Artemis' POV"So lucky." Honey burst out laughing even though she was struggling. Zelo looks like he was really in pain when Honey held him.It was as if I was frozen in place when I saw that Honey and the Vice President pointed their guns at the two of them at the same time. Zelo was panting when he sat down. I saw how he tried so hard not to pass out. I could clearly see the blood from his body.When I looked at my son, Hades, he tried not to cry. He just bit his lip as the tears continued to fall."What are you doing here, Little Boy? Say your speech to your Mom and Dad before I'll kill you. It will probably be nice to see their reaction when you die in front of them," the Vice President said with a laugh."Fuck you. Fucking let go of my child," I retorted while pointing the gun at the Vice President but my hand was shaking. I don't know who to turn my eyes to. Hades who looks so terrified but tries his best to act strong and Zelo is forced to stand while looking in so much pain. I
Artemis' POVAfter a while, I knocked some of them down, we continued running. My eyes just widened when a gun hit Zelo's side.“Fuck. Are you okay, Zelo?” I feel the nervousness while looking at him. I immediately came to where they were hiding before I cut off the pants I was wearing before tying them to him."What? Can you still do it?" I had a worried look on my face when I asked him. He smiled at me there."I still can, don't worry about me," he said as he picked up a gun from the floor but he was already gasping for breath. There was also a trace of concern on the faces of Athena and Hades. Their tears were still forming but they just stopped themselves from crying. Damn! How can we let these kids experience something this cruel? I just bit my lip hard before I let them go.The number of people there increased even more, it seems that some of their back-ups have arrived because we can already hear the footsteps of them running towards us."The car is at the back. I'll do somethi
Artemis' POVI woke up in a white room. I immediately got nervous before I looked around. I got up and the two who were sitting while talking in whispers were shocked by my sudden movement. Their eyes widened when they saw me."Mommy!" they shouted loudly before attending to me and hugging me tightly. I feel the pain of the wounds now but I don't care about that. What is important is the hug of my kids. They couldn't hold back the sobs, so tears started to fall from my eyes. I couldn't even stop crying. I can't believe I put these young kids on something like that."Sorry, my Athena and my Hades... Mama was not able to protect you... Please forgive Mama..." I cried as they continued to shake their heads."You did your best to protect us, Mama..." they said while still trying to wipe the tears from my eyes. I cried even more when I saw the bruises on every part of their faces."Come here, Babies..." They came closer to me while I kissed every bruise on their face."I hope Mama's kiss
Artemis' POVAfter the funeral, we went back immediately to the hospital. I wasn't myself on the way back there. The nurses already said that Zelo was already awake."Daddy!" It seems that the tears are not really drying from the eyes of the two because after seeing their father, they couldn't stop crying. Only the four of us are here now because Ares is still taking care of Macoy's belongings.I feel numb. I felt bad that we went out immediately but I mostly felt bad that Zelo woke up without anyone beside him. It was as if something heavy was in my chest and it was making it hard to breathe."Every day, I overthink a lot that you won't come back to us… That you won't wake up anymore... You rested for so long, Daddy..." Athena cried and said to him while Zelo smiled just before he wiped away Athena's tears."Of course, I'll come back for the three of you. I still owe you three a lot..." Zelo said who also brought Hades close to him. He is quietly crying on another side of Zelo.I jus
Artemis' POV"Mama... When Daddy's already fine, we are going to Cebu, right?" Hades asked waking up from a dream. He immediately attended to me crying when he woke up. He woke up from a nightmare while I also woke up from a bad dream."I don't feel safe here... I felt like any time, there's someone who will take us again... And we will experience that scary stuff once again..." he said with a trace of fear on his face. I just stroked his hair.I have something I want to do but I want to talk to Zelo first. He has a lot of things to do here. He still has people who need him. He's still the president of the country. Even just now that he is resting, his work is piling up, especially since the vice president is now in jail.His cabinets are not publicizing his condition at the moment but it often seems that they want him to return to work."You are safe now, Baby... You are safe with us..." I whispered while comforting Hades. Sometimes it's their father who does this. They are undergoin
Artemis' POVWe'll just ruin each other. That's the only thing that goes on my mind for days. I'm going to mess with his life again. I'm just a poisonous person in his life. Someone who he will forgive even if I do something worse. It's always like that. And I don't want it. I don't want to see him that way. I can't forgive anyone who's ruining him and I'm not exempt at all."Umbrielle." I almost jumped in shock when someone spoke behind me."You're staring at nowhere again. You're thinking about him again," Ares said to me. I can see his worried eyes as he looks at me now. I just bit my lip."It's nothing," I said before smiling at him."Who are you fooling again? I'm your brother, Artemis," he said, still shaking his head at me.“Even with your therapist, you don't talk. You just choose the words that you wanted to say..." he said, staring again."I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me, Ares. Zelo has been waiting for you for a while. I'll go inside first," I said. Zelo is alrea
