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One night, when Belle got home, exhausted from work, she went straight to bed without changing her clothes. She wasn’t even able to wash her face.She doesn’t know how long she has slept when her phone started ringing nonstop. She glanced at the clock on her side table, it was only one in the morning.“Hello?” she answered lazily.“Are you sleeping already?” Nathalie asked, sounding hurried and worried at the same time. When Belle didn’t answer immediately, she cut her off. “Check the internet.”As she noticed a hint of panic in her friend’s voice, she quickly grabbed her laptop and opened the main news website in Bree. Her eyes widened in shock.Right on the site’s front page, the headline was written in bold letters, ‘FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF DE CLARION EMPIRE, OWNER OF SWEET SUE CYBERSECURITY, POISONED BILLIONAIRE FREDERICK DE CLARION.’Belle suddenly felt cold all over her body. Her hands started shaking uncontrollably. Biting her lower lip, the first thing that came to her m
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After hearing his grandfather’s statement during the live broadcast and after everything else he said, Tristan wanted to get mad. Not to the old man, but to himself.Again, he was reminded that he was indeed a fool to slap Belle and accuse her of hurting Frederick. He was reminded of how stupid he was for acting rashly toward her.With heavy feet, Tristan asked Jacob to go straight to Belle’s company. He wanted to see her and apologize to her, if and only if, he could muster enough courage to do so.“Hi! What are you guys doing here?” Nathalie asked as she welcomed them and led them to the company’s visitors’ lounge.“I came with Jacob, he wants to visit you,” Tristan answered immediately.Jacob’s eyes flicked to Tristan, who was now pretending to be reading a magazine. He is sitting casually on the couch, laid back, one leg over the other with a magazine in one hand while the other is busy flipping the pages.Fortunately, Jacob understood Tristan. ‘He’s using me again because he’s sc
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While waiting for the food to be served, Esme started talking to Joyce about Belle. She was intrigued by the scene they saw earlier and she wanted to know what exactly was going on.“I saw you come out of her company earlier with Tristan. What happened?” she pried.Joyce’s expression suddenly changed. She was calm before Belle’s name was mentioned. Now she looked like she was ready to murder anyone.“That bitch!” she seethed. “I don’t know what to do so she would stop bothering Tristan! She just can’t stop herself from chasing him!”Vernice and Esme exchanged glances. ‘I think we got the right person,’ she thought to herself. “She really is a bitch and she’s hard to get rid of. We have already tried several times,” Vernice informed her.“Why were you unsuccessful?” Joyce asked curiously.“It’s because of Tristan, of course! It’s because he would always protect Belle,” Esme answered immediately. She smiled to herself when she noticed the creases on Joyce’s forehead deepening. ‘I think
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“Stop flirting with my fiancé!” Joyce shouted at Belle.For the second time, Belle slapped her. “The first slap was to calm you down. This one is to knock some sense into your dead brain.Now don’t wait for the third one, I’ll make sure it won’t just be a slap,” she warned her.Joyce was scared but instead of retreating, she forced out a laugh. “Your threat won’t work. I won’t be causing trouble here if you’re not trying to break my relationship with Tristan. Actually, you should be thankful this is all I did. I could’ve killed you!”Belle trembled, not expecting Joyce would say something like that, but she chose not to show it. She doesn’t want the woman to simply intimidate her, knowing that all her accusations are false.“Leave!” she ordered Joyce. “Leave before I call the police. Or I think it would be much better to call Tristan instead. So he can personally see what kind of person the love of his life is,” she chuckled.Joyce’s face paled as if Belle said the magic word. Without
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“Belle, can you go out with me tonight? Dinner?” Eric asked smiling. He decided to visit Belle as he hadn’t seen her for quite some time.Eric is fond of her, he likes her. However, Tristan is like a brother to him. Though he wants to make a move on the woman, he can’t do it because of his friend.“Sure, where are we eating?” Belle asked, not taking her eyes off of her monitor. She’s rushing an important presentation, as she has a big shot client visiting her office the next day.“Royal,” the man who was busy playing with the pendulum on the table answered.“Give me five,” then she quickly stood up and went straight to the restroom. “Let’s go!”As soon as she stepped out, she just grabbed her bag and headed for the door. They rode in Eric’s car and he would drop her off after eating. She needs to go back to finish her work.When they arrived at the Royal Palace, a waiter quickly led them to a table for two. Before they can place their order, someone called Eric.“Hey, Tristan! Kismet?
