After making sure Elias finished his meal and drugs without leaving a crumb behind, Madeline took the tray from the bed and headed to the door. Her work here was done. She should go have her beauty rest or maybe play a game with her phone. It's a weekend and weekends should be for relaxation and not for tending to a sick person who would didn't bother to say ‘thank you’ after stressing the hell out of her this early morning. She dragged her feet to the door and opened it to go out but before she could do that, she heard his deep voice behind her.
“Come back when you're done discarding the used plates to the kitchen. I need someone to help me wash up. I wonder why you didn't call the servants to get them out,” Elias ordered.“What? Can you repeat what you just said? I think I heard you wrong,” turning back to stare at him, Madeline said.“I said. Go and come back quickly. I need you to help me wash up. I'm feeling so sticky.”“Y-you need me to h“Follow me, Maddie. I hate it when I stink,” he ordered and made his way to the bathroom, his muscles flexing as he walked. Madeline thought he looked like a model who was marketing boxers as he was only putting on boxers and nothing more. His words weren’t a request but an order that required to be followed without a second choice.Elias walked into the huge luxurious bathroom and waited for her to come in before closing the door. He watched as she stepped in and her face reddened in embarrassment at the thought that they were both in one bathroom alone and he was half naked. He chuckled at the thought and waited for her to make a move or order on what to do. “Am I really going to clean your body? You can do this yourself, can’t you?” Madeline blurted out. “Just do your job and follow my orders, Madeline.”“What job? Stop putting it that way. I'm not a servant. Can't you even plead with someone who wants to help you?” she asked.
Just like Madeline wanted, his washing up session ended and she exclaimed in joy. “All done. You can now stand up.”Elias snapped out of his burning gaze on her and cleared his dry throat in disappointment. He never wanted their session to end this quickly. He wanted it to last forever if possible. “Hmm, I feel refreshed now. Thank you for your hard work, Maddie,” he appreciated. “Appreciation accepted. I like helping people who are in need a lot. Also, don't call me ‘Maddie’ again. It should be Madeline to you,” smiling like a kid who was just given her favorite chocolates, Madeline replied. She thought that he would listen to her and stop calling her ‘Maddie’ since he was feeling happy with her now. Well, who knows she was just receiving herself. “I thought we were already passed that topic. I like calling you, Maddie and I'll keep calling you that. “Elias!” She snapped and he laughed while standing from the tub and lookin
“Hello, Madeline. It's good to see you again,” Aiden greeted, standing up to shake hands with Madeline. She walked to stand in front of him and smiled before taking his hands and replying to his greetings. “Doctor Aiden. It's good to see you too. Welcome.”“Thank you.”“I hope the servants served you something and attended to you?” she asked as they both sat down, with Madeline sitting on the couch on his side. “Ahh, they did. I was served a refreshing coffee that reminds me of someone. I really envy you. Your household workers are so skilled in making coffee,” raising the empty cup of coffee, Aiden replied smiling genuinely at her. “What? Did they serve you just coffee? Please don't mind their incompetence. I'll order something right away,” she said, standing up from the chair to head to the kitchen but she was immediately stopped by Aiden. “No no, don't worry, Madeline. It isn't their fault. I was the one who asked them for just coffee.”Seeing the both of them converse like the
Elias surely wasn't benefitting a dime from their union. Her father's company was way too lower than his to benefit anything. Her father's company didn't stand a chance and also wouldn't stand a chance to have a deal with a big corporation like Elias’s. So how come it became possible? That Elias would come on his own and present a marriage alliance to her father when he knew he wouldn't benefit anything from it? This was suspicious. So suspicious. “What are you thinking, sweetheart?”She let out a scared shriek when she heard his voice from behind.“O-oh, my God. You startled me. How can you just creep behind someone like that? Do you know my heart almost flew from my chest? I would have fallen dead if that happens,” without taking a single breath, Madeline scolded. She was clutching her chest and breathing hard as if she almost fell from a five-floor building. Elias was sure she didn't breathe that hard after climbing down his five-floor mansion with the aid of bedsheets. “Why are
“It will get dark very soon. I should grab something and leave for home quickly,” Madeline said as she walked into the parking lot of her restaurant and entered her car. It’s been four days since Aiden visited Elias's mansion and since Madeline asked him about guns. She had fought with Elias to let her go to work today and guess what? When she won their argument, he suddenly stood up and said he also wanted to go to work. Wasn't he the one who was acting like someone who would die if he stood up? These past few days, he has been acting weird and lazy. He doesn't even want to stand without her help or eat without her help. When she told him she was going to work with or without his permission, he first refused and they had an argument but when she won and told him she would call the servants to help him with his needs, he suddenly stood up on his own and declared he was going to his company and he'll be fine on his own. She was shocked when the man who couldn't gr
