Staring at her, Gabriel remains silent. But looking at how determined she was in waiting for his response, he took a very deep breath.
Daniel Wright with Samantha was at the side, silently watching. Both were deep in thoughts.Slowly, Gabriel took a seat across her and stare back at her earnest gaze."Lucien met with Mr. Petrov later after lunch. We were still in video conference when the explosion happened. Then gunfires erupted. Everything was in an uproar before the conference was cut off" he started to relay every detail he knows. Lexie remains quiet while listening. "Ben and his men are with Lucien, he will protect him, Lex" he added."Where is Lucien now, Gab? And I want the truth" she mutters. Unconvinced of the shortness of what he was telling her. Gabriel stares at her and realized he has not convinced her. "We were cut out from contacting him. The Petrov has cut any communication around their territory and there's"They cannot contact them too, but dad will visit" Arvin returned after he left to make a phone call."Your dad knows?" Levinia hesitantly asks." Yes, he was there when mom answered. They watched the news but like us, they were blinded by the details" he faces his aunt to explain."What did your dad say?" she continues to ask."He will help. He will visit if he can acquire the rights" he assures the woman.Relieved by what she heard, she turns to her husband and smiled.Lexie was just watching and though she was curious, she remains quiet. What she is hearing gave her a little hope. They are doing something to find out about Lucien's situation and it immensely appeased her."No matter what reasons there are, we are family aunt Anya. And times like this, we can rely on no one but our family" Arvin, with her a serious look, spoke. His eyes were fixed on his aunt before they darted to Daniel Wright."We cannot turn our back this long from
It's been a week and things were getting out of hand. Lucy has been throwing tantrums for not seeing his father even in the video calls. The boy has become more persistent in wanting to see Lucien, which was impossible for them to fulfill.If Lexie was miserable the first night, she was like a walking dead in the succeeding days. She lost her focus on her work and choose to stay in the penthouse after she had persistently convinced everyone to go back. She wanted to live with all the reminders of Lucien. But being alone with her son is a struggle to convince him of her lame excuses.Understanding her predicament, Arvin also let her be in her self-imposed seclusion. Even he was troubled by not having news about his cousin. They have been trying to infiltrate the strong threshold of Petrov territory but they are still far from being successful.It's still a news blackout and they knew it won't be short. Authorities were all at a loss for what happened
She had acknowledged what Dom has been trying to say to her since the start when her vision blurred. She unexpectedly lost control of her limbs and everything went black.It's been too silent, too peaceful. She hears nothing, she sees nothing. She feels no pain but she felt void...empty...hollow.Is this what she wants? No more troubled sleep, no more heartache, no more fears, no more tears.NO.She vehemently disagrees. She doesn't want to be where she is right now. She hasn't admitted defeat and she will not surrender to the darkness. Her son needs her. Lucien will come back and she must be there with their son, waiting.Remembering the two most important people in her life, she cries. She needs to come around. She struggles to seek even a glimmer of light in the darkness but she got none. Darkness is around her, engulfing her weary heart."Lucy! baby..." she shouted."Lucien...!" she pleaded but she only got silence and u
"Positive"She whispers while staring at the result in her hand.Everyone was watching her and unshed tears immediately brimmed everyone's eyes upon hearing her."Another Wright" Levinia tearfully whispers. Happiness beams her heart while tears fell from her eyes."Another Wright heir..." Daniel happily exclaims while trying to contain the tears, threatening to fall."Mama...?" Lucy tug her arm, looking confused."You will have a brother, my love. Mama has your brother inside my tummy" tenderly, she faces the boy and explains.Hearing his mother, his eyes widened in excitement and surprise."I have a brother, mama?! So it means I'm a big brother?" he raves, ecstatic by the news."Yes, my brave Lucy. You are a big brother now" she lovingly smiles at her son.Throwing himself to his mama, Lucy showers her with sloppy kisses. Which immensely lifts Lexie's disposition. She is happy and afraid at the same time but with her son and the
Despite her confusion about what motives Lucien had when he made her his wife without her knowledge, she faces the expectation of her being a Wright.She is no longer the woman who is only mother Lucien Wright's heir. She is his wife and in his absence, she will fill in his shoes. It may not be all but somehow she is needed. The weight on her shoulder becomes heavy, living up as the wife of the most powerful businessman in the country.She needs to strengthen her will to safeguard what Lucien had entrusted to her and to protect her children. The heirs of the Wright empire.Together with all the Wrights and Gabriel Simon they face the board and defend her spot."All documents are inside the portfolios on your desk. You could verify if you deemed it to be necessary" Gabriel spoke, his eyes drifted around the fifteen people around the huge conference table."Alexzia Montes-Wright is the legal wife of CEO Lucien Wright and she has the declaration to repres
"My love..." Daniel whispers.After the long silence of being inside the vehicle, Daniel spoke to his wife who has been very quiet beside him. Since they left the mansion, Levinia fell into the pit of her deep thoughts."We will go now, Daniel?" she whispers."Yes," he whispers back.Slowly he scooted to go out after the man from the outside pulled open the door for them. Going out of the vehicle, his eyes immediately darted to the high-rise building in front of them. They are at the back part and they are the only ones on that side.Garbed with simple clothes hiding their identity, they enter the private elevator while holding each other's hands. Deafening silence fills the small cube while tension rises as they climbed higher.It's taking forever to reach wherever the cube is bringing them and it's adding to their anxiousness.Ending their grueling wait, the elevator bell rang before the door opens. Revealing the eerie silence o
"You lost your right a long time ago" Levinia mutters with a chilling coldness capable to inflict fear on anyone."My life will not be long. I'm already a setting sun, Anya. And I've been dreaming of your forgiveness. I wish I could have it before hell claims my soul" he whispers. He has to tilt his head to contain the threatening tears to fall."Love..." Daniel pleadingly whispers. He doesn't want to meddle but he witnessed how the man fought his demon the moment his wife opened her mouth."He doesn't deserve my forgiveness, Daniel" she snapped at him instead."Anya...Lucien was brought to us safe. Please, that's all that matters now" Donovan also interjected."What about the past Vavan? Can you just forget how this man kill our mother? It's because of him that we were orphaned. It's because of him we have to leave home" Levinia spat at her brother while glaring at him."He had suffered enough, Auntie Anya. It's been so long. Please.
