As Kirsten and Matthew made their way further into the hall, Graciella, while talking to one of Lincoln's family friends, caught sight of them. "Excuse me for a while, I'll come back in a bit," she said and strode off to Matthew and Kirsten after the person nodded. Though feeling embittered, Graciella wore a smile on her face. "Mr Roosevelt… " Graciella paused for a moment and continued despite the niggling feeling she had. "Mrs Roosevelt." As though they had talked about it, in synchrony, Matthew nodded their head and said, "Mrs Lincoln." The exchange between them was watched by the people inside the hall. Following Graciella's lead, Matthew and Kirsten took the front seat and then left them, seemingly restless. The people who had witnessed the whole fiasco the night before began to rethink if Jenny's statement was true. "Looking for him?" Matthew's jealous voice rang in her ears when her eyes scanned the place looking for James. Like a child caught stealing a candy,
The car was dark but Matthew could sense the apprehension coming from Kirsten. He leaned and said in a low voice. “If you aren’t ready to conceive yet, I won’t force you.” Kirsten was still young and he was not in a hurry to have a child. They have to strengthen their bond before welcoming a child together. Significantly, Kirsten's highly strung body relaxed in his arms. “Thank you, Matthew.” When they came back home after a two week holiday in Norway, Kirsten was occupied with many cases while Matthew was expanding overseas and was always on business trips. She and Matthew barely spent time together except during the nights when sleeping together. This went on for nearly two months. One evening after a tiring work, as Kirsten was dragging her exhausted body into the penthouse, Matthew was rushing towards her. Kirsten was taken aback at the urgency in his face. “Something’s wrong?” She grabbed Matthew’s wrist to stop him. “I have to go for a business trip,” Matthew kissed
After being discharged from the hospital, Kirsten and Matthew flew back home. The time she was confined in the hospital, Kirsten was able to think about her relationship with Matthew. What a fool she was. To begin with, she and Matthew entered a year-long contract marriage. Why didn’t she thoroughly think about Matthew’s behavior towards Monalisa? He married her not to make Monalisa jealous. Lucille was right; she was just a chess piece in the hand of Matthew, protecting his beloved. It wasn’t surprising he was such a legendary tycoon, he was a prodigy at manipulating a situation to his advantage and this was a classic example. At the thought of being played, Kirsten wanted to get revenge. “Here for breakfast?” His voice was casual, light even but his eyes roamed over her small figure almost hungrily, taking in every single detail of her face and figure which is getting rounder because of her pregnancy. They had been living past each other for nearly one month, with Kirsten de
Kirsten sat up and was preparing to get her t - shirt that was thrown on the floor. But Matthew encircled her waist, hindering her.“Don’t go. We have to talk about it.” Matthew said with a begging tone and Kirsten agreed reluctantly.They sat on the edge of the bed, Matthew bent forward, picking her t - shirt and gave it to her. It was cold in the room and he couldn't let her go bare while they were seated as she might catch a cold.“The mastermind behind the abduction and assault was my enemy and I felt guilty that it was because of me, Vanessa went through a nightmare.” Matthew was guilty for Vanessa but at the same time thankful because his enemy didn’t go for Kirsten. He didn’t know what he’d do if it was
“Good morning, my love,” Kirsten heard Matthew’s voice when she opened her eyes in the morning. Mesmerized by the handsome man standing near the foot of the bed, she stared at him without blinking her eyes.Finding her reaction adorable, Matthew could not hold back his laughter which snapped back Kirsten into reality.“Are you not going to your office?” Kirsten asked when Matthew sat beside her and surrounded her with his pair of powerful arms.“You still have two days left of your leave of absence and I’m going to stay with you.” For the previous months they barely had time with each other. He realized that he had neglected her, just because she wasn’t complaining doesn’t mean that he could go on
“No, I don’t want to stay there.” Norman stubbornly said.“Okay, you’ll stay here. But don’t make it hard for the doctor and nurse.” Matthew said and picked his phone to give instruction to Steven to arrange for doctors and nurses for Norman.“I think my time is near, it won’t take long before I die. Can you stay with me until I die?” Norman said.Kirsten’s heart lurched in sadness and teared up. “Don’t you want to see Matthew’s child? The child will be your first great grandson. You’ll still see him grow, grandpa.”“How I wish I could still see them grow, but if not and had given a chance to
Before Kirsten could blink her eyes, the atmosphere around them became suffocating. Matthew’s jaw was so tightly clenched that she could see the little muscles knotting just below his ears and his knuckles showed white where his grip had tightened.“What?” Donna asked when Kirsten took a long time to answer her.Kirsten swallowed to lubricate her dry throat. “I haven’t seen James since his father’s wake.”“But James is your best friend, you can call him.” Donna had a huge crush on James and when she learned that James was Kisten’s best friend she thought of asking her help but it took a few months to muster her courage to ask for Kirsten’s help.
Flanked by Gillian and Klaire, Kirsten entered a fancy restaurant followed closely by four men in black suits. She could feel the discomfort emanating from Gillian and Klaire, nevertheless, she would not let the bodyguard leave. Not ignorant of the viciousness of Gordon and Lucille, letting her guard down would give them a chance to inflict harm. Neither did she explain why she needed a bodyguard as it would only scare Gillian and would trigger her hypertension. The thought that Gordon and Lucille would use her family as a trump card Kirsten considered requesting bodyguards to secretly protect them. As they were enjoying their time giggling while having a chat they were interrupted by Lucille who saw Gillian but she didn't notice Kirsten as her back was facing her. "What a small world Gillian," Lucille wore a gentle smile while she spoke. Gillian's smile froze and her eyes darted at Kirsten in worry. Kirsten turned to look at the woman behind her and was taken aback to see Luc