Artemis' POVI looked at her with a confused face."He doesn't really care at all if he gets hurt again. That one is always high blood to me when I do something bad to you, so I like to annoy you even more. What they said is really true, when you're smart, you're a fool in love," she said, still shaking her head."He was so in love with you that I doubt if he'll still be the same when you slip away from him again," she said. Those lines linger on my mind all day. Even when me and Ms. Yu part ways. I was still thinking about it.I fucking felt so bad thinking that Zelo was just acting like something didn't happen between us at all on that day just because he loves me. He loves me so he doesn't care anymore. As if he will forgive all my sins just because he doesn't want me to leave. That he'll settle for less just because he has feelings for me."Are the kids sleeping now?" Zelo asked when he entered the room a few days later. I nodded and gave him space to look at Athena and Hades."Ze
Artemis' POV"The only thing I don't understand is why you're overworking yourself when your husband is supporting you and your kids," Seb said to me.“Let her be. That girl has high pride. She's still being stubborn," Ares said, shaking his head at me. I just rolled my eyes at him before I stretched."Zelo's giving money for the kids. Not for me. I don't take my expenses from his money," I said, which is the reason why my brother's eyebrows raised."Wow, you still know Zelo? Whenever he is here, you are not at home. You may have forgotten your husband's face. Also, what if you spend his money? You two are still married?” he asked me so Seb just laughed at both of us because this is what we were arguing about again."I also don't fully understand why you seem to be more on Zelo's side? Maybe you're forgetting that I'm your sister, Ares.” He shrugged his shoulders at that."It's not like that. It's just that, how long will you stay like that? You two haven't spoken in almost a year and
Zelo's POV"Fuck it!" I curse while holding the steering wheel tightly.I don't fully understand why the odds are always against me. When I'm finally living my best life with my family, fate will make a move to do something harsh.I almost got into the twins' room but they immediately moved the children and even included Artemis. I don't know what I'll do if I lose any of them. I won't be able to forgive myself.It's my fault for being fucking weak. Why can't I fight those people easily? I should have taken those people to jail long ago.I was driving the car too fast. I can't even calm myself anymore knowing that if I ever come there late, there's a chance that I won't be able to see any of them anymore.It broke my heart to see the two children screaming to help their mother. I could feel the tears forming when I saw the wounds from their bodies. How can people be this monstrous. They don't have any hearts at all."Get the kids to the safe place. Prioritize the kids and Artemis. Mov
…" I can't even control my voice. I can only feel my voice shaking. I can see him looking at me before the tears form in his eyes."Isn't she pretty?" I asked, smiling at him. I saw him slowly nod before looking away."But she left. She left us… I… I hate her…” He was barely able to say that."She has her reason, Baby... And I have fault too... I brought you abroad," I said but he didn't speak there."She wasn't even there when I needed her... Why would she come back as if nothing happened now?" he asked, biting his lip even harder."Baby... Believe me, she wants to. She probably wants to be with you too..." I said, smiling at him. He just cried quietly asking me to give him space. I gave him one. Sometimes, I felt like I wasn't doing my best to be a father to him too. I was always so busy with work that I sometimes didn't bond with him that much.At first, I let him cry his heart out but when he kept locking himself in the room several times, I couldn't stop going to him. I can't jus
Zelo's POVI'm not really sure when it all started. I'm not sure when I fell in love with Umbrielle. I just knew that she already become my safe place in just a short period of time."Artemis... That's my real name," she said one night when we were having a drink at her apartment. I don't know how we ended up drinking. We just got brought things in the grocery store and she took a lot of beer. So now, it's the two of us trying to play games while drinking."You have a pretty name..." I said softly while staring into her eyes."I know right." She even laughed a little before rolling the bottle. She looks shy when she’s being complimented. I couldn't stop laughing softly there. She immediately frowned."One truth again," I said. Maybe I'm too thirsty to know her that every time the bottle points to her, I'll ask her to tell one truth about her."Hmm, I'm not as good as you think I am," she said, avoiding my eyes and reaching for her glass."People are not always good though," I said so