Everyone was anxiously waiting as they gather around the bed where Lucien lay unconscious."Why is he still not awake?" Carlos glares at the doctor."He will be Mr. Petrov" the doctor confidently replies.They could see the doctor's confidence but it doesn't ease their anxiousness. They need to see Lucien is indeed waking up."He is just in an induced coma to give his body time to recuperate from all his wounds. He has been stable and out of danger a week ago so there's nothing to worry about. He will wake up as scheduled" the doctor explains for everyone's benefit. He could feel the tension in the atmosphere but he and his team were used to it.They are the top-tiered medical team of the Petrov Mafia, nothing is impossible as long as there is still a flicker of life in someone's body.Their grueling wait ended upon seeing Lucien's eyes move and he started to stir.Levinia grasps her husband's hand as they waited for t
It's Alek's fifteenth birthday and the family celebrated it with the entire family. The Wright-Deutche-Petrov gathered in Soul Island."Happy birthday, Alek!" everyone greeted after their birthday song. "Thank you, thank you" Alek playfully bows to everyone before he faces the cake with the lighted candle. He closes his eyes for a moment before he opens them to blow out the candle. "Yey! Alek is fifteen" Lissie claps her hands together with the entire family. With the festive atmosphere surrounding the gazebo, one by one, the family hugs and kisses the birthday boy. After all the younger ones greeted him, Alek went to the sides of the oldies. Their grandparents.Seated in one corner were Daniel and Levinia Wright, Donovan and Diane, Sully and Andrea, Timmy and his wife, and Donny, the present Godfather of Petrov Mafia, with his wife, Samara. Four years after Levinia's reconciliation with her father and the entire Petrov family, Carlos Petrov peacefully left in his sleep. Carlisle
"Lucy, Alek...can you drop me at my classroom?" sweetly smiling, the six-year-old Lissie links her arms to her brothers.Two arched brows turn to her like she lost her mind. "I thought you doesn't want us near you at school?" Lucy suspiciously asks."What happened, Lissie? Is someone bothering you? Tell me who and I will deal with them" Alek who suddenly becomes serious, sharply mutters."Alek, there you are again. No one is bothering me and no one would dare" she incredulously glares at her brother."Then why do you want us to drop you at your classroom?" Lucy added. His suspicion intensified. For an eighteen-year-old, he could protect his sister from anyone at school. Not to mention Alek who is fourteen and quite hot-headed for any provocation. Xander, who is the softer version of Lucy, serves as their peacemaker. They would always visit Lissie in grade school without her knowledge. It's been in secret after she issued her ultimatum. She doesn't want to be overly doted upon, sin
Determining the gender of their fourth baby is an intimate event for Lexie and Lucien. Like her two previous pregnancies, they never did a gender reveal party. They both prefer it to be just between the family."Mama, I'm excited to know our baby" Xander whispers in his mother's ear while seated near her head. Lexie is already lying to undergo an ultrasound. "Yes, baby love. We will meet our new baby later" Lexie whispers and peck a kiss on her youngest's forehead. "I'm still a baby?" Xander softly asks. Insecurity reflects on his face. "Of course, my love. Lucy, Alek, and Xander will always be Mama and papa's babies. We will just have another baby love but we love you all equally" Lexie was surprised. Never did Xander show insecurity or jealousy towards their new baby since they announce her pregnancy. "Xander, buddy. Nothing will change despite having our new baby. We love the four of you so much, you three and the baby inside mama's tummy" Lucien leans toward his son to assure
After the conference at the principal's office, all parties departed with an amicable settlement. Alek was somehow pacified by the assurance from the parents of the three boys. But not before he made another warning."You three must tell everyone around here that I won't be tolerant of any provocation. You all heed my warning or I will deal with all of you myself" Alek's last words to the boys who fearfully nod at him. He even coldly glares at them before turning away to join their parents who are still in conversation with the other parents and the principal."Lucy and Alek beat those boys?" Lucien asks the head security of his sons after he stayed outside to give his instructions. The boys were already with their mother inside the vehicle."Yes, boss. The food tray did the trick. The school might reconsider using those food trays and might regard them as deadly for the children" Allen proudly and amusingly relayed to Lucien. Lucien stares at his man, trying to imagine what his s
