"Jessica! Stop!" Leah managed to grab Jessica's denim jacket even though in the end they both fell on the sidewalk. Leah ignored her aching body, she didn't let go of her grip on Jessica's jacket. "Leah, let me go! I have to leave!" Jessica snapped, trying to shake Leah's hand off her jacket. But Leah still didn't want to let go of her hand, while Adrian, who was trying to chase Leah, was even hindered by reporters who suddenly surrounded him because there was one reporter who yelled out of nowhere and said that Adrian was Leah's secret affair.
"Don't leave me, Jess! Explain to me what happened to you?!” Leah asked, struggling to get to her feet. Jessica looked at Leah with a look that Leah couldn't understand, "Listen to me carefully, if you still care about me, forget about your plan to expose about tax evasion, fictitious companies, and money laundering that Jerome did!" Jessica s
"Is there a schedule for the first trial?"Leah asked Donna, they were at the cafe on the ground floor of the Adrian Parker Law Firm. Donna nodded her head, "Yup, next week, we have all the materials ready. Umm Leah, are you ready to testify?" Donna asked very carefully.Leah took a deep breath, she nodded slowly, "Do you think Jerome will get away with all of this?"Leah's voice sounded very halfhearted, she stared blankly at the people passing by in front of them."Of course! There's no reason for us to lose this time. Leah, you've been through a lot, now it's time for you to live freely," Donna put her hand on top of Leah's. Leah puffed out her cheeks, then turned to Donna, "How long is he going to be in prison?"Donna tilted her head, "Hmmm 15 days to 15 years in prison, for your case maybe 3 years," Donna answered somewhat unsure. Leah gasped, "Then when he's free he'll interfere with my life again," muttered Leah, realiz
"Are you sure this is the place?" asked Adrian, his eyes staring at the all-white building in front of them with doubtful eyes. Leah bit her lip, contemplating, a few moments later she unbuckled her seatbelt confidently. "I'm sure Suzy is in there," said Leah, her hand moving to open the car door. Adrian shrugged his shoulders, "If you think so, let's go in and find out!" said Adrian as he turned off the car engine.They walked side by side from the parking lot to the main lobby, Leah's eyes fell on the sign 'Santa Maria Mental Hospital' which was plastered large across the front of the building. Suddenly fear overtook her. Seeing Leah's pale face, Adrian rushed to take her hand. "Leah, are you sure you want to go inside?" asked Adrian, worried about Leah's mental state. Leah nodded confidently, "Yeah, I'm going in," she said quietly.In the empty lobby, they were greeted by a reception desk manned by two nuns. "God bless you, is there anything we can help?
"Hi, everything okay?" Adrian asked Leah, who was lost in thought while drying her hair. Leah turned off the hairdryer, then looked up to glare at Adrian, "I'm worried about tomorrow's trial, do you think Jerome will evade all charges?" asked Leah with a slightly worried face.Adrian smiled, his hand reaching out to brush Leah's hair and tucking it behind her ear. "The evidence we have is more than enough Leah, don't worry, even if Jerome bribes the court, he won't be able to do much."Adrian's answer made Leah exhale calmly. Even though Adrian and Donna have repeatedly told her to calm down in the face of trial, Leah was still nervous and always frightened."Want to help me cook?" asked Adrian while extending his hand towards Leah. Leah nodded, she welcomed Adrian's outstretched hand and they walked hand in hand to the kitchen."So what are we going to cook?" Leah asked, peeking behind Adrian who was picking up the ingredients from the fr
"Defendant, Jerome Kings, do you have a defense you wish to present?" asked the judge to Jerome who had been staring at Leah with a deep and sharp gaze. Jerome cleared his throat quietly, he had been listening to Leah's testimony while occasionally smiling sarcastically. "Yes I do Your Honour," Jerome rose from his seat while in her seat, Leah stared at him with hatred filling her chest."I will not deny the accusation of domestic violence that I have committed that night, but only that night and not on the other time. Any husband I think would feel very angry if he found out that the wife he loved so much was having an affair with another man. That night I acted out of control because of my uncontrollable anger. What I'm trying to say is, what I have done is a response to my wife's infidelity and not a bad habit that I have done many times. I'm sure you will be able to judge this case fairly," Jerome finished his sentence then sat back in the defendant's chair with a v
"Maid? God! I'm sorry, Mindy as everyone knows, I lost some of my memory, that's why my testimony about the violence that Jerome committed before my accident can't be considered valid, can you sit here with us? I have a lot of questions to ask," said Leah excitedly.Mindy shook her head, "I'm working, so I can't sit with you guys. Umm, I'm very frightened to testify because Mr. Kings didn't know that I was pretending to be mute and deaf back then," Mindy said, her face looked scared.Leah and Adrian looked at each other confusedly, "Pretending to be mute and deaf?" repeat them together. Mindy nodded, "At that time I saw a job vacancy with a big enough salary to become a housemaid, the vacancy was only for people who were mute and deaf, so I tried to apply there..." Mindy explained while playing with her fingers.Leah reached out and grabbed Mindy's hand warmly. "Mindy, I may not remember you well, but I believe you are a good pers
