Sophia is really excited to meet Navier’s family, but now that they are entering their village, she could not help but to hold onto her seatbelt hard. She is very nervous and all the negative thoughts are already invading her mind. There is still a huge possibility—a fifty-fifty chance—that Navier’s family will not like her. She does not know what to do if ever they decided that they do not like her for Navier.
Navier must have sensed her distress and immediately held her hand instead. He was easily driving with one hand. “They will love you, you know? You don’t have to be nervous.”
SOPHIA’S POVMeeting Navier’s family is one of the best moments that I have now and I will forever cherish this day. Nicole and Sage are like a set of big siblings that I never have and most of our dinner time, Sage and Navier spent moments teasing and bullying Nicole! I laughed too hard at how their set-up works. It was a nice feeling of having older siblings because I never really know how it felt before. Our night is more than perfect when I get to know Mrs. Leanna Ortega—their wonderful mom.Mrs. Ortega—it is still hard calling her “mom&rd
NAVIER’S POVI knew that my mom would like Sophia and I am really happy that I am right. Nicole and Sage already liked Sophia the moment they met her, and now having mom on the list feels like a very satisfying validation. It was really a fun decision to wait for mom before officially introducing her. The wait is worth it.Our mom, the ever beautiful Leanna Ortega, would often joke about how she wanted more daughters. Nicole and I, even our dad, all know that her lighthearted jokes about wanting more children are closer to the truth rather than being a simple joke. S
SOPHIA’S POV“You’ll have to promise me lots of dates soon, okay, sweetheart? And if ever this son of mine does something you didn’t like, you have my number. Call me anytime, anywhere, and I’ll beat him up for you.”I could not help myself but to laugh more with Mrs. Ortega’s reminders before we go. When she opens her arms, I hug her as tightly as I can because even if we are going to see each other again, I am already going to miss her. She pats my hand one last time before letting me go.
NAVIER’S POVI cannot help but to pace back and forth here in my office. I already finished everything that will distract me from having all these thoughts, and now I do not have anything better to do but fully welcome them. I should not be this worried but when it comes to Sophia, every little detail counts and I knew something has been bothering her since last night.The thing that makes it harder for me is that she did not ask about anything nor she did not clarify what seems to be her problem. Given that what bothers her may not be related to me at all, but still
NICOLE’S POVI do not know how to address this feeling that I have, but I am sure that something happened when mom and Sophia had their alone talk together. I am also sure that I am not losing my mind nor simply having this weird intuition. I know I am right, damn it. What I only cannot do is actually pinpoint what is the actual thing that happened.Pacing back and forth here in my room—I am still here at the mansion because I did not leave—I am taking my time whether I should confront mom or not. I mean, I cannot really confront her, so the proper polite
NICOLE’S POVJean Gilmore is one hopeless romantic man, and it was not a secret on how much he admires me since our high school days. I do not mind it. I do not mind people liking and admiring me as long as they like. It is their choice and it is something that we cannot control If they like me, then they like me. What I cannot do and all I can assure them is that I will not return the feelings for me. Out of the people who had the guts to actually confess to me, this very man can prove what I am talking about.The only difference now is that things have changed. Not
SAGE’S FLASHBACKFour years ago…Death is inevitable. If one would think about it, it is so simple—it is the natural ending for everyone in this world. I am not scared of death because since I was young, I understood and saw death with my own eyes. Not that I am the one who was facing it, but I watched people die at a young age that I even thought that it was dying and killing are the same thing. Death is inevitable. I know that one day I will face my own.
NICOLE’S FLASHBACKI can never understand how one is capable of feeling two completely different emotions at once—I am angry and I am relieved. I do not know how it works, but I am both equally. I am fuming angry for those who cause this and I am beyond relieved that Navier and Sage came back safely.Before I realized it, I was already out of bullet magazines to use. My gun’s muzzle is already smoking from all the bullets I fired just to calm down myself. My obsessive compulsiveness and my anger issues are mixing is all the worst ways possible that I am a
Today is a Sunday which means day-off for Sophia. She already finished all the things she needed to accomplish with her class requirements. Now all she has to do is to find an alternative for her problem with Mrs. Diwa’s “niece”. She still does not know who that woman is, but she is still on the verge of losing her home because of whoever she is.Her salary from working at the Soul’s Secret is what shoulders her daily expenses; and just by computing how much it would cost for her to have her own private lawyer, she will need to cut down at least three-fourth of what she will have this month. That is almost equivalent to having a single meal every day plus all her transportation fees. She forbids herself to take anything from her medical emergency fund because she can never be sure of her health. She does not want to die early without properly helping her loved ones.She only has less than three weeks to have her solution ready. In
Sophia has been staring at her shoe for at least over half an hour now. She feels tired from the number of clients she needed to face this night, but this is only the time she can have to talk with their big boss, Mr. Vlad. Going home is not an option because she cannot prolong this anymore.They are not banned from having relationships as long as it does not affect their work here in the club. Other personal problems cannot also be brought into their workplace and it definitely includes school work and being depressed for something that has to do with one’s relationship problems. Work is work and you have to be the hostess mode of yourself outside your personal being. You are a hostess of the club and not whoever you are outside the club.Relationships with the clients of the club are different issues to tackle and that is exactly why she is here. Even though there are no formal nor written rules about the hostesses being involved with anyone&mdash
“Did you know about this?” Nicole did not mean to use her business voice, but she already did. Clearing her throat, she hopes she will not sound as brute as she did the first time. “Did you know about Navier and Miss Sophia Diwa?”Sage chuckles, clearly having the that-is-what-I-thought look when she corrected her own tone. “What exactly did you find out about them?”She lets herself inside his home—yes, she drove almost thirty minutes just to invade this man’s privacy and trespass his penthouse like the thug she is just to confirm what she found out. It is also a yes that she trusts her brother in telling the truth, but she still needs assurance and confirmation; especially from this very man. She immediately made herself comfortable on his soft sofa and sighed in satisfaction. She has done this a million times now that it feels more like a muscle memory. She did not know that her feet hurt from driving unt
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
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
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
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
CHAPTER 55: END OF BOOK 1SOPHIA’S POVLast night was one of the best sleeps I had and I know that it had something to do with Navier. Yes, Navier slept beside me because I insisted that it was too late for him to drive back home. He could easily call his driver to fetch him and I know he can perfectly do just that, but I am really glad that he did not. He stayed in and wore one of the largest shirts that I had so he could change.I remembered that we slept in the position where he was pillowed on my chest and as he hugged me as if making sure I would not leave, but I woke up in the opposite position because I was the one who was in his position and he was in mine.Leaving his side as I make sure that he would not wake up brings me back the memories that I had as our first moment together. The moment he got drunk at the club where I was working and that I had to stay by his side to somehow take
NAVIER’S POVI am evil for having this plan, but I will not apologize for it.Not understanding myself for suddenly being too attracted to Sophia right now; and by attracted, I really mean that I just want to kiss her as many times I please and have on top of me for the remaining hours of the night. I should really clean my mind right now because I have been thinking about her this way since we got here, and now we just finished having dinner. Sophia is back in the kitchen preparing our coffee and as soon as comes back, I know that I will execute my evil plan—I plan to seduce her.I can easily ask her and have her consent, but I am not sure if she wants it herself. I do not want to pressure her into doing something I only asked. This is the best thing I can think of to ensure that she would want to do something with me too.Good thing for the both of us, I am great at alluring people. My sister Nicole takes pride in this part bec