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Nicole's POV"Scared? I'm not scared at all, Miss Nicole." Mr Brown smiled casually to cover the nervousness that had been visible but then cleared his throat and returned to his serious demeanour.The man's gaze looked sharp and still condescending to me, belittling my obvious superiority over him. But he still tried to be defiant, relying on hia age, which was much older than me and close to Edwin."It is Miss Nicole who is being disgraceful by discussing something like this in an important meeting, especially to me, who holds the success of our business in such high regard. You are tarnishing my good name as one of the current shareholders."Two or three people whispered, seemingly shaken by Mr. Brown's seemingly confident words. As one of the oldest, I knew some shareholders considered him a role model.They didn't know the rot that the old man was hiding, as well as some of the other shareholders involved. As such, I did not hold back from showing the evidence our company gathere
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Nicole's POVI walked out of the meeting room accompanied by Lona. The company secretary had been with me all along, not moving even when I made a little noise by slamming Brown and making sure I was okay during the meeting.I understood why Edwin had given her the responsibility of accompanying me during the meeting. She was competent despite having only been on the job for five years and remained calm in any situation, just like my adoptive father had taught me."Make sure the development of this company goes well, Lona," I said when the shareholders said goodbye to return to their respective places.I managed to make small talk for a while, but those who had seen my unscrupulous behaviour toward Brown and the treasonous shareholders became more reluctant and respectful toward me.They were looking forward to the still-bright future of the company that I would lead, but that was still a while away. Edwin was still the top leader, and I still had a lot to learn to be like him.tLona
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Chris's POVI visited the robot exhibition to support one of the companies that had formed a partnership with my company. They gave me a special invitation so that I could attend the exhibition without having to go through the troublesome registration process.We are also developing robots that are useful for human housekeepers, so coming here is also a very good opportunity to find out a lot of things for the good of our company's upcoming business projects."Where are they?" I asked Nathan. In addition to being my secretary, he's currently accompanying me at the robot exhibition as an assistant who records reports of my visit here.Nathan looked at the tab he was holding before answering. "We have to go deeper, sir. They're on the left side, in the centre of the entrance."I nodded, walking back to the place Nathan had told me about without paying attention to the various types of robots or the crowds around me. To me, the business I'm running is far more important than enjoying a t
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Chris's POV "Mr. Chris." I vaguely heard Nathan's voice calling out to me, but I was still thinking about something so serious that I could feel a hard tap on my shoulder. "Mr. Chris, can you hear my voice?" He asked, which I could hear well this time. I turned my head, looking at my secretary, who immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that I had regained consciousness from my reverie, but I was being casual. "What's wrong?" "Are you alright, sir? You seemed to lose focus for quite a while earlier." He asked again, frowning when he noticed my condition, which had no problems. I turned away, uncomfortable with his expression. "I'm just realizing my current situation, Nathan." The little boy I thought was clueless was stating something I had never thought of before. I looked at the robot in front of me again with a serious gaze, the boy said that this robot was not waterproof and I only noticed the mistake he was talking about after taking a better look. It was a bit
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Chris's POV I immediately brought Richard closer when I saw him walking back from the figure of the man, away from the sight of him that I didn't want to meet. I looked at my son quite sharply, barely controlling my emotions. "Richard, how could you do something like that? You almost made Mom's heart stop beating." I said, holding both of my son's arms tightly. "Mom, there's no need to be afraid. I'm fine." He answered calmly, looking confident despite his long chat with the man. "That man didn't recognize me at all and just thought of me as an ordinary child." I paused, not feeling like agreeing with Richard's words. My son was a genius. Although Chris didn't know my son's identity at the moment, he must have also felt that Richard was not an ordinary child. "Hm... in my opinion, he's not very smart either, ma'am. He didn't realize the shortcomings of the housekeeper robot prototype on display there." Richard snorted. Staring at the direction he came from earlier with a dismissi
