As soon as Hailey and her mom stepped into the living room, Hailey froze at the door upon seeing her dad sitting on one of the couches and fixed his gaze on the wide television before him. He was listening to the current news.
“What's wrong, Hailey?” Mrs. Amelia inquired after noticing Hailey's sudden pause.Instead of responding to her mom, she swallowed hard as she gazed at her father with fear.Just as she stood staring at her father without answering her Mom, Eric appeared from nowhere like a ghost.“Hailey,” he called out with a happy face as he rushed and hugged her.She squatted to his level and pecked his cheeks with continued smiles. “ I missed you, Eric,” said Hailey.“I missed you too, big sis,” Eric responded in a baby voice and smiled at his sister.However, Mr. Grayson pretended as if he wasn't aware of their presence. He continued listening to his news with his gaze fixed on the television, but his mood haDerrick was on his way home with a happy face. He couldn't believe he would meet Hailey again. But here they are, fate has helped them meet again.The only thing he needed currently was to work hard to win Hailey's heart, even though it would be tough.All he needed to do was to show her care and affection. He just needs to take things easy with Hailey, or else he would lose her.However, Derrick's greatest fear is if Hailey decides to make a U-turn to come back and claim Hailey. That's where the issue would start.He has to be fast, yet slow, with things if he wants to successfully win Hailey's heart and heal her wounds.Derrick was lost in thoughts as he drove on the expressway. Suddenly, Derrick spotted a car crossing his path without honking.He quickly applied the brake, but it was too late for him to stop his car because the other driver was already too close.Just as he had thought, his car crashed into the car in
After Williams's car was fixed, they left the mechanic shop and headed to Hazel's father's mansion.Yes, Hazel was a billionaire's daughter, who was madly in love with Williams since the day they met at a stadium.On that fateful day, her father took everyone in the family to go watch a live football game competition. Williams and Hazel met. Even after discovering that Williams's parents were poor, Hazel continued loving him. It wasn't because Williams was paying her bills, but she never cared because she was drunk with his love.A poor man's son who always finds true love despite his unfaithfulness. The truth is that Hazel was the first lady he dated. A lady who never bothered about the background he came from.The reason was that many billionaires' sons had approached her claiming to love her, but it was all fake. As soon as they use her, they dump her.Hazel encountered this from four young billionaire chi
“Dad, Mom, this is unfair and unacceptable. Why should you arrange my marriage with someone I have never met? I won't and will never marry him.” Hazel spat angrily.“But why, if I may ask?” her Mom demanded.“Because my heart belongs to someone else and not a stranger I'm seeing for the first time.” Hazel furiously announced as she glared at the three young, handsome men sitting on the couches.“Who is this young man whom your heart belongs to? And why is it that we don't know him, Hazel?” Hazel's dad, Mr. Remington, inquired with skeptical brows.“Yes, you don't know him, that's why he's here to introduce himself,” said Hazel as she pointed at Williams.Immediately after she said that, her parents took their gazes to Williams, who quickly averted his gaze away after noticing that Mr. Remington and his wife were trying to look in his direction.Hazel's parents intensely stared at Williams for a few minutes as they tried to captur
Even though Williams was passing through pain because of how hard Seth's bodyguards punched him, he managed and stood up from the ground after noticing that the gate was about to be opened.The young man who drove Williams's car out of the mansion almost cleared Williams out of the way, but he quickly stepped away and dodged the car.He angrily clenched his fist as he glared at the young man inside the car. The guard parked the car by the roadside, facing the direction Williams will follow when leaving.“Take your key and drive out of this place right now!” the guard commanded and threw the car key at Williams.Even though he was angry, he didn't hesitate to take hold of his car key after it was thrown at him.“Move away from here, b*tch!” the guard cursed and pushed Williams towards his car.Williams vehemently obeyed and continued walking up to his car. Upon getting to the car, he angrily turned and pointed a finger at the guard who was pushing him. “ You will regret kicking me o
Derrick was eager to keep his promise to his younger sister, and for this reason, he had to trace Hailey down to her father's house.Although he was scared to go to the house, nevertheless, he was determined to get back Hailey as his girlfriend despite her pregnancy.He drove to the address that was given to him by Mrs. Lorelei's driver.Derrick found himself standing before a tall gate after parking his car in an open place.He sighed in relief and said to himself,“ You are a man, Derrick. You can do this.”He assured himself after standing there staring at the gate for almost an hour because he was afraid of what Hailey might do to him. After a few minutes of pondering, he summoned the courage and called out to the gatekeeper.Within seconds, the gateman slowly opened the gate. “ May I know you, please?” the young man asked Derrick.“Of course, yes. I'm Dr. Derrick, and I'm here to see… Hmm…” Derric
