The situation is getting damn awkward, so I cannot say that I like where this is going."As much as I'd like to do that, Nick will find it very strange that I suddenly avoided him. However, if you allow me to say the real reason, then it would be much easier for him to understand things!""Trust me, it is more complicated if I talk to that bastard. Have you noticed that he avoided me? And for sure, he also backstabbed me, like what he did to other employees he was so jealous of."Now that things have gotten more complicated, I really feel like I am not going to have a good relationship with Hailey anymore. All I can do is pretend that we are still best friends. I realized the value of Nick when Hailey wanted me to avoid him."Are you still in love with Nick?" I frankly asked. "Stella, if you have fallen in love before, you should know that moving on from someone is difficult! Me and Nick were not the same on many different things, and we have other priorities, which is why our relati
Before going down, Hailey let me borrow one of her extra corporate attire in order to make me presentable when I take a picture for my passport. We headed inside the embassy, and we can see several people sitting on the bench. We looked at each other in dismay about what we had witnessed. She placed her mouth next to my ears."Let me cut the line for you!" she says with a firm voice. As someone who grows in an underdeveloped area, I know that cutting the line isn't right, so I tried stopping her. "Please don't do these! We have one whole day to wait for our turn. I think that these people have been here earlier than the other employees!" I said. She put her arms around my shoulders. "No! We will not waste time waiting with a bunch of losers. We need to prioritize your passport. Don't worry, all you can do is sit and watch me go to work!"She winked at me as if she were sure that I would prioritize. I sat on the end of the bench, and she entered the office. Everyone is glaring at H
At the edge of my sight, I could see some people glaring at us. I understand how they feel because it was unfair that they fall in line and we did not. When I stood up, Hailey sat on the bench. When I went to the picture-taking area, a man in corporate attire waved his hand, indicating that I am the next. There was a curtain in the room separating the private area where picture-taking is happening. I think that is the right thing to do since not everyone is confident enough to let others see them. In fairness, the guy who is taking the picture of me has a face. I mean to say, he is also a handsome and tall guy. He has white skin and a pointed nose. In the side view, he looks like Nick. He leaned me on the wall and then went in front of me. "Please give me your best smile!" he said. I am blushing right now and I hope that this is not over yet. After multiple shots, he took the camera off his face. "Would you like to see yourself?" he asked, smiling with his beautiful teeth out.
I was about to speak when Hailey suddenly speak again. "By the way, my dad wants you to sleep in our house one day before our trip to Japan. For now, let us go to the mall and eat our lunch. After that, we will buy you a mallet and some new clothes and other things that you need!"Right now, I still can't get over John's handsome face so I brought up his name as a topic again. "Hold on a second! I wanted to know more about John! Sorry, but I can't get his handsome face out of my mind!"Hailey started teasing me. "That must be the love you're feeling right now! I know that he is working there but I never mentioned him to you because I thought you are not like the rest of the girls whose eyes are sparkling whenever a handsome man passes by in front of them!""Can you tell me more about this John?" I asked excitedly. "Well, John once courted me way back in high school. I had a crush on him as well upon our first encounter. I guess we misinterpret love and lust because we often feel ov
We are about to go when a traffic enforcer suddenly knocked on Hailey's window. She opened it and asked the traffic enforcer."What is your problem? We are in a hurry so I can't spend time talking to somebody like you!""Hailey, please calm down!" I said as I feel we are about to be apprehended by the traffic enforcer. "Who do you think you are to stop your car in the middle of the road? Have you seen that you caused a traffic at your back?"I turned my gaze at the back and I saw that there were cars who stopped as well. I could see that Hailey raised her eyebrow at the traffic enforcer. "Are you fucking stupid? It is my fault that they did not take over? The road is damn wide so I don't think that I am responsible with them!" Hailey exclaimed. "Please Hailey, you need to calm down otherwise things will get worse!"Hailey looked at me. "No Stella, we are not the bad guys here! We did nothing wrong!"I kept my mouth shut for a while. I can see in Hailey's eyes that she's already en
When I started twerking in front of the two traffic enforcer, every car that passes by suddenly stopped. Hailey peeked through the window and she was laughing at me. "What the fuck is happening to you, Stella? Have you lost your mind. That's really hilarious!" she said, followed by a loud laugh. "Sis! I am doing all of this because of you!"Hailey suddenly opened her camera and takes video of me. Since I am no longer shy, I looked at her camera and dance harder. "Come on! Dance more!" she cheered me up. The traffic enforcer who was about to apprehend us looked at Hailey. "Alright, unless you dance like her I will give you a violation ticket!"Before Hailey could speak up, I opened the door of her car and dragged her down. "Sis, I would rather humiliate myself in front of everyone than to be humiliated in front of your dad. I know that you're not really into this but given the complicated situation, all we can do is to act like stupid and dance!"I opened my phone and played a mu
