“You!” Aleena’s eyes turned red, both in embarrassment and arousal. “How can you say that?” She panicked. “What if someone hears you?!” William gave her a lopsided grin and stepped forward to whisper. “No one can hear what we’re saying, look around. We’re all alone.”His hot breath sent a shiver down her spine and her breast began to tingle.Aleena wanted Williams again. She knew it was very dangerous, but she couldn’t help drooling over him and picturing how his handsome and sexy body would look in bed with her.She’d missed him so much.‘He’s only 24 years old, Aleena. Control yourself!’ Her inner voice screamed.She snapped back to reality.Williams was here to make her life miserable again. If not, why would he suddenly appear after disappearing for 6 months?“What exactly are you doing here? Don’t tell me you’re here to extort money from me again?” She asked, arms akimbo.“Come on, Mummy.” William took her hands in his, with the most solemn expression on his face ever. “I did th
"Williams, you bastard!" Aleena screamed in fright, trying to go after the car. "Stop right there! Williams!"Being too clumsy, she tripped and fell even before she could alight the steps.The car zoomed off speedily, leaving a trail of smoke, as a signal of her stupidity."Oh my Gosh!" Aleena huffed in anger.What just happened? Why is Williams trying to kidnap Elsa?Anger surged through her as she stood there, stomping her feet in anger.This was all part of Leslie's plans. That woman planned to take Elsa away from her!"Oh no."She was stupid enough to grant them their wishes. What if Elsa got hurt?That Leslie Wilson bitch!Aleena turned around to storm into the bar, but was met face to face with three guards, right next to Leslie's bodyguard.They gripped her roughly by the arm."What're you doing? Let go of me right away!" Aleena screamed, a shiver of fear running down her spine.Despite her screams and protests, they pulled her into the bar.Several men and women loitered the d
Wayne Costa clenched his teeth hard. His heart racing wildly from over exertion and anger.He'd arrived at the Merry Children Kindergarten 10 minutes earlier and when Elsa wasn't at her usual spot waiting for him, he went in to find her.Elsa wasn't in her class, the class teacher had left and now the principal was pretending not to know what happened."How can you tell me that your student could go missing under your watch, and you have nothing to do with it?" He asked for the 2nd time, as if he didn't hear properly.What sort of school is this?The principal rolled her eyes. "Like I said, sir. Your wife most probably came to pick her up. I can't think of any other thing!""No! Don't give me that crap! My wife was never here." Wayne knew she was lying, he knew exactly what was going on.His daughter had been taken hostage, right under the watch of this silly woman, and she was so relaxed about it.There wasn't even an ounce of surprise or remorse on her face.Wayne took two threatenin
Andrew's face paled. "After you ruined my image and reputation back at that restaurant, I would do anything to redeem myself, you bastard!" He gawked at Wayne."I don't care about going down 6 feet low to get what I want!" Andrew stood up abruptly, and switched on the lights.The room was a regular one, with sofas and chairs on one side, right beside the bed.The bed was occupied by none other than Leslie Wilson, the woman that he got into a scruple with at the kindergarten."Well, if it isn't the good for nothing son in law of the Moores!" She got up, laughing out loud. "I'm sure you can recall who I am, and how you and that your brat of a child disrespected me!"Wayne gritted his teeth so hard it almost bled. Sometimes he just wished he'd done taught some people some very painful lessons.If he had broken this woman's legs, she wouldn't be here sprouting rubbish.He shook his head warily. "For the last time, Where's my daughter?" "To your relief she must be somewhere, asleep and ca
Wayne grabbed Leslie by the cloth and placed the gun around her forehead. "I don't have time for your bullcrap! Are you gonna tell me or I blow her brains off?""W. . .What?" Leslie trembled in fear as the cold metal pressed to her head. She never expected that the tables would turn around so quick."Honey. . . Andrew, please tell him where she is. I don't like-""You can do whatever you want, I don't care!" Andrew cut her off harshly."What? Andrew, you want him to kill me?" Leslie couldn't believe her ears.Andrew hissed and fired a shot at Wayne.He was just in time to dodge, as the bullet grazed his cheek, slamming into the wall opposite him with a loud bang."I can see your skills are still very much at work!" Andrew fired another shot at them.But this time, instead of hitting Wayne, the bullet hit Leslie in the shoulders and she slumped to the floor in shock."Andrew!"Andrew stored at her, mouth agape.Wayne took advantage of his shock and hit the pistol right out of his hands.
