Gerald is surprised when he enters his office and finds Annie sitting on the sofa with her legs spread apart while drinking milk tea. Early in the morning, a blessing is the first thing that greets his eyes. The CEO covers his face with the white folder he is carrying and heading straight to his seat."Ahem," he clears his throat and continues, "Annie, why are you here?""Why? Don't you want to see me now?""I'm asking politely."Annie stands up and approaches him, revealing her cleavage as if she is starting to seduce her boss again. Instead of falling into her trap, the man ignores her and pretends to be busy checking documents on his table.Annie's horns grow. She doesn't like his numbness before her; despite everything she does to win her boss's love, he still doesn't notice her. She thinks Gerald will finally be hers when his ex-wife peacefully marries someone else yesterday, but she made a big mistake.Annie stomps her feet and says, "You're so annoying. You don't even appreciat
FLASHBACK"My son, did you bring the girl you promised me for you to marry?" His sick father asked, who was bedridden because of lung cancer disease."Yes, dad," Gerald answered, turning his head at the back while waiting for his woman to come in.They were at ULIV-R hospital for two months, the sick rich man, whose Gerald Hallway's father was only given three months of living as his disease was uncurable due to his body resisting a lung transplant. He had only two sons, who are the inheritors of his money and assets, but the only way to get it is marriage. Each of them will marry a woman, even though they love her or not. The only basis for that is the capacity to bear a child for the next heir. The eldest son, Bright, already had a girlfriend and was ready to get married, while the younger brother, Gerald, didn't have one, so he had to find a woman to get his wealth."Dad, she's Nicole Roque," he introduced.The shy woman bowed her head to Mr. Hallway and smiled, showing her decenc
Third Person's POV"Sir, plane 108 boarded by the daughter of Mr. Hillson will arrive five minutes from now," says his assistant, Wilbert Mosi."Be ready. Alert all the securities in welcoming her. Make it perfect. Quick!" Mr. Hallway commanded. The daughter of the biggest investor they awaited for five years is coming to New York. She came from Germany; the named Ava Nicole Hillson visits the country for business affairs.Five years ago, Mr. Hillson's company invested a huge amount in "G&W Paper Manufacturing Supplies," owned by the top leading entrepreneur, Mr. Gerald Hallway. It was widened all throughout the country and extended to other countries. Through the negotiation made by both parties, Mr. Hallway benefited more than he aspired.Right now, he is waiting for the daughter of Hillson's family to talk about building his expansion to Germany in exchange for the request of the said family that their daughter wants support and resources for her new business planned to build in N
It is hard for Ava Nicole to guess who talked outside the door and called Mr. Hallway "Babe," where she is at the full extent of willingness to give herself to that man. They stop attempting kissing when the two women arrive. Ava assumes that only one girl appears to their front, but she is mistaken.The two women open the door, staring at her a bit without blinking their eyes like a mannequin standing in the mall. Annie, her best friend, and Stacey, the reporter girl who ended her to sign the divorce paper to her husband, are in stun, facing them and holding each other's shoulders.The ex-lovers stand back to their post as if nothing has happened.Ava looks at the two women whose eyes are stuck to her. Although she recognizes them, she keeps ignoring and tolerating them, for she wants them to discover who she is."Who is she, b—boss Gerald?" asks by her best friend.That is surprising to hear from her. Her best friend doesn't recognize her? What a blast encounter they have!Annie was
She keeps hiding, following, and running just to see the relationship status between the reporter girl and her ex-husband. Ava Nicole tries to find her answers to her many questions five years ago.Before she decided to come to New York and show her identity to her past family, she thought of hiding her feelings, hardening them, and enduring them to torture her past lover, seeing her better healing. But this time, none of them are managed because her jealousy dominates.Gerald and Stacey go to a place where her tracker points. It's an empty, broken building full of dust covered with a black net as a fence. Neighborhood buildings are far away from it. It seems that the vast whole area is occupied with grassland and a small destroyed construction.They don't have bodyguards to safeguard them, but rather they go alone, which makes Ava Nicole think wicked ideas of what they both do."As you can see, Ms. Stacey, this area is dirty and abandoned, but I have a big plan for this. A plan I mad
FLASHBACK five years agoWhile staring at them, Nicole's tears continuously flowed down, causing her chest to close up—hard to breathe, actually. The day her husband wanted her to sign the divorce paper wasn't really the day they ended up together. It was her plan not to sign because she promised to help him recover and prove she was worthy of him even if she was sick.But there, she saw him in her eyes; with a woman she had instincts, they had feelings for each other. Instead of making a scene there, Nicole chose to turn back and left with her friend."Jay, let's go. There's bad air from here. I need to find a fresh air that suits your special day tonight, so come on," she invited her friend, pulling his hands to follow her while the other hand was rolling the wheels of her chair.***She stamped the table in front of him, handing the paper filled with complete information, and signed it as she confirmed that she agreed to have them divorced."I know that signature is your happiness.
