“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
“Kristel, should I repeat my words for you to understand? Every hotel in this city is fully booked because of Fashion Week and Design Competition. As a representative of my company, don’t you have an obligation to treat me well being your boss?”Kristel was surprised and thought, ‘Is this a joke?’She felt ridiculous just listening to this nonsense. She snorted and slapped her forehead.Kristel was still in the phase of having mood swings, and right now, she was exhausted and starving. Honestly, she wanted to explode in annoyance, but her ex-husband was such a nuisance!Kristel pursed her lips and looked at Galvin coldly.“Mr. Hudson, I think you have forgotten something. We may have collaborated on a project, but I apologize for sharing my opinion. It is not my problem if your secretaries are so incompetent for not securing you in a hotel room. Aren’t your people who you should pester now?”Galvin didn’t retort, but he only stared at her, emotionless.Kristel wished she could slam th
PARIS DESIGN COMPETITIONKristel walked up early the following morning and proceeded to the hotel function hall, where the preliminary competition was held. She joined the other contestants for the briefing while they had breakfast there.The function hall was grand, and everyone couldn’t help but admire the beautiful interior, especially the ceiling — one couldn’t ignore the inexplicable feelings lingering in their chest looking at the majestic art.France is a home of many exceptional talents when it comes to arts and creativity.Numerous times, these pieces of work have inspired the competition, and many have guessed that it will be the same this year.Many contestants took pictures and flaunted their participation in a design competition on their livestream.However, Kristel remained seated and quietly had her breakfast while she observed the crowd with interest. Several famous designers she recognized also joined this year’s Design Competition, and this caused her to worry a litt