Isla Carter darted his eyes at me. It gleamed with friendliness. He was comfortable to offer me his hand like we're friends that haven't seen each other for a long time, technically we are. "You should not worry yourself, Mr. McMillan. Isla and me, we have history, we will get along just fine."Mr. McMillan was more than delighted to hear that from Carter. "Are you not going to give this friend a friendly peck?" Carter asked me when Mr. McMillan got occupied by information that his secretary was confirming with him. "We have a history? Really? Was it necessary to say that to Mr. McMillan?" I scolded Carter in a low voice. Carter laughed and that caught everyone's eyes. He stared back at them and dismissed the staff by pointing at me. "Sorry about that. Isla's just being so funny." Carter bore his eyes to me. "Was it two years ago since we last saw each other? I forgot how effortlessly you can make me laugh." Carter playfully touched my chin. His unsolicited touch made me narrow m
Isla Therese Sloane Kairos cleared his throat. I took my eyes off the mirror to look at my phone and that led to me smudging my red lipstick. Kairos leaned on his swivel chair wearing a tempted smirk on his lips. "You know what." "What?" I murmured, cleaning the corner of my lips. "I will do it." My forehead crumpled and I brought my phone closer to my face. "Do what, husband?" "I'll take a red-eye flight to Paris. I can't do this. I said I'd patiently wait until you're done with your model gigs and that I'd be fine as long as we tall through face time." Kairos stops speaking and sighs. "But I can't." "Husband it has only been a day and a half." "I already messaged my secretary that we're flying a red eye." I pouted my lips and sighed in defeat, "Nothing I say will make you stop from coming here hmm?" "Yes, darling." "Even if I try to pay you a thousand dollars to stay there and wait for me like a good boy?" Kairos leaned his face closer to the phone. "I'll double your of
Isla Therese's Point of View. I raised my hand to call for the waiter's attention."What are you doing?" Carter asked curiously. "I'll ask them to put my steak in a take-out box or something. That way I get to eat my steak in pieces, and you can have this table for yourself. It's a win-win." Carter pulled my hand down. He pinned it on the table, and since he was stronger it's a struggle to free myself from his hold. "Carter, let me go. We're causing a scene." "I'll let go of you if you won't call a waiter." I clenched my jaw and that made Carter hold me tighter. "You know that this can be considered harassment and I can sue you." Carter finally let go of my hand. "God, since when did you not know how to chill? What should I do for us to be friends again?" "We can't be friends again, and we're not friends in the past, Carter. You're my client." "Really?" Carter pouted his lips in disappointment. "I thought we were. I didn't know that it was purely business for you, but." Carte
Isla Therese's Pov Michael was waiting in my hotel room. I thought he was after the steak that I took out for him from the restaurant, but the frown on his face says otherwise, he seemed like he had completely forgotten about the steak. "I just got a call from Mr. McMillan. Carter pulled out from the deal. He won't be your partner for the campaign." "That's fast," I said as I removed my jewelry and headed to the dresser to safely put it away. I felt Michael following my trail as if he were my tail. "That's fast? What do you mean that's fast? You knew that Carter would back out from the deal? Why would he do that?" "I tried to stop him, okay? But he's right. It's for the better if our paths won't cross again." "Isla." Michael held my shoulder, "I can't understand a thing. I'm trying to, but I can't." "Carter backing out won't have an impact on our end. That's all that matters, Michael, that should be our only concern." Michael pressed his lips together. He picked up the annoyanc
Isla Therese Sloan's Pov "Kairos." My voice cracked and it sounded like I was moaning his name when what I was trying to do was stop him from touching me."What? I'm not doing anything. I'm only helping you wash," Kairos said with an innocent voice accompanied by his innocent gazes. His finger grazes my boobs. I pulled away from him, but his other hand strapped me close to his body. "Isla, where are you going? You're not yet done washing," he whispered in my ears."Promise, I won't do anything anymore. You told me that you have a schedule. I'll just clean you up." I met his eyes and Kairos doesn't seem like he's lying to me. I allowed my body to rest against his. My breathing hitch and it felt like I'd snap at any given moment as Kairos hands gently lather the body wash up on my thigh."Let's rinse you up," he whispered on my neck. He was about to flush the water from the tub when I grabbed his hand. "Please..." I murmured in need. Fuck it, seems like I'm the one who can't get en
Isla Therese's PovI cracked a bitter smile. Carter looked away from me. I grabbed his arm. "Nicholas threatened you? Why would he do that?" I asked. "Have you forgotten that Nicholas Spencer is Rory's half-brother? He'd do anything for her, that's how much he loves his sister.""He'd do anything for Rory including ruining me if it mean it will make her happy?" I asked in a low voice. "You pretended to be Rory for a few months, right? I don't know what kind of bond you had formed with him, but bottom line if Nicholas was forced into a situation where he had to pick between Rory or anyone else, he'd pick his sister.""You said that Nicholas threatened you to stick with your deal with Rory... does that mean you're pushing through with the plan?" Carter avoids my gaze. "How much did Rory pay you? I'll double it.""You still don't get it, Isla, do you? It's no longer about the money." "I'm a fucking Lancaster now, Carter. My husband holds so much power compared to Rory and Nicholas.