Elias had told her she shouldn’t come home not even a minute past six. He had first said five but when she pleaded with him to make it six. Ever since she started working, she hasn’t come home not even a second past six and now all because of Anny she was going to go home late. Elias was surely going to punish her for this. What would he do this time? Was he going to lock her up in the room again?“I see you managed to seduce Elias Johan into letting you continue running that place called a restaurant. How did you do it? I heard he’s not easy,” Anny agitated her further. “If you’re here to agitate me just know I’m in no mood for your dramas dear sister. Please, if you’ll leave the way.”Madeline’s calm demeanor made Anny even angrier. Her hands were itching to scratch the hell out of Madeline’s face and leave her fingers to mark there for eternity. It was itching to pinch her fair white skin and make her unrecognizable to her husband. How dare she act so calm like a princess that she
Just as she guessed, it was hunted. Hunted by the big bad Mafia, Elias. Still, on the floor, Madeline stared at the huge figure sitting at the fireplace with a deadly aura and when she recognized the back of the person, her mouth flew open in shock. She stared in shock at the back of her husband. Her heart was beating so loudly in fear and her husband was making it worst with his aura. He was looking so deadly scary at that moment that her mind was telling her to run away from there but her legs just wouldn't listen to her. Was she in trouble? Obviously, she was in trouble. She had just broken one of her husband's rules and she heard that he was someone who hates it when someone pushed his rules behind him and do whatever they like. Oh God save her. How could he even scare her so much even when he was facing the fireplace and not her? She couldn't even being her legs to stand up as they were shaking badly and her bladder suddenly became full. Was she going to pee on h
Elias scoffed. If he had known that she would end up ignoring his rule, then he wouldn’t have let her leave. This morning when she insisted on going to work, he had a bad feeling that something would go wrong. One thing he hated for sure in his life was someone discarding his rule and feeling that he wouldn’t punish them. There was no exception on his note on who to punish. Asking as they broke his rule, nothing was going to stop him from punishing them. He had come in that evening as early as five-thirty and he asked the chef to prepare something for the both of them. He had wanted them to have dinner together and use it as a means of saying ‘thank you’ for her help in the past few days but it seems his wife wanted something else. He waited for her for an hour and when he didn't see her, he called the guards he put in place to guard her and then they informed him that his wife was busy arguing with a lady in the supermarket all the while discarding his rules to the back o
She searched Elias’s eyes for truth but found nothing. She doesn't know if to believe him or not. “Is she alright, doctor?” Elias asked. “Ahh, yes. Everything is fine.” The doctors decided to leave the couple alone and walked out of the hospital room. “Stop crying okay? Adalyn is alright.”“I'll stop crying.”“I'll bring her to you, hmm? Don't cry anymore.”He cleaned her tears before getting off the bed and walking to the other side of the room where little Adalyn lay with her eyes closed. She was obviously asleep. He carried her carefully in his arms and brought her to Madeline who readied her hands to carry her baby as tears of joy filled her eyes. “You’ll fall sick if you keep crying like this sweetheart.” Before she could take the baby from him, he retracted his hands. “Elias, give me my baby,” she whined. She was so eager to carry her baby in her arms knowing that she was fine and everything would return to normal. “Not until you stop crying. Clean your tears and I'll give
They all stopped at the realization that a cliff was right behind Anny and one step from her and she would be gone along with the little baby girl in her arms. Madeline almost fainted at the sight in front of her. She could feel her tears flowing freely and her eyes closing on her. If Genevieve wasn't holding her right now, she would have dropped on her knees as her legs were weak. “Anny please, don't do this,” she begged. Anny swallowed. Behind her was a cliff. She might die if she makes one wrong move. The thing is that, whether she gives them the can't or not, she was going to die. If she gives them the baby, Elias surely won't let her be. He was going to make her life a living hell for daring to kidnap his half day old baby. If she didn't give them the baby, she was also going to die as her feet were at the end of the cliff. One move and she was gone. She wasn't going to die alone. If at all she does here, this baby was dying before her. They must feel pain for their baby and re
“If you move any further, then I won't hesitate to shoot you,” Elias warned. He watched as the woman stood still as he pointed his gun at her while moving slowly closer to her. Abruptly, she turned the situation around and placed her hands on the child's neck while staring at Elias causing his eyes to widen. “Move any further and I will not hesitate to kill you daughter,” she warned. The child was crying very loudly by now and Elias stopped at her warning. Abby laughed at that. Now he would know who was the boss here. She was holding his crying daughter and that made her the one with the upper hand. Any move of his now, she was going to throw the baby to a side and while their focus was on the baby, she would run away. At least to save herself.“Who are you and what do you want?” Elias asked. “I guess you can’t recognize me. Look deeply. Stare at me for minutes and you would know who I am. I was really so close to you guys. Look, come on.”Elias’s mouth fell open as he did as she
