"Mum" Ryan giggled at Elena snapping her out of her train of thoughts.She's been zoning out a lot lately since the sudden appearance of Ares. He seems to bring back all the past pains she has struggled to keep within. All that has been on her mind nowadays is Ares. He hasn't made any attempt to return after the other day when he came in drunk and barely sane. The little bout placed his hands on his mum's face yet again pulling her back to reality.Elena smiled a painful one, "What is it, my love?" She says ruffling his hair. The boy grins a toothy one, "Food" he says in his not quite understandable accent but Elena gets what he means. She took one of the takeouts Ethan had gotten for them a while ago before he left for work.Elena appreciates all the support Ethan is giving. He's one of the fewest people that has made Seattle worth living and contributed to making their stay here welcoming. A knock on the door cuts her out of her train of thought. Her heart dropped hoping that
"Sir, do we leave tomorrow?" Emily asked as they walked out of the office building they had a meeting with.It was a two hours plus meeting. Throughout Ares's mind was on Elena and what had been happening lately, he barely contributed to the meeting, Emily did a great job with handling things.He couldn't be more grateful. If it was up to Ares, he wouldn't have secured the deal, with his current state of mind, he seems to be losing a lot of focus. Although Emily doesn't know about Elena, she's sure that the woman had to do with Ares's condition"No. You'll be returning Alone, I'll come back after I'm done with handling some stuff." He says while they walk to the carEmily felt a clog of jealousy pang. She didn't know who this Elena woman was and why she had Ares all worked up. Emily has been working with Ares for three years now yet no matter how much she tries he still doesn't give her the attention she renders. Emily's still stagnant on getting Ares either by hook or by crook. Sh
"Sir, do we leave tomorrow?" Emily asked as they walked out of the office building where they had a meeting.It was a two-hour-plus meeting. Throughout, Ares's mind was on Elena and what had been happening lately; he barely contributed to the meeting. Emily did a great job handling things.He couldn't be more grateful. If it were up to Ares, he wouldn't have secured the deal. With his current state of mind, he seems to be losing a lot of focus.Although Emily doesn't know about Elena, she's sure that the woman had to do with Ares's condition."No. You'll be returning alone; I'll come back after I'm done handling some stuff." He says this while they walk to the car.Emily felt a clog of jealousy. She didn't know who this Elena woman was or why she had Ares all worked up.Emily has been working with Ares for three years now, yet no matter how much she tries, he still doesn't give her the attention she deserves.Emily's still stagnant on getting Ares either by hook or by crook. She won't
Emily paced back and forth in the room, anger exerting from her demeanor. Hisses and curses slipped out of her mouth here and there as she thought about what to do or how to go about it.Ares was hers. She couldn't let him return to Elena, even though she had come this far.At first, it was only a mission. She was assigned by Russor to keep an eye on him and note every last bit of his weakness to make it easier for Russor to get to him.Russor has been in the hides for all these years, all thanks to his son, or nephew, rather. Something Russor never saw coming, even in his wildest dreams, was being on a run.No, he had power; he is the rightful owner of the throne, and no one but him yet here is laying low, all thanks to Ares.The things Russor wants to do to Ares"No!" Emily blurted fraudulently.If Russor was to find out about her feelings for Ares, he'd cut her head off. He had purposely warned her, knowing that Ares had quite the charm, and she took an oath.Emily knows how much o
It's been a week since Ryan was discharged from the hospital. Elena knew she had to resume work but didn't know if she could trust her neighbor, who happens to be her friend, to take care of Ryan.Don't get her wrong. The neighborhood has a nice lady around her age, but after what happened with the caretaker, she didn't know if she could trust anyone with Ryan any more."Mummy!" Ryan yelled out, snapping her out of her train of thought.She smiled, wiping off his mouth stained with jam.Elena's eyes flickered at the wall clock, urging her to huff out a breath; she was already running late for work.Heaving out a sigh, she hurriedly prepares Ryan's bag and the necessities she'll need at work before bolting out.She stopped at the doorstep of Janet, contemplating whether to ring the doorbell or not. Mustering up enough courage, she pressed the button.Soon after, the door slipped open, revealing Janet, who has a smile plastered on her lips, "Elena. What a pleasant surprise," she says in
"Sir," Emily walked into the room. Ares was only in his towel.She eye-raped him, causing him to move uncomfortably and sending her a glare. He preferred things to stay professional between them—nothing more and nothing less—but then she didn't seem to get the message. He had purposefully told her that before the job hiring.But then women would always be women."What is it, Emily? And why haven't you left for New York?" He says he is turning away while rubbing his wet hair to dry it off.Emily smirked. "Yes, I was supposed to leave, but a new discovery had me stay, and I believe you'd want to know," she said with the files in her hands.returbreathed breath out, "Anwork-relatedrelated would be looked into when I return as for now, you could save that till then," he grabbed a hold of his towel covering up.He had Allison come down here and handle things for him. He shouldn't be letting his sister clean up his mess, but then he knew that Allison was the only person who could talk Elena
Ares erased the distance between them, his eyes bleeding with betryal and hurt.Both Elena and Allison stood up, sighting him."How could you?" He asked, cutting short the silence that had filled the air.Elena gave him a look of disbelief, unsure if he was referring to her or not and what he was talking about."Is everything okay?" Allison asked, reaching out for her brother, but he took a step back, cutting her off guard."You also knew about this," he thundered. "You fucking knew he was my son, yet you hid that from me when I deserved to know."They both sucked a breath in disbelief to see how he knew.Ares is trying as much as he can to remain calm and keep his cool, but he is inwardly brewing with pure rage."Ares" Allison tries to defend, yet he cuts her off. He's too upset to listen to any of their reasons to keep such news away from me.. "How could you, Elena? You had no damn right to keep my child away from me. I agree, we did have some misunderstandings.She chirped in, "So
"Where is he? Where's my son?" Elena cried out, with Ares grabbing a hold of her."He'll be fine, I promise you."She shakes her head vigorously, crying out in pain. She couldn't believe she repeated the same mistake of trusting someone else with her child.How could she be so gullible?If only she didn't trust Janet to take care of him and had taken him to work instead, then she'd still have him in her arms.He's just a poor, fragile kid; he doesn't deserve all of this. Ever since Ares stepped back, it's not their lives; things haven't been going great.First it was the accident, and now Ryan is kidnapped."Elena, get a hold of yourself; we're going to find him, okay?" Allison says she is interjecting between her brother and Elena.Elene cried out, palming her face. "He doesn't deserve this; he's just a kid for heaven's sake." She pulls her hands down, giving Ares a dangerous look."See ! This is exactly why I hid Ryan from you all. Everything that comes with you, Blackwood's, has da