"Mr. Andrews?"
He slowly opened his eyes and realized that he had fallen asleep in his office while reading the documents. He found his secretary standing in front of his desk and looking at him.
He raked his hair with his fingers and threw his tantalizing eyes at her, "what is it?" He asked with a deep tone of voice.
"Here are the files you asked me to get," she said as she handed him the folders and exited the room.
Stephen leaned his back against the backrest and thought about what made him like about Schina, he smiled when he realized that she resembles with Janine though they are different in looks, they have the same thinking and talent.
For him, Schina is better than Janine in any aspect, but he will never forget how he felt about her. "Maybe that’s the reason why I fell for her, she’s the same as Janine." He muttered.
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"S-sir???"Stephen gets out of the car, places the box in the compartment, and opens the car door for her, saying, "Get in."She had no choice but to obey his orders because he had already placed her belongings in his car's compartment. She gave him a sidelong glance before settling into the passenger seat.After closing the door, he quickly got in and sat next to her. "Let’s go?" He was looking at her and noticed that she hadn’t fastened her seatbelt. He moved closer to her body to clasp her seat belt."Wh—at are you trying to do? She inquires when his face was an inch closer to her face."I am helping you to put your seat belt on," he casually replied, and he moved back to his seat upon putting the belt on her."Th – thank you," she shyly thanked him and shifted her gaze to the window. She let the window open and stayed looking out o
"What are you—" she paused and murmured, "doing here?" She stared at him irritably. She didn’t want to be rude to him, but she did it to make him stop rowing in two rivers, and she didn’t want to be in the middle of the two lovers."Good! You may take that box and go right now "She replied forcefully and moved around to unlock the gate."Wait! Let’s talk," she heard him say, but she continued walking inside."Why are you ignoring me like this? Do you also think that I am a pervert just like how my cousin described me?" He confronted her.She was surprised when he mentioned that and paused to listen to him, but she didn’t dare look behind her to see how he looked because she might have fallen deeply for him when she saw his sincere look."I already get what I want from you so it’s better if you will stop coming to me because I don’t like t
The sun was shining brightly. The birds were buzzing, and the breeze encompassed the entire region. Aicko had a pleasant morning. She went to the restroom to rinse her face and brush her teeth, but her world was flipped upside down when she heard a vehicle honk outside her apartment.She stared out the window, trying to figure out who had dared to ruin her lovely morning. "Axel.!" She growled.Aicko went to the bathroom and let him make a noise outside while she continued her routine for the morning. She was brushing her teeth carefully, even though she could still hear the noise coming from outside.She thought that if she let him make noise, he would get tired and stop his nonsense, but it continued to make her neighbors annoyed and they went out to complain about her, even knocking at her door.Though Aicko wasn’t done rinsing her face and still had soap on it, she opened the door only to he
"Good morning, ma’am and sir! May I take your order, please?" The server cheerfully stated as she gave the menus to her customers.Schina's eyes widened when she saw the price. She was ashamed to order because she hadn't brought enough money with her and wasn't expecting it to happen."I would like to have –"He stopped ordering when she motioned to him to come a bit closer to her and whisper, "can we go to another eatery? Because I can’t afford to buy here, I only took fifty pesos, and I didn’t know that I would meet you and invite mehere.""We would like two sets of tapsilog, one order of sisig, two sets of pancakes, and two cups of coffee," he says firmly, motioning for her to calm down.The server repeated his directions and then left, ordering them to return in five minutes. Schina's eyes continued to move and glance around. She was nervous abou
"Aicko’s POV""What exactly do you mean? What's the reason for your tears?" Schina inquired, concerned. I don't want to do it, I don't want to pretend, but I have to. I know she's my closest friend, but Axel is my cousin, and I'd like for them to be together. I must assist him in being with her."D-did you forget about what you promised me the last time?" I burst into tears. I pressed my watery eyes together and saw she was sitting closer to me and cuddling me. My head rested on her shoulder."Which promise is that?" She appears to have forgotten it. I make a loud wail and complain, "look, you even forgot it!"She turned away from my head and looked me in the eyes, assuring me," I may have forgotten what I promised, but I have never broken my word. Keep that in mind." She assured me."I don't think you'll keep your commitments to me because if you don't, why did you find a guy other than
Schina went to her best friend’s place where Axel was resting after she convinced her to trust her and wait for her decision."Who took that photo and where did he get it? Did he ask someone to follow me?" She was eager to know who was behind that photo and why that person wanted to frame her for doing something she hadn’t done."If it was him, why would he do that?" She pondered this while she stood in front of the brown gate. She was going to ring the doorbell when she saw the gate had been left open. Her gaze was drawn to the front door, which had also opened.She panicked and went inside, fearing that something had occurred to him without him knowing and that someone was there to do something awful. She carefully searched the area upon reaching the door."It appears to be normal," she whispered and walked inside sneakily. "Axel?? Axel? Are you there?" She called while walking around i
"Sir, rumors are spreading all over about you," Irene reported to Stephen, who was currently busy checking the data on his computer. He raised his gaze at her and asked, "what are the rumors all about?""It's about you and the new intern, Ms. Mallari," Irene said anxiously. She bent her head as she awaited his response."What about us? Can you read the news aloud?" Stephen doesn’t appear to be worried or upset about it, unlike the first time he was linked to the same girl."S-sir, I emailed it to you just now," she informed him."I don't have time to read it today. I'd like you to read it out loud."Irene saw the stack of documents on his desk as she stared at him. She nervously took out her phone and started scrolling till she found the news. "They said… that you were having a relationship with Ms. Mallari and one of the staff had caught you kissing her in the parki
Schina was shocked and couldn’t believe that it would come from her. She was hesitating to accept the envelope since she found out what’s inside. She didn’t know how she would reject his proposal without hurting his ego. For a long time, she stared at the brown envelope while Stephen was smiling and waiting for her to accept it as if he had already expected it to happen."Did you mean that you want me to pretend?!" She surprisingly asked."Yes!" He responded fast.Schina's mind and emotions conflicted with one other. She wanted to do it, but her heart was holding her back. She shut her eyes nervously while extending her hand to take it from him, but she was shocked when she heard the door slam open.She opened her eyes and cocked her head toward the door, where she saw her enraged boyfriend approaching and grabbing her hand."Are you accepting his selfless proposal?!" He furiously as