The imposter ran with all her might away from the hospital when she saw that she was found out and Elias’s guards were coming after her. She ran with all strength in her. If she passed the road, they were going to get hold of her. Worst, the road was kind of secluded that day and cabs were not passing through the road. How was she going to get away from the guards who were almost getting to her? Her legs took her into the bush and she clutched the head of the baby to her chest and ran into the bush that has thick trees and roughy. Her feet moved quickly as she was desperate to get away from the men on her trail. “This damn baby. I should just strangle it to death,” she muttered as she kept on running. “But if I do, I’ll remain broke and won’t make any money. But with this baby, I’ll make a lot of money and pay for my plastic surgery.”Suddenly, she stopped and pulled her wig and face mask that was making her uncomfortable and her eyes hardened. The lady’s head was bald with no inch
“Okay, that's good. Talk to him and call me later.”Elias finished his call and slipped his phone into his pocket before walking back into the hospital room. His eyes scanned the room for the nurse who just came in and he frowned. Where the hell was she? The tray she brought in was there lying on the side of the bed and the nurse was not in the room. These nurses these days were surely lazy. Feeling something off in the room, his footstep accelerated as he walked to the baby’s crib and his eyes widened in shock. “Goodness! Fuck.”He immediately opened the door of the room and asked. “Did the nurse come out?” “No boss, is something wrong?”“Fuck! The baby is missing.” Their eyes widened as they heard what the boss said and immediately, they ran to the room and one of the guards called for backup. “Search every nook and cranny of the room.” Sweat broke out on Elias’s skin as he ran his hands through his hair. How exactly did this happen under his watch? There was no way that he cou
“Adalyn Johan,” the grandfather muttered. The focus of the family was solely on the baby that they didn't notice when Madeline fell asleep after watching them banter about her baby. “Grandfather already fell in love with the baby, I'm sure in years, Adalyn would be running around him.”“That's true. See how carefully he is carrying her.”“Adalyn is so cute that father can't help but love her.”“Grandfather is now a great-grandfather.”The people in the room remarked on the care with which the grandfather held the little girl. He held her like a trophy. A special trophy. He resisted the urge to thank the mother of the baby for giving them such a cute bundle of joy. Adalyn Johan was a bundle of joy that brought the whole family together and ended the animosity between them. Her birth was a blessing. He made a mental note to thank the mother of the baby after this ends. He was going to thank her and ask for forgiveness for his wrongdoings. The baby passed from the grandfather to Elias’
“Date of birth, November 16, 2022. 4:18 pm,” the doctor declared. “Wahhhhhhh, the baby’s cries were the only noise in the room as the nurses cleaned him a little before placing the baby on the chest of the new mother who patted her back and bend her head to stare at her before turning to look at Elias who was smiling at her. Their eyes gave many expressions as they smiled at each other while staring at the baby who had stopped crying. Elias stared at the baby on Madeline’s chest and his heart filled with indescribable emotions. Their princess was here. Their own baby. The baby who they were going to give all their love and affection to. Their very own firstborn. The nurses came to Madeline’s side and took the baby from her to go wash and dress him up. “You did well, sweetheart,” Elias whispered into her ears and cleaned the drop of sweat from her forehead before. He could see that she was tired but still wanted to hold her baby and feed her before succumbing to darkness. “Our bab
“Isn’t it time yet? It’s been hours already,” Madeline cried as she rolled her hips on the big pregnancy ball that helps with childbirth. It’s been a month already and her water broke some hours back when she was sleeping. Elias was the one who noticed it and asked her so they rushed to the hospital. But here they were, fourteen hours already in the hospital but the doctor was still saying that it wasn’t time for her to start labor yet and she still has to wait for a few more contractions. She has been having contractions for fourteen hours now and the doctor still tells her that. The cramps and pains were making her almost go crazy. “Just some more contractions ma’am. It’s not yet time,” the attending nurse answered. Few more? That was what they have been saying for hours now. And this stubborn baby refuses to start coming out. Just as she was about to lash out at the nurse, she saw Elias coming towards her with a can of water in his hands. “Here, have some sweetheart,” he opened
“Want me to show you the gift I got for you?” Elias asked, walking Madeline out of the house, her eyes tied with a white cloth. Their guests were gone already and just the two of them in the condo. Elias held her hands and guided her steps as she couldn't see. “Where are you taking me?”“You'll see.”He guided her to the open garden at the back of the house and stopped. “Ready to see your gift?” “Stop wasting time already and show me the gift.” Her curiosity was top-notch right now and she so much wanted to see what exactly he got her that was different from the others that he had to bring her somewhere apart from inside the house to display. She was so curious to see what it was. “Okay then, are you sure you're ready?”“Elias... I am. Open my eyes already.”“If you say so.” His hands moved to her eyes and removed the white cloth. “That's your gift.”Her eyes widened as she stood frozen on the spot and stared at her gift. Goodness. This was what Elias got? Her mouth opened agape