"How soon can we get Ariel here, dad?" I asked. I really wanted to fulfil Selena's wish of having her daughter with her and frankly, I hated Adam. I didn't want my niece staying with him anymore. He already had a wife and a baby on the way. He didn't need Ariel and Selena. Not at all! My father sighed, and I knew that the situation was not good. "Those fools are still on our necks. Ever since we intercepted the weapons they were smuggling, they've been trying to get rid of us. I can handle it, but I don't want Ariel in such a difficult situation. It's bad enough that Selena is here, we can keep her hidden for now. But if there's a child here.... people are going to find out sooner or later and they are going to target them ," my father explained. I nodded my head, knowing that he was right. I really wanted Ariel here, but I knew it would be safer for her to be with Adam for now. Anyway, it wouldn't be forever. "As for Selena.....her eyes....how soon can we get the surgery?" My
SELENAMy heart beat fast against my chest as the doctor unwrapped my eyes. After five long years, I was finally able to get the surgery that would make me able to see again . There was a time that I had lost hope, I had my son with me, the son I had a few months after I reunited with my family, and Ryan had promised me that as soon as things settled down, he would bring my daughter over to me. Of course, my life was great and even though I could not see, I was willing to pay that price for being reunited with the family that loved me. But Ryan and my father had promised me that no matter what happened, they would make sure that I was able to see again. I decided to trust them, and just as I had expected , I was able to get the surgery. I had no idea how Ryan had done it, but the thought of me being able to see after five long years filled me with tears. "Okay....you can open your eyes now," the doctor told me. My heart beat fast against my chest. This was a really great moment
LILYI rushed to grab Adam's arm as soon as he got down from the car. He pushed me away , a cold look on his face. "What are you doing, Adam? Don't forget that I am your wife? Are you willing to cause a scene here in front of everyone? I am sure that there are lots of reporters here today. They would be happy to give an update on what our marriage is like!" I threatened him. Five long years had passed, and I had done everything I could think of to win Adam's heart. I even used my son, but all of this meant nothing to Adam. He just did not care for me and my son and there was nothing I could do to change his mind. I had finally realised that Adam would not give me anything and that I had to settle for the title of his wife. It was the only thing I had and I was willing to hold on to it with everything that I had. I was not going to give it up no matter what. "You may be shameless and willing to fool yourself, Lily, but not everyone is as stupid as you are. Everyone knows that ou
ADAMI stared at Jolie, with a mixture of surprise and anger on my face. What was she doing here?!And she was married to Jenson? When did all of these things happen? I never really cared for Jolie and when Lucian threw her into the sea five years ago, I assumed that she had died. I didn't bother checking, because I didn't see the need for it. I couldn't even find Selena, so how could Jolie have survived? But she was standing in front of me,with a smile that told me that she was not planning anything good. "Don't worry, honey, Adam and I are old ......friends. It's nice to see you again, Adam. How have you been?" Jolie asked me as she flashed me a smile. "What are you doing here?" I snapped at her. Jenson frowned at me, and I remembered that the information I had gotten on him told me that he was fiercely protective of his wife. I sneered at Jolie, I had to admit, she really knew how to trap men. Only someone as old as Jenson who was on the verge of death, would believe her
SELENA It had been a few days since I got back from the hospital and regained my eyesight, but I was already sick and tired of staying at home. I wanted to go had to work, I wanted to do anything, but my parents and brother would not hear of it. They were convinced that I was still sick and that I needed to rest. It wasn't as if I needed to earn a living, anyway. I was sick and tired of staying in my bedroom, and so I decided to go talk to my father..I would convince him to give me a job in his company, or I could even get him to get my company back for me. I remembered that Adam had taken over my company back then when he forced me to live in his house as his mistress..I had no idea what had happened to the company, but I didn't want it to remain in the hands of Adam. I was about to enter my father's study, when I heard a loud crash. I took a peek in and I saw that he had thrown a vase at the wall angrily. My father was not some who lost his temper easily so I knew that wh
JOLIE"Lily....how could you hit me? I just wanted to give you advice....I heard about the relationship you have with your husband....you can just tell me if you don't need it. You don't need to hit me and call me a gold digger, " I said. I knew there was someone behind me, and I said those things so the person could hear. I wanted to get Lily in trouble, to make people think of her as an unreasonable woman. If people thought badly of his wife, it would only be a matter of time before Adam's reputation was affected! "What are you talking about? Do you think that you're on the same level as me? You're just a gold digging slut who married an old man for money. You had better watch the way you speak to me!" Lily scolded me.She still had not realized what was going on."Miss Lily....no matter what, she is still the host of the event today, you can't speak to Jolie like this when she was just trying to help you as a good nurse," someone spoke up just then. Lilly and Jolie turned to
LILY"Lily, what's with the look on your face? I thought you said that you would attend an event as Adam's wife? I really don't know why it is so difficult for you to win the heart of a man. Already arranged everything for you 5 years ago. You even have a son that she can use to hold on to Adam and yet you are still not able to do anything. You are still just his wife in name. How long are you going to continue living like this?"My mother did not hold back when she scolded me. Over the years she has helped me a lot and created a lot of opportunities for me to get closer to Adam. However no matter what we did he was just unwilling to look at me. I was a terrible person to him. "Mom do you think that I am not trying? I have done all that I can. I even have a son for him and Philp has accepted my son as the future heir but you know that all of that doesn't mean anything. Adam is the one who is in charge now and if it doesn't accept my son there is nothing else that we can do" I said.
