Everything was going very well. The children did not suspect anything, and they were all having fun. Ivan smiled as he watched his children run around in the garden. He missed them so much and he could not help but look at them. They would be on their way back to Italy on Sunday because they had school on Monday.Ivan received a call the day before; it was from Lucy. She had left a lot of missed calls, but he finally decided to pick up and ask what the problem was. Apparently, according to her, Rachel and Isabel kidnapped her. She sounded sincere, and if it was true, he wanted to know why. When he asked her, she didn't sound honest enough, so he knew not to trust her or anything she said. He was planning on asking Isabel later when they were planning to retire for the night.The both of them had not really been together since she and Rachel got here, and he was trying to avoid it so as not to make things awkward for her. He knew that she was not really comfortable around him after wha

Today was a good day for Ivan. He had been expecting this particular investor to come in and invest in his business, and he had finally agreed last week. Today was the day they would sign the contract. Ivan was aware that this man was from Italy, as he had sent a representative previously. Unfortunately, the man himself couldn't make an appearance due to unforeseen circumstances. Ivan didn't have to do much, as his work spoke for itself.He had always been good at his job, and when the man saw it, he liked it and wanted it for himself. Ivan had been working on a system personally called LUCA. It was a multipurpose system that only one person could have access to. After his anonymous investor signed with him, he had expressed interest in buying LUCA from him. There was nothing LUCA could not do; it was designed that way. It was a robot that could move once the owner called it, and it could find anyone except if they were under a different alias.What Ivan was working on was very danger

Rachel trembled to her bones. She staggered back and almost fell, but in an instant, he was out of his chair and beside her, steadying her. What was he doing here? She asked herself, unable to bring herself to ask him directly. She couldn't tear her eyes away from him, the man she had rendered faceless in her dreams. She had tried to create an image of him that she would never remember, but she couldn't forget him.Here she was, always believing that he would never find her, but she had been mistaken. He stood right in front of her, his smile reminiscent of a Cheshire cat."W-what a-are you doing here?""Is that how you welcome an old friend? Hmm?" He asked, and she glared at him, pushing him away.Why was he here? Deep down, she didn't want to believe that he was actually searching for her, but there he was, in the flesh. As much as she longed to jump into his arms and hold him close, she restrained herself because things had become much more complicated."What? You're not happy to s

It was the weekend once again, and this time around, Rachel was not with Isabel to go see her kids. Although Isabel told her to join them so that she would not have to think too much about the issue at hand, she needed to be alone. In situations like this, she could be a problem to the people around her, so she decided to actually just stay alone. She opened her door and dropped all her things on the floor.She went in search of the things that he said he took, and truly, they were missing. Isabel had not met her out of sight ever since she told her that Dante was back, but she told her she would be fine today, so she let her come here alone. She could feel his presence though he was not there. His lingering presence.She shook her head and went to lay on her bed. She had not even had the time to call her mother and tell her anything about it. She was just all alone. She should probably FaceTime her now. She took her laptop and opened it, she clicked her mother's number and then waite

Ivan stared hard at the ceiling. He was thinking hard about different things, and he didn't know where to start. It was the weekend again, and Isabel was beside him on the bed. Even though she was trying to act like she was sleeping, he could tell that she wasn't sleeping. Their children were in some rooms down, so if they decided to have conversations now, nothing would happen, and they would not be back to hear them.“Isabel,” he called, holding himself back from calling her mama like he had always done.“Yes,” she answered after clearing her throat.“Lucy called,” he first said, stepping around the waters, not wanting to go in straight. He heard her swallow a gulp.“And?”“She told me some things,” he told her again, and she made a sound for him to continue.“What did she tell you?”“That you and Rachel kidnapped her.”“Yes, we did,” she answered without skipping a beat.She wasn't going to lie now. She didn't know that he would eventually ask her, because it has been a while now,