"Are you just saying that to make me feel better?" The tone of his voice with me is still a bit off, but at least now he is looking at me unlike before. “if yes, don’t bother.” He scoffed."No, I'm serious," I answered and looked directly into his eyes, hoping he would finally feel okay, “you deserve more than what you are thinking.”"Fine, let's say that what you say is true but it doesn't mean that I agree with what is happening, as long as I can prevent him from getting close to you, I will do it." He said like a child.I laughed while nodding, "It's up to you if that's what you want," I ruffled his hair."Hey, it took me a while to fix that just so I could look presentable to you." He forbade me, but I didn't stop and it made me enjoy what I’m doing."You look more handsome with your hair like that, remember when I went to your house." I put his mind at ease and caressed his soft cheeks, it looked like he was using even better skincare than me."I know I'm handsome, Lorain." He sa
Jamie's POV"Welcome home, how was your conversation?" His face was serious, wearing an apron while holding a ladle. Whenever I go home, this is what I always wait to see."Fortunately, he is fulfilling what we both talked about but he is still not giving up on the idea of getting his ex-wife." I handed him my bag and looked at what he was cooking. "what is this?""Sinigang, the weather is cold so it's nice to have some soup today. But if you don't want that, I can cook what you want, just tell me." He said while arranging my things in the drawer."No, this is fine. Everything you cook is delicious," I smiled even though he turned his back on me and couldn't see it, ah... I want to hug him.I clenched my hands and simply looked at the CCTV from the side, my family does not even know what is the meaning of the word privacy."Go and change your clothes, it's almost ready, once you come down we can start eating." He went back to what he was doing, his muscular hand picked up the ladle ag
Jamie's POVAs the days passed and our fights became more and more frequent, he rarely came to my house so that we could have private time with each other. "Here, you have two meetings at that time." He put down a piece of paper with the details written on it."Lewis," I called his name and was about to hold his hand when he quickly pulled it away as if he didn't want even the tips of our fingers to touch.I felt a sudden pain in my chest because of what he did, I quickly looked up at his face but even his eyes couldn't look at me. “Lewis,” I called him again."Please don't call me like that here," he answered without looking at me, "you know what can happen if there is even one person who knows what we have, I'm your secretary now so treat me like one.”He stepped back and bowed, "I will go out now, don't forget the meeting later because those are important investors." He was about to turn his back on me when I quickly pulled the hem of his clothes.I stood up from my seat and tighte
John's POV (Jake's uncle)"You see, Jake is no longer doing what we told him to do. Since that woman arrived here, everything became chaotic." He rested his chin on his clasped hands."Jamie seems to be having second thoughts about marrying him because of what's going on," I added to make Dad even more annoyed with my very good nephew who is good at everything. I could not help but smirk.His eyebrows crossed because of what I said, yes, he should be disappointed in Jake now and let me be the one to inherit the company."What do you mean, even Jamie is having second thoughts about the marriage we have planned for years? That's not possible, we'll lose a lot if that happens." He felt a sense of worry, "Jake is smart, he just needs to be aware of the truth again."I secretly snickered, no matter what I did, he still had a lot of trust in that man. What's good with that bastard, he can't let go of Jake to inherit the company."What do you plan to do today, Dad? If by chance the whole com
Lorain's POV"We already shipped everything, if you can check it right now and see if something is missing then please inform us immediately so we can do our best to fulfill our duty," I said seriously in front of them, compared to before, Jake's grandfather and uncle became quieter.It was actually better, but I don't know why I feel the way I do, I feel uncomfortable every time their stares land on me. Once again, I noticed Jake's uncle grinning at me."That's good, I think that the people in the department have already checked the materials and nothing is missing. Our project is almost finished and I'm happy, I mean the partnership with you guys is smooth." Jamie answered.I noticed something else, apart from the silence of the two, Jamie's behavior seemed to be limited unlike before. Even though his speech has become soft, they don't often fake smiles anymore.I know that I don't have the right to interfere and worry about her but I can't help it, what if like me she also experien
When I went down to the lobby, I found Raziel surrounded by three women, who were happily talking to him. It was obvious from how their cheeks blushed that they were excited while talking to him, especially when one of them had the chance to hold Raziel's arms."Ahem!" I couldn't stop myself from clearing my throat so loudly that even those on the other side of the lobby looked at me. I ignored that and walked closer to Raziel, "Jamie and I are done talking but it looks like you are the one talking about something important, should I go first?"I ignored the three women on the side, I waited for Raziel's answer. The shock in his eyes was obvious, but a smile slowly appeared on his lips as if he were so happy. "Well, it's not really important. They're just asking about something, come on?” he offers his hand in front of me.I looked at the three women and smiled, "don't you have anything else to ask him?" I tried not to sound flat as I said that, but they quickly shook their head in re
"Give way, move!" One of the people standing next to me shouted as they lifted me onto the stretcher, I couldn't understand much of what they were saying, my head was still heavy. All I want is to see Raziel.Unfortunately, I couldn't move my neck properly to turn around, other parts of my body were also numb."The other one, the man in the driver seat that was hit by the car, have you taken out the—it’s close—the blood--" Their voices were weak and broken, I wanted to hear properly about Raziel.I tried to open my mouth and I did, but no voice came out. Instead, I feel how dry my throat is and how it hurts when I try to speak.One of them looked at me and grinned, "You will be fine, just don't move." He whispered and grabbed something from his pocket, he opened it and revealed to me the syringe filled with liquid.“A-Aah…” I wanted to stop him and ask what it was but I didn't have the strength to do so. Almost only the two of us knew what he was doing."Don't worry, it doesn't hurt."
