Chapter 13: Weak The plan worked so well on Saturday so I was able to breathe easily. Investors agreed not to pull out shares and just continue the operation. They also allow us to lower production costs while maintaining the quality of parts. Even though the flow of the meeting was good, investors still insisted that I seek help from Rye Fujisaki. What do they know about that man? They just knew that he was so powerful because he has money to spend for certain things and he can just throw money away. But they didn't know that the man was psychotic because he kept on torturing me just for fun. That man is even worse than the devil so why praise him after all of that? They are not in my position so they can say that. But with our family's problem, there is no proper solution yet. Mom wants to divorce Dad because he confessed something. She told me that he impregnated her. But Dad said nothing more than that. He only left her and said he chose us instead of that girl. But that's not it
Chapter 14: Blood Our sales moved a bit. It rose a bit today. It's just today so I don't know if it's the same tomorrow. This week’s goal is to increase sales slightly. I’m happy to see that because I know the business is recovering. Thankfully, Fujisaki didn't send me those letters again containing his arrogance. Instead of throwing away those papers that I had collected for our next meeting, I should have fed him all those papers instead if he went to my office again. Now I had quality time to talk to Lip for a long time because it's Saturday. I actually had a meeting earlier with investors and they told me that I had a good plan. They were praising me and my employees for working so hard. I breathed a sigh of relief and regained my self -confidence that I would be able to overcome any challenges as long as I am with my employees. I'm so grateful to have them being so loyal to me. So now we are in the restaurant because I wanted to treat Lip to what he wants to eat. The joy still
Chapter 15: Flirt I happily went to work as if nothing had happened because everything seemed to be back to normal. Lip is still attending class and thankfully, he is no longer being bullied by his male classmate. Without his knowledge, I also talked to his teachers about that. I really expressed my disappointment because something like that was happening and it led to the presence of bruises on various parts of my son’s body. It's exaggerated to listen to because Lip only had a bruise on his waist, but still, I don't want anything like that to happen to him again. Even to other children with that child, the same environmental factor. I can't be calm on my seat doing nothing. The teachers apologized to me and said that such incidents would never happen again. They will try to keep peace within the school, as it should be. They work to teach children good manners but I can say that parents also have a part in it. I wonder what the bully boy is going through because that's his attitude
Chapter 16: Light "Why is it that instead of me being nervous, you're the one who seems restless?" I asked because his hands seemed to be tapping non stop earlier. More like trembling because even earlier when we were still in the car, he was holding the steering wheel tightly and tapping it. Now that we are here in front of his parents' house, he is obviously nervous because he doesn't seem to want to enter yet. "Should we go back instead? Ah ..." he said and was about to walk back to the car when I pulled his arm. "Silly. We're already here, and you're with me. I'll take care of it.” I rolled my eyes. “Why? Are you ashamed to be with me? I'm wearing ugly clothes now?" I asked and he shook his head. "You're beautiful everyday. I'm just scared to show myself to them and maybe what else they'll tell you." he said gently to me. Instead of focusing on the last things he said, the first thing he really said stuck in my mind. "Beautiful everyday, your face. Let's go inside. It looks li
Chapter 17: Madness I thought my problems would stop after that but I was wrong. I caught up again, the second time, with Rye Fujisaki sitting in my swivel chair. Based on how he was still sitting, he was comfortable. He even crossed his arms. "Here you are. Are you always this late coming to your office? It's not your thing to be the boss. What you should be doing is have some discipline to teach you how to get to the office early. Can you go back to basics?" “Can you go back to college to study ethics again?" I asked him back. "I don't know if that's really the attitude of the rich people, it's even worse than rotting garbage. You don't know how to respect another business and you just go in and sit in someone else's office?" I raised my brows but as expected, he didn't seem to be annoyed at all. "You know what? Instead of telling me that, you should just ask me for help now to increase your sales again ..." he pointed to the paper he seemed to have taken from my drawer. This is
Chapter 18: Buy"Sera, that happened a long time ago. Daddy said that he had no communication with that woman for a long time even though she was pregnant. How many years has it been, hello? Maybe the woman has another family and she is happy with her life." I stared at her with disappointment. "I thought you would be my ally here, Kira. Of all the people in my family, I thought only you could understand me. Why are you telling me this? Do you believe what Dad said? Aren't you being so gullible?" She sighed and held my hand. "Sera, don't be stubborn. Remember what happened to Patry and me before? He also kept it a secret from me for a long time that he really loves me even when at first I thought he was cheating on me for Olivia. I was also stubborn, angry, and so many bad things I said to Patry but ... look, we're happy now. I have a lot of regrets but I also have a lot of gratefulness in life. The past memories are just a life lesson that should be left behind. Don't lock yourself
Chapter 19: Fiancé "We don't own this land? I thought ---" "Your Dad told us that this land is for collateral since he can't fully repay his bank loan. His loan was overdue and the bank is certainly done with him as Mr. Fujisaki wanted to deal with the bank already. Aren't you talking to your Dad?" Attorney Domingo, our family attorney, asked me, so I just pursed my lips when I heard that. Ever since Dad let me run this company, he has done nothing but train me and tell me about the job. I don't even know why the land on which the business is built was collateral. And loan? Where did that come from? Where did he use the money he took from the bank? What is this secret again? When I finally was gradually convinced by Kira's words, then these all happened. What is Dad hiding again? "Where did he use the money? Do you have an idea, attorney?" I asked him and he just sighed. "I don't have any information about that. Didn't you talk to him about it? Not once, he hasn't told you since y
Chapter 20: Spell "How long will your pride last for not talking to Dad? There's a problem with your business and you found out that Dad has a loan, won't you still ask him where he spent the money?" "Patry, do you think he can do anything else here? He handed me the business just for me to suffer in the future! Isn't he really thinking? I have a big opponent here, that psycho Fujisaki! I don't even have enough money to save my own business." I added. He sighed. "I can offer you money to help but that won't be enough to sue Fujisaki. Our family lawyer said that he can't help you anymore because there is no other way to solve it. What did you do to Fujisaki to make him do this to you?" "Nothing." I simply answered. That short answer of mine made him cross his arms, making him react like he’s not amused with my answer. "I didn't do anything to him! I just bumped on him at the bar and that's it. But, I just rejected his offered drink but that's it. You know I don't just accept anythi