Tanya's body was sore when she opened her eyes. It was morning already, which means a new day to go to work. She tried jerking up from the bed but the sharp pain that throbbed in her head was unbearable making her relax. She grunted uneasily, before turning her head to the other side of the bed and caught a man sitting by the edge of the window reading a book, his legs were long and casually crossed. He wore slim fitting tailored suit that emphasized his broad shoulders and slender waist. His face was bowed to the book making it uneasy for her to catch a glimpse of his face. He was bathed in the warm morning sun, is cool and calm profile graced his stoic appearance. The man suddenly looked up from the book in his hands and noticed her looking at him. His appearance was cold, his chilling gaze seemed to pierce through her. The way he looked at her made her feel as if a surgery knife was pierced in her skin, scattering her veins sheet by sheet; it made her bone shudder. The man
Celine took the sleeping girl in her arms and left with her brother afterwards. After Tanya refuted the offer for a compensation, Kenneth didn't press the matter anymore instead he left the ward. When they had left, Tanya started the fresh round of tears that was threatning to fall from her face as memories of good old times flowed to her brain. Ryan Griffin's obsession, Mrs Linda's Tantrums and finally Celine's support for her.But of what use is those memories now? Time cannot go back to the past, the future is uncertain and the present is already messy as it is. Bianca and Frank had eloped together since she got released from the prison, no one really bother her for now, all she had is her dying mother who was battling for her life everyday. Her stepfather had died three years ago. She scurried up from her the hospital ward, so she could go back to the bar where she works so she could get off work early and visit her sick mother in the hospital.'This is China Tanya, no longer
Tanya stood up from where she was crouching after crying for a long time and goes to her house. She packed some necessary things her mother would need and also changed her dress. Tanya booked a roadside bicycle and whistled as she drove to the hospital where her mother was admitted. She whistled as she drive through the rowdy traffic thinking of Kenneth’s daughter she saw earlier. ‘Why did she say she didn’t have a mum?’ she wondered. She pulled up at the red traffic light and at this moment, her phone rang. It was from the doctor. “Yes doctor? I’m on my way to the ……….”“Miss Tan, we have a problem!” Tanya was surprised. “Problem?” “Yes, your mum’s heart has increased its tempo. She just slipped into a coma, I am afraid she might not make it if we don’t schedule her surgery now” the doctor’s alarming voice came from across the phone making Tanya’s heart sank. “Do something then! Schedule the surgery, I’ll make sure I pay” she cried. This time, the traffic light had changed to g
Tanya sat haggardly in front of Catherine's portrait staring at it without a word while tears dropped from her eyes. Thinking back to the fact that she would be alone in this world without anyone to lean on is already scary not to talk of the fact that Kenneth didn't recognize her. Six years ago, after Charles Griffin's property was shared, Tanya had been taken back to the prison unknown to her that huge conspiracies has been waved against her. Everyday till she went into labor, she would dream of Kenneth wishing he woke up anytime soon and come to free her. Mr Brown who is an intermediary between the two of them is not helping matters either as he didn't have any fruitful message for her. She remembered that the day Mr Brown came to inform her that Kenneth died, was the day she put into labor and that same day, the prison yard van conveying her to the hospital encountered an accident. She remembered seeing Kenneth that day, she remembered calling for his name before blackout.
