Chapter 49: ReymondoNick’s POV“Who are you?” A deep voice of a man resounded followed by a faint footstep. Nick's frustration rose, ‘If he was just silent, we wouldn’t be heard right away.’ He mentally cursed Ben. His eyes widen when he suddenly stood and showed himself. Nick didn’t have the chance to grab him. “Good afternoon, sir. I am actually here to arrange a little survey. We received a report that this house was abandoned by an unidentified owner. My bad, I am Albert Temosa.” He heard him say so he was left with no choice but to stand and act calm. He saw him extend a hand for a handshake to a man that was in his forties holding a forty-five caliber gun.The old man didn’t look either convinced or suspicious to them, he looked at Ben straight without expression and accepted his hand. “Here’s my ID,” he even showed a fake ID while Nick looked around the house and check everything. He walked to them and extended his hand to Reymondo. “Kingston,” he only said and he acc
Chapter 50: Nana FellyFera’s POvThe annoying beep from her side kept her awake, she turned to the door when she heard it crack open. A nurse got in with her casual smile to check up on her. She shifted her gaze to the wall and let her do anything she want. The fear in her aura was beyond evident so she decide not to look at her. “Good evening, Miss Fera. How are you feeling?” She manage to maintain a calm voice but Fera didn’t bother answering. “I heard you don’t want to welcome any visitor,” she added. “So?”“I just thought that it might help you feel better if you could talk to someone special to your heart, their care would make you feel better.” She looked at her and stared at her fine small face. Her pinkish thin lips and beautiful eyes with perfect soft lashes. Her uniform fits well, she a typical neat girl, she was petite with average height. “Their care is a burden to me.” The shock on her face made her want to roll her eyes, ‘why does she have to look like an a
Chapter 51: Tied UpNick’s POVThey watched his car burn into ashes, they had a few scratches and a little burn on their back. They sat side by side by the road and from afar the old man watched them. He shook his head and got inside his house.“Now we are going to walk, what a great adventure.” Ben weakly commented and stood up. “My favorite watch broke, I hate this.” “Aren’t you going to be worried about your car?” He asked but Ben only cast a glance at his car. “It’s old and you can replace that. This watch is my favorite and I only want this, not a new one or even another that is much like this.” He answered and he started walking like the just gone out of a party.“Childish.”“Oh! You are more childish, believe me.” His calm rebuts and unaffected tone was irritating him. “See? You can’t contain your emotion.” “I can’t believe we are talking about this when we will be walking a three hours ride.” Ben only slid his hand into his pocket.“I can’t believe you haven’t got
Chapter 52: Another GroupNick’s POV He instantly stood up and ran to the door. It was locked but Ben got a hair pin and he easily opened it. They didn’t know where to run but they traced the only hallway and found the stair down. The exchange of bullets didn’t stop so they took the opportunity to escape. He jump up back when he saw someone coming and pointing his gun at him. They ran back and found a window. Ben checked it but they were on the third floor of that abandoned building. “Sh*t!” They stood against the wall while facing the man with a gun. They both raised their hand but in just a snap a small pocket knife stuck on his forehead exactly in the middle. His eyes widen and looked at Ben. “Do I have a choice?” Ben asked him so he didn’t respond. It was a life and death situation and Ben chose to kill than get killed. Nick was in shock so Ben pulled him to run, he pick the gun and got some bullets. “I should have done this alone,” he heard Ben whisper and pulled h
Chapter 53: LoraHe suddenly felt a sharp pain on his shoulder followed by a cold drip of liquid down to his arm. But he never took his eyes on him, he barely blink while glaring at the skinny man. “Ernan! Stand back!” The fat man shouted at him and he bow down.“I apologize, Sir. His disrespect was unacceptable.”“Whatever, look at the young man. Have you seen how brave he was? He didn’t even flinch.” His amused eyes lingered around him. “How old are you?”He didn’t answer him so he stood straight and nodded. “How old is he?” He asked the skinny one.“He is seventeen years old, the only son of the Hernandez-” someone came in and signaled the skinny guy called Ernan, “Robert has words for you.” And the masked guy who came in walked to him. He saw him whisper something and the boss look at Nick. “Chain him well, and put him down.” He said before he walked out. They checked his chain and added one. They put down Ben and chain him on a chair. After checking it all he went out an
Chapter 54: Her DeathFera’s POVHer left hand flew to her mouth, she seemed like forgot how to breathe and just looking down. She knew it was Fred’s voice.“Your lying…” she almost whispered.“She was found dead in her car near the hospital,” his voice never sound joking. She knew that he would never pull a prank like that, especially in her situation.“You allow this to happen? Fred, is trusting a wrong decision?” She couldn’t believe it, her tears were shamelessly running down. “Fred, why do things failing on your watch lately?”“Is trusting me a wrong decision? You can never trust a Fuentes, Fair and they never trust anyone either. Why are things failing lately? Maybe because these things aren’t meant to be watched by me.” And the line cut off. She returned the phone to the police and let her tears fall. She didn’t bother wiping it. ‘This is what they want, to see me cry, to see me crawl and helpless.’‘This is all my fault if she didn’t visit me. They wouldn’t trap her alon
