Chapter 23* End of Flashback *" So.. that was what happened " Tia muttered." Wow, you two must be really happy " Lyra said with a knowing smile but Tia shook her head." Well, me alone, not him " She said and Lyra raised her brows." What do you mean? " " Henri hasn't said a proper word to me ever since then. We barely talked and even when we did, it's just about the sleeping arrangements and then him informing me what Sire Bruce wants for breakfast " She replied and Lyra raised her brows." What's with him? " Lyra asked confusedly.Tia leaned closer. " He thinks it's suspicious that Sire Bruce paired us together in a room and the thinks there might be cameras in the room " Tia whispered and Lyra widened her eyes." Alright that's crazy and definitely not possible, that's an invasion of privacy. And moreover, Bruce wasn't probably aware this was going to be where we would be staying so there's definitely no way he would install a camera in the room and the people organizing this
Chapter 24* Tia and Henri's Room *Tia got up from the bed when Henri sat on the bed, she walked over to the couch available in their room.Henri sighed as he watched her. Tia sat on the bed and then brought out her phone." Tia.. " Henri called slowly but she turned deaf ears to him and only worked on her phone." Are you mad at me? " He asked but got no reply." I'm sorry... "" Tia.. " He called severally but she ignored him completely.Suddenly, he was right behind her and snatched her phone. " Henri! " She gasped unbelievably and got up from the couch.Henri raised the phone above his head. " What do you think you're doing? " Tia asked in annoyance." Trying to get you talk to me " He replied cutely.Tia fold her arms under her breasts. " And why are you bothered about that? I thought you didn't want to say a word to me before? " She asked, rolling her eyes." Well, I want to now " Henri muttered." Are you giving me my phone or not? " She stretched her hands but he shook his he
Chapter 25" W.. what are you doing? " Lyra whispered as he dipped more grapes inside her mouth." You don't want them asking questions do you? " He replied simply and she shut up." Oh my! They are here finally " The host announced and the people available in the main room looked up to see the other man an his wife with an apologetic smile on." Hi " The man shook hands with some other men's while his wife also did the same. Those at the pool party walked out the exchange pleasantries with them.The man and his wife turned to The Ford's who sitted calmly on their seat." Hi, I'm Miss Vette " She said with a proud smile. " Hi, nice to meet you " Bruce shook hands with her and then Lyra." You're here with him right? " Bruce asked as he gestured at the man who was still shaking hands with the other people." Yeah, he's my fiance, we are not married yet " She said with a short smile and Bruce nodded, some seconds later the man in a white shirt and trouser walked over to them.He has a b
Chapter 26She gripped his shirt tightly after recognizing his voice. " No.. I'm not, can we leave this place? " She muttered, gripping his shirt more tightly in fear." Now? " He asked and she nodded. With that, he guided her out of the penthouse and off to their apartment.Immediately they both walked in, Tia rushed over to them." Are you okay? " She asked worriedly when she saw the way Lyra was gripping Bruce tightly." Ye.. ah " Lyra managed to mutter and Bruce led her to the couch where she sat down and he walked away while Tia rushed over to her immediately.Bruce came back later with a fruit juice. " Drink this, it should help you calm down " He said and Lyra collected it without hesitation and gulped down its content immediately.When she was done, Tia patted her back slowly while Bruce watched. " Where's Henri? " Bruce asked and almost immediately, he walked out of his room.He seems suprised to see them and he rushed over and then with a bow. " You are back so soon? " He a
Chapter 27" Hello? " Tia said unsurely. " Lyra is in right? " She asked and Tia nodded." I came to pay her a visit " She said and Tia made way for her.Lyra got on her feet with a raised brow. " You are Clinton's wife right? " Lyra asked and Vett passes her a smile." Of Course, it's me " She said and Lyra smiled lightly" You must be here for a reason right? " Lyra suddenly asked. The two were sitted alone in the sitting room. Vett raised her brows, pretending to be confused." I know you're here to definitely find out what's between your fiance and I " Lyra said without looking at her and she bit her lips slightly." Maybe " She muttered and Lyra smiled." We were just friends back then, I promise. He's not my ex or nothing " Lyra replied. " Really? " Vett asked and Lyra nodded." Yeah "" But.. it seems something was off, the way he stared at you back then " Vett said." That was because we had a silly fight before we parted ways back then and he apologize already and we are fine
Chapter 28" What's with you? " Tia whispered to Lyra who still looked angry." Why would you drag me all the way here? " Lyra asked instead." 'Cause someone has been drugging you all this while " He snapped and Tia released Lyra slowly when she calmed down unconsciously." D.. drug? " Lyra stuttered.Bruce collected the glass from Henri and showed the depth to her." You see this whitish liquid here, this proves someone's trying to drug you and funny enough, you drank two cups of it already " Bruce snapped angrily that even Lyra flinched." And I think it's been there every fvcking time that server serves us those wines on entering the penthouse. Someone's playing with us " Bruce said and those words made Lyra shiver." I... Is it to kill me or?.. "" Well, we have to find out. Henri.. " He turned to Henri and handed the glass back to him." Keep this in our stuffs, we're taking it along with us home " He ordered and Henri nodded." We can't accuse anyone right? " Lyra asked, still
