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