After Adam left, Arabella had planned to visit her mom and she had no plan to go back inside Bill’s car but she had a problem. The school ground was too big for her to reach the gate on foot. If she would not get lost, she could estimate it to reach the gate approximately 1 and half hours by foot.
She heaved a sigh of frustration. She suddenly regretted it to follow her stubbornness. She should have entered Bill’s car then secretly asked the driver to stop at the gate.Well, her regret was already late so she continued walking finding the way to the main gate. At first, she enjoyed walking and seeing the wide ground in the school. Inside, it has a big lake that was well maintained with beautiful landscaping and garden surrounding it.She then thought of Adam. If it wasn’t for his rich father, Adam would have not experienced the beautiful luxurious school. Judging from Adam’s face earlier, all she could see was all excitement. It made her heart“Welcome, Adam!” A remote-controlled mid-size white panda robot greeted Adam when he entered his new classroom. The robot was carrying an LED board with lit letters prompting it. WELCOME ADAM“Awesome!” Adam sounded so amazed as his smile was up to his ears. He had not seen a real robot in real life. His excitement reached to peak when he saw how huge the classroom was for only 5 students. There’s an area for an experimental laboratory. A boy was standing there waving at him. Then in the corner, there are some parts of metals and welding equipment like a mechanic room. One boy was also standing there and waving at him. A boy who had his own library was sitting behind his big table and a wide glass board on the wall covered with handwritten formulas and equations. Another boy was standing in his office. He looked like a diplomat in his black suit and tie. In the middle were a big table and a huge wall-mounted screen and keyboard. Without askin
At Sky residence, Adam and George arrived. Kelly was in the living room obviously waiting for Adam. As a courtesy of his grandma’s presence, Adam walked closer to Kelly and leaned to kiss her but Kelly quickly lifted her hand to block him from coming closer to her.“Adam, don’t you know that your mom was out the whole day?” Kelly’s expression was intimidating and was perplexed with Arabella’s absence in the house. Since she didn’t want to get out of her son’s life, Kelly’s plan was to start making her life horrible in the house by putting her in her right place. She was patiently waiting for Arabella to arrive but she didn't. Her anger heightened for failing her plan on the first day.Adam stood up bravely looking at her. He already knew what his grandma was up to. “Where could she be? With another man perhaps?” Kelly frowned while talking. Her delicate face got wrinkles showed up while badmouthi
‘Arabella, why are you so dumb?’ She couldn’t help to scold herself. ‘You know how much that necklace cost and yet you let it slip away!’ She trembled with cold sweat remembering how many billions the necklace cost.“I’m sorry. I have to go!” She uttered while quickly turning around to leave.“Wait!” Eric grabbed her wrist to stop her. Stunned for a moment, Arabella looked at the stranger man who was holding him. “Let me help you,” Eric offered with a sincere expression. “Thanks.” It was the only word that came out of her mouth as her mind went blank. “Let her go!” a sudden magnetic hoarse voice sounded behind them. It was a precise order but dangerous when not implemented immediately. Without turning around Arabella already knew the owner of the voice which made her tremble in fright.How could she explain to him that she lost the 3-billion-dollar n
“Mr. Sky! Are you accusing me?” Mr. Clinton on Bill's left side roared frowning in annoyance. An uproar echoed the room with mixed opinions from the crowd. Arabella froze in her spot with wide confused eyes. She felt her fate tonight was saved. She wronged Bill but it didn’t change the fact that he still toyed her. Gathering her composure, she stood still witnessing the commotion in front.Bill’s calm never faded as he reached the crimson jewelry box to Arabella. She was startled as she looked at his serious eyes shaking her head refusing his action. Now that she knew the value of the item, she didn’t want to hold it anymore. She was afraid to lose it again and put herself in danger under his terms. Now that the necklace was safe, she felt relieved but as much as possible she didn’t want to repeat the same mistake ever again but Bill’s action was overbearing. He grabbed her hand and forcefully put the box in her palm. Then he turned around to settle the matter with Mr. Clinto
Bill's announcement was like a bomb that exploded to everyone. Bill was too private in their circle. They were used him seeing different partners in their annual gathering so nobody thought he had a wife.Bill Sky's wife?Who is she? Lala? The hooker?In the billionaires' club, only Bill and Eric were known as bachelors. With a confused expression, she stayed rooted on her spot as her mind went blank."Mr. Sky, I never offended your wife." With bleeding and a broken nose, Mr. Clinton defended himself as he felt mistakenly accused by Bill. "Couldn't be Lala?" Mr. Clinton's gaze switched to the woman on Bill's side. "Hahaha! Come on, my friend, as noble as you are, I didn't know that your type is just a hooker!" Mr. Clinton couldn't help to laugh while talking. Struggling to stand steadily while holding his broken nose, "Since I already know your type, I can actually offer you many women a lot better with Lala. Hahaha…How's that, my fri
