Chapter forty nine Song recommendation : shut down by blackpink . HikingThe whole journey had been everything if not awkward and boring and infact ass itchy . Emily stared at each one of them , wondering what could be going in their coconut heads . Especially this someone that was sitting beside her clinging to her arms . She so badly wanted to yank her arms away but couldn't not when they had just resolved a misunderstanding . A misunderstanding? Of course Emily hugged Nancy back and said that she was sorry for doubting her . When in reality,she couldn't bring herself to be sorry . Something was telling her that Nancy is much more that the cute bubbly girl she let on to them . But why rush ? She's gonna show her true colors no matter what , she just could only hope that the time isn't too long. She could clearly see it in everybody's face , their resolve was softening and they were even slightly blaming themselves for doubting her But one thing was crystal clear to her , she
Chapter fiftySong recommendation : Typa girl by blackpink In the forest She removed her hat and sighed . She was now beginning to regret her decision. She gaze up to the sky and squinted"Found it . " She grinned and pointed somewhere . There it was . The path to the mountain was now almost invisible as shrub and plants have covered it to an unrecognizable extent ."What !! What is again?? . " Mera yelled making Gabriel flinch from the impact , her high pitched voice resounded through the surrounding ."There it is !! The path to the mountain . " Emily grinned and pointed to the thinned dense path .They drank water and ate some rice burger that Emily had previously packed in a brown paper bag in the morning . Who knows it would be the one to save their soul ? They begin to walk , or rather ' hike ' as Emily refered to it . They were groaning carrying their bags and trying to figure out a way to make their clothes less sticky and hot . But how could they ?? Not when the sun was
Chapter fifty one Song recommendation : Tally by blackpinkLost. "Where are we going now ?? Huh? " Emily spoke after some minutes have passed from the shameful reminder that she was the one that drag them into the situation .But what else could she do? Micheal kept quiet and took the stick in his hand to separate the leaves that covered the path. Emily wanted to badly bit him on the neck , that she glanced up at since she couldn't reach his eye level . "Won't you talk ? " She drew her eyes together and sighed.Fine he could keep pretending to be deaf , she'll just have to shut her mouth. She stomped her foot on the ground . Hmmph"Do I look like George of the jungle to you,? Well in case you might think I'm George of the jungle or perhaps you might think I studied geography in school . " He burst out laughing at the last sentence . Emily glared at him , pouted and pretended not to hear what he said . Shouldn't he know more about things like forest and path and mountain since
Chapter fifty twoSong recommendation : ciao adios by Anne MarieLost IILike where in the seven fucks are they going to find them ? She didn't have much time to ponder on it as Micheal dragged her along. She didn't , couldn't even take note of the environment again , she was simply drawing the circles and following Micheal . They got to the point where they all split and she wait for the make lead to say something . After he was the male lead of the zombie world , and he was rich . So the least thing she could do is just to wait . "We took this path , gab and Mera took this way , Nancy here and Sam and Hana took this way right ?? " He looked at Emily for confirmation and she simply nodded . Let him get on with whatever he was about to say and stop bothering her ! She could barely remember what her name was , talkless of remembering where whom and whom took . He'd better know . "They couldn't have gone far . Now please listen and listen carefully . I'm begging you . " He held
Chapter fifty three Found Song recommendation : lovely by Billie eillish and Khalid . Emily noticed something weird surrounding the pit . Apart from the creepers and whatnot she saw something else that she couldn't quite put her hand on . "How is it going?? " She called out to her and received no reply but the cracking of one of the log . "Do you think you can make it with one stick ?? Huh? " She asked worriedly . "I need your help " Nancy shouted from inside Emily wiped away the sweat with her stained clothes and lowered herself to the pit . She lowered her hand for Nancy to grab since she was almost up and couldn't continue to climb up with the cracked stick else they're planning to make her fall back inside . Nancy grabbed her hand and Emily grabbed unto one of the creepers and held it like her life depended on it . She groaned when Nancy was climbing up , still holding into her hand . Then the unexpected happened . As soon as Nancy got out of the pit , the creepers with
Chapter fifty four .Found II Song recommendation : let me down slowly by Alec Benjamin and heartbreak anniversary by giveon . "Where is Emily ?? "Was his first question to her as soon as she got to them.Nancy stopped to catch her breath , her eyes felt heavy and her head was spinning . She slid to the floor , unable to stand any longer , her legs were shaking so badly and her body aches . "Are you okay?? " Samuel grabbed her before she could fall on the floor and maybe smash her face . She nodded , not wanting to talk , no , she couldn't talk. Her heart was still beating fast and her mouth seems to be glued shut "I... She...in the .. pit...Nestle ..b..u.." if that could be called a sentence , that was the only thing that came out her mouth . Samuel was the only one who got the gist of it as Micheal was ansty and irrational at the moment . "She fell in the pit ?? " Samuel asked her and check her face for confirmation . She nodded and regretted that she did . Because as soon as
