Novels by Chi Chi

CAMILLEA month passed, and yet I still felt the sting from the stiffing blow James descended on me once we were behind doors at George's party.I didn't expect any less from him. From the moment he found out the identity of my child's baby I had only come to realize that the man I knew all my life was only a mask of who he truly was – a masked lion.I had returned to New York that same evening even against his own wish, and I surprised myself too with the courage I showcased. I wanted to apologize to Katherine for how everything had turned out, for not confiding in her, but who was I fooling?It would have been different if I had confided in her first, if I had trusted her enough to tell her the whole truth before publicly exposing her husband and rubbing the shame on her face in the presence of all the guests there who also respected her so much.But the next action she took was one I had never expected and the only reason why I deeply regretted my actions at that moment.It came as

SCOTTA month had passed since our wedding, and Maya was crazy about consummating it.I keep wondering if she really thought that getting married to me meant that everything between us will be put in the past like it never happened.I always made it clear to her how much of a mistake she was making, and the last thing she would expect from me again is the sex.She had even gone ahead to tell dad about the situation. Didn't she even feel the least bit awkward saying something like that to him in the first place?When I didn't listen to dad either, her best resolve was to delay the signing of any contract or business information that she had to sign since she was still the head of her family's company until the paperwork was done and I became a sole partner and a joint one too, the company's assets.I had tried to convince her about how unnecessary all that was since I knew with certainty that she was only doing that to get my attention even more attracted to her, but she stood firm on

CAMILLEThings seemed to fall in line for me when I came across an envelope on George's desk while everyone was out in the backyard enjoying a pool party with no one actually in the pool.I had taken leave to go rest inside and Katherine was kind enough to let me go even against James' objection about me trying to spoil the fun – that was the only moment I looked back and didn't regret telling her all about what happened in London.'Hold on a moment, I need to find George's speech, all day I have been trying to get hold of it so I can know how best to tweak mine' she giggled like a little child who just found out the sweet and chilling taste of ice cream.'You both still got the steam of your relationship' I said and immediately regretted it. If she knew what I knew, she would not be happy if she looked back and recalled every conversation we had, especially that one – she would think I was only mocking her.'Oh yes we do, one will think that after four kids and a lifetime of working

CAMILLEI could do nothing else but stare back at James face while he laid down rules I was to follow, like I was not the same woman whose love and forgiveness he had been begging for not long ago.The love in them was long buried and replaced by the cold and menacing, only commanding and not leaving any room for my feelings or thoughts, and I couldn't dare leave or just run away.Where will I run to and how?If I was not so worried about James' threats, then Martha's annoyance was more than enough to command my obedience.She had been sitting behind me the whole time and her small frame had clearly missed my quick scan of the room when Scott had come to sit with me. At least I couldn't blame James for ratting me out, I could only blame him for not telling her the real truth and letting her return to New York with the notion that I was the problem and he had no hand in the mess our family had turned into.If it had not been in the presence of a couple people who suddenly appeared bac

SCOTTThere was no other way to make things right but this way – even if it meant walking in father's path and principles.I had to be a man.Not just a smart ass with extensive knowledge on how to run a company and a big business like ours, but also a man who can control the course of his life and the things that happen around him instead of just floating with each tide.I didn't just have to sit back and watch a woman stir me in any direction she dimmed fit, or as her emotions spurn her. I was to be the one doing the spurning.But even as much as I tried to convince myself, the more I felt like I was still doing all the wrong things, like I was really letting go of the most things that mattered more to me.No day passed by that didn't remind me of Lucille's words the last time I saw her in my dreams and heard her voice whisper all the good and bad things my life could become in the coming days if I threaded the right path. I still remember the chubby and pretty face of that little b

CAMILLEI was so foolish to believe that every other human had a breaking point but James.I was really so foolish to even think that he was not like other men or that he was just such a special and quiet man to ever think of hurting a lady, especially me.How could I have believed that of a man who I had just found out lied to me for more than eleven years and still had the guts to look at me as though he was also sympathetic about the whole situation?His new attitude for the next two days we spent in the hotel was a new one of which I would have sworn he could never do, but there he was, being a total prick to m in private and maintaining the normal charming face everyone thought him to be while we were among people – something else he controlled and made sure was less frequent until we left the hotel.Even his mom didn't seem to notice his change in attitude, or maybe she just kept pretending not to notice it.But all that did not break me as much as Scott's words did when we fina