"Tell the reporters we're no longer taking interviews" But the call was incessant and the caller did not back out from calling. "Have you told what I said?" Maya questioned her chauffer. He had been acting as her secretary the past weeks and she hadn't questioned why nor ready to stop him from doing so, being safe in his company. "The caller seems to have am insider information to tell you ma'am" "What is there to tell me that I haven't heard" she muttered to herself before collecting the phone from him. "Your sister is alive and she is Marshall Yugo's wife" the voice said before the call disconnected. Maya puzzled over the bit of information she had been told. Her sister... Jasmine... Jasmine Padmavati. But Marshall... The Padmavati's... Thinking out loud, the Padmavati's weren't in attendance on the day he unveiled her and there was no sign of even one of the family members. Could it be that what she had been told was true or someone was trying to pul
The fragrance Maya perceived oozing from her chauffer was somewhat familiar. It's musky scent reminded her of someone she had met at Arun's company before but she couldn't piece whom. As she alighted from the chauffer and began walking up the stairs to take the elevator, then did it happen that her memories were awaken.Yes, she had seen her chauffer from somewhere before. She had run into him on one of her trips down Arun's office. How could she forget. She was angry that day caused by Arun's stupidity and she had bumped into an arrogant man who got her without apologizing. The man had been handsome, the same handsomeness that had caught her attention that day and had caught her attention the day she cheated on Arun with him. The same handsomeness that had made her question why he chose to be a chauffer instead of other flashy titles he could have picked up from his path to success from his good looks. She wanted to smile and feel proud that he had seen working for her as an ho
Maya was growing hot with impatience as well as they all sat waiting for the board members like she thought they were. Jasmine sat in their midst knowing she was whom they were waiting for but didn't bother to speak since none of them didn't ask her. Marshall's secretary had come with her and sat by her side while they both waited, for who ever Arun and jos wife believed they were waiting for. In after what seemed like forever, Maya finally asked her husband whom they were waiting for and if it were still his other board members who held minority rights in the room."The owner of Jasmine companies" he muttered. She stared at him and then at Jasmine. She was there already. Didn't he know that she was the owner? Oh well, how was he to. But at the same time it hinted her at another reason. If Arun didn't see her as coming to represent the jasmine companies, then why was she there and who was she representing. " Of a truth, you are actually looking at the CEO and owner of Jasmine Cor
"Don't you think you're exposing yourself too much for a person that doesn't have her name cleared yet?" Maya asked with all seriousness, facing Jasmine as she did. Jasmine smiled as she knew where she was driving at and Marshall had been wise enough to expect a day like this. "I'm sorry but I do not quiet follow you Mrs. Ruge" she calmly replied. "Oh stop with the silly pretended Jasmine. You don't need to hide the fact that you're Jasmine Jaiswal from me" Jasmine turned to her secretary. "Jasmine Jaiswal is the late daughter of the Jaiswal family. Perhaps you're being mistaken for her ma'am because of the resemblance in your names" he explained. Maya bursted into an uncontrollable laughter. " I swear you're so good at acting Jasmine. You should be given an Oscar because I almost didn't even recognize" " If you would excuse us ma'am, my boss here has a meeting we're attending and we cannot afford to be late for anything" her secretary said again and Jasmine began walking away
The meeting ran quickly with no tangible thing being discussed. The board members were still appalled by how a lady and wife of their competitor got to own such a voluminous amount of shares in he company. It made her the second person with majority shares in the company after it's owners that even numerous of them didn't have. Maya could tell where the whole thing was going and that Jasmine had come back for revenge, and her revenge included making the companies hers. She needed the companies herself and the fact that it was also what Jasmine wanted made her vow to stand her guard. She was not going to sit back and watch her. She wouldn't even allow her dream of owning any of the companies. Once again, she was going to show her where she belonged, below and underneath her feet feeding off the crumbs she would be generous enough to give her. Jasmine turned to leave when it appeared like the meeting had been dismissed. She left but only few board members did after her. The other
"Tell me something mother, did you use me all these while to clear the path for your son?" The board members had gone when she returned wanting to have a word with her mother. "Did you use me all these while?" Her breaking voice came again. Because that was the realization occuring to her suddenly. Her mother had used her all those years to pave way for her son, her favorite child. "You knew Jasmine was father's favorite child, did you use me to get rid of her? Answer me!!" She screamed at her when no answer was forthcoming to her question. "It's a good thing you're final realizing, Maya" she finally replied. "In our world, you either use others or you'd get used" she added. A tear almost dropped from Maya's eyes but she held herself wanting not to cry and especially not before her. She couldn't afford to let her know that she had broken her. "If I were you, I would begin planning my exit, Maya. In a few days time, you'll get voted out of the company. How are you going to pre
