Chapter 9: Bitter secret I immediately put the pictures back inside the small box and was able to still smile at Lip. "Let's go inside?" If Lip was nervous earlier, I looked even more nervous right now. I didn’t know how I was going to deal with Dad because of what I found out. I thought I'd just talk to him about it, just us. I don't know how Mom will react when she finds out. She will be hurt for sure. But it looked like Dad was a bit young and all I knew was that he wouldn’t be able to go to bars at this age. But even so, we need to know as well what happened in those pictures. Worst part of it, maybe he had something with that woman. What if they still meet until now? When we entered, we were immediately greeted by Kira and Patry holding their baby boy. "It's good that you've finally arrived. We've been waiting for you for a while." said Kira and looked at Lip. "Hi, Lip. Have you eaten yet? Your grandma and grandpa have prepared meals. You like chicken, don't you?" "Oh, you're
Chapter 10: Betrayed "Mom, what are you saying?" I asked her almost out loud because I couldn’t believe what I heard. I rolled my eyes. "You're just going to forgive him after all these years that he's cheating on you? That he's cheating on us all? What do we know that they might have had a child with the woman he was with?" Mom turned to me and held my arm. "Sera, watch your words!" I pulled my arm back. "You're being so unreasonable! Don't forgive him just like that! We don't even know the whole story yet! Look at these pictures!" I said and showed her the pictures that were inside the box but she just seemed tired and just smiled at me. "Calm down. I want to know more of the pictures. I want to hear your Dad's side about this. He said that… that happened a long time ago ---" "And you believed that?" I asked eagerly and faked a laugh. "Mom! Get hold of yourself! Why would you even believe the person who kept us secret for so long ---" I stopped speaking when I felt a loud slap
Chapter 11: Crazy I waited for Lip to enter the school before I fixed myself to go to the office. I felt so relieved when I saw that he was fine now unlike in his previous situation. It gives me a sense of contentment. But even so, I still can't forget the conflict that took place in our family. That is inevitable. I just wanted to get away from them first because I was hurt. I don't want to lead to forgiveness right away because it only means one thing, tolerance. We tolerate what Dad did, cheating. I fear the consequences of what he did. What if a baby was born? What if he doesn't know about those? We don’t even know it at the moment, but karma will still come from what he did. I was just driving my car on my way to the office when my phone suddenly rang. It was on the phone holder of my car so I just pressed the answer. "Aileen, why did you call? I'll be there in a minute." I said and stopped the car when I reached the stoplight. "Ma'am, uhm ...." My eyebrows met when I heard t
Chapter 12: Suffer "Ma'am, the increase in our sales last month, that's what the percentage of sales decreased this month. It's even worse because there are current turnovers and refunds to clients. The accounting department said, This month's money is no longer enough for employee salaries. We will take in the investors' own investments. The investors, on the other hand, are gradually pulling out shares and complaining. " I just sighed when Aileen said that. I was massaging my temple because of what was happening. How long will I just let this happen? How can I beat that man? I looked at a paper on my table with the message 'Want me to help?' and there is the name of the man I hate. It just means that this trash came from him. He is also to blame for why I am suffering like this. He won’t really stop until I’m crying in front of him? I will not give him what he wants either. I won't kneel nor cry in front of him. He would stiffen like a stone and his eyes would have turned white w
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
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