I held onto his coat tightly. I couldn't even hide from him that my hand was shaking with fear because of what happened. When we walked into my dressing room, he went straight to the dresser and got wet wipes that he used to clean the tomato stains on my arms, clothes, and face. My lips quivered. "What a fucking fiasco! What happened earlier was embarrassing," I said as I finally recovered. I pushed his hand who was still busy removing the tomato stain from my clothes. I pulled away from his arms to get the alcohol that I almost poured into my body just so I could be clean again. "How dare them ruin my show. Where the fuck did they get the audacity to show up in my show and ruin it? I will make sure that they'll go to jail for what they did. There they will be free to demand diversity. Why do I have to adjust to them? If they want to wear clothes, underwear, and lingerie that Bella Donna offers then they should go ahead and lose their weight!" I was almost out of breath when I fin
"Rory." My feet automatically turned around to face the one who called me. Unlike before, Kairos was no longer wearing his coat. The first two buttons of his button-down were undone and his sleeves were folded up to his elbows. My eyes roll on their own. "Kairos, how about you go home? You won't get anything from me." I even shove my hands before I turn back just so he'd get what I've been trying to say since the first time I saw him tonight. I grabbed the handle of the car's door. When I opened it, I went straight inside. I was about to close it when Kairos used his arm to stop me from closing the door. It felt like cold water was poured on me. I opened the door again and grabbed his stricken arm to see if there was any injury that I must worry about, it turned out that his arm was just swelling a bit but it was fine. "You are from from being the nicest person alive but you are considerate of the person you love and value. It is one of the many things that I miss about you." Becau
The calming aroma of coffee wakes me up from my sleep. Everything about this day feels perfect. I finally opened my eyes and the first thing my hand looked for was the cell phone I put on the nightstand before I went to sleep last night. After I pressed the button on the side of the phone, the time of the day appeared. It's 6:32. I closed my eyes. I covered my mouth with my hands and yawned. I still feel sleepy and all but I can't sleep like the sleeping beauty now because Kairos might do something. I'd rather be suspicious of him than trust him completely. My eyes were fixated on the phone after it lit up. From: Lily Sage Good morning, Ms. Rory. I'm on my way to Manhattan now. I have also brought the clothes you asked for as well as everything that you will need for your work trip. I had just finished reading that when another message came in, still from her. From: Lily Sage By the way, Ms. Rory we need to be in the airport by 8:00 am because our flight leaves at 9 am. "Your
Biting my lower to stop myself from smiling as I will end up laughing like a complete psycho if I don't. All of these don't make sense and I found them ridiculous.I am Rory Spencer. I am fucking Rory Spencer and Kairos used to be madly in love with me though he managed to hide it in the eye of the public and make it look like I was the one chasing after him especially right after our engagement was made known to the public, still, I am one hundred percent sure that he was into me, that it scared me and I had to run away. On top of abducting me, he did manage to find someone whom he replaced me with and she looks exactly like me and now the world will slowly forget about me and that includes my whole family. This can't be happening! Gritting my teeth, I tugged on my cuff and chains hoping that it would miraculously break and then I would be able to free myself and claim what was mine while I get to expose how much of a beast Kairos is.The door to this room opened for the first time
[Flashback to Rory's Point of View]Even though it was hard for me to open my eyes, I was left with no choice but to do so after I felt a soft and cold fabric running back and forth in my arms as someone was using a towel to help with the cooling down of my temperature. "Lily, just what the heck do you think you are doing—Kairos." I tried to sit up but he stopped me. "Just lie down. You still have a fever." He said it with his infamous unsmiling face. I have these urges to push him away and tell him to stop everything that he's doing but my mind says no for the first time. Somehow, there's this side of me that still appreciates his effort to get on a plane and fly for 13 hours just to be here. This is the only thing I can let him do for me without getting my pride bruised. I saw him glance at the bedside table, staring directly at the bowl of soup and medicines that Lily Sage gave me last night. I didn't take any of it. I wasn't in the mood to eat anything last night. "You won't get
[Flashback to Rory's Point of View]"Come back right away. I'm going to bring food for breakfast. You haven't eaten anything since yesterday," Kairos reminded me which made me stop walking away from him. I made up my mind after I got that call from him while he was on his way here. I will do everything that I can to run away from him and that decision of mine will never change. There is nothing he can do that will make me change my mind. He is obsessive and I believe that there is no way he'll suddenly change. Once he is sure that he has me on his palm, he will once again show his true color. The Kairos that I ran away from will once again show themselves."I'm not hungry. I'm on a strict diet---,""You will still eat, Rory. Because if you don't, I will lock you here. You know what will happen next." I don't know if he's trying to scare or warn me. Either of those two, I was unaffected by both, I made sure that I looked like that though it felt like I was trembling internally.Kairos
[FLASHBACK Rory's Point of View]"As you ordered, Ms. Rory. 1209 pieces of different flowers are in this hotel room," Lily Sage said when we stopped in front of a room that was the next location of the photoshoot. She swipes the keycard and then twists the doorknob before she pushes it to open the door.The well-decorated room filled with flowers and other props welcomed my eyes. Although, I know deep inside that it will look exactly like this, for I made sure that it will, I still have this urge to check it, just in case they miss something. "Everything we need is here. The small rectangular table is filled with mouth-watering foods. The cameras, the dresser, and the sets of outfits." She gestures it to me as if she's assuming that I haven't seen it yet. That made me roll my eyes. And because she and the other staff did a wonderful job here, I won't blurt any insult for today, maybe?Ambling carefully towards the opened French door that will lead me to the terrace, I find myself stop
Flashback to Rory's Point of View"You can eat your breakfast first before you continue with that." I violently removed Kairos's hand from the side of Kairos' waist and pulled away from him."No!""Go on, Lily. Have your breakfast first then continue with that work of yours afterwards." I couldn't even put in what I was going to say, especially since everything happened so fast.Unable to control my irritation, my hand landed on Kairos's left cheek with a thick crunchy sound. His jaw dropped at what I did.He was caught off-guard and shocked but those emotions quickly became anger. I prepared myself to hear him shout and curse at me but he didn't and instead, he closed his eyes and did his breathing until he calmed down a bit.When he opened his eyes again. Kairos is way calmer. "Stop bossing around my employees as if they are yours, regardless if they are your friend or not. I will be the one to tell when they'll stop working to take a rest or eat but if I tell them to work until they
"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