“Arabella,” Eric Grant uttered her name with an inspiring smile.He was left with a heavy heart earlier. Seeing the couple go away, he wanted to stop them. He wanted to know her more but he controlled himself. Remembering that she was already married to Bill Sky, he shook his head to get rid of her in his mind. Then, he got a small jewelry box from his drawer. He opened it and stared at the thing inside the box then he smiled.“Why do I feel that you are just around?” He muttered looking at the box. He smiled again. “Soon… I will see you soon.” Eric added then he closed the small jewelry box.Meanwhile, at the oldest church in F city, Bill brought Arabella who was struggling in his arms. “Put me down! Bill, what are you doing?” She angrily shouted wiggling her body to escape but Bill was strong enough to hold her body firmly into its position.They entered the church. The solemnity was there as
“Dad?” Trishia was shocked seeing Sen. Meyer enter her room for the first time after the incident. If it wasn’t for her mother who always convinced him to accept her again, she would be left nowhere. Winston, the only man who was willing to wait for her and accept her whenever she felt like an outcast and abandoned by everyone was already gone.That was because of all her love for Bill. She was left with no choice. Winston was her collateral damage. She had to kill Winston so she could save herself and clean her reputation. Now, that she succeeded, she believed that the death of Winston was worth it. In the eyes of many, she saved the life of Adam, the only heir of Sky Corporation. With that, the Sky family was indebted to her for the rest of their life. “What are you doing, Trishia?” Sen. Meyer walked closer to her bed. He was carrying the heaviest atmosphere. His eyes were furious and carried serious madness. One could easily tell that he w
“Let me go!” Arabella grappled with the man who was carrying her. Bill didn’t speak. He continued walking in the direction of the master bedroom then he suddenly tossed Arabella to his bed. “Ouch!” She cried out. “You…you!” She stammered then she quickly got up as she felt her blood was boiling with anger. She stormed towards him and pushed him strongly on the chest. With him, she always felt that she had no choice in everything. That she had no control over the things in front of her. “Don’t order me around!” She pushed him again violently. With every push, Bill took a step backward but he didn’t dodge. He let her push him freely.“You are so domineering! You say what you wanted! You do what you wanted and you get what you want. What about me? Huh?! What about me?!” She pushed him again harshly. The atmosphere was filled with intense inquietude. With the anger in her he
“Bi… Bill?” She frowned deeply as she hissed apologetically.How she missed identifying him?Now she realized his kiss was the kiss she ever wanted.The best kiss she ever tasted.She felt the intense familiarity but of course, due to her situation, she had no time to dwell on the feeling, or else she would fall into its spell and would cause her to be caught by her abductor.Bill’s face was red due to the slap she gave.He looked at her unreadably.Arabella felt nervous about his stare at her.“Aren’t you tired of running away from me?” Bill suddenly asked in a strict tone.Judging from his stern expression, Arabella was sure that she was the only human who had hit him.Now, he was angry and maybe felt humiliated.His seriousness was bringing a subtle dark vibe into the area.This signaled Bill's men to get rid of the people around.This left them alone.“Oh… I’m sorry… I thought… oh, I just…” Arabella didn’t know what to say.Clearly, she misunderstood the intention of his men becau
The next morning, Arabella woke in a strange room again.Compared to the present condition, she felt her body was gaining back her strength.She seemed to already recover her energy and for her, it was a good thing.She heaved a sigh of relief.Her breathing was fine now but she wasn’t sure if she was still alive.The immense darkness was gone just like that.Her eyes moved trying to figure out something.Then she suddenly lifted her hand to touch her face.She needed to feel the pain to know she was still living.When she saw her arm, her eyes widened.It was the only time she noticed that she had a drip again.Arabella halted in fear as her eyes stared at the needle in her hand.She was quickly taken aback as her memory brought her back to the time when she was held kidnapped by Damien.Her memory in Damien’s room immediately flashed across her mind.She wracked her brain trying to remember everything at that time.She knew there was something she needed to remember.Something impor
"Bill..." Sounding like a ghost, Arabella's voice was so cold. "Bill...my love. Help me... Help me, please..." Arabella felt trapped in the unending darkness. She could not move nor cry. Not even her tears were moving. They were stuck inside her eyes. Her body was very light but numb like it could float in the air. She could not hear herself breathing nor feel her heartbeat.'Am I dead?'She had thought trying to figure out where she was in. The darkness was consistent. It had no plan to allow some light to enter like it was very oppressive. "Bill...help!" Struggling to make her voice come out, she spoke again even if she knew that it was too impossible that one could hear her. It was like Bill was the only person who could get her out of the darkness. Arabella was waiting...She was patiently waiting for him…Even if there was no hope that he would come...still, she was hoping for him to save her.Meanwhile, the commotion in the airport went out of control when Damien got a
