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
Chapter 21: Jobless "You want me to marry someone like you?" I asked him emphatically and I saw him turn my swivel chair that he is sitting on right now. We’re here now at my office. He really claimed all of the things that’s originally mine. "You will follow my rules for me to save your business. Why, you won’t comply?" Isn’t it obvious that I don’t want to? I knelt down in front of him and swallowed my pride. And now he’s saying that he has rules for me to comply? He just treats me like a robot that has to conform to what he wants. Marry? Never in my dreams did I have a plan to marry, especially to a man like him. If I feel like I'm in hell now, what if we're already married? "I don't want to marry you." I made an emphatic statement to him. "Isn't it enough that I knelt down to you and begged? How much do you want to do to me? I'm so overwhelmed! Aren't you happy?" "Rule number two, you will continue to be interviewed with me in front of a lot of media. We'll be publicly expose
Chapter 22: Clue "Sera, I like you." I just made a face when I remembered what Ivo said last time. I found it cringe so I just laughed and drank what he said. He still accompanied me to drink and what happened, he just took me home and returned again to his car at the parking lot of the bar. I could still drive but he insisted. I told him everything that had happened and as expected, he didn't seem to be able to do anything about it either. To this day, I still wonder what I really did, we did to Rye. Is it Patry? Is it Mom? Or Dad? If it was Patry, he had told me a long time ago since I told him about Rye. Eh, who knows Mom and Dad? Ugh, I’m going crazy at the thought of what the reason is. Every night, I couldn’t sleep because of that. "Mom, you've been staring at nowhere." I was shocked to see that Lip was already here in front of me and looking at me. He was still wearing the uniform and looked like he had just come home from school. I sighed and took his bag. "Change your clo