His lips parted. Without saying anything, he held the back of my head and pulled me towards him. My eyes widened as he crashed his lips against mine. It was intense. I could literally feel the angst, pain, anger... all all from his lips. His lips were cold."Where have you been, huh?" he hissed as his lips were still brushing against mine. I swallowed hard. He looked miserable. His eyes were bloodshot as unshed tears filled them. My heart clenched tightly inside me."What happened to you, baby? Did they hurt you? I was so scared. So fucking scared..." His voice broke painfully. He shut his eyes tightly as he rested his forehead against mine. Our nose were also touching.I bit my lip, squeezing my eyes shut. I held her hand which was holding my cheek, stroking it so gently."I am fine. Do not worry..." I whispered softly.He gasped as he pulled away from me. His jaw tightened as he scrutinized my face. His eyes turned pitch black with wrath. "Who the fuck did this?" he hissed through g
Greval never left the mansion since the day he took me here. I have been staying here for exactly two weeks and never did he leave the mansion. But he is always busy in his office room, doing his job there.I knocked softly on the door. It was passed lunch but he has not came out. I did not want to disturb him so I ate alone. And now, it has been an hour since I ate and he was still in there."What the fuck do you want?!"I flinched when I heard his voice thundered from inside. I swallowed hard as my hand with a tray shook."I-I am sorry..." I said in a trembling voice, biting my lip. Tears filled the corner of my eyes and I hate it. These past few days, I have been feeling so emotional and sensitive.I was about to walk away but the door suddenly opened. I sniffed quietly as I looked up at him.His lips were parted as he stared at me. "Baby, I am sorry..." he whispered softly as he cupped my face, planting a kiss on my forehead. "I did not know it was you..." He gave me an apologize
Positive...I shut my eyes as I held on the sink for support. I feel like my soul had left my body as I saw the result.I only had the courage to take pregnancy test after a week of waiting for myself to be ready. And now, here it is. The red two lines says it all.I am pregnant... again... with his child...I swallowed hard as tears fell down my cheek severely. It was like a heavy typhoon. I am scared...After fixing myself, I went out of the bathroom. We came back in the Philippines just three days ago. Greval was still not here. I do not know if I should tell him...What scares me is the probability that he already knew just like before. He found out about my pregnancy before I could even learn about it myself.I sat on the bed, waiting for nothing. I shut my eyes. I swallowed hard as I think about what happened before...He was devastated when he leaned about what I have done to... his child. I would never want to see him like that again. I would never want to see him breaking inf
"Are you okay, Nieva? You look pale. Are you feeling well?" Kelly asked as we met at the school.I tried to smile. To be honest, I feel so tired. My body seems to be giving up any moment from now. Greval told me that I should skip classes for today but I refused and said that I can take care of myself which was true, well earlier this morning. But right now, I do not think I can still hold on to what I have said. "I am fine, Kelly," I replied in a weak voice even though I wanted nothing but to sleep.She looked at me for a moment. "Are you sure? I think we should go to the clinic." She looked so worried.I gave her another smile to assure her that I am fine."No. Seriously. I am perfectly fine, Kelly."I could see that she is not convinced but eventually, she just nodded her head as she lets out a deep sigh."What is that smell?" My face contorted with disgust when I smelled something rotten. I do not know. It smells really bad. I covered my nose. That smells awful. Kelly knitted he
I ran towards the bathroom and knelt down infront of the toilet bowl, vomiting until it exhausted me. I shut my eyes as I continued hugging the bowl, teara forming in the corner of my eyes. My body feels so heavy and tired even it is just early in the morning. I just literally woke up few minutes ago and here I am, feeling so drained. I catched my breathe as I continued to vomit. I feels so nauseous and I wanted nothing but to die at that moment. And I am not even kidding. This feels awful. I feel like I am going to pass out any moment now."Baby, a-are you okay?" I heard Greval's husky voice filled with worry and felt his large palm stroking my back in a gentle manner as his other hand trying to fix my long hair.I gritted my teeth as I pushed his hand away. "Do not touch me! Can you please get out?!" I can't help but raised my voice at him. He is just worsening my horrible feeling! He is not even helping at all! I do not need him!"I-I am sorry. Is there anything I could do?" he whi
My lips trembled as I looked at the glass window, watching the huge drops of rain. It was already nine in the evening. Why is he not answering?! What is wrong with him?!"Answer my call!" I yelled as I pressed the phone on my ear. I aggressively wiped my tears, gritting my teeth. I swear, Greval. I am going to kill you when you got here!But those thoughts left my mind when fear and anxiety filled my system. I could not even think straight at all. I feel like something is crawling in my stomach, making me feel horrible and dizzy. Why isn't he home yet?! My breathing pattern was horrible. I have forgotten how to breathe.He is just stuck in the traffic... I tried to pacify myself but it did not change a thing.This kind of worry I am feeling was... incomparable. I have never felt this way before...I sniffed quietly. No.... I do not want to cry. There is no reason for me to cry! Leucos is fine! He is... on his way now! I bit my lip to stop it from trembling. I hate this feeling. I h