“Bill, where are you going?!” Kelly asked angrily and in panic seeing her son was going out somewhere with his terrible condition. George, his great assistant was putting him a coat.Bill didn’t say a word. He seemed not to want to talk to his mother or his mind was just so preoccupied with something that he missed hearing her or even noticing her presence.Either way, clearly, Bill was not in the mood.After getting a call from Lira, he quickly sat up and took off his hospital gown. “Bill, son! Your doctors were still not letting you go out with your condition. You are still not well for God’s sake! Can you listen to me please for once?!” Kelly was worried about him. Her heart was thumping like a drum. She could not just let him do whatever he wanted as his condition was not yet to be called stable. “Let’s go, George.” Bill didn’t answer her instead he walked through the open door with George behind.“Bill! Stop!” Kelly shouted angrily. Her eyes were in rage like she would not
On day 10 at the hospital, Bill got a call from an unknown caller. “Sir,” George, his right hand handed his phone to him. Bill just looked at him then his eyes landed on his phone. His eyes were soulless like a hawk that was too sharp and dangerous.It was only George who could talk to him not even his mother, Kelly, or his secretaries.No one wanted to be with him right now even his doctors. Just meeting Bill's dangerous eyes, they already wanted to run away or avoid him as he already fired 10 doctors in just one day and another 5 doctors the other day. He seemed to build strong invisible walls around him that nobody wanted to enter or they would greatly suffer.They say the real Bill Sky was back. The literal Bill Sky who was known for his merciless behavior and impatient demeanor. Looking at the phone, he just smirked without planning to receive it from George then his unfathomable eyes closed. “Arabella, where is she? Where is she, Mom?” On day 3 after he got shot, she wo
Arabella looked at the woman in shock. Her eyes were questioning her but the woman could not look her in the eye. She obviously felt uneasy with Arabella. “Ma'am, you… I know you. You are Damien’s mom, right?” Arabella asked quickly hoping she could get any help from the woman. Woman to woman, Arabella wanted to believe that she had a heart if she would know what Damien did to her. “Please help me, ma’am. Your son…” Without wasting any time, Arabella continued. “No…” The woman cut her abruptly. Finally, she faced Arabella with discomfort in her expression.Arabella could feel the woman was struggling to look her in the eyes but even though she did. “I am not his mother. He is not my son.” The woman dropped the bomb with a firm stance. She seemed to know what Arabella wanted from her. Hearing the woman’s words, Arabella halted. The glimpse of hope in her heart suddenly shattered.“I am just a paid actress miss. I do this for a living.” The woman said directly without backing
Arabella felt her body was cold and trembling tremendously. The surrounding was quiet but her mind was screaming for freedom.Her longingness to see her son and husband was invincible.She could not believe she did reach the ground successfully as she thought of giving up in the middle. She could still feel her nerves were shaking but now that she felt the ground with her bare feet, she felt quite a relief. Now, all she needed to do was to run far away from the place. Along with the chilly wind outside and the rough stony ground, Arabella was full of hope that she could see her son and her husband again but to her shock, someone seemed to wait for her on the ground. He waited for her to come.He made a trap and she fell for it.In the dark, Damien was standing smoking a cigarette. The heavy smoke coming from him blended with the chilly air giving Arabella a creepy side of him. She was not expecting to see him there as she thought Damien was already asleep at this time but she w
Trishia stood out from a wheelchair. The only woman who was in a wheelchair among the guests was none other than Damien’s mother. Due to her infection, her face was covered in half with a thin brown flowery-designed fabric. Loose full brown gown not too catchy and easily blended with the crowd. Arabella clearly saw what she saw. Damien was with that woman whoever she was.Not to be embarrassed by her condition, Arabella personally informed the head of security about the additional guest.It seemed that, she made a huge mistake.A terrible mistake. It was clear to her now that the woman in a wheelchair was Trishia all along and not Damien's mom.Damien tricked her but why?It was her biggest question to her old long friend.Why he had to break her trust in him?What happened to Damien?His reason was so blurry but it was so clear that he connived with Trishia's evil plan.They deceived her by using Damien's mom as a ploy.She didn't even know if that woman was his real mom or jus
“Mommy, wake up!” The sweet little voice in her head made her open her eyes. Then she saw her little boy Adam smiling at her so sweetly. His lovely smile instantly lightened up her day. She smiled back at him and then suddenly kissed his forehead. Then, she kissed his nose tip and for a while, she touched it with her nose tip hitting his little nose side to side repeatedly.Adam chuckled happily then finally she kissed his chubby cheeks and tickled him non-stopped. Their laughter echoed around like they were the happiest mother and son.She was so happy being with her son and her heart was full. “Did I miss something?” Suddenly, another charming voice was approaching. The mother and son suddenly stopped and looked at the handsome owner of the voice. “Daddy!!!” Adam jumped out from her and ran toward the man excitedly. Arabella smiled at them. Seeing the two together was her happiest. Bill winked and her cutely then he smiled. Until now, Bill was giving her butterflies in th