“How could you do this to us in less than three weeks to our wedding?” Kareen fumed as tears welled in her eyes.She was so ashamed of Gerald’s actions which brought the public wrath upon them. She couldn’t even lift her face in public anymore and their wedding was around the corner.How could she tolerate being bashed at the same time frame as her half-dream wedding?“I didn’t mean to harm us,” Gerald said to her as his feet remained rooted at a spot. “I planned to improve my image so I could get new deals through that post.”“Now, look where that has brought us,” Kareen cried as she pounded her fists on the pillow. Tears streamed down her face as anger fuelled in her heart.The level of deep antagonizing emotions she was feeling at the moment was powerful enough to stop the flow of oxygen to her heart.It could end her.“Just calm down already.” Gerald tried calming her down by speaking softly, but none of that was working. “I promise, I will make it up to you,” he tried.Ka

"I didn't go there to cause trouble." Gerald tried to defend himself but his mother countered it. "If you didn't go there to cause any trouble, what happened to the outcome of you being locked up by the police?"Gerald murmured something before saying out loud, "That was Isabella infuriating me. She rallied her friends up to fight against me."His mother glared hard at him. "It seems like you have forgotten about protecting your image and your reputation. Why wouldn't they bully you when you are giving them the chance to play cheap tricks."Mrs. Cooper made him to understand that she was disappointed in the kind of gift he gave to his own daughter."It is your ex-wife you have issues with. Don't mistreat that child otherwise that woman who is ready to swallow you up will take her far away from you."Mrs. Copper knew the full story about the whole birthday saga and the kind of present he gifted her granddaughter and couldn't help scolding him."I will never mistreat Isla." Gerald defen

Bella made her way straight to Richard in light steps. She was going to greet him normally but then to her surprise, he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and brought her in for a hug.While Isla was still distracted, he leaned in to steal a soft kiss from her lips. Bella was shy and immediately pulled away.It didn't matter that the kiss only lasted for three seconds, she could still feel the lingering sensation and that wet feeling on her lips.A grin appeared on Richard's face just before Isla turned her head to the other side."I prepared dinner for you," Richard revealed. "And be rest assured that you two are not going back this night.""Well, I'm glad that this is the weekend," Bella replied like she had come prepared for anything. After all, this was the man she had missed so much, so she was willing to do anything in other to spend some quality time with him.Richard has been looking after them even from a distance and there was no way she wouldn't feel touched enough to be wi

Some days later, Gerald wedded Kareen in a private wedding ceremony that made it to the blogs.It wasn't because of the extravagant set-up that Kareen enforced that brought the public's attention to them, but because it was reported that most of Gerald's colleagues in the movie industry declined his invitation and didn't show up for his wedding.Once again, the effort Kareen made to attract attention in a positive light failed.She had deliberately invited and paid off two news publishers to take photos of her expensive wedding props and write a good article but the majority still found a way to push it aside and talk about something else.Scandalous Gossip Blog reported that Gerald and Kareen's wedding had nothing to do with privacy after they paid off some paparazzi to write a good report about their wedding.Bella's massive supporters which came about because she was a good person in the public's eyes and had never once involved herself in a public drama only to be publicly disresp

From that moment onwards, Bella refrained from ignoring Richard openly."Would you like some more mashed potatoes?" she inquired when she got up from her seat to serve herself more food."Yes, please," Richard replied and lifted his plate for her. She took it the next moment and filled it with more dishes she knew he would like.During dinner, Bella's parents left business out of the conversation and talked only about family and happy memories.Seeing how well her parents were interacting with Richard, Bella had mixed feelings about it.Of course, she would like for her parents to like the man she was dating, but on the other hand, she was scared for their reaction when they found out that Richard was Gerald's uncle and they were seeing each other.Bella was so distracted by those thoughts that Richard noticed.He answered Mrs. Smith's question before putting his big strong hand on Bella's thigh. There was no one sitting on their side, so he wasn't afraid of being caught.Bella felt t