Kairos's PovI breathe deeply. Fijo stopped talking and I caught my brother leaning in with a mischievous smile on my lips. "That land belongs to Lancaster's Estate, it's mine, now that I need that land back for the shopping center I have to go through a painful process and comply with ridiculous law to have that property back?" "Mr. Lancaster, our legal team started." I balled my fist and that stopped Fijo from talking again. "We are not going to settle anything with them. I won't waste any dime to get them out of my property." "If not through cash settlement. How will you make them leave the land, Sir? For the construction to push smoothly. We need to start the groundbreaking in the first month of this year's third quarter." "Burn their houses down." "Pardon me?" I looked Fijo in the eyes, "You heard me. I said burn the illegal settler's houses. Make it look like an accident." I turned to Kio."I'll tell my team to prepare cash assistance for the victims of the fire incident,
Isla Therese's PovMichael just got off the phone. His face was crumpled in frustration as he approached me. "Carter had managed to take the earliest flight back to Manila. He'll land then in ten hours, and one more thing," he said which stopped me from sipping my tea. "Someone took a video of what happened in your tent and posted it online. It's going viral. By now, Kairos probably heard of what happened." I put my teacup down and played with my ring. "Is there a way for the buzz online to die down? And for people to stop talking about this?" I asked. "I'm afraid that Kairos's company will suffer from this." I silently cursed myself in my head. It was reckless of me, I didn't think that the stunt I pulled against Carter would get out of hand. "The stocks will go down for a few days, but that's it, but you, you should be thinking of yourself, Isla. You were violated, if I were you I'd hop to the next flight and go back home." "But Chanel's show is happening on Friday and I need
"Nicholas grab the bait." Said by an nbi agent from the radio that Kairos and Kio immediately heard. They turned to the window where they could see the car parked at the back of the hide out that Heidi had put a tracker with."Fuck!" Kairos cursed out loud after he saw Nicholas driving away from his hide out."Where's Heidi? Her phone? That's where we can see the location of the car that Nichola's driving.""Heidi's dead but I got her phone." Special Agent Montefiore mumbled to them. He immediately searched for Nicholas's location through Heidi's phone amf they are taking a familiar road that leads to a cliff."I know that place. We should head there now." He told the agent and Barrette nodded.Kairos walked out of the room first to instruct his men on their next plan and then he turned to Kio."Please take care of my daughters. I will leave them under your care. I need to save, Isla. I'd die if something bad happens to Isla.""Our men will take care of them, Kairos. I already in
"The infamous Isla Lancaster It's so nice to finally meet you." Odette is wearing a devilish smile as she walks towards me. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at me quietly, which eventually ended with her laughing at me.She stood up and shook her head. Seeing me tied in bed like this tells me one thing. She is glad to see me suffering.She darted her eyes back at me with the same smile. Odette came closer again then she dug her sharp nails and traced my cheek with it and she end up caging my jaw on her fingers. I gritted my teeth and keep those groans of pain inside of my lips for I don't want to give her the satisfaction of seeing me hurting because of her.I tried to move my face away from her hand as my way to fight back but she didn't let go of me and instead she tightened her grip on my jaw and she started to laugh in a mocking manner."What the hell is so special about you huh? You're just a lowly stripper like me and yet you managed to win his heart when I couldn't
"I thought your investigator and the NBI agent is working on it? Why do you still not know where Nicholas took my Isla and daughters?" Kairos shouted at the men in front of him.Kairos closed his eyes when he felt pain in his wound from the gunshot that Nicholas.Kio took over. He confronted the agents that Laurant was talking to earlier. "We hope to hear another lead from you but for now it's better for all of you to leave us alone." Kio said. The agents nodded to him in agreement. Just in time with the agents leaving his hospital room. A doctor and Kairo's nurse walked in to check on his fresh wounds."We need to be left alone with the patient, Sir." The female nurse said to Kio. He glanced at his cousin one more time before he left the room as he was told.The female nurse quickly injected Kairoz with an enough dosage of anesthesia after she removed the bandage from his wound while the doctor started to clean it after she stepped away from Kairos.It also took them more tha
