“So, what are you gonna do, now?” I stared at Maia who was giving me the looks. I arched my brow. “What do you mean?” “You’re really not gonna introduce Flannel to her father?” she asked. I gasped and looked at her unbelievably. “Are you seriously asking me that, Maia? My decision for that is final. And you know that, right?” She avoided my gaze. I rolled my eyes and just drank the juice that was in front of me. We were on the island counter of my condo. My daughter was fast asleep already. I didn’t want to disturb her so I asked Maia to stay here in the kitchen. I badly want to talk to someone right now. Gosh. Thinking about what happened in the hospital was stressful. Not only that, but it was also painful and tiring. I felt like all my energy was drained up upon seeing them and my relatives being so giddy and happy about them. Fuck. I closed my eyes as I felt my heart beating so fast and both my hands trembling as I thought of that moment earlier. Gosh, call me the girl wh
My mom wasn’t able to speak after what I said. It was an awkward situation for us if not for our lawyer who spoke. “If you may excuse me, Madam Lemuel, Miss Lemuel, I think we should start our meeting now,” he said. I shrugged and closed the folder that I was reading. “I’m fine with it. Shall we, Mom?” I turned to my mother who was still in shock with what I said earlier. I shook my head and stood already. I walked past her and followed Attorney out of the office. I guess we will be having a meeting in the conference room. I shrugged and just tailed him until we reached the conference room. There, I saw some of the board members and of course our relatives. I kept my head up and my eyes straight. I made sure that I was showing them my poker face. I did not want them to notice any emotion on my face. No, I won’t let them win this time. “Good morning. Sorry for being late, I just had some important errands to do before coming here. Anyway, shall we start? My mom is here,” I said as
I didn’t bother to look back and just went straight to the express elevator already. I sighed and crossed my arms before leaning on the walls of the elevator. It was actually good timing that I was alone in there. I mean, at least I got to relax without the menacing looks that people might give me. I got my phone and texted Maia about their whereabouts. From: Maia We’re okay. We’re just about to get home. I was able to breathe properly when I saw that. I couldn’t help but bit my lip. I was about to put back my phone in my bag when my mom’s message popped up. My forehead creased as I clicked her message. From: Mom Where the hell are you?! Why did you walk out?! My gosh Felice! This is not good! You cannot just walk out like that! Your titas and titos are fumming mad! I couldn’t help but rolled my eyes upon reading those. I shook my head and just turned off my phone. Tsk. I don’t know if she’s just playing it or she’s just numb. I hate that she still listens to those guys when i
I was panting the whole time that I was heading out of our building. When I saw Gregory from afar, I immediately walked out. Hell, I cannot risk seeing Karrie again. I mean she’s like literally his tail. Tsk. I gritted my teeth as I texted Maia to get Flannel ready. I needed to relieve stress, and I don’t want my mother to come after me, so I need to move. When I got to our condo building, I almost run toward the elevator. Thankfully, there wasn’t any person there, so I immediately got in. I sighed and leaned on the wall. I crossed my arms as I waited for it to go up. When I got to our floor, I immediately went out. I got to my unit and I found my daughter twirling like a princess in our living room. “You like it?” Maia asked her, smiling. Flannel was all smiles as she nodded at her. She even giggled. I couldn’t help but smile upon seeing her so happy. I sighed. I will never let them take away that smile, Flannel. I won’t expose you to that toxic family. I will do my best to protec
I didn’t know what to do. I just felt like the whole world just dawned on me and fuck, he was nearing me! They were nearing me and he was holding Flannel’s hand! His eyes looked so stern and serious as he was eyeing me from head to toe. I saw how my daughter’s forehead creased as they were nearing me. I clenched my jaw as I was meeting Gregory’s stare. I could feel my heart beating so fast the moment they were already in front of me. I went back to my senses when Flannel tugged my hand. “Mommy, are you okay?” my daughter asked me sweetly. I blinked multiple times, unable to reply because I was still so stunned. Fuck. Oh gosh. This is not happening! Oh my gosh! “F-Flannel…” was all I could say in my trembling voice. Damn this. “Can we talk, Felice?” Greg’s voice was so cold that it sent shivers to my spine. I saw my daughter looking up at her. “You know my mom, Mister?” Her brows were furrowed as she was looking at him in confusion. Greg then turned to her. From the serious a
“Felice! Oh my god, what happened?!” Maia shouted when I went to them. I bit my lip hard as I was looking at my daughter who was obviously confused. I was still panting and I kept on looking back to see if Greg followed me or what. Shit. “Uhh, l-let’s go. Let’s go home!” Panicking, I grabbed Flannel’s hand and almost ran to the mall’s entrance already. “Mommy, my toys!” Flannel tugged my hand. I looked at her and she looked like she was about to cry already. I bit my lip and looked at Maia. She then sighed and nodded at me. “Go, I’ll get the toy.” I sighed in relief. “Thank you! Meet us at the entrance.” “Alright!” I carried Flannel and immediately run towards the mall’s entrance. “Mommy, Mommy, why are we running? Who was that man? I thought he was your friend.” I felt like my throat just tried up when I heard that. Oh gosh. I tried to smile at her while still running. We looked like we were chased by someone but I didn’t care anymore. Damn it. I need to get Flannel ou
“I have no time,” I said coldly. I was about to turn my back on him when he quickly grabbed my arm making me gasp. “We need to talk! You cannot avoid me, Felice! Not after what I saw!”“I said no! What the hell?! What? Are you gonna force me?!” I shouted at the top of my lungs. I tried to get off his grip but he was strong and he was holding me tightly. I looked around. My heart was pounding so fast already. Damn this guy! I don't want to make a scene here, damn it! I bit my lip hard as I stared at him intensely. “I said let me go, Greg, or else I’ll call security. I don’t want to make a scene here for fucking sake.” I tried so hard to control my voice cause I really didn’t want any attention, but hell it was getting hard as we were staring into each other’s eyes. Damn it. "I won't make a scene if you just talk to me, Felice. Come on, please…" His voice turned mellow upon saying that. His grip then loosened. I swallowed hard and immediately avoided his gaze. I felt like I couldn
“If you really wanna sell your father’s share, you may do so. There are a lot of businessmen waiting to be in your company, Felice, but I would just like to remind you that selling his shares will not only take away the company from you and your mom, it will also be in the hands of people whom you don’t know. I know you are doing this because of your dad’s brothers. But haven’t you thought that if you sell this to some businessman, they might just get a hold of it anyway. You can never be so sure, Felice. Your uncles have a lot of connections in the business world, you know that.” I wasn’t able to speak immediately when I heard that. I bit my lip and tapped my fingers on the table. I massaged my head, too. “Please think about this, Felice,” our lawyer said. I glanced at him. “But who will manage this, Attorney? I won’t be staying here for long. My mom will be taking care of my dad. Isn’t it the same thing? If I let this stay in this condition, it will be easier for my relatives t