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Adeline's POVI had just arrived at the Martinez family home, feeling exhausted from my journey back from my home with that damn man I called a husband. The servants welcomed me home, and without so much a word, one of them accepted my bag and cardigan so I could transfer them to my room."Mom, I'm here!" I called out to my mother as the maid walked away while I flopped onto the sofa.The woman who resembled me and was older came over and sat next to me, an expectant look on her face."How was it? Have you made any progress in approaching Chris and winning his heart?" She asked, taking one of my hands in both of hers. "Tell me when you've made it, Adeline.""I can't do it yet, ma'am." I was annoyed, thinking back to how that heartless man had treated me during our married life.I received only a bad attitude, not the warm and loving greeting I had always imagined. "He's so annoying! He ignored me and said that we could get married only because of an arranged marriage, not because of h
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Adeline's POV"How did something like this happen to our company, Father?" I asked, really not expecting that something like this could happen so quickly. "Our family situation is going to get even worse!"I hadn't finished imagining the various summer collections I could achieve with this family fortune if the situation were normal. Still, the reality of our situation was such that my hopes were shattered.Not only that, even though I wasn't directly involved in the business, I knew that paying for the losses and covering the abruptly severed cooperation would make the family's fortune even less. Even just covering daily expenses would be difficult.My mom also protested, having just discovered the same thing as me. "Honey, you're just scaring us, right? You said yourself that our business would still be able to survive for a while longer!"My mother and I protested to Smith. The man just sat there and held both sides of the sofa he was sitting on tightly but didn't say anything for
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Adeline's POVI returned to the house I lived in with Chris at nightfall, carrying the things I had brought earlier, and walked in. I had so much to think about that I would rather go home than see my stepfather again.The servants welcomed me back, and one took my luggage swiftly to my room. I followed him and asked. "Is Chris home yet?"The maid in front of me didn't answer and just kept walking. I paused, feeling surprised that a servant who looked younger than me didn't answer my question as a lady of the house. I gritted my teeth."Hey, I was asking you a question!" I snapped at the woman until she flinched and hurriedly turned her head.The maid bowed politely. "My apologies, Madam. What did you ask me just now? I was carrying things so that I couldn't listen.""Are you making excuses to my face?" I asked, holding back the anger that was already on the tip of my tongue.I'm already in a bad condition with being forced to accept my stepfather's unfounded anger and considering tha
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Catherine's POVMy life has always been comfortable. I could get anything from the people around me because I grew up as a beautiful and kind girl. Everyone loved me, and it wasn't hard to get them interested in me, even if they met for the first time.They saw me as friendly, cheerful, and not difficult to approach. There was nothing imperfect in my life; I had all the things that most people wanted. That's how most people who had only seen me or exchanged pleasantries with me once in a while judged me.In reality, that's not true.My family is made up of hardened people. The Varma family. A long-established family with ancient rules underlying our family's existence. While other families have begun to blend in with modern life, that is not the case in my family.As a woman, no one in my family of that gender was allowed to wear pants. It was against our family law. Only men could wear pants, and the other female family members had to dress modestly like a lady in accordance with the
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Nicole's POVThis is a very happy day for me.I've put on a white dress, a veil of the same color neatly attached to my head, and all the decorations that complete my appearance today. Everything is really beautiful and natural.I had deliberately arranged this beforehand, not wanting to over-decorate myself and not wearing too much jewelry from head to toe because I wanted to make my marriage with that man more meaningful.My heart felt like it was going to jump out of my body. The beating felt too incredible because I still hadn't expected this moment to come.Almost a year ago, I was still hating the man who was going to marry me, planning and carrying out revenge after I had recovered somewhat from the horrible incident that happened to me. I didn't think I would ever recover, nor did I think of it as a thing of the past, but in the end, the opposite happened.I now have a family, a child, and a future husband to marry. Everyone approved of my relationship with Chris. Congratulati
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Nicole's POVA month passed, and everyone knew about our relationship.Before that happened, Richard already knew about it, something we wanted to tell him without any intention of hiding it anymore. The boy acted normal, looking at Chris and me, and then also seemed indifferent when talking."I already knew that mom would have feelings for dad, and vice versa," he said. "I'm surprised that only you didn't realize it all along."He said that we were making things too complicated. Still, he was also happy that we had finally decided to get back together.I could only remain silent, looking at the man who rubbed my son's, our son's, head with affection. Maybe that's why Richard wasn't too cruel to his father. I could see that the boy treated his father like he was with me.I can admit that our son can be more assertive and outspoken with him. Still, he's also not as cold as when he's with other people who have nothing to do with the Duncan Family. It's almost crueler because Richard onl
