Chapter 44I stared into nothingness while lying on Lazarus' soft and spacious bed. I felt the tight grip of his arms around my waist.My back was facing him and his arms were firmly across my stomach, more much like a belt.It was dark in his room and the only light that I could see was from the dim lit lamp on the nightstand.Five minutes ago, he had just finished his act before we ended up in this position. I didn't want to face him, so I turned my back. I lay on my side, with no intention of facing the demon.He pressed closely the tip of his pointed nose at my nape, nuzzling it, inhaling my neck redolence.We're both naked, with only the comforter covering our bodies. I could feel his manhood poking at my butt, even his bare broad chest was touching my back.Since we got into this position, I hadn't moved. I was afraid he might add to my suffering. If I'd move an inch, what if he'd be triggered again?"What do you feel?" he whispered, leaning close to my ear.I remained silent.H
Chapter 45"Can we meet? Please, Ash. It's an emergency," I spoke softly, placing my hand near my mouth."Sure, I'm at the club. I'll be waiting," concern was evident in Ashley's voice. I could picture her short hair, fair skin, and those cute eyes she has. She really looks like she has Chinese ancestry."Thank you, be there in maybe twenty minutes."I ended the call and put on the sneakers Lazarus bought for me along with my son's clothes on our second night here after our house got burned.When I stepped out of the bathroom, I froze when I saw Lazarus' body move gently. I felt like I stopped breathing from extreme nervousness, so I quickly went back inside the bathroom and locked the door before he could open his eyes."Calista," I heard Lazarus call me from outside the bathroom, as if he was looking for me.I hesitated whether to answer or not because his newly awakened voice sounded frightening."I... I'm peeing, Lazarus," my voice was loud enough to be heard outside, and I felt g
Chapter 46I turned my phone on silent and ignored it before I told Ashley the whole story. After that, she let me sleep in her room since there's a sofa bed inside at the corner of her room near the bed. All I needed to do was pull out the concealed mattress of the sofa bed, then I could finally lay down on it. Ashley provided me a comfy blanket and pillow.I woke up at ten in the morning because we finished our conversation at around six in the morning.I checked my phone while rubbing my eyes with my free hand, but I almost dropped it when I saw the number of phone calls and text messages.In approximately sixty phone calls and eighty text messages.All of them came from a single caller and sender, and it was undoubtedly Lazarus.I thought he was the type of guy who wasn't fond of making calls and sending texts. Oftentimes, it was Law who contacted their relatives and updated his cousins.I checked the time of his last call, and it was just five minutes ago. I read his messages, an
Chapter 47This woman was quite intrusive, which is why the man moved his face away from the woman he was kissing. But I winced when the woman continued to kiss his neck. I was somewhat disgusted because the man paid no attention to her and just let her do it while we were in front of them.The man wasn't that old, probably around the same age as my manager at the bank. He clearly had a robust physique, and he also had a certain rugged look that added to his masculinity. It seemed like he didn't have a girlfriend. He probably had different women.The room was small, and there was a desk between the manager and his woman."Who is this sexy friend of yours, Leigh?" the manager gave me a suggestive look.My forehead creased at the unfamiliar name he used, and he was talking to Ashley."Lisa, she's Lisa," Ash nudged me before I could speak to give my real name."Ah, cute pussy," he said while staring down at my exposed thighs. "What brought you here?" he asked and returned his suggestive
Chapter 48"How did you find me, Lazarus?""I asked for Laki's help. He has many connections," he answered carefully, seeming afraid of how I'd react to his explanation.I hadn't been with them for just a week, and now he looked exhausted. His face was a bit flushed, especially his prominent nose, and there were small beads of sweat on his forehead.I immediately closed the four-foot distance between us and reached for his forehead. Guilt washed over me as I felt the intense heat emanating from him. I moved my hand down to his neck, feeling the same feverish temperature.He was sick too.No wonder he looked tired, and his eyes held a gentle exhaustion."Lazarus, you have a fever. What were you doing while I was gone?""I was looking for you," he took a deep breath and rubbed his index finger against his right temple. He looked stressed and weary, but the way he stood upright contradicted how he physically felt. It was subtle, but when I looked directly into his eyes and observed him c
Chapter 49"Are you going home, Lisa?" she asked, glancing at Lazarus behind me. Ashley seemed a bit apprehensive about Lazarus' presence, so she quickly looked back at me and smiled. "Take care, just give me a call if you want to talk about anything. I know you won't stay long in the apartment," she said with a chuckle. It seemed like she knew a lot about the Cavanaughs' behavior."Thank you," I said, giving her another hug before she bid her farewell and went inside the room where her customer was waiting.We went outside the nightclub, and I saw his expensive car parked on the side of the road. Luckily, there were no bystanders near his expensive car.Lazarus seemed to be enduring the cold night breeze. I intentionally wrapped my arms around his muscular ones, causing his gaze to drop to what I was doing.I was scared, thinking he might remove my arms from around his, but he didn't. Instead, he placed a light kiss on my forehead before guiding us to his car."You should do that oft
