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
Alexandrine was way too focused on the news to notice her son’s antics. “ Why didn’t he marry Tina until now? Could there be a hidden reason behind it?” Alexandrine kept spacing out more and more as she wondered about Johnson and Tina’s current relationship.Whereas, Joseph was looking through the net to find information about Johnson. Biting his lip, he muttered silently, “ If this man who looks so much like me truly is my father, then he cannot marry another woman.”Noticing how focused her brother was, Marie approached him and asked, “ Brother, what are you doing?” Joseph looked at her and muttered, “ I’d like to go on an adventure.”“ An adventure?” Marie looked confused but asked her brother, “ Are you planning on going on that adventure alone?” She looked at him, her eyes glittering like stars. Joseph grinned and muttered in response, “ Why would I go on that fun adventure alone without you?”“ The reason I even brought it up is just that I’d like you to accompany me on that adv
Alexandrine hurried to leave the hotel in search of her precious children. “ These kids of mine, how did they end up at a church while buying breakfast?” Locking the door behind her, she went in search of a taxi, “ Something doesn't add up in this story.” Alexandrine thought then, as the taxi showed up and she hopped inside straight away.As Alexandrine was on her way to K Church, she subconsciously muttered, “ Joseph and Marina, I hope you’re both okay. Wait for me until I come to fetch you.”At the same time, Joseph and Marina were about to enter the church. “ Mommy will be here soon.” Marina stated to which Joseph added, “ For there to be a confrontation between them, we must be inside the church and not outside.”Joseph and Marina stumbled upon a well-dressed couple entering the church and swiftly followed them to get entrance. “ Wow, so pretty—--” Joseph and Marina were enamored by the luxuriousness of the wedding venue.Joseph was the first to snap back to his senses, rememberin
Alexandrine hurried so that Johnson wouldn't be able to catch them. Fortunately for her, there was a taxi arriving and she managed to stop it in the nick of time. " Taxi—--- Taxi!"Johnson on the other hand ran outside of the wedding venue, but unfortunately, Alexandrine had already left by the time he got outside." Hello, I need a favor from you." Johnson used his connection to find out about Alexandrine's whereabouts and where she was currently residing." I won't let you run away like this without giving me a proper explanation." Johnson got inside his car and started driving. Approximately ten minutes later, he got the information he sought about Alexandrine's current whereabouts." Thank you so much for this!" As the call ended, Johnson hurried so that he could catch up to Alexandrine on time.Alexandrine on the other hand was still trying to grasp how she had run into Johnson and Tina today. Looking at her children, it didn't take her long to figure out which of her children wa
Alexandrine looked at her children as she didn’t want to decide without consulting with them first. “ What do you think, my cuties?” Joseph muttered to his mother, “ The decision’s up to you. We’ll respect whatever you decide for us, Mom.”Looking toward Marina, she nodded in agreement with her brother. Having gained her children’s approval, Alexandrine looked toward Johnson and muttered as she locked eyes with him, “ You won, Johnson. My children and I will stay but only temporarily, so don’t get the wrong idea that this is a forever stay.”Johnson was happy regardless as he had succeeded in stopping Alexandrine from leaving with the children. “ Whatever you say, I’m happy that you decided to stay with our children.”Hearing Johnson say “ Our children”, she felt happy somehow deep inside. She had imagined this moment so many times and now that it was finally upon her, she wanted things to be done the right way. Pulling her children forward, she told them, “ My cuties, from today unti
Johnson kept watching his children play by the fountain until the thought of joining them came to mind. Walking over to his children, Joseph stands on guard against him. Johnson felt saddened seeing his son's reaction. Due to what happened earlier, he thought Joseph was starting to warm up to him but seeing how things were going currently, he wasn't so sure.Not wanting to disturb, he turned to leave and that's about when Joseph called up to him, " Are you planning to leave just like that?" Johnson stopped and as he turned around, he saw his children staring at him. " You hurt our mom very deeply. You hurt her so much that she lied to us about you. Don't you find it natural that we'll have our guard against you?" Joseph expressed his point of view to Johnson who asked in response. " You mentioned just now that your mother lied to you about me. What exactly is it that she lied about? Could you tell me?"Johnson looked at his children, expecting an answer from them. Marina wanted to spe
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