"Welcome to the family, Rory." Kio raised his wineglass and the rest of us followed. Everyone sips on their champagne and wine. He got off the small platform and then he walked towards our table. "Are you okay?" I asked him half smiling. We are almost done with the rehearsal dinner and everyone is now minding their own business. Kio lightly shook his head and then he purposely made sure that I saw him straighten his posture. He flashed a smile and once again offered his hand to me. I looked at Kairos when I saw him staring straight at his twin brother. "Come on, do you mind if I dance with my sister-in-law? Just one dance, Kairos. It's not like she will change her mind and choose to marry me instead of you after this," Kio teased Kairos. I took his hand and pulled him straight to the dancefloor. Kio is full of antics and he knows how to irritate his twin in more ways than one before he gets on Kairo's nerves. I'd distance him away from his twin. "Have you heard it from me?" He asked
"How did you know?" Kio exclaimed. His eyes shift from me and Gresya so now Gresya knows that we are talking about her and if I am Gresya who is part of this so-called dirty little secret. I would be nervous too. She is probably rummaging in her head to find some answer.I grab Kio by his pulse to the corner of the dancefloor away from people so we can continue to talk about this. When my eyes meet him again for the second time. He seems calmer like he knows now that he shouldn't have reacted the way he did. He looked around just to make sure that everyone was back minding their own business and it seemed like that until I found my fiancé eyeing the two of us curiously and Gresya was doing the same thing. "I didn't. It was a wild guess but boy you are bad at hiding secrets and how come you don't lie? How come you are a terrible liar when you are a notorious playboy and fuck boy?" I asked him. Kio scoffed, offended by what I just called him. I mean, that is the truth! "Is there some
"When did you two start with your fuck buddy set up? Come on tell me! I love stories like this!" I urged her and she stared at me with her eyes wide open as if she found my words too scandalous. I rolled my eyes at her. Rory would probably never do it to her friend but if I am not playing Rory here and I am friends with her as Isla Therese. I would have pulled her hair the moment I heard from Kio that he and Gresya are fucking secretly. "Uh-uh. Don't you dare give me that innocent look? Stop acting all so innocent. There is no way you find the word fuck too scandalous for your liking when you are being nasty with my brother-in-law!" I told him faking my annoyance as I tried to call him out but I guess she was not used with this kind of humor for I saw sadness cross in her eyes. She thinks that I am really upset with her. "I am not mad at you. I am just saying. Just tell me how it starts. I need a little break from all the people at the rehearsal dinner. We could use this break becau
When the rehearsal dinner ended. I ended up doing what his mother wanted even if he was against the idea that I would be away from him for two days. I somehow managed to convince him that it was just for three nights and two days. After that, I will be coming home to him and no one else while he'll never come home to an empty house. It feels like my heart is being torn and ripped apart as I said knowing that Sunday will be our last day together. "Here. Take this," Nicho muttered. He took the piece of paper from the table and it hung around his fingers for a few more seconds before I sauntered and cut the distance between the two of us.No one in their family is comfortable with the idea of me spending these coming days with them so I am staying at Heritage Lancaster. I mentally rolled my eyes. News flash, I do not want to stay with them either. "What is this? A wedding vow?" I asked jokingly but I immediately closed my lips after I saw the first word. It is indeed a wedding vow writt
His hand crawls from my legs up to my thighs. A muffled moan escaped my lips as his finger rubbed the material of my underwear against my sensitivity. It was never a good idea to wear a dress and have him around for we would always end up doing something like this. "I want your tongue," he whispered as he was busy painting my jaw with his tongue. The moment I opened my mouth. He instantly went for it. His mouth expertly suckles my tongue, tugging it lightly and then he worded it with his. I was caught off guard when Kairos withdraw his hand from my pussy and pulled away from me. Seconds after that, the elevator opened and an old woman walked in. Our eyes met and she stared at the two of us with suspicion lurking in her eyes. Been there, done that. It seemed like she was fully aware of the thing that we were doing before she walked in. The moment she tore her eyes off me. I glance at Kairos and chuckle before I rest my head against his shoulder. I just got this thing straightened out
"Rory, is there something that you might want to tell me? One of these days? In the far future? On our wedding day?" He asked. Holding my breath it started to feel as if my body would soon collapse. I stared straight into his eyes faking the feeling of confusion.The corner of my lips stretched into an innocent smile. This is what I do best, to pretend as if I know nothing when I seriously know what's going on."None. Why? Is there something that you want to know about me?" I asked him back. His grip on the steering wheel tightens and when I look up to him I see him clenching his jaw.Why do I feel like Kairos knew something? Not the full story or the full-on details but he has his suspicion and he might be able to catch me and the Spencers with all these lies.Kairos stepped into the gas and started to drive faster than usual. It bothers me but I didn't want to say anything. Grasping on the seatbelt. I purse my lips in a thin line, bearing the silence between the two of us and soon en
"Because I already miss you so much, Isla... and I can't get mad at you anymore," Kairos said my real name the second time around and I don't think he realized that he did. When he said Isla while we are on the way here in the hotel the first time around. He meant my name and Isla de Santillan is just his sleek way of making it seem like he is still clueless that it is my name. He called my name back then to stop me from going on about Gresya and Kio because he had enough of that conversation. "I'll see you at our wedding Rory," he said with a faint smile on his lips. Why call me by her name when you already know that I am not her? I'd rather you call me by mine and get angry with me, punish me for fooling you. I raise my hand and graciously wave back at him after he looks back at me before he completely gets inside his car. Heart thumping not knowing whether I'd tell the Spencers or not. I press a button for the elevator to close. Everything that happened within the last two hour
"Sneak out and meet me at my suite." I discreetly look around before I crumple the piece of paper in my hand once I'm sure that no one is staring in my direction. It felt like Kairos gave me an ultimatum to come up at him and confess to him about the deal that I had made with the Spencers. If I did that, I think he would forgive me but he might cancel the wedding at the last minute and that's going to be my fault. Both Diana and Niklaus will blame and I might end up not getting anything from this deal of ours. They can't take back that half million that they had transferred to my bank account. I need that so I can sweetly start a new life. "What are you doing?" I immediately took a step to widen the distance between Niklaus and I. The double doors of the chapel are closed. It's just me and the Spencers standing outside for my entrance before I walk down the aisle. Nicholas glanced to where the head of the organizers was, telling me to be silent, but I couldn't. I don't want his fathe
"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