Maya stared at Mia. It has taken her white some time before she was able to convince her on the call to meet her.” Girl, Jasmine wouldn't care if you betrayed her or not. She has the world at her feet now whether you liked it or not” she had told her and her words had touched the lady who felt lacking herself.Now she sat with her in the open gardens of the hotel she had picked for them to meet.“Do you regret it?" Maya asked her as she stared at her across the able.“Regret what?" Mia replied her pretending to be confused.“We're both losers Mia. I just found out that all my life I have been working for others and Id I don't act now, I will keep on laboring for others who enjoy off my sweats while for myself is vain" Maya hated getting close about her worries with people but with Mia she felt the need to.Only her had the right information that might salvage her situation currently and to get more from her, she needed to act the most needy and vulnerable before her.“I have never im
"I'm sorry but I couldn't stop her. Plenty people were watching and I didn't want to call attention" Maya was almost as if she wasn't listening to what her chauffer was reporting to her as she watched him bring in her boxes. He had questioned her on why she was leaving the house to stay over at a hotel but she had provided no tangible reason as to why. And he had to join her as her chauffer, sleeping away at the living room of the hotel room. She didn't care anymore. Arun, how company or anything about him. Her company was slowly slipping away from her finger and she couldn't afford to watch while it did. Most importantly was her safety. Her mother had shown whom she truly was and her safety was not guaranteed anymore. Sometimes she questioned the authenticity of her being her biological mother and as it stood, her security might be tampered with which might make her question her maternity again. "Are you giving up on the company?" her chauffer asked her but she was in no mood
It was finally the D-day for the board to decide if Mr. Jaiswal's heir should begin working as the new CEO of the corporation. The CEO had been absent from work for a few days now but his wife was able to hide the news of his disappearance with a fake document of him travelling abroad for treatments. She had wanted to stage it as a death of the chairman but because his body had not been found regardless of how many divers she sent to the ocean to search for it in the past few days, none had found his body. This had caused her to call for the meeting with her board immediately, fearing that someone would be out with an incriminating evidence against her son. "Alright, we've gathered here today to vote if the new CEO should begin acting as one" the microphone man announced and Jasmine shared a gaze to her step mother who caught her doing so. They smiled. Jasmine too. She knew she must have already found out whom she was. Mrs Jaiswal fought hard to keep her composure calm. This wa
"Get the men ready to complete the mission" Mrs Jaiswal said to someone over the phone call. She disconnected the call and turned to face her husband who was eating. She had just served him and as he ate, he stopped abruptly and gulped down a glass of water as if he had swallowed an unchewed bone that was clogging his throat. However, after he had gulped down the glass of water, his discomfort did not seem to stop, so he handed over the glass cup he held to his wife for her to get another water for him. She didn't move, not even an inch. He began coughing so vigorously but she let the cup he struggled to hand over to her fall to the floor while she stood and watched him convulse. "Sleep well beloved husband. Greet our parents for me" she said to his motionless body that had fallen to the floor from the dining chair he had sat at. "I told you to just handover your position to our son already but you were too stubborn and adamant about it" she continued saying to the body lying s
There were days in people's lives that was clouded, bleak and as if there was no purpose for them, no life to live, no missions to accomplish and worse no visions in sight to accomplish.That was what Maya currently felt as she made the walk to her hotel room. The meeting with the Cajetan's, no, her biological family wasn't what she wanted. Perhaps like her elder brother wanted, she was now getting a reality check. She wasn't a Jaiswal, never was and never will be. It wouldn't be long before Mrs Jaiswal would decide to use that for her own gains, or in other case, try to turn her a minion because of it. She slipped as she walked into her room. An envelope that had been left at the door caused it. She sighed angrily. The documents and documents again. What exactly did the sender want from her this time? Or was it already her mother trying to turn her into a minion of hers to keep the secret of her not being a Jaiswal. Even if she were to do that, she stood to lose more. Like her
