Chapter 39 Alicia POV "I told you to be careful with it, how could you have done this?" Mr. Dante yells at me as he grabs the flower vase from the pillar and smashes it on the ground, and I flinch fearfully as tears stream down my cheeks. "Why the hell didn't you take the pill? I told you to never make the mistake of getting pregnant for him no matter what happened, why the hell did you do this?" He screams again, and I gulp down the sudden lump that forms in my throat. How this man dare scold me now when he was the one that lured me into doing that is really crazy. How could he even think of scolding me? Yes, I want to scream at him and tell him how much I hate him for making me do this, but that is not the best thing to do now. I need him to help me talk to Alex. I can't lose him. "I know I messed up, Sir... But can you please help me talk to Alex? I don't know what's going to happen. I can get rid of the baby without a trace if he wants me to. I don't want to lose h
Chapter 40 Ariel POV I got off work quite early today, and since I wasn't feeling too well, I decided to go to the hospital for a medical check-up. I have been having some difficulties in my lower abdomen, and the pain is really much on me, so I had to drop by the hospital. 'Your cervix is too tight, and you need to have sex much more often to enhance safe delivery later' recalling the doctor's words for the fifth time as the cab I boarded drive me home, I sigh briefly. "Drop me here, Mr.," I suddenly say to the driver while we are still on the road. "But we are not yet at the address you gave me," He inquires while looking at me through the visor, and I sigh briefly. I just want to take a walk, and maybe I will feel much better by then. "I forgot something, and I need to go back for it," I reply to him, and he finally pulls over at the side of the road, after which I step out of the car. "Never mind," He utters and drives away, refusing the money I gave hi
Chapter 41 Ariel POV 'Let's get married' I giggle softly and dance in the bathroom as I recall his words. I have never thought of getting married to Max, but now that he asked me to, I am more than willing to, because why not? I mean, I have every right to marry him, right? He promised to take us to the marriage registry in a few days so we will get our marriage certificate, and be legally married. 'Can we keep this a secret, please?' He asked me after our discussion, and I assured him. I even love it that way. I want it to shock everyone later that I'm now married to my baby daddy. As I walk back into my room later, I stop on my track when I find Alicia sitting on my bed. I gulp down nothing while wondering what she's doing in my room. "You've been having a good time with my husband, haven't you?" She scoffs as she stands up and crosses her arms on her chest. "No, I've not," I reply to her, making that scared face as usual, because why not? I don't want to
Chapter 42 Ariel POV "Why didn't you tell me, huh?" He asks as he tucks the strand of hair on my forehead, behind my ear, and I find myself blushing hard. It feels so good to know that this man really loves me, it feels so good to have him around me. I guess I can say that I'm the happiest woman on earth right now. "Nothing... I didn't want to..." "Make it look like you're asking for sex, huh?" He hushes as he stares into my eyes like he wants to see through me, and I gulp down the sudden lump that forms in my throat. I feel my breath hitching, and as I stare at his lips, I suddenly feel like kissing them, because why not? "I'm sorry for neglecting you, Ariel. I won't ever do that, and I promise. I will make sure I care for you and our baby, ok?" He assures me as he leans forward and plants a soft kiss on my forehead. Gosh! That felt so good. "Are you not going to the office today?" I ask him, and he sighs briefly as he pulls away from me. "Yeah, I have to.