I woke up in the middle of the night. I suddenly heard a quite sniff. And there, I saw Greval standing beside the crib as he carried our baby. My throat started to burn at the sight of them. He is crying again...When I was in the delivery room, screaming out all the pain, he never left my side. He was gripping my hand so tightly as I tried my best to birth our child with all my strength. And he was also crying as he whispered sweet nothings to me."Everything will be alright, baby. You can do this. I believe in you. You are strong. You got this," he whispered in a trembling voice, kiddingly my forehead. I did not even understand what he was saying as the pain was too unbearable. I thought I was going to die. The pain felt like it was breaking me into two.I was holding his hand as I breathed heavily, trying to steady my breathing. I was certain that I almost break his hand because of tight I was holding him.When I looked at him, his eyes were bloodshot, full of tears. His nose was
"I will take care of it. Please, just rest, baby," Greval sad softly, stopping me from fixing our bed. I knitted my brows at him."I am fine, Greval. This is just easy. I am not even using any force." I wanted to laugh at him.He sighed heavily, looking so stressed suddenly as he looked at me. "No, please. You do not even have to do this. We have a lot of maids. Just listen to me, please..."I laughed a bit and shook my head. "Fine. Whatever."He smiled, pulling me into his chest as he wrapped me in his arms. I felt him kissed my hair. I smiled at that."Let's get married..."I froze at that question. I stared at him in shock, trying to find any trace of humor in his face but I could not find any. My heart was beating erratically inside my chest, making it so hard for me to gasp for air. No... What did he say? Did I hear him right? Am I just imagining things?But I could not find any humor in his eyes. His face was too serious, almost cold as he looked at me, waiting for a response. W
When my memories came back, I feel nothing but anger towards Petrakis. In all those years where I was living in his lies as his daughter, I did nothing but to do all the things he wanted me to do.Now that I am walking towards the basement, I could feel my heart pounding rapidly. It is not because I am scared. It is because of anger and hatred for that evil man.The image of him shooting my daughter plays in my head over and over again like a broken record. He killed my baby mercilessly... And I will never forgive him for that."You can leave now," I told Greval's men."Are you sure, Ma'am? Don told us to not leave you here alone..."I shook my head. "I can do this. I have a gun," I said with conviction.They sighed and without any choice, they left. I entered the basement with my heart filled with nothing but rage.He was on the chair, just like the last time I have seen him. Still covered by his own blood. I could feel my body shaking in wrath as I stared at the man who ruined my li
I knitted my brows as soon as I entered our home. It feels empty... I do not know why but my heart suddenly filled with fear. It started to pound rapidly, almost making me lost my breath."Nieva? Baby?" I called her as I walked towards our room. But it was empty.I swallowed hard. I just got home from work and usually, she always welcomes me at our door and will give me kiss. She did not tell me anything that she will leave. I tried to call her but her number was cannot be reached. I swallowed nervously as I called her again. Where the hell is she?My heart was almost killing me. It was beating so fast and I think I would pass out any moment from now. Just where the fuck is she? She did not tell me that she is going somewhere today!My fear and anxiety were eating whole system every passing second. And I swear to God, I feel like death is coming to me.I called Kajik and asked for his help. He said that he will order his men to look for my wife. His men... They are not mine now as I
For ten years without her, I have been living in the dark. I have been walking in a dark place. I could not even see the I way that I am walking in. I was scared while taking my each step. But I continued. I continued living even I am broken inside.It was all worth it. I never thought that the God has a plan for us. He did not let me die because she is waiting for me from somewhere. She is alive... My wife is alive...A woman who looked exactly like Nieva broke into my mansion to steal money. It was fucking crazy. I could feel every fiber of my being was shaking as I stared at her face.As the days went by, we confirmed who she was and about her situation. Because she has been experiencing severe migraine for the past days and she often lost her consciousness because of it, I asked Diego, who is a neurologist, to check on her. And there, we found a small looking chip in the right side of her brain. It was confusing. Why is there a chip in there? What is this all about?"Someone put a
