~MERRY POV~ "So, what happened these days?" Victoria inquired, and I shared a look with Julian. "Father is not here yet, so I guess he doesn't know about my condition." "How did you manage my absence in the house?" Victoria inquired while looking at Julian. "Merry is in your place all these days in your house!" Justin revealed the information, and Vic looked at him with wide eyes. I looked at Justin with wide eyes as well, exposing the truth without giving a notice. "Yes, Merry is living under your identity at Gilbert Mansion!" Julian mumbled, pressing his thumb against his forehead. "I am not sure you recall your last memory from the mall—you met with Merry!" "Oh, yeah, I remember she was standing next to you." Victoria nodded, and her memory was crystal clear. "At the same time, Rocky shot you, and we didn't get the opportunity to have a conversation back then!" I let out a sigh while sharing a look with Victoria. "Who is Rocky?" She inquired.
~MERRY POV~This is time, Merry C'mon—my inner feelings yelled inside my mind while opening my mouth. "There are many things that have happened in these months, which you must know." "I got married to Julian." "What?" She sounded and looked at me with wide eyes. "When did you guys get married to each other?" Victoria asked as she looked back and forth between Julian and me. "How did you guys get together?" "You remembered, I proposed to you for the marriage to help you gain a place in the Gilbert Mansion." "But everything turned upside down when Rocky shot you, and you went into a coma." "Merry and Justin clarified the hotel scene with the help of his father." Julian gestured his finger at Justin. "When she found out that Lyra had a part in the separation of your parents, she lost her mind. She wanted to take revenge, and I always wanted to help Uncle Harry and protect him." Julian started to narrate the entire story while taking the initiative
~Julian POV~I came out with Justin while giving space to both of the sisters.I am very happy to see Victoria come back.Moreover, Merry is very happy; I felt peace in my heart while seeing her joy.She was stressed from the past few days with the sh*t of things that happened in our lives.Victoria's coming out of a coma is the beginning of our victory.I parked the car on the bridge while watching the view of the city. "Drink?" Justin mumbled, and I looked at him in response, who was standing right in front of me while placing his left hand inside his pocket and sharing a look with me. "No, thanks!" I turned my body a bit while placing my right hand inside my pocket. "Oops, sorry, I forgot that you only drink expensive wine!" "A rich boy like you will never drink the local brand. I got you!" He sounded sarcastic while poking his finger at me. "But let me tell you a fact: the local drink is much tastier than your expensive wine!" Before turning and making his way to
~Merry POV~The car came to a stop right in front of my house, and my heart skipped a beat as I captured the view of my sweet home."Are you thrilled to meet her?" Justin muttered, and I looked at him, nodding in response. I did not tell my mom I was coming home to meet her because I wanted to surprise her.When I opened the door to exit the car, Justin came to a halt beside me.We shared a look, and he blinked his eyes while tilting his head in a gesture—Let's go.I started taking steps inside my house with Justin.As soon as I set foot inside the house, tears streamed down my cheeks—this time, happy tears.My mother saved up enough money to buy this house and worked extremely hard.As I rolled my eyes at every corner of the wall, memories of my time here began to play back in front of my eyes.Every second I spent with my mother in this house was precious.This is a sweet home filled with love and care unlike Gilbert Mansion."Are you crying for real?" Justin's voice echoed in my e
~MERRY POV~I am having dinner with my mother after a long time, damn.When I am with my mother, I rarely eat with my hands.Even today, my mother is lavishing me with love."Tasty!" I sounded while taking a bite of food in my mouth.My mother smiled at me while feeding me another bite."Delicious!" I sounded while chewing my food and shaking my head.The more she fed me, the more delicious the food became, transporting me to paradise."Mummy, you are the best chef in the world!" I screamed as I opened my mouth to take another bite, enjoying it like a child.She stroked my hair with her fingers and made me look at her."Did you miss me?" I inquired, and she nodded in response, opening her arm in a gesture. "I MISSED YOU A LOT." I could not help but hug her, wrapping my hands around her waist and resting my face against her chest.I felt very peaceful in my mother's arms, and I knew I would never feel safer anywhere else.But Julian has proven my assumptions wrong.He became my painki
