Sebastian immediately ran to Carmina and hugged her protectively before his mother's palm landed again on the woman's cheek. The moment he and Bammie took the final steps of the staircase, the scene of his mother slapping Carmina welcomed them. The sound of it made the both of them stunned and when Mrs. Lee was about to repeat it, Sebastian quickly ran towards the scene. “Sebastian, get away from her! Why are you protecting her!” Mrs. Lee angrily pulled her son away from Carmina. “Do you really love her? How about Sandra?! You two are getting married and you have the audacity to do that in your fiancée's house! Let her go!” “Mom! What are you saying? I'm just protecting her because you're hurting her!” Sebastian retorted, refusing to let go of Carmina and received his mother's tiny punches with his back.“Ha! If Sandra sees you like that, do not expect that the wedding will be happening anymore!” Mrs. Lee spat out as she glared at the back of her son. Sebastian got frozen upon hea
Sebastian stood frozen as he stared at Sandra. Meanwhile, Carmina quickly grabbed her hands and kneeled in front of her. “Sandra, don't do that,” she pleaded. Everyone was surprised at her action but Sandra was fast enough to pull her again to stand up. “Please stop kneeling. I'm not a god,” she reprimanded quite annoyed. Carmina lowered her head and fidgeted the hem of her shirt, “Don't cancel your wedding..” she said with a shaking voice. She felt utterly guilty and she cannot forgive herself if the two ended up not marrying each other because of her. No one should be blamed there but her. As it was her fault that her phone got stolen, Jay Kim had the chance to use her account to upload those pictures that made Sebastian's mother upset. If she didn't get jealous and just tolerated the pain of seeing their sweetness instead of leaving in the first place, nothing awful will ever happen. “Sebastian's mother is right. We should not be in haste and have to fix everything first befor
“Your room is next to your parents,” Sandra stated the moment Sebastian closed the door. Sebastian was surprised and abruptly halted his steps. He looked at Sandra's back in puzzlement but the woman just continued walking to her dressing room without looking back at him. “Since our wedding is postponed, you can't sleep here with me just yet,” she added before closing the door. Sebastian quickly ran and blocked the door with his arm to stop it from closing. However, Sandra closed it so quickly that the moment it landed on his arm, it made him scream in pain because of the strong impact that had hit him.“Ouch!” he cried. Sandra rolled her eyes, seemingly uncaring and then clicked her tongue upon seeing him winced. She didn't make a move to try to comfort him and just stayed on her spot as she only watched him whimpering in pain. “I'm going to change. You can't come with me,” she stated, unbothered then closed the door again, completely. Sebastian got foot rooted on the spot as he
Sebastian woke up alone in the bed and thought for a second that what happened was just a dream. A very wonderful dream to be exact. His brows instantly connected in one line as he quickly got up only to realize that he was actually on Sandra's huge bed and wearing anything under the bed sheet. He sighed in relief and eventually smiled. He then looked around the spacious room but couldn't see his clothes anywhere. He shook his head then grinned as he realized that Sandra already cleaned them up. As he was about to leave the bed, the door suddenly swung open and revealed his beautiful fiancée. “You're finally awake,” Sandra commented upon entering the room with a tray full of food in her hands. The smile on Sebastian's lips stretched widely the moment laid his eyes on her. Silently, he watched Sandra bring the tray on the bed and set it up in front of him. “Breakfast in bed,” she announced with a very sweet smile before giving him a peck on the lips. “Good morning by the way,” she
“Sebastian, we need to talk!” Mrs. Lee exclaimed rather aggressively as she impatiently marched forward inside the room. However, her loud and heavy footsteps abruptly halted upon looking at the bed and caught their explicit position. Her son was lying on the bed, in his birthday suit, while her daughter in law's head was above her son's torso and seemingly singing as she was holding a microphone in her hand. The low groans of Sebastian were instantly replaced by crickets as the atmosphere that used to be very hot inside the room had instantly turned freezing cold. The three of them stared at each other, frozen and speechless. No one dared to move nor to even breathe as they were all holding their breaths. Three pairs of eyes were all turned wide as saucers while their jaws were almost dropped on the floor and on the bed. The first person to get back to her senses was Sebastian's mother. She blinked several times as her eyes were staring at the two.“Oh,” she said after realizing
After elaborating everything to Sylvia Lee and clearing some misunderstandings. Carmina left the mansion and decided to go home without having a sincere talk with Sebastian. Although the guy protected her from his mother the other night, she was still afraid to approach him and just wanted to delay everything because she knew it would be the end of their long term friendship. Carmina wanted to be alone and rest her mind for a while while going home. However, it was impossible to happen since she wasn't able to refuse Simon's offer to send her home because she has no car anymore ,and Sandra insisted on just letting the guy drive her home for safety reasons. She had no argument anymore about that. But she expected that the ride would feel awkward now since she knew everything would be different once everyone found out the truth. “You should have just rested. I can just grab a taxi or uber,” Carmina said as they walked outside Sandra's mansion. Simon ignored her and just strode fast
