Chapter 48 Max POV Two weeks laterThe last two weeks have been the worst days of my life, but I've still been trying to pull through, and with Ariel by my side, I've been able to hold my head up all this while. Ariel has also been emotionally down, and couldn't step out of the house since reporters wouldn't stop coming here and waiting to take words from her. Everything is messed up, but I'm trying to fix things. The rumor is still trending on the internet even after two weeks, and someone has been fuelling it, I guess. "Are you ok?" Ariel's voice snaps me back to reality, and I raise my gaze from my phone to find her standing in front of the bathroom door, wearing her lingerie. "Yes, I'm fine. What were you doing?" I ask her after I scan her with my eyes. "I went to shower. What were you staring at?" She asks as she walks over to me, but I quickly put my phone away. I was going through the comment section of the post on the internet, and boiling at the horrible
Chapter 49 Max POV "This is a family affair, what the heck has it gotten to do with the company? Why did they have to do that?" I rant at my dad even if I know this isn't any of his faults. "Why are you taking it out on me? Didn't you think about this when you were busy going around and doing that nonsense? How is this any of my fault?" He snaps at me, and I gulp down nothing. Yes, he's right anyway, it's not his fault, so I should find a solution and not take it out on him. "Dad... What should we do? I've lost about 60 billion already. Please help me," For the first time in recent years, I need this man's help so badly. For the first time, I fall to my knees and beg him for mercy, because at this point, I can't take the pain anymore. I might just commit suicide if things get worse. "What should we do? 'We'? You started this yourself, shouldn't you clear the mess, huh?" He snaps at me, and I slowly clench my fingers as a drop of tears slides down my cheeks. My hear
Chapter 50 Ariel POV I missed her so much which was why I came here to see her, but seeing her now irritates me as all the memories of what happened keep flooding my mind. How she and her husband maltreated me, how she watched her husband beat me, and how she allowed that bastard to abuse and still took sides with him. Why did she do all of that? Was it because she so much hated me and wanted to get rid of me? Was it because she wanted to keep that bastard by his side? Those are the questions I've still not been able to wrap my head around even after all these years. "I heard your husband left you. Why?" I smirk at her, and I watch as she bites her bottom lip. I heard that bastard exploited all the money she worked hard for, and ran away with it. It hurts to see her hurt, but the pain in my heart is overpowering my empathy for her. "Ariel... I'm so..." "What do you want to say? You are sorry? You are sorry about everything, and you never meant to do any of that to
Chapter 51 Max POV Seeing Alicia here kind of makes me feel guilty. I made her pass through a lot, and it hurts that I can't even make up for it. "Alicia..." I pause and bite my bottom lip as I become nervous. I have no idea where to start, or how to apologize, I don't just know what to do. I know that no matter what I do, nothing can make up for what I've done to her. "How have you been, husband?... Hold on, I'm sorry, you no longer belong to me, so I have no right to call you that. How have you been, Max, rather?" She asks after she glances at Ariel, who just stares back at her. "You've been fine, it's obvious," She shrugs before she catwalks over to me. "You didn't miss me, did you?" She bites her lips as tears well up in her eyes. The pain in her eyes makes me feel this sting in my heart which I know was caused by a guilty conscience. "How would you miss me, when you have your new wife here with you? That's crazy of me think to think that. But come to t
Chapter 52 Alex POV I pace restlessly in the hallway as I wait for the nurses that rushed Max and Ariel into the ward to come out and tell me how their health is. I went there this morning to see Max since I've been calling him nonstop and he never answered any of them. I was shocked when I got there and found Ariel in a pool of her blood, and Max was on the verge of passing out. I have always known him to be hemophobia since childhood, and I don't know what would've happened if I wasn't there to help them here. Pushing all the thoughts to the back of my mind, I take a deep breath and sit on the bench before I run my fingers through my hair. At this point, I don't even think I have the mind to hurt Max anymore. He has been through a lot already, and as much as I need this, I also don't want to cause him any harm, because he never deserved any of this. All he did was love me with everything in him. All he ever did while we were growing up was take care of me and made s
Chapter 53Max POVMy body trembles, and tears stream down my cheeks as I listen to Alex. I can't believe I have always thought my dad loved me, but I have been mistaken all along. My dad was behind everything that has happened to me in the past, and still happening now. As for Alex, I don't even know what to feel toward him."Why... Why did he do that to me?" I run my fingers through my hair as tears stream down my cheeks uncontrollably. I feel like my whole life is a mess right now. It doesn't hurt that he treated me like that, but what hurts the most is knowing that it came from the person that was supposed to be there for me and protect me, being the only parent I have."I'm sorry, Max. I know I don't have the right to stand in front of you and say this... I shouldn't have accepted it in the first place, but I was mistaken to have done that. I can't betray you, thinking of the way you have shown me nothing, but love," I watch as Alex slowly shakes his head, and I sigh briefly. He
Chapter 54Max POVIt irks me to be here in my so-called dad's house, but I have some business to take care of. A part of me feels like I shouldn't have found out the truth, but the other part of me feels like it's a foolish thing to think of. Maybe I would still be going around, clueless, if Alex hadn't spoken to me about this.The sound of the footsteps descending the staircase and the smell of his cologne irks me as I tilt my head to find him walking toward the living room. Slowly, I clench my fingers tightly into a fist as I feel my heart wrenches painfully. Having him in front of me now reopens the scar I've tried to bury and pretend nothing happened. Now that I think of it, I suspect he has something to do with my mom's death years ago, because why the heck shouldn't I think that?'He never loved your mom. He married her because of her money, and that hatred spread to you' Alex's words echo in my head, and I gulp down nothing. My mom must've been through so much emotional shit.
Chapter 55 Max POV The company has been giving to Alex, and everything is moving smoothly with us pretending nothing ever happened. I just hope that this ends well, if not, then I'm doomed for life. "Are you ok?" Ariel's voice pulls me out of my train of thought, and I raise my gaze to see her standing in front of me with a questioning look on. I feel bad for not telling her about what is happening, but I don't want her to worry about anything, which was why I never bothered to tell her. "Hmm. I'm fine. Come here," I pull her close after I stand up, rubbing my hand on her big stomach. She should deliver her baby in a few months to this, and I want everything to be fine by then. I don't want to worry about anything. "It kicked just now," She chuckles as I place my ear on her stomach, and quickly pull away from her. "Really? It really kicked?" I blink my eyes as I stand up to look at her. Gosh! I was waiting for the day I would see the baby kick, but maybe I was