Loretta arrived from the restaurant that night, to meet her family in the sitting room with angry looks on their faces. Gary was seated across Anna on the couch wearing a vicious scowl, he kept talking and cursing at someone on the phone.Aleena was massaging Anna's legs, and she seemed to be very vexed. Nikki was staring down at he phone and even Fedora who seldom gets involved with adults issues was wearing a scowl."What's wrong, Grandma?" She asked, going to grab her by the hands.Anna's gray hair was a bit rumpled and the tired lines on her face was more prominent. And for the first time, Loretta took a closer look at her grandma.She suddenly had a feeling that Grandma was sick.Black bags were present under both her eyes, even though it was covered with some eye cream. It was still very much visible."You should ask that silly sister of yours! What in the heavens is she doing here?" Despite her frailing look, Anna still managed to holler angrily at Loretta."G. . .Grandma." Lor
Cayenne grabbed Gary's arm just in time before it landed on her cheeks. "Who the hell do you think you are, to hit me?" She snapped hostilely at him."I'm your uncle, you brat!""Well, not any longer!" Cayenne pushed his hands away, a ferocious look in her eyes. "I see all of you here as enemies!"She faced Loretta. "Especially you."Everyone gasped."And no matter what anyone tried to do, I'm going to discover the truth behind my father's death and make the person responsible pay dearly!" Cayenne announced one last time and made her way up back the stairs, leaving them all standing mouth agape."I'm sick and tired of all this nonsense?" Aleena jumped up, like she wanted to go after Cayenne."Mother, why don't you have some bodyguards throw her out, she's being too much of a brat!""And why don't you shut the hell up!" Anna lashed out at her. "How can you ask me to throw my grand daughter out? I only wished those thugs had cut your mouth off, along with breaking your wrist!"Loretta no
Wayne arrived home with Elsa less than 30 minutes later and Loretta was already pacing the room, worried."Where have you been?" She rushed to take Elsa from his arms."I've been calling your phone, but it was being directed to voicemail."Wayne sighed. "It's nothing, Loretta. We just had an issue on the way.""Are you sure? Our daughter looks tired and stressed out." Loretta quickly placed Elsa on the bed."We're both fine." Wayne sighed and settled on the couch to remove his tie.He had a very long day.He suddenly heard a shriek from his wife. "What the hell happened to Elsa's body?" Loretta glared to at him in anger. "Is this what you call nothing?" She had seen the bruise on the girl's back."I. . .I-" Wayne stuttered a bit. He should have just told her, since she would find out anyway.Loretta's face was red and she was huffing in anger.Wayne couldn't help but be amused. He had never seen her so angry."What the hell did you do to her?""Mummy, it's not Daddy." Elsa tugged on h
Memories of all that happened today flashed back to Alice's head.She passed the 1st round of the Oriental Catering Contest and on her way home, she bumped into that man that gave her wild goose-bumps.Nathan Reyes.Astonishingly handsome and charismatic -only when he didn't open his mouth. One of the dancers said he was a well-known business man.Alice sat up.How come she's never heard of him?She head to her table and turned on her monitor, typing his name on the browser. His pictures popped up at once.Scrolling through, she found out that not only was Nathan stinking rich, he was the grandson of a past Governor of Haiui- Greg Reyes, his father- Martin Reyes, was the President of the prominent food packaging company- Cheese&LiT Co and his mother, Lina Reyes was the best surgeon in the state.Charismatic family.There was no mention of a sibling of Nathan’s- that meant she had upset the heir to the Reyes Legacy.Even if Alice hadn’t heard of the Reyes family, she knew Cheese&LiT a
presence. “You have no right to do that! I made a simple mistake and I apologized, what else do you want?”“I do not need anything from a spoilt idiotic brat like you.” He fired back at her.Alice was red in the neck. “Who the hell do you think you are to call me an idiot? The governor's son? Even the President's son has more good manners than you do!”Nathan frowned. “You don't seem to know who I am.”“And who the fuck are you?” She shook her fists at him. “I've never heard of your name here in Haiui, aren't you just a spoilt brat that returned from abroad and got handed all the family properties on a platter of gold?”His gaze darkened, but his voice was still non chalant. “Why do I feel like you're one of those stalker ladies that have been dying to grace my bed?”“Yuck!” Alice grimaced in disgust. “I'd rather eat poop than waste my time with a man as arrogant and condescending as you are!”That statement clearly hit Nathan’s nerve cause he stood up abruptly, veins popping out on h
“I’m sorry I have no idea what you’re talking about.”“You have an idea, you freak!” Alice grabbed his collar. “You are the cause of everything that’s happened to me and my family, you fraudster!”He held her hands, “I’m beginning to feel embarrassed, Miss, Let go of me!” His thick voice resounded.Alice flinched visibly and everywhere around them became silent.“I said, let go of me!” He repeated icily.A shiver ran down her spine as she stared through the sunglasses into his eyes, leaving goosebumps in their wake.Her fingers subconsciously grabbed his collar harder.“No, you’re gonna pay for all what you did,” She insisted. “You absconded with my parent’s money only to return and flaunt it around. Everyone needs to know what cheat and fraudster you are!” Alice screamed.“What?” He gritted so angrily that she felt the waves of anger through his collar, but she didn’t care, he needs to suffer pain and humiliation.Alice turned to face the crowd. “Someone call the police! This man is
