Chapter 6
Anne is busy with her work. They haven’t seen Richard for a week because he has a business trip to Singapore and two weeks there. He wanted to meet her before he went to Singapore but she just said that she’s on leave and they were on vacation with her parents.
She doesn’t want them to have a deep relationship with Richard, especially since they didn’t even go through courtship. She was also embarrassed to ask the man what was between with them. Maybe she’ll just assume that she’s his girlfriend but for the man, it’s just her body chasing him.
She doesn’t want to be hurt again. She has already trauma of what happened to them her ex boyfriend. Richard is in Singapore but he is not even able to make long distance calls or even ask for her social media account such as F******k, W******p or what so ever.
“It’s up to him if he communicates me. Maybe it won’t come back. And I won’t see him again. He doesn’t even remember to call me. ” She smirked at him.
“What is it bothering you? Jimrey asked her.
“I’m wondering of you because I can’t see you smiling. I’ve been watching you from my area for a while. “Jimrey again.
“Should I laugh alone here or talk to myself? I don’t have anyone to talk to here. ”She joked him that she only tried to encourage herself. But the truth is that she is really disgusted with Richard. When she comes back here and calls me, I won’t really pay attention to him.
Jimrey also laughed at his joke.
“Of course I’m used to you laughing alone. “And he laughed. She laughed too.
They saw the department supervisor approaching. Because Jimrey was loitering and just gossiping with Anne, he quickly hid in Anne’s hanger displays and Anne covered him. While Anne was busy arranging and folding the destroyed items on her display. Too strict of their supervisor and no one misses. The two laugh after the supervisor over their behavior.
They always do that, since there is no camera on that side of their area. And even with cctv, they didn’t review it. Jimrey was also in the same situation for a few minutes.
Jimrey has also been at his job for a long time. Jimrey introduced Anne to her brand. Jimrey is also a regular, regular brand ambassador. The only difference between them is that Anne is consignor and Jimrey is outright. That brand belongs to the owner of the mall.
Jimrey was called by a sales associate so he stood up in hiding and returned to its area.
Anne was left in the area. He then remembered Richard again.
“Hmpp… I don’t care of him. He's already old to know things in life.” Shee whispered to herself.
She continued what she was doing.
She suddenly remembered that she still needed to fax the daily time record of his ambassadors. She called Grace to continue folding. She went to the consignor’s office to fax.
After she faxed, she didn’t returned to the area. She is going to the other mall. But she told Grace, too
She has been to the outlets except for one. The Golden Empire mall. That was her last outlet to visit.
Because Golden Empire and CT. Y mall are only connected due to overpass. She passed by there. Less hassle and away from traffic. And exercise too.
Her cellphone rang. That’s a text message. Because of the excitement, she stopped walking and looked at who was texting. It was Jenny. The youngest sister of her ex fiancee. Her ex -fiancee’s sister also works there but it is in the accounting department. When they are still with Jenny’s brother, they had lunch together every day. But when they separated from her older brother, they rarely saw each other. Jenny respected her silence. She even apologized for what her older brother had done to Anne. And they rarely meet either.
When Jenny invited her for lunch. If possible, they will have lunch tomorrow. There is a Visitor’s cafeteria inside the mall. It is just next to the employees’ cafeteria.
She was disappointed because Richard was the one she did expect to text or call her. She put her cellphone back in the bag and continued walking towards the outlet.
She was in the area of the said outlet when she remembered Jenny’s text. Why did she think we would have lunch together tomorrow. Is there anything important to say?
Maybe just say hello. Jenny and I haven’t seen each other for five months. Maybe this will tell a story about Jefferson? Jenny’s older brother who is her ex fiancee.
She was suddenly excited at the thought of finding out if in the few years that she and Jefferson had been separated, he had ever remembered her?
She was even more excited to know about her older brother and how true her mother told her about Jefferson. Even though Jenny and I meet and spend time together, she doesn’t really tell the story of her older brother’s life. She does not want to interfere with their lives. She doesn’t even tell her older brother about her. She just told her older brother that they no longer had communication with Anne.
