“Jacob... My son…” Mariane muttered as she walked down the road that the van that took her took.Disheveled hair, tears that dried onto her face, lost slippers, and three hours of walking on the road without knowing where to go. Mariane got devastated after Jacob got caught by the unknown men. Her mind went black and didn’t think of what she should do. Mariane kept on crying and muttering Jacob’s name. She didn’t care what people might be thinking now, as they saw her walking down the road with no slippers. She continued walking until she stopped in front of the building.It was the building David owned. Without thinking, Mariane went inside and hurriedly entered the elevator. In the elevator, Tristan and their other colleagues noticed her. But Mariane was too clouded to see them. All she could think about right now was her son and nothing else.“Mariane?” Tristan approached her. Seeing Mariane, who looks miserable and disheveled, makes him frown.“What happened to you?” he asked wor
Lucas is a well-known leader of the gang and a gambling lord in their city. He also owns a shark loan company. Diego Ramos owed him money from the gambling. He was about to take Mariane as the collateral for Diego’s debts, but David paid it for Diego. Because of that, Mariane and David got married, which made Lucas even more angry. He wanted to take and possess the girl but the moment he tried to get closer, someone was already following him to stop him from coming to Mariane. Lucas also found out that Mariane had left the country. Then, he followed the girl and find out her whereabouts. Lucas invade David’s territory and hired some spies there. Until he met Agatha. Lucas found out that Agatha was obsessed with David. So, he took her away and saved her from David’s arms.Lucas knew that Mariane had returned to the country. He made a plan, and that was to kidnap their child. He wants to kill the child of David, to get even with him.***“Bring that child here,” Lucas instructed his men
“Mariane, are you sure about this? Why don’t you let the police handle this matter, David?” Anastacia asked worriedly.“Mom, we can’t let our son’s life on the line, here,” Mariane said.“Mariane is right, Mrs. Ramos. They will hurt Jacob once we report this incident to the police.” David explained.“But don’t worry. I have my men to handle this. And I will assure you, nothing will happen with Mariane and Jacob. I will bring them back, safe and unscratched.” David promised.“You take care as well.” Anastacia reminded him.“There is nothing I can do but pray for your safety. May the heavens protect you from all the danger you will be facing tonight,” Anastacia said.Mariane and David headed to the address, the kidnappers gave them. Mariane couldn’t help but bit her fingernails as she was shaking her knees in nervousness while they were in the car. David, who was driving, held her hand to calm her down. Mariane stopped shaking her knees and turned to look at David.“Don’t worry too much
After a long journey, they arrived at an abandoned iron factory. They hid Jacob in one of the rooms on the second floor, and there the child was tied to a post made of steel, and his mouth was covered. Mariane and David were taken out of different vehicles. Lucas signaled his men to tie up Mariane and dig into their pockets to get their cell phones.“Boss, the woman doesn’t have a cell phone,” said one of his guards.“Mariane... Where is your cell phone?” Lucas asked.“I lost my cell phone when I was chasing you earlier when you took my son.”Lucas’s face showed that he believed in the girl. So he ordered Mariane to be tied to the pole near where Lucas was sitting. While David took off the blindfold from his eyes. He immediately looked around to see Mariane. He sighed in relief after he saw Mariane.“Mariane, are you alright?” he asked worriedly.Mariane nodded. “Yes. Don’t worry about me. How about you?”“I’m okay. Don’t worry. We will get out from here.”With what David had said, Lu
“No, Miss. I won’t allow you.” John looked at David, who was covered with his own blood.“If Master is awake by now, he wouldn’t allow you to go there and take a risk to save Jacob,” John added.“But my son is still in danger! How can I stay here?! Besides, he’s unconscious, so he can’t tell me what to do!” Mariane sighed exasperatedly.“Please, John… Untie me… I will follow George.” she sternly said.“Let me save your son instead. Just accompany Master David in the hospital.” John suggested, but Mariane shook her head.“John, I won’t be at ease until I see my son, safe, with my own eyes,” Mariane said.John sighed in defeat and untied Mariane. “Take care of your Master. We’ll soon follow you to the hospital,” Mariane said before she left them and followed George.John shook his head disappointingly. “I hope you won’t blame me, Master,” he muttered as he asked their companions to help him carry David and put him on the stretcher.Meanwhile, Lucas went to the second floor to get the ch
PAK!!!Suddenly everything became quiet as if the world stopped moving and only the sound of a palm landing on the cheek was heard inside the room where the unconscious David was placed.Mariane’s left cheek turned red from Geneva’s slap, while Mariane just silently accepted the anger of a mother. She couldn’t blame her. Her son was now on the brink of death after saving Mariane and Jacob from danger. And if she was in Geneva’s situation, she would surely be angry with the person who had a reason why her son was on the verge of death.“I told you to stay away from my son, but you won’t listen! Now, look at him! LOOK. AT. HIM!!!” Geneva pulled Mariane towards David’s bed.She even held her head and forcibly turned her head to look at the unconscious David, who had oxygen in his mouth.“Mrs. Cruz, please calm down,” John tries hard to stop Geneva from harassing Mariane in front of David.But the lady did not stop hurting Mariane. Instead, she continues to beat, and slap her. Mariane win
Everyone got out of David’s suite, except for John, who asked David to stay.“I’m sorry, Master for the chaos that happened under my watch earlier.” John apologizes.“What was that? Why are they fighting?” David asked while massaging his temples.“Your mom did the commotion, first. She hurt Miss Ramos-”“She, what?!” David exclaimed. But he suddenly winced from the pain he felt from his arm because of his movement.“Careful, sir.” John reminded him.”David mouthed thanks and asked John to tell him what happened. So John reported everything that had happened before he woke up.“When Miss Ramos came, the Madame welcomed her with a slap on her face. She was angry because she’s blaming Miss Ramos for what happened to you,” John informed him, which made David scoff.“She and her bad acting skills. I don’t believe in her… She was just worried because no one will give her money if I died immediately.” David stated.“Continue, what happened next?”“Mrs. Ramos came and saw your mom hurting her
Mariane arrives with food from a popular fast-food chain that is a favorite of her son Jacob. His eyes suddenly widened when he saw his son jumping up and down on his father's bed while talking to Jacob.Jacob doesn’t have school, so he has to take the boy to the hospital to keep an eye on David as well. Because David was taking care of something important at the office with John, and he didn’t want his mother to watch over him, either. After the incident of Geneva hurting Mariane, the lady was never able to step inside her hospital again because they banned her. So Mariane is the only one watching over him now.“Jacob! Get down from there! Oh, you’re really young! If you fall, you will also break a bone. Do you want that to hurt you?” Mariane hurriedly put the food she bought on the table and ran toward them.“David, why did you let him jump into your bed? He might get into an accident. You shouldn’t allow him to do that.” Mariane sighed exasperatingly, while she took her son off the