"Sir Atlas." Upon seeing her walk towards him, Atlas looked away in annoyance as he murmured, "There we go.""Where is Rhodes?" Celeste asked curiously, her gazes scanning the surroundings."How can I know where he is?""Huh? But I heard that you know where he is.""Who told you that?" A little annoyed, he inquired."That's not important. Anyway, where is he?" Since getting the same attitude from him for the past few months, it was not shocking for her to see him being annoyed most of the time. Celeste gazed at her wristwatch, anticipating his reply."I don't know." Saying so as he took a step forward, Celeste blocked his way. "Sir Atlas..""You heard me, I don't...""We both know the answer, don't we? So, you should just tell me the truth instead of playing childish here." Atlas gazed into the distance and cleared his throat. "Even if you know, what are you going to do about it? He is there for some important b...""That shouldn't be any of your concern, I will take care of it." Sh
Her eyes enlarged in shock and her hands shuddered in restlessness, Xyria held onto her breath as she gazed at the person who was standing so close to her. As there came a heavy knock on the door again, her gazes quickly altered to the direction toward the door and they shifted back to the person to her nearest. "M...""Shhh! Don't make a sound, ok?" Before she could utter anything, the familiar voice asked her.Xyria nodded her head in agreement with her alarmed gazes fixated on him. The moment he let go of her, she rested her head against the wall and patted her chest as gently as she could without making any sound. The slow knock soon became aggressive knockings and he grabbed her hand restlessly. Taking a look around suddenly he started dragging her towards a room. Bewildered at his actions, Xyria gripped his hand and he paused at the track.As he turned in her direction, she asked, "What do we do now?" "I know that you are scared but please, don't worry. With me around, nobod
Ding! Heading out of the elevator absentmindedly, Celeste kept scrolling through the gallery of her phone, "I have taken a lot of shots but his face is not clear enough. With these photos, I won't be able to provide enough evidence, I need to collect some more. But how do I..."Beep!Celeste still focused on the phone screen walked in the room and the door shut behind her, the sound of the door closing hit her ears gently yet her focus remained consistent. Putting down the packages on the table, she casually looked around and suddenly she was taken aback. For a moment, her gazes shifted across the room before stopping on her phone. "I got so preoccupied with my phone that I didn't notice the time. It's already past 10 pm. I was supposed to spend time with him but I... There's no noise at all. Is he taking a shower?" With such thoughts lingering in her mind, Celeste headed towards his room. "Rhodes, are you inside?"Opening the door, she called out his name but the subtle darkness in
"Miss, you look so gorgeous. Your boyfriend won't be able to take his eyes off of you when he sees you." Recalling what the store manager said when she was trying out the wedding dress, a bashful smile appeared on her face. Celeste Banks looked at her phone screen, her boyfriend Nathan and her photo was kept as the wallpaper. They looked so happy together while hugging each other. As the thought of seeing him crossed her mind, her ocean blue eyes sparkled. Standing in front of the door, Celeste smiled at the bouquet in her one hand and typed the password to open the door. She snuck a glance at the wall clock and put the bouquet on the table before heading towards the bedroom. It was merely two years ago when she turned 18 and gave her boyfriend the password to enter her house. Since then her boyfriend could come to see her without any hassle. Until now, Celeste couldn't hear any other sound except for her heartbeat since she was too excited. But as she reached closer to t
Getting out of the cab, Celeste ran towards the small building at the end of the street. When she heard her mother's crying tone of voice, she was so worried. As Celeste walked through the door, she saw her mother sitting on the ground with things scattered everywhere. Celeste quickly ran to her mother and helped her get up, "Mom, what happened? Why everything is...""Celes, please save us. Please, help. We will die. Please..." Her mother, Anya grabbed her hand helplessly and cried out. "Mom, calm down and tell me, what exactly happened?""Celes, we are in big trouble. Nobody can save us except for you." "Mom, what are you saying? I don't understand. Please, what exactly are you..."Anya darted a fearful glance around and uttered, "They... they are h... Ahhh!"Celeste had a loving family, her parents and two sisters were her everything. Due to their house being small for five people, she started staying in the house her grandmother left for her. Suddenly as a small piece of broken
When she was crying, suddenly Anya walked in the room. Seeing her, Celeste wiped the tears on her face, "Mom."Anya smiled widely at her and gave her a light peck on the cheeks, "Oh, my. See how beautiful my daughter is looking. You are the most beautiful bride I've ever seen, Celes. Don't you think your sister is the prettiest? Anasta."Until now, Celeste looked so dead but as she heard the name of her elder sister she ran to Anasta and hugged her, "Anasta. Are you all right? I looked for you yesterday but couldn't find you. Mom said you were staying in your friend's house."Anasta stole a glance at her mother and hugged her back, "Yes, I was so scared. I ran away and met one of my friends on the way. They helped me." Though the bride was Celeste, Anya and Anasta could grab everyone's attention with their appearance. At one glance, it looked a little too much to her but then she thought, they were probably trying to hide their sadness with make-up and all. "That's good, that's good