"Good day, Madame Wright, CEO Wright" teachers, and even students greeted the serious-looking couple as they strode the hallway of Wright Star Academy.Lexie's heels were digging at the well-polished floor, echoing amid the silence."Good afternoon, CEO Wright, Madame Wright" the principal instantly stands from his seat the instant Lucien and Lexie enter the room."Good afternoon" with a grim and serious tone, they greeted back before their eyes looks around the room. Two groups of boys were quietly sitting two arms apart from each other.The group with three boys was way bulkier and obviously older than the two slender boys at one corner. He was told they were in grade six.Teachers were fidgeting beside the principal while the rest were looking tense at the arrival of the couple."Speak. What happened, Mr. Crain?" casually, Lucien commands, ignoring the chair being offered to them."CEO Wright, these seniors have already apologized to Lucas and Alek" Mr. Crain, though nervous around
The day after the successful fashion show, the Wright family went out in public. With Lucien carrying the four-month-old Alek and Lexie holding Lucy they leisurely walk around the Eiffel Tower. "Whoah... It's magnificent, Papa!" Lucy excitedly raves as he looks upward to the towering structure afar. "Yes, it is, buddy. And we will be going there" Lucien replies with a wide smile. His son's happiness is swelling his chest with inexplicable contentment. "I'm excited, mama" Lucy turns to his mother who smiles at her. They could arrange for a discreet entrance to the Eiffel tower but the couple has decided to make Lucy's first experience to be as normal as it could be. They wanted him to mingle with other tourists while he admires the scenery around. The couple's public appearance created an uproar among media companies as they camp near the whole entourage. Though Lucien has brought his children in public, security personnel were doubled to ensure their safety. Ben and his elite tea
Expectant eyes fixed on the model while she quietly stand beside the wealthy CEO."Hello, Miss Montes. You need something from me?" Arman Varce amicably asks after he came to his senses. The sudden appearance of SD's designer surprised him. He doted on her, that's undeniable, but not in the middle of an important discussion with the ruthless CEO. He doesn't want to miss the chance to talk to him. "Nothing, Mr. Varce" her smile adds to her charming feature. She has been standing next to Lucien but he has been giving her a cold shoulder. He hasn't even glanced at her. Mr. Varce waited for her to leave, which she didn't do. She is waiting for the man beside her to acknowledge her but after a while of standing, she still got none. Heaving a sigh, she looks around and saw Ben's sympathetic look on her. He also knows her predicament. But then it made her remember something. She made Lucien promise not to get involved with her in any circumstance. Which is obviously what he was doing. Wh
Prestige, glamour, elegance. Elements surrounding Lexie in her new world.Despite having given birth four months ago, she is now back in shape to model one of her designs in the biggest fashion show in Paris. The most awaited collaboration between Arman Varce and Silhouettes Designs. "Good evening Paris, please welcome the men and women behind this prestigious night, Arman Varce and Silhouettes Designs, President Arvin Deutche. Together with the magnificent designers behind these fabulous designs" Together with the cheers and applause is the festive upbeat music as the group marched along the catwalk previously grazed by hundreds of designers' masterpieces. Led by Arvin Deutche and Arman Varce the whole team waves and bows at the guests gracing the event. Lexie looks around, basking in the jovial atmosphere around. It was a success and she was part of it. Tonight, she shares the limelight with other famous fashion designers and models. And the world is watching as she claims her o
"That is Straw, papa, not Berry" Lucy corrects his father.Lucien stares at his son before glancing at the chickens. He still can't compromise how his son knows who's who. The chicken looks the same."This is Straw" the boy got another chicken who looks exactly the same as the first one."Oh, I didn't notice, buddy. So this is Straw" he grins while staring at the chicken."That's enough you two. Baby love, spare your father. He looks ready to call for a stockholders meeting to identify which chicken is which" Lexie amusingly interrupted the father and son. "The goats too, my doll. How would I know who's Bubbles and who's Snow? They look the same" Lucien hopelessly whispers to his wife."Neither do I, so don't feel bad. Only Lucy knows who's who" she chuckles while patting Lucien's sweaty face. They are at the animal shed after Lucy eagerly wanted to introduce his pets to his father. They arrive early in the morning on the island and they just took a short rest before their boy jumps