I’m so sorry for the late update. I had to travel and returned to school so I’ve been extra busy
As soon as Valencia stepped out of the car, Aviva bolted out of the mansion and only stopped in front of Valencia. Aviva gripped her chest and cried out dramatically. “Sister-in-law, come here. How could you do this to me? How could you?” She cried out pitifully while pointing at Valencia. Valencia's expression changed, and her eyes fell on Corbyn, who alighted from the other end of the car before they landed on Aviva again. She quickly stretched her hands toward Aviva in order to cover Aviva’s lips and shut her up… Unfortunately, Aviva wasn’t willing to be shut down by Valencia, and she expertly evaded Valencia while screaming at the top of her lungs. “I saw that kiss. Valencia, I saw that kiss. Valencia, you bitch, I didn’t know you and my brother had become a thing. I’ve been an advocate from the beginning; how can I be the last to know, you traitor?” At that second, Valencia and Corbyn’s eyes made contact. Valencia’s face flushed in embarrassment, and she quickly lowered
“Do you want me to come?” As soon as the words spilled past Corbyn’s lips, Valencia’s eyes flew wide open and she lifted her head to stare at Corbyn in shock. Although they both understood that Maverick, that person is a scum, isn’t Corbyn being too protective? Although Maverick is a scum, after Corbyn and Valencia’s kiss last night, Maverick will have to be careful in order not to be on the news. Valencia shook her head and held her bag strap tighter. She pressed her lips together and hung a fawning smile on her face. It was as if Valencia was expressing that she believed that Corbyn was joking around with his words. “Big brother Corbyn is cooped up with work; I have already taken enough of your time by letting you bring me here. I’ll go down now.” Without waiting for Corbyn to respond, Valencia opened the passenger door and carefully alighted from the car. Valencia shut the door and waved her hands to Corbyn, a beautiful appreciative smile on her face. Corbyn straightened
Valencia sat stiffly, and her eyes fell on Maverick's hand, which intimately slung around her shoulder for the umpteenth time, her mind racing. Although Valencia knew that Maverick was a jerk and his thoughts couldn’t be discerned, Valencia believed that Maverick would be a bit tamed due to the news of her and Corbyn's kiss. But it turns out that this slag scumbag can't be tamed at all! Thinking about how she'd have to be and bear this person's presence for the next few months made Valencia begin to rethink her agreement. If Valencia knows that Maverick will be this shameless, she'll never have signed that damn contract of his! Even though Maverick was shameless enough to pull her into the room and almost bullied her right in his entertainment company when an audition was about to start, Valencia didn't expect that Maverick would be brazen enough to stick to her and shamelessly wrap his hands around her shoulder intimately and walk her to the audition room. It can
The directors, producers, and judges in the audition room let out a pronounced sigh, a slacked expression, and pronounced lines on their faces. Although they were never superstitious, to begin with, they should have expected that when Lily Wright began the audition, other people who came in after her would fail to leave the impression they wanted. Currently, the judges have auditioned over a quarter of the contestants, yet none of the contestants so far have caught their gaze. None of the auditioned candidates had half of what they sought in the female lead! Actually, one won't say that all the candidates the judges auditioned were completely mediocre and useless… It's just that whenever the female candidates stepped into the room and set their eyes on the peerlessly handsome President Maverick, they'd be completely stricken and lose their composure. And by the time the candidates completed their performance, their eyes would be filled with obsession and wants. It's ri
Valencia lazily leaned against the chair and leisurely twirled her hair, her expression calm. She knew Tatiana purposely used her words to demean Valencia. Moreover, Tatiana believed that Valencia firing back would lessen Maverick, which Tatiana believed that Valencia wouldn’t dare. However, after all that slag jerk had done to Valencia. It's right to say that Valencia’s heart is dead. Had Valencia wanted to ignore Maverick, she'd have closed one eye and let Maverick do as he wanted, but knowing that persistent jerk, he'd never stop in getting what he wanted. And Valencia was afraid that the bastard might want to cause trouble for the Cirillo family on the verge of stirring a response from her, so she agreed to his demand. “Truly, giving someone a few minutes of attention can make them believe that they are truly worthy. Your envious face is truly unsightly.” Valencia calmly retorted, her words meaning that Tatiana was speaking nonsense, and if it weren't for Maveric
Tatiana bit her lower lip and dug her hands into her palm, her shimmering eyes filled with tears, blinking rapidly. She righteously expressed herself in a soft and sweet, demure and docile tone. “Maverick, I didn't expect Miss Valencia to be so ungrateful. How could Miss Valencia accuse Maverick so wrongly and call you such a word? Everyone in the country knew that Miss Valencia was the one who persistently chased after you all these years, and when you agreed to the wedding, she was the one who fled from the wedding on the wedding day. How could Miss Valencia blame Maverick and claim that it's Maverick's fault?” Tatiana accused in grievance, her voice filled with righteousness and pain on Maverick's behalf Tatiana lowered her head and flashed a smug smile that was filled with hatred. That Valencia slut. She hadn't expected the twist, but she was totally delighted with the result. However, upon thinking about all the bad names that slut had called her and how much of a loss she h