~Merry POV~"May I ask who you have come to meet?" My mother asked, standing next to me.I looked back and forth between my mother and the uninvited guest while taking a rapid breath with surprise."Your daughter knows me better." He mumbled as my mother looked at me, looking for an explanation."He is Julian, Mom." I cleared my throat while stroking my hair with my fingers. I could not help but smile as I shared a look with Julian.His eyes are not taking off from me, either.The smile on his lips was an incredible gesture of showing happiness to see me after 24 hours.I missed him a lot, damnit."Julian?" My mother mumbled, repeating the name and drawing my attention to her. "And he is?" She inquired, and I could not help but bite my lip as I looked back at Julian. "HE IS!""I am her boss." Julian got involved in the situation, making me blink my eyes.My heart ached with pain as I saw him lie about our relationship.I know he lied about our relationship solely for my sake.I cou
~Merry POV~"AIDEN GILBERT?" She turned the phone to reveal the caller's name.My heart skipped a beat as I looked at Julian with wide eyes, who was staring at my mother with no expression on his face.Oh my gosh, my grandfather is calling Julian right now! Why the hell did Julian save my grandfather's contact information with his full name?Julian grabbed his phone from my mother's hand and cut the call before looking at me.He rubbed his brow with his thumb."May I ask, who is Aiden Gilbert?" The question I didn't want to hear echoed into my ears, letting me out a sigh.Julian cleared his throat before looking at my mother.Julian, please take care of this! "He is one of my clients.""Where is he from?" She inquired, and I could see fear in her eyes as she gulped down to her throat."He is from Paris." Julian made a false claim. "Paris?" She blinked her eyes."Yes, he is one of my friends." "Your friend?" She mumbled."Yes, we graduated from college together." "You graduated at
~Julian POV~There was a pin drop of silence when I revealed that my parents had died when I was young.Mrs. Noah must have been speechless to ask anything."What happened with your parents, Julian?" She asked, breaking the silence.On the other hand, Merry opened her mouth to tell her mother to not ask anything about my past, but I showed her my hand while stopping her from interfering.She gave me a concerned look, and her lips formed into pouty. I could sense; she felt my emotions through my eyes."They passed away in an accident on my birthday!" As soon as I revealed, she looked at me with concern. "I was present at the crime scene, but nothing happened to me; my parents died on the spot." I let out a dark chuckle and parted my hand in the air.I do not forgive myself for taking them out, even though my father was extremely busy—I yelled at him to take me out.I still believe that if I had not insisted on going out that night, my parents would be alive today."Do you blame yours
~MERRY POV~ "Then, die!" David gritted his teeth and loaded the gun. "No, David!" I extended my hand to stop him when a bullet sound filled the air making me close my eyes.No, I don't want anyone to die! Changing the fate of someone always gives consequences A tear escaped from my mouth with a thought: David shot my mother, and I lost her. "Aah!" As soon as David's scream echoed into my ears, I opened my eyes.The bullet hit David's hand while making him throw the gun. "YOU SON OF BITCH!" Oh my god, it's Julian—he shot David. Julian threw the gun on the floor while stepping close to David and punching his head against him.Oh my god, it was so hard! "Aahh!" David groaned in pain while grabbing his head before he raised his hand to punch Julian and defend himself.But Julian is in a full-fire mood; his face turned red as if his blood was boiling in rage. On the other hand, Julian's guards pushed David's men while pointing the guns at them before knocki
~MERRY POV~I came to a stop, opened the door, and exited while closing it behind me.I sighed as I scanned the tall building from top to bottom, thinking, "I came here without any safety."Jesus, help me—while praying, I began running inside as quickly as I could.As soon as I stepped inside, my eyes were drawn to the clock—11.02 p.m. Oh my god, I was two minutes late. I walked in while looking for my grandfather inside the house.I let out a sigh as soon as I saw him in the hallway.There is a milk glass in his hand. The milk finished half of the glass. "OH NO!" I ran to him while reaching close to him before throwing the glass from his hand. "What the!" Mr. Aiden sounded while watching the glass break into pieces, spreading the milk on the floor. "What are you doing here?" David screamed at the top of his lungs from behind, spreading his deep voice throughout the hallway. "Did you drink half of the milk?" I inquired. "You seriously came here to ask about milk?"