"Nicholas, stop it!" Heidi's voice was full of anger. She followed me while I carry the unconscious Isla to a bedroom. I didn't say a word to her and continued walking until I reached the room itself."This is not love. This is obsession. I'm not in favor of what you're doing anymore." I carefully laid Iris on the bed and turned to face Heidi. Her eyes scream too much disagreement with everything that she witnesses. I took a step closer to her and that made her step back. The trembling of her hand did not escape the corner of my eye while it was holding the hem of the bomber jacket that she was wearing."I don't care about you or anyone else. I only need her. I only want her.""Are you really going to ruin your life for a woman who doesn't love you?" She shouted to cut off what I was saying. I couldn't stop myself any longer and my palm hitted her face which made her quiet for a few seconds.It took her moments to redeem herself and when she did. Seething anger on her pools
I knocked twice on the door of Kairos's office on the first floor of the mansion. I caught him standing with his back facing the door. One of his hands was on his waist and the other was holding his phone. He gave me his weak smile and gestured for me to come near him. I held my breath and tried to smile before I walked closer to him."You didn't sleep last night." I said to him. He wrapped me in his arms possessively. One of his hands touches my waist. Kairos seated himself on the table top and me on the other hand remained standing.He shrugged his shoulders and put a few strands of my hair at the back of my ear. "I needed to fix things for your flight and the place you'll be staying at." He murmured. He rested his chin on my shoulder. I closed my eyes when his hot breath hit my neck that made the hair around my neck stand up.My hand started playing with the strands of his hair who are now longer than his usual hair cut."Do we really have to leave?" I asked in a low
"This is mine!" I quickly made my way to the first floor of the mansion when I heard Beryl's shrill and hysterical voice."I said I want that!" Raileigh argued back and tried to grab a magazine from Beryl's hand that my daughter is keeping away from her. I just held my breath and finally approached them both. Beryl came up to me then she gave Raileigh a death glare who was also looking at her with raised eyebrows."What are you two fighting about this time?" I asked in a low voice. Beryl pulled away from me a little and showed her a fashion magazine. I mentally shook my head because of it.Would you believe that? A seven years old kids are fighting over a fashion magazine?"She's trying to get this from me. This is mine. She didn't even mind asking if I could lend this to her, Mom. She just tried to grab it from my hand." Beryl told me what happened and then she hugged the magazine again and gave Raileigh her piercing glare. They are fighting over silly things, that's usu
"By next week we will have the results of the examinations that we did on Mrs. Spencer.""Lancaster. She is a Lancaster." Kairos interrupted the Doctor just to correct him. The Doctor then looked at him with an anxious smile and nodded."Mrs. Lancaster." He repeated. He stood up from his swivel chair to shake his hand, but Kairos decided to reject shaking hands with him.Did I seriously fall for this man before? He is a bit rude and snobbish. Even now. I am still falling for him and that made me question my taste when it comes to men."Next week? That's too long. Can't you make a way for us to get it by tomorrow?" I grabbed Kairos's arm to stop him from speaking. He bore his tired eyes at me that is filled with frustration. I pulled him to his back and luckily he didn't say anything anymore."Thank you, Doc. We'll come back next week." I said. I extended my hand to him to shake his hand, but Dr. Aleman chooses to smile at me and stare at Kairos instead whose giving him a fair
"Can you remove your tiara now?" I asked her after I've seen her wearing it even when she's brushing her teeth. Beryl looked at me for a moment then shook her head to decline my request.She finished brushing his teeth and then wiped her mouth with a towel that was just hanging on the side of the small sink of her own bathroom."I want to sleep wearing this." She murmured and gave me her sweet smile thinking that it'll help her to convince me.I narrowed my eyes on her. Beryl snorted then carefully removed the tiara from the top of her head. I followed her with my eyes as she walked towards the shelf where she got that tiara along with all the other jewelry and hair accesories.I seriously think that she's too young to have things like that."Mom." Beryl opened her sleepy eyes and watched me with a faint smile in her thin and pinkish lips."You love him more than you love Papa Nicholas right?" She suddenly asked. I stopped from stroking her hair. She caught my hand and checked o
"Years ago. I got into an accident baby. I was in a coma for months and when I woke up. I-I lost all my memories. I can't remember your Dad anymore and all that I have by my side that time is your Daddy Nicholas. He told me that we are married. I am sorry but your Daddy Nicholas lied to us." An unbreakable silence made its presence known. Beryl was just staring at me with her mouth half-open, probably shocked at the information that I just gave to her."Dad did that? But why would he lie like that?" He asked me in disbelief. Beryl stood up from sitting. Beads of tears pools around her eyes.She shook her head as her way of telling me that she does not want to believe me.I stood up and approached her. Beryl sobs broke the silence of the mansion. She grew up thinking that Nicholas is her own superhero, the perfect king then this happened. She finds out that her hero is a villain disguising himself as one.Beryl sobbed while she is hugging me so tight as if she's trying to hide her