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
Chapter 23: Robbed "The patient is in a coma right now. We still don't know when he will wake up and talk. The operation to remove the bullet near his heart was successful. But let's not weaken our prayers and let's pray for his recovery. There's still a chance that he won't wake up if his body gives up. I'm so sorry but that's all we can do. We're not God to revive him right away." I heard Mom cry and I also couldn’t help but be emotional because of that. Kira and I continued to comfort Mom while Patry carried their son. While Lip was sitting on a bench while looking at us. "Why is all this happening to us? You haven't talked to your Dad about your past conflict and then this is what happened?" Mom asked while totally crying. "Maybe he has a big debt with someone and now that Dad is old and they know he can't fight anymore, now he's being targeted. He's going to sink even more while the person behind is alive" I said calmly. She looked at me. "Why? To whom he had indebted? What e
Chapter 24: With You I don’t know how I’m going to start again. I have very little money left and I don't want to let Mom know. I wanted to handle it by myself but how? I lost the business, lost all of my money, connections, my image was also damaged publicly, and I didn't even try to open a social media account just for the sake of just seeing an article about that Fujisaki guy! I'm really hopeless. How can I give Lip a good future if I become like this? If we suffer? My pride was telling me not to give up. I am going to look for a job because I think I am a licensed engineer so I will be hired immediately. Right, I just need courage and positive thinking right now. While Lip is not around for school, I started looking for a job fair online. I tried to send a resume to the various hiring companies I saw. I made sure that what I could show on my resume was full of my qualities so that they would accept me immediately. "Sorry, Miss Bautista, but we just can't accept you." My eyes
Special Chapter: Dream Rye’s POV "So you're saying that before I left, that's when you realized you love me?" Sera asked and Selena smiled as she stared at me. "Dad, you're so romantic. I didn't know you still had that side." Sera immediately looked at Selena. "Didn't I tell you not to listen to what we were talking about? Until what part did you hear?" "Mom, I was just appreciating your love story! I'm not a child anymore! I'm already sixteen so I can be open to such things. It's really good that you realized that, Dad. It took you too much time because you are focused on your revenge." she said and I just sighed. "Don't tease Dad, Mom and Selena." We looked at Sid, our third child. He's busy reading some books even though he's only eight years old. He seems old when speaking, that's why Selena was always annoyed by him. "Just read there and ignore us! This kid, tsss!" Selena even hissed then left to go to her room. Sera and I just laughed. We now saw Rio come out of his roo
Untold Chapter 4/4: PlansWARNING before reading the 'Untold Chapters', you have to read from the start (if you haven't yet) to understand the flow of the story and why it has these additional chapters. **Rye's POVI had set my plans straight. Patrick, Glorification, Patry... and Seraphrim. Those are the names of those who belong to the Bautista Family. The family that I will begin to ruin enveloping my plans; the family business that they have been managing for a long time. But it was transferred under Seraphrim's management. I was going to confront the bank where Patrick loaned the money he gave to me, but then I saw one of his children. Here at the bar with her employees. Pure luck.First, I tried to talk to Seraphrim to test what her attitude was like."Why would you pay for my drink? I can afford it." She was about to get her wallet when I stopped her hand. She immediately took her hand from me.I smirked. "Don't be stingy, Seraphrim Bautista."I saw that she was surprised beca
Untold Chapter 3/4: SeraphrimWARNING before reading the 'Untold Chapters', you have to read from the start (if you haven't yet) to understand the flow of the story and why it has these additional chapters. **Rye's POVWhy... why... Lord? Why did you let this happen to me?My tears continued to fall while looking at Francine's tombstone. She died... with the unborn baby in her womb. She didn't even tell me what pain she was feeling. Why did she do this? I wish she had at least shared her problem with me so she wouldn't have thought of such things to do on her own. She slashed her wrist in the comfort room of the bar. The people in the bar could do nothing but be surprised by the incident.The boss or owner of the bar took care of Francine's early funeral as if nothing had happened because the bar was still operating. He also said that what Francine did was bad for business... he felt no sympathy for my sister. Rencio, on the other hand, didn't go to work to mourn with me. Like me, h