Chapter 43 Alex POV "Ah! I'm going to lose my mind," I groan for the fifth time as I slam my hands on my desk and spring up to my feet. It has been one week since I last saw Ariel, and I think I'm going to go crazy if I don't see her. Is this how much I've fallen for her? This was supposed to be planned, but I think I've lost my guard. "She is carrying your brother's child, do you know that?" My subconscious mind reminds me, but I don't really care about that. My love for her doesn't even give a damn about her being pregnant for my brother. My phone suddenly starts ringing, and when I check the screen and find out that it's Alicia, I hiss loudly. I have been trying to play it cool with her because I still need her help, but it seems like I'm running out of patience now. I don't want to see her again, so it's best if we just make everything thing fast so we can all go our separate ways. "Hey, baby," How much I hate calling her this, but I have to pretend if I want t
Chapter 44 Max POV As I drive Ariel and myself down to the registry office, I continue to ask myself if what I'm about to do is right. I know I love her, but is it right to marry her? What about Alicia? How will she feel if she finds out about this? I have already hurt her so much, she's going to be broken if she finds out that I married Ariel behind her back. Gosh! Aren't I a bad husband? "Are you ok?" Ariel's voice pulls me back to reality, and I glance at her before I nod my head. "You don't look like you are fine. Are you regretting your decision already? We can go back from here if you don't want to do this. I'm not forcing you to do this, I swear it," She utters, but I quickly shake my head. "Not that... I'm fine, honestly. Why will I regret my decision?" I stutter nervously, and she slowly nods her head. I don't regret this right now, but I'm just not sure if I made the right decision. "Alright," She mumbles before she turns her gaze outside the window w
Chapter 45 Ariel POV I knew this was going to happen, and I thought I could take the pain, but turns out that I was mistaken. They are bashing me on the internet and they don't even care about how I will feel. I storm into my room and slam the door hard behind me before I crash against it, tears streaming uncontrollably down my cheeks. I feel my heart pounding hard against my chest, and I shut my eyes tightly. I wish I never checked those hateful comments, I wish I didn't look at them, maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way, but does it change anything? "I didn't do anything wrong, why are you all doing this?" I mumble as I fall on my butt and bury my face between my palms while crying my eyes out. I only wanted to protect my baby, I only wanted to be with the man I love, why are they treating me like that? The door suddenly barges open, and I don't even bother to raise my gaze since I already smell Max's cologne. Seconds later, I feel his arms wrap around me, engulf
Chapter 46 Alicia POV 'Let's get a divorce after you give birth' his words ring in my head for the umpteenth time as I drive down the road, and I can't just help the excitement that fills my heart, because that is exactly what I have been looking forward to. I mean, I don't even love him, so what should I be doing with him? Well, how was my acting back there? It was top-notch, yeah? Well, I loved it too. I drive into the hospital minutes later and pull over at the parking lot before I head to the doctor's office. I contacted my secret doctor earlier and asked for an abortion, which will be done this night. It'll be nice to have a new headline on the internet that I lost my baby because of the scandal, yeah? Well, I guess everything is going to end soon, and we will all go our separate ways. I will finally be with my sweetheart forever. Not long after I went into the theatre, the abortion was done, and I left the hospital as if nothing happened since I'm strong. The
Chapter 83"Why are you doing this?" Alicia yells at the top of her voice as tears stream down her cheeks. Alicia has been untied, and they are both inside a room now."You are going to kill everyone, and take what belongs to them? Are you this much of a monster?" She yells again, but Dennis doesn't look like he is going to listen to her."We've got what we want now... Why don't we leave for a faraway place where nobody will ever be able to get to us? I am giving you a chance to do this now," Dennis replies to her as he hands her a pistol."If you want to live, go out there, and shoot them one after the other. Kill them all and let's leave here once and for all. This is the only chance you have, Jessica. If you turn your back on me now, I will take you as my enemy for real this time," He utters, and she gulps down the lump that forms in her throat as she stares at him. Her hand trembles nervously, and she gulps down nothing again. It's literally her first time holding a gun, and she c
Chapter 82"How dare you, bitch!" Dante yelled at the top of his voice as he sent a hot slap across Elisabeth's cheek. After looking for her everywhere, Viper was finally able to get her from the hotel where Max had hidden her all this while."I told you to never mess with me, but you didn't want to listen to me. How dare you!" He yelled for the second time, sending another hot slap across her cheek. Her mouth is already bleeding. She is supposed to be in tears, but she is rather smiling as she stares back at him with a satisfactory look on."Do you want to slap me again? Go ahead and do it. Do you want to kill me? Then just go ahead and shoot me right here... Don't forget that Maxwell and Alex will be coming for you. They won't stop, until they hunt you down," A smirk settles on her lips as she emphasizes her words, and he finally punches her hard in the face this time, sending her roughly to the floor along with the chair she was tied to.He squats in front of her and grabs her hair
Chapter 81Ariel's head hurts and she groans as she tries to open her eyes, but she gasps upon finding herself in a strange room. She tries to recall what happened, and where the hell this place is, and just like that, memories of the previous day came flooding her head, and she gasps. She slowly looks around the room, and that is when the realization dawns on her that she isn't the only one in the room, but with her dad, stepmom, and the two little girls that were supposed to be her stepsisters."Daddy... Daddy... Are you ok? Joann... Ella... Ma'am... Are you ok?" Ariel asks worriedly as she manages to sit up on the cold floor, realization dawns on her that they have all been abducted. Hearing a silent whimper behind her, she slowly tilts her head to find Alicia tied to a chair too. Wow! This is crazy."What's going on here? Why are we here?" Although she knows her question is really crazy, but she couldn't just help it."Oh, you are awake? I thought you died in your sleep. That woul