Just who is this woman and what does she have to do with you anyway?" My mother asked me. "I said she's Adam's ex wife....she is doing all of this because she wants Adam back. She made me make a fool of myself today and Adam is mad at me because of her. She has an old husband and now she thinks she can do whatever she wants. Hmph! I am going to show her she's not a match for me!" I swore. My mother rolled her eyes, "you can do whatever you want, just leave me out of it. I am sick and tired of your shenanigans!" My mother said. "Mom! Are you really not going to help me out?""Lily, I just told you that your father is having issues with his company. You refuse to divorce Adam and even though you're his wife, you can't even convince him to invest in your father's company. I am going to call my brother and ask him for help. No matter what, Frank is still my brother!" My mother said painfully .I rolled my eyes when she said this. "Oh please, mom. Five years ago when you called him and
SELENAI got into my car angrily. I was prepared to drive over to the house of Lily's mother and question are about what was going on. How could her daughter have the audacity to pass off someone else's child as Adams child for five years?However just as I was about to start my car I failed a gun pressed to my forehead. I turned slowly, and Lucian was in the car, staring obsessively at me. Adam had told me that Lucian was back and that he was the son of one of his business partners. I knew that I would run into Lucian sooner or later and I was worried about what the meeting was going to be like. But I never in my life thought that he would be in my car with a gun to my head. "Lucian what is the meaning of this? Do you know that this is a crime? How dare you point a gun at my head?" I asked. "Get the heck out of the driver seat. I am sick and tired of doing this with you, Selena. I keep waiting and thinking that you will come back to your senses and you will see that Adam is not
SELENA"So you are saying that you want to get back together with Adam? Look, I know that you love that man, and I guess I should have known that you were going to go back to him when you insisted on coming here. But are you sure that you can really do it this time? This is the third time that you will be getting back together with Adam. The first two times did not work. Why do you think that it is going to work now?" Ryan had a worried look on his face as he asked me all of these questions. Although my brother sounded a bit harsh I knew that he was just asking me this because he was worried about me. "I have already made up my mind Ryan. I am going to get back together with Adam and I will make sure that our relationship works out this time. We have been through a lot together and we have grown a lot. So we can definitely make it work as long as we put in the effort. We are already together, anyway. And even though you and dad might not like it, we have a right to be happy," I sai
My heart sank to my chest when I heard the familiar voice of Jenson. I turned back slowly, and I saw the man who was supposed to be dead, sitting on the bed, a cold look on his face. I screamed, and my phone fell from my hand. "You..... aren't you.... aren't you dead?" I asked him. I shook my head, forcing myself to think quickly. He wasn't dead just yet! I couldn't let him realise I was trying to murder him! I threw myself at Jenson and started to cry. "Jenson ...baby ...I am so glad that you are alive. I was so scared ...I was calling the ambulance and Lucian....I really wouldn't have known what to do if you had indeed been dead. Can you please not scare me like that next time? I don't think I'll be able to live on if you die!" I said, crying real tears. I was crying because my plan had failed when I was so close, but he didn't need to know that. Jenson just needed to think that I was crying because he almost died.Jenson pushed me away coldly, a sneer on his face. "Do you
JOLIEI left Jenson into the house that I had rented out for our vacation. I made sure that it was a place far away from the city so that it wouldn't be easy to trace what would happen back to me. He was already old anyway, and I was sure that his death would be chalked up to a heart attack. Besides, Lucian wouldn't really care to find out what happened to his father, not when he was busy spending his money. The past few days have helped me realize that Lucian was only sticking around for the money that he could get from Jenson. He really didn't care for him as a father, and I thought that Lucian would thank me even if he found out what I did. I got rid of the man standing between his inheritance , he should be thankful to me. "Are you sure that it's a good idea for us to come here, Jolie? There is hardly any network. How am I going to communicate with the people at work?" Jenson asked me as he looked around the house. "Come on Jenson, you said that you only have today to spare
