Happy that Tina had finally gone home, Johnson thought he and Alexandrine would enjoy a romantic breakfast together like they used to.“ Aren’t you going to have breakfast?” Johnson asked his wife, who replied, “ I’m not hungry, Johnson, but don’t mind me and eat your fill.Alexandrine’s tone toward her husband was cold and indifferent. Johnson felt hurt for some reason but didn’t say a thing. After finishing his breakfast, Johnson wanted to kiss his wife before going to work, but Alexandrine avoided it, saying she had some stuff to tend to, and left. Johnson left the house in anger but Alexandrine didn’t let that affect her in the slightest.“ I’m sorry, Johnson, but I can’t allow you to continue humiliating me like this.” Alexandrine subconsciously thought after Johnson left for work.As she finished everything she had to do in the house, Alexandrine left for her parents' house to seek some advice.It had been a long time since Alexandrine’s mom saw her daughter ever since she got m
Before Alexandrine’s phone call, I was lashing at the department manager for doing a sloppy job on the reports, “ Do them over!”“ Yes, president.” The department manager nodded. He grabbed the reports and looked at them in despair. Just imagining how he had to redo everything from scratch just because I wasn’t satisfied with the contents, he got all sad and that’s about when Alexandrine called me.“ What do you want and why are you annoying me while I’m so busy?” The department manager must have thought as he saw me speaking so disrespectfully to my wife how I was being unfair to her and how she didn’t deserve it, but he would never say so in my face.“ Don’t forget to eat when you’re done with your work, please!” Just hearing her voice through the phone and her ordering me around annoyed me even more. The department manager was pretending to look at his reports, so I wouldn’t suspect him of anything.“ Instead of uttering such nonsense, you should hurry home.” As my conversation wit
The night was long and when morning came, my husband, Johnson was sleeping next to me as dazzling as ever. He was so handsome when he was asleep, I subconsciously thought as my hands ran through his seemingly handsome face.“ What should I do so that you’ll stay with me, my beloved?” I muttered as I kept watching him sleep. I knew deep down that we couldn’t be together but after that passionate and hot night we had, I was hoping for a miracle to occur, a miracle that would fix all the holes in our relationship and get it back afloat.As I went to take a shower, I subconsciously thought how wonderful it would have been if Tina had never been a part of our lives, how wonderful it would have been if she had never met Johnson, and how wonderful it would have been if Johnson had never fallen for her.“ How wonderful would it have been if I had been the one who met you first?” Through the dripping water, I was crying like a child to whom one has taken a toy away.” How wonderful would it hav
Johnson left for work in anger that day. Alexandrine tended to the dishes and when she thought she would have a break from all that work, she received an unexpected call from someone unpleasant.“ What do you want, Ms. Tina?” Alexandrine muttered sarcastically through the phone to her interlocutor. It was a displeasure and a hard blow to receive a phone call from her rival in love.“ Alexandrine, I want to make peace with you, so could you meet me?” Let’s start over from scratch!” Tina acted as meekly as possible through the phone. Alexandrine could feel her blood boiling from inside.“ Make peace with me, my foot.” As if I don’t know the reason you’ve called for me today of all days, Tina.” Alexandrine subconsciously thought. She wanted to dismiss Tina this instant, but she knew deep down, it wouldn’t solve anything; She would keep coming on to her until she got what she wanted which would be tiring and endless for Alexandrine. Why go through all that trouble when all could be solved
" Tina?"Alexandrine panicked as she tried to collect herself. " Knowing Johnson. He will blame me for this for sure." She subconsciously thought." What should I do?" The ambulance will take time to get here." She subconsciously thought." Tina, what happened?" Why have you suddenly stopped talking?"" Johnson?"Realizing Johnson was still connected to the call, she grabbed the phone next to Tina." Hello, Johnson!" She uttered to her husband asking, " Why do you have Tina's phone? Why isn't she the one answering it?"Alexandrine hesitated before forwarding to her husband, " Tina got into a car accident, Johnson." Alexandrine could feel her husband freeze in place as she announced the news to him." An accident?"Alexandrine narrated to Johnson how the accident took place and what the latter was doing at that time. As soon as she finished narrating, Johnson hung up the call abruptly." I should have someone drive us to the hospital" By the time the ambulance gets here, it might alrea
By staring at the dripping rain through the window, Alexandrine remembered an incident that occurred in the past, when she had just gotten married to Johnson, her husband.That day, it was raining heavily and Johnson was working on his computer in the room. It was raining so much that it started thundering. To protect herself from the thunder and not disrupt Johnson's work, she hid under the covers, waiting for the thunder to pass." What's wrong, Alexandrine?" Is everything okay?" He asked his wife who responded that everything was fine. When another thunder relented and Alexandrine felt agitated under the covers, Johnson finally grasped why his wife had hidden under the covers.Standing up from the chair and coming toward the bed and sitting beside his wife, he slowly removed the covers from her and saw his wife's eyes on the verge of tears. By the time the whole cover was removed, another thunder relented and this time, Alexandrine jumped into Johnson's arms for protection from the
Exasperated at Alexandrine's indifference, Johnson dropped the plate on the floor, thinking it would stir a reaction out of her. Johnson went to the dining table along with his plate to have breakfast." Alexandrine, do you really not care that our relationship is falling apart?" Johnson subconsciously wondered as he remembered his wife's earliest behavior.Alexandrine cleaned up the mess left by her husband in the kitchen. By the time she finished, Johnson was done with his breakfast.As he came to the kitchen to leave his plate, he looked over at Alexandrine and coldly muttered to her, " You'll be in charge of going over to the police station and collaborating with them on the investigation." I have no time to waste over such things as I have to take proper care of Tina."Alexandrine was hurt by the tone he harbored when speaking to her, but regardless of how she felt, she said, " It'll be done, Johnson. You can head to work without worry."" I'll be off then!" Johnson left the hous
Alexandrine entered the bus but as the bus was already quite full by the time she entered, she stood. Not far away from him, a couple meters away from her, there was Nathaniel who had also taken the bus alongside her.“ Ms. Claire is so beautiful. I can't because she's still single.” Nathaniel muttered silently as he observed Alexandrine who was deep in thought and didn’t seem to have noticed him yet.Back at home, Johnson got back from work and the first thing he did as he arrived was to look for his wife.“ Where is she?” He sighed in exasperation when he didn’t find her anywhere inside the house. He tried phoning her but to no avail. She wasn’t picking up his calls or at least, she couldn’t hear them to be more precise.“ Where could she have gone at this hour?” As that thought lingered in his mind, he remembered how he asked her to go to the police station to file Tina’s case at the police station as he couldn’t take care of it himself. “ She must still be at the police station fi
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