“HOW about, we play a little game?”‘DAMN!’Erika’s mind screams that particular curse and word in an instant. After she’s been caught and unexpectedly by the one that she hated to see and to be near. “Xander.”“You called?”Xander’s smile is molded perfectly to his face by God himself. That took her aback with her heart stupidly skip a beat. ‘STUPID! WAKE UP ERIKA! YOU CAN'T BE FOOLED BY THIS MAN. HE IS NOT A BIT COMPARABLE TO YOUR PERFECT MAN!’She screams to herself with her conscience shaking her out from that sudden trance. Reminding herself that Xander is not the ideal man, nor her type at all. Not a bit comparable to Sam whom she put on the pedestal as the perfect man for her. Yet. “Quite speechless, aren’t you? But I wouldn’t blame you for being in such a state. Just who could resist my charm?”Xander’s confidence that Erika wanted to snap in anger and push him away from her and for good. But she is definitely in trance and still. Trap inside Xander’s arms and corner her t
“IF you lose, then I shall have you for the entire week.”Xander’s confident smile. That turns into a grin, that Erika felt that uncanny feeling about. Taking three steps away with her intuition that’s screaming at her that there is something more to it that she isn’t prepared to face nor will ever be. Tearing her conviction into two and having doubts if she should accept the game or not.“I am waiting for your answer. Or isn’t it, you are now afraid?”His provocation snaps Erika’s patience, degrading her pride, and for someone like her that is high and proud, her impulse kicks and dominated. Now facing Xander head-on and that pride of hers. “Very well.”She speaks with confidence. Reaching her right hand for a handshake to close the bet. But.“Tsk! Got you.”Naughty. And being one in the first place, Xander pulled her close back to his. Locking her in his arms and an inch away apart from each other’s faces. The wind then blew gently, letting her smell his calming scent that remind
THE glasses drop and shatter, spilling the drinks unto the floor and taking the surrounding crowd’s attention. But not enough to ruin the night for a mere accident. “That was close.”Arms around her waist caught her unexpectedly, but at the perfect time before she made a fool for herself right after accidentally tripping and crashing towards the waiter. “Are you Alright?”Xander’s voice and concern, perfectly in time where the little accident happened. While all along pretending that he didn’t know the lady, no, not just that, for he is the one who plan that little accident. All to be close to Erika’s best friend, Selene. “I apologize, ma’am, sir.”“It’s alright. No one is hurt, especially the lady.”He assures, looking back at Selene that is flustered and blushing. The waiter lowered his head and immediately clean the mess with the others taking aid. “Thank you.”Selene almost whispers, snapping back into reality and upon realizing the position that she is in unto Xander’s arms.
“DAMN! Xander, I know that you are young and a brat at times. But this is not a game in the first place.”Brian protested after hearing those words from Xander. An absurd thing to say even for a notorious player a star that is him. Yet. “I know.” Xander just proudly confirms Brian’s words but does not agree with what he meant, instead. “Everything might be a lie and a play at first. But I find her amusing and very interesting. This might be just for the entire weekend. Yet, I have decided to let her have a piece of her own medicine.”His cunning smile and dangerous expression that only Brian and Cath have seen and knew about him. That innocent face at times, his perfectly carved idol face, and admiring body feature that no one can say no to. He is the youngest of the three of them, but the most vicious one. A dangerous Casanova from the perfect idol image that put him on the pedestal. “I decided to take her away for good from Cath’s happiness.”“Alright. Do what you want, but be ca
“CAN you do it?”Selene’s doubts, which Xander couldn’t blame her, with the fact that he didn’t tell anyone who he is. Especially right now, Selene is on his side. “Tsk! Don’t worry, I never fail.”His confidence that a bit brought a sigh of relief to Selene. Now that she manages to find the vial that was just gone missing a while back. Prepared the cocktail and instructed the waiter to deliver it to Sam once he will be alone with Erika. “Just make sure that you will interrupt them on time. Do not let Sam drink the cocktail.”“You can count on me.”The simple plan that Selene made and with his help saving Sam from Erika’s clutches and drags her best friend away. All without Selene knowing a bit of Xander’s scheme. “Just how amusing could this all turns out to be.”He grins cunningly. Watching Selene walks away and towards Erika who doesn’t have a clue, that both of them are his little victim, the innocent pair to his sly plan. Taking the vial from his pocket, the real drug that he
“UNCLE XANDER!”Monique’s voice echoes through the place, stealing the crowd’s attention, and falls from the little girl’s adorable expression upon marching towards Xander with a disappointed expression.“Monique?”Xander is taken aback, a bit panicking, and looks around if Selene or Erika is near. What just Monique did is exposing who he is, which he couldn’t even blame the little girl upon. Being a child, with wit and impatient at times. “What are you doing?”“Cold red!”Monique fumes in anger, hands on both sides and looking at Xander with a disappointed look. Xander quickly understand what she meant. “Tsk!” He ends up giggling and tapping Monique’s head lightly, teasing the little girl for a while. “I see that you have failed.”“I didn’t! It’s just!”“Alright, alright, I get it.”He calms his future niece and assures her with his grin that he got everything under control. “Don’t worry, I still have plan B.”“Plan B?”Monique’s expression brightens. Quickly changing her mood and