Chapter 50"Hello, Cali?"I took a deep breath when Irithel finally answered my call."Rith! What happened? I talked to Dome and he said you were sent away to your estates?" I asked while folding Zon and Lazarus' clothes."Yeah, it's really tough to adjust, Cali. It's all that traffic enforcer's fault," she said, blaming the poor traffic enforcer. She really hasn't changed. "I'm sorry if I'm only answering your call now. There's this guy here who's a pain, prohibiting the use of cellphones, one of our plantation workers. Mom entrusted him to me! Annoying, he's handsome but so aloof."I laughed and placed the last folded clothes inside the rolling suitcase. We've been using this suitcase a lot lately, because Lazarus seems to want to tour the entire Philippines."Do you have a crush on your plantation worker?" I teased, and since I had the loudspeaker on, I could hear Irithel without holding my phone to my ear.This morning, Lazarus returned my phone to me.My brows furrowed when I hea
Chapter 51"Fine," I gave in because I really couldn't resist their charm. My son was already cute, and then there's his dad. "But when I come back, you better both look the same. Lazarus, keep an eye on Zon.""Momma, I'm coming too," my son tightened his hug around my waist and looked up at me."Can't we just go together, Calista?" Lazarus asked in his calm voice, leaning towards his son again.I turned to Lazarus, and I immediately felt his muscular arm on my back."I'm just going to buy a sanitary napkin, in case I get my period. It's from a store that's within walking distance, and you both want to come?"Lazarus would allow me to go outside alone sometimes if it was necessary. But if it wasn't something important, he wouldn't agree.I didn't expect his mood to change suddenly, and he shot me a stern look."What? You're not pregnant?" his hoarse voice sounded like he was anticipating different news from me. He seemed somewhat disappointed by what I said."You didn't know, but I ta
Chapter 110"What do you want to eat? We have plenty of food, baby. Do you want me to add more so you have more options?" Lazarus' calm voice revealed impatience and desperation to find out what was wrong with me."N-No..."He seemed to finally lose patience with me, which is why he kissed me on the lips hastily, repeating it over and over. It was intense and warm despite my continuous sobbing and our lips, both swollen, pressed together.He rested our foreheads together, catching his breath from the intense kissing even though I didn't kiss him back because I was preoccupied with crying."What do you want, hm? I'll buy it," he said, then bit my reddened and swollen lips firmly."I-I want... Yubari King Melon," my voice still trembled as I held my not-so-large baby bump."What's that?" he asked quickly, seeming very eager to know what I wanted to eat so he could buy it right away."I-It's a melon, Lazi...""How much?"I hesitated to tell him the price, especially since he would have t
Chapter 109Hidden ChapterDruggedBefore Lazarus and I got married, it wasn't that easy to gain the trust of my parents, aunts, and other relatives for Lazarus.Aunt Lauren almost filed a case against him. She had found out about what happened when I was just sixteen years old, that he raped me, and that's why he hadn't asked me to marry him yet. He wanted to clear everything before he'd let me into his troubled life.I was not raped.It was my fault that it happened.The ecstasy. If I hadn't mixed the drug in his drink, then it wouldn't have made sense for him to take my virginity.He was drugged; ecstasy was irresistible when it had full control of a person's body. I knew some effects of ecstasy that a person might experience.Including paranoia, aggression, and psychosis. And more.Muscle aches and stiffness, increased energy and confidence, sweating, increased body temperature, feelings of closeness to others, dilated pupils, loss of appetite, heightened sensations. Those were th
Chapter 108I hurried to leave when I heard what he said. I left the university and entered my car which was left parked outside.Inside my car, the steering wheel almost broke because of my repeated hitting and punching.The next day I met a woman. her name was Sammantha, I lost my sanity because I immediately made her my girlfriend but after I took advantage of her and Calista moved away from me, I also broke up with her.Nothing happened between Sammantha and me.I want to hurt Calista so that she herself will stay away from me. I can't stay away from him."Lazarus. There are ten more sacks of rice outside, please bring them inside," said my old lady boss who owns a small rice shop."Is there anything else?" I asked even though my clothes were soaked with my own sweat. "I still want to work.""Don't worry, son. I'll increase your salary in two," he said before going inside.I worked. Scrape to save your own money. also one of the reasons why I don't have to work out anymore.My bod