RECENT TIMES...Gerald is standing in front of his office's window, imagining things that motivate him to sue his ex-wife. Their wedding, their lovemaking, and even the latest romance he shared with her.It's Monday, the scheduled day for M.E.S.A. (Marketing Establishment and Statistical Authority), in which each company has representatives for selling their own products in their chosen establishment. His assistant is coming to see him."Mr. Hallway, can we go to A-Kezha Mall now? It's already time."He turns his head, staring at her face, who isn't looking at him, and walks slowly, closing to her post.He even moves his jaw a little closer to her, but still, Ava's eyes are still intact on the floor."What if I will not come because you are not there? Would you miss me?""Yuck!" She pushes his chest, rolling her eyeballs.Then she moves back saying, "Gerald, you're now old for sweet words. It's disgusting. Grrr!"Ava Nicole walks faster going to the door, holding its knob without turn
Her heart is racing, pulses throughout her body are beating fast, and while turning her head in every corner, patients who have blood flowing on the floor while medical employees are dragging its hospital metal beds. She is thinking about her friend, who has just been told earlier that she was in an accident due to a car crash."Annie," she mistakenly calls, building its metal bed as she assumes it's her. "Ma'am, stay on your side. It's not Annie. It's my sister." The boy stops her when seeing she's weeping in the wrong person.When she widens her eyes, she analyzes her mistakes, saying, "Sorry."Ava Nicole doesn't even think the right thing to do. Her surroundings look rolling as her mind is not stable to overcome it. Annie was her best buddy a long time ago. The memories they have shared don't compare to other peers she had. She can't bear to lose her now.She runs towards the customer service table, panting like a racer wants to win."Ms., do you have a patient named Annie Presto?
Gerald is surprised when he enters his office and finds Annie sitting on the sofa with her legs spread apart while drinking milk tea. Early in the morning, a blessing is the first thing that greets his eyes. The CEO covers his face with the white folder he is carrying and heading straight to his seat."Ahem," he clears his throat and continues, "Annie, why are you here?""Why? Don't you want to see me now?""I'm asking politely."Annie stands up and approaches him, revealing her cleavage as if she is starting to seduce her boss again. Instead of falling into her trap, the man ignores her and pretends to be busy checking documents on his table.Annie's horns grow. She doesn't like his numbness before her; despite everything she does to win her boss's love, he still doesn't notice her. She thinks Gerald will finally be hers when his ex-wife peacefully marries someone else yesterday, but she made a big mistake.Annie stomps her feet and says, "You're so annoying. You don't even appreciat
When Ronnie arrived in the room, drunk, the curtains, floor, and bed were already dancing in his vision. He thought Ava Nicole, his wife, was still there, sleeping in bed after seeing the blanket folded in the shape of a person lying on its side."Bah!" he exclaimed in surprise, but when he touched it, it was empty.He threw the thick blanket on the floor and punched the soft mattress hardly. It seemed that his anger had become worse, and he couldn't stand to just keep quiet."Ava? Honey? Where are you?" he called out the name of his wife, searching every corner of the room.He also took a lust pill just like the one he mixed with the water that Ava Nicole drank. He intentionally made sure that both of them drank it so that the heat of their bodies would stand up and they would be excited for their honeymoon.But his wife is missing. His vision darkened when he realized he had been abandoned on the night he had been waiting for the most. He threw away the things he had hurriedly prepa
Ava Nicole is nervous to look back, fearing that her husband might have caught them. She just leaned on Gerald's shoulder while feeling an overwhelming heat in her body and dizziness."Gerald, someone holds my hand," she says.Gerald turns around and sees that it is a guard who is stopping Ava. The guard just smiles at him and says, "Hurry up before anyone sees."When the guard let go of Ava's hand, Gerald immediately carried her, and they rushed out of the house. A white car immediately stopped in front of them. They get in there and leave.Good thing Albie's brother caught them escaping from Ronnie's house. If not, they might have already been brought back inside and completely imprisoned.The one who picked them up was Albie, Gerald's right-hand man, who was called by his brother because he saw Gerald's face being brought inside the house, but he was unaware that he was taken by Ronnie's other men. Albie immediately looked for an opportunity to get inside, but the guards were still