Chapter fifty five . Song recommendation : the way you felt by Alex Benjamin and heart break anniversary by giveon . Tending to her . Emily groaned and tried to turn , what ! ?? She couldn't turn ?? Why ?Thousands of needles were glued to her skin , or was she exaggerating? She tried to pry open her eyes , but they felt heavy . What the hell is wrong ?She forcefully open them and sighed , one feat done . She stared at the white ceiling and the smell of chlorine told her pretty much where she was . Hospital! She was in the hospital but where are the others? She tried to sit upright but gave up because her neck felt stiff . Just what happened to her ? The door opened and Micheal came in ,he was on a call and he didn't see that Emily was awake . "Yeah . We will probably be back before this week runs out or latest by next week " He drew out a chair that was placed by the bed and sat on it . He ended the call and slid the phone back to his pocket , roaming his eyes around the ro
Chapter fifty sixWarning (mild mature contents ahead . 17+ readers only . Or read at your own risk . )Song recommendation : super freaky girl by Nicki minajHot night. The sun was westering by the time they got to Newland . Mera couldn't care less about the beautiful orangey golden view that the people in the car was talking about . None of that matters right now . All that matters to her is getting to the mansion safe and sound . She was only pretending to be fine when she was screaming internally, too scared to even recollect the memories of that day . That day , a day when she had gone from being happy to scared and terrified . Truth to be told , the moment when Emily had said something about hiking , she had been elated but only pretended not to be After all it wasn't everyday that one gets to hike on a mountain with the Gerald's . Little did she know that her happiness would be short lived , that chaos and it's family was going to be residing with them for a day or two
Chapter sixty six Song recommendation : Rewrite the stars by Anne Marie ft James Arthur . Kick it by NCT 127 Wedding preparations and the missing bride Every where was hetic , no one was free . Thank God Alicia had finally reconsidered and gave them another whole week for preparation . There was a lot to do , a lot of walking and shopping too . Emily grabbed her sunglasses from the stand , grabbed her hoodie too before proceeding to head outside . The three of them or rather the four of them with Nancy included , were going to the city shopping mall today . This place was very much far from the city .."Mera ?? Merrraaaa?? " She shouted from the hallway , too lazy to walk to her room . As much as she was skeptical of the marriage , she was also elated It was once in a while . This isn't something that happens once in your life . "Mera ?? Are you still sleeping? . Huh . " She groaned and decided to see for herself if she's still sleeping . Mera was a sleeping bug . "Knock kn
Chapter sixty nine Song recommendation : September by James Arthur . Ride for me by Anne Marie ft Yung Bleu . The encounter Mariah knocked on Emily's office and prayed that she'll reply this time . This is the third time that she'll be here to remind Jennie of the reservation . Thank God that she had reserved for 5 hours , judging from Emily's personality .And of course she isn't wrong !! . This is 2 ' o clock ! Zeke will get out if school in no time and she has to pick him up for God's sake . Having had enough of Jennie workaholic behavior, she burst the door opened and just like she had predicted , her head was buried in between piles of files that laid hugely on the table . "Jennie !! Jennie !! . " Mariah yelled out a little even though she was right in front of her "What is it ?? I'm busy . " Jennie replied without looking up from the piles that she had her head buried in "I made a reservation, remember??! And thus is past 2 ! It's almost Zeke's closing time . You've not
Chapter 71 Song recommendation : when the party is over by Billie eillish . Unholy by Sam Smith ft Kim PetrasThe meeting . Micheal parked his car in the parking lot . He got out of the car and the secretary did the same . He was suprised to see the huge building as EME corporation . Although he wasn't expecting anything small or medium . But he hasn't thought that the EME corporation would be this huge , beautiful and enormous .He walked briskly to the elevator , with his hand in his pocket and his face stern . Stern ?? Was just a pretty way to say it . His face was cold and emotionless . He wanted to be done with this and get going . That Nancy of a girl mustn't meet him here in Canada . She was always pretending , as if she had his best interest in mind . But Micheal could see right through her facade . She was hitting on him and he could swear to God that she'll keep failing . One of these days he'll lay it out for her and he'll set the boundary . All her shit was getting
