Ronan took up his phone and called Noelle. He tried multiple times, but still there was no response to his calls. He was worried that she was intentionally ignoring him, and she would put it on that their relationship between them was professional and that she did not need to work on Sunday, so she did not get his calls. He knew sitting there all day trying to reach her on the phone was not going to resolve anything so he moved out of the house to her location. Since she had complained about him showing up with fancy cars before, he picked an ordinary salon car so he could blend into the neighbourhood.He got to the nearest parking lot by her house and decided to park there and walk the rest of the way. He got to her apartment door and knocked on the door. As he stood there, he realised that he should have brought something to apologise with, and now it was too late since he had knocked already. He waited for the door to get attended to; it never came, so he knocked again."Who is the
Noelle made sure that her father was out of the place before she turned to Ronan, clapping her hand gently. "Do you want to come in?" she asked when she realized that they could not stand in the doorway."Sure," he said, stepping into her apartment. He looked around the cosy but tiny apartment, allowing it to take in her. There were two doors facing each other at the end of the room, and he knew that had to be the bedroom and bathroom. The open kitchen was to the right of the door. "Lovely place," he said."You can sit here," she whispered. She felt a bit weird that he was in her house. "Can I offer you anything?" she asked and he shook his head. "Well, I feel a bit weird that you are here and I can't offer you anything," she replied."I will take anything with alcohol in it then," he replied. She nodded and walked to the kitchen, opening up the fridge and taking out a bottle of water after noticing that she might need to restock on a few things."I have this; I guess it should be oka
Noelle had lied to Ronan that she was having a blind date that her friend had set up because she thought that was the way she could get him to leave. Ronan was kinder than she thought he would be about it. He looked disappointed and had a lot of questions for her, but instead of asking her, he stood up and took his leave like a gentleman.Noelle was meeting with her friend Celeste. It had been a while since they had met, and she had a lot to tell her friend, so when the girl called to ask if Noelle would be free, she cleared everything else she had to do and agreed to meet. She still had an hour before Celste came over, and they could go for lunch together.Noelle spent that time cleaning up the house because she had not been able to do anything all morning. When she saw the news circulating, she broke down a bit, feeling sad about the situation. She kept on rethinking all of her choices as she wondered why she had pushed Ronan to go to Chole; she should have held onto him; she did no
"Are you going to stay for dinner tonight or are you going on another date tonight?" Relanda asked as Ezra walked into the kitchen."A date?" Ezra was confused at the sudden question she threw at him. She had barely allowed him to breathe in the scent of the soup boiling on the stove before she threw him that question. "What date?""You think I do not know that you are always out on a date these days?" Relanda asked."I am not going on any dates; I have been so busy trying to meet up with work that I have not had time for that," Ezra lied. He knew that Elara was going to panic if she heard that Relanda had figured it out so easily. He was going to try his best to keep his word to her, though, even though she had cracked the code. He was not going to tell her that it was truly a date and who it was because he was sure that would be her next question."Oh, please, boy, I think you tend to forget that I have known you for too long," she replied. She had been taking care of Ezra since he
A WEEK LATEREverything has returned to normal with the press, as no one was asking for interviews or questions about Ronan and Chole but Chole was continuously blasting Ronan's phones with multiple calls. It was a bit ridiculous to Ronan that things were happening that way. She had been the one to cut off all existing communications lines between them without first thinking about it, and now it seemed like she wanted to weasel her way back into his life.He did not pick up any of her calls or reply to her messages, but that did not stop her from sending multiple in the space of an hour. They were mostly messages apologising and asking to meet up. Even if Ronan had not fallen for Noelle within that time, he would never have given Chole the chance to speak to him. She had said what she wanted, and what he couldn't understand was why she was trying to switch things all of a sudden.A knock from the door drew him from his brood state; he looked up and murmured a come-in. Noelle appeared
Elara swallowed the lump in her throat just because she could not take it anymore; it felt like someone had taken time out of their busy day to tie up her throat, and it felt itchy. She cleared her throat and straightened her back as she walked through the restaurant.She looked to one table in the corner; her boyfriend Micah's back was to her, and she took a deep breath, clutching tightly to the handle of her purse. As she approached the table, she wished that this was different.When she first caught on that he was cheating, she did not believe it one bit because there was no way that her boyfriend, who swore to love her even though he was too closed off to show it to her, was showing another girl with flowers and chocolates and dinner dates; she could believe that the same man she had been with all these years was cheating on her.But when her sister called to tell her that she was getting out and that everyone knew that he was getting married to Zara, she knew that she did not sta