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Days after the incident at the restaurant, Belle received a call from the De Clarion Villa. According to John, Frederick wanted to see her.Belle agreed to visit the old man. As soon as she was done with work, she headed for the villa to see the old De Clarion.When she got in, he found the old man in the living room, staring at the screen of his laptop. “Hi Grandpa, how are you?” Belle asked cheerfully.Frederick extended both hands as he stood up. Belle lovingly hugged him and they both sat down. “I’m doing well, my health’s improving every day. You? I heard about the incident with Joyce,” he frowned.Belle frowned too, as she was again reminded of that dreadful night. “I’m okay so far,” she smiled half-heartedly.Before they could continue with their conversation, Frederick asked John for tea, but Belle volunteered to do it. “You sit down John, you look really tired.”The middle-aged butler smiled at her, thankful for her consideration as he sat in the single-seater next to Frederi
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“Can I take you to your office?” Tristan asked.Belle looked behind her shoulder and saw Tristan approaching her. He stood right next to her, both of them looking at the pond.“I can’t believe it was you who saved me,” both of them chuckled. “And it was you who I was arranged to be married with,” he added, glancing at the woman beside her.“Me too,” Belle answered. She too glanced at Tristan, who was now looking at the pond again.“Belle…”“Hmm?”“I’d like to ask you a really huge favor,” he started.“What is it?”Tristan let out a long sigh, “I know this is too much to ask. But, can you please not file a case against Joyce for what she did to you at the restaurant?”If Belle was to decide, she would want to file a case, especially now that she found out that Joyce faked being Tristan’s savior. She hates her and Vernice, for stealing from her.However, just by thinking about it, she already feels exhausted. Whenever she recalls what happened at the restaurant, she suddenly wants to go
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As soon as he heard the mind-blowing news, Tristan rushed out of the conference room. He even pushed Jacob out of his way.As they were only on the fourth floor, he didn’t even bother waiting for the elevator. He ran straight to the stairs, straight to the parking lot.Joyce, on the other hand, went out of the clinic as soon as her wounds were dressed. Waiting for a cab, she dialed Vernice’s number.“I deliberately bumped into Belle’s car, monitoring her status. I’m hoping she’s dead but we want to be sure,” ending the call after giving her instructions.She went straight home to rest, leaving her phone on the side table so she could hear it when she got a call. She needs to know what happened to the woman.When she closed her eyes, she was again reminded of how Tristan looked at her after she tried stabbing Belle. This ignited the fury inside her.Vernice immediately rushed to the hospital after receiving Joyce's call. She, too, is hoping that the woman she loathes is dead.Meanwhile
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On their bed and while lying on Tristan’s arm, Belle recalled the invitation she got earlier. She forgot to mention it to the man over dinner and even after.“Love, I got a cruise invitation,” she started. “I’m sure you have one too. Are you going?”Although sleepy, Tristan forced himself to respond. “I am, I know the organizer. He’s a good friend of mine. You should go too.”“Can we go together?”“I have a meeting that day and I don’t know what time it will end. The cruise will leave at eight but you have to be there by six for the program. You can go first. I’ll ask Marco to drive you there.”“Alright then. You look very tired love, go ahead and sleep.”Belle planted a kiss on the man’s forehead before squeezing closer to him. Minutes later, they were both taken to dreamland.A few more days later and the day of the cruise came. Just like what they talked about, Belle went ahead. He’ll meet Tristan there.Surprisingly, when she boarded the yacht docked at the Bree Port, no one was t
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When Tristan and Jacob arrived at the hospital, Belle’s attending physician told them that the woman had been moved to a hospital in Dale. This was the request of the patient, according to him.Upon hearing that, Tristan instructed Jacob to call the company’s pilot and prepare the private jet. They have to reach Dale as soon as possible.Fortunately, they didn’t take that long to reach the hospital where Belle’s confined. Jacob did the honor of approaching the nurse’s station to ask where the woman’s room was.When Tristan found out that Belle was staying in a ward, he ordered Jacob to move her to a private room. And there he spent all his time taking care of her.“What happened to her?” Lydia asked.Tristan was a bit startled as he didn’t hear anyone opening the door. He stopped wiping Belle’s arm and placed the towel back in the basin.He sat on the chair next to Belle’s bed, and let out a sigh, before facing Belle’s adopted parents. “I’m really sorry about this,” he started.The yo
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Tristan dropped Belle off at her company. She was about to enter after greeting the guard when someone called her. She immediately turned around and, to her horror, it was Esme and she was holding a gun.“Finally, we’ve met! I’ve been trying to see you for days!” Esme sneered.“Put the gun down Madam!” the guard shouted, walking over in front of Belle to protect her.However, instead of following the guard’s order, she shoots him. The guard immediately dropped right in front of Belle and it freaked her out.“What are you doing?” she screamed, but Esme just smiled at her. The crazy woman gestured for her to go in and Belle quickly followed.When they reached her office, Esme locked the door and pushed Belle to her table. “I still can’t believe that you’re alive…” she whispered.Belle wanted to say something but no voice would come out of her. She’s been inhaling and exhaling since they got in, but it won’t calm her nerves.Esme made her sit on her swivel chair, while she was pacing bac