Zelo's POV"What are you still doing here? I thought I asked you that you shouldn't be here once I'm already awake?” she asked while I was still lying on the floor of her living room. There was nothing to do here because she didn't even have a television or anything."I'm hungry. I didn't eat since lunch yesterday," I said, looking at her. She looked at me there before slowly parting her lips."What? Are you stupid? Why don't you say? Are you crazy?” I was always a genius in the eyes of other people but this girl never forgets to tell me how stupid I am. I just couldn't help but shake my head before folding the comforter.“I have no food here. I will order for now. I only have instant noodles,” she said, dialing a food delivery. She looked like she wasn't fully awake so I approached her in her kitchen. She was looking for a portion of food to eat that's why her apartment is full of instant food."I'll cook," I said so she just raised his eyebrows and let me go. There are eggs and som
Zelo's POV"We meet again, Nerd!" a man whispering in an alley near the library told me with a smirk. I don't have my car with me right now. I didn't even call someone to pick me up because there are cabs passing by here.I looked at the man. I frowned when I realized that they were the boys in the library who were trying to hit on Umbrielle."You think you are all that? Let's see if your annoying personality will work outside," he said with a grin. Kids these days are really funny. They intend to do things that they won't have any improvement with. I couldn't stop shaking my head and was about to pass them but they immediately blocked me."I'm true to my words so let's spar! Don't be a scary cat!” he said, pulling me towards the alley. This is just a waste of time. I probably have a lot of things to learn right now if I went home instead of watching these idiotic people.I was about to call my bodyguards when the guy talked again."One more thing, your father owes me money! Your good
Zelo's POV“Isn't there an easier way to get inside that? This is hard! It's hard to kill time! I'm just about to enter the library and I want to go home right away. One more thing, that man's behavior is bad! He inherited it from his father," she whispered to whoever it was from the other line. I heard whispers.I continued walking as if I didn't know that the CCTV here had also been hacked. She immediately stood up properly and seemed to be told that I was just behind her. Her voice immediately calmed down."Okay, I'll take it down. I'll give you money for your studies. Study hard." I wanted to laugh at her acting but I just stopped myself. I just walked straight but she immediately caught up with me."Hi, I always see you around the library. That's you, right? Are you going to the library again?” she said when she blocked me before she put the loose hair behind her ear. I just looked at her coldly."Do I know you? Excuse me," I said and walked towards her first. Her lips parted the
Zelo's POV"I talk to Umbrielle now, Mr. Tiger. She already agreed to the deal. She already created plans. She'll use the son of the governor to do it," Alfredo said, one of my men from the Tigers. I couldn't stop the smile from curling my lips. So she'll use me?"That's all for the report, Mr. Tiger," he said again when he didn't hear anything from me."Alright. That's good to hear. I want this job to be done as soon as possible," I said. I have a voice changer so Alfredo doesn't know what my real voice is. He was the acting head of Tigers.I put my phone down before looking at the folder in front of me. I look at the girl in the photo. This is her portfolio. She stains her hands killing a lot of dirty politicians. She's not even serious in her photo. There was a smile on her lips as she held her gray hair. The beauty of her gray eyes is also visible in the photo. No wonder she has used her face a lot.I just shrugged my shoulders before putting down the folder I was holding. For now
Artemis' POVWe ended up going out of the house. We are in the garden now. He put a cardigan to me and gave me the milk as well."Thank you..." I said softly before pouting."You are welcome..." he said before sitting beside me. I just watch him sip on his glass of milk before talking."What's the thing that was upsetting you?" I asked while meeting his eyes now. He pouted and even frowned at me now.“What are we, Artemis? Aren't we together yet? Am I assuming too much?” he asked. He was just staring at me now. My lips slowly parted there before I pouted.“Is it because of Juan Cloud's question? I'm sorry. I wanted to talk to you about it first. I don't want to assume things and decide on my own. To begin with, we are the ones who will be in a relationship together…”"Alright. I had fault there too. I thought you already knew when I said that I'm in love with you." "That's why I wanted to talk to you. I don't want to just say that we are when you aren't comfortable going back to me y
Artemis' POVZelo is really confusing me. He is always hot and cold. I don't really know what's with him because for the rest of the trip, he was already not in the mood. I looked at him but he wasn't even trying to steal glances at me.I just cleared my throat while walking back to the boat."You know what I really enjoy that time when we spend the night together for the campaign to love the Philippines," Ms. Brown said making me almost stop walking. Spend the night together... It doesn't mean anything, Artemis. Stop thinking about what.“I would love to do that again! I hope you have time again, Mr. President!” It was just a friendly exclamation but why do I feel like something tugged in my heart?"Oh, you two spend the night together? Where? Is that in Bataan? Is that the article that came out that you two dated?" I don't know why Juan Cloud sounds so annoying. I can't help but frown. I don't even realize that my pace is getting faster and their voice is getting weaker. The last qu