Wayne barged into the house with Mark right behind him, both of them panting heavily. "Where the hell is Mathew?" Wayne grabbed the bodyguard's collar.The guard's face was riddled with shock and confusion. "He should still be in the house, I never allowed him to leave!""What?" Wayne faced Mark in shock. What if that video had been wrong? But he had a feeling deep in his mind that he wasn't wrong.They all rushed towards the stairs, making their way straight to Mathew's room."Mathew? Are you in?" Mark hurriedly banged the door.Wayne paused to check the lock. It had been locked from outside. Signalling no one was in."No. No. No. Shit!" He swore in anger.If his mind was working perfectly, Wallock has Mathew in custody and was probably waiting for the right time to threaten him.Mark managed to break the door open, rushing in to check everywhere.No Mathew.Wayne caught a letter on the bed. It was from Mathew himself."Dear son, I'm sorry to relay this to you this way. Not especial
When Alice returned to the restaurant, customers were already teeming in, most of them asking for her mother, she managed to give them the best reply she could and after instructing the Juliet and Marie on what to do, she left for work.She prayed the Principal won't be around like yesterday, she was 2 hours late already and she wasn't in the mood to receive any tongue lashing this morning.As it happened, Mrs Sanders was right at the gate when she arrived, she beckoned Alice to her office with a stiff face.“Miss Ruiz, what time is it by your watch right now?”“I'm sorry I'm late again, my mum-”“What the hell does your watch say?” Mrs Sanders asked again, a little louder this time.“10 o’ clock.” Alice gritted.“When are you supposed to resume?” “8 o clock.”“Seriously, do you expect the parents to wait for you to resume before dropping their kids? Is this what I pay you for?”Alice kept mute.“Miss Ruiz, I'm talking to you, aren't I?”Alice sighed, she was still shaken from the or
His words sent shivers down Alice's spine, but she was determined not to show fear in his presence. “You have no right to do that! I made a simple mistake and I apologized, what else do you want?”“I do not need anything from a spoilt idiotic brat like you.” He fired back at her.Alice was red in the neck. “Who the hell do you think you are to call me an idiot? The governor's son? Even the President's son has more good manners than you do!”Nathan frowned. “You don't seem to know who I am.”“And who the fuck are you?” She shook her fists at him. “I've never heard of your name here in Haiui, aren't you just a spoilt brat that returned from abroad and got handed all the family properties on a platter of gold?”His gaze darkened, but his voice was still non chalant. “Why do I feel like you're one of those stalker ladies that have been dying to grace my bed?”“Yuck!” Alice grimaced in disgust. “I'd rather eat poop than waste my time with a man as arrogant and condescending as you are!”Th
Alice kneaded the dough thoroughly, adding some butter and re-kneading.Her fingers felt stiff but she continued anyway, they’d run out of supplies for the evening sales so she had to.The thought of abandoning everything flashed through her mind, but the fact that her mum was still lying in a hospital made her continue working vigorously.The heat from the oven sizzled her skin and made her realize that the oven was ready, as she began piling the dough in, Juliet came in.Alice looked up at her. “How’s it going over there?”“Fine.” Juliet sighed, looking her from up to down. “You can go have some rest, Miss. I’ll look after the oven.”“No, Thanks. Julie. I have to make sure everything comes out well.”“You look like you could pass out any minute from now, you’ve been working since morning, please-”“I have to work. My Mum is in the hospital.”Juliet went to put on an apron. “That’s more reason why you should have some rest. Come on, we don’t have much customers at this time, you can
The next morning while she was cleaning hastily so she doesn't have to be late for work again, Juliet suddenly rushed out of her mother's office.“Miss Alice.” She panicked. “Your mum, she fell and-”“What?” A lump formed in Alice's throat, with her heart thumping she dropped the mop and rushed to the office. Her mother was lying on the floor, seemingly lifeless.Cold fear came over her.“Mum?” Alice shook her with trembling hands. “Can you hear me? Mum?” She checked her pulse and thankfully, Mum was still breathing. “Go prepare a cab for the hospital while I bring her out.” She instructed Julie.Julie nodded and left.“Mum? Can you hear me?” Alice asked again.She burst into tears when her mother's lashes fluttered a little.Her mother was still alive!As she carried her mother over her back, she discovered in shock how much weight her mother had lost. Alice cried harder when she realized that her mum might really be sick and hiding it from her.She couldn't afford to lose her Mum.
“It's fine dear, nature has a way of gifting us something else for whatever we lose.” Mum patted her hair fondly.Alice wiped her tears to stare at her mother’s face, “You aren't surprised, why?”“I kind of figured it out when you returned home early and looking downcast yesterday.”“Mum.” The tears flowed harder. “I'm sorry for letting you down.”“You didn't let me down, love. Audition or no audition, win or lose, you’re still my precious daughter that I cherish so much.”Alice kept sobbing until she began to feel sleepy, she pulled her Mum into an embrace and whispered. “I love you, Mum and I would do anything to make you happy.”As she went to bed that night, she made a decision to never give up, no matter what came her way.The next day, Alice woke up late and ended up getting to work late, but she was relieved to find out that the Principal was not yet in school.She went about her normal activities of taking care of other people's children, feeding them, cleaning their poop, hel