Untold Chapter 2/4: Dirty WorkWARNING before reading the 'Untold Chapters', you have to read from the start (if you haven't yet) to understand the flow of the story and why it has these additional chapters. **Rye's POV"I thought you’re only working as a waitress at the bar you went to? Why am I hearing that someone will rape you?" I asked and I saw that Francine just smiled because of my questions."Do you also want to get rich?" she asked. "There are things you can't understand because you're young. When you want to make money, you'll do anything, even sell your body. But don't worry about me, I'm not selling my body. I'll just make sure I'm not taken advantage of by people in the bar."My brows met and just stared at her. That was her answer... I don't know if I should trust what she said because I'm nervous about what might happen. But then, I just let it go because in the following days, the bruises on her arm have healed. Our lives continued at that time until one night, she
Untold Chapter 1/4: LesterWARNING before reading the 'Untold Chapters', you have to read from the start (if you haven't yet) to understand the flow of the story and why it has these additional chapters. **Rye's POV"Do you also want to get rich?"That question has been running through my mind for a long time. The voice of a woman whom I have loved first. I admired her for her extreme resilience and not letting anyone drag her down. She is Francine, a girl who has been in the orphanage for a long time. I was new when I entered the orphanage, because I was just caught by an agency. We were caught being ordered by old men to beg. It is necessary that we get a lot of money, then what will be left for us from what we got from alms was five pesos or ten pesos. Not enough to buy biscuits and water. I'm just thankful that I was caught up so that they don't have to chase me. I think I won't be hungry anymore because I'm in an orphanage.But... My life at the orphanage wasn't easy either. I
Chapter 55: Answer"How can I answer your proposal if you haven't woken up yet?"It's been four months since an event happened that made us suffer. Until now, Rye is still lying in his hospital bed with many things still attached to his body. I can see that he is still fighting so we didn't give up. Selena did not attend school for one month because of her counseling with her personal psychiatrist. Lip, on the other hand, spontaneously said that it was okay for him to go to school right after he rested for a day. I got strict with Selena and Lip's safety. Two of them are always with the service car. I also said that the two of them will go straight home after classes and there is nothing to go to right after that. When Lip has projects that need to be done at his classmate's house, I have two drivers look after him. I just paid them triple for it.I don't want what happened before to happen again. It's a good thing that my children understand my decision. They didn't complain or say a
Chapter 54: Father"Mom... please tell me that he'll be okay..."I continued to hug Selena tightly because she had been crying for a while. I'm the same way. Lip was just next to us and sad because of what happened. Rye's Dad also went to the hospital, saying that he will take care of Divine at the police station. He said the woman will face the punishment she deserves. She might be going to jail or to a mental hospital because her mind is not stable. Although I'm afraid that she might also kill someone in the mental hospital when she stays there. Her mind is closed and she doesn't listen to anyone. Totally insane not knowing what to do."Sera!"I turned to the person who called me and I was surprised to see Mom, Kira, and Patry. They immediately hugged me as well as Selena and Lip. How... did they know what happened?"It's late... Why did you come at this time? How did you know what happened?" I asked. I can also see the concern on their faces, they know what happened to us."We had
Chapter 53: HornsI looked at the time. Eight o'clock. I didn't pay attention to Rye and Lip who were in the living room and were just watching my next moves. When I got out, I immediately saw a black car. I entered there fearlessly and the driver immediately drove the car to the place where Divine wanted. There was only one man in the car with me, the driver. He is wearing a mask and I can only see his eyes. The inside of the car is clean even though it's dark…. I can still see it. No bomb. Looks like she's not going to kill me here in the car. Right, she wanted to see me struggling. Maybe in that place, she will do me harm. I'm just praying that she didn't do anything to Selena."The place we're going to is far away, miss. I'm sorry but I think I need to put you to sleep first." I was surprised when he sprayed something in the air source in the car and I didn't immediately cover my nose. "I just did this for work... for my family." Those were the last words I heard before I passed o
Chapter 52: Missing"Mr. Fujisaki, we have spoken to all the police stations and the police within San Antonio responded immediately. They are doing their best now to find your missing child. We will call you immediately if she has been found and get information about her."Rye approached me and tapped my shoulder. "Don't worry. We can find her right away. Dad has connections with police stations all over the Philippines, which is why the police won't be looking only in San Antonio."My hands and knees can't help but tremble. When I found out what happened from Manong Tasing, I felt like I was going to vomit and pass out. We immediately went to the police station to report what happened. I looked at my watch and realized that it was twelve o'clock at noon. Lip was still in university and attending his class. I won't let him know because I know he will worry too much. He might not be able to focus on his class when that happens."Rye, I don't want to let this go by for a day. I'm going