"Leah? Leah?"Adrian gently stroked Leah's forehead which was sweating coldly. Leah opened her eyes slowly, she was surprised to find Adrian next to her."Where's Mindy?" Leah asked as she looked around, the interior of the room was quite familiar to her, she knew she was in Adrian's office."Easy Leah, Mindy is outside with Donna, are you all right?" Adrian looked very worried. Leah was silent, she suddenly remembered what Mindy had said about Jessica and Jerome before. She closed her eyes, her heart aching so much, more than anything she'd ever felt."Leah? What's wrong? Are you going to tell me what happened?" Adrian looked anxious more than ever. Leah burst into tears, Adrian helped Leah to sit up, then hugged her tightly. He didn't ask anymore and just patted Leah's back gently."I've been worrying about her security all this time Ad, I was afraid that Jerome would hurt her, but apparently..." Leah's voice
"It's me, Luke!" Luke stuttered because of the confused look on Leah's face. Leah stared at him with her half-opened mouth, still didn't say a word. Luke rubbed his face awkwardly, "You don't remember me?" he asked in disbelief."She lost some of her memory!"out of nowhere suddenly Adrian stood beside Leah. Donna, Mindy, and some of the other staff chose to continue their dinner, knowing that after this there might be some drama going on.Luke ignored Adrian presence and kept his eyes on Leah,"Really? Have you lost some of your memory?" he asked, holding Leah's shoulders. Adrian cleared his throat, causing Luke to finally let go of his hand in annoyance.Leah nodded slowly, "Who are you? I mean are we friends?" asked her, frowning. Luke pulled his cell phone out of his jacket, scrolled through it quickly, then pointed something at Leah."Look! It's us! Oh, your friends are there too!"Leah's eyes widened when
Leah and Adrian's footsteps echoed down the deserted hospital hallway. After hearing the news about Mindy's accident, they rushed there. Since they left the apartment Leah barely speaking a word, she was so shocked that she couldn't think straight. Her mind was busy blaming herself, she was sure that Mindy's accident was related to Mindy's testimony in the court earlier."Leah, over there," said Adrian pointing to the intensive care room with his chin. Two policemen were seen talking not far from them. Leah stared at the glasses that covered the room where Mindy lied unconscious, her body shaking violently, "Mindy, I'm so sorry..." Leah groaned while sobbing.Behind her, Adrian was busy talking to the police and asking for details. Police said Mindy's body was found covered in blood right on the street under her apartment window. Mindy was lucky to be able to survive because she had a fatal head injury."Have you checked the surveillance camera
Right before her eyes, Suzy, Luke, Donna, Mandy, Henry, Esmee, Vivian, Charlie, Mia, Granny, Kate, and even all the people from the publishing company came to surprised her."Oh my God, you guys are the best!" whispered Leah, teary."Owwww, come here!" Vivian moved forward to hug her. She turned her gaze to Adrian who grinned widely to see her wife cried happily.*****"So he won?!" yelled Mia when Leah told her the story about that rock, paper, scissors game that she and Adrian played at the Dr. Philips clinic. Leah nodded, "Yeah, so, I have to wait till the delivery to know the gender," said Leah lightly. Mia chuckled.Suddenly their gaze bumped into Suzy and Luke who were looked very romantic, Leah felt bad for Mia, but she knew Luke would never like Mia. Luke hated rich people."How do you feel about that guy right there?" asked Leah, moved her chin to where Luke was standing. Mia snorted, "At first I'm in pain, but now
Loud applause greeted Leah as she walked into the studio. She sat across the host in her beautiful black dress. She felt a little bit nervous, but she could handle the situation.The host lifted her hand, made the audience silent. "Leah Parker, first, I would like to thank you personally because you dare to write your story to the world through your novel, I read it by the way, and it's just very mind-blowing!" said the host which was a beautiful middle-aged woman named Katherine. Leah smiled, she put her hand on her chest and mumbled, "Thank you, Kate," in a whisper."So as we know this book is a novel which written base on a true story of the author herself, my question is, how do you manage to stay alive after all those horrible things your ex-husband did to you? I mean, even before this novel launched everyone in the U.S. might already hear the news about your experience, we know how miserable your life was..." asked the host, Leah could hear empa
"Leah, I'll explain everything..."Suddenly, Adrian took Leah's wrist and bring her to their bedroom. As the door shut, the sounds of people talking and laughing were gone. Leah took her hand off Adrian and moved quickly to the giant glass that the curtain was wide open. She could see the hustle and bustle of Manhattan below her."What do you want to know?" asked Adrian, somehow Leah could hear the fatigue in his tone that made her offended. She turned her body, "You make it sounds like I'm the one who brought the problem here!"Adrian rubbed his face, he exhaled violently, "Leah, come on! Please, don't make it difficult for me, the only reason I hid that fact was that I don't want you to be reacting this way! You'll be too sensitive and jealous without a reason," he said. Leah snorted, "So now it's officially my fault? Perfect! I know exactly that the past is past! But I demanded your honesty! Talking about jealousy, even you acted that way every time you saw