This is what Jenny said before. She does not want to interfere or be a transmitter of information from them.
She took the cp and replied Jenny.
“Hi Jen, sure let’s have lunch together tomorrow.”
We haven’t eaten together for a long time. “
Anne replied to Jenny.
She didn’t wait for it to reply to her. She has fixed herself and she will return to the mall.
When she got out of work, she and Winchester went to the apartment. They want to cook delicious. They’ve just been ordering in recent weeks.
When they arrived at the apartment they immediately got dressed because they were still cooking. She’s just sleeveless in shorts.
Winchester and she were talking while they were cooking. Winchester noticed that her cellphone was flashing. It was silent because she didn’t want to expect that when a message came, she wouldn’t expect it to be Richard but it wasn’t.
“Anne, you have a call. “
“Unknown number,” Winchester said.
She was suddenly nervous. Maybe it’s Richard. She quickly picked up the cellphone and looked at the caller. She was going to answer but it was cut off.
Later someone texted. And he read it.
“Sweet heart, how are you.”
“Trying to call you but it seems you’re busy or you’re already asleep.”
“Please take good care.”
That is the content of the text. She knew it was Richard texting and calling her. It’s a pity she didn’t answer the call. She smiled. At least he remembered her. She was also nervous but she just held back.
Not even “I miss you.”
She punched herself. She didn’t reply because she didn’t have prepaid to reply to it.
Hee didn’t say when to go home or if he would call again. He returned the cellphone to its place.
“Hmmm… Who is that?”
“There’s something you’re not telling me. You’re too obvious. ”Winchester doubted.
Anne just laughed at him.
“You’ll know in due time, sis.” She said that with smile.
“Don’t tell me you’re flirting somebody?” Winchester again.
She laughed even more at the question.
“You’re flirting somebody.”
“I’ll just tell you too. But not now. ” She answered again here.
Winchester just smirked because she really couldn’t get an answer from her.
Their food was just right and cooked, so to avoid anxiety, he turned around and got the utensils that the two of them would use for food.
Even when they were at the dinner table, she was still tempted by Winchester. He wants to know that unknown caller.
Chapter 7 Richard had just arrived that day from Singapore. The girl was immediately the one he wanted to go to. He wanted to surprise her in her apartment. Richard Petter is a black American. He went to the Pines to invest in a business. He is a gasoline investor. He has been living in the Pines for five years and wants to get married here. When he met Anne on the “For love” app, he didn’t release it yet. But like other Pine’s girls only money is chasing him, so she doesn’t tell Anne his status in life first. He wants a woman to love him whether he has money or not. Whether he is rich or not. He sees in Anne that it is not like the ones he was in a relationship with before. And he’s just trying test on the woman. He rested a little and then took a bath and got dressed. He would surprise Anne. It was ten o’clock in the morning. After getting dressed, he immediately left in his car. It was a her day off that day. She is preparing
Chapter 8 After he took Anne to her apartment, he immediately went to his house. His house is only twenty minutes from the woman’s apartment. He will take the girl to her house at the right time. For now he wants them to get to know each other first. Richard’s house is in an exclusive subdivision and it’s close to a mall that Anne goes to. The Golden Empire mall. They are three siblings and Richard is the youngest. He is alone in the Pines. Her family is in America. Every year Richard comes home to them. Or if he can’t go home, his parents will go to the Pines to be with him on Christmas and New Year’s day. His two siblings also have families of their own. He is the only one who is not yet married at the age of thirty-eight. His eldest sister lives in London. His elder sister is in the custody of her parents. So that someone can be with them. He is an only son. He used to be an engineer in an oil company in America. He later thought of
