Sarah was in the living room that night playing puzzles with Benjamin. That had become one of their habits during her time as a nanny and she loved it. "You're getting better at this, Ben. Well done! You'll get faster than me in a while," she remarked, making the kid smile with pride."My daddy always played this with me," he said, sadness taking over his face. "Now he doesn't spend time with me anymore.""Don't say that, Ben. He's busy with work, but he's always trying to spend some time with you. It's just that… It's hard to be a grown up sometimes, you know? We don't have much time to do nice stuff like play with puzzles and watch a movie.""Why not?" "Because work gets in the way, and we also have more problems than when we were kids," she explained. "Sometimes we wish we could be kids again, you know that?""Well, I want to grow up soon," he replied. "You will change your mind once you get to my age. It's not that fun anymore. You'll see," Sarah smiled and got back to the piece
Sarah didn't react. She didn't know how. Was she surprised? Was she shocked? It was hard to say. "What?" she managed to ask, but her voice came out as a squeal."That… That… I don't even know what to call her," Victor said, furiously. "I just want to kill her right now. That's all I can think of."Sarah blinked."You don't mean that.""I do." He looked right into her eyes and she knew he was saying the truth. He really had the intention of making justice with his own hands."Victor, you are not this type of person. How could you possibly think of doing something like this?" she asked, her hand shaking with fear. "Can you imagine how I'm feeling, Sarah? If I hadn't put that woman inside my house, in my life, none of this would have happened. We wouldn't have lived that nightmare and we wouldn't have… I wouldn't have…"Victor was struggling to find the words to express himself, but she knew what he wanted to say. They wouldn't have fought and broken up. He released himself from her gr
After that night, things at the mansion started to get back to normal. Victor had advised the investigative team to gather all the proof they had against Alana so he could take it to the police and do what was necessary for her to pay for what she had done.He had also intensified the security at the mansion and around his family, so things wouldn't get out of his control again. He didn't want to be the type of person that was always surrounded by bodyguards, but he thought it was something he had to learn to deal with from now on. Sarah had also convinced him that Benjamin could go to school, one that had very good references and that took the education and safety of their students seriously. The kid was always accompanied by the bodyguards who would wait for him outside of the building until time of departure. Victor wasn't very sure of this at first, but after seeing how Benjamin's eyes glowed in excitement only by the mention of it, he decided to give it a try. Sarah had advised
After a few months, Sarah had finally finished her last college semester. Victor had done everything he promised to do, and she was able to finish everything and even got an internship in one of his friend's company, on her own account especially. Of course they all learned who she was after she got in, but just the fact that she got inside on her own was enough for her.Victor had asked Camila if she wanted to take in the position of Ben's nanny, and the woman gladly accepted. She was already tired of just being a servant, and being his nanny was a much more pleasant chore for sure.Everyone in the mansion was more than used to the idea of Sarah being the new mistress, although she had forbidden them to treat her any differently. She hated those hierarchy rules and she didn't want to continue that inside the mansion, unless Victor objected. But since he had given her all the freedom and authority to do whatever she wanted in the house, she asked the servants to treat her the same way.
It was a very cold winter's night, and Sarah was finishing writing her new trilogy book. A few years had passed since she started in this business. After working at the publishing company for years, they finally offered her a chance to try writing her own story, and she found herself doing something she never thought of. And surprisingly, she had a talent for it.Since then, her books had been doing very well, and the last one had become a New York Times best seller, which almost made her fall from her chair when she heard the news.She couldn't complain about what her life had become. If someone had told her that she would, one day, be working at home, taking care of her kids and being incredibly happy about it, she wouldn't believe them.She finally felt complete, happy, accomplished.The incident with Alana would eventually come back to her mind, but she would remind herself that the woman was now far away from them, inside a prison, unable to harm anyone else, especially her family
Living a CEO life was never Victor's goal in life. He always thought he would be able to lead a carefree life thanks to his oldest brother taking over the family's business. But it never crossed his mind that one day, without a warning, fate would take his best friend away from him. Forever.In addition to every single unsolved matter he had in his life, his brother, Theo, and sister-in-law, Rose, left him with the biggest concern so far; his nephew Benjamin.Suddenly, Victor saw his life changing completely. He did not only lost his brother and sister-in-law, but he also had to worry about a little boy who would depend on him for the rest of his days.It took Victor a while to accept that his destiny was now completely different from what he had planned. Day after day, he became more and more attached to the kid. While grieving his brother's death and trying to adjust to a father's life, Victor also had to learn how to be a CEO.Their father had died a few years before, which turned T
The early shifts were always the worst for Sarah, because it seemed like every single worker in town was eager to find themselves a cup of coffee before going to face their boring workday.She had been working at the coffee shop downtown for a few months now, trying to juggle with her studies and taking care of her grandmother, who was getting sicker and sicker with time.Sarah was always a good student, and thanks to the money that her mother had left, she was able to afford a good school and a good college. Unfortunately, the money was over before she could finish it, and she also had to stop her last semester in order to take care of her grandmother.For a while, she struggled to find something nice. No company wanted to pay well for someone who didn't finish college. Then stores and small establishments were the last options she had.The coffee shop job wasn't enough to pay the hospital bills, so she often offered to cover for a few coworkers so she could get some extra money. Her
For a few seconds, Sarah didn't know what to do. It was like time had frozen. He was walking towards her in slow motion, his dark hair perfectly combed, his honey-colored eyes bright as the sun, his sharp jawline covered with a very thin but neat beard.He looked like a Hollywood movie star. And then she realized she was dressed like a teenager. Not that she wasn't young, because she was, but she suddenly wished she had dressed better for the occasion. She wasn't fitting in the scenario; her Converse sneakers, her old jeans, and her loosen ponytail. Her golden-red hair and her green eyes were the only things she could be proud of at that moment. All of a sudden, she wished she looked more like a woman and less like a girl. That would probably make her feel more professional in front of a billionaire CEO."Good morning, Miss Johnson." His hoarse voice invaded her ears like he was some type of god. It definitely suited him. "Er… Good morning, Mr. Reed," she replied, getting up abruptly