"Congratulations ma'am. You're seven months pregnant!" The doctor announced. The scent of antiseptics filled her nose and Jasmine's mind immediately returned, the moment she heard the doctor say that to her. "Seven months pregnant?" She muttered after him."Yes ma'am" the doctor replied."Congratulations sir. It's going to be a twin" the doctor turned to Marshall Yugo who sat by the arm of the bed.Marshal's face as expressionless as he took the doctors handshake but in his mind, he felt his little world crumbling inside.Being in a one sided affair was no good thing. He had hate it for Jasmine but when he married her, he didn't expect that hg would take her time before she would fall for him.Or perhaps it was because of their differences and the fact that she had been in a tumultuous relationship before,not wanting to open her heart to a new fling.Hearing that she was pregnant came as a surprise to him. He hadn't forgotten once anticipated the possibility and now that she was, he
Maya's face was red with rage as she continuously struggled to free herself from the grip on her arm. But he held her firm, his eyes blazing with intensity."You're going to listen to me, Maya," he repeated. "You're going to understand why mother did what she did."Maya's eyes flashed with anger but his grip only tightened. She was trapped, and she knew it."Let me go" she spat, trying to struggle free. But he didn't budge."Not until you listen to me," he said, his voice firm. "Not until you understand."Maya's eyes narrowed, and she glared at him with pure hatred. But he just stared back at her, his expression unyielding."Fine," she spat finally. "I'll listen. But don't expect me to forgive you or your mother."His expression didn't change, but Maya saw a flicker of relief in his eyes. He nodded, and then began to speak."Mother grew up in poverty," he said. "She struggled to survive every day. And when she had us, she wanted a better life for us."Maya's eyes rolled in disgust. "
The man standing by their side got fed up and angrily dragged Maya away. He was tired of hearing her speak. Each of her words held no wisdom, showing off the stupidity some rich people were raised with. "Let go off me you conniving thief!!" She screamed at him but he didn't listen to her and dragged her off their home back to her car. She entered, feeling it the only place she could be at at the moment, needing some fresh air off the scenery of the slum she found herself at. "Bold of you to show your face to me after what you've done! Have you no shame or fear what I might do to you?" She blared at him hoping to scare him with her words and threats. She meant them. She wanted to exterminate him. To kill him. To put a stop to his existence. The mere knowledge of him still being alive after what he had caused her annoyed her and now she just discovered that he was her mother's son! The child of the woman that birthed her! Even if the lady took in for different men which she wasn't
"Maya?" Maya repeated, the realization the woman knew whom she was settling in. She couldn't keep her eyes off her. The man, her former chauffer who had betrayed her when she most needed him and ran away with her wealth illegally acquired money didn't even seem to grab her attention anymore. It was just the woman. The woman whom she was to believe was her mother, Monica Cajetan. She hesitated, unsure of what to say next. She knew whom she was, and has probably watched everything about her on TV. Did she know she was going to find them one day or had she hoped that day wouldn't have come. Mayaaa... The kept hearing her voice call her name. Admitting perfectly that she had sold her off a chunk of change as if she were a cheap cabbage being sold at the slum markets. She had wanted to believe she had been forcefully taken from her. It was stated in her diary that she had stolen from the madam of the house and she had vowed to deal with her for it when she wanted. She didn't think she
Arun sat in the reception of Jasmine Companies nursing a glass of whiskey. His mind was racing with thoughts of Jasmine and the revelation that she was still alive and well."How did she manage to acquire my shares?" he wondered, his eyes scanning the shadows on the wall."How has she returned so calmly that no one noticed her not when she took advantage of his shareholders short selling" Maya's words kept echoing in his mind: "She has more shares than you do in your own company." The thought sent a chill down his spine.Arun's thoughts drifted to his past, to the events that led to Jasmine's supposed death. He had always felt guilty about what happened after her death but he had never imagined that Jasmine was still alive, seeking revenge."What does she want from me?" Arun asked himself, his eyes narrowing in thought.Revenge? The need to destroy him? That was what most women in her place would want to do to him but with Jasmine,he didn't know what exactly it might be that she want
Maya looked at the parcel that got mailed to her address. It came from someone at Jaiswal Corporations, her mother probably. She wondered how she had been able to locate her down to the hotel where she currently stayed but her thoughts on that strayed away when she saw an envelope in the box that had been mailed to her. She picked up the envelope and went over to her table where she had other documents lying.Opening it, she found photos of a little child. A little child she could identify as herself because she had the same photos of herself as a child, she brought hers out from her locker and the faces were exactly the same thing.She picked another photo after the first and saw the same child, herself, but this time she was being carried by a lady, a lady who didn't look like her mother.Her grip tightened on her photo, realizing her mother had been telling her the truth.She picked up a tiny diary that was underneath the diary.A page stood out. The lady had given birth but kn