Julie's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?""Yeah." "I did not expect her to be such an organized woman," Julie noted."According to what she said, her husband cheated on her with so many women so she divorced him and collected most of his property and wealth. She bought a new house near this place and she wants to decorate it the opposite of how her former house was. She seemed so angry at her ex-husband.""Quite a ruthless woman isn't she?""She knew me. She also knew about my upcoming wedding to Leo. I know that everyone knows about my engagement to Leo, no one knows when we are getting married. She knew and I don't think I know her. She does not seem familiar to me.""That is strange? Maybe she knows someone close to you."Her widened a bit. "I just remembered, she said that she knew Leo's mother. Maybe that is how she was able to know about the wedding." Megan shuddered when she remembered the story that Leo's mother told her about the woman whose husband had died. "Why does sh
They were shaking in fear, except for one. A brunette who was probably in her late thirties. Megan walked closer to them and read the ID that was hanging on their neck. The woman in her late thirties name was Mary, she recognized her, she had been working in the company for quite some time. She was the person who was defending her. The tallest among them was Tina, the one who had a personal beef with her that she was not aware of, neither has she met. And the last one, the shortest among them was Sabrina. She was the one that was neither hot nor cold, she hated her but she was also rational at the same time and has not completely lost her senses.She drew back and straightened her shoulder, she held her head high so that she would intimidate them the more. It seems like they love it when rich people turn bad and she will show them bad. "Now, I want you to repeat all that you said to my face starting from the beginning. Especially you, Tina." Megan said."We are extremely sorry. We did
The door to the office bathroom opened and Julie stepped inside. "I was beginning to wonder that something has happened to you." She said then glanced around when she noticed the tension in the room. "What is going on?" She asked."This never happened." She said coldly. "Do you hear me?" "Yes." They all replied at the same time."Now leave." She barked and they all rushed out.Immediately the door to the bathroom closed Julie asked in confusion. "Did they do something, Megan?" Megan turned to Julie and stared at her for a long time then she turned around and left the bathroom and headed to her office, she heard the heavy clacking of heels indicating that Julie was following her."Why are you ignoring me, Megan? What the hell happened back there?" She asked in total confusion.Megan reached her office and entered inside, she swung around to face Julie which made her abruptly pause in her tracks."You really want to know what those women did? I will ask you first. Why didn't you tell
"Now wipe those tears off, crybaby." Julie teased. Megan drew back from Julie with a disbelief expression. "What! I am not a crybaby!" She denied. "What the hell do you mean by that?""Yes, you are." She said."No. I am not." Megan said shaking her head."Yes. You ar..." A knock sounded on the door, interrupting their childish banter."Who is there?" Julie asked."It's Willow. I am back from the message you sent me and I wanted to tell you that I left the report on your desk." She said. Julie turned to Megan. "She is the new employee that you said I should hire to help me with my work." She whispered. "Oh. Let her in. I have not met her properly." She said. She wanted to meet this new employee but she has not had the time and her mind has been recently occupied. She has seen her picture but she has not really seen her in real life."Come in," Julie said then straightened her posture. The door opened and a young woman stepped into the office. She was in her early twenties, she wore
How did he manage to get the contract? That will only mean one thing. He somehow got into her house. This is bad. If he has it, he won't hesitate to use it against her and she certainly did not want the whole world to know that she and Leo's relationship started out as a deal and even though she told them that they had fallen in love, no one would believe her. Why did this have to happen, now of all times? The worst thing is that she cannot report it to the police, that would be like she was setting up a bomb to explode in her face.The phone rang and she flinched, she realized that she was standing there staring into nothing. She looked at the caller and it was the same unknown number that sent her the message. She picked it up and placed it in her ear."How do you like my little gift?" Brandon asked. "It was nice, wasn't it? I bet you were surprised with how I got it."Megan glanced at Julie and she was staring at her, she moved away from her and the car so that she wouldn't hear wh
