JADEMax turned and stared at me quietly for a while before walking out of my room.I followed behind him as I realized I was showing too much anger. I had to control my emotions or risk losing everything I had worked hard for.It was still difficult to believe that my baby had gone through so much suffering right in her father's house. Her nannies were all useless and even Agatha had some explaining to do. Max waited in the living room while I went to my kids' bedroom and came out with Aurora. He went on his knees and pulled her into his arms as he said, "Can you show me where you were burnt with a cigarette?"She looked up at me with fear in her eyes and I smiled at her. Caressing her cheek, I told her, "It's okay, Honey. You can tell your Daddy and everything will be fine. He will punish Stacy and make sure she never sees you again."She smiled at me at turned to face Max whose eyes carried complicated emotions in them."Daddy, will you really not take me back to mummy?" She asked

MAXAfter speaking to Daisy again, I felt a little calm, as opposed to earlier when I thought I was going to explode from anger.I was close to my house and had already called the police. Stacy's call came into my phone again and I answered it."Max, where are you?" She asked impatiently. "You are keeping me waiting and I don't like it. What can be more important than being with your fiancee?"I gritted my teeth, "Be patient. I'll be there soon."Once I entered my house, I saw Stacy sitting on the couch with an aggrieved expression on her face. Her long legs were stretched out and her head leaned against the arm of my couch.Just as I reached her, I asked, "Why did you burn Aurora with a cigarette?"Her eyes widened in shock at first, but almost immediately, her expression changed and she exclaimed, "Excuse you! Why would I do such a...."She was still speaking when I gripped her neck and began to choke her. Her face turned red as she struggled to speak and push my hand away at the sa

JADEListening to Max, I felt as though I was imagining things. Being his wife for real and living together as one big family with our children had to be the best thing ever.As he stared at me, waiting for my answer, I found myself smiling and my heart beating fast. However, the smile on my face disappeared when I remembered that to Max, I wasn't Jade but Daisy.If he came to know that I was the woman he had been searching desperately for, he would go ballistic and take all our children from me. If that were to happen, I would lose my will to live. Worst-case scenario, one of us would wind up dead.I could not outright reject him since I had no idea how far away it would push him from me or what the result of that action would be. I had to bid my time until I had gotten my daughter's full trust and was ready to leave.I smiled and circled his neck with my wrists as I stood on my tippytoes and kissed him, "Max, I'm honored that you chose me to spend the rest of your life with.Frankly

STACYI stood inside my cell, fuming. How could that little brat rat me out to Max after all the undeserving love I showed her?I hated that liability called Aurora, and how could I not? It was all Max's fault. The plan was to marry me before making me his daughter's mother but he made me a baby mama instead. Did he have any idea how embarrassing that was for me?If Max had married me rather than spent all his time cheating on me like his life depended on it, I may have loved that little brat. He dumped her on me and was now acting like I did wrong.What was he expecting? That I would love her with my whole heart? Her mother ruined my life and changed him into an unapologetic cheat so how could I not take out my anger on her?But who could have given her the courage to speak to Max? Aurora was too scared to rat me out and I made her that way for a reason. She would never open up about how badly I treated her in secret even if Max asked her.The fact that she spoke out meant that there

MAX"Who is Jade?" I heard Daisy ask Agatha.They both acted like they did not hear my voice as Daisy continued, "Max called me the same name once. Do you also know her? What is going on?"Agatha turned her face away from her, "Sorry about that. It's just that you remind me a lot of her. Now, please answer my question."Daisy held her hands and spoke softly, "You need to believe me, Agatha, I never hurt you intentionally. I thought someone had broken into my house and completely forgot about your presence.As a mother, my first instinct was to protect my children. In doing so, I hurt you and I'm so sorry about it. I regret it a lot. How can I make it up to you?""How could you mistake me for a thief when the lights were on? I could have died." Agatha complained."I'm so sorry," Daisy kept saying. "My children love you so much, and that's because you are a good woman. Please, believe me, I would never intentionally hurt you."I recalled that Daisy had told me that the lights were off a