ADAM"Ariel, can you please come out and let's talk? Your mother and I love you a lot. No matter what happens, we will never abandon you. We will always be on your side. Can you please trust us?" I had a headache from how Ariel was acting. She has locked herself up in her bedroom and she was refusing to come down no matter what I said. My chest hurt just thinking about how she had spent all of that time thinking that Selena and I did not love her and that we would ignore her just because we had other children. "Ariel...". I called her out again but she didn't say anything. I could only hear her soft sobs coming from inside the bedroom. I sighed, feeling tired all of a sudden. Just then, I heard a knock on the door. I frowned, wondering who would come to see me this late. It was already past 8 pm. "Ariel, it's fine if you don't want to talk to me for now. I am going to leave you alone first, but please , we need to talk about this, okay. You need to talk to me," I said. Turnin
SELENA"What do you mean you haven't seen Liam? He was playing with his phone just a while ago! Where could he have gone?" I asked, worriedly. Ryan stood up immediately , we both started to look for Liam. We called out his name several times, but there was no response. After twenty minutes of searching the entire house, it was clear that he was not here. I started to panic. "Where could he have gone? He doesn't know anywhere here! He could have told me if he wanted to go somewhere! Do you think that someone took him away? Yes, that has to be it. Someone took him away!" I said, my face pale from worry. Ryan put his arm around me to comfort me. "I am sure that he's just being mischievous. No one could have kidnapped him..." "You don't know that! There are so many people who don't like us here! There is Lily and then there is Adam. He already knows about Liam. What if he took him because he doesn't want me to take his son away?" I asked, worriedly. "You know that doesn't make se
SELENA When I walked into the living room, Ariel and Liam were arguing back and forth with each other.Tears gathered in my eyes when I saw how they were arguing about who I loved the most. "She was crying when she saw me and she wanted to take me back with her!" Ariel argued."Besides, she came back just for me this time, so she definitely loves me more" Ariel added. "Kids......please stop arguing," I could not stand to listen to the whole thing anymore and so I spoke up. They both turned to look at me, shocked that I was here. I knew neither of them were expecting to see me here. "Mom...." Liam called out to me excitedly as he ran to my side. However, Ariel looked away. I smiled, I knew now that she didn't hate me. She was just mad at me, I just needed to show her that I would always love both of them equally, and then things would be all fine and dandy again. "What are you doing here? And how did you even get here on your own?! What is wrong with you? Didn't I tell you tha
ADAM The kids and Ryan were in the car and Selena and I stood outside my house, awkwardly. "It's way past Liam's bedtime, what do you want to talk to me about?" She asked me. "Selena...I just want to clear up some misunderstandings between us. We have been fighting for so long and it all doesn't make sense to me anymore. I just want you to know the truth," I said. If we were going to reconcile, then I knew I needed to lay out all of my cards on the table. I couldn't stand Selena continuing to misunderstand me like that. She needed to know the truth. Selena frowned when I brought this up. "It's already been five years. I don't care about any truth. I just care for my children and ..." "Do you really not want to know what happened all those years, Selena? I know that you are curious, and I know that you probably already have an idea on what's going on, but can you please let me explain? It will help me sleep better at night ...just see it as doing me a favour? What do you thin
LILY"You really expect me to just get the divorce just like that?! Mom! I am your daughter! Your only daughter for crying out loud! Can you please just....be on my side for once?!" I yelled at my mother .Adam had given me an ultimatum, the bastard was so eager to get back together with that bitch, Selena. But I didn't really want to do it. I didn't want to give up my son, and I didn't want to get a divorce either! If I did what Adam asked me to do, I knew he would make Selena raise my son. Daniel would call her mom, and I would be pushed away from his life for good. There would be no place for me. "Why do you think I am doing all of this? It's because I am your mother! If I wasn't your mother, do you really think I would have risked my life to put up with your lies all these years?" My mother asked me coldly. My face went pale when she said this. "Mom....what are you trying to say?" I asked. "Don't tell me that you've forgotten who the real father of your son is?! If you're
LUCIANI was trying to catch a nap , when I heard banging on my bedroom door. I already knew who it was, and I just wanted to ignore her, but she kept knocking. Obviously, she was not going to give up. I walked over to the door and pulled it open. "What the heck do you want?!" I snapped at Jolie. She pushed her way into my bedroom. "I want to talk to you, Lucian. What is your goal for doing all of this? What do you hope to gain?" She asked me. "I just want to be reunited with my father. Why do you think I want something?". I shrugged innocently. "Don't think that I am a fool. You've not seen your father in years, and I am supposed to believe that you suddenly care about him now? I am sorry, but I don't believe any of that. I don't know how you faked the DNA test result, but I am going to find out the truth, and Jenson will see you for the fraud that you are!" She threatened me. I rolled my eyes, "You know, I really want all of this to be fake too. I hate the fact that a man w
jOLIE"Get out of my way!" I pushed away the secretary that was trying to stop me from going into Adam's office. It has been five long years since I have been here but I still remember the way to the office well. "Miss, you have to get an appointment if you want to speak to the CEO!" The secretary was still trying to stop me when I pushed Adam's door open, and walked into the office. Lily was seated facing him, and I could hear her negotiating with Adam. "If you want a clean divorce, I would suggest that you give in to my demands instead of trying to fight it. Remember that I don't have anything more to lose, you're the only one who will lose out if our marriage keeps on dragging," I heard Lily telling Adam. I sneered, even as Adam stood up angrily and started to approach me. "You really can't wait to throw yourself into Selena's arms right? You did the same thing back then. You framed me for cheating on you and ran to her as soon as she came back. And you're doing it to Lily th
JOLIE Selena walked outside of the house, holding two kids with her. There was a happy smile on her face, and I quickly realized the older girl was her daughter, Ariel.As for the boy.... although I was some distance away, I was still able to tell that he looked exactly like Adam. I remembered just then that Selena had indeed been pregnant five years ago when the incident happened. So not only did she survive, even the child she was carrying survived? How the heck was she so lucky? Why did she have such a good life, damn it! A man walked out of the house just then, and Selena hugged him affectionately. I saw red when she did this, the man was really attractive, and I finally knew how Selena was able to afford living here. After leaving Adam, she was still able to trick an unsuspecting man into getting married to her. I was almost insane with jealousy. How was it that Selena was able to get a man as handsome as that while I was stuck with a man who was old enough to be my gra
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