"You are the heiress?" Elara asked, letting out a long laugh. She was angry to meet her boyfriend with a woman, but it amused her that this woman was pretending to be the woman she hid from Micah all these years. She did not want anyone going after her for her family money and influence but for who she was. "But I hear that no one knows what she looks like, so how can we be sure that you are the one?" Elara followed with continuous laughter. She was sure that her siblings would have a field day with this information if they got to hear it. Her father had been the expert at keeping his children away from the public and had only introduced her brother Ronan when he was twenty years old to the media because he said he had to learn the ropes of the business. Since Elara stayed hidden from the press, it was easier for her to live a life of freedom. "Are you saying that I am lying?" Zara asked, shifting on her feet uncomfortably. "Of course not; how can I call you an impersonator?" She
"Regret this? Regret marrying to the Quinn family?" Micah scoffed like she had just told a lie. "I don't think so," he said with a smirk on his face."Oh, boo, don't listen to her; she must be crazy," Zara chimed in."Crazy? You are calling me crazy? I am the crazy one here?" She said, looking around, hoping that the people around her would help her judge the matter."Both of you are shamelessly out here cheating on me, and you think I am the crazy one? In what world are you the sane ones?" She did not even know she had those kinds of words brewing on the insides of her."If you know he is cheating on you, as you said, why don't you let him be?" Zara asked, air-quoting the word cheating. "Moreover, if you were never in a relationship, why would it be cheating?""Did he say that?" Elara asked, quietly dropping the plate in her hand to the table and cleaning off the soup residue that had stuck to her hand on the napkin. "Did he tell you that we were not in a relationship?""Well, he did
A WEEK LATEREverything has returned to normal with the press, as no one was asking for interviews or questions about Ronan and Chole but Chole was continuously blasting Ronan's phones with multiple calls. It was a bit ridiculous to Ronan that things were happening that way. She had been the one to cut off all existing communications lines between them without first thinking about it, and now it seemed like she wanted to weasel her way back into his life.He did not pick up any of her calls or reply to her messages, but that did not stop her from sending multiple in the space of an hour. They were mostly messages apologising and asking to meet up. Even if Ronan had not fallen for Noelle within that time, he would never have given Chole the chance to speak to him. She had said what she wanted, and what he couldn't understand was why she was trying to switch things all of a sudden.A knock from the door drew him from his brood state; he looked up and murmured a come-in. Noelle appeared
"Are you going to stay for dinner tonight or are you going on another date tonight?" Relanda asked as Ezra walked into the kitchen."A date?" Ezra was confused at the sudden question she threw at him. She had barely allowed him to breathe in the scent of the soup boiling on the stove before she threw him that question. "What date?""You think I do not know that you are always out on a date these days?" Relanda asked."I am not going on any dates; I have been so busy trying to meet up with work that I have not had time for that," Ezra lied. He knew that Elara was going to panic if she heard that Relanda had figured it out so easily. He was going to try his best to keep his word to her, though, even though she had cracked the code. He was not going to tell her that it was truly a date and who it was because he was sure that would be her next question."Oh, please, boy, I think you tend to forget that I have known you for too long," she replied. She had been taking care of Ezra since he
Noelle had lied to Ronan that she was having a blind date that her friend had set up because she thought that was the way she could get him to leave. Ronan was kinder than she thought he would be about it. He looked disappointed and had a lot of questions for her, but instead of asking her, he stood up and took his leave like a gentleman.Noelle was meeting with her friend Celeste. It had been a while since they had met, and she had a lot to tell her friend, so when the girl called to ask if Noelle would be free, she cleared everything else she had to do and agreed to meet. She still had an hour before Celste came over, and they could go for lunch together.Noelle spent that time cleaning up the house because she had not been able to do anything all morning. When she saw the news circulating, she broke down a bit, feeling sad about the situation. She kept on rethinking all of her choices as she wondered why she had pushed Ronan to go to Chole; she should have held onto him; she did no