“Hey, look who we have got in our house today. Dr. Derrick…?” said Mrs. Lorelei as she stood up from the couch to welcome Derrick. Surprisingly, Mr. Remington also stood up to welcome the young man who presently entered the room.Derrick wasn't surprised to see Hailey still sitting on the couch and pretended as if she wasn't aware of his presence.Derrick and Hailey's parents exchanged pleasantries. Eric didn't hesitate to stand up and welcome Derrick too.After a few minutes of welcoming Derrick, he was offered a seat. Just as he was about to sit on the aged and flora couch, Hailey's voice echoed, making him abruptly stop halfway from sitting down.“Why are you, Derrick?” she furiously asked and rolled her eyes.“Hey, where are your manners, Hailey? Are you this childish to welcome someone who treated you in someone's hospital for free?” her Mom scolded her before averting her gaze to Derrick. “ Kindly have your seat, Dr. Derri
After accepting to go with him, Hailey informed her parents, and they happily permitted her to go with Derrick.Within minutes, they were out of the house. As soon as they got outside, Derrick opened the front car door and slightly bowed, and ushered her to enter.Hailey rolled her eyes before she entered the car. With a happy face, Derrick gently closed the door and walked around the car to the driver's side.Immediately he entered the car, he ignited the car key and zoomed off from the environment, and headed home.They found themselves on the expressway a few miles away from Hailey's house. Surprisingly, they have been quiet since they left Hailey's house as if they just finished quarreling with each other.However, Derrick was determined to make the place lively, as he wished Hailey could free her mind to discuss a few things with him.At first, he kept dumb as though he would rather not talk to her, nonetheless, Hailey was already aware that he wanted to speak with her but becaus
If only she knew how Derrick fought hard for Hailey to come over to the house, she wouldn't have said such a thing.However, as it stands now, it has become a must for Hailey to answer Mrs. Dorothy because there was no way out. And for her to be free, she must tell the truth, or else Mrs. Dorothy will keep disturbing her. This might continue until she opens up and tells her the truth about not dating her son no matter what.Hailey turned her gaze to Derrick. Immediately, they had eye contact. Derrick rapidly took his gaze away from her to avoid her frowning face. Upon seeing Derrick turning his face away, she faked a smile and then stared at Mrs. Dorothy for a few seconds.She swallowed hard before she summoned the courage to speak out, even though she was finding it difficult to do so. “M-mom…” she stammered. “ I don't think I want to marry anytime soon, so I can't say anything about that for now.” she finally confessed with a lopsided grin.“But why? You are already up in age to
Hailey stood silent for a long time, pondering what to tell Williams, so he could free her. They gazed at each other and remained in that position for what seemed like ages as the atmosphere became suffocated for Hailey.“Are you serious about what you are saying?” she finally asked with a low voice, her eyes wide open with astonishment.“Of course, yes. Do I appear like someone who is joking? I guess I'm not dressing like a joker, Hailey.” he smirked.She shook her head and said, “You must be kidding me, Williams. Here are the keys, take them, so I can move out of this place. I have forgiven you for breaking my heart into a thousand pieces. But just because I forgave you doesn't mean I will accept you back as my husband. I don't need any man in my life again, no matter how wealthy the man is. You betrayed me, Williams.”“Come on, Hailey. No one is above mistakes. We all make mistakes, so please take that as a mistake. Or are you trying
After a week of looking after her ex-husband in the hospital, Williams was discharged when the medical doctor was convinced that his health level had improved.Using her car, Hailey asked her chauffeur to drive Williams to the apartment he rented. Just as they halted in front of the apartment, a lady approached them after she spotted him coming out as he was helped by one of Hailey's two guards.Although she knew that her life was in danger, she didn't go out with her convoy, rather, she asked only two of her guards to follow her. Her chauffeur and the head guard.“Good day, madam,” the lady greeted Hailey with a friendly smile.“Good day, and how are you doing?” Hailey responded as she tried to think if she knew her somewhere, but she couldn't recall seeing such a face before.Upon seeing that Hailey was pondering more than she should, the lady said, “My name is Ariana, and I'm Williams's neighbor. It has been a while since I last saw him, that's why I'm here to see him, madam.”“Ohh,
Nancy couldn't tell whether she should smile or not. She couldn't believe that the Derrick she knew in her childhood was the same Derrick she had been mingling with for a long time without noticing it.Conversely, Derrick was also lost in thoughts as he wondered if what his Mom said was true.Within minutes, Mrs. Dorothy came back with an old picture in her hand, with a smile plastered on her face.“Here,” Mrs. Dorothy placed the medium size picture before them. She said, "There are two families in the picture. My husband, me, and Derrick. The other family was standing with Nancy and her parents. Can any of you remember this picture?”They lifted their heads and gazed at each other skeptically, trying to recall everything, but they couldn't because it had been ages since the picture was snapped.Aside from that, they were still kids.“No, I can't recall anything. However, I could only recall that I had a good childhood friend who was a girl. I can't remember anything more than that.” D