Chapter 29" Sorry, I don't. You're my sister right? What's your name? " She asked with a big smile on that Bruce felt like it was the first time he would be seeing her with a heavy smile like that on." Tia " Tia whispered shakily. " Aww, come on I will be fine soon. Dr Williams says it's only for a month as long as I use my drugs, I will have my memories back, okay? Don't cry and don't worry, I will try to be my real self if you teach me how to so you won't miss me too much " She said." No.. no, I love you like this. Your normal self is a sad and unhappy one " Tia muttered the last part to herself and Lyra smiled brightly once again.They broke away from the hug and almost immediately, Henri walked in with a packaged food in his hands." Miss " He bowed lightly and Lyra raised her brows." Who are you? My husband? " She asked and they almost choked in shock. Tia turned to her in shock while Henri shook his head hurriedly." No, he's your husband's personal guard " Tia said hurriedly
Chapter 30" It's not that I don't want to tell you anything but I can't, it's better if you keep finding out by yourself, the doctor said we shouldn't tell you anything that might traumatize you again " Tia muttered to Lyra who raised her brows." I went through traumas? " She asked in suprise and Tia nodded slowly." Wow, that means my husband is a toxic one? "" Maybe " Tia only muttered and Lyra smiled lightly." So, my twin sister Ella has an affair with my husband? " She asked again and Tia nodded." That's good then " A tiny smirk played on Lyra's lips." What are you planning? " Tia asked with a raised brow." I'm just going to play with them for a while, exactly how I should have been doing but since the real me ain't got no balls but I have the balls to do that" She said and before Tia could say a word, Lyra walked out of the room.Tia hurried after her and caught her by the stairs. " What are you planning on doing? " Tia asked." Nothing, I wanna go meet my husband " She re
Chapter 99Lyra came back home late, she had a very hectic day at work. When she stepped into the house, the lights were off. She frowned before turning on her phone torch. She made her way to the light switch and turned on the lights.She gasped when she saw the beautifully arranged dining. She wondered why they had set the table so beautifully today and dropped only two chairs there.She was already salivating from the food's aroma alone. She called"Miley, Miles..." But there was no reply"Tia, Ryan?" Still no reply, her brows furrowed.She dropped her bag on the table before turning to go upstairs but instead she saw Bruce coming downstairs. Her heart skipped multiple beats as she swallowed.He was shirtless with water dripping down from his hair and rolling down to his lower abdomen."Wha- what are you doing here?" She tried not to stammer as her face burned."I came to take my wife back," Bruce announced without any shame. Lyra blinked multiple times in a second as she didn't kno
Chapter 98"So I don't get to receive any hug because I am not the sibling?" Bruce asked pouting his lipsThe entire house became quiet as they looked at Bruce. Lyra looked at him in shock, what the hell?!The children laughed as they all rushed to hug him"Of course, we would hug you too, Daddy" Miley was the one who said this with a giggle.Miley was already referring to him as daddy, this caused his heart to melt. He was so filled with joy, his eyes watered."I like you as my daddy" Miles also said."Now we have the same daddy and the same mommy!" Ryan exclaimed in bliss and the children couldn't contain their happiness, they kept jumping and screaming for joy."I knew he was the one!" Miles kept screaming.Tia looked at Lyra who was staring at her kids in shock. She was expecting the children to be mad at her, scream, and yell at her for keeping the truth away from them but that didn't happen.Tia chuckled before saying,"You should be glad they are not asking any more questions,
Chapter 97Bruce didn't know what to do at the moment as he kept staring at the paper in front of him. Lyra had given him some time to think. She felt that was the best she could do.She went in to tell Henri and Tia as well. She didn't tell anyone before because she wanted to take care of her children alone without feeling hurt anymore but since Ryan had come to live with them, she realized that they acted more like siblings than friends.She could also now see the resemblance in Miles' face as Ella had said. She decided not to deprive them of knowing who their father was. She didn't know how the twins would feel about Bruce being their father but they would be happy that Ryan was their brother."Why didn't you tell us?!" Tia practically screamed when she heard the news but Henri was quietly observing Lyra. He had asked her and she said negative, was she trying to keep it to herself and not tell anyone?"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was tired and wanted to keep it all to myself" she murmu
