At this point, David couldn't hide the shock on his face. Stefanie had an Uncle named Antonio. And this uncle kind of hated him before even meeting him? Lilian could see the look of doom on his face and that made her laugh even more. "Yeah, that's what I thought." She taunted him. "You and Stefanie, it's never going to happen." David felt a lump in his throat, suffocating the hell out of him, but it was just those vile words from Lilian. David loved Stefanie and wanted to be with her. It was her kind nature that made him fall in love with her in the first place. "Stefanie and I are still going to get married," David told her fearlessly. "She won't get married without Antonio's blessing, she is too much of a scared chicken to do that." "So you are going to run off and tell your Uncle that David Wyatt wants to marry his niece?" "No, sweetheart, what's the fun in that?" She smiled. "I will leave that for him to figure out by himself, but when he finally does so, he is going to k
So David and Stefanie got married. It was a small ceremony with Rosie as the only witness. Gary officiated the ceremony after getting a quick license. David and Stefanie finally kissed, sealing up the union. Rosie stepped out to the balcony as soon as they were done with that. She took out a cigarette and lit it, puffing the smoke into the air. Stefanie happened to walk in and she was caught in the act. Stefanie stared at the cigarette before looking at Rosie. "Um, I thought you quit?" Stefanie asked. "What do you want?" Rosie huffed. Stefanie was holding a glass of champagne and she handed it to Rosie. Rosie gulped everything down at once. "Are you sure you are okay?" Stefanie squinted. "Do you need me to call David?" "Ha, ha, very funny." She rolled her eyes. "This is some kind of joke to you, right?" "I have no idea what you are talking about." "Yeah, I'm the crazy one. One minute you are asking me to help you escape from him and the next you are marrying him?" Rosie
Stefanie returned with a gloomy look on her face, David didn't know what it was. She didn't say anything and he didn't have the time to ask because footsteps were heard coming down the stairs. David looked up to behold Antonio, but he was blown away instead. This wasn't what he was expecting, this wasn't the kind of person he thought was Stefanie's uncle. Uncle Antonio was covered in tattoos, full sleeves, and neck – only his face was spared. He looked like a very dangerous man even though he was over sixty years old. Because this wasn't how David thought he was going to be, he was intimidated. Maybe he wouldn't have been intimidated if they found each other in his office, it would have been different. David didn't realize that Stefanie had run into her uncle's arms and he was asking after him. Stefanie had to go back to him, take his hand, and laugh. "David is just so stunned to finally meet you." Stefanie laughed nervously. "Aren't you, David?" David took a step forward a
The room was dead silent, if a pin fell it would sound like the eruption of a volcano. Stefanie was looking at her finger in shock, and David was looking at her too. The craziest part was that he was mad at her, very mad, but he couldn't be mad at her here. Lilian was smiling with a devilish grin, she was waiting to see how she got into the situation. "Oh, Stefanie didn't tell you guys?" David laughed. "Huh?" Lilian asked. "My ex-boss, she was very delighted that I was getting married." David started. "I didn't have a good enough ring, so took it upon herself to get me a good ring, a very expensive one." "Oh, yeah!" Stefanie joined the lie. "His ex-boss!" "That's good." Antonio nodded. "It's good to know that you were a very hard worker." "David is also finding a job here." Matilda appeared again, she set a wine bottle on the table before she left. Lilian was angry, she huffed as she dug into her food. "So, which kind of jobs do you do?" Antonio asked him. "I am quite h
After they were done with the half-chaotic dinner, Stefanie went to look for her sister in her room. She left David alone, promising that she was going to come back in a few minutes. She got up the stairs, ignoring the urge to go to her former room, she went to the next room– her sister's.The room didn't change from what she remembered years ago, the last time that she was here. She was wondering where Lilian went when the bathroom door opened and she came out with a towel. Stefanie was glaring, but that was somehow amusing to her sister. "Have you come to fight me?" She snickered. "You should have had the decency to knock at least." "You are very crazy, you know that. We could see what you were doing, you were trying your best to make Antonio hate David." Stefanie accused her. "You want Antonio to kill David." "You are speaking as if it's a bad thing, his father killed our parents." Lilian reminded her. "It's such a shame that I have to be the one to avenge their death.""No
Stefanie couldn't understand why David was very angry when he came back into the room. "What's the matter?" She asked. "We are leaving," David said to her. "Now." She was very confused, but she didn't want to argue with him. Whatever the reason for his vexation was, they were going to deal with it afterward. "Okay, let's say goodbye to my uncle." She was already going. "Then we can go." "You go do that, I will be waiting for you in the car." He walked out of the house.She was dumbfounded, why was he behaving like this? She didn't go after him, she went to say goodbye to her uncle. David got to the car, he tried to open the door again, but it was jammed. He shut his eyes, rubbing his forehead gently. He took out his phone and called Rosie, she picked up almost immediately. "So how did it go?" She asked immediately. "Why did you get me such a shitty car?" He ignored her question. "You asked for a car that would hide your identity, I did that." "I know you think this is hum
"What?" David asked. He hardly showed emotions, but he didn't try to hide how confused he looked here. "My father had something to do with Stefanie's mother?" He asked. "I am very sure of it, sir." She nodded. David stopped to think. His father told him everything that he needed to know, but this?Why did his father choose to hide such information from him? What was the reason? "How come you never came to tell me this?" She asked. "I just found out, sir." She answered. David exhaled, how was he supposed to deal with this? Turned out that the situation was more entwined than he thought. Rosie caught this lost expression of his, she was patiently waiting for him to say something. Some time went back and nothing had left David's mouth. "Is there anything you want me to do about it, boss?" She asked. "No." He replied. "I think I will handle this myself." "Okay, boss." "You are my eyes and ears, Rosie, you and Gary, watch over my business while I am away." He instructed. "I w
Stefanie was holding her breath as she looked at the manager. The blood-stained his perfect suit, that was when he lost it. "What the fuck?!" He shrieked. "Did you just punch me?!" David didn't look apologetic, not even for a bit. Stefanie wanted him to apologize, but David wasn't sorry. "We are sorry." Stefanie quickly said. "Forgive my husband, he has a temper." "Don't apologize on my behalf, Stefanie, I am sure that I will punch him again if he says something else about you," David assured him. "You stupid pauper!" The manager cursed. "I was trying to help you and you have the right to hit me on my face?! You are going to regret this!" Stefanie was begging David with her eyes, she wished that he could just say sorry to this man. She didn't want this to escalate, she didn't want to have to call her Uncle because he would probably find out the truth about David if the police got involved. "You two losers are going to wish that you never came here in the first place!" He threa