Burke leisurely leaned against the leather sofa, his hands twirling the glass cup that held century-old liquor. He cast his dark eyes on Maverick, who had just stepped into the private room. “Eh! Brother three, asking us to meet in the club in such an early afternoon…” Burke's words came to a pause upon seeing the dark look hung on Maverick's face. Burke silently raised the glass toward his lips and chugged a mouthful of liquor, yet he didn’t part the glass from his lips after the chug. Burke’s inquisitive eyes fixated on Maverick's face as if gauging Maverick's facial expression before saying another word. The gloomy-faced Maverick strode toward the sofa placed at the epicenter and elegantly sat on it. He picked up a bottle of whisky and poured the contents into a neat glass cup. He picked up the glass cup and raised it toward his thin lips. Farrell placed the empty glass cup on the table, and his seductive, foxy eyes slanted bewitchingly. He cast a leisurely glance at Ma
Despite all the thoughts coursing through Cliff's mind, none of them were hung on his face. Cliff cleared his throat, straightened his back, and calmly reported, “The boss transfers 10 million into Miss Valencia’s account every month and gives her a black card coupled with the title, Mrs. Vandenberg, to elevate her. It's right to say that Miss Valencia is living more than the dream life of every lady out there,” he responded. Upon hearing Cliff's report, Maverick's brows arched, and he leaned against the sofa, his mind spinning with different thoughts, none of them reflecting in his eyes. He tapped the pen occasionally, each tap sending chills down Cliff's spine. “Then why is she unsatisfied and left?” Cliff's lip twitched. Of course, why wouldn’t she leave when you informed her that she was just a substitute the night before the wedding? No woman can accept that type of humiliation. Cliff cleared his throat and professionally responded, “It’s commonly known that women are
This jerk! Valencia's expression changed, and she dodged, evading his lips before they could land on hers.This fight became a tugging between cat and dog?Suddenly, Valencia stopped struggling, and she glared at Maverick coldly, her eyes flashing with disdain and exasperation.Valencia scolded the shameless man who now focused on placing kisses on her neck and cheeks due to her refusal, “Mr. Maverick, could it be that you have fallen in love with me? Look carefully; I'm Valencia. Valencia. Your Tatiana is at the party. Outside of this restroom.”Maverick’s throat rolled, and he grunted, “I know.”If only the woman knew how hard it had been to control the urge to strip off her dress and take her hard right now so much that everyone at the party would know that she belonged to him.Under Maverick's dark gaze, Valencia couldn't help shivering, wanting nothing but to escape this temperamental and eccentric Maverick, but all to no avail.Suddenly, Valencia's brows furrowed. If he knew, th
“Excuse me.”Unable to hold it anymore, Valencia quickly took a step back and fled to the restroom while trying to appear calm.Immediately Valencia stepped into the restroom, she shut the door behind her and began to pace nervously while resisting the urge to tug and tousle her hair.Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!!! What had she done?Grandpa Black… No. Valencia facepalmed herself and tried to recall all the conversations.Grandpa Black had always been interested in matchmaking Valencia to his grandson and wanted her to marry his grandson.It's all because of… Ahhhh!What about Grandpa Black being curious about her and her quadruplets' father's interaction?Grandpa Black must have been asking just to know the details and know how to arrange things between Valencia and Maverick.Boohoo!The more the thoughts coursed through Valencia's mind, the more she wanted to sit down and cry an ocean.Valencia never expected that she'd fall into someone's plans. Hell. Never did she expect that the someone
Upon seeing Farrell’s car a few steps away, Aneira hurriedly parted from the Cirillo family and ran toward Farrell. “Hubby,” she called sweetly and beamed at him. Farrell's cold expression softened, and he found himself unable to get annoyed at the adorable woman. Still, he stretched out his hand and pinched her squishy cheeks with feigned anger. “Ouch. Ouch, it hurts, Hubby. Hurry up and let go,” Aneira cried dramatically in a soft and coquettish voice. Farrell’s mood softened, and he rubbed Aneira’s hair endearingly. He lowered his head and placed a kiss at the corner of her lips. “You look beautiful, Aneira.” He confessed sincerely and whispered something in her ear. Aneira’s ears reddened, and her face flushed like a tomato. She stretched out her hand and pinched Farrell’s waist shyly. “Ahem.” The Montclair couple—Farrell’s parents—suddenly cleared their throats after being ignored by the couple. These two were so engrossed with each other that they had already forgotten that