Chapter 96It was an artificial rain, it wasn't so cloudy and there was no lightning or thunder but the water kept dropping. Faces were sad, the people wore black and everyone was giving their heartfelt words as they moved close and then walked away leaving only Bruce and Ryan there to stand in front of the grave.'We'll miss you,' was engraved on the stone in front of them with her name on it, Ella. The people dropped their flowers in front of the stone as they made one or two statements to the stone before leaving.After the people had calmly left, the day became bright again, the umbrellas were dropped also. Ryan made his way to where the twins stood"Ryan, let's go and play," Miley says and Ryan nodded before running away with them. Tia and Henri gave him a weird look but the boy didn't seem to care at the moment, he left to play with his friends.Lyra made her way to where Bruce stood still staring at the stone. She said while looking at the stone"My condolences""I would say th
Chapter 95The moment Lyra entered the house she began to scream Bryan's name. She had gotten home late so she knew he was at home. She was so upset, she didn't care if the children heard her scream or not.Everyone rushed out only to see a soaked Lyra. She had refused to drive down. She had walked under the rain. She made her way to Bryan who was coming down to meet with her and landed him two resounding slapsThe children gasped while Tia rushed to meet Lyra, she didn't know what Bryan would do after that slap and she didn't want to take any chances."Get you damn things and get out of my house!" Lyra spat in anger."You better do that quietly before I call the police"Bryan didn't know what to say. He didn't know what had happened or what Lyra had heard to make her this angry"Let's talk about what's making you angry, dear. You've been upset since yesterday. What is wrong?" He asked as he used his hands to rub his cheeks to relieve the pain.Lyra didn't want to hear any of his rubb
Chapter 94Lyra woke up with a severe headache, back pain, and puffy and red eyes. She had a runny nose as she had cried a lot the night before. She felt miserable as she searched for her phone on the bed that had been ringing for a while now.She didn't look at who was calling, she only picked the call up and spoke with a very low voice"Hello""Miss Lyra, Good morning" the person at the other end greeted."Hm, good morning" she yawned"This is Doctor Dennis, the DNA results are out. If you would like, you can come to pick it up today"Lyra jumped off the bed the moment she heard the man say that."Okay, thank you so much" she quickly ended the call and wanted to rush to the bathroom.She realized that she was not in her room but in her children's room. She smiled when she remembered what happened last night, they had created a space for her to sleep in their bed with them.She went to her room to have her bath, she noticed Bryan wasn't there. When she checked the time it was 11 am,
Chapter 93The frown on Lyra's face was so scary that no one spoke after she embraced the kids.She kissed them all on each cheek before saying to Tia"Would you please take them inside the room"Tia looked at her with narrowed eyes before calling the kids to her. She noticed that Lyra's eyes were red and her voice hoarse"Play them some cartoon so they could watch," Lyra said to Tia who could only nod at her wordsWhen the children were out of sight, she turned to face Bryan"As I was saying, Or else what?"Bryan stood there frozen as he has never seen Lyra this way before. He could feel the heat from where he stood."Lyra, what I mean is-""I don't care what you mean Bryan. This should be the last time I would see fear in MY children's eyes because of you, okay?"Bryan narrowed his eyes at her words, she had always called the children their own, what's with the MY now? He wonderedHe couldn't understand why she was behaving that way. He calmed down and walked over to her"Are you ok
Chapter 92Lyra frowns as she walked back to sit again"Bryan came here?" Ella nodded"Yes, he did. He did say I shouldn't let you know. When was that? Five days ago. He even visited before you or Bruce did""He did?" Lyra found herself asking again."But Bryan told me he didn't know you were jailed""Bryan told you a lot of lies Lyra. I don't know how you allow one man to fool you twice"Lyra didn't know where Ella was driving but she found her eyes watered. She tried not to cry out loud though"It's not time to cry just yet, Lyra. I have a lot to tell you that Bryan hasn't or should I say wouldn't tell you""Firstly, you would have to ask yourself what does Bryan want from me? Does he love me like he claims he did?"Ella looked up at Lyra whose hands had formed into a fist."Well, no" she replied to her question"Bryan doesn't love you, sist. He is using you just as I had used Bruce. He has a reason too just like I had a reason to use Bruce. Would you like to know?"Lyra didn't repl
Chapter 91Lyra made her way to the station to see Ella. Since the children made that comment she had been disturbed about what Bryan knew that Ella knew.Neither of them doesn't even know the other. Things were getting really confusing to her. Bryan and Ella never really shared any relationship where he would know that she knows somethingAs she made her way inside the station, she saw Ella already waiting for her there. With a smile Ella said,"I knew you would come"Lyra sat down opposite her but didn't say a word. Ella didn't mind, she continued"Ah, I knew the obedient fool would pass my message to you. How do you still look him in the eyes after all he has done to you?" Ella asked with a sneerLyra simply replied "I didn't come here to talk about Bruce. Since you wanted to see me, I came to grace you with my presence. What is it you want to see me for?"Ella chuckled "Grace her presence""Did you know I lost my baby?" She suddenly asked, making Lyra frown."No, I didn't know""D