Chapter 3
PHOEBE
I was twelve years old when dad brought in his mistress daughter, Isla who was nine years old.
Mom hated the idea of bringing in Isla but her cute puppy eyes couldn't be ignored. Her mother had just lost her life to cancer and there was no one to take care of Isla.
Dad had to take her in.
Since dad is wealthy, Isla got to live like a princess. Dad didn't like her that much and I knew.
She wasn't pampered like I was but she wasn't mistreated either. But she didn't experience parents love.
I liked Isla at first and I was close to her. She looked pitiful and I felt sorry for her that she didn't have a mother anymore.
We played as children and we were close.
But I started to dislike her when I was starting to get compared with her which was in high school. I was two classes ahead of her but we still got compared.
She went on competition and won medals for the school and herself.
She was pretty and boys were always hovering around her.
She seemed to get all the attention. She was pretty athletic.
In the university, I was into arts and she was in business class.
Dad was proud of her but not me. He didn't like what I choose.
And that was when we started to fall apart. I always felt like the bad girl because she was always smiling and happy towards me.
When I found out about her relationship Joe whose father owned a huge tech company, I was envious.
Then, I set her up.
I made the bar attender pour an aphrodisiac inside her whiskey.
But the guy she had a one night stand with, it wasn't who I was expecting it to be. Even though I knew who he was, there was no way I was going to tell her.
And the guy too, would never know.
I did all that just to have Joe for myself and it worked.
That same night, Joe and I slept together. He left that part out when he told Isla what happened.
I wasn't drunk but even though he was too, he knew it was me as he had called out my name.
Who knows how long he had been longing for me?
I overheard mom discussing with dad that she'd trick Isla to follow her to the hospital for a check up and from there, she would have an abortion and of course, that made me happy.
Everything was going according to plan.
ISLA
"Your baby is healthy and in a condition. You need rest and to eat," The doctor said after doing a check up.
"Okay doctor." I replied enthusiastically and rubbed my tummy.
Phoebe's mom smiled lightly at the doctor.
"Okay doctor, since everything is fine, can she have an abortion now?" Phoebe's mom asked.
I turned to look at her and my jaw dropped, I was appalled.
"Is that what you came for?" The doctor asked.
"Yes." Mom replied.
"What are you talking about? Who are you to decide if I want an abortion or not?" I yelled angrily at her and stood up hurriedly from the chair. I finally got myself back and could now say something.
"This is the best option you can give yourself. Do you want to have a bastard child? A child that you do not know his father?" Mom yelled at me and pulled me down to sit back.
I held my tummy protectively.
"I don't care! It's my baby and I know what's best for it." I told her, wiping my tears that was already running down my face.
"If you do not terminate this pregnancy, you might be kicked out by your father. It is disgraceful enough that you had you cheated outside your relationship with a one night stand and bad enough that you don't even know who the father is." Mom stated.
It was the truth and it hurts, it hurts so bad.
"I still won't do it. I won't kill my child!" I yelled and ran out of the doctor's office and out of the hospital.
I boarded a taxi and went straight to Mel's house. Mel was my only friend and we met in our first year in college.
Since then, we've been friends.
"Hey Isla, what's up?" She looked devastated as she saw the condition I was in. I was probably looking haggard and tired and so sad.
"Mel!" Was the only word I could speak of as I bursted into hot tears.
"Shush!" She said and hugged me. I hugged her tight and sobbed.
When I regained myself, I stopped crying. Mel offered me a cup of water which I chugged down immediately.
"Are you ready to talk to me?" She asked softly. I took in a deep breath and nodded my head.
Then I went on to explain everything to her, not leaving out any details.
At the end, she could only look at me in shock.
"Are you serious Isla? This sounds like one of those novels I read," Mel said.
"I don't know what to do." I sighed and ran my hands through my hair.
"You sure you want to keep this baby? Whatever your decision is, I would support you but I want you to make a decision you won't regret," Mel said to me.
"I don't want to think about anything and I'm sure about what I want. From the very first minute I found out about this baby, I wanted to keep it, give birth and watch it grow." I replied.
Mel nodded her head and smiled at me.
"If that is your final decision, I'd support it. For now, just go home and hear what your parents have to say." She advised.
"Alright." I nodded my head.
"Come on, I'll drop you off." She told me and I followed her out of the house.
FELIX
"Sir!" My butler called me as he walked up to me on my reading table.
I took off my glasses and looked at him.
"Yes? Any good news?" I asked him hopefully.
He bowed his head.
"Yes sir. I found her," He said and I immediately stood up from my chair.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yes sir. I found her and her name is Isla Peterson."
