Seeing the woman who almost ruined her life, Kristel’s face darkened to see Vivian. She wondered what this woman was doing in the company.Kristel wanted to approach Vivian and slap both her cheeks for accusing her of plagiarism and for suing her of attempting murder.Unfortunately, this isn’t the time for her to cause a scene when she was in the middle of live streaming, in which she shouldn’t ruin their pre-launching but forced to fend off the anger boiling in her chest.Thus, she ignored Galvin and introduced the dress to their viewers as if she was not raging from anger when her chest wanted to explode; still, she only controlled her emotion not to make a mistake in front of the cameras. All she could do was maintain her smile.The smile on her face was dazzling. She was emitting a radiance that made her look too charming, mesmerizing not only the employees present but also the viewers.“Kristel is gorgeous!”Galvin could hear his subordinates praising his ex-wife. He glared at th
Kristel scoffed, saying, “Have you thought of the consequences you must face once your scheme is exposed?”Vivian did not retort. She was already ashamed, acting like she was the lowest person in society. However, to be absolved, she must swallow her pride instead.“Kristel, I’ve realized the mistakes I made! I promised. I won’t do it again but do good only!” Vivian continued wailing, but Kristel would not give a fuck of her.Watching Vivian beg for forgiveness, Kristel felt no compassion for the former. She believes that a person like Vivian must not be tolerated but become an example.“Vivian, how easy for you to ask my forgiveness, but then you act like I bullied you by not granting it? If all crime can be forgotten after a sorry, why do we have to settle too much taxes to pay this state’s peacemaker and armed forces?” said Kristel.“Kristel is right. If the criminal can be pardoned simply by apologizing, then the police, lawyer, and judges are no longer needed!”Listening to the s
“Dad!” Kristel widened her smile, walked up to her dad, and hooked her arm around his elbow. “Mom and I had just discussed something.”“Is that so? But why do I hear someone’s name? Who is it?” Hector rolled his eyes to the side, his habit when trying to remember something, but he was unsure what it was.Kristel and Eliza shared a knowing look. The former shook her head at her mom, her eyes begging not to say anything, but her mom exhibited a teasing smile across her face.“What?” Hector shifted his gaze to his beloved wife and daughter.Later on, Eliza couldn’t hide it anymore. “I’m just asking our daughter if things are going well with the police officer she is dating now.”“Mom!” Kristel looked at her mom with a flustered face.Eliza tapped her daughter’s hand and said to Hector, “Our daughter’s friend helped her out before. So I hope she won’t close her heart and give others a chance to love her.”Hector looked at his daughter with such tenderness and said, “Honey, I’m still sad a
“I should call Cory to drive you home.”Kristel fished out her phone from her bag, but Galvin stretched his arm and stopped her.“No. He had an emergency at home, so I must not bother him tonight.”Kristel raised one brow upward upon hearing Galvin’s explanation. She was in disbelief that it seemed to be the first time he was giving his assistant such consideration when he had always busied himself with work, which caused his subordinates to work overtime.‘Did the sun settle in the north?’ she thought.Staring at each other’s eyes, another car passes them, allowing Kristel to look better at Galvin’s countenance.The lighting from the fences of her parent’s manor is all dim; thus, she cannot make out how pale he is already.But now, she noticed Galvin’s face was as white as a sheet. And all of a sudden, he was coughing so intensely that he needed to reach for the hood of his Bentley to lend some strength.“Galvin!”At that point, Kristel could no longer stay an arm’s length from the m
It took a long time for Kristel to grasp what was happening. Returning to her senses, Galvin had already wrapped her in a warm embrace. One of his palms cupped her jaw while his other arm hooked tightly around her slender waist.“What are you doing?” she asked crookedly.Kristel struggled, but to no avail, when Galvin did not allow her to break free from his embrace. Despite that, she did not give up by resisting; however, Galvin had already calculated his moves. Thus, he made it easy when he scooped her and put her on the kitchen island countertop.Kristel placed her hands on Galvin’s broad chest and pushed him, but her strength was insufficient. He was like a giant rock, proudly standing on top of a waterfall, where the water was like her emotion, flowing vehemently at the moment.Yet, she kept pushing him even though she knew it was useless with their posture.Galvin seemed annoyed by what she was doing. He seized both of her arms and restrained them on her back. Now that he remove
Kristel was staring at her reflection in the mirror when she heard a knock on the door. She panicked.The bathroom was all lit, and Galvin would have a better view of her belly with this brightness!Thinking of a solution not caught red-handed, she looked around and found a bathrobe hanging on the corner. She put it on quickly before Galvin could open the door wide.“Kristel?” Galvin stared at Kristel’s face with confusion when she seemed to see a ghost when he entered the bathroom. Now, her reaction worries him. “What’s the matter?”Kristel shook her head and squeezed a smile, forcing the spark in her eyes.She clenched her palms on the fabric to ease the tension in her chest, then replied, “Nothing, it’s just that…”She smiled, pretending to be shy upon remembering the wild night they shared.Galvin immediately understood what she meant. He strode closer to her and wrapped his arms around her body, pulling her gently. He lowered his head and whispered,“I’m sorry if I overdo it last
Galvin pursed his lips and looked straight into Kristel’s eyes. After a brief reluctance crept into his chest, his face became emotionless, and he said, “I don’t want to see you entering this bedroom ever again in the future and touching anything inside this room that is related to her.”Kristel felt stupefied. Sadness flashes in her eyes after she returns to her senses.Galvin shoved her to the side to pick up the photo frame with such care. Her heart shattered, witnessing how he cherished the photo.Although she wondered if the girl in the picture was Fiona, she saw no other girl around him throughout the years since she knew Galvin.The thought that she did nothing wrong when Galvin, who brought her here, is the last straw left in her heart.“You brought me here last night.”Thus, he shouldn’t be angry at her like this in the first place.Kristel had so many words to say, but she didn’t know where to start when her heart wrung against her chest.‘I’m such a fool for always falling
“Kristel, what are you doing here?”Kristel raised one brow upward and retorted with a scoff. “I’m the one who is supposed to ask Mr. Hudson about this. Why are you here, Mr. Hudson?”She sounded stern, and Galvin couldn’t help but stare at her in a daze.He pursed his lips upon sensing that Kristel was still treating him coldly after they spent time together the other night before yesterday.But since that incident, Kristel has even avoided him. He tried to reach her to invite her for dinner. However, she didn’t reply to his messages or even make a call back just quickly.She avoided him deliberately, and this was his opportunity to ask her why.“Kristel, are you thinking that I am stalking you?”That’s not what he wanted to say, but he didn’t know how to ask Kristel without feeling offended.Kristel looked straight into his eyes and mouthed sarcastically. “To be honest? I didn’t think you were stalking me, Mr. Hudson. What is on my mind is how unlucky I am to meet you! And I felt to