The private jet landed in Italy International Airport the next day. Tanya was the first to hop out of the jet to breathe in fresh air. After being in the jet for 8 hours although the night. Keturah Griffin hoped out after her grinning ear to ear as she was given a pack of candy and his father, just as plain as usual and his aunt, busy taking pictures like she always does. Tanya looked up in the sky and felt greatful for what had transpired in her life so far. She remembered when she left Italy with her mother. Who'll have thought that she won't come back with her mother again?How ironic. She thought. The little girl rushed to her, and showed her what she had written on her writing pad. "You're not going to leave me again are you?" Tanya smiled pleasantly and stroked her cheek, "I will only leave if you refused to talked to me" she pouted as if she was angry. They all left the airport afterwards. While Celine returned to wherever she lives.When they were in front of her stepfa
The cab halted in front of the tall and gigantic building and immediately Tanya rushed out with her luggages. She stopped at the door and click the doorbell severally all to no avail no one is answering. She fell frustrated as she tried thinking of what the door password might be but at that moment of distress, her mind couldn't think of anything. Then she thought of calling Kenneth to come and open the door but her second instincts quickly warned her against it. As she still stood there, Celine's car pulled up in the car pack and she came running towards Tanya. "I'm happy you're here, Bro Ryan has been released from the prison there's chaos inside right now and you're the only one that can stop them" Celine said again in an alerting voice and punched the password and the door clicked open.Celine stormed into the house but Tanya was still. She stood at the staring blankly. Celine looked back, "What are you doing? Let's go" "How will I stop them? You and I know that Kenneth did
When she had laid Keturah to rest, Tanya gently left the room and close the door behind her with a huge sigh of relief. Her eyelids are growing heavy at this moment but she tried her best to get a grip and walked to the living room. There, Kenneth was sitting on the sofa reading files. He lifts his head up to look at her and removed the Harry Potter doppelganger goggle he was wearing. "She's asleep?" He asked. Tanya nodded feeling awkward around him, she didn't know maybe you say she's leaving or she actually has nowhere to go. "Em.... I..." "You can't leave again for tonight, it's late, you're free to sleep over and leave tommorow" He interrupted. Tanya's heart leapt with joy, she didn't know if she should be thankful or not but a pleasant smile spread across her face. Kenneth stood up and walked towards the room beside Keturah's and opened the door. Tanya entered the room with her bags and was marvelled at the arrangement of the room. She gasped. This is when Kenneth realiz
The next morning, Celine who came around early in the morning and Keturah who was already dressed for school scratched their heads as Kenneth and Tanya stood before them. Kenneth and Tanya both had terrible looks on their faces as if they fought although the night. Tanya wore a sexy styled office outfit she had picked from Celine's dress which defined her womanly curves with precision.Kenneth scrabbled something on her writing pad and showed it to Tanya who almost shout on the girl as she read what she wrote, "What happened between you and dad?" "As your dad who never fulfills his promises" She quipped. Kenneth shot her a glance and replied with a suave tone, "Is that coming from someone that's seducing me? Huh, such a shameless woman" Keturah moved close to him and showed him the writing pad and his response was really very rude, "Ask your nanny! You asked me to bring her in, I never thought she had this so much ambitions for coming close to you" The two glared at each other
Time passed, things continued getting even between Tanya an Kenneth so much that the little Keturah realized that something was indeed going in between her father and Tanya.Despite knowing all that happened at his father's house, Kenneth has been having hard time to find anything to snitch Ryan with. Ryan became more proactive day by day. Bianca has came back to Italy and Frank, now one heard anything about him. Tanya continue playing her roles as Keturah's nanny and Kenneth's secretary and in a little time she got a savings. One day at work, The stakeholders and the designers in charge, Kenneth and his secretary, Tanya, were standing at the electronic dashboard, waiting anxiously. They had just launched new designs, and people were rushing to order, especially the product they spend the most money and resources on.Tanya was smiling widely, Kenneth stood still like a rock, his expressionless face giving nothing away. The orders were increasing rapidly, quickly surpassing 1,000, t
"Think of what happened at our house that day well before I come back from the swimming pool" Kenneth warned as he left the house to the backyard. Tanya had finished taking her and they had lunch already. Still, what Tanya didn't understand is why he keep pressing her about the incident at his father's house. Keturah hasn't returned from her Outing with Celine which gave the two enough time alone. Her eyes twinkled in admiration as she leaned by the window of the kitchen watching Kenneth swim inside the pool. 'Why is he suddenly interested in knowing why his father died? Did he remembered something?' Tanya wondered as she watched him swim. Unable to stop herself anymore she grabbed a shawl and ran outside to join him even though the evening is getting a bit chilly and frosty. Kenneth smiled as soon as he spotted her and stopped his movement by resting at the poolside. His cute dimples broke into a beautiful smile as he asked me, "Why did you have to come in this cold w
