Marvin, who was sitting with his eyes looking straight at the laptop screen, immediately raised his gaze when he heard the sound of the door being opened. He saw Dariel approaching him with hurriedly.
"Couldn't you have knocked first? Just startled me!" Marvin said. "I'm sorry, sir. I have news for you, either good news or bad news." Dariel said. He sat on the chair opposite Marvin. Marvin, who was sitting back, frowned. He straightened his back, put his hands on the table and looked at Dariel in confusion. "What's wrong?" Marvin asked. "It's about Lily." Marvin immediately swallowed his saliva when Dariel mentioned a woman's name. "Wh-why?" Dariel got up from his seat and walked over to Marvin, then whispered in Marvin's ear. "..." "What?!" Marvin got up from his seat and stood straight, looking at Dariel with a very surprised look. "Are you serious?" "More than serious." Dariel replied. "How did you find out? Did you find out the truth?" Dariel shook his head. "It happened a long time ago. You also asked me not to find out the information that happened that night, especially since it looked like a normal accident. So, I'm no longer looking to find out what the truth is." "Then how did you find out?" "This afternoon I had an appointment with Mr. Darren at a restaurant to discuss cooperation between companies. When I just entered the restaurant, I saw your girlfriend, Fanny. She was sitting alone. I was going to approach her first just to say hello, but someone approached her first and they chatted. I began to suspect the person who met with Fanny because he was the one whose car Lily hit at that time. Even though it's been a long time, I still clearly remember that person's face because I had a one-on-one talk with him." Marvin looked at Dariel with a serious gaze. "I listened to their conversation and found out everything just now. Lily didn't die because of a pure accident, but she was murdered!" Marvin's hands clenched into tight fists. He sat back and stared straight ahead. "Are you okay after hearing this?" asked Dariel, also sitting on the chair opposite Marvin. "Fanny... it turns out she's ...." "You think I'm ruined, is that it?" Marvin snorted sarcastically and grinned. "You know clearly that I don't love that woman. I was forced to accept her as my fiancée because my mother asked me to." "Then what are you going to do? Pay her back?" "Of course, I'll repay her. There's no way I'm going to make her life easy after committing a crime." "Are you going to tell your mother about what she did?" "Tell her without proof? It's useless, Dariel! My mother won't believe me!" "Yeah, right. Sorry, I didn't have time to record their conversation. But we can go to the person who talked to Fanny earlier. If we put some pressure on him, he'll want to talk." "Don't forget who Fanny is. She must have calculated everything. That person is unlikely to open his mouth even if we pressure him. Maybe he would even be willing to die to protect her. She must have held that person's weakness. Before asking others to follow what she wants, Fanny must have first looked for that person's weaknesses." "That's right. So, what should we do?" Marvin thought for a while, his mind immediately went to Stella. "Have you found the woman from yesterday?" Dariel frowned. "The woman from yesterday?" "Yes... the daughter of Jaffin." "I haven't found her yet," Dariel replied. "After she left the house, it turned out that she was moving from one rental house to another because she was chased by debt. Damian didn't leave any money behind, so she had to get away. That made it difficult for me to find her." "I don't want to know, you have to find that woman!" "What for, sir? Our current problem is more important than just finding that woman." "Just find her. I need that woman." Dariel paused, then said, "Alright, I'll find her right away." Dariel finally followed what Marvin said. He looked for Stella's whereabouts. However, he didn't find her easily at all because she was always moving from place to place. *** "Are you going to look for a job today?" Mia asked Stella who was sitting on the floor tidying up sheets of paper, while she was putting on her shoes to get ready for work. Mia was hired as a waitress at a restaurant. She had never imagined that at the age of 18, she would have to work to earn money for a bite of rice. She was supposed to be preparing her data for university, not working. "Yes, my savings are getting thinner, it won't be enough to fulfill our needs. Especially since we're moving all the time, that's need a lot of money." "I pray that you get a good job. So that we can pay off Daddy's debt soon." "Thanks." Stella replied, and