"I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding, Leah you're currently married, you have to face all problems more wisely," said Suzy softly. Leah sighed, "Yeah you're right, I don't know lately I've been very sensitive, maybe because of my pregnancy hormones," said Leah, staring at her cellphone which was filled with calls from Adrian."You have to answer Adrian's call, he must be really worried about you," Suzy moved her chin towards Leah's cellphone which was still vibrating. Leah bit her lip, Suzy was right she is a wife, she should be more mature."I'll take this," Leah got up from the sofa, walking towards the tiny balcony that Suzy had beautifully arranged."Leah? Where are you? Are you okay, listen! I'm sorry, okay? I'll explain everything! Tell me where you are?"Hearing Adrian's worried voice made Leah burst into tears. For almost two minutes she just kept crying without saying anything. On the other side, Adrian apologized many times,
"Leah, what are you doing here?" asked Adrian coldly. Leah shrugged, "Just having lunch and accidentally bumped into Luke," Leah replied casually. She picked up the meat with chopsticks and ate it casually. As if she didn't care about Adrian and the oriental woman there."Didn't you say you weren't going anywhere this morning?" asked Adrian, still frowning in annoyance to see Leah with Luke.Leah shrugged,"Maybe Donna forgot to tell you, but earlier I came to your office to bring lunch, but it seems that you are busy with this woman, so I decided to eat here alone because the baby in my stomach is hungry," Leah babbled without looking at Adrian.Adrian looks surprised."You were at the office? Why didn't you tell me? Donna was not at her desk, I think she was having lunch so she forgot to tell me, Ummm Leah this is Lily, umm my client," Adrian introduced Leah to the oriental woman who was next to Leah.Leah looked at the orienta
Leah looked at Donna suspiciously,"Is there something you're hiding from me?" asked Leah narrowing her eyes. Donna shook her head, "What am I going to hide from you?" Donna said with a small laugh. Leah shrugged, "I don't know, maybe Adrian is having an affair with another woman or something," she mumbled as she tiptoed, trying to peek into Adrian's study, but all she could see was just a handbag.Donna laughed, "Adrian? Cheating on you? That's as impossible as a human mission to Mars!" Donna joked, but she quickly grabbed Leah's hand, "Let's go to the Coffee shop, this meeting really can't be interrupted," she said quickly. Leah still occasionally glanced around the room, wondering."So who is he meeting with?" Leah asked when she and Donna were in the elevator. Donna had a nervous look on her face. "Umm with an important client," Donna answered, which didn't help at all to allay Leah's suspicions.Leah suddenly remembered the woman's To
Leah entered the Penthouse, she tried to think of something else, but her mind kept going back to Adrian and the oriental woman at the Chinese restaurant earlier. Should she just call Adrian so she doesn't feel suspicious?Finally, Leah dialed Adrian's number, which had just been picked up after the fourth ring."Yes baby?" said Adrian straightforwardly."What time are you coming home?" Leah asked carefully."Probably in two hours, what's wrong honey?" he asked hastily. Leah bit her lip, looking for an excuse."Leah?""Umm I'm in the mood for Chinese food, I didn't have time to buy it when I went out," Leah finally found an excuse to provoke Adrian, to tell the truth."Okay! I'll buy it for you, I'll hang up the phone, okay, my client has come, love you!" chirped Adrian, not long after the call ended.Leah closed her eyes, dispelling the suspicion that had filled her head. Surely Adrian will tell her later, she didn't need to b
"So who's that Lily from Shanghai?" teased Leah after Adrian shut her phone. Adrian laughed, "She was just a friend I met a long time ago, she said she read the news about my marriage, and congratulate me that's all," said Adrian casually. "Ohh I see," replied her tried not to sound jealous."So, we're going to stay in the room at 65 floors until our house is ready to use, you don't mind, right?" asked Adrian, putting back his suits on his body. Leah shrugged, "I can sleep anywhere as long as it's not a pigsty," joked Leah made Adrian chuckled.*****They walked hand in hand inside the store, arguing about which sofa was better. They finished shopping after 5 hours and repeated that same activity in the whole week. Adrian intentionally accompanied Leah until their house was ready. He didn't want Leah to be too tired handling their new house.Today they had an appointment to meet Dr. Phillips, the obstetrician from Granny's
"Hi, Baby, bonjour! How do you feel?" Adrian touched Leah's cheek softly. Leah opened her eyes, she smiled, "I'm feeling better..." she answered turned her face to Adrian who sighed a sigh of relief. Last night was pretty tense and Adrian was so worried about it. But her mom told her that Leah had that pregnancy hormones thing which involved in all her moods, so Vivian guessed that Leah would get better in the morning and her guessing was right."Breakfast!" Adrian pulled the trolley closer to the bed. Leah frowned, "You don't have to do this, I can walk myself to the dining room," she said. Adrian grinned, "I wanted to serve you like this, at least once every week, you don't mind right?" teased Adrian touching Leah's chin. "Wow, I'm the luckiest woman on the planet!" exclaimed Leah, she grabbed the orange juice and sipped it slowly."So, when will we go back to NYC?" asked Leah, her eyes scanning all the food on the trolley and decided to pick a warm crois