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It was already bright and shiny when the police finished their investigation. Belle feels like her head is not attached to her neck. Everyone else looked like they were floating."According to the investigation, the guard said that a woman in her late 40s entered the village saying she was a visitor to Luisa Villa," the investigator stated.“Why did he let her in? He didn’t even ask for identification?” Frederick asked irritatedly.“Actually Mr. De Clarion, he did, but what’s weird is that he received a call from someone claiming that the woman should be allowed in. The person who called introduced himself as the butler of the family, John.”Frederick looked at John and so was the rest of the people in the living room. The man raised both hands and spoke, “I have nothing to do with that call.”The police nodded at him, “We believe that Sir, we checked your background and we found out that you’ve been serving the De Clarions for almost four decades already. In addition, you do not have
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The past days and weeks have been peaceful for everyone. Joyce was locked up and there was no news about Esme either.Seeing that it’s safe to go back to work, Belle and Tristan decide to resume their posts, Him as CEO of De Clarion Empire and her as CEO of Sweet Sue.All is well for them or that was what they thought.Little did they know, someone was watching all their moves. Someone was hoping to take revenge on them, all of them.A week after Belle came back to the company, she received a package with a dead rat inside. It also came with a note that says ‘You’re next.’Instead of taking it seriously, she decided to just have it thrown away. She also ordered the guard not to receive any packages, unless he knew who they came from.After one more week and three more packages with warning notes, it stopped. To not cause any worry, Belle decided not to tell Tristan about it.However, on her way home one night, as soon as she turned left to the next street, she saw one of the homes in
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Everyone was surprised to see Lawrence Williams. No one expected him to show up at the De Clarion Villa.“Dad!” Belle exclaimed before rushing to her father. “How are you?”Ignoring his daughter, Lawrence turned to Frederick first. “I apologize for coming without notice. I just wanted to check on my daughter,” he explained.“That’s not a problem,” the old De Clarion responded. “Please sit down.”As soon as they had settled down, Lawrence turned to his daughter. “What were you saying earlier? What did Esme do last night?”Belle, Tristan, and Jacob repeated the story for Lawrence to hear. After learning everything, the man started bawling and no one stopped him.Everyone in the living room let him pour out his emotions. They understood what he was going through, they understood his pain.When Lawrence calmed down, he apologized again for the scene he had just caused. Then again, he was forgiven right away.“I don’t understand why she keeps doing things she’s not supposed to do. I try my
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As the news was about to start, Lawrence grabbed a plate and placed some food there. He leaned back and started eating, while the maid placed his coffee on the end table.A female newscaster was then shown on the screen and behind her was a villa with a beautiful landscape. Lawrence can’t help but be impressed.‘News Flash! Just this morning, a cleaner called the police station to report a murder case. According to the informant, she arrived at this villa as part of her daily schedule. She has the key and has access to the main door and all the other rooms. As she was used to no one being home early in the morning, she proceeded to open the master’s bedroom and was horrified by what she saw.On the bed, a man was lying down, looking wasted, and next to her was a woman bathing in her blood. According to the police, the woman sustained 18 stab wounds on her neck, chest, and stomach. The man with her was taken to police custody for further investigation.The police cannot give any inform
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Belle nervously opened the door to the villa. She was quietly praying that when she got home, Tristan would be there waiting for her.When she got in, it was only Frederick and John talking in the living room. Still hopeful, she quickened her pace and sat next to the old man.“Is Tristan home? What about Jacob?”The old De Clarion exchanged looks with the butler. “They’re not here, what happened?” John asked, worried and confused.Belle started narrating what happened. Fiddling with her fingers, she couldn’t stop worrying although John had already told her that he was coming with her to look for them.Meanwhile, outside the villa gifted to Vernice, Esme’s car was parked in a dark spot. Waiting for who knows who, she took out her phone and started dialing.“Where are you?”“We’re on our way. We got the girl.”A smile broke on Esme’s face, she was already feeling triumphant.Minutes later, a car parked next to Esme’s car. “Go right in. Tristan’s already there. CCTVs are everywhere in th
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Days passed and Thursday arrived. Belle’s going to meet Vernice at Eden. She was nervous initially, but after she told Tristan about it the last time they met, he assured her that he'd be there too and that dissipated her worries.When the clock strikes 6 in the evening, Belle starts preparing. Since it was just a casual meet-up, she decided to dress casually as well.After taking a shower, she dried her hair and applied a thin layer of face powder on her face. Then she grabbed a red cardigan, black jeans, and a red slip-on. She just tied her hair in a high ponytail and set off.Belle arrived past 7 and the bar was already packed. As soon as she stepped in, she looked up to check the VIP room that was assigned to Tristan. She secretly smiled and sighed in relief when she saw that the lights were on.After confirming Tristan’s presence, she proceeds to walk in, looking around. She then saw Vernice waving at her, so she approached her table and sat in front of her.“I thought you were n