Huff! Celeste pulled in a refreshing draught of air, her eyes darting a glance around cautiously. Letting go of the traces of her wedding gown that she had been holding onto since she started running, she placed her hands on both sides of her waist. "That was so close, what did I do to get such bad luck? Why do I keep getting myself in trouble? That shirt looked expensive, if I would have gotten caught by now I... I would have been sent to the jail." Patting her chest, Celeste let out a sigh of relief, "Good thing, I ran away at the right time." Suddenly catching a glance of the surroundings, she scanned the room with wide open eyes. "Where is this?" While running away from the mysterious man she met on her way to escape, she didn't know where to go so she went in the direction she saw fit. "It looks like some model's changing room but I remember seeing a wedding hall on my way here. Judging by the arrangements here, I think it must be the bride's room. The groom must love her s
"Except for the two elders, everyone went to dinner last night. But... Something doesn't feel right." The voice from the other side of the call reported so. "What is it?" "One of them has gone missing, we have been keeping an eye on him since long but for the past two hours, we couldn't find him anywhere." Suddenly deep silence reigned in the room, the tall man in his wedding suit stood firmly near the window. His lips parted for awhile before he commanded in his husky tone of voice, "Keep searching." "President." In a rush, two men ran to him, their breathing unstable and their faces full of terror. Skipping a quick glance at each other, one of them reported in panic, "There's bad news. Mrs. Weston has... has gone missing." "What?" "She went to the washroom but didn't come out so our men looked for her but they couldn't find her anywhere." The moment Rhodes Weston heard his men say so, he put his hands in his pocket. His voice sounded colder than usual but his facial express
Ding! Heading out of the elevator absentmindedly, Celeste kept scrolling through the gallery of her phone, "I have taken a lot of shots but his face is not clear enough. With these photos, I won't be able to provide enough evidence, I need to collect some more. But how do I..."Beep!Celeste still focused on the phone screen walked in the room and the door shut behind her, the sound of the door closing hit her ears gently yet her focus remained consistent. Putting down the packages on the table, she casually looked around and suddenly she was taken aback. For a moment, her gazes shifted across the room before stopping on her phone. "I got so preoccupied with my phone that I didn't notice the time. It's already past 10 pm. I was supposed to spend time with him but I... There's no noise at all. Is he taking a shower?" With such thoughts lingering in her mind, Celeste headed towards his room. "Rhodes, are you inside?"Opening the door, she called out his name but the subtle darkness in
Her eyes enlarged in shock and her hands shuddered in restlessness, Xyria held onto her breath as she gazed at the person who was standing so close to her. As there came a heavy knock on the door again, her gazes quickly altered to the direction toward the door and they shifted back to the person to her nearest. "M...""Shhh! Don't make a sound, ok?" Before she could utter anything, the familiar voice asked her.Xyria nodded her head in agreement with her alarmed gazes fixated on him. The moment he let go of her, she rested her head against the wall and patted her chest as gently as she could without making any sound. The slow knock soon became aggressive knockings and he grabbed her hand restlessly. Taking a look around suddenly he started dragging her towards a room. Bewildered at his actions, Xyria gripped his hand and he paused at the track.As he turned in her direction, she asked, "What do we do now?" "I know that you are scared but please, don't worry. With me around, nobod
"Sir Atlas." Upon seeing her walk towards him, Atlas looked away in annoyance as he murmured, "There we go.""Where is Rhodes?" Celeste asked curiously, her gazes scanning the surroundings."How can I know where he is?""Huh? But I heard that you know where he is.""Who told you that?" A little annoyed, he inquired."That's not important. Anyway, where is he?" Since getting the same attitude from him for the past few months, it was not shocking for her to see him being annoyed most of the time. Celeste gazed at her wristwatch, anticipating his reply."I don't know." Saying so as he took a step forward, Celeste blocked his way. "Sir Atlas..""You heard me, I don't...""We both know the answer, don't we? So, you should just tell me the truth instead of playing childish here." Atlas gazed into the distance and cleared his throat. "Even if you know, what are you going to do about it? He is there for some important b...""That shouldn't be any of your concern, I will take care of it." Sh
