5 years later..."Noooo!" There was a loud squeal coming from a beautiful little girl as she ran across the huge garden. She has this brightest smile on her face as her blue eyes twinkled with enthusiasm. A man in his late fifties was chasing after the little girl with a small smile on his face."Baby, stop running that fast!" The little girl's mother said with anxiousness as she watched her daughter run like there's no tomorrow in the customised garden created by her grandfather to his only granddaughter."Mommy!" the little girl exclaimed as she giggled. The man had captured her and carried her like a sack of rice."Dad!" Margarette exclaimed in worry. "Don't worry, sweetheart, she won't get hurt. You just have to relax." The man laughed. "I used to play with you like this when you were at her age, and nothing happened.""But what if she fell, dad?" she argued."No, she won't. I'm stronger than a bull, sweetheart," he said. He gave his granddaughter a kiss on the head before he put
"You gonna bring Xaire?" asked her father. She nodded her head. "Yes, I promised her."Leonardo had this worried expression on his face, but he immediately composed himself and shook his head. "Fine, be careful. I'm gonna send our men to watch you—""Dad.""—from afar. I promise they won't disturb you two.""Fine." She rolled her eyes. "I don't want your men to ruin me and my child's day."Leonardo laughed as he kissed his daughter's forehead. "Don't worry, sweetheart." He pulled away and took out his phone as he received a text. "By the way, are you bringing your boyfriend along?""Yep," she replied with a pop. "Jason has no class today and we plan to spend this day with Xaire.""Good. Where is he, then?""He's on his way—" Speaking of which, the doorbell rang. She shrugged as a smile spread across her lips. "Well, I suppose he's here to fetch us up already.""Uncle Jason!!" Xaire exclaimed from the stairs. Her nanny panicked when the child suddenly burst running wearing her pink tut
Her heart raced. Staring at those familiar blue eyes, she was speechless. She was stunned. She couldn't even move an inch. She felt as if her whole body stiffened in a mixture of shock and fear. Fear for what was about to happen. Fear that the dark past she tried so hard to conceal would resurface and repeat itself."Z-Zeus," she whispered fearfully. Almost nothing changed on the young man's face. He was still as handsome and masculine as before, but he looked more mature than before. The corner of Zeus' lips lifted. He looked at her with a smirk while there was a mocking ringing in his eyes. "Long time no see, sister-in-law," he said through his low voice. She stepped back as she looked at the young man in shock. "W-What? What... Are you doing here?"He shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and said with a smirk, "I noticed a blue-eyed little girl and immediately felt a connection with her. Do tell me, Flower, isn't she my niece?"She gasped in fear. "N-No, no... What are you t-talk
"Mr. Ivanov," she uttered with disgust laced upon her voice. "You filthy man, why am I here?" She tried to act cool. She was taught by her father not to let her emotions get the best of her in situations like this otherwise she will end up thinking irrationally. She was trembling from fear, but above all, it was due to anger. Anger towards him. Hurt filled his cold blue eyes. Gone the emptiness in it. It was replaced with a sudden sadness. She was briefly taken back. But then again, how foolish can she be to ever believe those false emotions? He raised his hand and flicked his fingers. In a snap, the maids left the room and closed the door behind, leaving the two alone in the room. Margarette looked at him and noticed how he hasn't aged since then. He still looked like his late twenties even though he was clearly already on his mid thirties. He looked even more mature now than ever. The stubble on his face makes him look hotter. He also seemed to gain more height and his muscles
She was beyond shocked and terrified. Jason is dead, and she and her daughter are held captive at Ivanov's residence. She sure as hell her father was already aware that they were gone and was sure that he's already working to find them. She doesn't know what place or which country they are in right now. All she knew was that she was in a stranger's house. It was one of his houses she hasn't been to before so it was unbeknownst to her where she was at. She also doesn't know a single person here aside from the demon himself named Xavier.She paced back and forth inside the huge room she was locked to. She was worried and was still afraid. Xavier left her in the room and locked it behind him. She's sure there were guards guarding outside the room so she didn't bother to open it.It's been an hour since he left. Her heart was restless thinking of ways to escape and get her child from him. She just hopes that Xavier kept his hands off her daughter or else she would kill him herself. If she
"That's what I thought," she said. "Do you really think my daughter wants a cold-blooded killer like her father who killed an innocent life just because he was angry?" She looked at him angrily. "No. My daughter deserves more than that. She deserves everything in this world.""I can give her that. I can provide anything you two want, Margarette."She shook her head as she wiped her tears. "You're absurd, Xavier. You're sick in the head."He ran his fingers in his hair and messed it up. "Why are you so stubborn?" he asked."I'm not being stubborn. I just don't want my child to be attached to you," she said. "I still can't forget what you did to us."Guilt flashed through his eyes."I'm sorry...""Doesn't matter. You did that in the past without any remorse, there's a possibility you would do it again.""Tsvetok..." he uttered with pain, guilt and remorse laced on his deep voice. "I know what I've done and trust me, I've regretted it already. I paid for it for the last 5 years that you w
"You just need to calm down, wife, or else she might hear us," he said calmly, trying to soothe her down, but it only pissed her off."Don't call me wife!" she yelled. "I am no longer your wife and you will never be my husband, you got that?!" She looked at him from his head to toe before looking back into his blue eyes. "You disgust me!"He pressed his lips into a thin line. "Look, I know you're angry at me, but can we just start all over again? I promise to be the best father and husband you could ever ask for."She laughed dryly. "What?" Disbelief was visible on her face. "Are you fucking serious? Start all over again? For Pete's sake, Xavier! It's been 5 years! It has been 5 fucking years since we last met, and yet the trauma you inflicted to me is still here, and then, all of a sudden, you want us to start again?! Are you nuts or you're just plain insensitive?!" she shouted right in front of his face."That's why I'm asking for another chance." He took a step towards her. "Give me
It took some time for the child to calm down. Xavier never leave their daughter until she finally stops crying. Margarette has never felt this helpless before. Her daughter was so into her father that it actually hurts her to see her daughter being broken if the time has come and they have to leave.Perhaps, her daughter was silently longing for her biological father.Perhaps, she wasn't just able to recognize that.She was always missing. She's always been away, studying and making a life of her own. She's always busy with her own life to even acknowledge her daughter's feelings. Perhaps, Xaire wanted a real father all along.When the child was finally asleep, she also took that sign to leave. The maids escorted her back to her own room where they had prepared a meal for her. She didn't even notice she was already starving until she smelled the delicious aroma of coffee and food. Only then her stomach started gurgling.She sighed. She sat down on the couch and started eating her meal