Chapter 55: Hunger StrikeFera’s PovDays had passed and she never heard anything from Nick, Lora, and even Fred. No one ever showed up to visit her, she wasn’t expecting them to be but she was still hurt that no one showed up even though she knew she will make them leave. Ironic, yes.Lately, she secretly throws her food and eats nothing, she would take a bite but didn’t eat enough for her stomach. She didn’t feel like eating anything like she was full but not. Looking at the inmate with her, they act like they were just in their houses. Doing chores and doing things to entertain them, there would be a little argument sometimes but mild. She stared at the window on her side, ‘It doesn’t feel new, I used to live like this. As if this scared me.’ It’s not that she didn’t get what was happening. She knew that someone was trying to make her suffer. But suffering wasn’t new to her, it was not that she couldn’t fight back, she was tired of fighting back anymore when she had nothing
Chapter 56: Her Personal Butler“Miss Fuentes,” he bow his head down and Fera signaled her to sit down. “Good to see you, Miss Fuentes. I apologize I took long to show up.” He sat next to her on a bench watching the other inmate playing basketball. It wasn’t safe to talk in that place but they had no other choice. “How’s everything, Baldo?” During her stay in that jail, she managed to calm her system up. She had made up her mind and was ready to face her problem. “Everything is honestly not fine after the news about you being in jail blew up. Your father’s enemy has been meddling in the transactions local and international. They are trying to ruin you completely, they saw this as a vulnerable situation for you and the best time to move. Fred had been trying to patch up things out of the country. Lora’s sudden…” he took a long breath and glanced at Fera before going on. “ Lora is a huge loss so is Felicidad.” She nodded, she was crossing her arm and trying to think straight. “
Chapter 72: Epilogue“Wow, the beauty still falls in love with the beast?” Little Laire amusingly said after her father finished reading the story. “Dad had read that story for a millionth time,” Laike the other little girl boringly whined and pouted. “Like, it’s the love story of our parents.” She exclaimed and Nick cringed his forehead. “Dad isn’t a beast, that’s not true.” Laike pushed her which made Nick nod and agreed with her daughter. “Mom is, it was just a little twisted.” Laire and Nick’s eyes widen and turned to his wife who was busy cooking for dinner. “Did I hear that right, Laire!” “I would very much happy to be excluded from this narrative,” Laike said and jumped down the chair. “Shut up, you’re not Taylor.” Nick only crossed his arms looking at his children. “Well, at least I’m gorgeous as her,” Laike said and placed her palm on her hip. “Well, we’re twin, what a shame.” Laire rolled her eyes with her twin’s nonsense remark. “You copied my face whe
Chapter 71: Clearing OperationShe went back to the car and found that Lora was out of nowhere. “Where’s Lora?” “Brought a coffee for you.” He said and she opened her laptop. A smile instantly formed on her lips. “Gotcha.” She whispered when she saw the one who was following her. “Did Fred stop following me?” “Yes, you’re on your own now, according to him,” Bald replied to her. “Prepare yourself, we’ll conduct a little clearing operation.” Soon as Lora got into the car she threw the coffees out and Baldo drove fast to chase the one who put poison in her drink. “Who’s that? Is it Constancio?” Lora asked but Fera shook her head and change her clothes. Prepared her gun and wore combat shoes. “I think it was him who killed Nana Felly.” She dropped and Lora started changing her clothes too. Baldo used to see Fera change but Lora was a little distracted. “Eyes on the road!” Lora shouted when he almost bumped a car in front. He traces the other direction to corner the motor
Chapter 70: Terms and ConditionFera’s POVShe was looking at his text message, it said ‘Our flight will be today eight pm, will you be there?’ She didn’t reply whether she’d be there or not. He called but she only watched it ring and didn’t pick up. She looked out of her window, she was in her pajamas still even though it was noon. When she promised ‘all yours,’ she meant it. Still, it didn’t mean that she’d be active. She was all his by heart and by soul not by her, the whole she. “The word us has ended when Fera Luzares has fallen.” She knew that no one, not even herself could love her. She opened her laptop and she saw an email too. It was from Lora and quoted, Nick, wants you to read this.’ She didn’t open the letter and proceeded on checking the data. She checked the company's situation. Two of her stakeholders pulled their shares. Didn’t want to get involved in any issue. “Good to see you, Lora.” She greeted before Lora could address her. She was visibly surpris
