Chapter 72Henri felt tense as he looked at the man. He was short of words and didn't even know how to go about paying such an Amount of money."That's too much," He cried out but the man cared less."He looked so rich, what would he want that money for?" Henri asked himself."Please sir, pardon her and accept the one she has," Henri begged and the man turned to look at him."Are you hearing yourself?" The man barked with rage."Who's she that you are pleading on her behalf?" The man asked, throwing daggers at Henri."She is my girlfriend, I know she cannot afford that much, and secondly, she is already running out of time," Henri pleaded and the man burst into annoying laughter.He never stopped laughing until after some seconds."You think I'm a fool right?" He asked Henri."I should just let her go without taking my money from her?" The man asked."That's not what I mean. Alright let her go… let's settle this instead," Henri said but the man didn't even care to look at him."Please
Chapter 73After a long time, Tia and Lyra emerged from the kitchen. The kids were already starving and refused to eat anything other than what their mother was preparing since they craved it.Lyra noticed Tia was silent for a while and wondered perhaps it was because of what had occurred earlier with the crazy rich man. She hoped the girl wasn't holding herself responsible for what had occurred.She called the children first for dinner, and they all settled down to eat.Miley and Miles sat down at the diner to eat."Tia, are you okay?" She asked the moment she noticed everyone has settled down and was now focused on their foodTia nodded with her head down but when she looked at Lyra she sighed dejectedly and then dropped her spoon"I'm sorry Lyra. You had to spend that much money on me. I swear I didn't-""And I've told you it's enough. Why are you still making a big deal out of it?" Lyra asked with a deep frown.Yes, the money was much but she can afford ten times more so she doesn
Chapter 74Today is Saturday and was the day for the date. Tia hurriedly dressed up as she was going out with Henri. He is taking her out on a dinner date today as it was her free day and she has already taken permission from Lyra.Tia wore a slightly body-fitted black gown and black heels to match, she packed her hair into a ponytail and applied light makeup to match, she took her black mini handbag and was ready to go."Are you done? babe!" Henri texted."Yeah, I am! I'm coming outside to join you soon," Tia replied and started heading outside.As she walked out, she saw Henri leaning on his car looking so handsome than ever with a black suit and shoes to match."You look breathtaking my miss black!" he complimented as Tia approached him."Thanks, sir Henry! you are looking so handsome as usual," Tia said and bowed which made them burst into laughter."Like seriously? When are you going to stop this black of a thing… I didn't say it doesn't suit you but you are getting more addicte
Chapter 75Lyra sat on a bench as she watched the children play in the garden. Miles, Ryan, and Miley were having a good time as they played different games together.After their call the night before, Ryan promised to come very early so that he could play with them. Ryan wasn't blabbering when he said that because he came extremely early he was the one that woke everybody up.After breakfast, they came out to the garden to have some fun together.Lyra was supposed to go to work but Tia was not back yet. She must have had the time of her life with Henri that she couldn't make it back home last night. Just as she was thinking of Tia, the lady came into view"Oh, so you know the way back to your house"Tia blushed before greeting her a good morning"Good morning to you too. The last time I checked you only told me you were going for a dinner date, what happened?"Tia cleared her throat trying her possible best not to blush but she was failing woefully because her neck and ears were alre
Chapter 76Lyra walked over to Bruce as she tried cleaning off the dirt that had stuck to her wet clothes."Hello Lyra," he said with Ryan in his arms."Hi, good evening" she greeted before looking at Ryan."Time to go home. Come, I'll change your clothes to dry ones" she said as she moved ahead of them. They all followed into the house"But I don't have any clothes here. I don't think daddy brought anyone for me or did you, daddy?"Bruce shook his head but Miles spoke instead"Don't worry. My clothes should fit you perfectly well""You'll give me your clothes?" Ryan asked with sparkling eyes. Miles nodded with a smile"Of course. You're family, remember?" This caused Ryan to blush so hard his ears turned red. He was so happy, they had even said it in the presence of his father. He hugged his father's neck hiding his blushed face.Bruce couldn't say a word but only kept staring at his son. He is not sure he has ever seen his son this happy before. He didn't know when he blurted out a
Chapter 77Lyra had sent the children upstairs to their room. She didn't want to argue when the children were there. It would break their heart to see her and their father argue"What's that about, Bryan?""What is what about?" Bryan asked her forging ignorance."What was that you were doing when Bruce was here?""Bruce, Bruce, Bruce" Bryan yelled using his hands to pull his hair "You want him now? You want him now that he is no longer with Ella?" He asked"Where are you getting those ideas from, Bryan? I only ask why you were acting like a kid just now in front of him. I and Bruce will never have anything together again""I don't believe you!" Bryan yelled"Bryan!""What?! Can't you see what he is trying to do? I am not blind Lyra. You may not see it but I do. I am a man so I know how their tactics are"Tia came in and saw the scene. She guessed they were having a hot argument because of Bryan's attitude towards Bruce again. She didn't say a word to the both of them but instead went
Chapter 78Ella came home drunk after a get-together with her friends. She met Clinton in the living room watching TV."Hey" she staggered to him to kiss him only to throw up everywhere"What the hell!" Clinton yelled at her as he pushed himself away from where she threw up.She emptied her stomach right in front of him. Clinton felt so irritated, he wanted to throw up as well.Since Ella left Bruce's house, he didn't know if she had changed or if he didn't just know her to be this way before. She was barely at home, she doesn't cook and she partied a lot even when he asked her to stop, she didn't listen.Before both of them would go partying but he had to remind her that she was pregnant. Even with her pregnancy, she had gone out and come back drunk."I instructed you not to leave this house" he shouted at herElla pointed her hand drunkenly at him and said"You are not the boss of me""What is wrong with you, Ella?" Clinton could not help but ask. Why was she behaving like this? The
Chapter 79Tia was seated in her office checking out the designs the company will have to create in two months.She was pissed at how slow her workers were. They still have a lot to cover up yet they are being sluggish. She just didn't know what to do with these people.She had called the manager to complain about this but he said it wasn't their fault but the fault of the designer who didn't bring the designs on time. Now they have a lot of clothes to create with little time.She clicked her tongue when she heard someone knock at her door. She didn't want to see anyone at the moment. She's pissedThe person knocked again and she replied in a harsh yet low tune"Go away" she continued what she was doing, still viewing the designs only for the person to knock louder this time.Tia frowned looking at the door, she stood up before walking towards the door in anger as she said to the person behind the door"Just keep it in mind that you are fired, I would not take such behavior in-" she s
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