The day after Noahâs birthday party was a Sunday and the mansion was a bit bubbly as all members of the Sanchez family were home. After joining the whole family for breakfast in the morning, Xena proceeded to drag Lola into her living quarters by hand. She had preordered outfits from Secretâs latest clothing collection and they had been delivered to the estate that morning.Noah, who had been abandoned at the table with his parents and grandfather by his wife and little sister looked at the two women who were happily walking away from the table and strangely felt that Xena was starting to spend way more time with Lola than he did with her. The two women had only just stepped into Xenaâs familiar quarters when Xena hurriedly shut the door behind her and turned back to face Lola with twinkling eyes. Lola, who was starting to get familiar with Xena Sanchezâs cunning antics quickly let her guard up as she looked back at the door wondering if it was too late to back out. âWhy that look?.
âOhh...such a handsome smile. You should smile more often dear. You look so adorable.â Maria commented happily. âPfft.â Lola almost spat out at her motherâs compliment of Noah... adorable?.. who? This stoned-faced man??.âMom.. thatâs enough. You would make Noah uncomfortable..â Lola said. If this continues she would have to deal with a headache soon.âUncomfortable?.. are you uncomfortable Noah?.â Maria asked.âNo Mom Iâm not,â Noah said as he smiled more adorably at Maria and observed Lolaâs reaction from time to time. He seemed to be enjoying her tensed-up expressions. Itâs been so long since he felt this free or played around this way.Maria nodded at his response satisfied as she turned to face Lola. âSee?.. heâs not uncomfortable at all.â Then she turned back to face Noah. âWhy donât you have your seat or let Lola show you around the house? I prepared lunch already before you both arrived and I made just enough for at least three servings,â she said as she left to serve the foo
The long dining table had three vacant seats. Noah, Lola, and even the patriarch of the Sanchez family were missing from the table and the other three members had been waiting for them to arrive so they could start eating. Ava Sanchez, who had abandoned an important scheming phone call to show up for dinner was starting to get upset as she signaled for Mrs. Dorothy who had just walked into the dining room to come towards her.âOld master Sanchez had instructed that dinner can proceed without him and the young master, he would join in much later instead.â Mrs.Dorothy announced as she bowed slightly.âWhat about Noah?â Ava asked directly about her son, not bothering to also ask about Lolaâs whereabouts.âThe young master had just arrived but heâs with Old Master Sanchez in his study.â âI see... Thanks, Mrs.Dorothy.â Ava said as she dismissed the housekeeper while wondering what was so urgent for the old man to put dinner on hold. * * *Noah drove up to the entrance of the mansion onl
âWe will move out tomorrow as grandfather has advised.â Noah declared as he wiped his hands elegantly with a clean napkin while staring straight at Ava. âIf you wish to visit Lola, be sure to inform me about it two days ahead or my doors will not be open to you.â âYou...â Ava stuttered angrily as her hands shook at his words. He was her son however he was treating her no more than a visitor. How dare he!âSon..â Andy spoke up but Noah cut him off. He was done with his meal already and had no reason to remain at the table to keep listening to them. âGoodnight,â Noah said as he stood up and walked away from the dining area to attend to other important things. * * *The next morning, Lola woke up early and assisted Maria in wetting the flowers she had planted in the garden behind the house. She also prepared breakfast and served her motherâs food before organizing the dishes on a tray to take them to her room. Inside the bedroom, Maria was still sleeping peacefully on the comfortable
The weather was perfect and the ride home remained silent as Lola stared out from the luxurious carâs window. The scenery outside the vehicle was bustling and multiple cars drove past them as they moved. It was John who had been sent by Noah to pick her up from her motherâs apartment. Currently, the proficient bodyguard was seated beside the chauffeur in the front passengerâs seat. Lola had let down her silky red hair and had worn her green camouflage pants and black crop top which she had kept in her wardrobe back at Mariaâs place since she had not left the Sanchez family home with an extra outfit the day before. The men in front could not help but sneak glances at her through the side mirrors. Their madam looked different today... she was like a wild beauty.Lola had her AirPods plugged on, but her thoughts kept drifting back to what had happened in her motherâs home that morning. She was still surprised that her mom who seemed to stay aloof from the world or at least, from the e
Infinity Jewels Headquarters.Top Floor.The elevator dinged and Noah Sanchez got off the lift with his bodyguards closely behind him. The boardroom minute ran for five hours straight and those five hours were hell for the companyâs managers who were careful with delivering their reports to avoid losing their well-paying jobs after they had bore witness to the consequence of being stupid.âWeâll leave in an hour,â Noah instructed John as he sank into the comfortable leather chair in his office. At the moment, his fierce eyes were a little dull as he was stressed out. It was early November and this time of the year before Christmas was always demanding. Infinity Jewels was set to release its newest collections of accessories by early January and the various departments in the company worked overtime to ensure that everything took off well. As the person in charge, Noah had to govern each departmentâs duty and give all their hard work a perfect finishing touch. Noah could easily appoi
Aria stared at the phone in her hand for a while longer after the call with Lola had ended before letting it drop. Bang!.The mobile phone which was intact and functioning well enough less than two seconds ago now lay shattered on the floor with its screen cracked in too many places.Ariaâs expression was calm as she stared at the broken object which she had destroyed herself. It was a new phone and was less than a month old but now it was no longer useable. âA pity...â She mumbled as she got up from the bed to pick up the phone from the floor. She took out the sim from the phone before disposing it directly into the trash can. Next, she walked up to the dressing table where two newly bought tickets lay. They were the tickets she had gotten earlier in the day excitedly to go to watch the Get Lit dancers perform with Lola.Aria smiled sadly as she picked them up and ran her fingers over the letterings before tearing up the tickets into pieces and disposing them directly into the trash
Lola snuck too many glances at the handsome man sitting across from her. He was silently eating the food she had prepared and Lola felt a tinge of satisfaction surge from within her. He was no longer shirtless as he had returned with a grey shirt worn over his gym shorts, which covered his attractive abs but still, his muscles bulged as the shirtâs sleeve tightened around his arms making Lola swallow. Even when eating, this man looked sexy as hell. âWhatâs wrong with me!.â Lola thought as she scolded herself and forced her eyes to concentrate on the food in front of her instead, but even her eyes were unwilling to look away as less than five seconds later, she looked up to fix her gaze on him again. This time, Noah was looking straight back at her. He had felt her gaze on him many times and could not help but look up this time. Having been caught red-handed by the man, Lolaâs face reddened as she quickly turned back to her food.Noah frowned. Her plate still had much food on it whi