I stared at Greval. His arm is still tightly wrapped around me. He fell asleep again. I knew because it is obvious. His breathing became deeper and his faced was relaxed again, just like what I saw awhile ago when he was still sleeping.I swallowed. I do not understand what is going on. He is really acting so strange and it gets me very... confused. It is impossible for him to act like this without any reason. I knew that he hated me. He made me ate a damn rat. He caged me with a fucking huge lion. He shot his men infront of me multiple times, mentally abusing me. And now, he is sleeping peacefully beside me and he is damn hugging me like I am his girlfriend... or wife!I sighed, shutting my eyes tightly. There must be something strange going on here. If he is planning something, why does he need to change his treatment towards me, then? For what? I do not think it makes sense. What is this, then? What is with the sudden change of air?Those thoughts kept on running inside my head. I
I do not think this is normal. This is definitely not normal. I looked around the living room, looking for any possible danger. I feel like I am being watched but maybe I am just being paranoid.I do not know how long I have been walking around the mansion until I found myself taking the rock stairs that leads to the basement. I need to talk to Dad. So far, no one has been trying to hurt me or anything in that matter. I do not also see any Greval's men. They are probably outside the mansion, guarding the whole perimeter.I am just not sure if someone is in the basement. But when I reached there, I did not see anyone. The metal doors is closed but I still remember Greval pressed the red button to open it. I was glad when I easily found it at the right top corner. I tiptoed to reach it and pressed it immediately. I took a step back when the door started to lift up.I breathed heavily as I entered the room. It was dark. I tried to find the light switch and I found it easily.I swallowed
I laid on the bed as soon as Greval left the room. I do not want to face him. I do not know why but I always feel nervous when he is around and I am not happy with it. I feel like he is always suffocating me with his presence and I hate myself for that.With all the things coming in my head, I fell asleep. And when I woke up, I was a bit surprised when I saw my surroundings. At first, I thought that I was only having a dream so I shrugged it off and dozed off to sleep again as my eyes were still so heavy.The sun was already out when I woke up. The room is well lit by the sun rays. But I creased my forehead the longer I looked at my surrounding. Where I am? This is not the room where I sleep in! I am sure of it!Oh, god! Was I kidnapped? Where is this place?But I was slowly filled with confusion when I realized something. This is Greval's room! And when I felt an arm being wrapped around my waist, my jaw dropped.Slowly, I looked at the man beside me. Greval was sleeping so peacefull
Greval stared at Diego in pure shock. I wanted to say something but my lips could not open. I was too tired, too thirsty. Diego sighed heavily as he wrote down something on the clipboard he was holding."Are you fucking saying that we have to remove the microchip in her brain?!" Greval's voice thundered in the whole room. His chest was moving so fast, indicating that he is catching his breath in anger and frustration.Diego looked at him in defeat. I could sense that he does not know what to say to Greval."Don, her life is in danger because of that brain." Davien's voice was calm."But there is a huge possibility that she will die if we will remove the fucking brain chip!" Greval growled at him."We have no choice!" Diego replied in a tired voice."No! I am not letting you remove thay fucking brain chip, Diego.""Don, if we will not remove the chip, it will also might explode in her brain. I already told you that." Diego sighed heavily.I shut my eyes. I feel like their conversation
I do not know what he meant by that but I did not bother to ask anything. My mind is in complete disarray. I am not even sure if I am living my true self at this point.Nieva...Why did those people call me by that name? Certainly, I am not Nieva!Greval left the room. He said that he has to talk to Diego. I did not say anything as he left. I still do not know how to act infront of him. And I am still mad. He is hiding something from me and I really feel that it has something to do with my identity. Why would he have to hide it from me? I do not understand his reason at all. He said that it is not good for me. But why? Is that how serious it is that telling me about it will harm me? It just rose my curiosity even more.The door opened. Diego entered the room. I waited to see Greval but he is not with him. I looked away, feeling the disappoinment that grew in my heart.But just after a few moments, Greval entered. My heart fluttered at the sight of him. I thought he will not be here.G
I can't move. I can't even move even my fingers. Well, a bit but with all my strength. I wonder what happened? Why does Greval look so worried? My love... I miss him...I could feel Greval trembling as he held my hand while shouting for Diego's name. He was kissing my forehead so many times as he squeezed my hand so gently. I do not know if I am seeing the right thing but I could see his face full of tears. My baby is crying...No... Why is he crying? Love, please, stop crying. You know how I hate it.I tried to rub his fingers to tell him to calm down. He was smiling as tears continuously fell from his eyes."Can you remember me? Hmm? Baby, please. Move your fingers if your name is Nieva..."Though I was confused at his question, I tried to move my fingers just like what he told me. What does his question even mean? Should I have another name? All I know was my name is Nieva. And I can definitely remember the man of my life. I wanted to laugh at him.My eyes drifted to the door when
Greval was already peacefully sleeping beside me. We were already in our room. I missed this. I missed sleeping beside him. I miss feeling the warmth of his body pressed against mine. He was hugging me so tightly. His arm snaked around my waist, face buried on my neck. I smiled as I stared at his peaceful face. Memories poured in my head. I still can remember how my life has been when we have not met each other. My grandmother was sick. I opted to stop studying because I needed to look for a job. It was a tough decision for me but in those times, nothing is more important than my grandmother's health. She is the only person I have. She is the one who raised me up. She feed me, gave me clothes to wear, gave a roof over my head. I love her so much and I will do everything for her."Grandma, what is wrong?" I hurriedly went to her. I just got home from school and as soon as I entered the door, I saw her holding her chest, as though she was having chest pain.Tears immediately filled my
I heard the guy laughed again, making my brows twitched in annoyance again. I do not even know what was so funny. And can't he understand that he needed to leave? He is making me uncomfortable, to be honest."Alright! I am leaving for your peace," he said with humor before he left. I rolled my eyes lazily as I let out a sigh.I fried some eggs and hotdogs for our breakfast. I am not really sure what time would my grandmother wake up because sometimes, she wakes up early and there is times that she wakes up really late. So I could never really tell. Sometime, when I woke up, the breakfast is ready because she woke up early to cook.As I prepare the table, I heard laugh coming in the kitchen. It was Leona. I looked away when her and her boyfriend entered the kitchen."Make me a coffee, Nieva," Leona said in a hard tone like she was annoyed by my presence. She is always like this so I kinda got used to it.I quietly heeded to her request. My eyes accidentally flew in her boyfriend. I cau
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