CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: BY THE END OF IT ALL (1)
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“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,
When Navier said that he paid—he literally paid for whatever Sophia and Jelly was having, and he almost meant that he paid his side of their deal. She was so stunned that she only finally realized what was happening when she got in Navier’s car and Jelly was waving one last time before going her way.“W-What…?” She blinks a couple of times.Navier chuckles and pulls her own seat belt to buckle it in for her. “Did it finally sink into you that you’re with me now?”She is really back from reality because she finally had her strength to slap Navier’s arm.“Aw! What was that for?!”She was flustered because he looked really hurt, but it is not time for her to regret her actions. “How did you even know I was in there at that exact café? In fact, how do you know where I was in the first place, Navier?!”Instead of just answering her, he shows her hi
Sophia could not believe how smooth Navier is. He handled their situation by answering all of the orphanage’s sisters with so much ease and naturality in him. He is just basically stating facts yet even she felt like they have known each other for so long.The only lie that Navier made is that he mentioned that they met a year ago, but the rest is pure facts and their actual reality. He told them how they met at her workplace; she was a hostess in the Soul’s Secret and how she took care of him when he was drunk. He effortlessly gave them the truth and cut off more questions into saying that the rest was history and that this is their first day as an official couple.The sisters were just saying how happy they are that she thought to tell them about him first. They said that they feel special and they are glad to be a part of this chapter of her life. She actually expected that she would feel guilty or something like, but nothing came. After al
Navier is feeling very good that all his research did a great job with his and Sophia’s first date. Yes, he really did a lot of research because he does not want to mess their first day. He was thinking that it would be a great move for him to actually know things on his own first and then have Sophia experience it with him. It was very fulfilling to him to say the least.He never really pictured himself enjoying meeting new people; in fact, he hated meeting other people before and that was his main reason for just letting his sister Nicole do all the outside of the country work and meetings. But today was a little different given that he met Sophia’s family.That was the first thing that popped up as results to his research. Dating someone does not necessarily mean that they would just involve the couple. Some article said that it would be better to “date officially” and by official it really means having your loved ones to know t
“I wouldn’t go inside anymore, but you already have my permission to go in and the passcode to his unit. Everything’s going to be fine, Sophia. Call me if you need anything, okay?”Sophia can only nod and bid goodbye to Nicole. Nicole was supposed to come with her and “kick Navier’s ass”, but an emergency call came where she was needed immediately. Breathing deeply and hugging herself, the cold night breeze is already making her shiver. All that is left for her to do now and enter this very building and see Navier.Like what Nicole said, she also already has her permission to see Navier—it is a literal permission to let everyone know in the building that she is allowed to go inside without any more hassles. She has never been inside a very exclusive condominium building until tonight and at first step, she already sees why this is called an exclusive space to begin with.Actors and other prominent per