~SIERRA~Gilbert shook his head, and with his facial expression, I could tell he assumed I was with Damian. “I can’t believe you. How could you do this to me?”“Excuse me?”“I’ve been here for you all these years. I made sure you and your children were okay. I made sure you were living a comfortable life, a life that bastard denied you.”“Okay stop! I’m grateful for all you’ve done, for being there for me, but don’t forget that I worked hard for everything I have now,” I said–I was not going to allow a man to make me think less of myself; I did it with Damian, not with anyone else.“It’s because of my restaurant that you were able to build more,” he said, sounding as if I was ungrateful.“A restaurant you sold me—a restaurant that was going bankrupt—or did you forget how you told me that no one was willing to pay for it at a fair price?” I raised my brow and walked toward him. “And now you make it seem like you did me a huge favor when it’s quite the opposite; if anything, I did you a
~SIERRA~With the detectives' words, I remembered what Lily said: that Damian might be behind everything, but how could he? Why would he do that, or did he have anything to do with my father's deal? Maybe he was part of it, or maybe he was the one who made him sign it in the first place. Oh, what can I expect from Damian? He was obviously behind it.“We plan to take him for questioning tomorrow,” the detective said, and it shook me out of my thoughts.
~SIERRA~I left the room and headed straight to the guest room, the one Gilbert slept in. I checked the cupboard and saw that all his clothes were not there anymore. Lana was telling the truth, he had left. “Which time did he leave the house?” I asked Lana, as I wanted to see the possibility of making it to the airport in time.“I'm afraid it's very early, by now his plane could have landed in Houston,” she answered, and I nodded. How would I tell the kids that Gilbert left without telling them goodbye? “Please take my phone from the kid's room to my bedroom and prepare me a warm bath,” I instructed, and she nodded before she left. I stayed in Gilbert's room and looked around, hoping to find something, and I did. A note on the table—it had my name on it, so I assumed he had written it for me. I took it and opened it, then read it in my heart.‘Good morning, Sierra, I've decided to fly back to Texas to think. You are right, the marriage was an agreement. I apologize for falling in lov
~SIERRA~I still couldn't believe it. Damian and Carl were friends, but if they were friends, why did he send me threatening messages, or was Damian asking him to do that, and why didn't he tell Damian that I had triplets instead of a daughter?“Are you okay? Oh, silly question. What do you plan to do now?” She asked, and I shook my head as I didn't know where to start. “Don't worry, I still plan on getting information from Cassie and Damian. I will add Carl to the list,” Lily said, and I nodded.“Why didn't I know about Carl? I do remember James, but Carl, why hasn't he come to the house once?” I asked myself out loud, but Lily answered.“Because Carl was not like James, I don't know what games he's playing, but I'm sure Damian is behind it,” she said, and I shook my head.“If Damian was behind it, then he could know I have triplets and not a daughter.”“Oh Sierra I know Damian better than anyone, and trust me when I say he's behind it because he is,” Lily said, and I nodded—arguing
~SIERRA~“Lana, take Nathan to the room,” I ordered Lana, who nodded and led Nathan away—-Nathan was not stubborn, in fact among my children he was the most mature and understanding one. I turned to Ethan, who had a questionable face. “He's not,” I said."Well, even a fool can tell he's Damians' child, their resemblance, does—does he know?” “Of course not. Can we go, or should I go back in?”“After you,” he said, and I walked out. He followed behind me, my heart was beating fast, with Ethan knowing, it wouldn't be long for it to reach Damian's ears, and then what? Damian would surely start fighting for custody. My driver was already ready to take us. “Can we just go with my car?”“I told you, it's not safe for me to go without guards, they will be in the car, and no one will even notice them. If you feel uncomfortable, you can use your car, and then we can meet there,” I told him. Although I wasn't willing to let him ride alone, I needed to convince him or even ask him to keep it to
~SIERRA~Lily ran to Cassie, maybe it was to try to calm her down while Ethan tried to hold my hand. I don't know what made him think this mere embarrassment would make me uncomfortable, because this just showed how desperate Cassie was."Oh, did you hear that? I also heard she is his ex-wife.”“Do you think they want to get back together?”“Whatever was between them is over now, she must understand.” I heard them whisper as if I were not just near them. I couldn't listen to their comments anymore, this was childish."Oh, are you sure you want to mess with her? I would take that back if I were you,” Ethan turned and said to one of the gossipers. The lady listening to Ethan looked at me before she shouted.“Ms. Reid!” She sounded as if she couldn't believe I was there. “She's one of the most popular businesswomen in Texas,” she said, and just like magic, everyone stopped talking and looked at me. Well, that was just for a minute, as again, they started talking, but not about stealing C
~CASSIE~Since Sierra returned, Damian has changed, he doesn’t touch me or even want to be near me anymore. Even after finding out I was pregnant, he just suggested we care for the child, not jump or celebrate like I imagined him to. I mean, a child is what he had forced me to have for the past years, and now here he was, feeling like it came at the wrong time, not feeling there was once he actually said it as he wanted to win Sierra back.Well, I was not just going to sit and watch him win her back, in fact, I made it my mission for him to fall back for me, if not me, then at least the baby, so I took it upon myself and invited people for the engagement party, even when there was no real engagement. I managed to convince Damian that this was ne
~CASSIE~It was the next morning. I usually wake up late, but today since I was meeting that mysterious caller, I couldn’t miss that for anything in the world. I went straight to the shower and took a bath. After the bath, I dressed up and prepared myself for the day. I had an appointment with the doctor too, and I wanted to go there early as the caller told me we would meet during lunchtime.After getting ready, I walked down, not expecting to find anyone, but I found Ava and Damian. “Ava, I didn’t know you were coming this early,” I said, and walked to them. Ava has never really liked me since years ago when I broke her lovely cousin’s heart. I walked to Damian and almost kissed his lips, but he turned, so my lips landed on h