Tanya washed her hair twice, then dumped half a bottle of conditioner on the tangled mess, letting it soak in while she scoured her body with a liquid raspberry gel squeezed into a puffy ball of nylon. Even a practical girl deserved a few luxuries, she thought, sighing with pleasure as the hot water rinsed away the makeup that Jillian Kim painstakingly did.After coming back from the event, she didn't see Keturah, Celine has taken her out. She rushed to her room to take her bath and also run off her frustrations.She knew better than to let herself relax under the invigorating spray; as it was, she’d taken too much time already, and regretfully, couldn’t risk a long, leisurely shower. But even a few minutes was better than none, and at least she’d be clean. And she’d also be able to think straight again, something she’d had trouble with since their departure from the event. Kenneth didn't remember her yet he's doing all these for her. The more she thinks of it, the more she finds i
Tanya looked back to the entrance of the hall and saw Kenneth walking towards her with a flower banquet in his hand smiling like prince charming. She rushed through the buzz of the reporters to his side, shock written all over her face."Why are you here?" She asked in bare whisper but Kenneth smiled and held her hand as they walked towards everyone. When they got to where the investors had gathered, Kenneth knelt down and gave her the flowers Nana which got everyone clapping for him. Bianca whispered to Ryan, "Don't you say he lost his memory of her?" "I wondered too, did he regain his memory?" Ryan also asked with confusion. Nevertheless, the crossed their hands and watched the tirade. When she accepted the flower, he leaned over as if he wanted to kiss her and whispered, "Don't you like it that I'm here? Or you want to continue getting bullied?" Tanya panicked, she didn't know if it was panic of excitement or confusion she whispered back, "Your memories, have you remembere
Ryan and Bianca stands aside and watched how everyone diverts attention to her. Ryan nudged her silently, "Just stick to my side, we must end her today, Kenneth is not by her side" "We plan to Kidnap hee after leaving this event, are you telling me that I came here abd won't get Kenneth? He doesn't remember Tanya, we must change his mind to make him think I'm his wife!" Bianca became petrified and worrisome shimmered in her forehead. Ryan heaved a long sigh of anger and frustration, "Must you always prove that you're stupid? How an we do that without kidnapping her? You should be ashamed that you slept with me and also want my brother!" Without warning, Bianca kept shut.From where she was standing, Tanya's phone rang, she picked it up gingerly and answered, "Yes?""How is the place? Have you made your speech?" Tanya, even though a smile was plastered to her face, she rolled her eyes and shot back, "Will I pick your call if I'm on stage?" "If the reporters ask you any question
After dropping Tanya off at hall after which she left with great efforts, Keturah, Kenneth and Jillian Kim were the only occupants of the large minivan. Before she left, Tanya had felt awkward and nervous about the styling and the dresses she was wearing. Her mind and heart was in great turnout as she tried to figure out what Kenneth was thinking. 'Is he pretending not to remember me?' she wondered. When he was done, Keturah was the first to whisper into her ears "You look beautiful Miss Tan, I'm sure that dad will love it'Tanya pinched her cheeks with affection and smiled. "Your dad will love it for sure" she replied knowingly. Before standing up to look at herself in the mirror and very soon, the car pulled into a stop, Tanya checked the time! She was 10 minutes late for the event. Kenneth entered the back of the minivan through a door that connects it to the driver's seat, Tanya crossed her hand over her chest with a smirk waiting for him to talk. "How is it?" She asked f
Tanya stood in daze like one in maze. Kenneth is getting his memories back? If he could remember all the love advances between them, then then he would gradually remember her one day. Celine moved to her side and whispered, "Don't you feel Brother Kenneth seems to be different today? Or something had affected his brain again?" "I think so. He's gradually retuning to the Kenneth we both know" She said absentmindedly.. Kenneth sat down on the sofa as if waiting for her to gather her thoughts. Tanya moved closer to him and asked again. "I get that you're regaining your memory, but did you have to go this far for an ordinary event?" Kenneth sighed and said aloud so that could the make up could hear, "If you're not satisfied with Jillian, shall I call another person?" Jillian Kim didn't say anything, he only stood there looking at the rhapsody with two adults. Being called when he should be travelling by someone that offered to pay double his salary, Jillian had to stay and list
The next morning started on a very boring note. In the corner of the dinning room, Celine watched Tanya and Keturah who were in the living room with a smile on her face. Tanya sat on the sofa while Keturah sat on the small stool and Tanya keeps packing and repacking her long hair while she was busy on her books and a headphone on her ear. Keturah was so much engrossed in her books that an onlooker would thought she was cared about the person packing her hair but Celine could notice that she stole pictures of Tanya time to time. Celine was surprised as well as the most of the servants when she arrived and realized that she had gotten closer to Kenneth and she will be living with them for a long while. After all the conversations with Kenneth the previous night, she thought she wouldn't slept well especially when she will be sleeping beside the little girl but she had woke up naturally without even a dream to break the peace. When Keturah woke up, Cecilia had greeted her
Kenneth covered her with his coat when they got into the car. The ride was a very silent and boring one as they drove towards Kenneth's home. Kenneth didn't say anything, she was also busy trying to gather her thoughts. When they got inside, they met Keturah already asleep and a sticky note pasted on her cheeks saying, "Lovebirds, I have feed your dear daughter but she refused to sleep without her father and Miss Tan here" Tanya smiled and made to touch the girl but she jerked awake immediately. "Miss Tan, I was waiting for you" She wrote on her pad.Tanya sat down and pulled the girl in her embrace and she fell asleep almost immediately as if she had been waiting to sleep in her embrace.Kenneth offered to make dinner as the workers have retired for the night. Tanya sat there patting Keturah in the head while thinking if what Ryan said earlier. Kenneth didn't remember her, and if he eventually does, will he ever forgive her for loosing his child whine he cherished so much?As