Inside the car, the atmosphere was still the same. Arabella could not help but wish that they would arrive early at his mansion as possible. She missed Adam already. She could not wait to see Adam’s smiling face approaching her later. After a while, the car stopped somewhere. She was stunned and looked at the man who was sitting beside her in the backseat with a questioning expression.“We are having lunch here.” Without asking Bill, he answered her blankly. “Hmmm…” Arabella didn’t want to go out. If they would eat outside, she preferred to have Adam with them. “Can we eat at the house instead with Adam?” Arabella sounded a little nervous as she didn’t want to offend him but she just didn’t want to go. Aside from Adam, she also didn’t want to go with him in public. Surely, there were many eyes who would welcome them and in just a minute she would go viral. It was not good for her as she was still married to Eric Grant. She just wanted to keep her identity low and be spared f
"You can't be serious, Mr. Sky. Please go back inside your car because everyone is watching you." Arabella quickly retorted. There was annoyance in her heart that she could not explain why she felt this way. Maybe because she just didn't want to be seen with Bill Sky in the public. It would just cause a ruckus and like wildfire, her name would be slandered again by people who felt they were more than entitled. Not only that, Adam's name would be dragged into a certain scandal. Just the thought of it made her feel angry. This man should know that she was protecting her and her son's image and with him, it was very impossible. "What's with that look? I am going to buy something too." Bill was never good at explaining himself. He was not the kind to explain but with her, he had to. He had no choice but to say something. "Oh!," Arabella was lost for words. Admitting her self-centered trait would get her into trouble in the future. "But... Ah... Maybe... Mr. Sky, maybe I can bu
In Bill’s study room, Bill was sitting in his black leather working chair signing some documents on his table. The silence was complementing the solemn atmosphere until someone knocked on his door.“Come in.” Bill dropped his pen and his eyes traveled in the door’s direction. He seemed to wait for this person behind the door. “Mr. Sky. Good afternoon. I have the information you needed.” George, Bill’s long private assistant came in with an attentive look holding a brown envelope. “Hmmm…” Bill simply muttered then he put all the documents on his table to the side clearing the surface.George quickly put the envelope on Bill’s table. Without any moment of delay, Bill opened the envelope and got out the documents inside.“Sir, Mr. Eric Grant is busy with that girl, Ms. Hanna Hopkins. The relationship is on and off. This girl is working in clubs and has one brother who she sustained.” George reported in detail.Bill looked at the pictures taken in different places showing Eric and Ha
“I love you.” Bill suddenly uttered which made Arabella’s heart skip a beat. She looked at Bill with her eyes strongly asking, ‘Why do you have to do that? Why do you have to tell a big lie to your son?’ Her eyes were uncomfortable. They were seeking the truth beneath his lie.Even Adam could not believe was he was hearing from his dad. His eyes got rounder and his smile widened filled with excitement. “Dad, do you really love mom?” Adam was the happiest kid on earth right now. His cheeky smile could not hide his happiness.Bill looked at her seriously. His eyes were an unending abyss. It was mysterious and meaningful. Whatever it is, Arabella was afraid to know. She was afraid what the truth about his words. She was afraid of what was in his mind. She was afraid of what he was planning to do and she was afraid that she would fall into that abyss and she could not escape anymore. More specially, she was afraid for her heart. “Yeah. I love your mom. Can you also ask her if
The next morning, Arabella woke up to a piece of funky kid music and she could hear Adam's cute voice. If she was not mistaken, Adam was singing accompanied by the beat. She thought she was just dreaming as she slowly opened her eyes. To her shock, she was inside a car. She was lying in the passenger seat slightly reclined and the first thing her eyes landed on was the stereo of the car where the energetic music came from. Then her eyes drifted to the man who was driving the car. She quickly jumped onto her seat as she fixed herself. Bill Sky was handsomely driving the car wearing his black ray ban. Cool and sexy with his hair dropped down covering his forehead. She wanted to take her time looking at her good morning view but her mind was in a panic trying to think why she was inside his car after last night."Mommy, your awake! Good morning my beautiful mom." Adam's enthusiastic voice was like an alarm clock. She suddenly snapped back to her senses. Bill looked at her and
“Victor, behave yourself.” Ginger quickly snapped out her younger brother. “They are my visitors.” She added feeling a bit off of her brother’s manner. Arabella stood frozen. Victor’s action was unexpected. His eyes were full of admiration for her. “Relax my dear sister, I’m just admiring her.” Victor winked at Arabella and released her hand but his meaningful eyes were pierced into hers.Arabella could see Victor as an easy-go-lucky guy. A playful super-hot cowboy.Everyone’s stare landed on Victor. The sharpest eyes were deadly stabbing the scene. They carried catastrophe and were very scary. The scene must end soon or things would go bad. “Sorry for my younger brother’s attitude, Arabella. He manage this entire place so he was not used to seeing beauties outside the fence.” Ginger sounded very apologetic. “Oh, so your name is Arabella. Nice name by the way! I will see you again later, yeah?” Victor’s attention was only focused on Arabella. He seemed not interested in the
Dinner time had arrived. Adam could not make it because his tummy ached after eating too many mangoes earlier. Ginger's family doctor stayed in Adam's room to monitor the child's condition. Though it was all well, Arabella let the doctor stay. Plus, the house little buddy was tired from the long drive and playing ball with the ranch's boys. Meanwhile, Arabella was not in the mood to go. There was no reason for her to attend the dinner if it weren't for Ginger who was so nice to her. Ginger was inviting her to dinner and she could not resist her as she even brought her to the main family mansion. They went to her room and lend her a new set of luxury clothes she bought abroad. Well for her, it was better to be Ginger rather than Bill. After their conversation in the room, she already avoided him. She had to find her calm to still played the role of being a loving mother to Adam's father. Adam would surely be disappointed if she could not hold her temper and fight against hi
All eyes fell onto Bill. Grasping some more air, Arabella couldn’t fight the nervousness she felt with Bill’s confession.‘Married?’‘To whom?’‘What’s with him?’‘What is he trying to do?’‘Why is he telling that to them now?’‘No… Bill is putting her again into a difficult situation.’Arabella’s thoughts made her feel restless.She just hoped she was wrong.“I had once.” Bill sounded again with an emphasis in every word then he looked at Arabella with an unreadable expression. Arabella looked at him confused and pleading to spare her tonight. Their eyes met for a while like they didn’t have any companion at the table. “Hmmm…Mr. Sky, my wife, and I acquired this land in the hope to make it flourish. This is where we started to build our dreams. This is where we started to build our family and this is where all our dreams became into reality.” Mr. Heather’s tone was sentimental. His eyes wandered afar looking at the vast land in front of him. “Until my wife got sick. This place he