Sebastian released a heavy breath and immediately pulled Sandra in a tight hug.“I've been looking for you,” he mumbled as he buried his face on the crook of her neck. Meanwhile, Sandra didn't react and just stayed still and motionless as she just was letting him hug her but not hugging him back. She was not even saying anything which made the guy pull away and scowled. “Is there something wrong?” Sebastian asked while staring at his fiancée worriedly. Sandra just stared back at him blankly but didn't give him any response.He was not used to the quiet Sandra because everytime they were together, the woman was always the one initiating the conversation by teasing him. And that very moment, he was expecting her to chuckle and say something that makes him turn like a tomato, but for some reasons, he received none of it but a cold treatment.Sebastian then instantly got nervous again and quickly held her hands tightly. “Love..” he called almost pleadingly. He then heard a loud chuckl
Thomas watched all of it in silence. He was quite surprised to see the guy's aggressiveness when he entered the office, as he didn't expect that he had that side at all. His only impression of him was, Sebastian Lee was just a pure coward and gullible and that was it.The old man sat back on his swivel chair and folded his arms.When the door was shut, that's when Sebastian snapped out of his trance. Slowly, he turned his head to Thomas' direction and immediately met his deep set of brown eyes staring directly on him. “Have a seat,” said the old man after a long seconds of staring at each other. Sebastian shook his head as he wanted to follow Sandra and Jay. However, the television caught his attention once again that he wasn't able to say what he was about to say to the old man. “Did you fall in love with him right away?” asked the reporter. That question made Sebastian stunned as his eyes fixated on the huge screen. He didn't know why his chest was suddenly pumping wildly but h
[FLASHBACK]Bammie's eyes never leave Carmina even after Sandra and Sebastian had already entered the master's bedroom for quite a while already. She silently watched her throughout the woman's heated argument, starting when Sebastian's mother slapped her until she got pressured over the cancellation of the wedding ceremony. And she could say that her reaction was not normal for someone who was in love with the groom. Carmina should actually be happy but unexpectedly, she's mad that it got delayed. “Tell me. Are you mad that the love of your life won't get married sooner after all your sacrifices?” she asked which startled the woman. Carmina was shocked and she couldn't even hide it. She stared at Bammie with eyes and the latter could see through her that her question made her nervous. “What-” “Don't you try pretending now. You are so obvious now Carmina,” Bammie cut her off while a knowing grin plastered on her lips. Meanwhile, Carmina could only pursed her lips as she looked a
Bammie put down her cup of coffee and smiled at Carmina. She loved the fact that there were people in Suzy's café other than them. And no one will interrupt or eavesdrop on them even if they talk about their private lives. Tilting her head, she looked at Carmina with her usual glittery eyes.“So.. have you finally decided?” she asked, not wasting any time to go around the bushes. There was no need for that actually, because the two knew as to why they went to see each other. Carmina looked down and stared at her cappuccino and didn't respond right away. After that night in Bammie's all pink and glittery room, her proposition was the only thing she could think about. However, despite thinking over it for days already, she was still undecided because of her trust issues. It was not that easy to trust anyone, even a friend that had never done anything wrong to her because the trauma that she had been through was no joke. Even if it was actually her fault as to why she experienced th
Sandra watched as her best friend carefully placed a teacup on the table in front of her. “Don't you have a schedule today?” she queried, knowing that Bammie has a full packed schedule for that week to prepare for her full album. But Bammie didn't answer her and filled her cup of camomile tea. She was doing it so slowly that Sandra suspected that she was buying her some time.“What is it?” she asked impatiently. Her eyes didn't leave Bammie until the latter was finished filling her own cup and placed the teapot on the table. She then gracefully sat on the chair adjacent to her. “I've already talked to Carmina..” Bammie finally spoke. Her usual cheerful voice and playful grin was there. It's as if she has good news to deliver to her.“She agreed with my plans,” she chortled.Sandra instantly frowned upon hearing it. She has not heard everything but she knew it was something crazy because there were no simple plans if it came from Bammie's idea. “Plans?” she repeated, quite perple
“What we have is only platonic love and Phoenix only has one woman in his heart for more than five years and that's definitely not me,” Carmina started with a big smile. However, it immediately vanished when her eyes caught Jay Kim who was darkly looking at her. “Is that true?” one of the reporters stood up and asked. Another one stood up and snatched the microphone, “Do you know who that woman is?” she queried. “It's not Sandra Mendez, right?!” one from the back shouted. But Carmina cannot hear those anymore as she's got eaten by her nerves and swallowed by her fear upon seeing how murderous the guy was looking at her. It seems like there was a dark air emitting around Jay Kim as his eyes seemed like fireballs by how fierce he stared at her. “Sandra and Jay are a real couple right? And Phoenix has a different woman. Is it Bammie?” Questions from reporters kept on coming and their noises filled the auditorium. But none of them got the answers as Carmina got frozen while lookin
Sebastian paced back and forth outside the auditorium room as he was contemplating whether to go in there or not. He didn't want to disturb the press conference, and most especially, didn't want to get their attention that would possibly make the problem bigger. Although he knew Sandra was there inside, if reporters would see him entering, they would certainly think he came there for Carmina and might've only confirmed their presumption about them. However, he also didn't want to stay outside for who knows what Jay Kim would do inside? “Fvck,” he cursed as he ran his fingers through his hair. He was in that state when the huge door of the auditorium suddenly opened and revealed Jay Kim.Sebastian got frozen while Jay's steps abruptly halted upon seeing him, as both of them seemed surprised to see each other there. But Jay was the first to recover and threw him daggers. “You haven't won yet,” he scoffed then left, leaving Sebastian dumbfounded. He stood still as he watched the guy
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
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