Nancy's dinner date with Yaacob was at six o'clock in the evening, so she still had time to go to the beauty salon. While going through her facial, Nancy was about to fall asleep when a woman's voice jolted her awake."Ms. Lawson, your skin is flawless. You must really take good care of it."Nancy thought someone was talking to her, but then she heard another voice reply, "Not really. I just make sure to wash my face properly at the end of the day."Based on that pretentious answer alone, Nancy knew Teresa was next door."Then you must be born with flawless skin, Teresa. Oh my god, I'm so jealous. We women really need to take care of our skin especially when we are older than 25 years old. In fact, I wish I could get facial treatments every day."'Wait a minute… Isn't that Rosa's voice? Why is she hanging out with Teresa?' thought Nancy."Rosa, your family is so rich that you can just open your own private beauty salon at home. Unlike me, I have to pinch pennies to make ends meet
"Rosa, I would like to have a word with Teresa, in private. Would you mind giving us some space?" Nancy said warmly as she summoned up all the niceness she had in her.Face it. Rosa was Yaacob's biological sister. As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water. No matter how much Nancy might dislike Rosa, she was willing to look past their differences for Yaacob's sake. Besides, Nancy did not wish to put Yaacob in a position where he was forced to choose between them. Unfortunately, the same could be said of Rosa, for she never considered Nancy family. Rosa said with her chest puffed out, "Nancy, Teresa is my bestie, if you even think of pushing her around." Nancy was exasperated and said, "Why would I do such a thing? I just wanted to talk to her about certain disputes we had regarding my previous marriage. If Teresa doesn't mind, do feel free to stick around."By putting Teresa on the spot, she knew Teresa would flinch and would not want Rosa to be around. Nancy had Teresa on
Yaacob did consider going after Lola. However, that was a tactical evasion he considered when he realized he was falling more and more for Nancy each day. To this day, he felt it was the worst mistake he had made in the past few years.Yaacob used to despise women who boasted about the number of men being at their heels and used that to show off. However, Nancy was the exception. Nancy took pride and reveled in her own beauty, and yet, in Yaacob's eyes, that was a captivating and charming sight.Not all women who were bestowed with beauty were able to make use of it without being annoying.Obviously, Lola did not have the same gift as Nancy. She tried as she might to flirt with Yaacob, but it only caused Yaacob to furrow his brows deeper and get agitated."The keyword being 'almost'!" replied Yaacob.Lola could tell from his tone of voice that he was relieved that he did not fall for her. That greatly embarrassed her."Oh my. I did not expect a fine gentleman such as Mr. Getson t
Before the dinner "party" was even over, the two main characters had left.Randall went to a nearby hotel with Rowena, and after some intimacy, he held her in his arms tightly.It was about thirty minutes to midnight. When he saw that there was only half a circle left by the bedside table, he frowned.At that moment, the room was very quiet. He could hear Rowena panting audibly next to him. Their session had been incredibly intense.However, as they slowly cooled down, Randall felt his heart empty.It was a strange feeling. He was holding her, but he still felt empty.He knew he would not be able to hold her again very soon.He could not help but tighten his arms around her, gently kissing her forehead.He tried to get her favor: "Rowena, what do you want? I'll give you anything."Rowena's face was still red after how intimate they had been. She smiled as she stopped her panting and answered, "There's no need. I'll get what I want very soon."What she wanted had always been t
Nancy spat out her coffee.She coughed as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.She took the chance to digest what Rowena had said before looking at the woman in disbelief. "Are you serious? Lola's his mistress!""I've already divorced Randall. There are no mistresses any more." Rowena was even trying to defend Lola.It was probably only those who had true love like Nancy did who hated mistresses and homewreckers!In Rowena's eyes, there was no mistress because she had never thought of Randall as her husband. So she did not care if anyone took him away."If you really want to get rid of Randall, you could hope that he falls for another girl. It doesn't need to be Lola."In truth, even though Nancy thought Randall was a scumbag, she still felt that it would be his loss to be with Lola.After all, he was a romantic at heart, and Lola just wanted his money. She had even used such underhanded methods.Rowena shook her head, stirring her coffee as she said, "If he could fall for a wom
Nancy was stunned to see the scar on Lola's chest.She never expected something like that to exist between Lola and Randall.Nancy still remembered when Ain had been in Randall's hospital. Ain had asked Nancy if she was there to see Lola.At the time, Nancy had not realized what she had meant, but after Lola had said that she had met Ain before, she realized they had met at the hospital.Lola had taken a bullet for Randall and had been sent to the hospital to get treated. There, she had met Ain.That was probably what had happened. After that, Randall had arranged a place for her to stay after she had gotten better.So he had not been keeping her as his mistress."Nancy, I know you look down on me. At the start, I really did do everything I could to get closer to Randall, but so what? Compared to you and Mr. Getson, I'm unlucky. I seized this chance for myself. I just lost out to his wife because I met him a few years later. If it was her, would she have taken a bullet for Randa
In the end, Nancy did not ask Julian for help.That was because Yaacob suddenly rushed over, stopping her from mentioning Rowena's name.She was pulled into their room, and the moment Nancy stepped inside, Yaacob pushed against the door and kissed her."Ugh…"Nancy could tell that he was not in a good mood, and she did not like being intimate with him in this situation.However, the more she fought, the more Yaacob pushed!She had heard that all men were like this. If it were any other day, Nancy would have gone along with him, but she was in a bad mood today. She clamped her lips shut and stopped Yaacob's advances."Nancy…" Yaacob looked at her and sighed. "Who said you could ask Julian for help?"Nancy pursed her lips, not saying a word. It was obvious that it had been her own idea."Are you deliberately trying to make me angry?"Nancy shook her head.Yacob kissed her forehead gently, pushing her hair behind her ear as he stared at her.With her charming face, was there a
Yaacob fell to the ground because Randall had used most of his strength in that punch.Tasting metal, Yaacob was just about to wipe his mouth when Randall pulled him up by the collar."Where is Rowena?" he pressed.Yaacob remained silent.Randall was absolutely furious. He gave Yaacob one last chance: "I'm asking you, where is she?""I can't tell you."Randall punched him again.Bang!The bottles of alcohol on the bar shattered.Yaacob still remained silent. He could have explained himself.After all, he was even good at talking to women, who were the hardest people to convince in the world.However, Yaacob remained silent. He wanted to anger Randall to punish himself.Nancy was right in saying that they should save Rowena. It was the right thing to do.However, Yaacob and Randall were sworn brothers. He would not use logic to convince himself of the validity of his actions and would allow Randall to teach him a lesson."Did you purposely call me over last night? Did Row