Johnson was delighted that Alexandrine had chosen him as her judge for the upcoming round. The other contestants were throwing silent daggers at her as they were jealous she got to have the most convoluted bachelor as her judge. They started wondering how the two were acquainted with each other." We'll be reuniting here again in a few days for the next round." The MC announced. " Good job today everyone and we'll see you again soon." The MC left the scene.The other contestants also left, leaving Alexandrine and Ava.Alexandrine thought of explaining what just occurred to her model, but before she got the chance to, the latter asked rather frantically, " How are you acquainted with the most eligible bachelor of city A, Johnson Santos?"Everyone knew who Johnson was now as well as his reputation that was expanding with each passing day. As for me, as I was never introduced publicly as his wife in the past, there was no mention of me. Although there was a coupure about our divorce in t
" I won't disturb you guys, then." Alexandrine left the unsightly couple alone and entered her suite that was right next to Johnson's.Once inside, Johnson interrogated his lover about her apparition in Paris." I've come because I miss you and wanted to be with you. Is that an issue?" She asked and Johnson looked pensive and lost for an instant. Tina found it strange that her lover was avoiding eye contact.Thinking back about what Alexandrine told her over the phone, she asked, " Johnson, would you happen to have something to confess?"Tina asked, hoping Johnson would come clean about that night but, " I couldn't call you much since my arrival here, I'm sorry. I've just been so busy with the competition and stuff. I hope you understand and don't hold it against me." What Johnson confessed had nothing to do about the matter she was concerned about." That's okay, Johnson, don't worry about it!" She hugged him instead of interrogating him further. She didn't want to lose him by acting
Johnson left the room in silence. Alexandrine watches him as he leaves and wonders why he never believed her, not even once.The designers bickering brought her to focus on what was going on in front of her." Only cheaters accuse others of plagiarism. Your designer is nothing but a plagiarist." One of the designers muttered to Ava which angered Alexandrine greatly." Until it is proven that I truly did it, don't be so quick to accuse me of such infamy!" Alexandrine joined in and took a stand for herself. The other designers didn't back down even for an instant even as they saw her reassurance." Is there anything to prove here? You stole my designs and copied them." Linda Dorsale gritted her teeth. Alexandrine smirked slightly and asked with confidence, " Are you sure those are your designs?"" Of course they are." She hesitated a little before answering. " Why wouldn't they be?" She asked to which Alexandrine responded, " If you're so sure those designs belong to you, then you shoul
The person's clothes Alexandrine held onto was Ava, her exclusive model for the fashion show competition. She managed to get to her on time. Seeing her deteriorated condition, Ava was horrified." Save my child! Save my child!" Alexandrine keeps repeating with tears flowing from her eyes. She was worried something horrible might have happened to her unborn baby.Ava squatted to her level and muttered worriedly, " Ms. Claire, you're losing too much blood. We must get you to the hospital asap." Ava looked at the organizers, hoping for their benevolence in the matter. As they also looked at Alexandrine's deteriorated condition, one of them quickly called for an ambulance and the one who did so was Johnson Santos himself. Ava was relieved that the ambulance would be arriving soon.Ava looked over at Alexandrine and muttered, " The ambulance will be getting here soon, Ms. Claire. Please hold on until the ambulance arrives!" She held her hand to give her moral support. Alexandrine tried to
" You should rest now." Nathaniel laid her down on the bed and muttered sweetly, " I'll be back to see you again in a little while." Okay!" She nodded.Nathaniel left the ward to let Alexandrine rest. When he was no longer in sight, she muttered, " If only I had met you earlier on before Johnson entered my life, I'm sure I wouldn't have suffered such hardships. You would have supported me and my life would have been colorful every day without fail." She stopped midway and said, " How I wish I could return all the amount of love you're giving me, Nathaniel? How I wish I could love you just as much as you love me?"Moments later, in a daze of being half-asleep, Alexandrine heard someone entering her room and thought it was Nathaniel who had returned, however, she heard Tina's laughter and immediately opened her eyes." What are you doing in my ward, Tina? What the hell do you want?" She stared at the latter who looked smudged." Why am I here?" Tina laughed sarcastically and muttered,
In the next days that followed, Nathaniel took care of Alexandrine by giving her lots of love and attention. Ava and Doriane went to visit her in the days that followed to inquire about her health." How are you doing, Ms Claire?" Ava asked but seeing the latter's expression, Ava could alone guess the answer. Nonetheless, Alexandrine thanked her for protecting her when everyone was slandering her name. " I owe my child's safety to you, thank you so much!"" There's no need for you to thank me over this, Miss Claire."When their eyes met, Alexandrine was too embarrassed to look at Doriane, her boss. " Why won't you look at me, Alexandrine?" She asked.With her gaze lowered, she muttered, " I'm too ashamed, Doriane. Your design studio got slandered in another plagiarism case; I'm so sorry!"Doriane approached Alexandrine and swiftly lifted her head so she could look at her, " You have nothing to feel ashamed of as none of this had been orchestrated by you." She muttered before adding, "