"I think we should enter the car. There are a lot of people around." Julie said glancing at the workers that were leaving work. Megan looked around and truly, someone could overhear their discussion and that could be worse. "Ok." They both entered Megan's car."Now, you can continue.""I know it is trouble, that is why I am panicking. If the public finds out about that contract and the deal that me and Leo made then I think I am finished. My father does not even know about the true relationship between me and Leo. He thinks that we met normally and he will be so devastated when he finds out that I deceived him. I don't want him to know and I don't want Leo to suffer anything concerning Brandon." She cried out. She was really frustrated with the way Brandon could not seem to leave her so that she could live her life in peace. He should go and live his life and not disturb her.After all, he cheated on her, she was not the one who cheated on him. If anyone was to behave in the same way
The house was a total mess. It was scattered almost beyond repair; vases were broken, an overturned lamp lay on the floor, its shade askew, and the bulb shattered. The artworks that were hung on her wall were all on the floor, either torn or broken. As she and Julie made their way further into the house, broken glasses scrunched under her feet. Her fashion magazines were strewn haphazardly across the couch cushions, some crumpled beyond recognition. Megan paused and took a look around her whole house. Her former treasure. How could Brandon do this to her? Her television did not go free, it was broken with something that seemed like a baseball bat. "Oh gosh." She fell to the sofa in a crumpled heap. "I can't believe this." Megan whimpered. "Me neither," Julie whispered. "What is the point of doing all of this? He could have just come and taken what he wanted instead of destroying the whole place. It was simply not necessary. Do you have an idea of how he got into your house?" She ask
"From the video that we both saw, he brought in a skilled person to break into your apartment. He snuck in when I tenant came back from work, that was how he was able to gain access into the building." The security man in charge of the security cameras was telling her. She and Julie have just finished watching the video of how Brandon managed to enter her apartment without leaving any sign of break-in. So that was how he was able to break in cleanly, without breaking the door. He was indeed meticulous. Thank God that she and Julie have taken pictures of the place and all the damages caused. She did not know what the outcome of this might be but she wanted to be a bit ready. She wanted to have something against him."Would you like to report it to the police?" The security man asked. Megan slowly shook her head. "No. I only want to change the lock to my door." She said. She was going to leave her house like that for now as evidence, just in case something arose. "Are you sure?" He a
Megan stepped down from the car that her father's driver drove her to the hospital with and immediately cursed under her breath. She was just coming back from the hospital for her checkup, according to her doctor, she is now able to do normal things since it has been five weeks since she had her surgery. Although she still feels tired sometimes it was bearable. Her medication was still one of her enemies at the moment; it still made her feel drunk and groggy sometimes. She missed feeling sane and normal.Back to what she was angry about right now, another set of bouquets was being taken into her father's house together with a gift bag. Was he not tired? It has been a whole month since she came back from the hospital and also the same time when the gifts and flowers started invading her father's house. Walking into the house, she headed to the place where the flowers are always kept, the dining room. This time, the bouquet was not as big as the others. The flowers have been so much th
He needed to get his wits together. If only he could try harder, then maybe she would come back to him. The reason why he has not yet gone to see her, even though he almost has plenty of times, was because her father was the one who advised him not to rush things, especially with Megan. Peter Zendel told him that whenever stuff like this happened, it was best to give her space and not rush things because she might regret any hasty decision she makes, so it was better to let her decide on her own. The only thing that had been keeping him sane was knowing the fact that she was doing fine and alright. He was getting feedback on her health from his friend, Juan, whom he recommended to Megan's father. It was not all because he wanted to watch her. That was why he recommended Juan; it was also because he wanted her to be in good health, and he was aware that she needed a very healthy diet, and Juan was the best option. As for the letters he was sending, he will have to write better. S
It was not just any letter like the one he had been sending to her for a while. It was a handwritten letter of their memories together. How did Leo, who is a businessman, think of something like that? It was so nice, and she did not want to acknowledge it. She could not and she will not acknowledge it. This one was written of their time in the London Eye. He wrote every detail of how she was happy, scared, and sad at the same time. His writing was so accurate that if she did not know him, she would have thought that he probably paid a pro or writer to do it for him or that he bought it. Nevertheless, this was too accurate to not be true. She did not know that Leo was keeping all the memories so stored deeply inside his heart and head. She remembered that time so well even though she did not. She finished reading the letter and her heart was beating fast not in a bad way but in a good way. She dropped the letter in the waste bin, and after a few minutes, she went back to pick it up.
