EMELIA'S POVI wasn't embarrassed by what Mary said to me because I knew I deserved that. I shouldn't have uttered those hurtful words to her, especially when we’re in public. I really didn't plan on saying those hurtful words, but she’s the one who pushed me to my limit.“Mummy,” I heard Jersey's voice as she ran into my arms.Kira had been taking care of them. I walked closer to her and thanked her because I knew both of them are troublesome, so she would have gone through a lot. As I wanted to leave, she seemed to have something to say to me but wasn't able to, and I wondered why she decided not to.We headed outside the hospital, and I hailed down a cab and headed home with the kids. Today has really been a long day. Since they said they weren't hungry and Kira had fed them, I decided to just give them a bath and then tuck them in.I sang a lullaby for them as I watched them sleeping, and I chuckled as I saw Jersey smiling in her sleep, which meant that she must have had a blast to

MARY'S POV“I actually have something I wanted to discuss with you,” Mom said, and that's when I also remembered that I had something I needed to tell her.“Really? I also have something I need to inform you about, but you can go on first.”“No, how about you go on first,” Mom urged, but I told her to go on first, but she insisted that I go on first.“Actually, Cassius and I have decided to get the custody of Emelia's kids,” I conveyed, and the look on her face seemed like she's already aware of it. “Do you already know about it?”“Yes, I did, and that’s why I said I wanted to have a discussion with you,” she said, and I wondered how she got to know about this unless she met with Emelia. “Mary, I don't think that is a good option. Why don't you just adopt a kid instead? Getting custody of the kids who are accustomed to their real mother and know that she’s hale and hearty might backfire in the future.”“Mom, we have thought about that a lot. They are still kids, clocking five years ol

EMELIA'S POV"Thank you."A smile graced my lips as I dropped the call. I sipped my wine and danced around happily as everything seemed to be going my way. The threat worked, and Cassius had dropped the case, but there’s one thing mother didn't know: I’ll continue to haunt her with her actions because I’m sure she thought I would let go of everything just because she talked to Mary.She must be dreaming...As tomorrow is going to be another great day to give someone a little surprise, happiness fills me more. I'm starting my job tomorrow and I'm ready to surprise someone. I know that old man is trying to use me to keep Mary in check, but I’ll pretend like I've no idea about his intentions towards me. The Aldriche family has trust issues; I doubt they ever trust anybody. Well... they might trust their own blood, but there’s one thing they never know: they’re all just pieces of chess, and that old fool is the game master, moving them the way he wanted.From my discussion with him in the

As I dropped the kids off at school, I proceeded to the restaurant where I was meeting May. As I walked inside the restaurant, my gaze landed on her, and I’ll say she never changed a little bit; she”s still looking beautiful and hot just like before.“Babyyyyyyyy” I shouted with my arms wide open as I rushed toward Vivian, not minding if there were people who were not comfortable with the way I was shouting, but that’s their own problem.May didn't even act like she saw me but just lowered her gaze and then called the waitress. I'm disappointment, I released my arms that were hanging in the air and took a seat in front of her. We ordered food, and we both ate silently.“I've got a few more months to live,” I broke out to her, and immediately she froze as she dropped her cutlery, her jaw dropped and looked at me in bewilderment.“What did you just say?” She asked, not sure of what she heard, but I just gave her a light smile and then continued eating.As I raised my head, I met May lo

CASSIUS'S POVI was shocked when it’s announced that Bastoon released the same design my wife is presenting. I knew there’s more to this, possibly involving Emelia, who suddenly joined the company. Mary never informed me about Emelia joining, I heard from Kingsley. Maybe she didn't want me to mock or blame her because if we’d taken action as I suggested, none of this would have happened.As the general meeting ended and people applauded Emelia, I just looked at her in annoyance. I stood up and headed outside to meet Kingsley. On getting outside I banged my fist on the car in anger."Did anything happen?" Kingsley asked as he noticed my visobke anger."Mary's work was plagiarized by Bastoon," I replied, finding it difficult to accept that Mary had plagiarized someone else's work."How's that possible?""It must be Emelia's work, she’s the only one capable of doing such.” Turning to him, “ so I want you to use all connections and get evidence that Emelia is behind this so we can prove M