Inside the car, Nathaniel could see how much Alexandrine was disturbed but didn't give her anything. He gave her the space she needed and kept on driving. Alexandrine was too spaced out to realize where he was taking her.Alexandrine recalled Johnson's state repeatedly when she saw him earlier. She could have forgiven him, had he not mentioned Tina and accepted his wrongdoings." I must forget Johnson at all costs. He has hurt me more than enough." Alexandrine subconsciously thought as they reached their destination." We're here, Ms. Alexandrine." Alexandrine was brought back to her senses when she realized where Nathaniel had brought her. " Where are we?" She asked in dismay to which Nathaniel responded, " We're at my villa, Miss."" Your villa?" Alexandrine walked out of the car, helped by Nathaniel as she scrutinized the horizon of the huge building in front of her. Johnson's villa was grand enough as it was but this villa in front of her was something else entirely." Shall we go
“ Thanks for agreeing to accompany me to the party. You didn’t have to, but thanks anyway.” Nathaniel showed Alexandrine how happy he was that she was coming with him to the party. Staring at him, Alexandrine confided in him and said, “ I’m not doing you a favor by tagging along, Nathaniel.” The latter was stunned by her response as he wasn’t expecting it.“ You’ve always been there, supporting me in my battles without asking anything in return. I just thought just as you’ve always provided me with love and support, it’s my turn to do the same for you. Not only that, but I want to move on from all the bad memories and start afresh.” Nathaniel grinned as it seemed like she was ready to let go of the past and move on in life. That also meant that Nathaniel might have a chance to be part of her new life.“ Your newfound confidence moved me to tears. Were you serious in what you said?” He asked and she nodded immediately in response to which he hugged her joyfully without warning. Alexand
" Thanks for finally giving me a chance to be in your life!" Nathaniel was on cloud nine as he kept stroking her hair. Alexandrine grinned at him and muttered joyfully, " Thanking me is not required. I'm merely giving myself a chance to be happy, a chance to experience a beautiful and unconditional love, like the one you have for me."Caressing his cheeks, she continued, " If anything, I should be grateful for not abandoning me and for supporting me in my combat against the demons that were eating at me. When I became Johnson's mistress in order to seek revenge for my lost child, you didn't judge me and stood by me in all my peripeties." Alexandrine recalled all the things Nathaniel had done for her and also how his mental support and comprehension were a major key factor in enduring all kinds of humiliations." I know you're going to say you did nothing that special, but for me what you did was a turning point. Before you showed up in my life, I was willing to accept everything but e
Days went by and Alexandrine didn’t hear from Johnson and Tina again. She was relieved to finally have some peace. “ What do you think?” Alexandrine was looking at a brochure when Nathaniel leaned in and asked, “ Have you chosen a dating spot yet?”“ That’s difficult as I’ve never been on a date before, so I don’t know what spot to choose,” Alexandrine muttered to Nathaniel in sadness to which he retorted and said, “ Don’t be sad over something so small. As you’ve never gone on a date before, why don’t we go to all the places designed on the brochure? That way, you’ll gain lots of dating experience for when we go on our second date.”Alexandrine was about to cheer up after Nathaniel’s comforting words, “ Thanks, Nathan for always knowing what to say to make me feel better straight away.”“ You’re welcome but I wasn’t just saying so to cheer you up. I was serious when I implied we should go to all the dating spots.” Alexandrine’s eyes opened wide and she muttered, “ These are so many d
“ Johnson, watch out!” Alexandrine screamed but before the knife could reach him, Tina swiftly rushed forward, blocking the knife with her body. She fell to the ground and Johnson caught her in his arms. “ Tina, what have you done?” Johnson stared at Tina’s pale expression as she asked to which she responded painfully with the bit of strength she had, “ I would never let anything happen to you, Johnson. Before any harm comes to you, it’ll have to go through me first.”“ You dunce, you didn’t have to step up for me.” Johnson was emotional due to the sacrifice Tina had made for him, yet saving him again as she did when they were children. Johnson was even more indebted to her now than before.Tina’s abdomen kept bleeding and the kidnappers laughed hysterically. “ What a good show this is!”Johnson looked at them in anger. One of the kidnappers said, “ We wanted to take your life, then your woman stepped in and took the blow out for you. What an immense sacrifice she decided to make out
Once Nathaniel had driven away from the scene with Alexandrine, Johnson fell to the ground and remembering how he left Alexandrine by herself, just so that he could get Tina out of harm's way, he said painlessly, " I would have lost Alexandrine today if not for that Frost guy. He came just in the nick of time and saved her while my negligence would have cost her life. What would I have done if because of me she had lost her life today? Will I be able to live on with myself?"" One thing's for sure though; After what I have done, never will she want to see me again or let me come near her." He sighed sadly. " Regardless of how much she must hate me and my guts, I have to see her and make sure she's perfectly alright."" Mr. Santos—----" The doctor's call brought Johnson back to his senses. He returned to Tina's side to listen to the instructions." We treated her the best we could but you might want to take her to the hospital for further care." The doctor left and Johnson looked at Ti
“ Who are you and what do you want from me?” Alexandrine questioned the men inside the car and one of them said, “ What will you do once you find out?” and another followed almost immediately, “ It’s not as if you’ll be able to escape from here even if we were to tell you the truth.”Alexandrine sighed in despair as what they were saying wasn’t entirely inaccurate, however, they didn’t notice Alexandrine’s attempt to free herself for a few minutes now. “ This must be related to Tina again. Why is she always targeting me?” Alexandrine subconsciously muttered in despair.“ Please let me go and I promise to forget this ever happened.” Alexandrine kept pleading with them to let her go until one of them noticed something amiss.“ Boss, she’s trying to free herself.” He shouted and Alexandrine flinched, fearing what the men would do now that they had found out her plan to escape from them." Were you intending to escape from the start? Could that be why you were bullshitting us for these la
“ What? You still haven’t found out about her whereabouts.” Johnson was speaking with a detective over the phone. When Alexandrine had disappeared and was presumed dead, thanks to a corroborative police investigation, it was reported that Alexandrine Claire might still be alive.Johnson, hoping for the news to be true, hired investigators to search for her but none of the investigators he hired were able to find the slightest information about her. It was as if she had just been engulfed by the earth with no traces to be left or seen.“ Johnson, please come eat!” Tina came to fetch Johnson for dinner but the latter glared at her and said, “ I’m not hungry, so leave me alone.” Johnson walked past her to which she stopped him and asked, “ Why are you treating me that way? What have I done to deserve going through such hardships?”Johnson broke free from her grasp and said, “ You did nothing wrong, Tina. I’m just tired of the work that has to be done prior to the wedding. Go and eat, I’l
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