Chapter 80"What's going on?" Ariel muttered as she run her fingers through her hair crazily. She has been trying to reach everybody, but no one was answering her calls, not even Max or Alex. She gulps down nothing worriedly, praying nervously that nothing happens. It's past 10pm, and Max hasn't been back yet after he told her earlier that he was going to attend to something and come back immediately."Answer your call, please," She mumbles as she dials the number again, and when it didn't go through, she decides to call Alex, and maybe, who knows, his number might go through, but it was still the same result she got.Many questions run through her mind as she sinks into the bed, grabbing a handful of her hair in her hands as she drops her gaze to the floor. Could it be that something happened while she is here? Were they abducted? Those are the questions that keep running through her mind as she tries to gather her thoughts together, but it only ends up getting ruined since she can't
Chapter 79After hearing everything from Alex, her heart sinks into her stomach, her cheeks are wet from her uncontrollable tears. Her heart wrenches in pain at the thought of being betrayed by the man she so much loved with everything in her, but on a second thought, she feels like he was right about everything. If she truly loved him, she wouldn't have agreed to that in the first place. Does she even have any right to feel used when she already hurt Max so much? Does she have any right to be hurt with just this, when she has lived all her life hurting people?As she drags her feet along the lobby and heads to her room, her phone suddenly starts ringing and she rolls her eyes when she checks the screen and finds out that the caller is Dennis.She crashes against the bed as soon as she steps into her room, staring up at the ceiling with a pool of tears streaming down the corner of her cheeks.'There is no wedding for us, Alicia. Do you think I would still marry you after everything? Y
Chapter 78 Alicia POV I arrived at the hotel room a few minutes ago, and I haven't been really at peace. Did I make the right decision? Should I have worked with him? Those are the questions that keep lingering on my bed as I toss on the bed before I sit up. Memories of the past came flooding my mind, and for the first time, I feel guilt wash through me. Thinking about Max makes me go crazy. I feel like I was being unfair to him. Although he later changed, which was all I ever wanted, but still, it didn't change the fact that I hurt this emotion. I know this is too sudden, and you must think that I'm really crazy, but trust me, it's nothing of such. I'm just feeling remorseful for my actions in the past. I don't want to end up like Dennis, and with the way I'm going now, I might end up clouding my heart with hatred like him, and end up tormenting people, which is the last thing I would never want to do in my life. I need to make things right. Besides, I've always lived a s
Chapter 77Silence creeps into the atmosphere as Alicia stares back at him, shocked at his confession. Is he trying to pull a fast one on her or what?"There's nothing bad in wanting to spend time with my daughter, right?" He breaks the awkward silence, but she only stares back at him with many thoughts running through her mind.As her eyes roam the entire restaurant, the realization dawns on her that they are the only ones in the restaurant."Oh, sorry if that came as a shock to you. I booked the restaurant for the time we will spend here. I didn't want someone to disturb us," He breaks into her thoughts as if he was reading her mind, and she sighs briefly before she turns her gaze to look at him with a blank expression on.Memories of years ago flood his mind as he stares at his daughter that is all grown now. How they would go to bed without food, how they suffered, and how he watched her grow with another man, calling him 'dad' when he was supposed to be the one she calls that. Th
Chapter 76"What is the meaning of this, Laura?" Dante's eyes widen in shock as he stares at his wife who just slapped him. He had just come here to see her since she was sick for the last few days, only to be welcomed with a slap.Tears stream down Laura's cheeks as she stares back at the man she has been with for the past thirty-three years of her life, the man she has spent her whole life loving, unknown to her that he has been lying to her. Just the thought of it was messing her head and driving her nuts. Laura and Dante have been together for thirty-five years. Three years of courting, and thirty-two years of marriage. She has always thought that this man was the most faithful man any woman would want to spend the rest of her life with, she thought he was the best man in the world, well, he was, up until the last few hours she found out what this man has done. It breaks her heart to know that she has been fooled and used for the past years that she has been with him."Are you ok,
Chapter 75I toss on the bed for the umpteenth time, trying to get some sleep, but I can't even bring myself to do it. The scenario from earlier today is still stuck in my head, and the more I try to get it off, the more I find myself thinking about it, and it's really driving me nuts. "Is he kidding me?" I scoff as I sit up on the bed, ruffling my hair that I already parked inside my cap, allowing them to fall carelessly on my shoulders. The room is air-conditioned, but I feel so hot and just feel like I need fresh air, but I know that I don't need it. I may feel cold if I decided to step out of the room now.It bothers me to think that Alex has been playing me, but I also don't want to conclude that it's what I'm thinking. What else would it look like? He was obviously playing you. I also try to assure myself that it's not what I'm really thinking, but fuck! My head is so messed up that I can't even gather my thoughts together.Pushing all the thoughts away, I lay back on the bed,