Chapter 9 Richard stopped what he was doing and started the car. He planned to take the woman to his house but he hesitated. They were about to enter the subdivision but he suddenly changed direction. They checked in nearby and re -shared the sweetness of love. Fast forward Anne and Jenny (sister of Anne’s ex fiancee) are in a restaurant in a mall. As agreed they had lunch together. Because they were both have day off, Jenny’s ask Anne took for a walk. She agreed to the offer. They chatted while eating. They were in the middle of a meal when Jenny changed the subject. She opened up about her brother Jefferson. “My brother Jefferson file a divorce to his wife.” Jenny started. Anne almost choked. He suddenly drank water. She’s not prepared on Jenny’s confession though it sinks on her mind. “I know you will be surprised. But that’s the truth. It’s a long story but I’ll still tell you why my older bro
Chapter 10 Anne’s situation has not been easy today. She is confused about what is happening in her love life. She hasn’t shown up to Richard for a few days even though he wants them to meet. She just said that she was going home to their house so she didn’t have time to meet them after her work. The guy insisted to drop her home but she refused the offer. She didn’t want to introduce him to her parents first, especially since their relationship has no label. The man doesn’t force her either. Nor does he ask why . But he always says hello. He also didn’t think to ask about her job and where she worked. She off to work early that day. When she off, she entered the mall again not as an employee but as a customer. There she first went to women’s swim wear. Because next week will be their overnight. She will buy what she will wear. She is already shopping for what to wear. She bought two pairs of one piece swim
Chapter 11 Once again the girl cum. Richard liked it. The girl’s flower is so sweet. It made him crazy. He can’t control himself thinking of her. Her every growl sounded like music to his ears. He will never tired of having the lady especially the wetness of her flower. He accelerated the movement of his lips even more and it came out into her flower. He wanted the girl to get cum again before he could claim her. Anne even opened her thigh because of how delicious it felt. Her lips claimed the man’s balls. Richard was so horny because of that. She knew it was Anne’s first time because she didn’t know it yet. But he still wanted it. “Go on my sweet,” he ordered Anne. Anne licked his penis again and giving her job well. Anne cums again. Richard sipped her juice. He got up and flipped over to lie down. Their lips parted again. Richard opened Anne’s thighs to finally take possession of it. He’s giving Anne a
Chapter 12 She is already inside the apartment. It will be almost twelve midnight. She even caught up with Winchester in their small living room. He was watching a movie on his laptop. “Are you still awake?” Anne asked here. “It’s my day off tomorrow so I’ll watch movies all night.” Winchester replied with his eyes on the laptop screen. “Where’s your racket and you’ll almost be caught outside at dawn?” Winchester asked again. “Actually… we’re meeting with old friends.” She avoided her answer. “You watched movie, so its right because I brought foods.” “It’s good for two persons. I brought food.” Her offer. “Who bought it?” Winchester doubted. “Of course I am. Will anyone else buy for me? ” her defensive answer. “Who drove you in the car?” Winchester’s straight question. Anne was surprised by his question. Did Winchester see them outside? “I peeked out the window. That’s righ
Chapter 13 Richard woke up early. He also went to a branch in a nearby city early because the gasoline tank leaked. He also call a technician to check the tank. He will find out if what caused the leak. Meanwhile, the company technician checks it every month. He took a shower and then got dressed. After getting dressed, he took the car key on his desk near the bed and left. There is a problem with the tank of his gasoline station in a nearby city. The rides took over an hour. After an hour he reach the place. Richard and two cashiers caught up with pump crews. There is no one to fix the leak yet, besides it will be eight thirty in the morning. The maintenance will arrive at nine o’clock. Since he hadn’t had coffee yet, he ordered coffee and a sandwich and after ten minutes the order arrived. He also freed the crews who were there. He was in his office while having coffee and while waiting for maintenance. He talk
