Would you like a singer in a mask?
“So, Nathan, I got your back up singer. She should be good to go in three days. The only thing to consider is that she doesn’t wish to be seen on screen. So, I’m preparing a mask for her. It will even add some mysterious vibe to her, I promise. You are so going to love her, I promise.” Selene spoke in a careful voice, hoping he wouldn’t bring up the topic of the previous night. “Selene, am I even your friend at all? Why didn’t you tell me anything? I was worried sick, you know?” Nathan’s voice held a longing that Selene didn’t wish to dwell on. Later on, she texted to inform him that she was doing perfectly well, and he didn’t need to worry about her. However, he was still curious about what happened that day. He wanted to ask who those men in black were, why the man in the lead seemed so familiar with her, why she didn’t contact him until now, why she was trying to avoid the topic… He wanted to know a lot of things, but Selene seemed to be evading everything about that nig
“What were you doing with my daughter, you leech? What do you want with Selene? Wait, were you the one who paid the producer to tell me everyone was supposed to be indoors? Declan, you did this!” Celeste attacked Declan as soon as he was about to exit the restricted zone. He had successfully dropped off Selene and Chloe without being spotted by anyone. However, he was a little surprised to notice that his crazy sister was lying in wait for him. “Madam Bigshot, please do not make a scene out here. There is no paparazzi around, you know!” He blatantly mocked her for chasing clout, and Celeste wasn’t having any of it. “What do you mean by that, you bastard? I asked what you were doing with that little girl just now.” Seeing how uptight Celeste was getting, Declan couldn’t help but decide to give her a dose of the same medicine she had been dishing out to him for the last thirty-four years. “You call Selene your daughter? Are you kidding me? The last time we spoke, you were wil
“Selene, I think you need to be very careful around this Benson guy. I don’t trust him one bit. Can you believe I saw Coco exit his room just a while back?” Chloe spoke dramatically, causing Selene to probe, “Why are you making such a big deal about this? We both know they are colleagues. I can even say they are rather friends if I should be fair.” Chloe eyed her friend as if she were a toddler who didn’t understand how the real world worked. “She was sneaking out of the place, dimwit. No one walks like that out of a friend’s room.” Chloe responded, earning a shrug from Selene. “So, if you are speaking from experience, how many of your friends' rooms did you tiptoe out of?I have no friends to visit, so you could tell me about it, no?” Selene teased her friend, causing Chloe to roll her eyes at her before adding, “I’m being serious right now, Selene. This is not a joke. With the way the guy looks at you, he could even force himself on you if you ever find yourself alone in the
“Tell me everything is intact. I don’t want any errors, Coco. Mind you, if anything goes wrong, it’s on your head. Don’t disappoint me.” Benson quickly spoke to her as if they didn’t know each other. He even made it sound like Coco was the one to gain from whatever they planned to do. “Why would you talk like that, Benson? You haven’t even looked at me properly since you set eyes on the new girl. What? You want to replace me with her?” Coco felt a bitter taste in her mouth when that word fell from her lips. She wasn’t willing to lose this man for any reason at all. If for anything, she will rather eliminate all the threats standing in her way, no matter how difficult it is to eradicate them. “You should have told me all along that you want some sweetness, Bella… Ahem! I mean, Coco.” He referred to her as Bella, then quickly corrected himself when he noticed that she didn’t make a fuss about a thing. “I think she didn’t hear me. Thank goodness. Knowing Coco, she w
“Selene, just as I said yesterday, you need to be very careful with that jerk today. If you miss a single step, it will be too dire for us to handle. We both understand what I mean.” Chloe kept reminding her friend about what might go wrong if she’s not careful enough. “Come on, Chloe, you know he even called me yesterday, but I didn’t give in to his rantings. How about we forget about him and concentrate on the positives of today’s scene instead?” Selene tried to reason with her friend, hoping Chloe would drop the topic and concentrate on the day’s scene. “You don’t get what I mean, Selene. That is where my problem is. He told you he will do everything to get you as his woman, or no one else will. That’s to say that he might even hurt you if he doesn’t have you to himself. That’s a big threat right there. Do you understand the gravity of the situation? That is the reason why today’s scene scares me so much. It’s not even helping to see how sneaky they’ve been since morning
“Tell me, Wendy, why did you lie to me about spiking Declan’s drink? You made me look like a fool in the presence of the man I love. Now, he doesn’t even wish to see me anymore.” Angelique Penn addressed Wendy like the lowly servant that she thought him to be.“If you can’t do it right, must you attempt it? I don’t even understand why you need to be this uptight all the time.Or, do you have eyes for Declan also?” Angelique taunted in rage, only to hear the nanny respond in a calm voice, “I have been at his side since Maya got pregnant. I took care of her till Chloe was born. I was there when the little girl was named, and I am still relevant in his life. What else do you think I need apart from this?”Wendy sounded like a contented housewife who didn’t have any further demands to make as long as her husband came back home to her.“Are you telling me you have feelings for Declan Grayson, and only wish to finally see your love through the silent efforts you make?Hahaaaaha! Ah,
“no eres mi madre. Nunca supe lo que significaba esa palabra. Toda mi vida he sido nada menos que huérfano de madre. You are not my mother. I've never known what that word ever meant. All my life, I've been nothing short of motherless.)” The sound of those words was so harsh that the woman couldn’t even breathe properly. The pain in her chest made it feel as though someone was squeezing her chest so tightly that breathing became a huge chore all of a sudden. “no por favor… no digas eso (no, please… Don't say that)” The woman’s tears fell so much that one may be confused to think she was mourning. She kept shaking her head vigorously, the words, “No… No…” remaining on her lips. She wished he could stop saying those things, as she only did everything because she wanted to protect and keep him safe. “¿Dónde estuviste todos estos años? ¿Por qué me abandonaste, sólo para aparecer ahora que no te necesito? Where were you all these years? Why did you abandon me, only to appear now t
“S… Selene… S… Selene, sweetheart, please tell me you’re okay. Please…” As Celeste fumbled around in the dust, she was so stricken that her mind couldn’t stop replaying the scary scene that just unfolded before her. She was hoping her daughter would jump into her arms, so that she would be the one to get hurt, instead of her. However, when she witnessed how Selene got thrown out of the vehicle just now, her body was yet to stop trembling, but, she still fumbled around to get through to her. Selene wasn’t supposed to stray this far into the forest, but things just went haywire, and she could only hope that her daughter was safe. Celeste was sure she wouldn’t recover if her daughter’s life was ever lost through this experience. ~~~Flashback~~~ The car sped for a while, as Selene tried to manoeuvre it toward a stream up ahead. A few crew members had swam in it when they came, so she intended to jump into it after discarding the car. However, she suddenly noticed that the vehic