Jake's POV"Grandpa, did you do it?" My hands were tightly clenched under the table while I was in front of Grandpa, the first time I heard what happened to Lorain was enough to turn my world upside down. I really wanted to go and ask them, I want to confirm if my family has anything to do about it.But doing it might cause more harm to her, I don't want to come clean because if my suspicions are correct, I am the main reason why she was put in danger again.Grandpa lowered the newspaper he was holding, his eyes were serious, and looked at me evilly. "Are you accusing me?" the anger in the tone of his voice was obvious."Not like that, that's why I'm asking you to find out if you really had nothing to do with what happened—"He hit the table hard, "You haven't accused me of that situation yet? If you really didn't think I had anything to do with that accident then you wouldn't be here asking me nonsense in the first place!”His voice echoed in the dining area, the servants around him
"Well, well." His smile was wide as he walked into the room where we were, there was no trace of pity or anything on his face. Instead, he was very happy to see my condition, "That's right, you look better like that."The man in front of me stood up straight and bowed, "Good evening boss, as we talked about, we brought him here. Maybe we can get the rest of your payment because that's what we're talking about." His voice was polite compared to earlier when he was talking to me.John focused his attention on the man and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be too nervous, I will give my promise as the price of our conversation. But your work isn't done yet so I won't give the money yet.""W-What do you mean?" He asked curiously, even his colleagues were concerned. "The talk is that we will take her and give her to you, that's all we agreed about. After everything, you will pay in full.”"Well, the agreement has changed now." He smirked."Huh?!" The man asked annoyed earlier, "What change
"Hurry up, move slowly!" One of the men pushed me in, not even caring about me. He doesn't care if I get hurt or not by the way he obeys me, I can't stop myself from giving him a bad look."What are you looking at?!" He asked and hit me on the cheek with the gloves he was holding, there was no sign of restraint because I could feel his palm which was now painful and hot.“Hey, hey! Take it, easy bro, our boss didn't say anything that we can hurt her, another thing is to look at her skin and face." He caressed my arm with his slightly rough fingers, "it should be taken care of like this." He even licked the area around his lips as if he was hungry.It was like I was poured with ice water because of what he said and did, I tried to distance myself from them but it was very impossible to do that. "Who ordered you to do this, tell me!" I screamed.The man immediately covered my mouth and slammed the door shut, "Look, do you want someone to hear you? You are beautiful but your mouth is so
Everything I need to bring for my return abroad is ready, we have decided that Raziel and I will meet at the airport. Asa hotel almost all my things, while he was at his house.We were supposed to meet yesterday but it didn't work out because there were too many problems he had to fix before leaving his business here suddenly, well, he won't be staying in another country for good right away.I sat on the sofa when my eyes again hit the envelope that arrived yesterday, I don't know if I should laugh or what because I received an invitation from Jamie for her and Jake's wedding today."He really sent me something like this, too bad the paper looks expensive." I smelled it and as expected the fragrance was nice.I turned to the door when someone knocked there, I immediately stood up to see who it was through the small hole. There was no talk of Raziel coming here, I felt a little nervous because of that."Lorain? It's me, Craig." He knocked again while saying that, the nervousness buildi
Lorain's POVEven before the event is over, it is already very popular and the two's names are already heard in the news, social media, and everywhere else. Along with that is the spread of bridal gowns which has become an advantage of Jamie's company.It's the first bidding and many people are already competing, I don't know if it's to brag that they have a lot of money or to brag on social media that they bought one of the bridal gowns tonight as proof that they're here."That's Jamie, isn't it?" Raziel asked as he pointed to a woman in the lobby, her secretary was with her. "It seems like they are fighting, should we go and ask them?"He was about to take a step when I stopped him, I quickly shook my head when I noticed something in the looks of the two of them. "I think, we have no right to interfere with the two of them. Let's let them talk first, after all, we don't know anything about what's going on.""You think? Jamie is about to cry, what if there is a big problem?""W-Well,
