Wayne only chuckled and balanced Elsa on his legs. “This is my father’s house so I’m going nowhere.”“Really? Daddy? You’re going to be staying with us for a while?” Elsa raised her head up to ask.“Yes, Princess.”“Elsa!” Anna scowled immediately, a bitter sensation rising up her throat cause of the loving father daughter relationship playing out between them.“Get away from that man this instant!”“No.” Elsa looked back at Anna with teary eyes. “He’s my Daddy and I won’t leave him.”All of them stared wide eyes at Elsa, wondering when she got the audacity to talk back at her Grandma.“You can’t blame the little brat, Loretta has always been bias towards teaching her manners!” Aleena rolled her eyes angrily. “Her mother is the kind of person that wouldn’t hesitate to backbite the whole family. So I can imagine her daughter refusing to listen because of a bastard!”“Elsa, dear.” Fedora tried to coax her away from him. She was the only one that spoke softly to Elsa in the whole family,
“Aunt,” Loretta sighed tiredly. “I can’t-”“You can’t do what?” Nikki snorted aloud. “You can’t get married to Brad Brooks? Is that what you’re saying, Loretta? I can’t believe you would dare to refuse Mother’s orders. Have you forgotten I helped you keep your horrible secrets?”Loretta’s face paled. “Nikki, there’s no need for-“Anna flipped her cold gaze on Nikki. “What are you talking about?”“Loretta’s restaurant has run into loads of debt!” She spat out the secret without thinking twice. “The reason why she rushed out earlier was to try to stop Mike Taylor from vandalizing her kitchen equipment!” “What?” Everyone’s gaze zeroed in on Loretta.Before Loretta got married to Wayne, she already had a restaurant that was doing quite well, but after he left, she got affected psychologically and the business suffered. Gary offered to help her manage it and placed one of his friends there but the place only got worse because the man embezzled all the money and escaped.The news made Lore
Wayne bent to pick her up, wiping the tears that had formed at the side of her eyes, she must have been listening to the whole conversation all along. He nuzzled her hair, his daughter was the only one that wanted him.Loretta’s eyes glazed over when she saw how much her precious daughter was clinging to him. Elsa had always suffered bullying in school, wherever she went she was always accused of being the jinx that made her father abandon them.Her poor daughter wasn’t even spared by her own family members, Aleena and Nikki wouldn’t fail to lash out at her, reminding her of her father abandonment at every little occasion.Loretta felt so bitter in her heart. The best thing she could do was not take Wayne away from her again.Gray harrumphed in disgust. “Mother, what’s all these drama going on here? Why haven’t you thrown this piece of garbage out of the mansion?”“Exactly! The sight of this man makes me want to throw up,” Fedora seconded her father. “How can someone be so poorly dres
“I’m glad you honor your word.” Wayne smirked, placing the wad of cash on the center table.He turned around to see the women glaring maliciously at him, they were so angry that their throat filled with blood.Nikki gritted her teeth, glaring at Wayne in hatred. After all she’d done to make him leave? He still managed to stay back here? She was going to frustrate him and make his life miserable.Anna’s intense gaze zeroed in on him. “I want to see the both of you in the study, right now!” She ordered, tearing her gaze away from Wayne and beckoning Gray behind her.Wayne reached out to pull Elsa into his arms. “Baby, Daddy’s not going away okay?” He murmured and wiped the tears that were still on her cheeks.“I wouldn’t be so elated if I were you.” Aleena snorted, rolling her eyes in contempt. “Elsa darling, let’s see how long your father can last in this house.” She hissed loudly and stormed off.Fedora followed right behind her mother after casting a look of disdain at them.Nikki sc
“No worries, Uncle. We’ll work something out!” Loretta tried to stutter but Gary kept screaming at her.“Shut up! How dare you disobey Mother’s order to divorce him? Have you forgotten all what this man made you go through?”Gary had lost his temper again and his fingers were beginning to dig into her shoulders as he yanked her slender frame around.“Let go of her right now!” Wayne demanded, clamping his hands around Gary’s grip.He forcefully yanked Gary’s hands off, pushing him back. “I’ve warned you several times not to lay a hand on my wife! Haven’t I?” Wayne shot him a very deadly gaze."What can an imbecile like you do to me? I’m speaking to her not you, get lost!" Gary hollered at him."You!" Wayne grabbed his collar. "You keep getting on my nerves, eh?"Gary's eyes reddened in rage. "How dare you speak down at me?" He raised his fists to hit Wayne."Enough!" Anna's thunderous voice stopped the both of them from getting into a scuffle.“Wayne. Is this how your parents taught yo
Wayne tried to console his daughter. "It's okay, Princess."Nikki snickered. "Elsa dear. That's what you get for taking the side of this wretched man! No chicken for you and your daddy!"Nikki chuckled as her words made Elsa wail louder.Loretta's face was already red in anger. What sort of person provokes a child like this?"If you can't help her, at least don’t make her feel worse, Nikki." She snapped hostilely.He stood up. "Let's go." Wayne took Elsa into his arms, whispering soothing words to her.Loretta cast him a questioning gaze."It's better to go to bed on an empty stomach than eat this soup. It was probably made from rotten vegetables."Ignoring the snickers, Loretta stood up, following behind Wayne out of the dining.When they got to her room, Wayne bent to place Elsa on the bed but she clung to him. "Daddy, I want to eat chicken.""Elsa," Loretta sighed, opening the small locker beside the bed. "I have some bread and milk here." She produced half loaf of bread and a smal
The next morning was the first day at school for Elsa, Loretta took her into the bathroom to have a quick bath and get ready for school.They had a quick breakfast of noodles Loretta quickly prepared in the kitchen and set off for the Kindergarten..Loretta sighed, looking outside as the cab sped through the Las Vegas Highway. Last night, she'd decided to sell all of her jewelries and fancy clothes in a thrift store to start all over at her restaurant.She needed a very stable source of income, If not for anything, but for the sake of her daughter.As she has no college degree, it would be hard to find a better job. She was going to see Mike Taylor today for a possible talk on giving her some more time to pay back the loans.When they arrived at Merry Children Kindergarten, Loretta greeted Elsa's new teacher, Miss Doris with a smile before handing over her bags."Bye, Daddy!" Elsa waved frantically before running into the gates.Loretta asked the cab driver to take her straight to her
Wayne nodded, flipping through the average annual report Henry handed to him. For the past 5 hours, they’d been going over the reports of each section of the company. He was willing to know where his company was lacking and improve on it.After it all, he closed the book with a snap and glanced up at Henry. “I’d love to expand my company to other sectors. Do you have an idea of how the oil sector in Las Vegas works?”He was asking Henry because he was sure the man had a lot of experience in the business world, having spent several years in California before he brought him here.Henry scratched his head, thinking for a while. "I have a friend that works in the Petrolum sector, there’re some news that the government is about to buy some oil rigs.""Really?" Wayne rubbed his chin. "Are you sure about that?""Well, my friend is reliable." Henry stuttered."Then get me some substantial business report on it by tomorrow.""Y.. .Yes sir." Henry was stunned at the sudden smile on his Boss' fac