SELENAPeter waved his hand in a dismissive manner. "You don't need to speak up for my grandson. I already know the kind of person that he is. I really don't know why you fell for a person like Adam. After all the things he did to you, I thought you'd be smart enough to stay away from him now. But you're still going back to him. I don't even know what to say to you!" Peter said. I blushed even more when he said this. "I....I am not going back to Adam. He told me he wanted to get back together, but there are still a lot of things for me to consider our daughter...""You don't need to explain to me. I already know you're going to fall for his sweet words. It's Adam good luck that a good woman like yourself fell in love with him. I just hope that he knows how to treasure you this time. You should also not make things easy for him. He is going to think that he can treat you however he wants and you'll come back if you don't make things a bit difficult for him!"I was surprised to hear
SELENAAfter a few more minutes of staring at Lucian with hostility, Peter finally broke the silence. "Selena, come see me out. I don't want to be in the presence of this person!" Peter said. I looked at Lucian apologetically, and he shook his head with a smile, indicating that he did not mind. Peter saw this and sneered. What really happened between Lucian and Peter that Peter hated him so much?I held Peter's arm and walked out of the office together. The driver who brought Peter was waiting for him by the car when he got downstairs. "I'll bring Ariel to see you over the weekend. She has school for now and she won't get time off before the weekend," I said. Peter waved his hand. "Don't worry about it. You can take your time. I am old now and I can't do much to help. I just hope that I won't burden you guys too much" Peter said. "You'll never be a bother, grandfather. We will always be here for you," I said. "Alright. You can get back to work now," I said. I turned to leave
"You really can't tell me what to do, Lucian. Adam is your friend. If you have any reservations about this, you should be talking about it with him,not me!" Selena told me coldly. I was trying my best to hold my temper back as she said this. I really wanted to lash out. I wanted to shake her and ask her what it was that she saw in that person. Why the heck was she so obsessed with him anyway?Adam was really not a good man! She was way too good for him! But I knew that I would scare Selena if I did this. I just forced myself to smile. Until my plan was complete, I could only continue to hold myself back like this. "Of course, I'll talk to Adam," I said. ......"Lucian...why didn't you tell me that you were coming here? You..." I didn't let Jolie finish. I grabbed her hand and pulled her with me to an empty store room in Selena's company. I only let go of her when I was sure that we were completely alone and that no one was going to hear our conversation. Jolie rubbed her hand,
SELENA"Where the heck is he? If he knows that he doesn't want to work with us, then he should say it. I am willing to break the contract. He should not be wasting our time like this!" Adam complained. A few days had passed since we signed the contract and we were here to talk about it with Philp. However, he had kept us waiting for over an hour. I was starting to get frustrated and Adam had since lost his temper. "Please calm down Adam. You know that your father is a very busy man. I am sure that he is just running late," Lucian did his best to calm Adam. Adam shook his head. "No, I know my father. I know that he's not busy with anything. He is just doing this because he wants to mess with me. That's the kind of person he is!" Adam said. "I...." I was about to say singing when the door was pushed open and Philp finally walked in. He was not alone, though. The woman who was at the house a few days ago...the one Adam was supposed to get married to, was with him. She had a confi
SELENA "It's fine if you don't want to work with me Adam. I am not going to force you. I really don't want to have to put up with your righteous attitude anyway. But know that if you walk out of this place right now you are going to have to pay me for breaching the contract that we signed. I am sure that you have a billion dollars to give to me for breaking the contract it is not a big deal for you after all" Philip was very proud when he said this. It was as if he had been waiting for this Adam turned to Lucian,"what is the meaning of this?" He asked Lucian coldly. Lucian looked ashamed. "I am sorry Adam but it is in the contract that you signed. This is a very big project and we are all going to get a few billions in profits if things work out as planned. Having a billion dollar as a penalty for breaking the contract is just to protect the interests of everyone else involved. It's also the same for your father. If he wishes to break the contract for whatever reason, then he wou
ADAMI glared at my father. "How could you even think about demolishing that place? Have you forgotten that is the place mom grew up in? It's her home...and home and you know how much it means to her. She's always going back to that place. How could you be so cruel to a woman who's given her life for you?" I already knew before this that my father was a terrible man. I thought that there was no way he could get even worse but he always shocked me. The fact that he did not think that there was anything wrong with what he was doing blew my mind. "Your mother will understand that this is for business. Besides, it's not as if she has a choice here. It's my money and I can choose to invest in whatever way I want! Stop acting like you're a saint, Adam. You're a businessman. Did you really make so much money righteously? Don't tell me that you didn't have to step on a few toes to get to where you are today!" My father accused me. I smiled sarcastically and nodded my head. "Yes, I'm not
SELENA"It seems you've forgotten what I told you, Lily. If you're so bored and if you dare think about bothering Selena again, then I will make sure that you and your parents are never busy. You are only here because your father owns some company if that company goes bankrupt, do you think my father will still pay attention to you? He won't, so don't be an idiot!" Adam yelled at Lily. I was shocked to see him scolding Lily on my behalf. I thought he was going to ask what happened and that he would be mad at me when he found out the truth. That was not the case though, as Adam truly did not care for Lily. He was focused on me and me alone. I knew then that even if I was the one in the wrong, he would still have my back. There was no sweeter feeling than this. "You won't dare to do that, Adam!" Philp roared. "You can go ahead and try me, see if I dare to do it or not!" Adam said. He grabbed my hand and started to pull me away with him. He didn't stop until we were in the car. "
ADAM"Listen to me Adam we can't just break up the contract just because you are not happy with your father. What he is doing might not be morally right but it is the right decision for a businessman. And your father is a complete businessman. He does not mix business with pleasure at all. I am sure that the people who live in that place are going to get some kind of compensation. It is not a big deal and it is not worth you ending the contract and losing billions over" Lucian had come to my office, and he was doing his best to convince me not to back out of the contract. "Do you really think that my father is going to compensate all of those people well? He is probably going to give them a check for a few thousand dollars and then you will leave them to fend for themselves. My father is a really cold man who cares about no one else but himself. He won't do anything to help out people who are suffering. And besides that, that place is where my mother grew up. It means a lot to her. H
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