Chapter 107"Come in," I ordered firmly without thinking and pushed him to the front seat, I opened the door for him myself but he didn't come in and his soft hand accidentally caught my tight slacks. "Come on in!"the softness and smoothness of his skin when I first touched his arm.I want to experience what happens to us in my dreams. I want to see her innocent face wince in pleasure and pain.It was amazing when he followed my wishes without complaining.My body grew hotter as if it had a mind of its own and knew that the woman I was fantasizing about was very close.I took her to the condo because it is illegal to let women into the dorm. the condo that belongs to my father but I will make sure that next time I will take him to my own condo."Lie down," my eyes lit up as I let him into the room and pointed to my bed.the bed was just behind him and he just felt like I wanted to push him begging and he looked at me innocently.Those innocent eyes. I want those eyes to look at me fu
Chapter 106special chapter...Claimed"Lazarus, son. I can see the potential in you. Business is business."I was in his study. I was standing in front of his study table while he was sitting in his chair and wearing reading glasses. Reading some files and reports.what comes out of the contour of his tongue is not funny. I think he still has plans to control my future.I have no dreams. I don't know what course I will take in college."Dad, why not Laki? O Kuya Law, he's the eldest. he should be the next one to run the company," my voice was full of fake respect. I tried to respect him.I know none of my siblings are interested in running our family business.Money could fuck our lives up."Laki don't take business seriously and Law wants to proceed law after graduating a four year course in college," he reasoned, pushing me more and forcing me to follow his footsteps."How about Kry?""She's too young... and stubborn," he shook his head slightly as he continued to read the reports
Chapter 105He's just getting started. I don't know what he can do if we stay here longer.I couldn't close my thighs because of his head.He used his sharp tongue again, slowly, teasing me. I don't know but even though it's cold here, I'm getting too hot.After a few minutes, I could feel his tongue becoming violent and angry. He was licking and sucking it as if my juice was coming out like a condense.My lips parted and I didn't realize I was moaning, calling his name.I gripped the sack of rice beneath me when I felt his tongue had found its way to get inside. My back was bent because of what he was doing.His tongue was a punisher.I gripped his soft and strong hair like how I grip the sack of rice beneath me with my other hand. I was almost there and he kept thrusting his tongue in and out of me.I felt my whole body tremble when he took me out and only used his tongue.My whole body was still sweating, panting and shaking when he climbed onto the sacks of rice that served as our
Chapter 104I saw Senyor Saturnino's expression darken. "I won't allow Laki's child to become my grandchild," he groaned.Perhaps he knew that Laki's children would be even more troublesome than Lazarus' if ever that rascal had kids. If Luzon had a delicate way of pronouncing the letter r, baby Praise had a slang way.Almost all the dishes of pork and chicken were already served on the large table in the grand dining room of the hacienda."Grandpa, can't we really do it?" I heard Lazarus ask beside me.He'd been asking about something I had no clue about since earlier. Maybe it was something only he and Senyor Saturnino knew."No, my dear," Senyor Saturnino promptly replied before taking a sip of water. "It's not allowed here in the hacienda or in your room."I have no idea what they're talking about so I just focused my attention to baby Praise, wiping some oatmeal off her pinkish chubby cheeks.Luzon was noisy and kept on calling Nayda to prepare his fried chicken for later. Was fri
Chapter 103EpilogueHeavenA white wall and ceiling, a cacophony of screams, and the smell of medicines filled the air of the mental hospital.I followed closely behind the nurse, who was leading me to a room to visit someone.I wanted to visit her. She, she's the reason why all of those bad and painful things happened to me. She's also the reason why I was where I was.Kiana had told me last week about her condition and informed me of everything she knew, including the location and name of the mental hospital where Samantha's mental health was being monitored safely.I wanted to face her now because this afternoon, Lazarus and my children and I will be leaving for Compostela Valley, to his Grandpa's hacienda.I left the three of them in our house, instructed them to pack our things, and told Lazarus where I was going. As a Cavanaugh, he insisted on coming with me, but I rejected his offer.Who knows what Samantha might do if she sees Lazarus' disturbed face. I doubt she's forgotten
Chapter 102"Call me 'tita' for now. Just tell me if my asshole, pussy, fucked up, moron husband tries to blackmail you."Unbelievable, but she treated me the same as before. Very straightforward. Initially, I had a different impression of her based on some words she said.The words a person uses can define them, but it's not always true.It reminded me of the people I encounter on the streets. Just because they're angry and not in a good mood, it doesn't mean they're bad people.I should have gotten to know them first. When I did, I wouldn't judge them based on what they seemed to be.Never judge a person without knowing the story of their past.We talked for half an hour. I fervently prayed that baby Praise wouldn't say any bad words, but unfortunately, she did. In front of Tita Ysa.I thought she might get angry and scold me for allowing my child to say those things, but no, she laughed and looked surprised instead. She even asked baby Praise to say it again. She's impossible.She