Chapter 69: ConfrontationFera’s POV“Good morning, Miss Fera.” Baldo greeted her as he stood beside her bed. “I want to leave now.” She dry voice has returned, the chill that it brought was there too. I little glee Baldo felt when he confirmed that she was finally back. “I have arranged the bills, should I wait outside?” He answered and she nodded, he walked back out of the room and she change her clothes with the clothes he brought. She was wondering, why Lora didn’t come to get her. Without further orders, they drove away from the hospital. “I want to see, Fred.” He immediately turned to the other lane and drove to Fred’s penthouse. It seemed quiet and calm in his pad. “Are you he’s inside?” “He knew that you’d come for him.” She went out of the car and entered flawlessly into his penthouse. As she reached his room, she didn’t bother knocking and harshly opened it. She stepped back enough to reach Baldo’s gun behind her. “Miss-”“Shh, wait outside.” And she enter
Chapter 68: Left OutBen’s POV(Before the hearing)He went to his car and watched Lora open the main door. He could drool over the Fuentes mansion, if a white house was full of white then the mansion was all black. They used to stay here and this house was off limits to anyone, it was a privilege for him to see. Their penthouse used to be the show house but this one. Only the Fuentes and their servants could enter here. He fixed his shirt as if he was about to meet the president. “You won’t see anyone in there, don’t be nervous.” She said and opened the house. He was greeted by a spacious living area with a grand stair beside him. The gigantic chandelier above was unbelievably huge. The black wall and black glass walls around were overwhelming. The crimson black couch was inviting and black glass center table with a black flower vase on a gray mat. “Aren’t you going to investigate, Ben?” She asked which snapped him back to reality.“Right, I want to see her room.” The f
Chapter 67: Night Full of GriefFera’s POVA hard slap planted on her left cheek, ‘Shameful! Haven’t I told you to take care of our name?’ That memory would never leave her alone. She would bow her head and say sorry. ‘Protect our name,’‘Make our family proud,’‘You are Fuentes, act as it.’ Words that she had been holding since then, she was tired of those rules and limitations. Deafening her in her dreams. “I’m sorry, dad. I should have protected your name. They dug up all that past we hid.” The angry face of her father was in her head. She could hear her father’s voice all over again, he was mad, very mad, and would slap her across her face. ‘Careless,’‘Weak!’‘Does crying will fix a thing?’ His words were hunting her, she buried her face in her pillows. The annoying beep beside her added frustrate her more. The pain still felt the same, it was the same pain when she realized that her mother was dead and her father died. Fate had been playing her life too much.“F
Chapter 66: In the ShadowFred’s POVIn his office, he was looking out of his window. A stick of cigar in between his finger. He blew the smoke out and put the cigar in his ashtray. ‘Look after you cousin, Fred.’ His father’s words were still in his head. She was the first lady Fuentes in the bloodline. She was sheltered and overprotected by them she had been the apple of their eye. Fred was the one who would walk after her where ever she goes. Her innocent era was enough, he knew that he need to unleash the evilness in her to survive the coming war. Normal life didn’t exist in the world she was born. Until he saw Nick, the man that created a place in her heart. The man that was willing to save her from dirt. He knew that if he would give him a little glimpse of her past he would scratch for more. He knew that his dear feeling for Fera would be enough to save Fera from that past. He knew how stubborn she was and when she decides, she rarely change it. He needed to break her
Chapter 65: Person Behind the MaskLora’s POV“Are you happy now, Fred?” She shouted making the man stop walking but he continued walking for a second. “I can’t believe you are this manipulative, Fred. Really? Your own cousin!” But he was still walking straight to his car so she ran to him. He opened the door of his car but she pushed it back to close. “Do you really want to be on my way?” His warning voice was never dangerous as this. She secretly gulp and moved away from his car. “I never imagine you are this evil, Fred. You are EVIL.” He turned to her which made her step back. “We not just me, Lora. You know that.” “I may do evil things but I never wronged or harm innocent as Fera.” Then slammed the door of his car and took a step toward Lora. “Fera isn’t innocent, watch her run her own kingdom and everyone will bow down even I. Letting her fall in love with the peace of normal life and what? Leave everything her father’s enemy to me? I have my own enemy, Lora, and I
Chapter 64: The Truth“That’s just a poem! A mere imagination, how come a law graduate would think art could be a piece of evidence?” She even insulted him but it appeared lame as to how she acted. “Proceed to the last poem,” Benjamin said and everyone let him, some were holding their smile back, thinking Benjamin was just desperate to win.“He’s high, but he’s low, But he’s the best dad.He loves me so muchAnd that’s all I knowSo I hide the whistleCause I’ll Never BlowDad loves me So I’ll be the good Daughter as I should be.” He turned to Fera who was smiling in triumph. “You are hiding the evidence,” Ben said but she shook her head. “No evidence needed here, we can not win this by those lame poems, Ben.” She whispered but everyone heard it. The door suddenly opens and Nick came in. He was holding a white porcelain jar. Her eyes widen as she saw it. “I think I have the evidence.” He said and walked to Ben. He handed it to him and all of them saw how surprised she wa