Inside the coffee shop, baristas could be seen behind the coffee machines. There were customers sitting quietly and discussing their businesses over coffee when the rich lady barged in and yelled with anger radiating from her. “Where is the manager of this place?!”Cora’s friend and everyone else was stunned. This lady was standing with Cora just now. Hope she’s not here because of Cora? Cora’s friend dragged Cora to the side and asked in a hush voice. “Did you do anything to her?” “She’s a spoiled brat.” Cora replied. “Fuck! How could you offend someone like her?... Wait, who slapped you? Your face is swollen.” Her friend frowned. Cora touched her face and sighed. “Are you all dead? I’ll ask this for the last time, where the hell is your manager!!” “I’m right here… Good afternoon, Miss, how may I help you?” a middle-aged man hurried out from a small side room and stood in front of the rich lady. He smiled to reassure the customers who were looking curious that nothing was wr
“CEO Mika is talking to you!!” “Yes, yes, CEO Mika. Please, what do we offer you?” Mr. Clem hurried forward to take their order. “Mr, I believe it’s her work. Let her do it.” Anamika said. “Oh,” Mr. Clem stepped aside. “I– I’ll just go in and change. I won’t take long.” Cora forced herself not to cry. Anamika chuckled. “Why? Why should I wait for you to go change before I take my drink? I came here because I wanted to drink coffee, not to wait for a barista to change uniforms.” Anamika’s face was devoid of emotions after that. One couldn’t tell what she was thinking. Cora bit the inside of her mouth hard while fumbling with her fingers. She lowered her head, “I’m sorry.” She was so emotional that one could see she was holding back tears. “It seems at this point, I’ll starve to death. Asher, let’s go somewhere else.” All this while, Anamika’s eyes were focused on her sister, totally not seeing the seductress sitting adjacent to them. Mr. Clem immediately raised his head and s
At this point, the matter had escalated to the point where Mr. Clem and the other employees had to rush over to start apologizing and apportioning blame. All the while, Anamika said nothing in Cora’s defence. She just sat there and allowed the matter to keep spreading like wildfire, while Asher was busy drinking his coffee in peace. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that,” Cora kept apologizing and by now, she was already crying. “Cora, you are a professional. You’ve been working for this establishment for three years and such mistakes and complaints have never been made on you. What the heck happened to you today? Did you freak out because of the status of the customers we have today? I’m sure that’s what happened.”Even though the matter was so bad, Mr. Clem was still trying to give her the benefit of the doubt and also change the people’s opinions of her. It was clear that the few customers who dropped by today were new people who had never been attended to by Cora. Anamika start
Cora froze. She slowly looked up at her sister. Yes, this is her sister! This is how forgiving she had always been. Others might offend her and she’d seek revenge but her family was different. No matter what they did to her, she used it as body lotion and never allowed it to sink into her heart. Of course, she’s a human, sometimes she sits alone to think about her life especially when their mother said something hurtful to her but before the day ends, she’d return to the big sister who does all the chores and play with Martin. Remembering everything made Cora feel horrible. She crawled on her knees to her sister and held the hem of her black skirt. “I’m sorry, sister. I… I thought you would hate me. I thought you… I thought… I’m sorry. Waah!” Anamika watched her as she continued to cry like a baby. Her eyes stung with tears too but it won’t be good for her to cry at a place like this. Asher saw she was struggling to hold back tears, so he helped her up. “Let’s return home.” “Hm,
A short while later… Aiden and Nadia could be seen, assessing Cora as they sat in front of her. “They have the same lips, nose, same eyes, thick brows… Smile, I want to confirm something.” Aiden urged Cora. “What do you think you’re doing?” Nadia asked sluggishly. “I want to confirm if she is Mom’s sister.”“Get over it. She’s family.” Nadia continued working on her laptop. “Then, why haven’t we seen her for so many years? Mom even said grandma traveled… I can’t help but think grandma and Aunt don’t like mom.”“No! That’s not true!” Cora panicked. “Knock it off. Aunt is here now.” All the while that Nadia was speaking, she didn’t raise her head from her laptop. “See, she flinched just now.” Aiden refused to give up. Nadia lifted her eyes and glanced at him, then slowly shook her head and continued with her work. Aiden got down from his couch and said, “Miss, can you stand up for a moment?” The kids are super cute and likable at first sight until you start interacting with th
That evening, Asher returned to Anamika’s home to a fuming Anamika waiting for him in the sitting room. Just when he was about to hug her, she pushed him away and yelled;“What’s the meaning of your actions?” “What’s that?” he asked.“Why did you have your men replace my people without my permission?!” She frowned. “Oh, that.” He tried to hold her but she avoided him. “Fine. I changed them because your guards’ skills are too poor.”“And what makes you think that your guards are the best?” He smiled and grabbed her without her consent, then allowed her struggle until she was calm. “My guards are not the best, but trust me, they won’t allow you or the kids to go through what you went through last week.” “My men were hired from ESC, best security agency in Rivera.” She said. “They can’t beat mine in a fight. Mine are better.” Anamika looked at him for a long time, then slowly asked, “Asher, who are you?” Asher also stopped moving and looked intently at her without answering. “Is
The next day, Anamika was seen heading to Emma’s apartment. On her way there, she stopped at the grocery store to get some ingredients. She wasn’t scared that she might not meet her friend at home because she has a spare key to her apartment. On getting to the front door, it was unlocked, so she pushed the door open and walked in. “Emma… Emma? Get down, I’m here.” While saying that, she was putting her bag on the couch and taking the groceries to the kitchen. Getting to the kitchen, she opened the fridge and sighed at the clean and empty space. “She’ll never change.” She stocked the fridge up with everything she bought before heading to Emma’s room to check on her. Emma has a small device in her room that tells her if there’s an intruder in her house, so by now, she was supposed to have known that she was here. Taking the stairs, she arrived at the passageway. Getting to Emma’s bedroom door, she was about to knock when she heard a muffled groan coming from the room. Alarmed, she
“Charlie and I weren’t such a great couple like you thought.”“What do you mean?” “He was a cheating bastard… he put his hands on me when he’s annoyed and even… he rapes me sometimes.”“What? And you put up with that?! For how long?” “It’s been four years now. You know how much I love him. Whenever he apologized and started acting like he’s repented, I couldn’t help going back to him. I hate myself for that too but… I’m weak against him, Mika!” She started crying again. Anamika pulled her friend into a tight hug. “Shhh… it’s ok. I’m not judging you, I promise. But I’m upset that you’ve been hiding this from me for so long. Do you still consider me your friend? Do you?!” Emma broke the hug and nodded. “Yes, yes I do! You’re my family. You’ve been going through a lot for the past five years. So, how can I bother you with my problems?” Anamika sighed. “True, I’ve been going through a lot. But recently, my problems have subsided. That is why you should have told me and that bastard w