“Let's talk”Simon's eyes were intense which made Carmina get stunned not only by his unexpected action, but also by the way he seemed very determined of what he wanted to do. She wanted to protest, however, before she could even do that, Simon had already dragged her back to his car and quickly opened the door of the passenger's seat for her. “Get in”His voice was commanding that Carmina thought for a moment that he was a different person. Actually, she had been weirded out by his unusual behavior since earlier when he offered to drive for her. Because the Simon that she knew was playful and had never been silent despite her teasings sometimes were getting overboard. He would incessantly whine and complain but never had he become silent and serious to the point that he looked scarier than Sebastian when got really mad. She took a deep breath when Simon shut the door after she settled in the passenger's seat. She then watched the guy ran towards the other side and waited for him t
Carmina's tears suddenly stopped from falling as she finally looked up and stared at Simon with utter shock and disbelief. She was rendered speechless as she never had expected that the guy had known her feelings all along.“You're kidding me, right?” she asked in disbelief. She wiped her tears and shook her head profusely. She wanted to convince herself that she heard him wrong, but the look on his face were the opposite of what she had wanted him to be. Simon was known to be playful but never was a liar. He might spread fake news but it only happens because he thought it was true and people around him misinformed him as well. He glanced at Carmina and smiled sadly. “I wish I was just kidding though,” he replied in a very serious face. Simon then immediately looked away as he was scared that she could see through him and read his mind. All the pain, and all of the confusions he was suffering from all the revelations of Carmina had its own reason why he felt that. “You might have
SPECIAL CHAPTERSebastian narrowed his eyes at the smiling face of Sandra. He couldn't believe her! “He even told me he loves me!” she continued cheerfully, not minding the fact that her husband's already flaming in anger with her story. Who wouldn't anyway? This wife's admirers didn't decrease even after their marriage and have four kids. She's already in her forties, yet men out there of any age continued fantasizing over her! Some even had the audacity to confess just like what she's telling him right at the moment, and it's making him really furious! “Of course I told him I wouldn't replace you with anyone else. Phoenix is the only one in this world,” she giggled. And just like that, like his old self who never fails to melt everytime she says the right words, he smiled widely, showing his gummy and pearly white teeth. Ah, he's still and will always be head over heels for her even after years of being together. “I really want to think about kissing you hard on national televis
“Before we start, I would like to thank you first for trusting us for this exclusive interview again, Sandra,” the host stated.Sandra flashed a smile, “Of course, this is my favorite show”“Really?” She nodded, “And I kinda owe you, too..”The host seemed surprised and she couldn't help but gaped at her. Meanwhile, Sandra chuckled as she watched the host looking at her, suddenly confused.“I found my love because of you,” she continued.Everyone, from the audience to the staff squealed at her words. Even the host herself couldn't hide her giddiness despite the confusion still registered on her face. However, someone from the side didn't look pleased and rather seemed pissed off over something no one could figure out why. “How?” the host asked excitedly.Sandra glanced on the side where Sebastian was silently standing. She then giggled at the sight of her husband looking very pissed off.“You interviewed him after my confession”“Oh.. so, you were watching back then?” “I told you,
Shocked, confused, lost were all be seen in everyone's faces after that speech from Sandra Mendez. Their cameras even zoomed in on the piece of paper she was holding, then almost instantly, disbelief and bewilderment were then painted as their expression. “Sebastian Lee?” one queried, puzzled of who it was. Others gasped loudly upon hearing his name and those who were standing near the guy turned their heads on him and gave him an incredulous look. “He's Phoenix right?! His real name is Sebastian Lee!” another shouted. Sebastian felt nervous at the sudden attention he unexpectedly was receiving. His determination to go up on stage had instantly deteriorated when everyone was talking about him with full anticipation.“He's here!” another pointed the direction where Sebastian was.Fortunately, before anyone from the reporters and journalists could move, Sandra immediately caught their attention back on her once again. “I just like to clarify things," she said. She wasn't looking