Now, the next day after closing from the office, Derrick didn't go directly to the winter hospital to check on Williams, rather, he took Nancy to his house.On arriving home, Derrick hastily dropped from the car, he walked around to the other side and romantically opened the car door for Nancy to come out.“Welcome to my house, Nancy,” he said with a wide smile as he dramatically bowed to her.“Thank you, Dr. Derrick.” Nancy appreciated him with a wide smile on her face.“My pleasure,” he muttered and gently closed the car door.Derrick led her into the house, as Nancy majestically walked behind him like a princess, perhaps a bride.“Once more, welcome to my house, Nancy.” he bowed to her again as he opened the entrance for Nancy to enter the lounge.She smiled at him and held her purse in front of her with her two hands.Just as they stepped into the lounge, Mimi, Derrick's younger sister, sighted them, and she hastily jumped off the couch and ran to her big brother with her arms wid
Just as Williams recognized the person standing by the door, his heartbeat skipped in seconds.However, Hailey's back was still against the door because she never bothered to check who it was, as what Williams was telling her was making her heartthrob.“Williams,” Derrick finally called out and gestured towards them with a fake calm expression on his face.“Hey, Hailey,” said Derrick as he came closer to her.“Hey, Williams. You are here…” Hailey nodded as she was still contemplating if she should bring Justin, her son, to see his father.She never wanted anything like a ‘relationship’ to join her with any man again, but Justin was becoming a barrier to the promise she made to herself, which she wasn't willing to break.“Yeah, I just heard from the officer, so I decided to come to check on Williams and know how he is doing.” he responded and then asked, “Where are you going? It seems like you were about to go out?”“Yeah-yeah, I was. I want to go and get some food for Williams. If I'm
In a hospital called Winter Hospital, Williams slowly opened his eyes, his head throbbing with pain. His vision was blurry, and it took him a moment to adjust to the light. His eyes began to focus, he realized he was lying in a hospital bed. He looked down at his chest, where he saw a large bandage covering a wound.“Where am I?” he croaked, his throat dry and sore. He scanned the room, trying to figure out where he was and what happened that he ended up there.Suddenly, a woman opened the door and entered, causing Williams to turn his gaze to the door.Immediately the lady entered, Williams repeated the same question he asked earlier,“ Where am I?”“You're in the hospital," she responded and gestured towards him with a slight smile displayed on her face.Williams struggled to remember what happened, but then, the woman standing beside the hospital bed took his attention, causing his head to hurt.“H-Hailey?” Williams muttered as he attended to sit up.“Hey, don't do that, Williams.
“What's wrong, Dr. Derrick? You have been moody since you arrived at the office. Couldn't you get the contract you told me about? Or is it about that so-called lady you always tell me about?” Nancy asked Derrick a thousand and one question within one breath.Derrick was in his lab coat, sitting on his office chair with his hands resting on the table before him, as hospital files and equipment played with his sight on the table.Derrick shut his eyes and angrily bit his lower lip, and remained in that position for a few minutes.However, Nancy already knew that since the day Hailey was brought to the hospital by her Mom, Derrick's behaviors had changed.Occasionally, he looks moody. Perhaps because Hailey might have annoyed him. Another time, he looks happy because Hailey did what he was pleased with.This made Nancy grin at him, wondering if Derrick was moody because of Hailey, his so-called ex-girlfriend.“You are not responding. What's wrong?” she asked once more with a worrisome fa
“What are you doing in my house? And who told you my address, huh? Why should you enter my house without my permission?” Nancy yelled at the young man as she motioned towards him through gritted teeth.“Pardon me for coming to your house without informing you. However, I can explain how I got your house address.” the young man responded with a calm voice.“What's your name again?” Nancy croaked as she frowned at him.“Emmett. My name is Emmett,” he said repeatedly.“Good,” Nancy muttered,“ kindly walk out of my father's house, Emmett, before I lose my cold…”“What's happening here?” Nancy Mom, who was descending the staircase, interrupted.With haste, Nancy averted her gaze away from Emmett to her Mom.“Mom,” Nancy angrily called out,“ why should you welcome a stranger into our house, and yet you let him sit in the living room alone? What if he stole something and escaped with it?”“Hey, Nancy. I'm not a thief, please. Why should I think of stealing your property?” Emmett smirked.“I d
“Sh*t!” Nancy, who was a nurse in the hospital where Derrick was working, cursed through gritted teeth as she paced up and down the uncompleted building.“This is your first assignment and you guys failed me despite the huge amount of money I gave you.``Nancy grimaced at the bulky four young men standing in front of her with guns in their hands, and hidden knives around their waist.“Forgive me, ma'am. I didn't lose the target. It's just that a certain young man spotted me when I was about to shoot, and he saved her from the bullets, causing him to be the victim. There was no way I could aim at her the second time because her guards were already aware of the gunshot. I was left with no choice but to escape for my life.” one of the young, bulky men explained with an apologetic expression.Now, Nancy, the lady who was crushing on Derrick, found out that Derrick was also trying to date Hailey, who was already a single Mom.However, another young man was also crushing on Nancy, and he conf