“LET’S see who will last up to the very end.” Xander’s threatening words and challenge for Sam. All after the supposed to be lunch date for the entire family turns chaotic upon the arrival of Cath’s younger dotting brother. “Alexander!” Xander’s fans swarm over the restaurant. But before they could cause a scene or any trouble, Brian already handle the situation with the group of guards standing outside the restaurant and restraining the fans to rush inside. "If you are prepared to lose, then let’s start this game.” Sam’s reply and acceptance of Xander’s challenge that doesn’t help even a bit with the turns chaotic situation that they are into. “If daddy will win against Xander, will my number one idol be my uncle, aunt Lindsey?” Monique’s words and hoping tone that Lindsey immediately nods in agreement. Making the little girl squeal in excitement. Not just for the reason that she is with the country’s famous idol, but when Sam defeats Xander, he will be her uncle. “Becomin
“DADDY, I want strawberry cake and Cole wants a chocolate one.” Monique cheerfully requested with a bit of her bratty attitude. “Anything that you want.” Sam that is on cloud nine agrees and might as well for everything for the job well done and the great contribution that the twins had done. “I knew it.” Cath could only whisper in a bit of dismay. Knowing what Sam is thinking and thankful about. But she couldn’t protest, for she doesn’t want to ruin the fun of the twins, and the cheerful accomplishment of the day. “Where almost there!” Monique cheers and giggles. Look outside and after a few minutes, they finally arrive. “We’re here, we’re here, we’re here.” The little girl laughs in excitement while jumping from her seat with Cole doing the same thing like imitating his older twin sister. “Shall we?” In a gentleman’s way or a bit of a play from the Casanova. Sam asks Cath and at the same time reaches for his hand which she gladly accepts. Making the twins giggle. “
“XANDER?” Cath almost screams in surprise upon seeing her younger brother entering the restaurant. Worse with his screaming fans that without Brian’s quick thinking the restaurant is now flooded with them. “Come on, what is it this time?” Cath’s protest and the added pain in the butt, with Xander’s schemes that are way overboard. Along with some entrance that is influenced by Xander’s love for Asian teen dramas and anime from Japan. “Alexander.” Sam stands and immediately greeted Xander with a fist bump that Xander ignored and instead looks at Sam with a death glare. “Do not act like we are good. For I am here to put you in your place, and that place is away from my sister.” Xander claims that the entire crowd is all busy screaming and fanning around that if it is not the security that Brian called and quickly. They are long been eaten and shoved aside. “It’s My Prince Xander!” Monique squeals in glee and excitement upon seeing her idol. That Lindsey immediately corrected
“WINNER! Samuel Lawrence!” Surprise, Cath looks at Lindsey who had the knowing look on her face, and whispers. “I told you so.” Lindsey’s proud smile. “You did it daddy!” Monique screams in joy with Cole in two and jumps towards Sam’s arms. Carrying the twins in both of his arms, Monique smiles and excitedly asks. “This means that Miss Cath will be our mommy, right?” The twin’s enthusiasm about the topic almost drops Cath’s jaw. Delighted Lindsey, Brian who is on the neutral side. And Xander is more than irritated for a while, but couldn’t directly protest knowing that it was all an innocent hope of the kid. “Well, It’s not up to me.” Sam then looks at Cath with those smiles of his that can bring any woman’s heart melt, but not for Cath. Those eyes of his that at the moment is captivating. Along with his cheekbone and dimples, no one can deny how strikingly good-looking he is. “Miss Cath?” Monique immediately eyes with an expression of hope and more than wondering. Expe
EVERYTHING is set for the second game everyone is all eyes into. Phone up and recording, Lindsey is the only one who is loving every moment, while Cath is left on the side to suck everything up. “Are both parties ready?” Brian asks in a manner like playing some kind of a role as the judge, referee, and coordinator. Which couldn’t be denied that he too is amused by what is happening. “Tsk!” Xander smirks, confident that he will win this bet against Sam. That is the other hand is also confident in his way of both proving himself to Xander and having his permission for Cath. Even though he is not directly expressing it, nor showing it to his face. “Listen up!” Brian took everyone’s attention and started explaining the game thinking that the new generations aren’t aware of the old games of the past. “The rule is simple, whoever will eliminate all of the opponent’s cups by landing the ping pong ball to its cup will win. Each cup the player must drink and bottoms up! The last one
A kiss. That damn kiss! “Does this mean we have a new mommy?” Monique’s smile and brighten face upon waking up and seeing her father kissing their nanny. The words from the little girl, and added by Cole’s smile that is hunting Cath by the moment. “Seriously?” Cath protested, all after Sam stupidly, yet not Kiss her in front of the crowed after winning that worsen her standing as the lover of the top bachelor. “How was the feeling of being kissed in front of the crowed?” Lindsey teases her, all smiles with the perfect day of witnessing all the charade that falls perfectly even though she didn’t plan anything of it. “Not now okay, Lindsey?” Cath’s reason evading the topic, now that she needed to deal with her drunken brother and the fans that’s swarming outside. “I will be taking Alexander home with Brian. I already ask for help from his manager to divert the attention of his fans and---” “You do not need to worry about it nor your brother.” Lindsey stops her with the
"WE will take care of the twins, while you are up for Sam.” Jaw drop and dumbfounded. Cath is once more caught in some kind of trap after nanny Ester rejected taking care of the drunken Sam and ends up giving her the task. The total opposite of what Lindsey told her, yet she somehow expected. “But nanny Ester---” “My back hurts. I am too old to argue anymore to anyone.” Nanny Ester pretended, taking her drama up a notch and pocking Cath’s conscience, by which is Cath’s weakness. “The maids are all too young to take care and properly with Sam. Where I couldn’t monitor them all the time. It is favorable that the maids where to take care of the twins tonight.” Helpless and by which Cath couldn’t argue to the old lady, nor think about causing an argument about a trivial matter. Cath is left defeated and how many times now, with everyone against her and taking Sam’s side. “Do not worry Miss Cath.” Monique interrupted with Cole on her side and assuring her. “We will be good kids an
“VIRGINITY?”Nadia scoffed, talking about a sensitive thing that religious people believe. Which is the total opposite of being liberated and what they are trying to achieve, or so she thinks. “I’m serious here Nadia.”Cath insists. Trying to take Nadia’s head to hers who view the topic not because she is a religious person, nor doesn’t want to be just like the rest. But thinking about it to be the most special thing that she could give to her first love. “Still thinking about Sam?”Nadia hit the bull’s eyes, and Cath admits it without any fuss. “Well, it’s not that impossible to think that you and Sam is been ‘best friends for so long, and the only thing that is missing is for him to drop the question. With your history together, just who else would you rather save your virginity but towards your ‘best friend’.”Emphasizing the word best friend twice. Nadia wanted to honestly slap Cath with the reality that the most popular guy in their University will never look at her like she h
“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.