Chapter 14 Anne, on the other hand, was floating in excitement. It was only in the morning that her vigor was strange. Her workmates can see this. She just returned the sweet smile when someone asked about her strange aura that day. The others even say that Anne is in love. Winchester explained why Anne was so energetic that day. She was then filled with tease in them. She was even told like a teen ager. She didn’t just mind them. She just only smile at them. When the pager page her to go to the concessions office. To avoid them, she quickly went to the office. When she arrived at the office, the consignor buyer gave her an envelope. That’s an email from the company. The buyer print the documents and gave it to Anne. “Renewal papers for some of your ambassadors .” said the consignor buyer of men’s department. Consignor’s buyer is the recipient of the documents of all consignors throughout men’s department. The co
CHAPTER 133“Swear I am not married sweetheart. I might not show you how much I love you because I was scared that you would left me just like my ex girlfriend did. “ he said.“And when I prove that you are different from other woman, I decided to surprise and propose a marriage to you so I invited my family for a vacation here and witness my proposal to you. “ he said.“Really? “ she said.She is now crying.“But because of your jealous, all canceled and even the expectations of my family as well. “ he said.“Can we start again? “ he said.“Let us forget what was happening. And start again. “ he said.“Are you sure? “ she asked.“Of course sweetheart. “ he said.She is now remember Marcus.Her child will not grow without a father. Because he will meet and see his father soon.“I have to show you and introduce to you. “ she said.“W… what is it? I mean who? “ he asked.“They will coming now. “ she just answered.She chat her mother to bring Marcus where she is right now and her mothe
CHAPTER 132His WhatsApp notification pop up. And since he is busy on his office work, he didn’t mind it.He focused on his work. It was a busy day and as usual it’s always a busy day to Richard.He doesn’t want to have free time so he will not think again and again about Anne.His mom and family went back to U. S already. After having a long moth vacation on Pines.He invited his family to a long vacation on Pines to meet and introduce Anne to them but Anne just disappear and never comes.His family feel sad of what had happened and felt sorry for him.His mom choose to stay with him so she can take care of him but he refuse. He can take care of himself and he ha siblings in the U. S as well.ANNE'S PARENTS HOUSE……After charging her old phone. For how many days after charging of it she just now remember to open her old phone.And she open the Wi-Fi so she ca open some apps.Nothing is interesting on her old phone aside from YouTube.She just left her phone on the table and leave the
CHAPTER 131 A year past and Anne continuing her life with her baby. And she is very happy when her baby comes into her life. She knew that having and raising a baby alone is very hard but she doing her very best for her baby Marcus. Her business is doing good and she manage it well. Her mommy watch for her baby Marcus when she’s on her shop and she’s taking care of him after the shop. And her friend Winchester never leave her. He acted himself as the father of Marcus. Every day off, he went to Anne's home and help her mother watching the baby. She is very thankful to have her friend in her life. Even Mariz and Gerald didn’t know where she is now. She stop communicating with them since Jefferson is Mariz cousin and she doesn’t want him having a news to her. Winchester transfer another apartment also. Though a bit far to his working place but it’s nearer to her shop. Jefferson is already the OIC of Sandra's parents properties. With the talk of Sandra's parents, they are now li
CHAPTER 130 Jefferson and Sandra are nervous. This is the moment that they will tell to Lexie about his real father and to see also her other family, Christian's family. “Mommy, Daddy… who are we waiting? “ she ask. They will tell her that they have someone to introduce to her. And she is excited who are they. Sandra felt more nervous when she see Christian and his family coming inside to the restaurant where they wait. “Sandra, how are you? “ said Christian mother when she see her. “Hello Auntie. “ she only answer. She also greeted Charice. Only his father not there. He has work and assign in other place. But his mother is not knowing what will be happen. Charice and Christian didn't tell her yet. “And who is this pretty girl? “ his mom ask to Lexie and she's kissing Lexie on her cheek. “My name is Lexie and this is my daddy Jefferson. “ said Lexie and introducing her daddy to her and she's holding her daddy's hands. Christian jaws growled and Jefferson saw his reaction.
