Margaret was furious when she found out that Kristi wasn’t in the house. She looked at her stepson, Alessandro, who was patiently waiting for Kristi.
“Where is that woman? Does she forget my rules!” Margaret exclaimed.
The servants in their house were shaking in fear when they heard her angry voice. They know what will happen to Kristi.
“Amalia!” Margaret shouted the name of one of her servants in their house. She looked disgusted.
“Where is Kristi?” she used her authoritative voice.
“She went to the park to take a run,” Amalia says. She hides her fear, she doesn’t want Margaret to know that she was lying.
“Are you telling me the truth?” Margaret intimidates her. She nodded like she was sure.
Amalia saw how Kristi looked when she saw her leaving the house.
“Mom, stop shouting please,” Alessandro complained. He was nervous because Kristi wasn’t in their house. He knows that Margaret will discipline her again.
“Alessandro, your stepsister is hard-headed! I need to punish her!” Margaret shouted. Amalia went out and looked at the security guard, they both nodded.
She ran so fast and went to Margaret who was sitting on her luxury sofa.
“Madam, Miss Kristi is here,” Amalia announced. She secretly looked at Alessandro who nodded at her.
“If I found out that she didn’t go to the park. I will punish all of you,” Margaret warned them.
They both hid their fear, they finally know how Margaret will find out that they were lying. Margaret looked at all of their servants and went out of their house.
“Kristi!” she shouted her daughter’s name. She saw how Kristi was unemotional looking at her. She’s like a robot.
“Where did you go?” she asked her like she was accusing her of doing something wrong.
“I went to the park and took a run,” she used her cold voice. Margaret laughed so hard, does her daughter think she’s easy to believe everything that she says?
“Don’t you dare lie to me!” Margaret threatened her. Kristi sighed and looked at Alessandro, who was looking at her with fear.
“You asked me but you still choose to not believe whatever I say,” she mockingly told her mother. Margaret was furious even more. She slapped her face too hard.
“Don’t you dare talk to me like that! Lady, have you forgotten what I can do to you?” she bluntly told her.
Kristi looked down like an obedient child. In her heart, she wanted to smash everything but she couldn’t. She’s aware of how powerful her mother was.
Her mother, Margaret was the only child of her late grandparents. She inherited the Velasquez company with full power.
“Kristi, you’re my daughter, don’t you dare talk me back like that ha!” she warned her again. Kristi dares to look at her eyes, making Margaret stiff.
“You’re the only daughter that I have, don’t disobey my rules young lady, or else, I will anyone you love,” she whispered to her ears. Kristi wanted to cry but she stopped.
If Margaret saw her show any emotions, she would be enraged.
“Don’t do it again, understand, after all, Alessandro will stay here with Jake,” Margaret says and looks at Alessandro with full adoration.
“Mom, where are you?” They both looked to the child version of Alessandro when they heard his voice.
Kristi wanted to hug her brother but she couldn’t. Her mother Margaret didn’t like it.
“Mom, where did you go? I thought you all already left me here?” Jake sounded sad. He looked at Kristi but he stopped himself to hug her sister.
“I’m just talking to your sister, come here baby!” Margaret called him using her sweet voice. She pinches his cheeks.
“Let’s go inside, I want to rest,” Alessandro said and walked inside their house.
Jake looked at her sister with pity. At a young age, he always witnessed how her mother physically abused her.
Margaret looked at Kristi with a death stare and followed Alessandro. Jake followed them too.
Kristi sighed and breathed heavily. She gets her cellphone and turns it off. She knows that Benjamin will call her and she is afraid that her mother will find out that she was secretly dating someone.
Their servants were busy preparing a lot of dishes. She looked at her mother, who was reading some papers.
“Mom, how’s the company?” she started a conversation. Margaret’s lips pursed.
“If you wanna know how the company works, you should stop this vacation and start working in our company,” Margaret can’t stop herself from being harsh.
“Mom, I told you that I needed vacation,” she says. Alejandro looked at Kristi’s gorgeous face and he sighed. He feels something wasn’t right.
He knows Kristi for so long and he knows to read her actions but now he feels that Kristi was hiding something.
“Mommy, we will go to New York, right? Will Kristi go with us?” Jake asks her mother to interrupt them from fighting. Jake was tired of everything.
“No, she won’t come with us, she will spend her time here for now,” Margaret told Jake. She glances at her daughter and inspects her face if she shows any emotions.
Kristi looked at her mother without emotion in her eyes. She was right that her mother will observe her if she was happy or not after knowing that Margaret will stay longer in New York.
“Kristi,” Alessandro called her name. Margaret looked at them too.
“I want you to tour me here,” Alessandro used his serious voice. Kristi looked at Margaret asking for confirmation.
Margaret sighed and nodded her head. After all, Alessandro always obeyed her whatever she wished for.
“Thanks, mom,” Alessandro smiled when she agreed.
Margaret raised her eyebrow and looked at her stepson’s gorgeous face.
After their dinner, Margaret decided to sleep early. Jake went to his room to rest. Kristi went to the wide garden in their house.
She’s holding a wine and gently tasting it. She sighed. She knows that Alessandro was suspecting her of something.
“Why are you still awake Kristi?” Alessandro says. He looked at Kristi with intense in his eyes.
Kristi savored the wine that she likes. Alessandro went beside her and looked at her gorgeous face.
“Where did you go before you came back here?” he asked her. Kristi’s eyes lacked emotions. She looked at the beautiful garden in front of her.
She gulped. She was nervous and Alessandro saw it.
“I went to the park. I took a run,” she repeated her answer early. Alessandro smiled at her.
“Kristi, I went to the park but I didn’t see you there. I was the one who told the guard and Amalia that you went to the park and took a run,” Alessandro said, using his sad voice. He was hurt that Kristi lied to him.
Kristi always trusted him, he was her knight in shining armor.
“Alessandro, how-” Kristi’s words were cut when Alessandro spoke again.
“I always thought that you trust me, you always wanted me to protect you. Kristi, you know what I feel for you, I will protect you whatever it causes. Even if I wanted to die to protect you,” Alessandro whispered his words. He looked at Kristi with sadness.
Kristi feels pain in her heart. She forgot how Alessandro always protects her.
“Alessandro, I’m sorry,” she told him. Alessandro sighed and hugged her tightly.
He secretly smelled her to comfort himself. He patted her head.
“Don’t cry, I hate seeing you cry Kristi,” he mumbled again and gently kissed her forehead.
“Are you secretly dating someone?” Alessandro asked her. His heart was aching by thinking that Kristi fell in love with someone else. But he wasn’t selfish. He wanted her to be happy.
“Alessandro,” Kristi pleaded. She doesn’t dare to talk about Benjamin.
“You know I love you right?” he pleads.
“Kristi, I want you to be happy even if it’s not me. I just don’t want you to get hurt” he added.
“I love you, Kristi and I promise that I will protect you even if it causes my own life,” he seriously added. Kristi’s tears fell on her cheeks.
Alessandro wiped her tears and kissed her cheeks.
“Don’t let Margaret know what you’re doing, she will be furious and I’m scared that she will do something inhuman again,” he advised her. He hugged Kristi, and his tears fell. His heart was mourning.