A couple of days back before I went to Alexandrine’s house to see her—----------Since returning home after that day in the hospital, Tina has been pestering me about our engagement. She would ask me questions like, “ When are we going to choose a date for our engagement? Or, are we ever getting engaged at all?”I was pestered almost every day by the same seemingly questions that one day, I decided on a whim, “ Let’s get engaged two weeks from now!”“ Johnson, you’re the best,” I remembered how happy that made her that she started right away to make preparations for it. Whenever she had the chance, she would want to take part as in the end, it was our engagement we were talking about, so why should I be excluded from it at all?“ Johnson, what do you think of these pieces of jewelry?” She showed me the jewelry that caught her fancy and would ask me with a bright grin in the corner of her lips, “ Do you like them, Johnson?”“ Yes, I love them very much, Tina. They look good on you.” I
Moments later, Alexandrine awoke from her slumber, and what she witnessed stunned her bizarrely." You're awake. Have you slept well?"Her ex-husband, Johnson was stroking her hair warmly and affectionately. It was as if they were back a year ago, to their newlywed life. Alexandrine felt disgusted seeing that approach being utilized on her. Instinctively, she pushed him away and stood up. Glaring at him, she coldly muttered, " Stop playing these kinds of games already, Johnson!" " It's been over between us for a long time and you better not forget it."Connivingly, Johnson said to his former wife, " I'm not playing any games with you right now and I never did." Alexandrine glared at him without uttering a word. " You may not know it, but I ended my relationship with Tina."…" You're the reason I've ended everything, Alexandrine." He spoke his heart out to Alexandrine who was simply staring at him without a sound. " As the engagement day approached, I realized that I couldn't live wit
Right after leaving the police department, Johnson headed straight to his company and the first thing he did as he arrived was to conduct a meeting." What's the purpose of this meeting?" One of the major shareholders asked Johnson who retorted, " This meeting has been staged to discuss the company's future going forward." Discuss the company's future?" Another shareholder intervened. " What is there to discuss? We've practically lost everything. Let's file for bankruptcy already instead of delaying the inevitable any further!"Responding sternly to the claims, Johnson uttered, " The J Consortium won't be filing for bankruptcy any time soon."???Johnson could see how everyone in the conference room was confused about the situation. " We've found the one behind the incident and he's currently in custody."………Looking over at the public relations department, The CEO of the J Consortium uttered professionally, " Release a statement in which everything is explained fully and explana
" Mommy?"?" Mommy, you've come about!" Before Joseph could understand what was going on, Marina ran into the ward with tears dripping down her cheeks.It was only after his twin sister was no longer blocking the view that he was able to finally see and grasp the situation before him." Mommy, I've missed you so much." Marina shed tears of joy in her mother's embrace. " Sorry to have worried you, Princess!"…Marina kept wetting when Alexandrine heard a familiar voice at the door. " Mom!" Joseph shouted to which Alexandrine grinned happily at him.Opening her other arm for him, she invited him to join them. " What are you doing there at the door? Hop in, my little prince!"Mom!" Joseph ran into his mother's embrace and the three happily hugged.Johnson, who was running after his children, finally caught up to them. With his eyes and face lowered, he uttered, " Finally, I have caught up with you two. Do you realize just how much you've made me run?"From his position, he could very mu
While all of this was going on, Nathaniel and Tina were on the run for their lives as Johnson's bodyguards were searching for them everywhere." What are you doing bringing so many things with you?" Nathaniel asked the latter as she was dragging suitcases with her. In retortion to his question, Tina said in response, " We'll be on the run for a while, so we might as well bring along all that we can for safekeeping."Looking toward Nathaniel, she said," I suggest you do the same."Nathaniel stared at her for a while without a word. He slowly walked away, guiding them on the road. Tina followed right behind him with her suitcase.At one point on the road, Tina complained to Nathaniel. " Why are we walking on foot when we could take transportation?"Nathaniel stopped in his steps at the relevance of those words. " If you enjoy transportation so much, why don't you go in alone?"…" Before you go though, you might want to leave your luggage behind because I don't think you'll be needing t
