Nancy's ringtone woke her up. It kept ringing like it was a fire alarm. She tucked her hand underneath the pillow to search for her phone.She was still in a daze when she answered the call and heard Yvonne's anxious voice."Nancy! Wake up! You've made the headlines!" Yvonne said,"I'm already part of the past. What reason could the reporters have to write about me?" Nancy asked tiredly."No! The reporter took a photo of you and Spencer together. Are you two back together?" Yvonne asked."What?" Nancy was baffled."What is wrong with you? Why do you still have hopes and feelings for Spencer, that jerk? Isn't Yaacob a lot better?" Yvonne scolded anxiously.Finally, Nancy understood.Everything started with the newspaper headlines. Now, the scandal was trending on the internet. Someone even found photos of them together at Andrew's funeral and Spencer sending Nancy back to Athepolis.The news circulating was that Nancy and Spencer had rekindled their past romance and that she ha
Nancy felt Yaacob standing beside her. Unconsciously, she lowered her head even more.That was strange. She could handle the pressure from Lady Getson's interrogation, but she felt like she was about to have a meltdown now Yaacob was back. She felt so guilty that her body started shivering uncontrollably."Are you talking about the scandal reported in the news? It's fake!" Yaacob said simply, interrupting Rosa's complaining. That made everyone stop gossiping."So. You know. The internet has identified Nancy in that photo, and they also found one of Spencer sending her back. How could that be fake?" Rosa could not believe what Yaacob was saying."I was busy with work, so I couldn't pick Nancy up that day. There are only two shuttle buses that go from her hometown to Athenapolis per day. She was stuck there and had to come back with Spencer. Is that a problem?" Yaacob asked."I… " Rosa did not know what to say.Rosa had been trying to get Yaacob on her side so they could reprimand
Yaacob went to the window to smoke. Meanwhile, Nancy picked up the rubbish bin and began cleaning up the broken glass.The room was silent. The smell of the cigarettes traveled from the window to Nancy. Yaacob had not smoked in front of her for a long time because she had told him she disliked the smell of cigarettes.He was not a heavy smoker, but he had already smoked five cigarettes in that brief period.Nancy wanted to tell him that it was bad to smoke so much, but she could not say a word even after opening her mouth. In the end, she continued cleaning in silence.She cut her finger as she picked up a piece of broken glass. She grunted in pain and took a look at her finger. It was bleeding. She frowned and looked at Yaacob. He was still staring out the window.He must have heard her cry out. If this had happened in the past, he would have told her to stop cleaning and ask the maid for help instead. Then he would help her apply a band-aid to her finger.However, he did nothin
"It only took him two hours to retract Nancy's scandal after I exposed it yesterday morning. Not only did he publish a clarification to defend that woman, but he also didn't hesitate to publish a scandal about himself to divert the public's attention. I can't help but wonder if he's doing this because he wants to protect Nancy or because he wants to punish me," said Teresa."Teresa, don't look too much into it. It might just be that Mr. Shaw didn't want Nancy to go through too much humiliation because they used to be married after all," said Pamela.Teresa scoffed. "So it's okay to humiliate me then? Everyone in the industry knows I'm dating him. He didn't even have the courtesy to tell me before announcing his new relationship. Is he trying to make a laughingstock out of me? Those not in the know might really think I'm not as good as that woman, and he dumped me!"Pamela sighed. "Mr. Shaw did overdo it this time. Also, I wonder what your and his parents' reactions were when they sa
Nancy got into Yaacob's car, fastened her seat belt, and kept looking sideways at the man beside her.Yaacob's face was still as black as thunder. The two of them did not speak as he drove her to the hospital.Once there, Rowena recommended stitches for the gash on Nancy's wrist, but she was afraid doing that would leave an ugly scar. In the end, she opted for bandaging it only."Fortunately, the wound isn't really that deep. It shouldn't leave any scar as long as you don't let the wound come in contact with any water," said Rowena while she was bandaging Nancy's wrist.However, Nancy only nodded absent-mindedly because all of her attention was outside the ward, where Yaacob was.Nancy remembered he stayed by her side the whole time she came to the hospital to treat an injury last time. This time, he did not even come in when she was screaming loudly from the pain of having disinfectant applied to her wound.Nancy thanked Rowena as soon as her wrist was all wrapped up and walked
After she hung up, Nancy walked around the room, fidgeting her hands.'Sh*t! It's just as Rosa said. Yaacob's cheating on me!' thought Nancy. She regretted giving him time to cool off. What she should have done instead was to keep an eye on him.She hung up the phone in a panic because she was afraid she would hear something that would break her heart next.'Now that I think about it, I shouldn't have hung up the phone. I should go to the hotel and wait outside his room to assert my dominance!'Nancy quickly changed her clothes and went straight to the hotel.She stood outside of Yaacob's room and rang the doorbell frantically.Her anger immediately exploded when the door was opened by a short-haired woman who would be naked if not for the towel wrapped around her."Who are you looking for?" The woman looked at Nancy condescendingly. She then leaned against the door frame with her arms hugging herself as though she was about to break out in a seductive pose.However, Nancy was
"Promise me you won't have sex with another woman during the cooling-off period," said Nancy."Okay," said Yaacob with a nod."Come home to me if you're horny. I've been working out recently, so my butt is a little perkier than before. You like that, don't you?"Yaacob said nothing.After that, Nancy walked out of the hotel. She did a lot of thinking on her way home. She felt that Yaacob still had not forgiven her. However, she felt better after Yaacob assured her that he was not going to divorce her. After all, she would have a chance to make up to him as long as they stayed married, right?After she got back home, Nancy received a call from Teresa.Teresa had called her many times in the past two days, but because Nancy was in a bad mood, she never answered the phone.Today, she was in a better mood, so she thought she would answer Teresa's call."Nancy, did you put a love spell on Spencer or something?" asked Teresa in an accusing tone as soon as the call was connected.N
"I don't need you to do anything for me. I'll be grateful as long as you stay away from me," said Nancy.After all that had happened, she really could not bring herself to trust Spencer anymore.Suddenly, she thought of something very important!"Wait! That day when you and I… did you take protective measures?" Nancy asked.Spencer was caught off guard by her question, so he did not immediately answer her.Nancy immediately looked frightened. "Oh sh*t, why did I just think of asking you this now? What should I do if you didn't wear it? No, I have to go to the hospital right now and ask if there's anything I can take to prevent accidental pregnancies after a week has passed from the day we had sex."Nancy quickly stood up to leave.Spencer stood up and grabbed her arm. "Why are you so anxious about this?""How can I not be anxious? Mr. Getson still hasn't forgiven me. I'll have no choice but to kill myself if I really got pregnant with your kid," said Nancy dramatically.She ac