“HOT.”The word that’s ringing inside Erika’s mind and the feeling that is spreading fast inside her body. “Erika, are you alright?”“You.”Xander’s worried, knowing how strong the drug is, worst Erika took two which is not in his plan. “What did you do?”Erika’s picking up the ideas. Gasping and deep while she is trying to stay still and stand straight. Yet, her sweat is now forming on her forehead and she could feel her breast getting stiff. Worst her most sensitive area is getting wet and wetter with each passing second.“You do not look good.”“Wait---”She couldn’t take the pressure, she was too sensitive and burning hot inside. Damn so horny that Xander’s simple hold on her arms made her melt and falls directly unto his broad chest. “I—I ca—can’t take it.” She whispered the words while hiding herself down and grabbing Xander’s coat tight with her hands. Holding herself out and finding the strength to not fall. But. “Erika.”Xander grabs her waist and pulled her up which mad
“XANDER, MORE, FASTER!”“What the!”Erika jolted up and awake. A bit breathless and felt the pain all over her body. But more than that, she looks down and saw herself naked with the proof of what happened last night. Down from the kiss mark on her thighs and breast. “What the hell happened?”She questions herself and panics, almost screaming but in the end, foolishly realizes one thing. “Did I just get into a one-night stand and for all people, that—that man!”Plop back to bed and felt like she is going insane and felt dizzy. She compose herself, recalling everything about what happened last night and the reason behind it. “You are mine now, Erika.”“The hell!”Jolted back up remembering those words and the entirety of the night. Realizing that she isn’t drunk, but instead, she somehow ended up intoxicated by something that she had the initial hunch that it was because of the drug. Yet, how could Selene make a mistake? Especially how did it end up in Xander’s hand?“This is making
“MOMMY!” The twins, Monique and Cole opens the door and runs up to her with excitement and twinkling adoration to their eyes upon seeing her. “Wow, you look like a princess, Mommy.” “You do, you do!” Monique’s comment with wide smile and agreed by Cole. Admiring her beauty as she is dress in a sophisticated white dress. Her wedding gown and the day that she will finally tie the knot with Sam. After all the problems that are resolve, the secrets that are said, apologize, forgiven and done. With the twin’s biological mother gracefully out of the picture by her death. Everyone is there in that very special day to witness and congratulate them. “Thank you.” Cath smiles and giving the twins one kiss each on their cheeks. Making the twins giggle more in excitement. Just then, the wedding coordinator knock on the door and asks her. “Miss Catherine, shall we?” “Of course.” She couldn’t contain her happiness and smiling all the way through. With the wedding theme of like mystical fore
“HOW long has it been since then, Leo?”The expected meeting, but the unexpected expression and tone that is in a mix of disappointment and anger that Cath is showing right in front of him. Left alone in the headmistress office and at first glance they are seem to share a casual tea time. He looks down, not in shame, but a bit of worry from how things unfolded. Which makes him think if he is regretting his decision of giving Cath a clue about the past.“Or should I call you now with your known name, Aaron?”“Tell me, do you hate me that much after what you have learn, Cath?”“Hate you? Why should I? You didn’t do anything to me which needed me to resent you. Instead I am the one who should be asking you of that question, for I failed to recognize my old friend.”Old friend. The words that means more than the shallow meaning of it. Words that will disappoint anyone, for it means more than just a rejection, but a total abandonment towards someone who only thinks about one person and dea
MORE than being stripped of everything that he had, Harry is slapped with the truth and faces the wrath of Adriella in her calm demeanor whom everyone knows that it is worse than a tyrant in that kind of mood. “You do not need to explain anything to me but sign the divorce papers, right now.”“I-I…”Definitely shaking within his wits, Harry couldn’t even utter a single word nor look at the face of his mother-in-law worst towards Lindsey whose expression is indistinguishable for lacking nothing to see. Worst with the atmosphere in the room that is getting heavy and dreadful upon their conversation that a while back is going smoothly and just like always. Only to be struck by the divorce papers and the secret that Harry is been hiding for almost a month now. “I stayed quiet and compose for the sake of Lindsey. But since it all comes to this and the fact that you are caught red-handed. There is no need for further discussion.”“But I… I only did it once, or maybe twice or thrice, but t
