaw dropped a little and his mouth was a bit opened.He probably did not expect my suddenly confession and perhaps, did not think he would hear me say
Chapter 91CADEN"Hello grandma." I smiled as I picked up the call."Hello Caden, you sure have forgotten about grandma right?" Her voice sounded disappointed."It's not like that grandma. I've been so busy with work and you know..." I trailed off shyly. "Marriage." I completed the statement."Really? I'm glad that you're enjoying your marriage with Lauren. Good, you brought it up, you and Lauren should come visit today.And I hope there is good news to share." Grandma stated and I could picture her smiling in my head."What good news are you expecting grandma?" I asked her not sure of what she meant."I mean, the news of my great grandchild," Grandma said and I started coughing."What's wrong Caden? Are you okay? You should drink some water," Grandma said and I could sense the worriedness in her voice.Only if she knew that I was just pretending to cough then, she would not have to get this worried over this little thing."Grandma, you don't have to worry about your great grandchild
Chapter 92CADENI kept thinking about what Lauren said earlier today and no matter how hard I thought about it, I just could not bring myself to really understand what she meant.On the dates we went to, she never for once told me that she didn't want to have children, she didn't say children wasn't in her plan in marriage.I get that the marriage was arranged by our families but we were pretty honest with each other when we talked to each other.I sat on the bed and did not even have the will to want to stand up. I watched her walk out of the dressing room and outside of the room.Is there something I don't know about? Is she perhaps hiding anything from me?LESLIE"That's not what I want Lauren. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Lauren. Please don't be mad at me, please don't cry huh." I pleaded as I sobbed with her.I heard her sniff in and I could picture her already wiping her tears and cleaning her face."How is the preparation of the surgery going?" I asked to change the subject."I wou
Chapter 93LESLIE"What is it with you too, Caden?" I fired back at him and yanked my arm away from his light grip."Is this about me saying I did not want a child? Okay, I agree that I was a bit too much. It's not that I do not want a child with you but it doesn't have to be now. We still have a long way to go in our marital lives.We should have a stable marital life before we start talking about having kids. Don't you agree?" I explained to him.I looked up at him with sad eyes. I was trying hard not to burst into tears and spill out all the truth about myself.But it was being selfish of me to even think about that since I know it's going to affect my parents and most especially, Lauren.Lauren does not want it neither do my parents so who am I to call it quits?Before I know it, I felt warm liquid touch my face.Caden walked closer to me and wiped my tears that I did not know was already pouring down my cheeks."I'm sorry. I was being irrational towards the issue." Caden apologiz
Chapter 94CADEN"Mom! Mom!" I called out to mom as I watched her go down into the water; she was drowning and gasping for air."Mom, please don't leave me. I'm sorry, I won't disobey you again by going into the pool, please mom." I wailed louder.When I saw mom wasn't responding, I ran with all the strength my little legs could carry me."Dad! Dad! M...mo...mom is drowning!" I managed to breathed in a tensed state.I could not even find my tongue to say anything."What is it Caden? What happened to your mom?" Dad asked as he quickly stood up from the deck chair. He looked just as worried even if he did not know what was happening.I pointed towards the other side of the beach without saying anything. Dad pushed me away as if finally getting what I meant.I ran after him and without thinking twice, he jumped into the beach. By this time, it started raining heavily without any warning. The weather forecast didn't say there will be any rain today but I guess not.We called the ambulanc
Chapter 95CADENI groaned lightly in discomfort as my head was hurting.Something cold was placed on my head and I managed to squint my eyes opened. I saw a blurry vision of what looked like Lauren looking all worried.I was sick and I could barely see properly.I yawned lightly and rolled to the other side of the bed and I was met with the sleeping Lauren who was not actually on the bed.She was sitting on a small stool while her head was placed on the bed, one of her hand held mine.It was so touching to see her like that. She looked so tired and it finally occured to me that she had taken care of me throughout the night when I suddenly broke down with a fever.I removed the duvet from my body and quietly came down from the bed.I went to where she was and squatted before her. I brushed aside the hair covering her face.I stayed in that position as I admired her. She is one of the nicest person I know.I feel bad to have put her in this condition when she was supposed to be having
Chapter 96LESLIEI went to the church and it was a bit far from the house. Caden accompanied me when I told him I needed to pray for Lauren's successful surgery.He didn't think twice before agreeing to follow me. We both went to church and I went straight to the altar.I knelt down and covered my hair. With my hands clasped together, I looked straight to the statue of Jesus in the altar and closed my eyes.I prayed earnestly in my heart and hoped that Lauren would be fine and the surgery would be successful and she would not be sick again.Caden knelt beside me too and I could tell that he was praying too.When I was done pouring out my whole heart to God, I did the sign of the cross and stood up.I met Caden already seated waiting for me."Are you through?" Caden asked as I walked towards him."Yes, I am." I managed to say and nodded my head."You don't have to worry too much okay? Your sister would be fine, I can assure you that." Caden told me as he tried to lift my down spirit.