Ava Nicole wakes up with the surroundings quiet and dark, and the only light is the lampshade on the table beside her bed. She got dizzy in the middle of their wedding dance; that's why she fell asleep until the sun set. She forgot to have breakfast, and the only thing in her stomach was a glass of wine she drank during the wine toasting.Because of that, she is now hungry. She wants to eat and plans to head to the kitchen in case there's still some food left for her there. She turns on the light, and when she looks at her small table, she sees a plate of food consisting of fried chicken, rice, and a glass of water beside it. They are still glistening in her sight, prompting her to devour them to fill her hungry stomach.She quickly takes it and gets back to sit on the bed. She eats them and drinks the water, satisfying her hunger."Burp!" She is full from the food prepared for her.She looks at the time displays on her phone. It's 6:45 p.m. that, good thing Ronnie hasn't come in yet
"Ava, come with me," Gerald pleads, his face clearly showing sadness."Ava, don't be so stubborn. Remember our plan? You have amnesia, by the way," Patrick says."I remember now, brother," Ava Nicole replies, making Patrick surprised.Upon hearing Patrick say, "Our plan," Jay changes his mind. He remembers that he was with his friend's brother in devising the plan for revenge against Ava Nicole's ex-husband.He glances at Gerald, who is just staring at the woman. The memories of the time when Ava had nothing, carrying her child while enduring its pain, waiting outside the bar where he worked, came flooding back to him.He became the woman's support during that time. He did not hesitate to help Ava to the best of his ability. Now, he doesn't want their plans to be ruined. They can't afford to make mistakes in every decision they choose because Ava has a soft heart; they need to support her.He stares intently at the woman and then gets out of the car."Jay, why did you go out? Didn't
"Hm, what, are you deaf now? Do you think I don't know what you're doing just to get what you want? You're mistaken, Ron!""You—" He feels guilty, so he can't say anything about what Gerald knew.It was his first time doing something like that with someone. He is not yet used to fighting when he knows that what his opponent is saying is true. Besides, Gerald doesn't know that Ronnie is in cahoots with Annie in the plan to bring down Ava Nicole. By the way, Gerald Hallway found out about Ronnie's wrongdoing with a CEO, who was a former client of DY-WOOD SUPPLIES COMPANY, whom Ronnie paid to withdraw from the cooperation. The only mistake he made was that he didn't give a brief explanation of his plan to the said businessman because he was confident that he wouldn't speak.And, Ronnie also didn't know that the CEO heard him while he was on the phone. He wasn't scolded, but because Gerald was closer to him, that's when the man told him everything, which gave him the idea or knowledge th
THE HAPPENINGS BEFORE THE DY-WOOD SUPPLIES COMPANY COLLAPSEDAnnie learned about Gerald donating blood to Ava Nicole Hillson's child. She also got a copy of the result through her cousin, who works in the hospital laboratory. She was greatly disheartened by this reality, so she conspired with Ronnie for a grand plan.It so happened that G&W Manufacturing Paper Supplies Company, owned by Gerald Hallway, ended its cooperation with Dy-Wood Distributor Company due to his personal reasons.The second strongest consumer has been taken by the meeting Ava Nicole will attend, causing their sales to drop.In a private meeting between Annie and Ronnie, they discussed the ex-couple who seem to be getting back together because of their relationship through their children.At first, the man was uninterested in listening to her, but he just let her stay in his office and talk about it."Ms. Annie, what do I care about the two people you mentioned?" Ronnie asked, his eyes glued to his computer.He ju
"Why do you have my key?""A—ah... Is this for you?" Ava Nicole seems to feel embarrassed in front of the man. She doesn't know why her reaction is like that when the man has been nothing to her for the past few months.They haven't seen each other for two months after Ronnie told Gerald to stay away from Ava. The man threatened him that if he didn't stop pursuing the woman, he would reveal his connection with Ava to her mother. Gerald didn't want Mrs. Hillson to find out about him and her daughter because he was afraid she would hate him.Gerald takes back the key that belongs to him and immediately turns away."A—ah... May I ask a question?"Suddenly, Gerald's heart starts pounding. He forces his eyes shut, praying that it isn't about their painful breakup in the past."What is that?" He doesn't want to face her. He knows that he will just cry if he stares into the eyes of his beloved.Suddenly, the woman taps his shoulder and turns his body to face her. Ava signals her guards to re
Gerald hurriedly goes to the FVI Garry hotel, where he had checked in for two days. He goes back because his key is missing; that is something of utmost importance to him. If he doesn't have it, it's like half of his life is missing. He checked out of there earlier this morning, and in his haste, he didn't even notice that one of his belongings was missing. This week, he is busy with the extension of his company and the opening of other branches. His business is gradually expanding. He also has a new product line to launch, such as printers, inks, and laptops, which he will name after his second child, Nicolette. That brand he named is Colette. Although he has made his connection to Ava Nicole's children apparent to people, their perception of him as a woman will not change. He is still a friend who forgets the past and doesn't know what they are and why their treatment of each other is different every time they meet. In short, he distanced himself from his ex-wife lately just to