CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: TINY BABY STEPS AHEAD (3)
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Romance is only supposed to be second on her list. She still has much to do before she can even cross out her number one priority on her list—but the universe really said screw her list because she was suddenly given everything, and she meant everything, she didn’t ask for… yet.
This is not supposed to happen now or nowhen near now. Everything is out of schedule and totally out of her list of priorities. This is not how she pictured her romance to be. If this was a novel book, this is one of the biggest plot twists that has ever been written just to mess her whole life.
She was given romance and what makes it the biggest plot twist?
No, she was not given romance with Prince Charming or any nice guy she could have ever imagined. She was given romance with the total opposite of her exp
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE WOMAN ABOVE ALL (1)♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡Nicole has been pacing back and forth. No, she does not have to attend yet another long conference meeting, but rather a more intense version of that. Not company-related in any sense, but it is a meeting between the powerful members of the current Sy Clan, without Navier. That is the only thing that calms her even for a little bit. At least her younger brother is not here to suffer the same anxiety she is having.If someone sees her right now, she can already picture them looking like they have seen the impossible. She does not blame them at all. The moment she walks out of this room, she will look like she is ready to conquer the world.No, she was not trained to be like thi
CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE WOMAN ABOVE ALL (2)♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤“You’ve been a little distracted for the past weeks, Sophia. Is everything okay now? I mean, you look better compared to last week...”Sophia looks at her dear friend and co-worker Jaylene. She could not help but to laugh at the worry in her expression but felt guilty immediately. She knows that she owes Jelly a lot of explanation for everything that she is going through. She knows that she has been worried sick but held on and waited for her to be actually okay.
CHAPTER TWENTY: THE WOMAN ABOVE ALL (3)♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤ ♤Sophia is waiting for Navier. No, her boyfriend did not know that she is here and of all the things that she forgot, it really has to be her cellphone. She could have easily called Navier to make sure that he is here in the first place, but no. She really chose to be reckless right now and do the first thing that ever came to her mind… and it was simply to see Navier.“Miss Sophia?”She was startled because she honestly did not expect that someone would call her name. Facing whoever it was, she was actually relieved that it was one of the lobby’s receptionists. “H-Hello.”“Ah,
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: BY THE END OF IT ALL (1)♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡“Are you sure that this is the best way to do this, Sage?”Sage smiles—his very arrogant smile that perfectly, boldly, shows that he is a very damn well confident man—at Yuki Takahasi, his client. How can an arrogant smile not look arrogant at all? It is Sage’s very own thing. He does not need to do anything because, obviously, his arrogance comes from his greatness in his field and he is never going to hide that from anyone. Especially right now.Yuki is the very same Japanese billionaire who helped them then and has now become his client for her planned annulment with her husband. She needed a lawyer that she could trust, hence his role
“I know people who recommend us to some legit lawyers, but I know already that they will cost a lot. We can try some public ones but I don’t think that that is very advisable now. What if they rig the system and bribe whoever public lawyer you will get?”Sophia cannot stop herself from biting her finger. She did not mean to tell anyone about her problem, but nothing can really get past Jaylene. The moment she gets into the Soul’s Secret and meets her, she has not even uttered any word yet and this woman already knows that something happened to her. She did her best to have the topic slide, but Jelly insisted and when she saw how worried she was, she did not want to worry her more.She told her everything about what happened just this morning. Tomorrow is their only day-off which is a Sunday, so they still have their shift tonight and her make-up skills did not work on Jelly who still saw how stressed she is. She was really reluctan
Breathing deeply, Sophia said the nth “thank you” to Miss Minchin that already made the sweet librarian laugh and told her that one more “thank you” and she will be banned in the library for the rest of her stay in the university. That just finally made her laugh, too.It took her a hot moment to sink everything in her and understand that she was already having a mental breakdown and it was also Miss Minchin who helped her calm down. Now, they are outside the university having ice creams and she did not attend her classes anymore as per the librarian’s order. She was very reluctant at first, but she showed her an announcement that there is an emergency university-wide meeting for all the professors.Finishing her ice cream, Miss Minchin stands up and dusts all the cone crumbs off her skirt. “Are you feeling better now, sweetheart?”“Yes, miss. Thank—” She remembers what she has been warned
“Stop acting like a child, Navier! This is not playtime where you can simply do what you want! We’re talking a life here and you just had to fucking ruin one—again! Is this what your so-called ‘love’? Is this really your way of saying you love me?! It’s so sad that you come from a loving family and you don’t know how to show love! God, Navier, you don’t even know what romance is and you expect me to just accept what you can give?!”Navier sighs, he really had to recall that again. He and Angela fought once again and just like the other times; he is the one sighing in defeat because he just caused trouble again. Instead of trashing his office like he always wants to do; he takes a sip of his coffee and massages his temples. Yes, he just ruined another man’s life and even that is not a big deal to him, it was for Angela. Angela is the woman he loves and this is not exactly the first time he ever did somet
Sophia does not have a choice and this is not the time she takes her time thinking and having second thoughts. She badly needs help and she does not have anyone else in mind that can help her in an instant except for none other than Navier Ortega.Navier Ortega is literally one of the richest persons in the country and the more she thinks about how she can meet someone like him is still bewildering. Yet, just maybe, this is the reason why they have met. Just like everyone in the novels that have read, everything happens for a reason. Maybe this is why she was the one stopped Navier from humping off, maybe this is a sign that she should not doubt her decision.If someone finds out that she has contacted Navier Ortega for this kind of situation and it reaches her boss, she can instantly lose her job. She can lose everything, but this is the risk she is willing to take for everyone she cares for, for the home she wants to keep. She will risk it all and, now,