Haidee was ready to flee. She wanted to escape the poor life of a marionette, where only her parents navigate what life, she should take. And tonight, is the night. Carrying a huge bag, she will elope with Griffti and live a happy life with him. This is her dream, to be with someone she loves until death. “I had to meet him. I had to,” Haidee said while carrying the bag.” Cyrus and she decided to meet in their favorite place. To do that, Haidee had to escape from her house in the middle of the night. Silence filled the air as she carefully crept along the small narrow wall. Tension lurked behind her as she tried not to be seen by the maids, her siblings, or her parents. If she was caught escaping, they would lock her in the house. And Haidee does not like it. “I had to see Cyrus and tell him that I am pregnant with his child,” Haidee murmured. Sweat trickled down her face. She had been walking, which seemed to feel like ages until the soles of her feet felt so worn out.
Lance thought that they succeeded in the plan.He asked Cyrus to come to the meeting place, and Jane said that she brought Haidee already.“Now, all we need to do is to watch them in secret,” Lance murmured.To do that, he had to hear from Jane about where they would meet.Lance checked his phone with his right hand, while the other held the flashlight. Jane hasn’t replied to him yet.The anxiousness kicked in.‘What if something happened?’ Worrying about that, Lance picked up his pace. He ran towards the place where they would bring Cyrus and Haidee together. On his way, Lance saw the light coming to his side.Is that Jane?Covering his blinded sight, Lance asked, “Is that you? Jane?”He approached the light and to his surprise, it wasn’t Jane whom he saw, but Haidee.“H-Haidee,” he called.“Lance,” Haidee gasped.Lance looked around and noticed that Haidee was alone.‘This is weird. By now, she should be with Cyrus!’ he exclaimed inwardly.“Why are you a-alone?” he asked.Haidee si
Finally, Lance calmed down.It is now the time for Jane to laugh as much as she wanted.“Pfft…”The sulky boss looked at her with a frown.“W-Why are you laughing?” he shyly asked.Fortunately, the forest is dark, and so Jane couldn’t see Lance’s reddened face. He is so embarrassed right now!“S-Sorry,” Jane apologized, but still, she could not stop laughing.“You look so happy after scaring the death out of me,” he complained.Jane wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and answered, “It is because you are strong. You told me before that everyone feared you when you were young. But who would have thought that you are scared of ghosts?”“Ghosts are scary!” Lance defended. “I am strong but there’s no way to knock out a ghost.”“Other people say that humans are scarier than ghosts.”“Seeing you, I will agree,” Lance said with a nod. “Don’t you know how much it frightened me when I heard from Haidee that you went missing!? You are really scarier than ghosts! I thought I would die fr
Sweat mixed with the chilling air trickled down Eric’s face. He’s been going around for ages trying to look for Jane and Lance.His feet had been worn out from running here and there, and he felt like lying down on the dirty ground for a bit. However, Eric won’t dare rest, not until he finds Jane. He thought that wasting even a second would kill him!He blamed himself for taking his eyes off her and letting her walk around the forest.Now, even if his throat hurts so bad for shouting for her name, Eric drew another breath and shouted loudly.“Jane!”…His eyes loosened a bit. He is surprised that the echo which has been following his voice before has stopped.‘The echo stopped,’ he thought while looking around. ‘Was it really my echo or a ghost?’Eric shook his head and sighed. Once he focused on Jane, his imagination started to turn worse. What if Jane fell on the cliff? What if she was crying out there in fear? Or, what if she encountered a wild animal?“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”Eric turne
“I love you.” This is not the first time Jane heard a confession. She was famous in college, and many admired her. However, this is the first time she heard one from someone she was close with. In the dim light with only moonlight to shine down the forest, Jane wordlessly stared at her boss. She had many questions to ask. Why? How? When? She and Lance were good friends. And she respected him as her boss. How did it come to this? “You don’t need to answer,” Lance said after a long silence. “I said it because I don’t want to keep it a secret and regret it later. However, I am not going to force you to give me an answer, Jane.” An answer. Yes. Jane thought that she should give him an answer. She could not accept his feelings because she knew whom she liked. “Lance,” Jane called. “I can’t… accept it.” “I know,” Lance said with a chuckle. “From the beginning, I know that you are not ready to date. Jane, you only focused on Eugene’s happiness. Also, you told me before that datin
Sitting on the ground, Lance took off his shoes.“Damn it! Argh.”His foot was swelling a lot. Although he wanted to spend more time with her alone, Lance didn’t want Jane to spend the rest of the night in the middle of the forest, and that’s why he forced himself to walk. But he reached his limit.“It is a mess,” Lance said while looking at his injury.Speaking of mess, he recalled his confession to Jane. He didn’t plan to tell her tonight.“Because the moment I decide to pursue you, there will be a war,” Lance said.Nonetheless, Lance was ready.“Tomorrow is the start,” Lance uttered.He heard footsteps coming his way. He frowned. It wasn’t that long since Jane left to call for help. Lance thought that it was so fast.Lance narrowed his eyes to the dark and saw two silhouettes coming. He knew that one of them is Jane, but the other one…? He’s not sure.“Jane?” Lance called.He waited seconds until he could see both of the faces.Jane came back with Eric.Lance couldn’t hide the grim
Cyrus gripped the bottle in his hands. His eyes swiveled towards the back of his head in a distressed sense of a headache. He tilted his head towards the edge of the couch as he took a long swig of the dark substance that affected him. He sighed as the walls became part of a fun house, changing figures in a blink of an eye. His breath was the underlying cause of the smell of alcohol that entered his nostrils, and his mouth was sore from the amount of alcohol that he poured down on his throat. “It was my fault,” Cyrus whispered in a drunk tone. He even laughed at stupidity before finishing the bottle in his hand. Cyrus regretted it a lot. He decided to be a villain so he could get his revenge on Haidee. But in the end, he realized that it was his fault. ‘I failed to protect my unborn child and the woman I love!’ For many years, he thought that Haidee abandoned him. But she did not. Instead, Haidee did her best to protect him from her parents. At this time, Cyrus drowned in mel
Today, there will be a meeting for the Chairman nomination in Geelq Corporation.All of the board of directors and the shareholders came to the meeting to discuss the future of Geelq under the new generation.Eric came to the meeting after Lance took him back home. The two of them didn’t talk much as they were both busy today.Seated next to the shareholders, Eric looked at the four empty seats. The first seat, which was in front of the long table, is for his father, Chase Desmond.The second seat is for Lance’s father, Manuel Theodore.The third seat is for Lance, who is also a director at Geelq Car Company. But Lance never attended the meeting, so the board of directors has no clue about Lance.And last, the seat for Cyrus Desmond.Eric glanced at his wristwatch.‘Cyrus won’t come?’ he thought.It is a good sign. If Cyrus would not come, it means that he and Haidee were together, and they fixed their relationship.Now, all Eric had to do is to fulfill his promise.‘I have to be the