By the time Gabriella opened her eyes, it was the next morning. The curtains had been slightly drawn together to allow ample energy and sunlight in the room.Gabriella blinked her eyes slowly as she sighed softly. She had indeed fainted and in her dream, Diego had been the one to bring her to the hospital. She didn't know if he had known that she fainted and even if he knew if he would even come to say hi to her.Just as she tried to stand up, she felt something on her hand, a glance sent shock and surprise washing through her body upon seeing Alex sleeping beside her. Another glance showed Noah dozing off in one of the cushions in the room. A soft smile appeared on her face as she tried not to wake Alex up but her small movements had already woken the dozing one."You are finally awake" Noah muttered as Gabriella swallowed her saliva."He was here all night," Noah said as he glanced at Alex."Blaming himself for some stupid shit I know you are at fault at" Noah added as Gabriella chu
Gabriella patiently waited for Diego to come back and much to her disappointment; he didn't come back until night. Gabriella contemplated within her before she decided to tell him the truth."Hey" Gabriella greeted him whileDiego nodded perfunctorily."Are you better now?" Diego asked asGabriella winced at his reply before seating back on her bed staring into space without replying to Diego's questions."One morning like every other day, my dad left home for work. He said he would be back in the evening" Gabriella started as Diego sat himself on the cushion patiently listening to whatever Gabriella has in store for him."But he didn't come back," Gabriella added as she chuckled."He didn't come back the second day or the third day or the fourth or the fifth day. He didn't come back a week later or a month later or two months later or half a year later and even one year later and even years now no one knows where he is" Gabriella muttered."Two months after my father disappeared, I c
A hug?Gabriella stood frozen in Diego 's hug without moving. Was this her last hug with Diego ? Why was he hugging her?Holding the other girl in his arms, Diego didn't know what to say. Her heart and mind was in turmoil and different thoughts were running through his mind. He knew that Behany hadn't gone in depth with her story and had just summarized the whole story for him and he knew that there was much more to the whole story.Losing your only parent at eight and being left to fend for yourself, Diego almost couldn't bring himself to imagine it. She was left alone to cater for herself without anybody on her side to help her.How did she manage while growing up? In fact life had forced her to grow up earlier.That's why at the age of twenty, she looked like she had lived life for almost forty years after all growing up, and she had only seen the harsh and fiery part of life.Diego pulled her closer to him, pressing her head further into his embrace. He had long realized that th
"So happy that you and Diego settled your differences" Mona said as she chuckled while Gabriella shook her head."I Mean, I and Angel had been wriggling our heads together looking for ways to get Diego to talk to you. We said we were going to see him in his office if you guys still didn't settle" Mona added as Gabriella chuckled softly."Thank you guys. Thank you so much"Gabriella replied as Angel laughed.'It's all okay now. You two have settled and that's okay now" Angel replied as they laughed.It's been barely a week since she and Diego got back together, it's been barely a week since she came clean about her identity and what her story was to Diego.After promising the latter not to hide anything from him, she came clean about a lot of the other stuff too and Diego didn't also mince words in telling the little secrets about him too. She had also been shocked to realize that Diego was also a hacker and although he refused to tell her his hacking ID, she figured out he wouldn't, m
"A visitor?" Diego asked with his eyebrows furrowed."Miss Omo said she's here to help you with Gabriella 's case" Andrew whispered as Diego chuckled.Put a call across to Director Fiona.They have to find Gabriella quickly"Diego replied as he turned to the female."Hold it. Do not hack into the Shaw family security system" Diego said as the female nodded."Yes sir" she said as Diego stepped out of the room and took the elevator.There was no expression on his face but the emotions in him were raging crazily but his calm face even scared people more. No one knew what he was thinking at all.Diego strode into his office with Andrew behind him. Stephanie was seated down on one of the cushion's quietly sipping her coffee. Diego sat down on the cushion in front of her and crossed his legs."What help do you want to offer?"Diego asked as Stephanie smiled quietly at him."Calm down Diego . Nothing is going to happen to Gabriella as long as you agree to my terms" Stephanie replied as Andr
"Shut up" Who do you think you are?" He growled at her as he chuckled."You are just some toy that Shame is playing with; you know why he marrieed you? That's because grandfather asked him to. That old man has a lot of stupid rules in his head and so my lovely cousin used you. Why are you feeling so high up?' Vanter asked as Gabriella burst into laughter."This is the exact reason why I said you are stupid. When you know that Diego is just using me, then is kidnapping me not just useless. What makes you think he will give up a huge company like the Rodriguez Corporations to save someone that he's just using like me?" Gabriella asked as she laughed again."The act of kidnapping me to control Diego is stupid then thinking that he would give up such a huge company for me is ridiculous. If you kill me now, maybe you'll be able to find something else to control Diego and make him give you the company" Gabriella added as she smiled at Vanter."But then, I admire your courage, messing wit
Diego and Gabriella held onto each other quietly as the doctor prescribed drugs to Gabriella and walked out of the ward while Diego kissed the back of Gabriella 's hand."You'll be fine in a day or two" Diego said as Gabriella smiled while nodding her head."I know" Gabriella said as she stared atDiego smiling with crystals in her eyes."Why are you looking at me like that?"Diego asked, smiling quietly with her as well."You don't know why?" Gabriella asked as Diego shook his head."I don't know why. Tell me" Diego replied as Gabriella smiled."For a long time, I tried to imagine you being in love with me and all and yet reality kept hitting me in the face, like, Gabriella get a grip on yourself; there's no way Diego 's gonna like you, do you have any idea in which the circumstances in which you two got married?" Gabriella asked in reply as Diego squeezed her hand tighter."And when I found that you actually liked me, loved me" Gabriella continued her voice getting smaller as she s
Gabriella watched as Diego walked into the study and closed the door behind him. He hadn't said a word since they had gotten home. He was almost like a zombie. Gabriella had already exhausted the words that she could use to convince him that everything was alright.For something that had never happened before, absolutely nothing was going to be alright. It was a disaster and until Director Fiona found out why and what had happened, Diego was in a precarious situation.She knew the only reason why Director Fiona didn't immediately detain Diego was because one, she couldn't two, she knew Diego wouldn't and couldn't disappear from the surface of the earth and three. Diego was as destabilized as them, even twice as destabilized.Gabriella removed the gown she had worn out and changed into a pair of jaggers and a tan top before she grabbed her laptop and placed it on the bed. Wiggling her fingers, she ran Her fingers on the keyboard and her system seemed to go blank before login details