~MERRY POV~I came to Knight Mansion with my family. On the way home, we stopped at the hospital to get my father's wound treated properly.Fortunately, the cut was not deep, and his shoulder was fine; he only needed a few exercises and rest to heal.Julian already called Olivia and told her to arrange rooms with good equipment to sleep well.Olivia is now walking with my family to show them their respective rooms. On the other hand, my mother and Victoria help my father to walk with their support.I sat down on the couch, grabbing my head. "It was a long day." I couldn't stop sighing. "Indeed, it was big!" Julian placed his hand in his pocket as I leaned down on the couch layer.We planned a wonderful meeting for my parents. However, David had a different plan for us. "Get up!" Julian sounded. "What?" I shared a look with Julian. "Get up!" Julian moved his index finger. "No, Julian. I have no energy; give me a break—we will talk later." "Don't be lazy,
~THIRD POV~As soon as the officer turned to Noah. Julian, Merry, Victoria, and Justin entered, shielding Noah with their presence.Mr. Aiden looked at his children with a frustrated expression. In contrast, David rolled his eyes. "You are not allowed to arrest her!" Justin approached the officer. "Who the hell are you to stop them?" Mr. Aiden inquired as he knew nothing about Justin. "I am the cop." Justin sounded very proud of his position as he turned to face Mr. Aiden for the first time. "I have recorded his confession." Justin took out his phone and played a video of Rocky confessing David's name. Rocky shared a look with David—he winked at him while telling Rocky to continue his act. "I told you, she paid me to do it!" Rocky pointed his finger at Noah. "Shut up, piece of sh*t!" Justin grabbed Rocky by the collar and clicked his tongue before pushing him away 5-6 steps. "Hello, Mr. Justin!" The officer gave a call. "Officer, I want to say, the pe
~THIRD POV~ "Yes, I was the one who planned all these!" Mr. Aiden's scream echoed back in the hallway while making every one of the people look at him. Noah let out a sigh while seeing Mr. Aiden expose the truth from his end.Finally, the characterless and cheater tag took off her.It feels like the heavy weight was removed from her soul.She feels so relaxed.A happy tear rolled down on her cheek.On the other hand, Harry stepped back as soon as Aiden agreed—he had planned everything to separate from him.Harry hoped every second on the way home everyone misunderstood his father.He had prayed for his father to say— he never hurt Noah, and he was not the reason behind their separation.But watching his father confess everything, breaks him down "Why?" My father sounded so heartbroken while a single tear dropped down on his cheek.Merry lowered her eyes while unable to watch her father cry and break apart.She knew this time would come one day to face off everything.On the
~THIRD PERSON POV~ "WHO ARE YOU?" Harry was shocked while watching Rocky point out his gun at them through the outside window.Rocky always keeps the spare weapon. He left over the snipper on the rooftop and now targeted Victoria and her family with his small gun while pulling it from his pocket. In the meantime, Merry got out of the car while hitting Rocky with the door on his head. "Fuck!" When Rocky groaned while grabbing Merry jumped in the air with the support of the door while kicking her leg on his chest. "MERRY, watch!" Harry panicked while watching Merry fight alone with Rocky—who was looking like a bad man. "Merry!" When Noah tried to come out of the car, Merry interrupted while covering the car with her body. "Mom, relax. You sent me to boxing and mixed martial arts—I mastered them." "I am very flexible to fight and smash my competitor!" Merry revealed the information, and Harry looked at Noah. "You sent her to professional fighting?" Harry l
~THIRD PERSON POV~Merry noticed a red dot on Harry's white shirt."NO WAY—DAD, DOWN!" Merry tried to push Harry, but the bullet touched his shoulder before letting out. "Aah!" Harry was knocked down on the ground while screaming in pain. "Harry!" Noah yelled at the top of her lungs. "Dad!" Victoria looked at everything with wide eyes.Noah, Merry, and Victoria ran to him while sitting on their knees and checking on Harry.The blood is bleeding from Harry's shoulders.The bullet touched aside the corner of his shoulder before letting it out—it didn't cut deep but gave enough pain. "Are you okay?" Noah sounded concerned while keeping her hand on Harry's shoulder, trying to stop the bleeding. Harry looked into her eyes—his eyes softened for her as he nodded his head in response. Victoria couldn't help but cry while watching her father hurt. Merry's heart also started to ache in pain while watching Harry groan in pain. "I need a first-aid kit to treat him." Noa
~THIRD PERSON POV~ "Where is my daughter?" As soon as Harry inquired, she looked into his eyes. His eyes darkened in rage, but Noah let out a fearful sight.She doesn't want this to happen! "C'mon, fight with it, Mom!" Merry opened the window and watched her parents—she could hear them. The car was parked just a bit of a distance from them. "Where is my daughter, Noah?" Harry sounded so serious, but Noah decided to shut her mouth—she didn't say a word. "I am asking you something, damnit?" Harry yelled out loud, and Noah closed her eyes for a second. "Don't shut your damn mouth; open it and speak up!" "Where is my daughter, Merry?" "I've stayed away enough from her; now I want my daughter back. Do you understand?" Harry poked Noah with his index finger. "What do you want to ask while seeing me after all these years?" Noah asked him back while breaking the silence from her end—she sounded so emotional. Her heart started to ache with a thought; he didn't
~Third Person POV~ "Your dream came true!" Julian muttered, and Merry couldn't help but smile while nodding her head and watching her parents.Noah and Harry, on the other hand, are making eye contact.Their eyes were full of love and concern.The memories of their time together began to play out in front of them.The memories of their cuddling, love, care, and fun began to play out before their eyes like a movie.They can not believe their eyes when they finally meet after decades apart."It has been so many years, but nothing has changed about her—she is still so beautiful!" Harry muttered inside his head as he stared at Noah."He has not changed a bit; he looks so young and handsome!" Noah smiled as she mumbled to herself."So, what do you think?" Victoria wrapped Merry's hand as she looked at her parents. "Dad, lost in our mother's beauty.” Victoria couldn’t help but laugh."So, Mom does!" Merry responded with a smile on her lips."I told you that they both still love each ot