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BILLIONAIRE LEGAL WIFE
Chapter 1
jero when the car collided with a bus bound for Manila. There was a pile-up of vehicles on the zigzag road, and she suspected that her father's brother, Octavio, had someth
ck on some of the survivors, but their daughter was not among them. He fervently prayed that their child wasn't among the casualt
tives were arriving. He stepped out of the hospital, and there were a few bodies already declared dead. His heart poun
d's hand. He couldn't bear the sight, as it reminded him of his own child, and he couldn
He also couldn't face his wife, who was crying even harder. He sat for
poke, immediately sending
who had been crying earlier, clutching the body of another young girl. "Ana!" He immediately em
ned to..." She nodded in understanding, her face still et
e replied through her tears. He could
you. Where
s why we're here. I wish I hadn't brought her." She br
ust need to see my wife, she's worried about Ana." T
nodded before bidding him a mome
lp them leave the area. Octavio didn't need to know their current situ
to," Diana said when she explained her pl
ll accompany her to Mother Tina's. We won't let any harm come to her." Mother Tina, referred to by Agusto, was the woman who had wor
Diana decided to distance herself from him. When he found out about the two of them, he offered to marry her and take responsibility for the child she was carrying. It was then that her feelings for the young woma
ed to his mother, Manuela Mondragon, and when his father died first, his mother ensured that Octavio had no claim, as he was the child of her husband Roman fr
his, Diana. Ana's safety is at stake here. You would
ided her husband away from the ho
IL
agreed to be his girlfriend after eight months of courtship. But it seemed she wasn't ready for their relationship to progress to a more serio
ude. Maybe next time,
frustration. Suddenly, a headache struck her as they talked. Jude was actually kind and a gentleman
me," she gave another excuse. "L
you, Nikka. You've alr
her. She wasn't even ready to introduce him to her parents, let alone get married. She had
f the gate. Her father was outside, talking to her mother Lucila, seemingly waiting for her to arrive. She quickly said goodbye to
a good answer. His face darkened when she couldn't speak. "Goodnight," he said wi
said, and her father immediately tur
kissed his che
g with her into the house. Their house was small with only three small rooms. She put
ck, Ana. I will give you an
when they left that place, and there was an accident where Lucila's real daughter, Anikka, died. She was too
t name, it felt like a stranger to her because she grew up using Anikka. Al
" she said as she to
sorry, my child, but you're the only one I can rely on because you're the only child of your mother," her father conti
why you took me away? Why do I have to go b
claim half of the ranch and the ear
s a right as Lolo's child," she reasoned. Truthfully, she didn't want such
s because he needs a large sum of money. He'll only sell that land if he wins. We susp
fe was in danger thirteen years ago, it will
ather said angrily. "Missing, yes. But there's
onfused by what he was sayi
Octavio brought a girl to the house who was your age. She was claiming she was
ought of someone else assuming her identity and being with her real parents. While Lucila
s using
for bringing the child to us, we don't know. But now everything is becoming clear. We suspect she is Octavio's child with another woman. Since we onl
hild is returning, what d
comfortable
sting on being called Ana. "Let her use
nally, but she didn't pay it any mind. "She won't s
ins, Papa, if it turns ou
ere eight years old. If she gets anything, it will be shares
is, Papa. I never expected it. I
still have to claim w
lso applied for a job at a local radio station here
marry the child of a
ha