CHAPTER 129Anne was in their house, that’s Sunday and the shop is close.But still she’s also receiving orders and updating inquiries online.When she smell the bad thing in the kitchen.She goes to the kitchen and see what is the bad smell.“Mom, what are you cooking? Smell bad. “ she complain.“This is garlic and o.. onion. “ her mom said and she’s looking at her daughter.“Did your period comes already? “ she asked her.“N.. No… Why? “ she asked and confused.And she remember that she’s delay for a month.“I don’t want to think but maybe you need ob-gyne. Only pregnant women don’t want the smell of the garlic. “ her mom said.“But mom… “she said and she didn’t continue.“Is Jefferson the father? “ she asked her.“No mom. And I am not pregnant. “ she said.“Then who is the father? “ she ask Anne again.Her mom stop of what she’s doing and walk going to the living room.She covers the pot and leave the work.Anne follows her to the living room and they seated.“Mom. Let’s not jump t
CHAPTER 128“By the way, Jefferson was there in the apartment before I came here. And he asked me about you. “ he said.“And then? “ she asked“I told him that you are not living with me anymore and you are assigned in other place.” He said.“Good sis. Thank you for hiding me from him. “ she said.“Enough the drama. They are only men. Nothing to tie your self from pain. “ he cheer her up.“Thank you sis. You are really my best friend. “ she said.She hug him.“I am always here for you. “ he said.They are hugging.THE NEXT DAY….Anne change her number. And buy new sim card.She also change her name in all her social media account and use other pictures instead of her own photo.She even block Richard's number.She will start a new life without the shadow of the men who only hurting her.She makes herself busy looking for some garments to buy for her own business. And how to buy bulk orders.“Dear, you have visitor. “ her mommy calling her.She is in her room. Her mommy is outside her
CHAPTER 127She can’t understand what she felt. Her heart is in pain. She can’t imagine how Richard lied to her.Why he lied that he is already married.She is in her room and she didn’t even the door when Winchester knock and told her that Richard is there.Even Richard who is knocking the door, she didn’t listen and didn’t entertain him.She doesn’t want to talk to him. She doesn’t want to confront him. She is scared that he might lied again.What she did is to pack all her things and she want to go back to their home.She doesn’t want to see or talk any one of Jefferson and Richard.She decided to go back to her parents house.She will explain everything to Winchester while she will leave him on the apartment. And she know her friend will understand her.The two respect her privacy and no one knocks again.She is not going to go to work for tomorrow and she will file resignation to her work.She decided to use all her savings and started a new business.And for not any of the two w
CHAPTER 126 Anne was already in her apartment and just came home from her work. She is sitting in the living room while waiting for Winchester to finish the dinner he makes. “Knock… knock… knock… “ She heard knocking from outside. She stand up and open the door. She thinks it was Richard. She excitedly opens the door. But to her surprise it was Jefferson. “Good evening Anne.” He greeted. “I… I think you went on a wrong place. “ she said and close the door. But Jefferson's hand is fast and he put his hands between the door. Anne can’t close it. “Can we talk? “ he ask. “Please? “ he added. She took a deep breath and let him come in. “For you. “he said. And he gives the bouquet of flowers to her. She doubted to receive the flowers but as of respect to him she take it. “T… Thank you. “ she slowly said. “Please sit down. “ she said to him. Jefferson seated. “What you want again? We already talk, right? “ she said and controlling her anger. But there is still a feelin
CHAPTER 125Christian knew everything about Lexie and he was blackmailing me to win us back to his life.He wanted us to be a family. Leave you and officially introduce him to Lexie as her real father.And if I am not going to do that he will reveal in public about the child and my lie about the DNA test result I fake.“I am scared of my parents to know all of this Jefferson. “ she said.She looking at him.“We can hide everything for long Sandra. We better make a right move first before Christian’s plan will success. “ he said.“I.. I don’t know how to start Jefferson. “ she said.“I am scared that Lexie might hurt from all of this. I know I was wrong but I didn’t mean all those things. I only want for her not to be criticize by people especially that my parents are public servants. “ she said.“I don’t want to give embarrassing situation to my parents. It can be end of their political career. “ she continued.She bowed her head.“Don’t worry Sandra. Everything will be alright. “ he