SELENA I was disgusted when I heard Lily say these things. I always knew that she was not a good woman, but the fact that she could just hand her son away and demand that and didn't want to hear from him ever again...it was really really cold. "Lily, what kind of mother are you? This is your son! Adam wants custody of the kid but that doesn't mean that he wants to take the kid away from you forever! He still wants you to be in his life. Why are you doing this to the kid?" I asked. I looked at Daniel who was clinging on to his father, and I felt my heart breaking for him. He was a kid who clearly needed love, but with a mother like Lily, it was obvious that he never got any of that love. "Oh please, you don't have to pretend like you're such an amazing woman, Selena. Isn't this what you wanted? You have your man back, and you even gained a son in the process. You should be happy since you beat me, why are you acting like you care?" Lily sneered at me. "Some of us have kids that
ADAM"Philp, I want a divorce. I am sick and tired of this. I can't tell such a crazy lie, and I can't continue to live with you. I want to leave. Please let me go," my mother said.There was complete silence after she said this. I could not believe that my mother had really asked for a divorce. I had tried to get her to feed a divorce from this man several times but she refused to listen to me.She was convinced that he was the love of her life, and there was nothing that could change her mind. "Janet? Are you mad?! I brought you here to fix the issue that you created and you are telling me that you want a divorce? What are you going to do when you get a divorce?! Where do you think you are going to do if you leave me?" My father yelled at her. My mother smiled, and for the first time in my life, I saw her relaxed. It was as if she had let go of all of the burdens she was carrying as soon as she said that she wanted to divorce my father. "I don't know yet, I am going to get a jo
ADAMMy mother was a sobbing mess and my father had an angry look on his face when I walked into my living room. Selena had been really close to agreeing to being with me again, and so I was dealt mad that these people had come to disturb me at such a time. I was especially angry at my father. I could not bring myself to give him even a single shred of respect, after all of the things that he did to me. "What are you doing here?" I asked coldly, without looking at my father. The tempo of her tears increased but I didn't let it affect me.Although my mother had nothing to do with what happened back then, I could not help but resent her a bit. If she hasn't been "sick" I would never have lost Selena. She was the catalyst for what happened five years ago. "Adam, I don't know what your mother told you yesterday, but she was imagining things. She's old now and she's thinking all kinds of things in her head. You saw her medical records back then, now why on Earth would I fake her hav
SELENA My head was hurting when I woke up the next morning. It took a few seconds, but I recalled what had happened the previous night. Adam and I slept together once again. My lips twitched, this was not what I wanted. This was not how I thought things were going to go when I decided to come back. But nothing was going my way ever since I came back. I knew that with Adam and I, it was never really simple. I had to think about what I was going to do about our relationship now, especially since we already had two kids together. I could not ignore the elephant in the room. Just then, Adam walked out of the bathroom, wearing his pyjamas, and with his hair still wet. It was obvious that he had just taken a bath. He flashed me a smile that made my heart melt when our eyes met. "Are you awake? Ariel has already been sent to school, if you want breakfast, I can make something for you," he offered. I laughed lightly, "Do you even know how to cook?"The Adam I knew in the past was dis
SELENA"Can you please stop doing this, Adam? I know that you're angry, but do you think that drinking yourself to a stupor like this is going to solve anything for you?" I asked, feeling really drained. After his mother had left, Adam had come to the bar, claiming that he needed to drink to forget the things that had happened. I could not just leave him to himself, what he found out was pretty damaging, and so I decided to come with Adam to make sure that he didn't hurt himself or someone else. A sad look was on my face as I watched him gulp down all of the beer. At this rate, he was going to be sick. Did Adam think he could get anything out of acting out like this? "You can just leave if you don't want to be here with me, it's not as if I am forcing you anyway," he said coldly. Even though I knew he was drunk and I shouldn't let his words get to me, I could not help but feel a bit hurt. I could not understand why he was acting like this. Did he really need to be such an assho