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MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired FLOWERS: GEORGIOU ALEXPOULOS.
It was going to rain. She could tell from the way the weather was changing. Why did it have to be today? Of all days? She stared out the window as the car sped through the road. They were heading to the cemetery where she was buried. They normally went early in the morning every year to pay their respect so they wouldn't clash with her parents who usually come in the evening. She has told Julie not to follow her since she was still on the good side of her parents but Julie has insisted on following her all these years. She even offered to always drive her there so she wouldn't be able to refuse. "Are you okay?" Julie's voice interrupted the silence of the car. "I am fine." She answered without looking at her."You don't seem fine. You have been staring out the window since we started this journey." She noted."Where do you want me to look at? Your face?" She snapped. Megan let out a deep breath. "I'm sorry. Just please let me be."After that small conversation, the rest of the journ
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired A FORMER THREAT.
"I would like a cappuccino," Julie told the Spanish woman."I would like a strawberry latte," Megan said. "What would you like, Mr. Alexpoulos?""Iced latte would be nice." He said. The Spanish woman left them to get their order. "Secondly, don't call me Mr. Alexpoulos, just call me Georgiou, I would prefer that." She and Julie turned to him."Oh, I am sorry about that. I did not know that you would not be comfortable with it."He waved a dismissive hand. "Don't stress about it. I forgive you. It was just that hearing Mr in my name made me feel old." "Ah. I understand." Megan said while nodding. She needed to do it quickly so that she would get going. She was scared that Esther's parents would see her there. Since the day Esther was buried, she has been avoiding her parents because they blamed her for what happened to Esther, she was also to blame because it was partially her fault. So ever since then, she has been avoiding them. Not because she was afraid of them but because she fea
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired WE ARE HERE.
'He threatened to make my business fail and I would not be able to get up to be who I was anymore because he would destroy me.' 'He was watching everything that you were doing from the day you started, till you finished.' 'If you still don't believe me, check out your relationship and how you met him. Is it really coincidental or natural?' 'Leonardo Valenti is not who you think he is.' Georgiou Alexpoulos's words kept ringing in her head as they headed to the cemetery. After their lengthy dramatic conversation that took a turn to where she wasn't expecting, she and Julie ended up leaving first. Their coffees forgotten. She did not even have an appetite to down anything. She might end up throwing up if she tried."Are you still thinking about what he said? Do you believe him?" Julie asked, interrupting her thoughts when the car stopped at a red traffic light.She massaged her forehead. "I don't know Julie. Georgiou is not a man who would lie for no reason. I am trying hard not to beli
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?
The cemetery was quiet as it should be. The somber atmosphere settled over the cemetery like a weighted veil. They both came down from the car at the same time with their flower in hand. Megan heard the distinct sound of the car being locked but her attention wasn't on the car. Julie moved to where she was standing and held her hands, Megan looked down at their entwined hands and up to her face where she wore a slight smile. They stepped through the wrought-iron gates, and the crunch of gravel sounded beneath their feet. They were not the only ones in the cemetery, other people were there, mostly dressed in black just like she and Julie were.The sound of the outside world was muffled when they entered through a door that led to a big field where the graves were. They moved slowly, reverently, between the graves, Megan's eyes were drawn to the rows of headstones, each one a silent marker of a life once lived, now memorialized in weathered stone. The inscriptions, etched with care, tol
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired I AM SORRY: AN UNWANTED APOLOGY.
Her cheeks were stinging so bad but she welcomed the pain. "Aunty!" Julie screamed in shock from the way Mrs Sallow just slapped her. She rushed to her side and held her. Despite her scream, Mrs Sallow ignored Julie and continued."You dare preach nonsense to me? How dare you utter those useless things? Would your words bring back Esther from the dead? What is the point of those meaningless words when my daughter is rotting in the ground? What would your words change? Would it bring her back to life? Would it change what you have done to her? She was innocent in all of this, because of your childhood stupidity, she is dead! Dead and gone! Never coming back." She ranted.A tear slipped from Megan's eyes. "I am sorry." Was all she could say. She could not do anything else except apologize and she felt like hell just because of that.She gripped the collar of her dress. "Don't fucking apologize to me or else I will rip your hair out! Do not apologize to me if you cannot bring her back t
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired A HEART ATTACK.
After Julie finished talking, she was breathing hard, her hair was sticking to her face as the rain poured down heavily on them. The thunder was rumbling loudly. Mr. Sallow went to his wife and held her. "The rain is pouring heavily now. Let's leave or we can take cover if you are not ready to leave now." He said but she was gawking at her and Julie who was on the floor."And so what?" She choked out. "No matter how much she does all those things, it won't still bring back my baby to me. Do you know what always goes on in my mind anytime that I remember my darling girl? I always wished I had not let her out of the house that day. She was supposed to go out with me but she ended up going to your house. She begged me so much that I had no choice but to let her go. To this day, I regret my decision. I had wished every day that I should have forced her to follow me out that day then none of this would have happened. Despite what you did to my daughter. I tried to forgive you but I could
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired FOR REAL.
There was a long stretch of silence in the car. The only sound heard was the rain patterning on the car. She saw Julie blink. "A heart condition? How? What is the heart condition?" She asked."The sickness is coronary artery disease. The type I have is Stable ischemic. It does not happen all of a sudden. It is a slow one that is why I have lived with it for a long time without knowing or noticing any serious signs." She said with a low voice.Julie shook her head multiple times. "I cannot seem to process all of this. You have been so healthy and you exercise. You eat good food and you don't look like an unhealthy person to start with, neither do you have the character of an unhealthy person. How the hell did you get it?""It is the same sickness that my mother had."Julie jerked back in shock. "What? How? But isn't that the sickness that killed her?" She asked, her voice sounded incredulous like she could not believe it. I mean even she did not want to believe it but oh well, she had
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired HER REAL PLAN.
"You are getting married? And it concerns your health? Explain what you mean because I can't seem to understand." She said."I really don't want my father to find out about what is happening with me. It would break me and I cannot afford that." She paused."So?" Julie's eyes were wide and expectant."So I made this plan up. I will get married to him so that he will become my legal guardian. They won't let me proceed with the surgery without the signature of any legal guardian so after I marry him he will help me to sign it once I explain my situation to him. I know Leo, he loves me so he will do it for me.""You want to use him? You don't want to marry him for love? I thought you loved him?""I do love him. I love him so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with him, I am only speeding the process. Plus it is not a bad idea. That way, my father will not find out about my sickness and I will get whole again." She finished with a smile."But Megan, even if your plan works how ar
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MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired THE LETTER AND UNRELEASED COLLECTION.
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
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired TRY HARDER.
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
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired SHE STILL CARED.
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.
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired THE LETTER.
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
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired LEAVING THE HOSPITAL.
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
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired SOONER OR LATER.
"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'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired THE LOVESTRUCK PUPPY.
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
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired UNEXPECTED BETRAYAL.
"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
MEGAN'S BEST DEAL: Once Betrayed, Now Desired HEALING PHASE.
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