I played Taylor Swift's song and we both dance like crazy inside Hailey's car. It was indeed the most highlight of this day. It took 30 minutes before we arrived at the mall. Hailey and I went to the most famous restaurant in the Philippines. Hailey and I fall in line and while waiting for our turn, we are both looking at the menu."What would you like to order? One piece chicken? Spaghetti? Burger steak or all of them?"I was craving this time and I decided not to be shy anymore. "Hailey, can we order all of them? I am seriously craving right now and I think I can finish eating all of those food in less than 20 minutes!""Are you sure about that? How about your weight?""Weight does not matter to me anymore. All I want is to eat food. Diet is not something I am really concern about so there is nothing to worry about!""Okay! Let me take care of ordering. Please find a place to eat!"I easily found a table on the corner side. It is good for two people and the table is long enough, s
"Congratulations! Studying is so difficult!""I agreed with that," said Ashley. "My dad is really working hard to send me to school and we don't have enough money to pay for my tuition fee!""I also had the same issues with you! However, have you tried asking some of your possible classmates or anyone in your school regarding that? When I was still in college, I had not pay a single scent for my tuition fee. I only paid for extra curricular activities and field trips!""But I think it depends on the school and course that you will take. Nursing requires a lot of trainings and medical equipment for us to have a better education. I even tried asking anyone in the school and they said that my school has never granted full scholarship and yet once you graduated, they will make sure that you land a job!""Is it okay to ask how much is your tuition fee?" "My tuition fee is around 50,000 for one semester. I almost searched for possible school with affordable tuition fee and they are the one
"What the fuck is going on here?" I asked in wonder then I slapped Nick' face."Sorry Stella... since you are no longer having sex with me and I am so fucking obsessed with Hailey's body, I have sex with her many times!"I slapped Hailey's face as well but she fought back with a slap."What the fuck are you doing? I am in a relationship with Nick again and I fulfill his needs as a guy! You took everything away from me, Stella so it's unfair if I do not return the favor!"I looked at Nick seriously. "Mark my words, I am not breaking up with you!"He tried explaining to me but I ignored him.The following days, neither Hailey nor Nick were present in their works and it makes me curious if they are still together. Then I went to my area when Nick suddenly called me. As the ex-girlfriend, I think that I should let him go and I need to find another guy that I will love for the rest of my life. But Nick is such a persistent guy and he does not give up calling me so I answered him once and
Tomorrow morning when I woke up, I quickly took a shower when I heard my phone ringing again. I thought it was not an emergency so I just continued showering. When I got out of the damn comfort room, I took my phone and guess what? I was shocked when I heard from Sir Michael a bad news. "Stella, can you come to my office? It's about Sir Joseph! He suddenly collapsed on the floor and he was rushed by Hailey at the hospital!"I really thought it was just another fake news so I called Sir Michael. "Hello? What happened?" I said the moment he answered my call. "As I said on the chat, Sir Joseph is now in the hospital. I know that telling you about this does not make any difference but you need to go to the hospital!""What is the findings?""I really don't know about that but you should come to the hospital and update us about what happened!"In as much as I would like to go there, I know that Hailey will not allow me to come because we are still not in speaking terms. "Sir, you are r
"No thanks! I am tired and all I wanted to do is to rest!"Nick did not answer me and he just waited for me silently. I know that he is upset so I no longer talked to him. Now I have come to realize that he is probably having an affair with Hailey but I need to confirm it with my own eyes, to see is still to believe! At 6:30 in the evening, I went to my father's office and talked to him again. "So what is your final decision?" he said, looking at me with serious eyes. "Because honestly, I am going to be very disappointed if you leave your position so I have realized that I need to revise your contract if that's what you really want. I will make your salary twice with how much you earned today!"I was not illuminated by the money he is going to offer me and I will stick with my decision to resign. "I am so sorry Sir Joseph but I have already made up my mind. I think that this is the right time for me to resign. Again I am so sorry but I have already made up my mind!"He let out a fr