put the sheet of paper into a brown folder. "I'll be going then." Mia excused. "Yeah, take care." After Mia left, Stella also left to look for work by walking from place to place. Whether it was a restaurant or a company. Until her feet were now standing in front of a fairly large company. Esther Company, Stella walked up to the security guard and asked if there were any vacancies. "What a coincidence! The company is looking for some employees. Just go in and wait in the lobby. Someone will assist you shortly." "Thank you," she replied with a smile, entered the company building, and sat down in the lobby. "There are already a few people applying for the job apparently. No problem, who knows if I'll have a fortune here. If not... well, I'll look elsewhere," she muttered. At the same time, Marvin, who had just given his car keys to the security guard, asked to be parked, then he entered his company. He was about to walk towards the elevator, but his steps stopped when his gaze fell on Stella who was sitting in the lobby. Marvin approached the reception desk and spoke to the woman standing there. "These are the people who applied for the job?" "Correct, sir." Marvin nodded. "Bring the woman who is wearing the blue dress to my office." "Yes, sir." Marvin grinned, then walked back towards the elevator to his room. "No need to get tired looking for you. You even came to me. We are indeed soul mates..." Continued...A secretary escorted Stella to her boss's room, then knocked on the door."Come in." A man said from inside the room.A secretary finally opened the door and entered after getting approval.As Stella entered, she saw a man sitting on a chair with his back turned to her."Sir? Miss Stella-""You may come out.""Yes, sir." A secretary smiled at Stella and then left the room.The man turned his chair around and looked at Stella. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw who was sitting there. Yesterday at an inopportune time, they were brought together."You... I-i mean, Mr... who helped me yesterday, right?" she asked."You have a good memory," said the man who was none other than Marvin.Stella swallowed her saliva. "For yesterday, I-i apologize, sir. I swear to God, I didn't mean to say anything to you," said Stella as she pointed her index and middle fingers until they looked like the letter V, "That remark yesterday was directed at someone else and not you. Also, I'd like to apologi
"Wait, so one of the Jaffin daughters is Mr. Marvin's lover?" William said, the 35-year-old man who had been hiring people to go after Stella and Mia."Yes, Boss. It appears that way. We overheard the man addressing the woman with affection. He also mentioned that Stella should have disclosed her debt, so he could settle it without causing embarrassment.""Why don't you find out first! You should have—""Our job is to collect debts, not look for information!" The man interjected. "Now, hurry up and pay for our work, so we can leave this place!""Damn it!" William exclaimed, his fists clenched tightly. He walk over to the desk, opened the drawer, and retrieved a brown envelope to give to the men."Mr. Marvin also mentioned, if you want to take the blame, just blame Damian.""Damian?"Without hesitation, William grabbed the cell phone lying on the table and dialed Damian's number.***"What is the meaning of this? Why did you unilaterally cancel our partnership?" Damian demanded angrily
"You're home already? How strange, you're usually home late at night." Stella remarked upon entering the rental house and seeing Mia sitting on the carpet playing with her cell phone."I have something to talk to you about." Mia said, putting down the phone and looking at Stella seriously."Same here, I want to talk to you too." Stella replied, settling down on the carpet."Well, you go ahead and talk.""No, Mia. What I have to say will take some time, so please, you go ahead." Stella suggested."What I have to say will also be lengthy.""Instead of debating about it, why don't you go first? I promise to listen no matter how long it takes. We have plenty of time anyway. So, what's on your mind?""Okay." Mia replied, her eyes briefly closing as she caught her breath. Then, she fixed her gaze on Stella. "Damian came to see me earlier.""Huh? What?" Stella exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock. "What did he want?""He proposed a deal." Mia explained."A deal? What kind of deal?""He offe