Chapter 4FELIX"Sir!" My butler called me as he walked up to me on my reading table.I took off my glasses and looked at him."Yes? Any good news?" I asked him hopefully.He bowed his head. "Yes sir. I found her," He said and I immediately stood up from my chair."Are you serious?" I asked."Yes sir. I found her and her name is Isla Peterson."He handed me the portfolio in his hand and excused himself.I was glad that he finally found her.I didn't think of looking for her but just kept the memory with me but I couldn't and a week ago, I told my butler to do anything he could to find her.I knew it was going to be pretty difficult as I didn't even know her name.But I gave him the details I could remember.I opened the portfolio and read through it.He had found her through the CCTV camera and from there, he traced her.I looked through her file and I found out that she wasn't just an ordinary girl.Her family was wealthy and she went to prestigious schools. She graduated as the bes
Chapter 5ISLA"We are sorry but we couldn't save the baby. It's life was already in danger," The doctor finally said."No, don't tell me that! Where is my baby?" I bursted into hot tears.I wept so hard that I passed out. I was deeply hurt.When I woke up, I wouldn't say a word. I just stared into space. Even when Mel came, I didn't talk to her.My parents or even Phoebe didn't show up."You have to eat something," Mel said calmly as she tried to spoon-feed me but I turned my head away.I refused to eat or drink anything. Not when I had lost my baby.Few days later, I was discharged. I was nothing like myself and I looked like I was going to collapse anytime soon.I was told that I was unconscious for three days after the surgery and apart from the death of my baby, they gave me another bad news;I won't be able to get pregnant again.My womb was damaged due to the accident. I was just twenty three years old and my motherhood had been cut short.My life seemed meaningless and I hated
Chapter 6FELIX I couldn't stop thinking about Isla because I was sure it was her. I couldn't forget her face and name all these years. How could I?She was in my mind, my head and even my dream. Thoughts I had about her wasn't all that nice though, I was angry at her.She did something I didn't expect she could do and I was never going to forgive her, ever.I closed my desktop and took of my glasses. I stood up from my chair and went to the sitting room.Aiden was still on his MacBook I looked at the wall clock and it was five minutes past ten. It was past his bed time."Aiden?" I called with a sigh. He looked at me briefly but went back to what he was doing."It's past your bed time, you know that right? Drop your MacBook so I can tuck you in bed," I said softly.He ignored me and turned to face away from me.I've tried to be close to my son and made sure he had everything but he wouldn't open up to me.I don't know if he didn't like me and sometimes, he does hurt my feelings.When
Chapter 7AIDENWhen Felix finished scolding Aiden, he got angry and ran away. The butler wanted to run after him but Felix told him not to as he would know his way back to his office whenever he was done sulking.Felix who had an entertainment company still in the same building, little Aiden wandered off until he was completely out of the section where Felix stays and he went to the entertainment part of the building."Hey cutie, are you lost? Where are you going to?" A lady asked with a smile when she saw Aiden and he didn't look like he was from around there.Aiden who didn't like people or talked, ran off.He got to a small room where he saw a door slightly opened and the hallway, people were passing by.He was starting to get scared. He was fidgeting and avoiding eye contact. He badly wanted to hide. He didn't want anybody to touch him too as he didn't like it.To escape from them, he entered the storage room close by and locked the door.The room was dark and he was so scared b
Chapter 8FELIX "Sir, young master doesn't want to eat." Aiden's nanny told me.I took off my glasses and looked at the middle aged woman."What did he say was wrong? What is it this time?" I asked."He wouldn't write it for me, he just doesn't want to eat." She replied.I stood up and went to the dinning room to meet Aiden sulking.After the incident that morning, he had refused to allow me even touch him.He got discharged. I took him home and cancelled all my appointment for the day as I wanted to be with him. Jasmine wanted to come over but I told her not to because Aiden didn't like having her around.We both went home and throughout the ride home, Aiden didn't even give a glimpse at me.I was careless by making him leave on his own and not tell the butler to go after him.Whatever happened to him was because of my carelessness.When we got home, I put him to sleep.He woke up in the evening and I asked his nanny to cook dinner for him while I worked from home in my study room.
Chapter 9ISLAJust as I was coming out from the dressing room, I heard the workers on the set talking. I hid myself to listen to them."You know the female lead rival right? She's a sly fox. I pity for the real girl that got the position.She just came from nowhere and stole someone else's role.I don't think she'll be able to act properly though, the previous actress was good," One of them said."Yes, that girl Isla, she got her role through connections and her audition was for mere formality as it was already decided to give her the role," Another said.What? What were they talking about?I got this role through connection?What do they mean by that?I couldn't hold myself any longer, I made myself known to them.They immediately stopped talking when they saw me, they pretended to be doing something else."I heard what you were saying but I don't understand a thing you were talking about. What do you mean the audition was just for formality sake and I got my role through connection
Chapter 10PHOEBE"Hey babe." Joe walked up to meet me. Joe usually does come to my shooting site anytime he had the chance.Our relationship was made public so, everybody knew we were both dating.Joe and I have been dating for the past five years and he hasn't spoken anything about our wedding plans.He seemed to me he didn't have any marriage plans with me but I wasn't going to let that happen.I'm going to make him marry me. Now that Isla was back, I was a bit nervous.Before I came into the picture, he had loved her and during the years we have been dating, I've caught him more than twice staring at the picture of Isla. Even the pictures they took on their dates, smiling.On some occasions, he would call her name in his sleep when I touched him.He called her name instead of mine. Anytime I confronted him if he still liked her, he would avoid answering by changing the topic."I thought you said you had a meeting that you wouldn't be able to make it here today," I said.He smiled
Chapter 11PHOEBEI got down from the bed with my body without clothes.I picked up my clothes that were everywhere in the room. I went to the bathroom afterwards. I had my bath and wore the baby robe in the bathroom.I came out with my hair dripping wet.I took the hair dryer and sat in front of the mirror and dried my hair.I looked at the bed and as usual, Joe wasn't on the bed. He was gone.I have never woken up to see Joe sleeping by my side. He would always be gone the moment I open my eyes.On several occasions, after sex, he would get ready and leave. We never cuddle to sleep.I was more like those slut that they have their steamy nights with and the men just fling money at them and leave.The only difference here is that, he is my boyfriend and he doesn't throw money at me after sex.But still, I felt angry. It felt so unfair.I took my phone and went to my Instagram. I posted pictures and videos of me on the set of today's drama. Under my caption, I asked for lots of love.