"You could've just talked to Mr. Falcon, sir. I can walk to the bathroom alone, though," I whispered softly as we watched his father walk out of our floor.He clenched his jaw so much that I thought he would shout at me, but instead, he neared me—not that he's not near me."S-Sir..." I stuttered when my back hit the wall.He put his arms beside me, cornering me and ensuring that I had no chance to slip out of his hold. He bent down a little, only to level his face against mine.He smirked at me without humor. His eyes are blazing with fire and anger. "What did you call me?" he asked with a little smirk on his face, even though his eyes were burning.I put my arms on his hard chest, slightly pushing him away, but because he is stronger than me, he did not even move a little. He snapped at my arms that were on his chest, gathered them, and held them tightly."Answer me," he demands, the smirk on his face is already gone. He's completely dangerously looking at me now."S-Sir..."I was cu
I know that I should not act this way. In the first place, I am not his girlfriend, and being jealous is out of the picture of our relationship.I shook my head at the thought of a relationship.Clearly, our relationship was all about lust. He likes me? Why would he fucking let a woman kiss him if he does? Or maybe... he means he likes me physically? He likes to fuck me, huh? He likes me for my physical appearance. He likes me on his bed while he's on top of me, hovering over me harder and rougher. Oh Damn!I caressed my arms as I looked up at the sky. Millions of stars and a moon are giving light to our darkness. Somehow, watching them makes me feel at peace.A low baritone voice interrupted me from my thoughts. "It's cold in here. Why don't you go inside and join your friends to have fun?"I clenched my fist and didn't answer. I heard him chuckle from my back, and I felt him put his black coat on my shoulder. I immediately closed my eyes when his fucking scent ran through my nose. I
"You may now kiss the bride," the priest announced with a wide smile on his face.Ethan and I faced each other. I can hear some murmurs from the crowd as he holds my white veil. His face becomes blurry in my sight because of the tears that are starting to form in my eyes. He looked at me warily; there's no smile on his face. He watched me like a puzzle he couldn't solve.I tried to smile at him, but my lips just trembled.I don't feel it was my wedding. Only our friends are here, and his family. I may be liberated, but I dream of my wedding being something special and memorable. I dream it to happen on a beach while the sun is setting and I am wearing a white dress, smiling as I walk down the aisle... to the man for whom my heart is beating.I like Ethan.No, I love him.I love him, and I married him even though I knew he couldn't love me back. I shouldn't settle for less, yes. But what can I do when all I want to do is be with him? I'm tired... But one touch from him and I'm running
I entered the room through the back door so that I could get away from the media. The last thing I want to happen right now is for them to gossip about my personal life. I don't want them to meddle with my life and ask why my eyes are red and restless."Mom! Where have you been? It's almost an hour since you left!" Jared hugged me tightly when he noticed me walking to their table.I tried to smile a little at him. I witnessed some people near us looking at us. When they met my eyes, they slowly smiled awkwardly at me."Let's go back to our table now, baby," I softly whispered at him.He looked up at me and blinked his eyes innocently at me. He then nodded, and I held his hand as we walked back to our table.Jess looked problematic, but when he saw us approaching, he sighed heavily and in relief."We've been looking at you! Where did you go?" The sincerity was evident in his voice."I just retouched my makeup," I answered in a soft voice.He narrowed his eyes at me, but then he nodded
Almost 3 hours were used for our meeting in the conference room. There are foods prepared for lunch, but I decided to eat my lunch with Jared in my office. Though I can just make my secretary call him and join us here, but I want to talk to him. Our talk last night was, I think, not enough.Manly laughs and sweet chuckles were slightly fading in my ears as I walked out of the room. My secretary was left inside to accommodate the needs of the board. My office is on the same floor as the conference room, so it was easy for me to go in."Mommy!" Jared's eyes widened when he saw me enter my office.I chuckled and welcomed his tiny body for a tight hug. He was sitting on the sofa earlier with his toys and sketching materials when I come over.I pulled out and wandered his face; he's smiling widely at me as I caressed his soft hair down to his face."How are you, hmm?" I softly asked.His eyes glowed and lit up. "Mom! Look at the different designs of the buildings I sketched!" He held my ha
I didn't have any idea that he's the new shareholder! I gave my secretary a deadly look, but he just smiled at me like it's no problem at all! Well, I understand him because he doesn't know about Ethan Falcon. But he could've just told me about some details about the new shareholder!And why is Elyse letting her husband come here and invest in the company of her husband's ex-wife? She should be locking him in her arms, right? Isn't she fucking jealous?When Ethan saw me approaching him, his eyes widened, and there was amusement in his face. My steps are slow, primitive, and elegant. I made sure that I had no emotion on my face as he looked at me. He could've noticed that the chair in which he's sitting is preferred for me. He stood up just as I got to his front.He smirked at me; amusement was written on his face. "You can now take your seat, my queen."I almost puked in the enderment that he uses! My cheeks burned because of embarrassment. It doesn't help that all shareholders and in