Chapter 79 EpilogueSong recommendation . Perfect by Ed Sheeran . Two years later . The little girl had her curly black hair tied into a ponytail with a few strands curling around her beautiful, delicate face . She bounced up and down in the kitchen besides the tall counter . She tried to reach you to the cakes that placed on them but her short tiny hands couldn't reach there . She tried again and groaned . "Clarisse . !! What are you doing there? " Emily walked slowly towards the girl whose eyes were filled with mischief and a tiny of fear .She stood behind the girl and folded her arms around her chest , atop her huge stomach . She was nine months pregnant and they were expecting the baby soon Micheal in his overprotectiveness wanted Emily to stay in bed all day everyday. Emily would gladly give up one of her ass than to stay glued home just because she was pregnant"Aunt Emily . I was just trying to have some cake . " She looked up at her aunt and smiled But Emily did not
Chapter 78 Song recommendation . Life goes on by BTS . Dynamite by BTS Silence hung in the air conditioned living room like an invisible cloak . He hugged her to himself , giving her the warmth she needs and reassuring himself that she was here now . She was here now . And that's all that matters .He could wait . He'll wait .She sniffed the tears back and wiped her red eyes . She moved away from him a little and sat upright "I didn't mean to do that. I swear . " She looked at him with a regret filled gaze and hoped that he would understand"I knew you didn't mean to do that . But why ?? There's got to be a reason at least . " His tone sounded soft now . Unlike the cold voice of before . He had quickly gone soft and all his anger had flew away ."It all began that day ... " She trailed off .* Emily saw three men following her in the mall and she thought she'd confirm herself . She told Nancy to wait for her while she went to the bathroom . While walking she realized that t
Chapter 78 Song recommendation . Life goes on by BTS . Dynamite by BTS Silence hung in the air conditioned living room like an invisible cloak . He hugged her to himself , giving her the warmth she needs and reassuring himself that she was here now . She was here now . And that's all that matters .He could wait . He'll wait .She sniffed the tears back and wiped her red eyes . She moved away from him a little and sat upright "I didn't mean to do that. I swear . " She looked at him with a regret filled gaze and hoped that he would understand"I knew you didn't mean to do that . But why ?? There's got to be a reason at least . " His tone sounded soft now . Unlike the cold voice of before . He had quickly gone soft and all his anger had flew away ."It all began that day ... " She trailed off .* Emily saw three men following her in the mall and she thought she'd confirm herself . She told Nancy to wait for her while she went to the bathroom . While walking she realized that t
Chapter 77 Song recommendation . The way you felt by Alec Benjamin .The truth II Emily just couldn't shake that feeling off her. That feeling of being about to experience a changing event It kept clawing at her . And she keep ignoring it .The telephone on her table rang , distracting her from her thought for a minute . She picked it up and waited for the caller to say something"Mr Gerald is here ma'am . " The voice of the receptionist downstairs sounded inside her head . Her mouth went instantly dried and her eyes widenedWhat was Micheal doing here?? Had she unknowingly invited him into her office Yesterday when she was drunk ,? Had she said something that suggested about meeting today ? Perhaps he was just here to finalize the business . Perhaps he was leaving for Newland . And Emily prayed for the latter Then she'll be at ease . Her mind would stop bugging her non-stop"Would you like him in ma'am?? " The voice said again .She seemed to have zoned out for a bit "Ahh yes
Chapter 76 Song recommendation . Unholy by Sam Smith and Kim PetrasThe truth Micheal's eyes was puffy and red . Itchy even But he couldn't care less about anything right now , talkless of his eyes . He had spent the whole of his night , digging and searching.Honestly , he wasn't the only one feeling that way . His secretary is probably cursing him right now . He laid curled up on the sofa , typing furiously away on the laptop . Making series of calls and picking up series of calls. Speaking in monotonous way .None of that could matter to Micheal right now . He was tapping his foot on the cold floor , waiting for the end result .Though he pretty much know what the result would be , he just needs to be as sure as possible and to do so . He'll need a lot of evidence to back up his claim That was exactly what he was trying to do right now . And by look of things , he was bound for an answer , sooner rather than later Micheal would be lying to say , he wasn't nervous . But still
Chapter 75 .Song recommendation Nxde by (g)idle . Fearless by le sserafim . Case 143 by straykidsEmily struggled to keep her eyes open . The red wine was long gone and now she tipsy and the earth was spinning under her feet Her face had gotten red , no doubt , from the alcohol . The atmosphere was silent , serene even and she feared she might do something she'll regret for quite a while unless she get going now . She knew what she had to do . Just tell Micheal and he'll send his driver to send her home . But the words refuse to come .She closed her eyes and tried again . Nothing ! Only a few croaking sound that never even left her throat . "I ....err ...think I better get going .. " she managed to get the words out . In a slur though and he seemed to have gotten the gist of what she was saying as he nodded in understanding of the situation . He still has that aura to him . That subtly impeccable aura . That impenetrable vibe and Emily wondered how soon would it be for to p