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Nicole's POVWe were sitting on a park bench. He was still holding my hand from earlier after his hug had broken, and it felt like he wouldn't let go if I didn't say anything to him."You can let go of my hand, Chris," I told him, already feeling my hand getting a little damp from holding hands with him for so long.The man shook his head. "I can't, I don't want to do that. I'm afraid that you'll just go back on your way after I let go of our handshake."I looked at the man, who was completely serious about his words. Apparently, the effect of me leaving without leaving any trace of anyone made him uneasy.Before this happened, he could always find me anywhere with just a few clues that weren't even that obvious. Still, this time, I was also more serious with my aim to calm down so as not to make any mistakes and just focus on myself.I knew that he couldn't possibly keep his word at the airport, saying that he would give me time. Naturally, a person's attitude stays relatively the sa
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Nicole's POVIt's been half a year since I left that man, Chris. I travelled to many cities and places I had never been to and had only seen on the Internet. I didn't just visit. I also chose to volunteer and do unpaid jobs and tasks.There were many people I met, whether fellow volunteers or other people related to my part of the job as a social worker. During that time, I really occupied myself. I had various experiences that were quite different from my activities in Mekana City and Aden City.I never met anyone I knew there or had any intentional contact with anyone except my family. Neither did that man. I never gave him any information about my whereabouts. I had asked Richard to keep that to himself so I wouldn't worry.During these six months, most of my time was really spent on myself and other people I didn't really know, but I enjoyed it and could be more calm in every situation.Even so, I couldn't get rid of that man who always came to mind when I was doing my activities
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Chris' POVI was in an elite bar, drinking leisurely even though I was still thinking about what my secretary had said earlier. Evan's words actually made sense. Nicole would definitely come back to this city if her father did give her a position in his new business. However, still, it might only happen sometime soon.She hasn't been back for half a year already, perhaps the woman will increase the period of her trip to a year or more if the conditions warrant.As of now, my people have not gotten any information on her at all, not even a single picture of her on any social media. She is completely undetectable, just like her absence during the initial eight years when she was in the Duncan Family.I feel very curious about what she did to completely disappear from anyone's reach. Still, I can't even ask because I have absolutely no access to her.Right now, I really have mixed feelings, happy because of what my secretary said that might happen, but my own mind is still settled on the
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Chris' POVHalf a year had passed, but Nicole had yet to return to Mekana City.I was already feeling desperate after never hearing from her during that time or seeing her face while she was traveling. There were no photos, articles, or anything that should have been seen in the mass media if there had been one person who could get a hold of the woman who was practically a socialite's vacuum.Her business was still going, but she never surfaced, as if she had completely blended in with the ordinary people who had no major stake in the city's economic development.Sometimes, I'd get a call from Richard, talking about some of the things we used to do during our regular meetings, even though he was still in Aden City with his grandfather. I wanted to ask him how she was doing, but every time I would speak, the boy would either change the subject or hang up first with various excuses.After his return a few months ago, we resumed our regular meetings at his residence. I felt quite disappo
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Chris' POVI felt pretty cool saying goodbye to Nicole at the airport. Her shocked face was beautiful, and her trying-to-stay-calm demeanor had always captivated me. Still, I could barely mask my selfish desire to keep her away.It was agonizing after she actually left for another city and wouldn't be coming back for some time.There were no more women I could visit by chance nor the pleasant moments of seeing that woman's eyes watching Richard spend time with me. She may not have been looking at me, but I was content to look at her face.We weren't as close as we used to be, but we were at least as far apart as we were a few months ago.I thought that there would be no more barriers for me to get close to her, but Nicole was still looking for ways to get away from me. It was natural, I knew because I wanted good things for her before we could be together.My gaze flicks to my laptop screen, but nothing is read. My mind was only on that woman and the various questions that expressed m