“WILL this be alright?”Lindsey’s worry and her thoughts about what Sam decided upon after what happened. Hiding the fact that they were kidnaped. Letting Jun handle the rest with the pieces of evidence at hand and the new ones that were suddenly sent to them just a while back. With all of them know that it was from Beatrice, leaving Francis in the air and saving herself. “This is better and the appropriate thing that we should all do.”Cath seconded, forcing everyone to have this talk and all from Sam’s protest. With her injuries and critical state in the first few hours after they are saved. Luckily Cole wasn’t hurt in any way nor the child is traumatized. But make sure, Sam sends his son to the psychiatrist, and is currently under the care of Adriella. Lindsey recovers fast, and can now move on her own, unlike Cath. “Let’s just leave it to Jun and Nadia. They both know what to do.”She added, hiding the fact that she doesn’t want Sam to know about the organization that Francis on
DAMN alive and still breathing despite his injuries and the gunshot that he just receives from Aaron a while back. Francis stands before Cath, with his gun up a bit shaking from his wound, but directly pointing it towards her. “I may stupidly fail at first, but this time I will not fail to end your life. You who put me behind bars, Catherine Wayne.”“Cath!”Two familiar voices echo in the air, but before Cath could look and see for herself who could those two people be? Francis fired his gun, missing Cath’s vital spot from his shaking hand due to his injuries. Yet still, inflict Cath with another injury and a gunshot to her left arm. Stumbling backward made her lose her footing and leads her to fall to the cliff.“Damn! Just die!”Two gunshot echoes, now directly to Francis's legs leaving him impaired and down helpless. “You cannot save her, she is gone! You failed to save your girl, Samuel Lawrence!”Consumed with anger, Sam clenches his hands tight, yet he didn’t blow up on Franci
STARTLED and quickly stops in her tracks, now standing and still. Lindsey instructed Cole to close his eyes and cover his ears. Do not let go no matter what happens and wait for her to say so. “Do you understand, Cole?”“Alright, aunt Lindsey.”The little boy replied and quickly borrow his face to Lindsey’s chest. Being an obedient child, Lindsey could feel the fear of her nephew with Cole’s shaking body and cold hands. “Stop, or find yourself swimming in your blood.”More than a familiar voice and the only person right now that Lindsey could think of who. She slowly looks back and is not surprised to see the Governor, no, Francis, pointing a gun right in front of her and with a cursing look on his face. “Just how low could you go for doing this to our family? Are you desperate to establish your dominance over us that you are going this far for your selfish desire?”“Low? Who, me? Tsk! Do not make me laugh Miss. Lindsey Lawrence.”Their exchange made it clear and more than to Linds
TRAIL OF BLOOD is visible from near. Cath’s breath is heavy and her sweat is dripping from her forehead. She’s easing the pain from the gunshot wound that she got to her left arm and right leg. Dragging her heavy body and following the path that she instructed Lindsey at first if anything might happen and they needed to separate. “Tsk!”She clicks her tongue in anger and irritation. Tired and has been losing a lot of blood after she fought and struggled against Ivy. Now holding the gun that almost took her just a while back. “CATHERINE WAYNE!”The name, her name that Ivy screams in anger at the last second when she pulled the trigger and put a hole in its forehead. Ending a nightmare that she took within her hand and fails to put her back behind bars. “Almost. Just how many it is right now?”Suddenly reminisced and the similar danger that she took and choose for her career and passion. She chuckles and a bit rested behind a large tree. Ripping her bolero and tying it around her leg
GUN shots can be heard from a distance and back. The exchange and the loud crash with the blow of a bomb shake the ground for a few seconds. Holding on to a tree while tightly holding Lindsey’s hand with her right one, Cath held her ground looks back when Lindsey screams in surprise at what just happened. Starling Cole awake, that worried Cath even more than she is under a lot of stress right now. “Lindsey, are you alright?” “I am. I am just startled.” “Mom? Mommy?” “Cole.” They both immediately coax the child back to sleep. Lindsey covered Cole’s ears while hugging the little boy tight into her arms. “Mommy, aunt Lindsey, what is happening?” “Don’t worry Cole, that was just nothing, just go back to sleep.” Relieved that the little boy is still sleepy and that it didn’t give them the hard time to coaxing it back to sleep. Cath looks around and a few steps away from where she instructed Lindsey to stay covered and safe with Cole. “Tsk!” She couldn’t help but click her tongue
“THIS is what you need to do.”Instructions that Beatrice needs to follow. Things that she is hesitant at first to do since it might drag her name along with the danger that she just run away successfully from Francis. But with Hiro’s assurance and the things that Hiro just told her. The plan and the fact that the organization has Cath, Lindsey, and Cole, the truth that the organization is the other party that is rubbing Francis's patience, and the little deal that Hiro on behalf of the organization strikes a deal with Cath. Is more than a heavy reason for her to believe. No, she had no choice but to believe. For in between the organization and Francis, added with the fact that Cath strikes a mutual deal with the organization. One thing is only left for her to choose from, and that is to follow the plan Hiro just told her about, and put everything of the blame on Francis.“I got it. I’ll prepare everything as soon as possible. I’ll call you when everything is ready.”“Thirty minutes.