Memories can never be erased. The worst of which haunts a man till his last breath.
Such is the case for Bella who has found herself being wrapped in a warm embrace by her mother.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry..." She keeps chanting till she falls asleep again.
Stephanie lays her daughter's head on the pillow as gently as she can. She gazes at the beauty in front of her and her heart aches. Why can't she shake off this feeling that this isn't the Bella that came back wasted last night?
She pulls her husband with her back to the dining table and signals everyone else to give Bella some space. Alan wasn't included though because he "couldn't care less".
What the hell her bird brained daughter has seen in this excuse of a person she couldn't say. She motioned Nanny Blanca to come near.
"What did you say happened to her Nanny?"
Nanny Blanca sighed deeply. "The Young Miss was sleeping when I entered with the medicine as per requested by Young Master Queen. I also took the hangover soup as I had forgotten to give her earlier. She was sleeping in the middle of the bed so I had no idea that..." she gulped and continued. "I tried to wake her up but to no avail and when she finally woke up, it was with a force that can pull down a house and—"
"Exaggeration" Alan said in a sing song manner. His mom whacked his head with her purse full of rhinestones that hurt his head.
"I'm sorry Nanny" Mother Queen said. "Please continue"
"When she woke up violently" Nanny Blanca glanced at Alan, "the tray was upturned and everything spilled to the floor. But she was crying. Before I could do anything you came in Madam" she said referring to Stephanie King.
"This girl finds a new way everyday to give everyone headaches" Zach said.
"That's no way to speak of your elder sister Zachary" Rochelle Queen, Lexus' step sister reprimanded.
Zach only rolled his eyes at her. "Can't stop it from being true can you? I don't understand why you idolize her"
"I'm truly sorry we couldn't finish our lunch" Ernest King said with regret washing his words.
"Never mind that. Family always comes first" Ian Queen responded.
"But I have to say, it was very tasty. Did you make this yourself Steph? Are you going back on your words to never enter a kitchen again?" Mother Queen teased her friend.
"My words still stands. No kitchen for me" Stephanie chuckled and turned to the old lady standing beside her, "Nanny Blanca did you make it? I noticed that everyone's favorites was prepared. As always we can expect a splendid job from you"
Nanny Blanca chuckled heartily. "As much as I would like to take the credit, it wasn't me who cooked"
"Then who did? Dad you don't mind me getting married to a maid right?" Brad joked.
"As long as she can cook as well as your mother. The way to a man's heart is..." he trailed off.
"Through his stomach" all the men present finished and laughed.
"Miss Bella" Nanny Blanca said.
Shock was on the face of everyone present aside from the maids and bodyguards who saw her cook.
"No way" Lexus murmured.
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Bella clutched her head as she opened her eyes. She had dreamt of another remembrance of her past life. She slowly sat up.
The corners of her eyes were filled with unshed tears while her face felt dry and puffy. She felt her swollen face.
Did I cry in my sleep?
Her nose soon picked up a smell. Is that soup? She sniffed like a dog and she found that the smell was coming from her duvet.
Bella clutched her head. "I must have hit my head really hard last night to be smelling soup from my comforter" she said and dropped herself back on the king sized bed.
She thought of what she had dreamt of. Her head ached, her heart pounded.
Tomorrow, is the day she would see Cassie and Alan in the penthouse suite she owned. Cassie would go under the guise of trying to bring Alan and Bella together by 'locking' them in the bedroom... the only thing though was that Bella ended up getting locked all alone in one of the bedrooms while Cassie and Alan pleased themselves in the other.
Bella clenched her fingers. She would definitely make them pay. First she needed to install secret cameras in the suite. And she knew the right person for the job.
♦
Meanwhile downstairs...
The Kings and Queens families, with the exception of Bella, had just finished playing a game of monopoly.
Lexus won the game leaving the rest looking sorrowful at the way he cleverly cheated them out of their money and properties.
"Weren't you a sore loser? How come you're suddenly so good?" Zach asked. He had lost more than everyone else.
Lexus smiled and said nothing. But the answer was all in their hearts. Whenever Bella was there, Lexus always made sure she won and he lost.
Thinking of whom, Lexus excused himself and went to talk to Bella. He was sure that their relationship had improved and he needed to solidify it. He smirked at his own perverted thoughts.
He lifted his hand to knock her door when he heard her talking. He opened the door a little and saw she was on the phone. Her back as to him as she was looking out the window at the blossoming flowers in the garden that her mother tended to.
The person at he other end seemed to be speaking as she was quiet and nodding softly. He made his way to hug her waist when she spoke freezing his steps.
"Give me a chance to make things right. You know i love you right?" she said and added a soft giggle.
His weight suddenly seemed to much because his feet could no longer move. He should've known, her heart belonged to another. He finally gathered himself and turned to the door.
"Lex?"