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
Chapter 25: Smiles That man must have gone crazy. I don’t know what to believe in what he says. "Miss Bautista." I immediately snapped to the present when Lip’s adviser teacher spoke. "Ah, I'm sorry if I'm blank minded right now. I've been thinking a lot these past few days." I said and she just smiled. "As I said, miss, congratulations because you are guiding your son, Lip, so well. He is in top one now and if he continues to study well, he is guaranteed to receive a medal on recognition day. Lip has a lot of potential because I already see his performance in every discussion. He is good at answering the questions we, the subject teachers, ask them. Always active! He doesn't skip a day that he doesn't answer any question. Talented and smart, Ma’am." I just nodded. "It's just a bonus for me to have Lip as the top one in the class. I know my son's ability and potential. What's important to me, is to make sure he's safe in the environment where he is. Especially with bullies. I don
Chapter 26: Doll Like what I did last time, I am still looking for a job even though employers continue to reject me. What will I do instead if that continues? Confront Fujisaki again and agree with what he says? I don't want to be stupid and silly anymore. Because if I continue to do that kind of thing, he will be happier because I'm having a hard time and everything goes according to his plans. I will do everything, I will apply to open positions as much as I can. I'm just starting out so why would I give up right away? I can't give up. I'm a licensed engineer. It took me a long time to train myself for that position but all that will just be vanished by a billionaire because he will pay all the employers for me not to be hired? I want to start a business but the money I have is not enough to start anew. Especially since I'm still here in the place where Fujisaki lives, I know I can't start a new life again. One of us needs to get lost in each other’s path. And that looks like me.
Chapter 27: One month"I will give you one month to satisfy my needs. I already wired that 50 million which your lawyer robbed from you. One month and then we're done."I don't know if I'll be happy with what he's saying because I'm already scared for that one month. Every part of my body shivered and I was like being beaten over and over again because of the pain I was feeling. I feel like a robot that doesn’t know what to do next, his command is the most important thing I have to follow for a month."Let's get married and divorced after that month. I think I can use you especially publicly. You seem to be useful. Many reporters say they like you because of your attitude. Your face will lift me up especially in the elite circle. Do you understand what I'm saying?"The most painful of it, the freedom I had dreamed of suddenly disappeared from me. Getting married has been the most dreaded thing in my whole life. I don’t want to get married because I no longer believe in that. It was no
Chapter 28: Myself"Give her whatever dress that suits her. Preferably for a wedding."I looked at Rye when he said that. He went to the chair and crossed his legs then took the magazine from the table. The saleslady immediately pulled me into a room. From there, I saw a variety of wedding dresses and gowns that were beautiful. With the designs, I can already imagine how far the prices will go. It looks like you can buy a brand new car because they looked so expensive."Looks like you're lucky to be his wife, Ma'am. Sir is also familiar. Where did I see him?" I heard the saleslady say so I faked a smile at her."You can give me dresses, the cheap ones." I said and she still looked surprised but just nodded then left.The wedding is only for one month and we will also divorce immediately so why would we have to spend so much? I mean, he's the one who's going to pay. I would have wanted to rebel and choose things that are too expensive to reduce his wealth. When that happens, I will be
Chapter 29: Don't leave me"Meet me at my pad. I'll text you the address. Eight o'clock in the morning is always your schedule. Since I'm leaving early for work, clean my unit. You’ll always do that starting tomorrow."I was stunned from eating because of what he said. I swallowed before thinking about speaking. "You didn't keep your word that I will have a rest day before we get married. Right after we get married, I'll start tomorrow right away? The month of March hasn't started yet."He raised his brows then squinted his eyes. "What's the difference if you start tomorrow and next week? You'll have the same difficulties. What are you preparing for?"He said that the schedule includes weekends. I thought of spending time with Lip at least on the free days he would give in case right after we got married. I want to talk to Lip on weekends and ask about how his day went because we can't talk for long on weekdays.I just got married to him. The worst event of my life just happened. We g
Chapter 30: Sister"He looks clean every time I see him but his unit is as dirty as his habit."That's all that came out of my mouth when I saw his pad full of plastics, food containers, clothes, and his ties. I don't know why they were just scattered on the floor, as well as his underwear.My phone rang and I saw that the one I named Rye appeared there. I just called him Demon. I missed the times when my phone was just silent so that there would be no such Demon in my contact calling me."Why did you call?" I asked immediately."Are you there already? Don't try to run away. Clean my whole unit. Do the laundry too. There's a lot of clutter there that you need to clean."I faked a laugh. "Did you really intentionally put a lot of clutter here in your unit just in case when I arrived? You're quite obvious on your scheme. And why am I leaving? Maybe you planted CCTV cameras here so I won't want to run away. My sched stated that I’m only until twelve, that’s why I won’t do laundry."He co
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