"What the hell?!" She hissed as she looked at me.I blinked several times. It is not her...I feel like my world crashed for the millionth time. I swallowed hard. My whole system was filled with disappoinment, anger, pain..."I-I am sorry..." I let go of her immediately, running my fingers through my hair.But her eyes widened a bit as she stared at me. She cleared her throat and gave me a seductive smile."Well, hey. You are alone? Do you want some company?" she whispered in a sultry voice.I pursed my lips in a grim line when her hand caressed my chest. I gritted my teeth and like an instinct, my hand wrapped around her throat tightly. "Do not fucking touch me like that, bitch," I growled angrily before I pushed her on the ground. She was gasping for air as she looked at me, fear filled her eyes. I feel like I cheated on my wife even though I did not do anything after being touched by another woman. I walked out of that damn club and cursed. I looked up at the dark sky dotted wi
I gritted my teeth. They used me. They ruined my life... I could still remember when I woke up after Petrakis put the chip in my brain. I could not remember anything that day. But as the days went by, I slowly started to remember things... but those were not my memories... Those were Victoria's...My own memories were completely forgotten and they were replaced by Victoria's. Started to her own childhood, to her life in highschool until she met Greval. I could remember all of it. It was as if it was my own memories. They just felt so real and vivid in my brain as if they really happened to me..."Are you okay, baby?" Greval whispered in my ear as he stroked my hair. I shut my eyes tightly and hugged him more. We were both naked in our bed."I am just... tired," I murmured.He sighed heavily. "Are you sure?"I nodded a bit, smiling as I lifted my eyes on him. I love this man so much. I do not what I would do without him.THOSE YEARS WITHOUT NIEVA WERE HELL. I was broken. I did not even
It was painful. That is all I could feel when I woke up. I do not even know where I am... and who am I...I looked around the four corners of this white room. Where is this place? Why am I here? And most of all, who am I? What am I doing here? Why am I laying on this bed? What happened?The door opened and a man wearing a white laboratory gown entered the room. I knitted my brows as I watched him walked towards me.I could see the shock flashed in his eyes as he looked at me. His walk became slow."God, is this real?" I heard him whispered.I could not even move my fingers. I wanted to move but I feel like my body was too heavy for me to do that. Who is this man? Who am I? I wanted to vocalize those words but I just did not have the ability to. I feel so weak and I am in too much pain. My head was throbbing painfully. I feel like it is not a normal headache. It was even worse than a severe migraine. It was too painful to bear."Do you remember your name?" The man asked in a calm voice
Victoria smiled evilly at me, crossing her arms infront of her chest as she looked at me as if she won."H-How..." I swallowed hard. "How did this happen? I-I thought–""Oh! You thought I am dead?" Victoria laughed insultingly. "As I have said, it is part of the plan. We had to get your trust...""No..." I breathed heavily, swallowing hard. "But do not worry. Greval is looking for you now. He does not think you are dead. Dad is just playing you. Well, probably soon. You will be dead for real..." She smiled innocently.They left me in the laboratory while I was screaming for help but no one came to rescue me. I have to escape before they could even do their plan. I will not let Victoria replace me in Greval's life. I will not let her desperation lead to any way. I will make sure she will not succeed. I will make sure of that.I do not know how long it has been but I think it was almost midnight. I am not sure about what time it was. Suddenly, I heard footsteps. My eyes widened when I
"What?" I whispered under my breath.He smiled. "He thinks you are dead, Nieva. So you can't go back to him. You have to be with me... darling..." I shook my head, taking a step back as my heart started to beat in bizarre way. "W-What do you mean?""I sent him the body of Victoria... And he thought that it is you," he said in a nonchalant voice."You're..." I shook my head. "No... No! You did not! Tell me you did not!" I screamed angrily as I gasped for air.Suddenly, Taliyah's door opened. My eyes drifted to my daughter who looked so confused."Mommy? Why are you screaming? What is happening? Daddy?" She looked at Mr. Petrakis.I swallowed hard. I was about to grab her arm to protect her from the devil infront of us but before I could even do it, he had already grabbed her.My eyes widened as he gave me a dark smile when he lifted Taliyah in his arms."Your mommy wants to leave, my love. Do you want to leave Daddy?" he said in a soft tone, but I could hear the threat behind his word
I can't stop staring at her face... Taliyah...Tears clouded my vision as I looked at the kid infront of me... My daughter.My heart was beating strangely for this beautiful kid. I do not know what it was but it feels... so good. My heart was hammering so loud the longer I stared at her."She is your mom, Taliyah..." Mr. Petrakis said in a soft voice, kneeling infront of Taliyah.He took me in her room. I still do not want to believe him but my heart was telling me otherwise. And I can't just ignore what it says to me."Mommy? She is my mommy? Why does she look like Victoria?" Taliyah asked in a cute and adorable voice.I swallowed hard as I felt my tears ran down my cheek as I walked slowly towards her.Hey eyes... She got Greval's eyes..."Oh god," I whispered, sobbing.Mr. Petrakis made way for me. My eyes were only focused on the kid infront of me. I can't take my eyes off her. I do not want to. I want to stare at her for the rest of my life... She is my daughter... She came from