“Where have you been sleeping these past few days?!” Her father thundered angrily.Arnold Thompson was greatly enraged.Several minutes ago, he was in the middle of an important meeting at the company, when his phone suddenly began to vibrate in his pocket. It was a call from his wife, and the woman knew not to call him when he was at work, unless it was about something serious. He’d picked the call, only for his wife to tell him that their daughter had not been staying in the school dormitory for the past two days. He’d been so furious that he immediately adjourned the meeting and headed straight home.Mia was extremely shocked at the man’s question. How did her dad find out so quickly?“Oh, you’re surprised right? You disgraceful child!” Arnold spat out furiously. All this girl did was bring shame to him and his name! Every damn time!Barbara, who’d just recovered from the shock of her husband hitting the girl, hastily shuffled across the floor, to his side. Vivian was also at h
Why didn’t he?—why wouldn’t he? The poor girl sobbed silently.Madam Grace heard some movement upstairs and said to the girl: “Wipe your tears and run along now. If Master Arnold comes back downstairs and still meets you here, things will only get worse.” “Don’t worry, I’ll try my best to talk to him… I’ll see if he changes his mind.” But they both knew Arnold Thompson wouldn’t budge a bit. Once again, Mia was being kicked out of her house. Just that this time, she was being kicked out for good. There was no coming back.Well, Madam Grace was right; she had to leave. If her father were to come downstairs and still meet her in his house, things would be disastrous. He might have her locked up in jail—again. He did it before, he could do it again. The first time it happened, Mia was just fifteen years old. She and Vivian were still living in the house with their parents then. A huge sum of money had suddenly gone missing from their father’s room… When Arnold noticed this, he vowed
Shawn lowered his upper body and hunched over the girl in such a way that his head came to the same level as hers. He looked sternly into her eyes in an imposing manner. He didn’t give a fuck why she was drinking this late at night—it was not his business—but this was his house. Plus, who gave her the permission to touch his belongings? Why did she tamper with his cellar?All of a sudden, “ah!” Mia gasped. “Max? Is that you? Max!”With a swift movement of her hands, she dug her fingers in Shawn’s hair. “You son of a ——” She fisted his hair in each hand and pulled at it ferociously. Then she began to display. “Damn Max! Bad guy!”“After everything—after so many years, how dare you?!”“You piece of sh—!” Mia yelled at the top of her lungs. She jumped to her feet at once and dragged Shawn by the hair, all over the place. “Aish!” The pull at his hair was so painful that Shawn couldn’t help but yell furiously.His fine hair… “Someone, come get this girl off of me!” He writhed in pa
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?