It has been weeks now and she was frustrated. The whole house was filled up with flowers and a nice fragrance, not that she was complaining about the fragrance. Ever since she came to her father's house, Leo has not stopped sending flowers and letters of apology. She wondered how he knew about her current location. She had dismissed the bodyguards that he hired for her because she no longer needed them as she was staying at her father's house. Megan also released to the media that she was sick, which was the reason for the cancellation of their wedding. The day she was supposed to get married, which was yesterday, has passed, and she was still working on her health in her father's house. The wedding cancellation news was the only way to protect them both from criticism; the media still thinks that they are together; she left it that way because Leo would be heavily criticized for leaving her when she was sick and at her lowest. She wanted to wait till everything die down before she r
Delphine drew back in surprise. "Huh? You have broken up with Leo?" Megan shook her head. "No, I did not break up with him. We are only taking a break for now. We need some time to think about our relationship." She explained her lie. She and Leo are not taking any breaks, but they have broken up. More like she broke up with him but she did not want to tell his mother that when she knows how much Delphine loves her and sees her like her daughter. She did not have the guts to break her heart.Delphine sighed heavily. "Oh. It's Leo, right? He is the reason for this break that you talk about." When she saw that Megan was not answering her she continued. "There is no need for you to defend him; I know my son, and I know what he can do. He sometimes is careless and does not know how to value the precious things around him. He also makes some mistakes that are unbelievable and he is not perfect. I don't know what he must have done but I want to tell you that you should follow your heart an
"Geez, you scared the shit out of me. Don't go around scaring me like that anymore. I may have another heart attack even though I have been cured." Megan exclaimed.Julie pursed her lips. "I am sorry for disturbing you, but why are you scared? Do you have something to be scared of?" Her expression was skeptical.Megan composed herself and held her head high. It did not matter if Julie had caught her red-handed, she will still hold her head high. There was nothing to be afraid of. "I don't have anything to be afraid of. I thought you were working?" Megan pointed. "Are you trying to change the topic? You came here to check if your ex-boyfriend has come to see you once more." She stretched her neck to look out the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Julie suddenly grinned. "There he is, just leaving. You must be happy that he is still smitten with you." She remarked with a sly smile.Megan glanced out the window and in the direction where his car was parked before, and he was really driving o
Megan drew back in surprise. "Dad? He knows too?""Of course he does. For some strange reasons that I don't know about, he agreed to his request. I am not sure if he knows about the breakup. Did you tell him?""No. I never told him." She said."Well. That is what happened. I can never hide something like this from you; I am not crazy," She said. "If you don't still fully trust me, then you can call him and ask him; he will surely confess what he did."What she is saying makes sense a little, it is not completely rubbish. But... " How the heck did you know that I broke up with him? I don't remember telling you or is this surgery messing with me?" Julie folded her hand across her chest and gazed at her with an unimpressed expression that screamed, 'What the fuck.' "Really? Even a blind man would know. Maybe your father even knows and you are not aware of it. What I am saying is that everyone knows that Leonardo is obsessed with you and would do anything for you; I mean, the nurses even
"What is going on?" Julie whispered with curious eyes. Megan quickly signaled for Julie to keep quiet so that the nurses would not hear her and Julie quickly shut her mouth. The bodyguards who were a few feet away from them froze. Megan sometimes wonders if they are robots because of the way they always seem to know what to do. Another reason why she had left them was because she was already used to having them around. They were at the back of the nurses station, the nurses could not see them."I wonder what is going on between them. They have not seen each other ever since that day that Miss Zendel went into surgery. Do you think they broke up?" Someone asked."No. I don't think they broke up, it is more like an estranged love, a love that cannot be shown. He has been visiting the hospital but it seems like Miss Zendel is not aware. I caught him one day in the parking lot where he was watching her room window. After watching for a while, he got into his car and drove off.""True. I t
It has been a week. A whole freaking week and her recovery has been her priority. She did not let herself think about anything else except recovering, which had not been easy at all; the pain was not little at all. It hurt like hell, she has never felt that amount of discomfort and pain for a long time. It felt so new but with the help of painkillers, the pain was bearable. She had to manage a regimen of pain medications, which normally left her feeling groggy and disoriented at times. Simple tasks like sitting up, walking, and even breathing deeply cause her pain and anguish but she was able to face it with the help of her family. Her father has always been there for her and even Julie has practically been working from her hospital room. She did not feel lonely with their constant presence, and it was comforting to know that there were still people by her side, people who would be with her through it all. Unlike some other people whom she did not want to think about right now.To re