It's still raining cats and dogs outside though it's been two hours since we arrived at the villa where we are supposed to stay for the night. Kairos was sleeping in our room upstairs while I had just gotten up for the thunder woke me up and I couldn't find my way back in dreamland. A few steps away from the first floor of the villa. I heard chopping noises, an ASMR, and with those sounds. I quickly assumed that a private chef was now working on our dinner. My feet move to bring me to where the noise is coming from. I saw the back of an old woman, in her early fifties I assumed. Her hair is almost white, tied in a bun and kept in a hairnet, as I was watching her. I saw her halt from chopping whatever it was that was placed on the chopping board and then she slowly turned in my direction holding the cutting knife that had taken maback. She instantly smiled and put the knife away after she realized who I was. The warmth of her smile reminded me of my grandma. That thought made me chuc
"Why don't you go ahead and ask that husband of yours what he did to Rory? Lucky you, someone out there is willing to do the dirty job for you. I guess you don't need to sacrifice her yourself," she said to me. My forehead knotted in confusion and I started to feel chills running down my spine. She is hinting that Kairos did something to Rory, whatever that is sounds terrible. "Kairos did something to her? What did he do?" The old woman chuckled and flashed a downward smile at me. "What do you think he did? You are a smart woman, Isla. You will figure it out.""Figure what out?" Kairos looks like he just woke up the moment he opened his eyes. He immediately went looking for me. Kairos walks closer to me as he eyes the old woman suspiciously. "What you did to the other woman. The one you are holding in captive? The reason why her family couldn't find her. For how long do you plan to keep her?" The old woman then directed her question to Kairos. I looked up at him to observe his faci
"This will only be effective if you take these pills daily at the same time, but you have to take note that taking a birth control pill will only lower the chance of getting pregnant and it doesn't mean that you won't be pregnant anymore, Mrs. Lancaser," said by my OB after she handed me a bottle of birth control pills that suites me the best. "Is your husband outside? It would be better if I could talk to him too. I have a thing or two that I need to tell him." I immediately shake my head to tell her that Kairos isn't with me. I needed to leave him behind in the villa where we stayed the night because something urgent in the company came up and I guess they needed him to decide about something. Though the OB no longer looks surprised, she seems disappointed and yet that look on her face didn't last that long. "If there is something that he needs to know too. I could be the one relying on the message to him," I said and she instantly nodded her head, but instead of saying anything d
"We are going home, Isla. Get inside of the car now," he said to me. His eyes didn't even budge to look at Nika who was trying to talk to him. She is the least of his concern and it feels like I am the one that matters to him the most. I glanced at Nika who was swallowing a lump in her throat. She chose to remain silent thinking that she wouldn't be able to take it if Kairos burst out of anger at her.With just the use of my eyes and without saying a thing. I told her that I needed to go now and she only nodded her head, telling me that she understood. Kairos shared his umbrella with me, and if we were okay and he was not mad at me. He'd be all over me now but he was distancing himself from me as if I had some sort of communicable disease that he didn't want to get from me. I sighed deeply and tried to move closer to him but he was quick to make sure that our skin wouldn't even touch. Kairos walks me to my side and even opens the door of the shotgun seat. He waited for me to get in an
"Your husband got in a vehicular accident," hearing that, it felt like my whole world shattered. If something bad happens to Kairos, it going to be my fault and his whole family will blame me for it. "Hand the damn phone to me. I need to talk to my wife. You are scaring her by not telling her immediately that I am fine," I heard a familiar voice scolding the one that I was originally talking to on the other line. I heard another noise that I couldn't quite understand except for the fact that they were trying to make him sit still and Kairos wasn't listening to them. He was arguing, wanting to talk to me on the phone. A few seconds later I finally heard his voice from the other line. "Baby, I need you to calm down. I am fine." Instead of calming down. I panicked more after I heard those words from him. I know that man, he'd tell a lie if it meant I'd be at ease. His could be severed at the moment and he'd still fight with the emergency team so he could have the phone and talk to me.
Nika groaned at me. I stopped after I heard her tap the space next to her, asking me to sit down next to her, but I couldn't. How can I sit back and relax when it's been two hours since the last time Kairos called me, that was before he got admitted to the hospital. What if he suffered some internal injury and he needs to stay longer in the hospital? He had a slip of the tongue. He didn't mean it but he told me by accident that he hit his head. What if he has an internal bleeding? I shouldn't have let him convince me to stay here and wait for him to come home. "Isla Therese Sloane," Nika murmured my full name. I wanted to ask her how she ended up knowing my full name, but it is the least of my concerns. The bag of chips and salsa that she is entertaining herself with is now downed on the center table and she just got up from the couch and is currently making her way towards me. "Will you please stop pacing like a ghost? If you are so worried about him. Why don't we go see him? I'd r
Nika pulled over in front of the hospital's parking lot and then the two of us sat in complete silence for a few seconds after she turned off the music that was playing on her car. I glanced at her, her eyes were glued straight in front even when she could feel that I was staring in her direction. She kept staring at the windshield ignoring me. I unbuckled my seatbelt and my bag was already hanging at my shoulder all that I needed to do now was open the door to my side and get out of the car, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't move away from her after she revealed the truth.Holding the door, I only need to open it and even if I am already pushing myself to do it, I can't. It feels like I need to comfort her because for the first time, she showed me her vulnerable side and I feel like she isn't the type of person who always does this thing.I must have earned her trust and she is probably telling me the truth when she told me that I am now her best friend for her to be so comfortable t
"Baby?" I wasn't sleeping so heavily so when I felt Kairos move and then he started to whisper things in my ears. I am already up but I pretend as if I am still sleeping just because I don't feel like opening my eyes for him yet.He leaned closer and kissed the side of my head, but that wasn't enough to make me open my eyes, we both knew that I was already awake. "When are you getting discharged? Nika told me to text her if we were about to leave the hospital so she could go and pick us up," I told him when I finally opened my eyes. I planned to immediately sit up, but Kairos wrapped his leg around my body, seizing my incoming moves. "Let's not bother her anymore. She is in Bali to have fun. How about we just call Dino to pick us up?" Hearing Mang Dino's name is all that I need to hear for me to find the strength to push Kairos away from me."Speaking of Mang Dino... are you going to apologize to him? You have to," I said to him. Kairos nodded his head. He reached for me and tried to
"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