"Don't worry Stella, we only talked about a few things and you should not worry yourself about a lot of stuff!""How can I not worry about a lot of stuff she is like a leech that follows you wherever you go?""Don't look at me like that. It's not even my fault if she is trying to seduce me again. More importantly, would you like me to take order for you or would you like to order on your own?""I wanted you to order for me. The same food and please order me extra rice!""Okay, I noticed that you are gaining weight because you are taking too much rice so I won't buy extra rice!"I frowned. "And now, my weight is already a big deal to you? Are you going to break me up if I became obese?""Of course! Although, do not get the wrong idea. You need to discipline yourself and control your weight because it will indicate whether you are healthy or not!""Nick... only boys have an issue like that with women. How about me? Even if you gain weight, I will still love you because of who you are. I
I quickly defended Hailey from my dad's rant. "Please Sir Joseph, this has nothing to do with Hailey! I swear... my decision is not something to do with her or with anyone. Later after my shift, I will pass my resignation to you!"Sir Joseph looked dismayed with what he has heard from my mouth. I expected that he would do something to stop me from stepping down as the Chief Marketing Officer. "But what could possibly the reason of your resignation? Is it personal or you've been assigned to do a lot of works? I hope to get your true answer regarding this!""Well... I really am still navigating to do my job as the Chief Marketing Officer and I have come to realize that it is more stressful than my previous job. So I think I am too young to be stressed out that is why I am resigning from this position!""But, isn't it too soon decide on this matter? I believe in your potential, Stella! I know that you are capable of making a better decision on this matter. I know that it's so damn stre
"Is that so? But why are you acting that way? I am very sure that Nick said something to you that makes you really sad. I wonder if he's losing interest in having a relationship with someone as immature as you are. Seriously, having a boyfriend like him does not suit you well... bitch!"I've really had enough of Hailey being a bitch to me so I returned those words back to her. "Well... I would rather be a real person in front of a bitch rather than being a fake like someone in front of me!""So you want a trouble again? Are you being so arrogant now because you are in that position? Because you stole Nick from me and broke our promise?""First of all, I am not starting a trouble here. I just want you to know that you are getting in my nerves and I know for a fact that you are the ones manipulating Nick to do something against me. I don't even think that it makes me arrogant if I'm being rude to someone who does not show me respect!"She looked at me as if she is confused. "What the f
Tomorrow morning, I went to my office at exact 6:30 a.m. The lights on different departments are still turned off so I went to office's cafeteria in order to have some coffee. Until this very moment, I still could accept the fact that Nick is upset with me!When I got my coffee, I quickly returned to my office and I was shocked when I saw Nick sitting on my table and looking at me with a serious face. Then he tilted his mouth to speak. "Are you surprise that I am here, Stella?" "Why are you here? I thought you were upset with me?""I told you already... we need to talk... heart to heart while nobody is around. In that way, we can assure that we have no future problems!"I closed the damn door and went to my area. I put my coffee on the table and leaned on my chair. "And what would you like to talk about?""I believe you still remember our previous chat!"I crossed my arms over my chest. "If this is regarding me stepping down to give way for Hailey, Nick... that ain't gonna happen!"
"But when I confronted him earlier about this, he does not want to talk! And I am afraid that this is not the first time it will happen!""I understand where you are coming from, but it really needs a teamwork in order for a relationship to work. Try to talk to him if that what makes you comfortable!""How about you, if you were in the same position, are you going to confront the person who is flirting with mom or are you going to talk to her directly?""I will choose to talk to both of them since they are doing it together. However, I trusted your mom because she is matured enough to handle a relationship. This is totally different in your age, Stella. Your boyfriend is handsome and I know that there are many women who will try to steal him from you and it's gonna be challenging to trust him! But as I said, as long as he is not cheating with another woman or a gay, you need to put your trust in him!""Thank you, Peter! I know that you've got problems on your own but you still choose
When I went back to my house, I quickly played the recording on my phone and I have concluded that Nick and Hailey planned to meet tomorrow after the work. It really pisses me off knowing that he is going to betray me like this. I am the one who only owns my boyfriend and Hailey is just a nightmare throwback for Nick. However, in as much as I would like to confront Nick, I know that he would still deny that there is something going on between him and Hailey. And because I am now superior to Hailey, I need to act more matured than her so that Nick will still choose me over to her. I am willing to forget about my friendship with Hailey if that is the only way I can be with Nick for the rest of my life.While I am eating in the middle of the night, my stepfather suddenly came out. "What's with the long face?" He asked me. I smiled at my stepfather, "there is something to worry about!""Would you mind if I sit down? I just want to talk to you personally!"I don't see anything wrong wit