Rory's Point of ViewEyes glued at me. Kairos was very much comfortable on the antique sofa as he was waiting for me to come out of the bathroom. My throat ran dry. No words want to come out of my lips and on top of that. I don't have an idea how I'll approach him. We were staring into each other's eyes for a few seconds before an emotion glistened in his eyes and his expression changed completely. "You're here," I muttered faking a smile as well as my enthusiasm. He nodded his head once but there were no signs that he would smile at me anytime soon. "Well, you called and I have time to spare for you today. What did you call me for?" He asked me with his signature low register voice. It was a good thing that I was already wearing my lingerie and my hair was all dried up thanks to the blower when I stepped out of the bathroom otherwise I'd look like a terrible mess and I wouldn't have been able to do the thing that is etched on my mind. "Have you eaten? I haven't. Didn't Atlas cal
Isla's Point of View. I watched his car drive away making me shut my eyes. My hands moved on their own to go ahead and try to stop his car from leaving but no words accompanied that and so I was left unnoticed. "Shit!" I muttered to myself. Pacing back and forth in front of the door. I wonder what would happen after this. Things aren't supposed to be this way. I didn't bring that up to offend him in any way and he should know that. I was on the verge of getting my phone out of the pocket of my flap bag to give him a call for I don't want to spend another moment having this petty argument with him. I'll ask him to come back and apologize when the front door suddenly opened. Kairos's mother popped right behind me wearing a warm smile while she was eyeing the very same path that his son had taken when he drove away from me. Panic is barely visible in my eyes. I looked behind her to check if there was someone else behind her and I started to wonder if she heard us having that argumen
Isla's point of view. "Good morning, Mrs. Lancaster." A man whom I assumed was in his mid-thirties greeted Olga and me the moment he saw us step our feet inside the Hermes store. It was my first time to be in there and I am not supposed to know what this place looks like on a day-to-day basis. One thing is for sure. It's not supposed to look like the usual store filled with people shopping in every corner but this looks oddly empty. It was as if the shop was exclusively open for just the two of us at the moment and no one else could shop, but just the two of us. I looked around. I saw the security guard wearing a suit and flipped a small signage. What's written in there is something that I am not sure myself too. "And finally. I got some company. This is my son's wife. My very own daughter-in-law, Isla Therese." I only snapped back from my little world and wonderment after I heard Olga introducing me to the man. The moment I turned my eyes at him. His hands were already waiting fo
Isla's Point of View "Sir, Mrs. Spencer is in front of the store. Demanding that we let her in even after we told her that the store was closed for our VIPs. She is currently making a scene." I am supposed to mind my own business, but hearing that. I couldn't help but glance at the manager. When my eyes landed on him. I realized that his eyes were stilled to me long before I dared to look at their spot. There could be a lot of Spencers in the world, but right at the moment. I am sure that the Spencer making a scene outside is Dianna and I couldn't bear the thought of letting her be. It feels like I need to do something or at least show myself to her after everything that has happened. I knew that she was dying to meet me. "Is there something wrong, Gustav? Your sales associate. I could feel that they were distracted. What's the point of having the entire store for ourselves when your focus is not within us?" Olga murmured with her ever-elegant voice but at the same time. I could hea
Isla's Point of View "You're a whore who stole my daughter's husband and now you are trying to put me in my place while you act like some untouchable socialite? You had some unimaginable audacity, Isla," she murmured in between gritted teeth. I was caught off-guard. Dianna has some serious anger management issues, but I didn't think that she'd be able to raise her hand to me, especially in public. Holding my cheeks she slapped me. I could feel tears starting to cloud the corner of my eyes. I looked around to check if they saw what happened but all the sales associate of the said store had their backs turned against our direction. "Speechless? You are speechless because we both know that, that is the truth. I was right with my prejudice when I saw you walk in on that door. I know you are up to no good and that you would only bring chaos and ruin to my family. I should have listened to my gut feeling!" she said in a voice that was just loud enough for the two of us to hear. Being mar
Isla's Point of View. Hearing that from him made my world stop spinning for a few moments. Questions flood inside my head. Questions that I wanted to ask him. I held his shoulder. Kairos's eyes sparkle as he stares at me. He was silently encouraging me to ask him everything that was running in my head. "She is in Switzerland. How did you find her? You should tell her family or we should tell Nicholas at least. He is worried about her," I said to him. Not knowing whether I'd chase after Diana or walk inside the VIP room where I left my bag so I could give Nicholas and let him hear the good news. I realized that my feet were frozen in one place after Kairos intertwined my hand with his and seized my incoming movements. "You are in a mother-daughter's day out with my Mom. You should finish this day with her and then we will talk about the Spencers later," he said. My eyes interlocked with his and my heart started to beat fast as his fingers gently stroked the side of my cheeks which D
Isla's Point of ViewWhile my eyes were pasted to the spot where I decided to keep the famous Himalayan Birkin that my mother-in-law gifted to me today. I was talking to her on the other line. Kairos is probably finishing some drafts of the new high-rise condominium that the Lancaster Estate will work on for the next few years. I heard that it's a state-of-the-art, project that is way too advanced for this time of day and that is why every construction firm in this city is trying to win that project. "Isla, are you still with me?" I snapped back to reality and instantly stopped myself from musing after I heard a hint of frustration in my mother-in-law's voice. Kairos had told him earlier today that I do not wish to file a case against Dianna. I no longer wish to further drag our families into scandal but she begs to differ. "Yes, Mom. I am still listening to you. I appreciate that you care so much for me, but really. You should let this go like how Kairos and I let it go." When I he
Isla's Point of View"I can do that, Ma, but I will make sure that she gets a good sleep every night after I make love to her," Kairos said to his mother. I pulled the phone away from him as fast as I could but after I heard Olga chuckling from the other line. It was too late, I realized that she picked up that naughty remark of her son. With my lips tightly pressed against each other. I narrowed my eyes at him as my way of giving him a warning look, but he was just smiling mischievously at me. "M-Ma, please don't mind him. He is just fooling around," I said to the other line after I recovered. Kairos continued to bother and rudely interrupt me in a way that my body enjoyed. Kissing the side of my lips. I heard his mother chuckle from the other line, indirectly telling me that she knows her son so well for her to know that he means everything that he says. "He might be being mischievous saying those things out loud, but I know that he'll do it. I guess your honeymoon is far from ov
"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