Owning The Wild Heiress(Book 1&2)(Completed)

(Book 2)'them'

Hi guys! I'm back! Sorry for the long wait. I enjoyed my vacation so much that it was difficult for me to find time to write. Anyway, i'm back and that only means that updates are here too. lol. :)---Zoé Isabel

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ELLIE's POV

I heaved a sigh as I looked at the ceiling. I didn't even get a single wink of sleep and I felt so drained and sluggish even though it's still early in the morning and I haven't done anything for the day yet. I glanced at the bedside table where the digital clock was located and I groaned inwardly when I realized that it was already 6:30 am.

I heaved a deep sigh again and then sat upright. I leaned my back against the headboard and then stared into space.

No matter how hard I tried to sleep last night, I couldn't do it because of the things that kept on circulating my mind. I kept thinking about Rex and until now, I couldn't still believe that he came back, that he's really alive.

I felt my eyes watered when I remembered our talk last night. Just thinking that the man I love hates me added to the heavy load that I was carrying for the past 5 years.

I took a deep breath in order to calm my senses. Since I lost Rex 5 years ago, I became weak and a cry-baby. The brave and happy go lucky Ellie disappeared because of the fact that I lost the man I only loved.

Back then, I already knew that he was the only man for me. I already saw my future with him that's why my world crumbled down at once when he died.

With every year that passes, my hope that he's still alive was slowly decreasing too because I didn't even get any indication or clue that there was a possibility that he's still alive. Even so, my heart didn't lose hope even once.

I'm glad I didn't lose hope because he came back. Undeniable happiness rose in my heart because of that. Even though he already has someone else, the important thing is, he's alive.

I wanted to talk to him again. I wanted to see him again but I don't know how. There were a lot of things that I wanted to tell him at the party but I didn't have the chance the do so. I wanted to tell him about them but I figured out that it wasn't the right time and place, not to mention that our talk didn't go well.

I bit my lower lip when I remembered how cold he was towards me last night. Yes, it's breaking my heart but I didn't have the right to be mad, complain or question his behavior towards me because it was all my fault. He has the right to be mad at me because of what I did to him in the past.

I tilted up my head in order to prevent my tears from falling. I tried my best to blink them back and I'm glad I managed to control them not to fall.

This is not the time to cry about the past. He's here and I need to face the present and fix it.

When I finally gathered myself together, I got off the bed and then did my morning routine. After I took a bath and prepped myself up, I called at the ranch to talk to them like always. After our conversation, I went downstairs.

My eyebrows creased when I heard a voice at the living room accompanied by a crying child.

I quickly strode my way towards the living room and I saw my niece, Aniela, crying as her nanny tries her best to pacify her.

"Why's she crying? Where is Ange?" I asked Lea, the nanny. She looked tired and desperate as she held Aniela in her arms, calming her down.

"She's taking a bath. Sir Hunter went for a jogging and he hasn't come back yet" she answered. Beads of sweat were already on her forehead. I shook my head in amusement.