"What??!!!!" She yelled loudly.
"I'm –" the ring of his phone interrupted him. Axel pulled his phone from his coat pocket, answered it, and placed it on his ear.
"Hello, Mr. Hodreal. I have already completed my task, and I assure you that I verified it before sending it," he heard his employee say on the other end of the line.
"Okay. My secretary will send you the payment," he said and hung up the call, and raise his gaze to her.
Axel grabbed her hand, pulling her out of the house, "where are we going??!" She protested.
"I will tell you later. For now, just cooperate with me," he assures her, and opens the car’s door, inviting her to come in.
"Stephen’s POV"
"Does anyone else live here?!?" I yelled, but my voice reverberated across the area, so I kept going and looking for the exit, but I found up back in the same
"Schina’s POV""Can you tell me where you're bringing me?" I'm still perplexed as to why he hauled me into his car after receiving a phone call. I was gazing at his deadpan expression, but I couldn't figure out what he was thinking. I want to hear that I didn’t know I had been looking at him for a long period.I shifted my gaze. The kiss that happened earlier still appears in my mind. I feel shy around him right now, and I want to disappear."Check this out," he said, handing me his phone, and I looked at it, then at his face. "C’mon! Take it, and you’ll know where we are heading," he stated.I took it from him and was surprised when I saw a video on it, "what kind of video is it? Are you trying to get me to watch a rate," I stopped interrogating him when he gave me a 'shut up’ look.The video was playing when I realized that it wasn’t a mov
"Was she implying that one of them is gay?" Noreen, Mr. Andrews' assistant, murmured as she looked at the two guys. Stephen cleared his throat as he saw everyone's response to her revelation.He attempted to grin and dismiss her charge, pretending to be calm despite his irritation at Schina's boldness."I will pretend that you did not say anything, I hope that this kind of accusation will not travel around the company." He stated and studied the people in his office as his eyes darted to the accused."How can you say that?" Axel whines at her in a hushed tone. She simply responds by giving him a silly smile."Noreen, you can leave. Close the door once you are out," he instructed."That's all right, sir." She exited the office, quickly closing it and leaving them inside."I invite Miss Sandy to ask her to confess her mistake," Stephen said, which
Axel carried her and brought her inside the car, he checked her ankle to see if she has any wounds before closing the door. He take off her shoes and scan her foot and found nothing.He put on her shoes to her foot and seated next to her in the passenger seat, closing the door as he instructed his driver to drive the vehicle.“Let’s send Ms. Mallari to her home first,” he added."However, your secretary advised me that you must return to the office as soon as possible because she has to discuss something extremely urgent." What if I send you first, then Ms. Mallari? Is it okay with you, Ms. Mallari?" Mr. Domingo is curious.“Yes! It’s fine with me,” “no! I don’t agree! Let’s send her first,” Axel insisted. His driver was surprised upon his sudden change, he’s been noticing him changing bit by bit ever since he met her. He
Marie headed to a place where the loud music deafened her ears, where people went when trouble came into their lives and all they wanted was to escape from all the troubles in their heads and relax.She wasted her whole morning driving around until her feet led her here. She went inside to a place where the only lights were colorful and blinking but did not fill the whole area. Some places were dark and once she stepped inside, her nose could sense the strong distinct fragrance.She ordered a glass of red wine for the waiter. She was having a good time there, watching the folks on the dance floor become intoxicated and hook up with strangers.She giggles, wondering what had got her to this point, as she tried to clear her mind and appeared to be well. She asked for another drink, two, and so on. She drowns herself after consuming too much liquor. She wants to end the agony, but it appears that she isn't getting better; i
"Where has Ms. Castillo gone?" After arriving at the pub, Axel inquired of the waitress."Are you the man I spoke with on the phone?" "Can we know your name?" inquired the waitress. The other servant is curious."I'm Axel Hodreal," he said."I apologize for interrupting your sleep, Mr. Hodreal, but your girlfriend continues screaming your name, so—""She's not my girlfriend," he said hastily and walked over to the couch where his secretary was sleeping. "Marie, wake up," he softly called her name. "I assumed you were ill. Why did you come to this place?""Because of you," she replied in a hushed tone. Axel lowered his head and asked, "what did you say?" She clings her hand on his neck and says, "I love you.""I don’t think they don’t have a relation," the waitress explained her observation to her colleague."How did you
"If I were you, would you look for her?"Those questions hit him hard. He felt the agony he'd been suppressing for a long time and didn't understand he was sobbing because he was remembering the day... when his parents abandoned him.He curled his hand into a fist as he gritted his teeth and breathed deeply. He never expected that someone would open this conversation to him. The thought he has been avoiding since then was hard to answer as he expected. He sighed before he started to speak, "why—""Why are you crying??" She rose to her feet and came to him, checking the tears on his face by moving her face closer to his. Axel tilted his head to the left and quickly wiped his tears using the back of his palm, then turned to face her."I am not crying, you are drunk. You need to rest now," he pretended to be calm even though his heart was getting heavier while all the pain he had experienced felt
It was a pleasant morning. Stephen was unwinding in his garden behind his home, next to the river. He was drinking coffee on the terrace while watching the river flow. He felt like all his troubles were washed away by just looking at it."The flowers are beautiful! I had no idea you had a garden in your backyard."Stephen turned around upon hearing a familiar voice and faced him with a smile on his face. He welcomed her with open arms, "yes! Because I am personally taking care of all of these," he announced.Marie walks over to him and takes a seat next to him. She, too, observes the river's movement."Our life is just like that river. We can’t go back to where we used to be since we are forced to live in the present. Once we take a step to move forward, there is no turning back and we have to be held accountable for any decision we’re about to create." She mentioned
"Oh! I remember my mom told me to go to the market. I needed to hurry or else she would nag me again. Let’s talk later. I will call you," Aicko hurriedly ran inside the vehicle while her friend was left standing outside of her home.She sighed watching the vehicle move. She went back home, closed the gate to their yard, and ran inside. She was going to get her things before leaving the house and looking for her mother when she paused on the stairs and became curious."Why did he suddenly give it back to me?" She was holding the necklace she was wearing. She thought deeply about how he returned the jewelry to her. She sat on the tread of the stairs, taking off her jewelry, and stared at it for a long time."Wait. Where did I get it? I don’t remember that I met him before and what is his reason for giving it back to me? I thought that he would ask me to do some errands before returning it to me? What makes him