I ran to my office immediately, and when I entered the room, I saw my son holding his airplane toy and forcing it to fly in the air with his grumpy face. A sad smile escaped from my face as I watched him. He seems casual... like it is a normal day for him even though I know it isn't. I wonder what he is thinking right now? He has just seen and talked with his father. It may be too overwhelming for him."Why don't you play with the remote-controlled airplane toy, baby?" I interrupted his playing time.He turned to me, and he smiled a bit. He's neither shocked nor excited. There's no energy at all.I noticed how slow his walking is; not just like before, every time he sees me at the door of my office, he immediately runs to me and embraces me tightly. Today, it is different. Even though his lips are smiling, his eyes are telling me otherwise."What's wrong, baby?" I asked when he embraced me, a little bit worried because of his silence.He didn't answer and just shook his head. I caress
I went back to my seat after the call, still preoccupied with thinking that Ethan's fucking some model out there. I don't really care if he fucks around. I just can't help but be slightly pissed at him because he confessed to me that he still loves me! And now he is fucking some models already.Your decision not to accept him back is a good one, Pen. He has a past of being a cheater; why would I even be shocked that he can do these things? Tell someone that he loves her, then fuck some people around. Oh, fuck you, Falcon.Just don't fucking come to my company again, you fucking idiot! I don't want to see your face again!The next few working days, I tried not to call a meeting for all shareholders and investors. We are facing some huge proposals for projects, and they wanted to be updated on every progress that may occur, so I couldn't help but call a meeting some time, like today."Did you send Mr. Falcon an invitation mail?" I asked my secretary.He's standing in front of my table w
Ethan's POV“I didn't expect you to come home today.” Pennelope whispered, caressing my naked body with her soft hands. I kissed her head and embraced her more. We are in the bathtub of her room and we have just finished making love.I missed her so much.“When I learned you are planning a party for your company's fourth anniversary, I wanted to surprise you. So I made sure I am present in your big event.”She lifted her head from lying on my chest. “How did you even know about the party?” She narrowed her eyes. I sighed and smirked. “Ethan!”I chuckled. “I'm sorry, I just can't stand getting no information about you so I made sure that all your men will report to me before I leave for Italy.”She groaned. “And I did not even know about it?”“You will not let it happen if you find out about it.” I ran my fingers on her arm down to her ring finger, where the ring I just gave her is on. “It really fits on your finger.” I whispered huskily.She laid her head on my chest again as we b
Pennelope's POVI saw and read it in the magazines multiple times. He was seen in a famous hotel in Italy with the same woman multiple times. So it is possible that he is already opening up his heart for someone. It hurts, yes. But I asked him this. So I don't have any choice but to accept whatever consequences it may cause me. The woman is a famous model here in the United States so maybe he really did not go to Italy for a business trip, huh? Maybe he went there for the both of them to date?I gulped and shook my head, trying to erase the thoughts running in my mind.It only took twenty minutes before we arrived at my company. Everyone greeted us with their big and warm smiles as we approached the hallway. Today is my company's fourth anniversary. And I am happy to celebrate it with my employees. The Spades together with David Falcon got jailed already. I don't know how it happened so quickly but they are sentenced for a lifetime imprisonment. I learned that Elyse is pregnant wi
Pennelope's POVOne call from Ethan and I felt all my blood go to my head. I immediately answered the phone with my trembling hands.“Ethan, w-what happened?” I asked nervously. I can hear his deep breathing from the other line, indicating that he's already tired. “He is already saved. I already found him,” he said with a husky voice.“Oh, god! Thank you! Where are you? Where is he? I'm going-”“He's unconscious…” he said, which cut me off.“What? Ethan, where are you? I'm going there! Ethan!”He told me the address of where he is right now together with Jared. It is the address of an Hospital. I don't know what to feel. I wanted to be happy and feel relieved because my son is already found, but I can't completely be happy knowing that he is unconscious now. Ethan did not let me drive my car. He asked one of his men to do the job for me. And although I wanted him to know that I could do it alone, I did not waste any more time. All I want is to see my son. All I want is to embrace
