As I stepped off the plane, I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath as it had been so long since I’d been here. I abandoned everything in the middle of the night and ran away like a criminal, leaving behind my perfect life, including my career and my home, although I got no home again now. "Mom, where’re we going?" Jersey asked and I gave her a wide smile as I bent down to her level, looking at her blue eyes which she got from her father."We’re going to meet your father," The both looked surprised by what I said as they couldn't understand what I was talking about."But I thought Maverick is our dad," Jael asked, and I gave him a slight nod."Yes he is, but the person we’re meeting is your real dad, so you have to be well-behaved because we are meeting his entire family," I explained and also warned them. As I looked up, I saw the news of Cassius's grandfather celebrating his 75th birthday party at One Star Hotel, one of the biggest hotels in Los Angeles.“ This is the perfect
CASSIUS'S POVI held onto Mary's hand as I prayed for her to wake up. I haven't gotten a single wink since yesterday. Why did Emelia choose to do this to me? Why didn't she tell me all this before coming to meet my family? I let out a small sigh as I got hit by a heavy headache, and just as I raised my head, I saw Mary with her eyes open. I quickly pressed the emergency button, and the doctor rushed in immediately.Checking her vitals and everything, I kept asking them if she's fine because she kept staring into an empty space without saying anything.“Tell him to leave,” Mary said, as the first words she spoke were for me to leave.Not wanting to make her condition any worse, I left the ward, and just then, her parents arrived, and I asked them to go in. Standing by the door, I watched as she wept in her mother's hands, and my heart sank.“This is all because of Emelia. If anything happens to Mary or she ruins my marriage, I’ll hunt you down,” I sneered as I closed the door and banged
After Grandfather's threat of having a son that hadn't been confirmed to be mine succeeded me, I stormed out angrily. I got into my car, driving recklessly, and I almost knocked down someone. After a few minutes, I parked near the sea to cool down my head. Dipped my hand into my pocket to retrieve a pack of cigarettes. I attempted to light one, only to find the lighter malfunctioning.“Nothing just seemed to be working out well for me…” I yelled as I smashed it on the ground and stomped my feet on it, trying to vent out my frustrations. I let out a loud scream as my hand ran through my hair.Where did everything go wrong? As I remembered when I broke the news to Emelia, I wondered if she was already pregnant by that time. If she was, why didn't she tell me about the pregnancy? Even though I wasn't sure if I would accept the pregnancy then, it wouldn't hurt knowing about it.What if the kids are truly mine? Will Emelia use the kids as an excuse to come back into my life? But she already
EMELIA'S POVA smile graced my lips as I watched the kids ask Cassius if he’s their father. Yeah... I already knew that he would force his way here once he heard about the DNA test results. The look on his face right now is quite funny, but now I'm seeing something totally different as his frustrated look suddenly turned into a cold gaze.“This is really bad because I'm gonna break someone's fragile heart…”Cassius used the tips of his left fingers to nudge Jersey back away from him and then looked at me, giving me a devilish smirk.“What the heck do you think you're doing?” I asked in fury as I could see sadness on my kids' faces because of this bastard's attitude towards them.“You should have thought well about this before you took those crazy steps,” he raged as he slowly moved toward the side of the room and picked up a club. “What exactly were you expecting? I will happily run into your arms and thank you for giving birth to these brats here?”“ You should mind your language” I
Waking up the next morning, I felt a huge arm wrapped around me, and I knew it’s Maverick. I smiled when I remembered the hot fuck we had yesterday. Slowly turning to face him, I admired his handsome face.“Despite everything I've gone through, I'm thankful that I have you by my side,” I whispered as I used my fingertip to trail down his nose.He opened his eyes, and his grey eyes met mine. I grinned as I moved closer to him with my head placed on his bare chest, and he wrapped his arm around me.“Good morning, sunshine,” he greeted, with a kiss on my head, and I blushed.“Good morning to you too, my shining armor.”“How's your night?”“Hmmm, I don't think I really need to say it since you already know it’s extremely great and...” I slightly raised my head and looked at him, and muttered, “hot, and I have you to thank for that.”“You don't have to, you are kinda strong and wild in bed, and that must have been why I’m head over heels for you,” he joked, and I gave him a hard punch on hi
I got the kids dressed up, and Maverick offered to drop us off at Cassius' family mansion. On the way, there’s total silence between Maverick and me, except only the kids' voices could be heard. “What if they insist on the kids living with them? Or they insisted on giving Cassius and Mary the custody of my kids which is definitely going to be impossible.” I was left in my own thoughts. The car came to a halt, and I looked up to see we had arrived at Cassius' family mansion. I alighted from the car and also helped the kids get down from the car. We bade Maverick goodbye, and I promised to call him if anything came up. We got to the gate, and the security let us in. Upon entering the house, I opened my mouth wide in amaze as I stood at the grand entrance of one of the largest mansions I had ever seen. A car picked us up at the gate. On our way in, we noticed the distance from the mansion gate to the mansion was quite long. The green, lush area surrounded the mansion, except for the d
CASSIUS'S POVMary is getting discharged today. As I helped her pack up, I received a call. Picking up the call, I learned that Mom was rushed to the same hospital.“What happened?” Mary asked as she noticed my mood change.I dropped the phone as I used my hand to ruffle my hair, not sure whether it’s good to inform her about it or not.“Mom fainted.”“What? What exactly happened? Why did she faint?”“Not sure, but I heard she’s also in this same hospital,” I replied as I let out a loud sigh and rubbed my forehead. “Mary, please, can you just go with Kingsley? I need to check on her.”Mary refused to leave and agreed to go with me while Kingsley left with the luggage. As we headed to Mom's ward, I was stopped by one of our maids who stood in front of me.“Is there anything wrong?” I asked as she suddenly stopped me. With the way she was tensed, I guessed it had to do with why Mom fainted.“Honey, can you just go ahead first? I will join you soon,” I said as I turned to Mary, and she n
MARY'S POVI left Mom's ward with a heavy heart, unable to find a single reason why Emelia is doing all this. I'm sure she will tell me everything once we finally meet each other. Deciding to head home because I was already feeling exhausted due to everything that had been happening since morning. On my way outside the hospital, I met Kira with... Emelia’s kids.“Mary!” She exclaimed and then rushed closer to me, hugging me.“Hey, we still see each other on Grandpa's birthday.”“Did we? I feel like it's been quite long,” she joked as she disengaged from me.I jokingly pulled her cheek, and we both chuckled. Kira is friendly and jovial to everyone. She’s the only one that liked me in the entire family. Or maybe she never actually liked me; maybe she just thought it’s better for at least one person to be good to me. I really have no idea.My gaze landed on the twins, taking a good look at them. The boy resembles Cassius while the girl takes after Emelia. I bent with my left hand on my kn