She looked up at the maid standing beside her and let out a small thankful smile.Then her eyes darted across the large room to the wall clock. All of a sudden, she let out a loud gasp.The time… She had slept in the dining room the whole night?! Who would have thought?… She thought she merely took a nap here. Shit! She jumped up from the chair like it was a hot pot of water. She glanced quickly at the maid and bowed thankfully before dashing up the stairs to prepare for school. If not for the kind maid, she’d have probably missed school today.After Mia was done dressing up, she headed back downstairs for breakfast. This time, she met Shawn already seated at the dining table.Her steps slowed down at the sight of him and she hesitated for a while before taking her seat opposite him.“Good morning.” She bobbed and muttered softly.The stoic man simply ignored her as always. But this time, she felt that he was colder than usual. Or was she just overthinking things? Mia shrugged menta
Was this really the guy she had been in love with all her life? Really? How absurd. And sad. Mia neither turned around, nor did she say anything in response to Max. She simply walked away like she had intended to, leaving Max standing all by himself in an awkward posture. Max felt a dull pain surge in his heart as he watched the girl’s retreating figure. Once upon a time, he loved her with all of his might. But as time went on, he realized he didn’t love her as much… and he loved Martha more than he loved Mia. He had to follow where his heart led him. But what was this pain he was currently feeling? Well, it had to be that he was simply being concerned about Mia, as a friend. Yeah. That was it, friendship feelings. ***Mia walked into her classroom with a heavy load on her chest. Max was the least person she ever expected to hear those hurtful words from. And he even made her recall yesterday’s sad event. Sigh. Well, even her own father didn’t believe her…Despondently, she remo
She prayed he wouldn’t fall in love with someone else and get married to the person before she met up with him. Her dreams would be crushed if that were to happen. Although Shawn was several years older than her, Vivian didn’t care at all. It was even better that way. Older men were more caring and loving than agemates. “I know, mummy. I’m trying my best.” Vivian blushed deeply as she responded to Barbara.“Very good, my baby. Keep working harder. Before you know it, you’ll graduate from school and become a successful actress in Beats Entertainments. Like you’ve always wanted.”“That way, it would be easier for you…” the older woman was grinning from ear to ear as she spoke.Barbara wanted nothing but the best for her daughter. And she was going to see to it that Vivian got nothing but the best.Back to the present day:“Awwwwwn.” Vivian squeaked happily as she clicked on the notification she had just received.Her dearly beloved had just posted an update and she so eagerly wanted to
Considering that those girls wore the same uniform as Mia, they deduced that they attended the same school as the girl. Back to the present."Boss?" There was urgency in Lucas' voice as he glanced at his boss through the rearview mirror, waiting impatiently for the man to give an order. Shawn's eyes didn't leave the girl even for a second. She was crying and writhing in pain—no one cared about her. Passersby simply walked past her, paying dear ears to her cries. Some people even took pictures and recorded videos of her. After a few seconds, he spoke, "go." Immediately, Lucas unbuckled the seatbelt strapped around him and dashed out of the car. Without wasting time, he rushed to Mia's side at once and carried her from the ground. She was swung over his shoulder and he quickly picked up her school bag too. Swiftly, Lucas opened the backseat's door with one hand and carefully placed the girl beside his stiff boss. He stepped into the driver's seat and sped off immediately. He knew
Shawn's steps halted as he approached the front door. Without turning around, "take care of them." he responded. Swiftly, he walked into the house.A wave of contentment rushed through Lucas as he heard that response. Since the big boss had given him the go ahead to take care of the issue, he'd do just that.As it was already getting really late, he handed the car key over to the bodyguard that was nearest to him, and took his leave. And like that, he called it a day.Besides, he had to go deal with the issue at hand as soon as possible.Inside, the maid watched in sheer horror as their master ascended the stairs, carrying the lady in his arms. Firstly, this was an unexpected turn of event. When they realized that the girl hadn't returned back from school, even after a very long while, they'd thought the boss had called it quits with her. Who would have thought that... Alas! Here she was, in his arms! Secondly, what on earth happened? How did it occur that they came home together?
The ears of the maids perked up at this. They were eager to know what happened, but it seemed like the little madam had suffered memory loss."Young sir brought you back home." Madam Susan replied.Huh? The girl's eyebrows cocked upwards. Subconsciously, she glanced at her wrapped arm. Did that mean that the demi-god had something to do with it? A thin smile appeared on her face.Well, if that was the case, she was grateful. "Oh." She sincerely couldn't wait for him to come downstairs so that she'd thank him. The maids took their leave and the little madam began to eat, waiting impatiently for Shawn to come downstairs to have breakfast.But several minutes passed and the man never showed up. Even after she was done eating, he didn't appear--and hell, she took her time to eat to her full as it was the weekend and she didn't have to go to school.Huh? Why wasn't he coming? Her eyes darted across the room to the stairs landing. What could he possibly still be doing in his room? Was he b
As the two maids that assisted Mia with the containers followed closely behind her, they wondered how she’d carry them by herself after she’d left Magnificent. She didn’t possibly expect them to follow her to wherever it was that she was going, did she?Or did she have someone waiting outside the residential area already?Shrugs.Even Madam Susan couldn’t help but have that same thought running through her mind as she silently followed behind the trio. But just then, Mia stopped in her tracks and turned around. As soon as her eyes landed on Madam Susan, she smiled.“Will it be possible for me to make use of one of the cars?” She asked keenly. The old woman’s eyes twitched while the maids’ mouths dropped open. As if taking their boss’s food wasn’t enough, she was even going to take the food to meet her boyfriend in their boss’ car?!!! Preposterous!Their gazes landed on Madam Susan’s face and they began to use their eyes to plead to her. ‘Just say no, Madam Susan…’‘It’s a bad idea!!
It had been a while since Jasper’s message came in, the madam should be arriving at the corporation any time soon. About thirty minutes after driving out of the mansion, Jasper drove into the underground parking lot of Beats Corporation just as Lucas had instructed him. He was well known by the security to be one of the CEO’s men, so he was allowed in without any trouble.The underground parking lot was meant only for the CEO, and since the marriage between the madam and the big boss was being kept a secret, Lucas felt it was best to leave it that way. He was already waiting for them there when Jasper drove in and parked the car neatly, next to the black Maybach the CEO rode in in the morning. Swiftly, he opened the door to the backseat for their madam. One look at her wrapped arm and memories from the previous day came flooding through Lucas’ head. ‘Don’t worry madam, I’m already getting justice for you.’ “Thank you.” Mia who had absolutely no idea what was going on in the handso