Zavier's POVSecretary...What can I do but watch her on stage, smiling sweetly in front of the cameras that flash one after the other to take pictures of her wearing her beautiful wedding dress?Something that suits her, her beauty comes out even more. At that time, I wanted to hug her, tell her how beautiful she is while wearing the bridal gown she worked so hard to show off to all the people here today... But I can't.I firmly clenched both my hands and tried to stop the tears that were about to flow out of my eyes, at times like this I was once again slapped by the fact that the world we live in is different.Maybe it's better if I just leave here first and don't watch them, I don't want him to see me like a wretch on the sidelines. I also know that eyes are watching me, I don't want to look more ridiculous to his family.I walked out of the venue, and when I got to the lobby a man's voice echoed around."Wow!" I turned to hear the voice of one of my friends, his face couldn't be
"Next is indigenous wedding dress inspired, you can see the detailed weaving of each layer at the bottom..."The MC said a lot more, each wedding dress has its own explanation for the viewers. It's obvious that Jamie made sure to highlight the unique features of the bridal dress that is now being shown on stage.I hear different kinds of praise from the people around us, from the people on our side and even behind us. I can't stop myself from smiling even more if the praise I hear includes the fabric they used, it's always from us.As time went on, the surroundings got colder and colder, because almost a few hours had passed since earlier. The number of reporters and attendees increased even more, fortunately, the venue was spacious."Next bridal dress, and will be the last one." The MC said with a smile, "Out of all the dresses and gowns you've seen, this one is the most special and gets the most attention. And because of that, a special person should always wear it."The light on th
Lorain's POV"All the models, please get ready. The show will begin after 10 minutes, all the possible investors and bidders are already outside.” The organizer of the event told the models that they were now wearing the gowns that they would ramp up later.It's seven o'clock in the evening, and the air is quite cold. I feel every kiss of fresh air on my skin while waiting for other attendees outside the building, this is the event I've been waiting for the most.I looked at my own reflection at the door of the building, I'm thankful that I didn't get seriously injured when we had an accident otherwise, I wouldn't be here today and I wouldn't be able to see our fabrics that are admired by many.I'm aware that what they see most is the design of the wedding gown, but I still want to hear at least a few compliments about the fabric used by the company."Lorain, why are you out there?" He came to me and held me by both arms, "Your skin is getting dry, why haven't you come inside yet?" He
Jake's POVI could feel my whole body getting cold as I walked down the hallway to the room where Lorain was resting, I honestly didn't dare to face her right now.So, I know who is to blame for why she is now in the hospital, but I can't bring Jamie to the police."I'm just here for you, Lorain. No matter what happens, even if it costs my life, I will not abandon you." My hand stopped in the air as I was about to turn the doorknob when I heard the man's voice inside saying those words."Raziel, many women like you. Are you serious that you are ready to mess up your good life just because of someone like me?” Now I heard Lorain's voice, it was full of sadness that made me clench my hand and put it down.Once again, I hurt her. Even if I didn't hurt her directly, I was still the reason, I wanted to hug her. I should be with her now and taking care of her, why is that man here again?“I'm sure, Lorain. I am serious about my feelings for you, no matter what you say I will not let go. Esp
Jake's POVI was deafened by her slap, but I heard almost every word she said afterward clearly, at that time it was as if I had been doused with freezing water. How can I even say those words?What's the difference between me and Grandpa if I also look at people based on their state in life, "I'm sorry, I—" I couldn't finish what I was going to say because I knew that when I said it, I didn't mean it to say that would sound like an excuse.Even if the situation is reversed, those are the words that came to my mind and I can't change that, and I hate myself for that."No need to say sorry, you already said it." She answered me annoyed, when I was about to hold her by the arm, a hand stopped me."Don't touch her, now you're going to help her arrange YOUR wedding and you're still like that?" He said sarcastically, this was the first time he had done it in front of other people.He stood there as if he didn't care what other people would say, he held my hand tightly and didn't care even