“Watch your back, Elias,” Dimitri warned, letting go of his collar and pushing him away. Elias's hands flew to his mouth and he used his thumb to wipe the blood from his lips and put the finger into his mouth and sucked it while glaring at his one and only father. “I wish I can say the same but watch your front. Elias Johan never does fight from the back.”“Just leave already and as for that wife of yours, you better do something about her or I'll help you do it. Seems like you're scared of taking down a woman.”“Keep your advice to yourself, father because you sure need it more than me. Goodbye! See you grandfather and don’t let my dad influence you,” he said before heading to the door of the study room. Just as he opened the door, he felt someone stagger backward and his brows furrowed. “Mother?” Haha. This family is going nuts. Seems like she has been pressing her ears to the door and trying to listen to their conversation but unfortunately for her, the study room was soundproofe
It's been two days already since that incident and a Friday too. One of the best days for Madeline. There was less work, less trouble, and the best thing is that it was a weekend. She would be able to sleep for as long as she likes knowing she doesn't have work the next day. No other day is more relishing than Fridays. Back then when she was young, Fridays were also her best days as her mother would always come home earlier and take her either shopping or sightseeing or to an Amusement park. Those were things that she enjoyed doing. Going on a family date, getting into the Ferris wheel with her parents, and living a carefree life without having to think about her problems or worries. Gathering up her things at three pm, she stood up from her chair and headed outside the door. She saw Tina on her table already waiting for her to come out and as soon as she saw her, she quickly walked up to her. “Madeline, are you ready?”“Yes. Let's go. I'm so tired that I want to jump into the waitin
Kathy! Right! How about Kathy? During her stay here, she has gotten really attached to Kathy and she was the only one she feels secure and safe with. Madeline could feel her blood boiling. That overbearing mother-in-law of hers. What makes her think that she can do anything she likes in her home and then she was going to allow it? These maids will have to be sent back to where they came from because she definitely is not taking this. She was feeling comfortable with the previous maids and it took her some time for her to get used to them. How would she cope with these entirely new ones?“Kathy! Where’s Kathy?” She knew it was futile to ask as the new head maid just told her that they were all switched and shuffled like a game of cards. She knew Kathy had been sent to the ancestral mansion too. But, wasn’t this too sudden?“She has also been transferred to the ancestral mansion.”Poor Kathy. The ancestral mansion was filled with angry birds who we
Should she go outside? Maybe take a stroll or look around the mansion, the pool, the garden, and other things around the mansion. Madeline contemplated after several minutes of staying in the room and doing nothing. She was as bored as hell. She had played countless games on her phone but still, yet, the boredom is bound to deal with her today. She has been avoiding going downstairs for a while now because of the two ladies who took over her sitting room. She could hear their loud laughter and how they order the maids around like the owners of the house. It would be trouble if she just goes to the sitting room and sits down as they won't fail to say things that would possibly make her blood boil. Turning and rolling on her bed, Madeline groaned in frustration and hit the bed several times. Wait! What if watching a movie or two would drive away her boredom? Right, she should do that. She picked up the remote control of the television and turned it on while putting
Was it her craving to chase boredom or was it tragedy calling upon her? No one knows as Madeline found her legs taking her to the swimming pool some meters away from the big gate and before the main house. Well, the mansion was built uniquely. Woah, this was such good sightseeing. She had passed the garden earlier and she was delighted at the sight. It was really so catchy to the eyes. There were different flowers and she had played with some. She didn’t think that Elias would be one to keep a garden talk more of to hire a gardener to maintain and care for the flowers. The garden reminded her of her home back then when her mother was alive. It has almost the same flowers that they had back then and her favorite flowers were there too. Now she knows what would kill her boredom entirely in this mansion. After several minutes of playing in the garden and sniffing the beautiful flowers, she decided to move further and continue her sightseeing. That was how her legs t
“You two should start swimming. I don’t know how to swim but I’m sure that talking before swimming isn’t good.”That was like indirectly telling them to shut up and it seems to have angered them. “I think it’s high time you shut that big mouth of yours, Madeline. I’m tired of your face. Go to hell,” Evelyn yelled and Claire followed. “Yes, go to hell. Argh.” They both screamed in excitement and quickly lunged forward….and the rest was history.“Splash.”The sound of a body falling into the pool reverberated and the squeal of the excited ladies grew louder as they stared at the person who just fell into the water and was struggling hard to breathe and come out of it. Claire laughed at the person’s pitiful face and turned to her acquaintance before asking. “Eve, what did you do with the guards?”“I lured them away. Now she can only drown to death. We'll just go inside and pretend as if we never came here, understood?”Gasp!!Before Claire could agree to Evelyn’s words, they heard t
[Warning- Triggering Content]Elias returned his gaze to the tablet to turn it off and put it back in his bag. The next moment he raised his head, they were almost close to the pool and this time he could only find two people and not three. It was just Evelyn and Claire. Where did Madeline go in just a twinkle of an eye?That was when he saw the two girls looking at the water and his eyes followed them down to the water to see a splash and hands struggling up and down. Damn!!!“Stop the car,” he roared and the driver immediately matched the brake and the car made a screeching sound before it stopped. Elias didn’t waste a minute before opening the door on his own and running to the swimming pool. “B-brother Elias?” He heard his sister’s voice calling before looking into the pool. There was his wife struggling to breathe under the water and she was slowly losing her conscious state and his eyes widened. Doesn’t she know how to swim? How c
Outside the master’s bedroom, the chief schemer and her pawn as Madeline called them were fidgeting and pacing around the hallway. Their temperature was high in fear and thought of different ways to get out of the situation they were in. Goodness! They never thought their brother cared for that woman so much that he personally jumped into the pool to save her and was screaming at everyone at the top of his voice. He was ready to tear the whole mansion apart if anything happened to his wife. Oh dear, he wasn’t going to let them go if he knew that they were the ones who pushed her into the pool. Claire was almost on the edge of crying when she thought that her beloved brother would hate her if he found out that she pushed him. He was going to stop her from coming to his home and she would be doomed. Ugh! It was all because of Madeline. She was the reason why she had to do something so evil and she hoped that she wouldn't survive. She should die and let her life be
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