121 You Fooled Me

Jian then ran to her and stopped right at her feet. His black, little eyes shone with excitement as he looked at her. He must had recognized her voice and her shape but was confused on her looks.

Gazing back at her son she missed so much, she could not hold it anymore. She just couldn't care less about her disguise any longer. She was now back in the hands of Jim who would do everything to protect her.

She bent her knees down and hugged him tightly. Tears then rolled out fast, one after another. In a little while, her sobs went out and became unrestrained in the next second. And in another second, her loud sobbing turned into a deep wail.

Jim and Anthon looked at each other. Anthon then whispered, " Few hours ago before you came, she also cried when he saw Jian's photos."

Jim looked at him and listened attentively then his eyes went back to the two. He saw that Jian was already crying as well as those little arms hugged her back. Then, the words Jian babbled pierced his heart.

"Mommy.... " Jian was now sobbing as well. The tone of his voice that signified his pain of missing her mom was piercing into the hearts of his two daddies.

Jim, the weaker one, began stiffling his sobs as his shoulders moved. He sat down and covered his face with his two hands. He was greatly moved by his little one calling the stranger as his mommy. He was such a failure! His mom was easily taken away from him and he was not able to protect her. Not only unable to protect her, he also could not find her. He had already spent a lot. He had imposed a big reward...Most of all, he had given his word and gave in to the demands of his grandfather. He would be marrying someone else, other than his mom.

After a while of crying and deep thinking, a realization suddenly dawned on him...This woman was Anna Reyes? And she cried hard in seeing his son like he was her own? Anna Reyes...

He sprang to his feet, approached them fast and separated them, to Anthon's horror. She then lifted Jia up with his hands and held her shoulders. "You fooled me, Jia Anna Reyes Regala! "

Upon hearing his declaration, Jia fell on his neck and wailed again. And her voice blended into Jim's own sobbing.

Anthon got carried away this time and he also cried silently as he picked Jian up who was still sobbing and endlessly muttering his only precious word at that moment,

" mommy ".

Jia Anna Reyes Regala...why was he not able to remember that? That was the reason why her way of sending him those messages was a bit demanding. That was the reason why she chose to approach him in her time of need. Most of all, that was why he felt that there was something so compelling about her that he could not say no.

When Jia finally stopped crying, Jim released her and she laughed through her tears while looking at Anthon.

" Ton, your stares were already digging a hole in my face! " She said with a wide grin.

She broke free from Jim and walked towards Anthon. The latter also stood up with Jian in one arm as he saw her walking towards him. Then she gave them both a tight hug.

"Thank you, Ton. " Jia said with gratefulness in her eyes.

Anthon just hugged her back without saying a word. He was upset at himself for being clueless that the woman before her was exactly the woman in his dreams. The woman who gazed at the painting was actually her. And the woman who cried over his son's photos, was none other but her.

After those tearful moments, they gathered around the living room to discuss what happened. Jian found something to play with and he squatted on a corner, completely engrossed in his own world. As Jia started to talk, he was stopped by Jim.

"Sweetheart, I don't want to see that face." Jim looked at her with awful look.

Jia laughed, then, she stood up to wash her face. Then, she pulled out a makeup remover and cotton pads from her bag and gently scrubbed her disguise out. When her natural look was revealed again, Jim got so happy that he suddenly forgot that Anthon was watching them. He pulled Jia closely towards him as he wanted to kiss her.... but he remembered Anthon. He, instead, pulled her head and kissed her temple.

"You scared the soul out of me. "Jim said, recalling those frightening moments he endured.

"Jim, I was so afraid of snakes.." Jia recalled her scariest moments when she was left alone in that house.

"I and Anthon, together with the search team, went into the house and saw the cards you left..." Jim began to tell the story.

"Yes, I did it intentionally."

"It was dad's house . Why he built a house there and who was that woman he hid there, is something I still have to find."

"He did not intend to harm me, because he provided all the things that I may need." Jia concluded.

"But he intended to detain you there until our marriage would be annuled, jus as he demanded. But someone else took you there."

"It was Mr. Rex. He was carrying out the request of his brother to rescue me. Before it happened, they already expected it. So, Mr. Rex was forced to do wire tapping to monitor your father's evil plan. As to the details why, he did not reveal it. He said that they did it out of gratitude. And we will know about it

someday. "

"Mr. Rex? " Anthon and Jim chorused.

"Yes, and he told me to disguise myself because your dad might be multiplying his efforts to have me back and that he might be monitoring you also. That's why he warned me not to contact you. "

The two men just listened carefully, inwardly terrified at the foreseen danger Jia was in.

"That's why I thought about Anthon. He was the only person I felt I would be safe with. But he was making fun of me. "

She glanced at Anthon, teasing him.

"Silly girl. Think of the way you made demands. If only you were not pretending to be someone else... " Anthon said angrily.

"I know it. She also deceived me in coming here!" Jim said, supporting Anthon's argument.

Jia then laughed. "See, I'm so

good! "

"Good, your eyes! So, it was you who transferred the fund? " Anthon asked.

"Yes, if it was not because of that fund which I did not anticipate that I'd get caught, I would have not revealed myself! "

"Then, you'd want us to get worried to death?" Anthon said, glaring at her.

"I'm just joking! " She suddenly realized her stupidity that she snuggled closer to Jim. He, in turn, stroke her hair lovingly.

Seeing that Anthon was really angered, she came forward to him, bent down her knees and folded her hands together. " Forgive me,

please. "

"Shut up! You have to fulfill your words to appease me." Looking at her pitiful, pretty face, he stood up and stormed out of the room.

"What is it? " She yelled.

"Dinner! " He yelled back.

"Buy the ingredients! " She yelled again.

"I will!" He yelled back.

She smiled as she hugged Jim. Who else could be more fortunate? Two men loved her so dearly...