"Unbreakable Bride: Season 1 - A Strong Woman for a CEO Daddy"

Unbreakable Bride

Love isn't about honesty. It's about protecting the people you love from things that will hurt them.
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Leonardo was quick to pour his brother-in-law a glass of whiskey, he looked like he needed one, "Thank you" Tristian said gulping the whole content down and his wife allowed him knowing that everything was too much to take in. Ezekiel sighed under his breath, his breath shuddering, everyone mirrored his actions except Scarlett.

Ezekiel continued, "You could imagine our shock at that midnight. She entered this house twelve on the dot, on her birthdate, wearing a hospital gown. We all sat so far from her fearing that if we touched her she might disappear into thin air. She had looked at each of us engraving us in her mind. We sat for three hours without uttering a word, just looking at her". Tristian ran a hand through his hair, releasing a puff of breath.

"Cat got your tongue, Papa?" 'She had asked with her signature smirk' we cried till the sky turned golden. Never had we thought that the daughter, sister, and niece we lost would ever come back again, it was impossible but for some strange reason, she came back. And when I say came back, she was now a formidable woman" Ricardo said chuckling at the memory, a hint of sadness lingering in his voice.

Serine who has been quiet spoke up with a smile, "We only had one daughter. We cherish her very much. She is the light in our family, the peacemaker, the princess of the Hernandez household. After thinking we lost her, we never thought that there could be a possibility of meeting her again, we were overjoyed bu the enemy could not rest knowing that Cole and his family were back on their feet and not knowing what sparked their strength was something they would never accept".

"Knowing they would be driven by frustration to investigate more, we decided to keep her return a secret, and Ezekiel also decided to leave, my son, as well as their grandparents and Scarlett, went back to where she was reincarnated," Lucio mumbled, leaning back and crossing his arms.

Tristian raised his hand, signaling for them to pause as he asked a question, "Who is the owner of my wife's new body?". The question made everyone sucked in a harsh breath, as if Tristian just asked something forbidden. Everyone's eyes were on Scarlett as she nodded, granting permission for them to respond to her husband's question.

Cole smirked deviously, "Scarlett Andrea Montenegro," Tristian eyes bulged in shock, his whole body stilling beside his wife's, what kind of twisted fate was this?

"The daughter of Jose Luis Montenegro, the D.C.E of all Mafia leaders, younger brother to Diego?" Tristian asked in disbelief, Tristian has connections, he knows half of the details of the Montenegros'. Jose Luis was someone Tristian admired a lot, he was a principled man.

"Yes. Complicated, isn't it?" Cole asked, laughing lightly. "Very complicated," Tristian agreed. "Jose's mother is my auntie. He was born out of wedlock but he was his father's favourite. His mother died when he was eleven, murdered by Diego, that old man is a bitch. Jose was made the District Chief Executive of Mafia leaders due to his hard work and loyalty, but this only made Diego hate him more, he had tried Killing Jose on many occasions but failed to date. Jose has two daughters and two sons including a lovely Italian wife but Scarlett Andrea was the last born, she was a replica of my mother so was my Scarlett, Andrea and my daughter died on the same night".

"Killed by the same person?" Tristian eyes drifted around, causing everyone to tense at his question, he didn't need a verbal answer to know what the answer was.

Tristian felt sadness and awe gripped his heart, "Did she also..."No, she didn't," Cole said sadly. How they wished she did come back but she never did.

"Andrea was a bubbly girl, innocent of this world despite her father's source of livelihood but my daughter was a spitfire, at sixteen she started a real estate business, I always told her she was too young to be a business owner but she never listens and I was proud of her, we all were. While Andrea has nothing in a name, she was a free bird, under her family's wings so it was easier to break her than my daughter, my spitfire was Unbreakable," Cole said causing his wife to chuckle. Indeed, Scarlett was an "unbreakable bride" Tristian thought when he had saw her in that wedding gown with no tears or grievance, he knew that she was an extraordinary woman.