Knock! "Come in." Tyler murmured some words mindlessly, his eyes glued to the computer screen. The creaking sound of the door opening reached his ears but he remained unbothered by the unexpected presence of the person in his office. "Put those on the table and take out the blue one. Make a copy of it then bring it to me.""Uhmm... " Hearing the female tone of voice, his gazes shifted at her and he looked a little taken aback. "Miss Lopez, why are you here?""I wanted to see you so..." Xyria answered, standing at a close distance from him."Ahh, I see. What's wrong? Why did you want to see me?""Well, I found a lead in my brother's case. I wanted to talk to... You about it but since... I don't have your number, I couldn't reach you that's why..." As she voiced so, her gazes moved across the room aimlessly.Tyler nodded his head in understanding and added, "That's great. What did you find?"That night, Tyler not only saved her brother from getting attacked but he also let that assass
Sneaking a peek at Rhodes while sitting next to him in the car, she let out a sigh of annoyance. Celeste managed to leave the cafe with him but as they got in the car, he remained silent and waiting for him to say something, she followed his actions as well. "Alright, I can't do this anymore." Celeste took a deep breath as she turned towards him. "Why did you go to the cafe?""To drink coffee."'As the CEO you can just tell anyone to bring it to you, why must you... '"If you wanted to drink coffee, why didn't you tell me? I would have brought it for you.""You are not my servant, why would I tell you about what I want to eat?"Upon hearing him say it with a straight face, she rolled her eyes in utter disbelief. 'Since I met you, if you have done something at an excessive amount then it should be how you kept bossing me around. Yeah, recently you don't do it like the past but it's certainly not because you have gotten gentler... I don't know why I feel like it was not a mere coincide
Staring right into his eyes without even blinking once, Celeste was about to grab his hand but suddenly someone grabbed her hand and pushed her backwards. "You... Who are you? Why are you meddling in?" Nathan blurted out while trying to pull away his hand, looking at the tall man standing in front of him. Surprised by the sudden presence of him, Celeste gazed at the veiny hand and in a swift, her gaze shifted to his back. "Rhodes, why are you here?""Let go of me! Who the hell are you?" Nathan continued getting away from him only in vain. "Look at these two, are they fighting over a woman? Who are they? Do you know them? Wait, isn't he looking a bit too familiar? I feel like I've seen that woman and man somewhere. Especially that sexy vampire-like facing features...""Oh, right. I think he... Right, he is Rhodes Weston. OMG, take photos. I never could imagine that someone as famous as him, I will get to see him one day. Oh my god, someone should hold me. I might faint..."The woman
"Tell me, wanna be my mistress? If you agree, I will take pity on you and take you in." Nathan smirked at her, moving toward the back and his full attention cast on only her. Celeste stood there all silent and too disgusted to say anything. Looking at both of them, the woman pulled his hand shyly and muttered, "Babe."As if he was that one actor who is a tr@sh inside yet the male lead for every woman, Nathan's facial expression changed quickly the moment his gaze shifted to the woman standing behind him. "Yes, babe.""Uhmm, what is she saying? Do you perhaps... Know her?""Mr? No, no. Why would I know her?" Giving Celeste a look of mockery, he voiced in full spirit, "I don't know who she is.""Then, was she disturbing you? Why was she...""Yeah, you... Can say that. She was saying that she likes me and if I wanted to go on a date with her but I told her that I love you and I will never leave you for anyone." As Nathan voiced so, the woman gave Celeste an angry look before pulling his
"His bodyguards are not with him today, he has been alone most of the days.""How about his secretary? Or his lawyer?""They are not with him, it's a bit strange since he never goes out without them. Boss, the target is now heading towards the suburbs. Should we keep following them or take action?""As soon as he enters the tunnel, do it. Make sure to not let any evidence behind.""Yes, boss. Should we kill the woman also? Or do we take her to t..."Upon hearing about a woman involved with him, the man from the other side of the call asked curiously, "What is she doing with him?""She was with him the whole day, they seemed inseparable." The man driving the car replied, following Rhodes at full speed. Not getting any response from his boss, he questioned again, "Boss, what do we do?""Change the plan.""What?""Don't do anything until I order." With that as he hung up, one of the men in the car asked, "What did he say?""We need to step back.""Huh? But we have come this far, why now?
"La la la, mmm." Ring! Pausing on her track, Celeste gazed at the distance where Rhodes was seen sitting alone on a bench. She checked her phone and as the caller's name reflected on her phone screen, she put it back into her pocket.Day turned into night so fast that it felt like a magic. Unlike she thought, Rhodes didn't leave her hand and he didn't even complain that it was a crowded place. In the amusement park, they spent a day full of fun.Ring!Getting annoyed, as she picked up the call her mother's sobs could be heard from this side of the call. "My dear, Celes. Why didn't you pick up my calls? Have you forgotten your mother? Don't you miss me anymore?" Anya cried out.'There she goes. Let's see what drama she wants to play this time.'Celeste stared at the distance and let out a sigh of annoyance, "I was busy with work."For the second time, Anya saw her giving a cold shoulder. Though she didn't say it directly, it was as if she wanted to let her know that she was tired of