Raven Castillo held Valencia's hand and continued to lecture, her expression filled with worry and concern. “Valencia, if you feel uncomfortable…”Valencia sighed and nodded her head for the umpteenth time. “I understand, Mom.”Raven had also told Valencia that if she didn’t want to attend the Vandenberg party, then she didn't have to be scared and that Valencia should let her know.Raven had also told Valencia that if she was scared or uninterested at some point, then she should let Raven know. If someone dared to bully her…In the past, Valencia had always stayed quiet and endured everything because of her love for Maverick Vandenberg.But now, after realizing that Maverick was such a bad person, who did she have to fear, and why would she care? And why would she let herself be bullied?The last thing that anyone wanted to do was to step on Valencia’s toes today.There's no way that Valencia would be in a good mood after seeing that scumbag and Tatiana.And if anyone dares to go aga
“I said, Heaven is really considerate, and they aren’t blind. Since that time, Tatiana has been facing kidnapping schemes endlessly. Serves that bitch right.” Aneira grinned in excitement while the makeup artist applied makeup to her face. Although Aneira knew she shouldn’t be laughing at another’s misfortune, she really couldn’t hold her excitement at that point. After all, that Tatiana bitch had been a menace in Valencia’s life ever since she returned to the country. If one asked why Aneira slept in the Cirillo mansion and was going through her preparation for Grandpa Blauch Vandenberg’s party in the Cirillo mansion instead of her husband’s… Well, this is the answer… Although Aneira could have chosen to do it at home, she had dumped her pitiful Farrell and instead returned to the Cirillo family because it was more fun with the girls! Even though Farrell and his family were closer to the Vandenberg family, somehow, Farrell’s wife had no liking for Maverick and the Vandenberg famil
---“Maverick, Tatiana is so sorry. Tatiana didn't wish to cause trouble for Maverick. Maverick, please forgive Tatiana.” As soon as Maverick stepped into the ward, Tatiana immediately broke into tears. Her body began to tremble, and her lips quivered pitifully.Originally, Tatiana's face was as pale as a sheet due to the incident. Coupled with the sobbing, it made Tatiana appear exceptionally pitiful and fragile, making one have the urge to want to protect her.Immediately, Tatiana lowered her head, and her eyes flashed with a devious glint.Although Tatiana and Maverick had shared the bed that night, the truth is that ever since Tatiana woke up the next morning until she fell from the mountain, Tatiana never set her eyes on Maverick.Even when Tatiana called Maverick’s phone or sent messages, he wouldn't pick up her call nor respond to her messages—all because he was busy.That had never happened in the past. In the past, no matter how busy Maverick was, he always responded to her m
"Huff! That bastard’s shamelessness really knows no bounds. All because of that fake bitch, Maverick is losing all the good people by his side. I hope he doesn't realize the truth when it's too late," Aviva scolded, her voice a tad higher due to rage. If it wasn't for Valencia constantly pacifying her and telling her not to, Aviva really wanted to storm to that hospital and rip that bastard apart. Although Aviva knew the Vandenberg family weren't good people, still, Maverick—that jerk—is really out of this world and different from the rest of the family. Aviva sighed and wrapped her arm around Valencia. Right now, the most important thing was to comfort Valencia and ease her pain. Although Valencia assumed a nonchalant and brave front, Aviva believed those were acts, and Valencia was overwhelmed by pain deep down. Aviva lowered her voice and tried to coax Valencia in the most gentle tone she could ever muster. "Valencia, don't pay attention to that jerk. He's really going to regre
“Safety check.” The director took a step back and swept a glance at the prop assistant as if to check if everything was in place. “Everything is in place, Director.” The props assistant immediately took a step back and responded, leaving Tatiana and Ayla at their initial positions. “Two minutes. Actors, get into position,” the director finalized and immediately made his way toward the camera. The crew immediately moved into their rightful positions. The scene that would be shot at the mountain was one of the female lead returning to the village where she was raised after being shunned by her parents and the world due to a scheme from her stepsister. The female lead had run to the village to take a breather and consider things again. However, what the female lead did not expect was that her ex-friend (Tatiana’s character), under the Fl sister's advice, was already trailing FL—intent on silently finishing her off in the village. The scene goes: The FL, who was running the mountai
“The Vandenberg family invited the family to the Blauch Vandenberg party and specially invited Valencia?” Raven Castillo suddenly read aloud from the envelope in her hand upon seeing Valencia and Aviva step into the mansion, her voice filled with bewilderment at the news she had just read. Fleet wrapped his hands around Raven while going through the documents in his other hand, as if to let Raven know that he was focusing on her regardless of going through a document or not. Fleet chimed into the conversation by responding in a tentative voice, “What is that old man thinking?” Upon hearing Raven's announcement, Valencia unconsciously paused in her tracks, not believing her ears. Did the Vandenberg family just specially invite their son’s ex and someone who was termed a humiliation throughout Valencia's relationship with Maverick? Moreover, aren’t the Cirillo and Vandenberg families enemies? Why would the Vandenberg family choose to let their enemies attend their celebration? Weren