Sebastian felt like he's got flashed by the bucket of ice cold water on the head right at the moment he heard that utterly familiar voice. His heartbeat skipped its beat as his knees went jelly, making him suddenly kneeled down on the floor weakly. He heard the loud beeping from the other line which meant that the call ended by the other party. However, his hand vibrated right after which caught his attention back and snapped him out from being astonished. Reluctantly, he checked the screen and saw Bammie's name flashed on it. He quickly answered it in case it was Sandra but only to be disappointed when it was her best friend instead. “Come here faster at the Crown building,” she said, sounding in haste. Sebastian was about to ask why, but the call quickly ended, leaving him puzzled and annoyed. He stared at his phone with brows connected together and thought whether to go there or not. But since he was in denial that it was Sandra who apologized to him over the phone, he quickly
News about the royal couple being married broke down and spread out so quickly, right after Jay Kim showed the marriage certificate on national television. Their fans celebrated like there was no tomorrow while some showed their dismay as they did like Phoenix more for their princess. Flashnews about them kept on coming here and there and nonstop articles were posted on the internet because the media were the first to celebrate the great news. Sandra sighed as she looked at Sebastian apologetically for she knew it was already exhausting for her husband to have never ending rumors about her. They were now in Sebastian's apartment, particularly in his room. Since Sandra was the hottest topic, they both decided to not go home to her mansion because they were certain that there's a lot of reporters waiting for her there for an exclusive interview. “Aren't you tired?” she queried as she wrapped her arms around her husband's waist. Sebastian shook his head and kissed his wife's forehead
“Are you married?” Thomas straightforwardly asked in a low baritone voice that gave everyone goosebumps except for Sandra. The old man didn't bother to say any greetings, not even wait for Sandra to ask him why he was suddenly there and just went straight to the point and asked her about the news. Meanwhile, Sandra folded her arms across her chest as she equalled her father's murderous stares. She looked calm and seemed unbothered and not scared with the presence of the intimidating old man, most probably because she was as intimidating as him as well. “Yes,” she answered without any hesitation. Then the corner of her lips slowly lifted upward as her eyes sparkled brightly, “But not with Jay Kim,” she immediately corrected before her father could ask if Jay's paper was not fake.Simon, Carmina and Levi gasped loudly upon hearing Sandra's answer. They all then turned to Sebastian suspiciously and saw the guy bowing his head looking guilty while fidgeting with his fingers. Sandra hea
Upon seeing Jamaica's unusual expression, everyone in the office felt nervous, especially when she mentioned ‘bad news’. There was just too much bad news that kept on coming for them. And hearing that there was more of it made them instantly panicked and thought of the worst because they all assumed that it came from Thomas Mendez. They all thought that it was indeed a suicide to go against the old man, since the day didn't even pass and they were already facing another problem. “That bad?” Sandra queried as she frowned at her assistant.She then glanced at Sebastian and mindlessly walked to his direction upon seeing the guy looking pale and not with himself. As she sat beside him, she grabbed his hand and entwined it with hers without saying anything as her focus went back to Jamaica.From the side, Jamaica nodded in response which made everyone get curious about the news she brought in. “What's the bad news?” asked Bammie, a little impatient. She was not in her best mood because
Bammie and Levi's pictures immediately spread out in all social media sites, since it happened in public and everyone who was casually walking in the hallway that time grabbed their phones and captured the moment when the two decided to display their affection there. Minutes later, rumors about their relationship followed, as the reporters who were just in the auditorium nearby immediately got the report about the scene outside and took the opportunity for a juicy scoop. Which immediately stole the spotlight from what happened in the press conference. Meanwhile, Sandra quickly led them to her office upstairs when people started filing around them. And she also quickly called the security to usher the visitors from the auditorium outside because the press conference was already done to avoid them lurking around the building and coming to her office. “So.. care to explain?” she folded her hands while raising her eyebrows on Bammie. Meanwhile, Bammie rolled her eyes and scoffed. “Why
Levi looked behind his shoulder as he noticed that Sandra was missing. His thick brows then furrowed upon seeing the woman was left behind there, immobile and stayed still on her spot while looking somewhere else. Following her line of vision, Levi's jaw instantly clenched when he caught a stranger hiding behind the huge plant decoration, in a nearby distance on the right corner of the hallway, holding a camera that was directed towards them and obviously taking pictures.His gaze then went back to Sandra and immediately, his thick eyebrows pulled together as he wondered why the camera was on them when the woman they were after was on the other side. Levi was about to just shrug it off when he thought that the stranger might've just mistook one of the two girls with him as Sandra. However, it would be impossible because the woman was slimmer than the other two. The creases on his forehead deepened as his eyes wandered to his companion, searching for the possible target of that stran