The Rancher

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slan's partner, his face lifted as he h

ly because she was left hangin

ral, manual, or intercourse. During their one session, she had orgasm

than him. She was from the neighboring town, the daughter of a couple of entrepreneurs. He

ross eleven villages. Their biggest crops were vegetables and sugarcane, which provided for the people under his care. The average net income fro

to the prosperity of the land. When it comes to modern times, he wasn't left behind. He had already brought in well-known fast-food chains inside the Escobar estate. There were also famous shopping malls, but he only rented out the land. He hadn't sold a single inch of

nna asked irritably, but she sat up

her body to cover he

pression, which made him so hard to read. No one could tell if he was happy, sad,

ter being transferred from another province, Mang Kiko had been their butler. He was still young back then. He wasn't the typical effeminate man. It w

n considered him family because, despite his quiet nature-he wouldn't speak unless spoken to, unle

n't need to speak; his facial expr

g the phone, with th

and Aslan's brows immedia

ex

curled into a subtle, almost sa

heard the name Alexa men

was during Caroline's funeral, their mother. That was seven

t of a sister want, rememb

was her nanny, Guada, who had been with her since she was a baby. Alexa stared off into space, looking furious at

arrived at the estate from the province of Aklan, where he grew up

uld also be gone? She had been so kind to him and loved him deeply. That was

one day when Geronimo and Caroline arrived, bringing papers fr

ere wasn't a day from his childhood when he didn't bear the marks of a beating or bruise. He didn't understand why, but

t was because he kept forbidding her to hang out with the monkey, Lucas. Many men were interested in her. Even when she was in elementary school, men followed her around, which is why Geronimo asked him to watch over Alexa, worried she might go

g back at him and s

ke that. He never had the power to defend himself from her foul mouth. It wasn't a sec

roat, causing both Aslan

were already in the large library,

roline left a last will," the

n no

when she knew her cancer was getting worse. Alexa, my

dly. She was sitting up straight, her thick, black hair flowing dow

said, but go ahead and read it,

at the marble floor beneath them. He sighed too

once more. "All the Escobar

up in anger, her shar

coming. The sto

calm her, but the young girl's fists were clenched so t

ension, Aslan pulled ou

her share from Hacienda Escobar's an

nger. Tears began to form in her already puffy eyes. She was pr

d Alexa was still listening. It seemed like her

not be accessed or spent without Aslan

m marrying Lucas!" Alexa shoute

g from his cigarette an

suffocate on your cigarette smoke!" A

e was angry at those words. After all, he hadn't stolen a

ind her. Both she and the lawyer star

w her mother took care of you,

. He had always taken care of her, even though she ha

he really going to ask whose they were? It was almost laughable. The funeral had only

n Alexa came out, but she

d bitterly, while he just sto

ing you to sta

napped. "I don't want to hear

't stolen anything from you. Th

o take it from me! I can't believe my own mother would give all of this to a stranger, to an adopted son! You're not even blo

nything wrong. If that's what you think, there's nothing I can do.

her face almost turning red. "Shove

ave to do with this? That animal was probably fillin

t to get out of this

aw when the young gi

r suitcase, hitting his

lled up in front of the house. It was rented o

himself to do it. He doubted she would answer without sarcasm. Sh

?!" she snapped at the condu

y stunned by A

ust a little mesmerized,

so heavy, and you're

as she finished, noticing the sadness in hi

ything about her life, from being a baby to her fifteenth birthday. It was painful to think that the child who had been lef

r from the young girl,

hat answered