I gulped. I noticed how Alessandra's forehead creased while the two were casually conversing.
Marcus held Alessandra's arm and interrupted the conversation. Her mother's eyes were going back and forth on Gabriel and who he was talking to.
Because of the distance, I was not able to hear what they were talking about, until they looked to my direction.
My heart almost stopped as I watched Alessandra's face turned into a grimace. She faced Marcus and quickly held his wrist.
I dropped my head because I couldn't meet with her stares.
"Ah, Hunts..." I said, voice wavering.
"Ma'am!" he answered quickly.
"Let's go home..."
I didn't wait for his response and turned my back, exiting the place.
But suddenly my feet stood in the ground when someone's called my name.
"Meredith, where are you going? The party just started!" Tyra stopped me.
I'm just here if you need anything, Ma'am!" Hunts whispered right behin
"If I'm wrong, then why did you pretend? You said you're husband's working abroad yet you're actually a widow! You're a liar!" Anger slowly rose in me. I balled my fists as I accepted everything she said for the sake of not causing any more scene. But what she said next pushed me to my limit. "Because the truth is that you want to flirt with my husband! You're a bitch, a sl*t!" I was about to talk back when Mom stepped in. "Don't you talk like that to my daughter! I didn't raise her just to be disrespected by you! You are nothing compared to her! She's well educated and I never did once taught her to be a mistress!" She then glanced sharply at Gabriel who was clenching his jaw. "Minerva! Don't talk like that to my daughter!" Cassandra said. "Enough, Minerva!" Dad tried to stopped her. "Don't stop me, Adriano! These people have no manners! I think they don't know where to plae themselves!" Mom expelled viciously. "Excuse
"You b*tch!" In a blink of an eye, she managed to slap me. "I gave my trust to you! I let you step inside my house because I thought you're true! But I was wrong for thinking I let a human insid3, because you're a snake! A snake!" That was the last straw. I raised my hands to slap her back. She stepped back at the impact. "You bitch! You're a whore!" she shouted hysterically. Marcus tried to stop her by holding both her arms. But she didn't budge and fwced the guests. "Look at this woman! She's my husband's mistress!" She say it louder and clearer. "You might swallow your words! " I talked back. "Alessandra, that's enough! Something bad might happen to you" Marcus said. "I won't stop until I erase this woman's face!" she shouted. "Is that what you want? I'll tell you the truth. In front of everybody so you'll shut up!" I started to raise my voice. I saw Marcus froze and unconsciously loosened his grip on
"Oh, you want to check if my sister's still alive or already dead, is that it?!" he said through gritted teeth. "No! I didn't know that this will happen. I'm so sorry!" I shook my head repeatedly. "I don't believe you! Don't you dare go near Alessandra or go here, or else I'll call the police!" he said sharply. He harshpy let me go and turned around. That's when my tears bursted. I was very hurt for Alessandra. She doesn't deserve all of these. We both just loved and got hurt, so I don't blame her anger towards me. "Please, Marcus... Tell me she's fine... Please, I'm so sorry!" My voice already cracked. My tears kept on falling as I watch him walk away. My vision slowly blurred as I was overwhelmed with emotions. "D*mn! What are you doing here?!" I heard Ellwood's baritone voice beside me but I didn't have any strength to answer him as my vision turned black. I abruptly got up from bed because of the struck of l
I stopped teasing him. I actually missed these moments with him. Like we don't have any problems. No walls between us. I'm happy that we're slowly going back to what we were before. I was happy at the result of his visits here in the Villa. We always do movie marathon every weekends like we usually do. He also make sure that I don't do anything in the house. He hired a housekeeper to help me with some stuffs and do the laundry. At the very least, I rested my mind from overthinking. I don't think too much about tomorrows because Ellwood is there. "What do you want to watch?" he asked me one afternoon while holding the remote control. I was laying on the sofa while my feet was on his lap. The bowl of popcorn was on my stomach. "Anything, you're the only who's gonna watch it..." He glanced at me and lifted his lips. "Are you gonna sleep on me again, huh?" Before I could say anything, he reached my waist and tickled md. In the end,
I slightly opened the gate and my lips dropped open when I noticed a familiar build standing right in front of me. We exchanged looks for about a second, until my phone rang in my pocket. I blinked and quickly answered the phone. "H-Hello?!" I stuttered. "Hi! How are you there?" My head raised to him before answering back. "I'm... fine. You? When will you go back?" "Hmm, do you already miss me?" Ellwood said delightfully. I can't believe you but to put out a smile. "Of course not..." I murmured. I noticed his stares went to my lose white shirt at cotton short. He glanced up at me and his eyes darkened. "Alright, I'm just checking you out. We're here at Batangas port. I'll be busy in a few hours so I called you." "Uh, okay..." I murmured again. I averted my eyes. "Hey, are you okay there?" Ellwood asked in a serious tone. "No, I'm fine..." "Good, I will call you aga
"How could you say that in front me, huh?! I gave all my life looking for you. I didn't stop. My world almost crumpled to pieces when I lost you! I lost everything, my life, my dreams, my happiness and I lost the man of my life! The man who promised me of forever!" I shouted with full of rage. My tears were welled up. I want to spend all my strength to hurt him to ease the pain I was feeling but no, I just became weaker and my wound's got deeper. I couldn't do anything when he pulled me into an embrace while I kept on punching his back. "I hate you! Get out of life, I don't need you!" I frantically shouted. "No, please... don't say that..." he said in a sharp breath, his hug tightening. "I can't do this anymore, Zeki! I'm tired, I had too much!" I cried. He withdrew and cupped my cheeks. His dark eyes bore into mine. I gasped, I want to look away but he didn't let me. "Yes, I admit I married, Alessandra without knowing my past.
"Can I talk to Dad?" I asked and smiled timidly to my Dad's secretary. "I'm sorry ma'am, but Mr. Cervantes is out of the country right now together with your Mom." she answered sweetly. I furrowed my brows. They didn't tell me that they're going out of the country. After the incident at the party, I haven't seen them. "Uh, how about Mr. Echeverrii?" "Yes, Ma'am. He just got out of the conference room. He's in his office right now." "Okay, thank you." I turned around to go to his office when she called me. "Ah, Ma'am... Mr. President's office is this way, " she said in confusion. I blinked as I let her words sink in. My eyes went to the closed door of Dad's office and looked at her. "I'm sorry?" I went to her table again. She stood up, obviously nervous. "M-Mr. President is inside..." she mumbled to me. I didn't ask for explanation and walked directly to the office. His head raised
"What are you doing here?!" "I have important things to do here for a couple of weeks or months maybe..." he said casually then shrugged his shoulder. I rolled my eyes, as if I care! "Alessandra went back to San Marcelino. She's with Marcus and Cassandra." he said in a low voice. "And why are you still here? Why didn't you come with them?" I said sarcastically. I saw his jaw clenched. Tss, the jerk got hit somewhere! He didn't hear anything from me so he walked to the drawer and pulled a glass. "Woah–Wait! What are you actually doing?!" I stood up from my seat. He was holding the glass when he faced me. Then his eyes slowly dropped down to my belly. I held my breath for about a second as his eyes enthralled on me. I felt my knees tremble. I just wanted to find a crack on the ground and swallow me whole right now. "I... uh, I'll give you some water!" I quickly turned around and around to o