Chapter 142LESLIE Caden and I stared at each other with saying anything.“Hi.” Caden smiled at me.“Hi. It’s been a while.” I replied.“It’s been years already Leslie. It’s good to see you again and you look different too,” Caden said.I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.“Is he your son?” Caden asked as he looked at Miguel.I nodded my head.“Can we go somewhere and talk? Or can we set a date?” He asked. I thought about it for a while.“I’m free now. We can look for somewhere to sit and talk or maybe go to a restaurant. Anywhere it’s fine by me,” I said.“Let’s go to a restaurant, that would be better,” Caden said.Caden led the way while I held Miguel’s hand and trailed behind him.We got to the restaurant and sat down and I noticed that Caden’s eyes were on Miguel and his gaze wouldn’t leave Miguel.“Is Miguel, perhaps my son or are you married?” Caden asked. I noticed he was nervous.I chuckled softly.“I’m not married and yes, Miguel is your son. I conceived him the night of Chr
Chapter 141LAUREN “Calm down Lauren. Lower your voice,” She said and sighed.“I don’t need to reduce my voice because I know dad and mom are currently out of the country for a business trip and you are the only one around!” I snapped at her.“Okay. Back to what you said. I didn’t tell Caden anything. If there’s anything I told him, it is for him not to divorce you and try to love you. I’m not thinking of gritting back with him or anything.” She stated.I wanted to believe her but I just could not.“Can you prove what you just said?” I asked.“What do you mean?” She retorted.“How can you prove that you have no intention of getting together with Caden. How do you want me to believe you?” I asked with arms wrapped underneath my boobs.“Is that what you want?” She asked and I nodded my head.“If that’s what you want, I will leave. I will leave the country, if that is what will make you believe me and put your mind at rest, She said.“Are you serious right now? You are willing to cut ti
Chapter 140LESLIE I shook my head negatively.“I’m fine. I don’t need to go to the hospital.” I replied with a smile.Caden turned to look at me and his gaze had softened.“Why haven’t you come to beg my once to spare you and your family? Instead you plead with me not to abandon Lauren.” Caden asked.“I was never yours in the first place neither were you mine. I know my place and I stand by it. We did love each other and had beautiful moments together but it was all a lie because I wasn’t your real wife. I was nothing but a fake and substitute bride. I don’t want to ruin anything further than this,” I said.Caden nodded his head.“I’m the only one who should pay for this crime because I deceived you, lived with you and pretended to be who I was not. You have every right to feel angry and betrayed towards me.I know you will never trust me again but it’s okay.” I smiled.I just could not stop smiling at him.“I’m no longer angry, Leslie. I will drop the case against you. I have forg
Chapter 139CADEN During my drive back home, I thought about what happened in the hospital back in Korean.I could now understand why Lauren was acting clingy towards and why she kissed me and Leslie wasn’t mad then.It was because she knew Lauren was my real wife and not her.She knew she didn’t have any right to feel jealous.Every thing now made sense to me.I got home and I met Lauren in the sitting room.“You should get ready and go to your parents mansion.” Was the first thing I told Lauren the moment I saw her.She looked gobsmacked.“Didn’t you hear me?” I walked up close to her.She stood up from the couch and stood in front of me.“What are you talking about? Where did you go so early this morning? I woke up but I couldn’t find you, I called you but you wouldn’t pick up,” She said.“That’s not what I’m talking to about right now, Lauren!” I half yelled.I was really very angry. I never imagined that two sisters could think of deceiving me this way.It was just unacceptable.