Ethan's POVHearing that, my sight darkened and all I wanna do right now is to go with the Spades and get my son back with us. I don't care about their lives anymore. I will kill for my son.I will kill just to save my son's life.I brought all my remaining men with me, having their weapons equipped within themselves. It's already dawn. Anytime soon now, the sun will rise, which means another day will start again. And I swear to all the heavens, all of this chaos will end before this day ends. I swear it. And if I swear, I only don't swear. I make it happen.The Spades mansion is big but not as big as the Falcon's mansion. They are surrounded by my men there. So it was easy for us to get informed about what was happening there. I took my guns and suppressed sniper rifle with me and wore my earpiece.“Are you sure you can do it by yourself? I can join you, Ethan.” Erman said with a worried tone.I clenched my jaw and tightened my grip on the gun. “No, I can do it. But always be ready,
Ethan's POVThe unending challenges are exhausting me. The pain throwing to my heart is killing me. But I have to bear the pain to fight back. Because I knew that everything would be worth it. Whatever I am doing and fighting for, I know it will be worth it. My family, Pennelope and Jared, is worth it. I ran my hands on the prepared and ready to use weapons in the headquarters. I know I promised my wife that I will not hurt any innocent people and I also promised that no one will die. However, I cannot promise we won't be using guns because this is not just about who is much powerful and has better connections, this is about who is smarter, who has the best idea, and who does not have weakness.I used to be called a heartless billionaire. I used to play fire with women everytime I wanted to take some steam off my body. I did not care about their feelings. I did not care about other people's feelings. Not until Pennelope came into my life.She changed my perspective about everything.
Pennelope's POVI am eager to end this. It has ruined beautiful things, turned special events into something horrific. Am I going to wait for further destruction before I end this?No. This has to end already. I do not know if Ethan already knows what Killian has said to me. Do I believe him? Not really, but hearing him out, telling me his explanations, I believe him at some point. Every word he said was full of sincerity.I know that he is good at faking things and this may just be his way to lure me… but I can feel that he is telling the truth. “Please answer the phone…” I whispered to myself as I wandered around the balcony. After the call I had with Killian, I immediately typed Ethan's phone number to call him. Unfortunately, he is not answering it. I have been calling him for the third time now and there was still no response. “Please…” Just as I said it, Ethan's baritone voice came on the other line.“Baby…” I knew it was him. I gulped and for a moment, I forgot the words
Pennelope's POVI do not know what's happening. The events occurred quickly. Ethan's men guided me to our car and they drove me back to our house, without Ethan with me. With my trembling hands, I took my phone out of my purse. Just like rain, continuous messages from different people popped out on my screen. I could not read all their messages one by one. Even Jessie has multiple messages on me but I did not try to read it. I went to a famous website platform, and I saw what Ethan was saying. Dalilah Spade, mother of Elyse Spade, is being interviewed by one of the most reliable and famous media outlets in the country. “We are still investigating everything. The Falcons are users. They used and involved my daughter in their crimes. And now, my daughter's life is being ruined because of Ethan Falcon. We thought they were married. We thought Ethan Falcon married our daughter. But it turned out, everything was just a lie.”I gulped as my heart knocked my chest hard and loud. “For five
Pennelope's POVEthan's explanation did not make me feel better. It did not ease the pain that I had felt back then or the betrayal I am feeling right now. I still feel... betrayed. I still feel... like I was a trash... easy to throw away and easy to forget. "Should I thank you then for s-saving my life?" My voice broke as I asked Ethan that question.No matter how hard I try to stop my tears from falling, I can't. They are flowing down like rainfall. It was easy for him to give up on me. It was easy for him to abide his family's want, just as easy as like that. He married me. He made a promise, and I kept it in my heart. But why did he let me go away? Why did he let me feel the pain I felt back then? Why did he let me go through all the pain I went through? His love was not enough to fight for me. His love was too shallow."B-Baby," he tried to hold my hand, but I shoved it away. I sobbed hard as I looked into his eyes. I glanced at his father, who's crying, and at Elyse, whose ey
Ethan's POVThe sound of water coming from the shower is so relaxing. Its cold breeze is calming my nerves, and it brings chills to my deepest bones inside.I do not usually experience it before, but now that I have seen Pennelope and have fallen in love with her again after five years, I suddenly feel the excitement of being alive. That day, I immediately called the leader of my men to find Pennelope. The excitement to see her again is so strong that I could not concentrate on work and could not take even a single nap. I need to see her again. I need to talk to her. And it may be wrong to say it, but I need to get her back. I need to win her back and bring her back into my life again. The five years of being tortured are already enough. Actually, I already gave up on finding Pennelope and having her back in my life again. Not because I do not love her anymore or because I do not want her in my life anymore. But rather because I knew that what I had done could not be forgiven. And ev