The next morning, finally, Arabella was free. It was a great relief for her that her marriage with Eric Grant had finally ended but then, she could not get that complete satisfaction she badly needed. Arabella was still in a situation where she was unsure of the rapid things that happened to her and Eric’s question last night still kept on lingering in her mind. She wanted to forget it and tried her best to get rid of it from her mind.She wanted to believe that Bill truly loves her and that his love is enough for the both of them to be happy.Arabella wanted to trust Bill's love but she was always reminded of Eric's question last night.It was like a boomerang that kept on bouncing in and out of her mind unstoppable.Whatever she did to erase the question was ineffective so until now, she was still restless.Arabella wanted to talk to Bill urgently about this matter but she had no way to do that. If Bill was still in the hospital, surely, Trishia was the one holding his phone.Tr
“So, Arabella, I think we need to have a vacation before you indulge in this business more seriously, what do you think guys?” Rosy was the cunning socialite in the group. A very sophisticated and smart woman which was why men would probably stay away from her because of her high standard and that is why she still remained single nowadays. Arabella just smiled at her sweetly. She had not been on a vacation for a long time maybe Rosy was right but still she was hesitant about it. Her mind was still quite messy. How could she forget about her heartaches?How could she easily forget about Bill Sky?And the dream she thought they would achieve together. When she waited for him in the penthouse, she felt she was very close to achieving her dream. She put all her trust in Bill that he would make her dream come true.Her dream is to be with him and her son Adam and they would live together happily.But everything shattered again.Her trust and her heart were broken again.She smiled a
“Helen, what’s wrong with you? Look around you, everyone is so busy. Please, help the others. Will you?” Mr. Harry was a bit annoyed already for his waste time talking to Helen. “Come, I will introduce you to our guests.” Then, Mr. Harry grabbed Helen hurriedly but Helen stopped him. “What’s wrong? Why you are so pale?” Ms. Dally who was just listening and busy putting the glasses on the tray butted in. “Ah…. Nothing.” Helen answered uneasily.Mr. Harry jolted and frowned deeply. He looked at Helen like he was studying her expression. “Helen, listen to me.” Mr. Harry was a considerate man toward Helen. All the servants in the resort lived on the island and Mr. Harry hired Helen to help her when she moved into the island. He saw Helen was good and easy to be trained for all the work in the resort. The only problem was she was always late and since she was pregnant, she was always sick. Mr. Harry helped her cover up her absences but then later, the owner of the resort seemed t
“Ms.? Are you, okay?” Eric stepped forward. He was curious why she seemed not to hear him because she didn’t move nor turn around to see him. Eric was sure that she was one of the servants in the resort because she wore the same uniform. She could not be deeply sleeping at work. Eric frowned as he slowly approached the unmoved girl. His footsteps were heard slowly and closely approaching the girl's direction.“Sir? Do you need, anything?” Mr. Harry suddenly blocked his way. Eric was stunned and he quickly back to his senses. He jolted for a while before he spoke.“Ah, Mr. Harry, Another bottle please?” Eric raised the empty bottle of wine and then put it on the side table. He sneaked behind the old man curiously checking the girl he saw earlier but the chair was already empty. Eric frowned deeply.How could that be possible?He knew he saw someone sitting there earlier and he couldn't be mistaken.His eyes wandered around the kitchen trying to find the woman but he didn't see
“Charles David?” Lira couldn’t help but repeat the newcomer’s name. She was astonished to see the young famous celebrity in the sports field. Who would have thought that he was an owner of a resort on this island when people knew that he grew up abroad? “Nice to meet you,” Charles shook Lira’s hand who was still stunned seeing a celebrity then he winked at Lira cutely. Eric was quite cool as he had the blankest expression among all the people there.He wasn’t affected by Charles’ presence while Rosy’s eyes sparkled seeing her new friend. She just bumped into him in a mall abroad and they had a little chit-chat about Capital Z and this guy made his way of inviting her knowing she was going to the city. Of course, she found him friendly and had a very good rapport so she could not say no. Not to mention, he was a cutie. How could she resist his appealing good looks? With her thoughts, Rosy could not help but spread wider her smile. She was excited to the part of knowing him we
Earlier in the kitchen, Beth entered inside with a complaining look.She seemed not to like something outside but she could not totally protest. "Oh no! Don't give me that look, darling. Tell us what happened to you out there?" Ms. Dally, the oldest lady servant was sniffing at the newly entered Beth. Her expression was screaming with annoyance but she was controlling it. Instead of answering Ms. Dally, Beth went to get a glass of water first and drank it in one go. Everyone was looking at her and excited to know what happened to her outside."Hmmm...." Beth hummed and released a heavy sigh before she started to share her story."That son of madame is so rude!" Beth said with strong protest in her expression toward Charles. "He brought me and introduced me to a man." She continued. "Then what happened next?" Marissa asked horrified but excited to hear more. "That man...." Beth continued but paused. She smiled excitedly like she remembered something good. "What?" Olive could not
Last night, Eric went back to the resort and came to see Mr. Harry, the oldest butler. With the handkerchief in his hand, he just wanted to give it to the old servant somehow there was something that kept on bugging him. His curiosity about that girl servant who was so distant from him. Well, it was quite usual for this kind of place maybe. Maybe that girl might just be shy. Eric shook his head and got rid of the idea. Then, he looked at his wristwatch. It was just a matter of a few hours left and he would fly back to the city and then go back abroad. His works there were waiting for him and he had no time to spare. When he was walking in a hallway, he luckily met the old man. “Mr. Harry,” Eric strode closer to the old servant. “Good evening, Mr. Grant.” Mr. Harry halted and greeted him politely. “Good evening,” Eric answered reciprocating his politeness. "By the way, I found this." Eric showed the colored brown handkerchief. “Oh, that is very kind of you, sir. But… where
“Knock! Knock! Knock!” A knocking on the door was heard loudly like the person who knocked was angry and in a hurry.“Come in.” Eric sounded so calm not reciprocating the urgency of the person on the other side.The door was quickly pushed open.“Eric, we are leaving now. I already arranged our flight back. 5 minutes we are leaving.” Rosy, Arabella, Damien, and Lira strode inside and were ready for the said trip back to the city after what happened earlier. They were announcing it to Eric since he was not present and wasn’t aware of the commotion with Arabella, Damien, and Charles earlier. They decided that they would fly back to Capital Z and would not wait until tomorrow. Rosy felt shame with her friends because of Charles. She never thought that he was a lowly playboy brat. Just thinking of it, Rosy hated him so much and felt her time was wasted but it was okay. Charles learned his lesson and that is not to mess up with her and her friends.With this, Rosy felt they were even
“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