Chapter 138LESLIE “Sir Caden is here.” A maid came to inform us.We heard the doorbell and told one of the maids to get the door since we were eating.Rose joined us for breakfast because she came to pick dad up but she came right about when we were eating.Mom asked for her plate to be placed so, Rose joined us.“You can continue eating. I will attend to him.” I told my parents and stood up from the chair. I places the chair properly and went to the sitting room.Caden didn’t look too please to see me or rather, he didn’t look like happy at all.“Good morning. What brings you here this early morning?” I asked with a confused look.“You are Leslie right?” Caden asked.I looked at him confused. Why was he asking me?“Yes, I am.” I replied.“You were the one I got married to and lived with for the past year right?” Caden asked again.At that moment, I was taken aback and felt so stunned. I was dumbfounded and speechless.I was so surprised.Different kind of emotions that I could not
Chapter 137CADEN “Babe? I mean, sir.” Lauren walked up to me with a smile and handed me some files.I took the files and went through them before signing them.I handed them back to her.“Thank you.” She smiled and held them closely to her chest.“Do you want to perhaps go on a date with me later?” She asked with a smile.I looked at her and smiled.“Sure. We could go after closing hour right?” I replied.“Yes!” She squealed excitedly. She ran up to me and placed in a quick peck on my lips.Then she skipped happily out of the house.I looked at her and laughed. “She’s cute.”I went back to my laptop and continued what I was doing.After our date, we went home. It was Lauren who made the reservation and it was a nice Italian restaurant that we haven’t been to before.We got home and it was Lauren who was the first to go to the bathroom.While waiting for her, I fell asleep. I don’t know for how long I slept, but I opened my eyes slowly and my eyes met with Lauren’s nude.It was the
Chapter 136LESLIE As I was about to wear my shoes, I stopped what I was doing and thought about what I was actually doing.“What are you doing?” I asked myself.Why should I run over to Lauren just because she called me?What if Caden catches us? And even if she doesn’t cook the meal, Caden wouldn’t say anything and he wouldn’t suspect a thing either.It’s been more than a month since she went to him as his wife and he hasn’t noticed anything, at least not to start to question her about her identity.I took my phone and called her.“Are you already on your way?” She asked immediately she answered the call.“Why don’t you call Caden and tell him you won’t be able to cook the food because you are feeling sick? Or rather, you can order the food and make it look as if you cooked the food.” I told her.“Are you crazy Leslie? What the hell are you saying?” She yelled at me.“I don’t think I can come over and help you with what you want,” I said.“What? You can’t come? It’s our family’s li
Chapter 135PAULINE "You haven't been answering my call or replying my texts," I said with a scoff."But I did answer your call. What do you want from me?" Tessa replied from the other side of the phone."You know the stuff we talked about before? That I would prove that the girl married to your boss is actually the person I know." I told her with a smirk."That was a long time ago. I thought you already forgot about it like I did. Whether she is not the right person or not, I don't care anymore.I almost went to jail. Caden told me it was because his wife pleaded with him not to do any of that and the case was dropped." She replied and I heard her take in a deep breath."I left the country months ago because I couldn't get any contract with any company because my reputation was already ruined. I just got back because I came to do some stuffs. I will be going back very soon again.So, don't you contact me again. You should forget about it because no matter what, Caden won't divorce h
Chapter 134LESLIE"Hello Rose." I smiled as I answered the phone.It was late already and I was surprised that Rose called since it has been quite a while since we last spoke."You totally forgot about me." I added with a pout."I didn't, Leslie. I've been quite busy and your dad gave me a week off to go on a vacation and I gladly accepted it," She said."Really? No wonder you didn't come spend new year with us like you normally do." I sighed and my shoulders dropped."Yeah, I needed the rest and fun," Rose said."Where did you go for your vacation?" I asked her. There was a short silence from the other end and it made me curious."Hawaii." Rose replied. I stood up from my bed and placed my palm on my mouth and gasped."So, that is the reason you were hesitant about telling me huh? I thought we promised each other to go together when we both have the free time?How could you betray me Rose?" I faked a sob sound."I'm sorry Leslie, I thought you would be busy with having fun with Cade