Back a few hours earlier, Johnson was at the hospital when his phone suddenly started ringing. Looking at the screen, his face brimmed with joy when he saw his love's name flash through the screen.As he was attempting to attend the call, he heard Tina's sarcastic voice on the other side stating, " You've always been curious about this jade necklace's origin, didn't you?"…" If you must know Alexandrine Claire, the one who saved Johnson back then, years ago was none other than yourself."Johnson was stunned by the revelation. " What is this woman talking about?" " How could Alexandrine be the girl from back then?" Johnson subconsciously thought as the narration continued." When you fell down the cliff, I claimed your necklace as mine." She huffed before adding sarcastically, " While you begged for Johnson's love, I didn't have to do anything to gain his love."As Tina continued narrating that tragic day, Johnson's head started to seriously hurt. The hurt brought back memories that w
" So this is what happened?"Still, in the abyss of her long-lost memories, Alexandrine subconsciously thought as she was unconscious, " So that means, I was the girl who saved Johnson long ago! I remembered everything as clear as day."" Due to me falling down the cliff, our history was changed and Johnson undoubtedly believed Tina was the girl who saved him."" She took advantage of my absence to take a place that wasn't hers in Johnson's heart. The reason why Johnson never looked my way was simply because he was keeping his promise to me."Recalling Johnson's promise once more, she subconsciously thought, " Although he forgot all about me, he didn't forget his oath. It's just that he got the wrong girl all along. Now that I've recalled my forgotten memories, I need to make sure Johnson knows the one who saved him that day was me all along and not Tina as he was led to believe all those years ago.Gathering her strength and energy, Alexandrine managed to break free from her unconsci
" Why do you look so shocked upon learning the truth about that necklace?" Tina glaringly revealed to her nemesis that she was the little girl who had saved Johnson Santos all those years ago and not her as she presumably led him to believe all those years ago.During the silence, Alexandrine subconsciously wondered, “ What is Tina talking about?” “ The one who saved Johnson years ago was me! How is that possible?”The next thing Alexandrine knew, Tina was joyfully clapping her hands and when she was done clapping, she said, “ I must thank you, Alexandrine Claire.”…“ If not thanks to your necklace, how would I have been able to foul Johnson for so long?” She smirked joyfully before adding, “ Had you not left your necklace out that day, I wouldn’t have been able to take your place in Johnson’s heart, so thank you so much, Alexandrine Claire.” She laughed hysterically at the end of her sentence.Alexandrine was too stunned by Tina’s craziness to ask any questions whatsoever. All she d
" What would you want me to do for you to prove my fidelity to you?" She asked and pondering on the matter some more, he uttered unconvinced, " No, this might not be a good idea, go away!"Tina hung on to his hand and said in retortion, " If you don't tell me the task you have for me, how will you know for sure that I'll fail without even giving me a chance to prove myself?"Pondering on her words for a while, Nathaniel uttered convinced, " Alright, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself but if you don't meet my expectations,-------------" Before he could conclude his statement properly, Tina cut him short and stated confidently, " I'll meet your expectations, you can be sure of that."" You won't find a better partner in crime than me. Besides, I'm used to getting everything I desire for myself and that's not about to change anytime soon." She ended her statement in a stern tone.Nathaniel chuckled maliciously, " I like the confidence you are harboring and so I decided to give you
“ Who would want to team up with you?” Alexandrine glared at her former friend and supporter with extreme coldness. “ What? Why are you looking at me like that?”“ Did you seriously think I’d allow you to use ema as a peon once more?” Nathaniel didn’t dare answer. Alexandrine wasn’t done telling him his four truths. “ You mentioned just now that whatever was happening was due to me standing by Johnson’s side, correct?”“ If that wasn’t truly my fault, then answer me this, would you?” Nathaniel flinched at the sound of that. “ Was it also my fault to befriend you and offer you my unconditional trust?” Once more, he was stuck and couldn’t answer her questions.“ Why won’t you answer me, Nathaniel?” She shouted as she added, “ Why won’t you admit once and for all that meeting you and letting you evade my life as you did was nothing but a mistake?”“ After all, had I not met you, I wouldn’t be in this situation and would certainly not have been used as a vulgar peon with no consideration
The moment Alexandrine awoke after a few hours, she realized she was bound in an abandoned clothing factory. “ Once again, I was bound to something. When will all of this ever stop?” She subconsciously thought before hearing noises not far away from where she was bound.In a daze, she heard Tina and Nathaniel in conversation with one another. She could hear what they were talking about. “ Why have you kept her alive instead of killing her?” Tina was the first to speak and she was followed by Nathaniel who muttered in response, “ This isn’t as easy as you think it is, okay?”“ What’s not easy to do?” She retorted coldly, “ Instead of playing this game with me, why don’t you admit before me the real reason why you’re adamant about killing her?”…“ Why don’t you admit before me that you’re still infatuated with her and that’s the reason why you don’t want her dead?” Alexandrine kept listening in on their conversation and subconsciously thought, “ Those two have been working together all