“I am leaving,” Rachel said, putting her bags together. “Mum, what are you talking about? Where the hell are you going?” Aurora answered in frustration. “Somewhere far away from here! Since you’ve refused to listen to me.” “Don’t tell me this is about me getting together with Jimmy.” She rolled her eyes. “Of course, it is! You always take me as the bad person here, whereas, I’m just trying to help you out.” Rachel answered, pulling her bags out of the room. “What of Arthur? Don’t you think he can find you out there? We are better here together.” “You are better off without me. You have your lovely boyfriend, I’m no use here. Just don’t later call my phone, asking for my help.” She retorted, dragging her bag to the front door. “Is there something you are not telling me, Mum?” Aurora said as she walked up to where her mother stood. “I’ve told you everything.” “You claim you’ve spent all your savings to take care of me and the boys. Where did you get the money to make this decis
“Riley, touch a ball in this picture,” Carter said to Riley, placing the textbook in front of him. Riley stared at the picture for a few minutes, and when he eventually pointed, he pointed at the wrong image. “Noo! That is not a ball. This is a ball.” Ryan uttered almost immediately, pointing at the ball and laughing. “Ryan is correct. This is the ball, not that. And you, Ryan, you need to understand your brother is a slow learner. You don’t have to laugh at him. Instead, you should teach and correct him with love, okay? He’s your brother.” Carter said in a calm tone, and Ryan nodded. He moved closer to sulking Riley and rubbed his hand on his head, scattering his neatly combed hair. “I’m sorry, okay? Forgive me.” Ryan mumbled, and immediately, a smile lit up Riley’s face. This touched Carter’s heart and he placed his hand on his chest. “That was so sweet of you, Ryan.” He muttered with a genuine smile. Just then, Aurora walked in on them and caught Carter’s attention. “You’re u
With clenched jaws, Arthur made his way into the house, automatically causing Jimmy to take a few steps backward. “What the h*ll are you doing here this late?” Jimmy asked, holding Aurora’s hand and moving her close to him. Aurora on the other hand, still couldn’t believe her eyes. She remained speechless in terror, staring at Arthur as tears filled up her eyes. Her heart raced in her chest as she perceived that her doom was close. Ignoring Jimmy, he looked at Aurora and asked; “Where are my children? Give them to me and this doesn’t have to get dirty.” He replied, shooting Aurora the sternest look ever. “Mr. Arthur… how…” She stammered, unsure what to say. “Hey, listen. You can't just barge into someone’s house in the middle of the night and start making absurd requests. Leave right now or I’ll call the cops.” Jimmy threatened, and Arthur scoffed, letting out a smirk. “The cops? I think it’s best to call. Let’s see who is going to be spending the rest of their lives in jail!”
Throughout the night, Aurora’s eyes were wide open. She couldn’t bring herself to sleep knowing fully well she was going to lose custody of her children the next morning. Jimmy was very mad at her because she lied to him, but he still didn’t leave her side. He just didn’t say a word to her. Even when Aurora tried to apologize, he responded with a horrible silent treatment. He just couldn’t wait for the morning to come so he could see how it was going to go down. Arthur opened his heavy eyes and looked around the living room again. Jimmy and Aurora were not only the ones who couldn’t sleep. He couldn’t either. He was filled with excitement that he finally found the boys, and at the same time was super careful not to sleep and let them slip off his hands again. Picking up his phone, he found missed calls from Derick. ‘He must have been dying of suspense for him to call me ten times.’ Arthur thought as he sat up. It was 9 a.m., and the house was still dead silent. Not even noises f
Standing in front of Arthur’s mansion again, a surge of nostalgia ran down Aurora’s spine. Though she didn’t have a very good memory of the place, she still missed it very much. She was getting used to the mansion when she left. “Woah!” The boys exclaimed as the hugeness and beauty of the mansion swept them off their feet. As they proceeded into the house, Aurora began to notice a few changes in the house, and the first one happened to be a new butler. “Good day Ma’am and welcome. My name is Theo, and I’m the butler in the mansion.” He introduced himself to her with a wide smile, while Arthur on the other hand ignored them and walked into the living room with the boys. “Thank you, Theo,” Aurora answered with a faint smile. She was so used to Carter that she wished he was the one welcoming her like he used to, but that was never going to happen. Not after Carter was fired because of her actions. Theo looked younger than Carter. He was about Arthur’s age in appearance, if not youn
“Hey boys!” Danielle greeted with a loud smile as the triplets walked out of the kitchen with Theo, who was holding a serving plate. “Hello.” The boys answered with a straight face because they weren’t sure who she was. “Boys, this is Danielle. Danielle, my children.” Arthur introduced with a smile, while Danielle squatted in front of them. “Come and give Aunt Danielle a hug!” She uttered, opening her hands. The boys kept put, looking at Aurora’s face for permission before doing anything. Arthur noticed this and shot Aurora a firm look. Aurora smiled at the children and nodded slowly permitting them. They walked into her open arms and she embraced them. “There you are!” She uttered excitedly, caressing their heads. Aurora gulped hard as she watched another woman, whom she sure knew was literally her rival, cuddle her children. “Guess what?! I got you chocolates!” Danielle added, reaching inside her medium-sized Saint Laurent bag for the chocolates. Bringing them out, the boys’
After Theo finished feeding Aurora her lunch, she asked him to stay back so she could tell him what happened between her and Arthur. “Do you want to hear my story? How I became a maid in this house?” She asked, and he heaved a sigh and nodded. “You were a surrogate for his boys, and you ran off when you delivered them.” He answered, and Aurora raised her brows. “It’s no news here, Miss Aurora. Since I was employed, this story has always rang in my ears because Mr. Arthur and his friend keep talking about it.” “If you know what I did, why are you still so nice to me?” She further asked, and he smiled softly, lowering his head. “Maybe because I also know the reasons why you did that, and I must say it is pretty justifiable.” He answered, and she furrowed her brows. “What do you mean? How do you know?” “You left because you were scared, right? You feared the life the boys would have if they grew up with Mr. Arthur, without you by their side.” He added.Aurora stared at him speechle
“We are not talking about this again, Carter,” Jimmy muttered, taking long strides out of his room. “Of course, we are, Jimmy! You can’t just forget about her! You two were perfect!” “Until she shut me out of her life like I meant nothing! Can you imagine how embarrassing it was? She treated me like I meant nothing in front of that a**hole! She lied to me!” “And I’m telling you to give her the benefit of the doubt! Do you think she’d just tell you she took his kids and ran away from him? Any normal person would run away from such a person.” “But I wasn’t going to run! I love her.” “She wouldn’t know, okay? She was scared of losing you and that is why she told you that. I didn’t want to say anything because I wanted her to do it herself. Trust me, she left his house for very good reasons. “I don’t blame her one bit. okay? So please calm down. She must have been on the edge because he found out where they were. Plus, don’t you even want to know how she’s doing? God knows what Arth