"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
“Victor!” Ginger shouted embarrassed. She looked at her brother with a warning but Victor was unaffected. “You see, Mr. Sky, I am willing to get out of this place if I can have your nanny, Arabella.” Victor was serious. His eyes met Bill’s sharp eyes. There was calm but dangerous when provoked. Arabella felt her nervousness was eating her up. She didn’t expect that Victor would say that. How could he be so shameless? It felt like she was back in the late decades when slavery was legally practiced. Did Victor look at her as a slave that could be bargained with his land? What about Bill? Is he going to say yes? For Arabella, she had no doubt that Bill would agree as he is a businessman. She was nothing to him. He could always dispose of her to everyone as long as he gets what he wanted. Bill didn’t answer. His eyes were dark and deep but his expression was unreadable. Even in a brook, he looked stunning. His white flawless skin illuminated the night accompanied by the
“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