"Mr. Marvin should be able to help us, right?" asked Mia."I don't know," replied Stella while putting on her socks. She was getting ready to see Mr. Marvin and discuss their deal. "He's willing to make a deal with me because there are benefits for him. If he helps you, what will he gain? I don't think so.""Huft..." Mia exhaled very harshly."But there's no harm in trying. Come with me to meet Mr. Marvin and let's talk to him. Who knows, he might be willing to help.""I'm not sure since there's no benefit for him, but never mind. There's no harm in trying first. At least we'll have tried."Stella nodded, then got up, as did Mia. They left their rented house and walked to Esther Company.30 minutes later.Stella and Mia got out of the taxi that they had booked online earlier. They stood in front of the company."Wow... the company is bigger than Dixon, Sis.""It doesn't matter if it's big or small. Let's go!" Stella urgued.They took another step and entered, then walked towards the r
"About your idea of switching positions. I'm sorry, I can't," Marvin said. "I made a deal with Stella from the beginning. So the woman I'm going to marry is her, not you, and that's inviolable."Mia pursed her lips. She really wished she could switch positions so that she could marry Marvin, who was a perfect man."Besides, you made that mistake knowingly, didn't you? You already knew Damian wasn't a good person but still made the deal. As for Stella, she did make a mistake, but she didn't know that Damian was a bad person. If she had known he was a jerk, she wouldn't have fallen for him."Stella who heard Marvin defending her, smiled. Mia now looked very upset."Okay! So what about me, what's the solution? I don't want to marry Damian either. Give me a solution," Mia said."What do I have to gain by helping you, hm?" asked Marvin. "I made the deal with your sister because it had a mutually beneficial goal and mission, and I think you'll enjoy it later too. So if I help you now, what
Stella looked at Marvin with furrowed brows as he said he would never fall for a woman again."After the mission is successful, you are free to choose your options. I allow you to stay in my house and enjoy all the facilities as long as you don't interfere with what I'm doing."Stella nodded in understanding. "Since it happens in the future, we'll see how it goes.""One more thing," Marvin said."What?"Don't expect more from me. Don't put your heart into me and never involve love."Stella turned her gaze in another direction and smiled sadly. She looked back at Marvin again. "You are numb, right? Then it's the same. Damian made me reluctant to fall in love with a man again. All men are jerks!""So you're calling me a jerk?" asked Marvin with narrowed eyes.Stella swallowed hard. "You're on the exclusion list," she said with a smirk.Marvin was still squinting and glaring sarcastically. Stella went back to reading the contents of the agreement, then when she finished, she looked back
"He killed the person I care about the most," said Marvin, his eyes piercing."Who?" asked Stella. "Your lover?"Stella and Mia glanced at Marvin, their expressions serious, wondering who he was referring to."Yes, Lily... she's my lover whom I love very much," Marvin replied. "I just found out that the accident that happened to Lily eight months ago wasn't purely an accident, but it was due to Fanny's interference. That damn woman managed to make it look like an accident, and she did it very cleanly.""Is she so deeply in love with you, sir, that she would take someone's life?" asked Stella."That's not love! It's obsession!" Marvin retorted, locking eyes with Stella. "So, I need your help, Stella. Help me bring down Fanny for killing Lily, and I'll assist you in reclaiming your property rights and even dealing with Damian.""Wait, does that mean Fanny killed Lily out of jealousy, wanting to possess you entirely?" Mia finally spoke up. "Fanny eliminated Lily because she saw her as a
"Are you guys up to something with me?" Damian asked, his eyes wide open and teeth bared. Mia swallowed nervously. "You deliberately accepted a deal with me to get revenge. And behind that, you have Stella and Mr. Marvin helping you," Damian said. "I only found out about Stella and Mr. Marvin's relationship this morning, and I told them about our deal," Mia replied. "Stella was furious at me, then revealed that the debt had already been paid by Mr. Marvin." Damian's brows furrowed. "So?" "This morning we met with Mr. Marvin, and asked for his help in canceling the deal with you. Unfortunately, that damn Marvin didn't want to help because the deal was already signed, it would be very difficult to cancel it. He was afraid you would demand a lot from him later," Mia said, pretending to be annoyed. "So he won't help you?" asked Damian. "No!" replied Mia, looking annoyed. She sat back with her arms folded under her chest. "He said he's already spent a lot of money paying off t