“Noah?”“Were you expecting someone else?” He asked observing as she struggled to catch her breath. He sees how her nerves are acting up and wonders why.“Shall we?” he asked, stretching out his hand and taking hers. Noah walked to the table where his friends sat, uttering no words. The elegance of the formal dining hall could not be explained with words. It was ethereal. The event company took their time to convert one of the Milton living rooms to a ball room filled with chairs and tables. The room was bathed in soft candlelight, casting a warm glow over the table where Sophia sat surrounded by Noah's friends. Sophia sat quietly watch as the speech began. Everyone family in the room chose a representative to say something nice about Heather Milton. "I hope I didn't miss anything," Randall said as he sat next to Sophia. “No, not really,” her voice came through with a smile. Randal Walton was the only one who knew how to make good conversation. The only one who could break the awk
“Sophia, wait, please,” Noah shouted as they passed through a swarm of guests taking pictures and mingling outside. He felt horrible. After finding out the twins were his, he never announced it. That was because he thought Sophia wanted it that way. Tanya was not going to get away with what she did. “What? What the fuck do you want?” She increased her pace, gradually cleaning off the tears streaming down her cheeks. Her heart had completely sunk into her feet. She was so upset, so much so that she made a fool of herself. She dug her nails into her palm. ‘You're so stupid! What were you trying to prove?’She didn't know what hurt more, her lungs constricting, or her heart beating rapidly against her chest, threatening to jump out. He watched as she ran towards her car in heels. “Sophia, you're going to fall!”“Leave me alone!” she retorted. Just then, someone reversed their car very quickly almost sending Sophia to the floor face down. “You see what I was saying,” Noah scolded as h
Chantelle stared at her tablet, her heart sinking into her feet. She replayed the video Sophia declaring the paternity of her children. In the same vain, Noah owned it. Anger flared up within her. She swiped through her tablet staring at another video and a copule of photos. That was one of the perks of owning a media outlet, she could get any kind of news she wanted, erased or not. She saw how much trouble Noah went through to get Sophia and his kids out of the tabloids, that was a good reason to get them back in. After one call to her Editor-in-chief, images of Sophia from college had spread all over the internet. She used every unflattering photo she could find, along with details of her father's death. Anything that could put Sophia out of commission and disburb her mental health. Chantelle squeaked a little then did a victory lap around her office. ‘She thinks she's on top of the world, she doesn't know what she has coming.’It had been thirty-minutes since the post had gone o
“What's the good word Savannah?”“As you know you have a lot of enemies. Not because you did anything wrong but because people always want to reap where they didn't sow.”“Do you have any leads?”“No, not for now. But if anything changes, I'll let you know. How's Sophia holding up?” Noah turned back to find Sophia taking a spin on the swivel chair. After being in a frenzy for an hour when the realization of her kids kidnap finally hit. Now she was impossible calm, no single hint of expression on her face. “To be honest, I don't know.”“I understand, she's in denial. Just make sure she doesn't do anything stupid.”Noah nodded, “Will do,” they both went silent before the call came to an end. “Sophia,” he said charging towards her as another round of tears threatened to stream down her cheeks. “I've mobilized the military and hell, even the FBI. Except the culprit is some underworld mafia boss, I don't see them getting far with our babies, okay?”Sophia nodded softly, “But what if they
**Flashback**“Hey girl.”“What's up Chantelle? I haven't seen you in a minute, where have you been?”“Causing chaos.” Chantelle paused. “Speaking of chaos, I hear Sophia Whyte is flaunting her little brats around the city, claiming Noah as her baby daddy.”“It seems like you're very well informed,” Tanya snickered, “Queen of chaos, do you have anything in mind?”“Always,” Chantelle croaked, “A little October surprise like the one Sophia gave us by returning to this damn city with kids.”“How can I help?” Tanya inquired, the idea of messing with Sophia sat well with her. Just imagining the look of surprise of her face made her heart do a cartwheel. What inspired her most was imagining Noah's reaction. She had nothing to lose. Noah had already threatened her. One thing about Noah was that he made good on his promises. “With all that has happened, Noah's enemies are still looking for their pound of flesh. He obviously has a lot of people who have him at the top on their hit list.”“Yes
“So, let me get this straight,” Savannah accessed Chantelle, “The guards you hired double crossed you.”Chantelle nodded. “And you said you hired them blindly, how could they have known that the children belonged to Mr. Milton?”“I really don't know. It was a shock to me too.”“The only person you told about this was Tanya Milton right? Do you think she has a hand in this?”“I did call her a couple of times to complain about the children's behavior. But I don't think she would do something like that. She was very skeptical of my little prank in the first place.”“The person who kidnapped the twins from you knew very much that thy would struggle. Hence the reason for the chloroform and an additional two guards.”“Yes,” she answered sobbing. “Clean your fucking tears bitch. The theatre's closed,” Sophia said firmly. Noah held onto her shoulders softly. He wouldn't be surprised if she charged at Chantelle. Anger swirled up inside her. If she didn't see her kids soon, all hell would bre
Noah and Sophia held hands at the back of Savannah's jeep. They both would need treatment at a hospital after what they had been through. Noah driving his hand through the wall, and Sophia driving her fist through Chantelle. With the speed they were taking, all the cars on the road knew to give way. The fleet of luxurious cars coupled with police vehicles that wailed. All roads led to the Astor Villa, the safe return of the Milton twins was the only thing on everyone's agenda. “With all due respect, your sister is fucking stupid.” Savannah said as she stared at the GPS device they were using to locate Tanya. “She didn't even bother leaving the Villa. Does she understand that the crime she committed can sent her in for at least 20 years?”“Then you better start processing her arrest,” Noah said indifferently. He loved his sister, but this was the height of her stupidity. How could she kidnap his children and blame it on someone else.In fact, it didn't make sense. Tanya was malicio
“What do you mean by it was mom?”“Why do you think she isn't here now? She--”Sophia cut her off, “Oh my God, aren't you people tired of sending us on this unfortunate merry-go-round? I for one, am fed up. I don't really want to know who did it. Cut off someone's finger if you must, all I want, is Addison and Aiden.”“Look, I wasn't in support of what Chantelle did--”“Oh please, I've heard this story time and time again, I don't need a freaking replay. Where are my children?”“Harriet took them, but I don't know where,” Tanya screamed. “And you expect us to believe this story?”“Yes, believe me.”“Okay, Tanya. Explain to me how Chantelle took my kids, then you took them, then your mom took them from you. I smell jail-time in your future.”“Look, find mom, she knows where the kids are.”“This is completely unbelievable, why would your mum want to kidnap her own grandbabies?”“Well, we're about to find out,” Noah chimed in, “My driver tells me she's at one of our private runners righ