Noelle made sure that her father was out of the place before she turned to Ronan, clapping her hand gently. "Do you want to come in?" she asked when she realized that they could not stand in the doorway."Sure," he said, stepping into her apartment. He looked around the cosy but tiny apartment, allowing it to take in her. There were two doors facing each other at the end of the room, and he knew that had to be the bedroom and bathroom. The open kitchen was to the right of the door. "Lovely place," he said."You can sit here," she whispered. She felt a bit weird that he was in her house. "Can I offer you anything?" she asked and he shook his head. "Well, I feel a bit weird that you are here and I can't offer you anything," she replied."I will take anything with alcohol in it then," he replied. She nodded and walked to the kitchen, opening up the fridge and taking out a bottle of water after noticing that she might need to restock on a few things."I have this; I guess it should be oka
Ronan took up his phone and called Noelle. He tried multiple times, but still there was no response to his calls. He was worried that she was intentionally ignoring him, and she would put it on that their relationship between them was professional and that she did not need to work on Sunday, so she did not get his calls. He knew sitting there all day trying to reach her on the phone was not going to resolve anything so he moved out of the house to her location. Since she had complained about him showing up with fancy cars before, he picked an ordinary salon car so he could blend into the neighbourhood.He got to the nearest parking lot by her house and decided to park there and walk the rest of the way. He got to her apartment door and knocked on the door. As he stood there, he realised that he should have brought something to apologise with, and now it was too late since he had knocked already. He waited for the door to get attended to; it never came, so he knocked again."Who is the
Alfie took the phone off his ears. He knew that he had jumped to a conclusion about Chole and Ronan last night but he had seen the opportunity and wanted to grab it by the neck. If he let it go, how was he supposed to stabilise his company? He marched from downstairs, where he had been drinking his coffee, to Chole's room. He pounded on the door and waited for her to respond.Chole was jolted awake from the pounding. She looked around, and the last thing that she remembered was leaving the hotel and going to a bar. She sat on the bed, trying to ignore her father on the other side of the door. She thought of Ephesus, and her heart began to ache. She did not even think for once that he was ever going to do something so evil to her. He was with her for her father's money? She did not have access to her father's money, and she was willing to leave it all for him, and yet he had his eyes on it.She began to think back on the relationship between them. He said they met by coincidence at the
"I think you should call Mr. Prescott and sort this out before it snowballs into something big. Also, call up Noelle and explain the situation to her. I would not like to get the wrong idea if I were the one," Clara finally put in a word to their conversation. "Also, try to stop all contact with Chole at least for now. I am not saying you should become enemies, but you know that the media always wants to say something about your life, and your marriage would not be an exception, so do whatever you can to wrap this up quickly.""Okay, mom," Ronan said with a nod. He had already decided what he was going to do. He wanted to get breakfast over with her because he knew he would have to explain to her family what happened. He finished the food on his plate and excused himself before his mom could fill it up again.He went into his room and sat on the bed. He called Alfie to talk to him. He wanted to clear the air with him."Son-in-law" Alfie's voice sounded happy, as if he had won the lott
Elliot frowns at his phone. He was going through the morning news when a message from his assistant popped up, and it was an article confirming the relationship between his son and Chole. As of that moment, the legal team had been trying their best to ensure no more articles of such leaked out until there was a confirmation from Quinn's family. Elliot knew that reporters liked to talk, but what he could not understand about the article was that the journalist in charge was speaking as if they had gotten a confirmation from both parties."How could Chole and Ronan be back together?" he grunted as he swiped the article off his screen. He lifted his eyes to Clara, standing in front of him."What was that?" she asked with wide eyes."There is a strange article that Ronan had gotten back with Chole," Elliot responded, dropping the tablet to the coffee table next to him before pushing himself out of the chair. "You came to call me for breakfast, didn't you?" he asked, taking up her hand and
Ronan went to the bar that the bartender was able to give him over the phone. After leaving the office, he called Chole back because he realised that she did not give him an address, and the bartender picked up instead, telling him that she had passed out from drinking. He gave out the address and asked him to come pick her up before she made a scene there. As he drove there, he could not help but wonder why Noelle had not stopped him; he wondered if she was truly not interested in him. He knew that if he had heard her ex was calling her and she had taken off like he did, then he would have tried all he could to stop her by all means. She did not seem moved at all by his decision to go and do whatever it was with Chole. She stayed professional till the very end, which annoyed him a little.He wondered if it was wise of him to continue clinging to her when she was clear about her feelings; maybe it was time to let go. His thoughts were cut short by the navigation system that was signal