When Oriaga arrives home, Joana calls, saying that Mr. Xiao Yen's assistant contacted her and apologized for having to cancel today's dinner invitation, they had to return to Shanghai for some reason.Feeling sorry for Oriaga, Mr. Xiao Yen sent a gift to the man's office, but since she was off work Joana couldn't pick up the gift from Xiao Yen, she was still taking care of her daughter at home."It's okay, Zayn and Dean will take it to the office. It'll be held up by security anyway since the office is closed." Oriaga said as he walked towards his room. "You, enjoy your rest, Joana.""Yes, sir. I apologize once again for disturbing your vacation.""No problem." The call ended, Oriaga entered the room and immediately pulled his white collared T-shirt over his neck, leaving him shirtless. Muscles and veins stood out in several places, especially the arms and the backs of the hands.He turned to the bathroom, standing in front of the sink mirror to stare at himself to his heart's content
The gift from Mr. Xiao Yen had come, Oriaga immediately took it to the room and opened a shopping bag with a famous bag brand name, he could guess the contents, but another thing stole Oriaga's attention, a small black box hidden in the corner of the shopping bag.Oriaga took out and placed the black box on the table, only about the size of a palm. After opening it, there was a flash drive and a piece of paper, Oriaga frowned.'Hi, Mr. Oriaga Niel Thompson.I'm sending this written sentence because I can't meet you, our time has become very tight, but I'll say it anyway. Please take a look at the contents of that pendrive, and you'll find anything–whether it's important to you I don't, but it seems useful.Sender,Xiao Lei'"What does that girl mean?" Oriaga muttered, he picked up the laptop and placed it on the table, then connected the flash drive to the device.There were two folders, one of which contained four photo files, and the rest were screenshots with many sentences like le
"Last night Dad called me.""Are you sure?" The morning news was quite surprising for Nadine. "Why didn't you call me too?""He said that his cell phone was lost, he contacted me using a different number.""Did you tell mom?"Amanda shook her head. "I don't know how to say it, but you can guess how she'll respond, right?"Nadine nodded, they could easily deduce that. "You're right, she'll just keep talking nonstop."Amanda told Nadine only after seeing Pamela come out of the house, and her two daughters behind the dining table. Nadine started breakfast because she had to go to work, while Amanda didn't touch her breakfast, she looked very lazy."You must be getting bored just being at home with mom," Nadine said."I can watch movies on my laptop, don't worry about it.""If mom is trying to influence you, let it go, Amanda.""Yes. I learned a lot from you.""I'll be back sooner." It was as if Nadine had left her sister with a criminal, while Amanda was a woman of twenty-plus years. "Ca
Keeping a promise to her grandmother, Oriaga managed to take her time and return to London with Grandma Gloria, where their old house still stands and two workers clean the grand place now and then.The two had agreed not to sell the house with all their memories, but they had to leave it for Amsterdam, so Oriaga asked and hired someone else to take care of the house.As the car enters the courtyard, the atmosphere is quite different from the last time they left the house. The yard was clean and many trees were growing around, making the air cooler and more peaceful.Grandma Gloria smiled as she got out of the car, she looked at her old house, but tears soon appeared on the old woman's face, she couldn't keep her sadness in."Grandma." Oriaga became anxious. "Is Grandma okay?" He tried to support his grandmother's body so she wouldn't fall."No, Oriaga. I'm fine, I'm just feeling both sad and happy that I'm back in this place after more than seven years." She accepted the tissue sheet
It's been almost two months since Amanda found a job, she's been a mess and losing weight because she has too much on her mind, besides the pressure from her mother, Amanda's savings running low, especially about a week ago suddenly her father's former company workers who had gone bankrupt managed to find their house and asked for compensation money for mass dismissal.Of course, Amanda couldn't help herself, she couldn't find a way out. If she was still working, Amanda could apply for a loan from the company with monthly salary deductions as repayment installments.However, now Amanda was unemployed, while Nadine's salary would not be enough if she had to pay every debt and take care of daily needs.Half of the job applications she sent were rejected, and the rest went unanswered, making Amanda even more anxious about her future.She had even gone directly to several companies to apply for jobs, but continued to receive rejections, the woman was desperate."Call your father and tell
Pamela was home alone after her youngest daughter asked permission to go to the convenience store. She immediately shut the door and locked it after seeing a black rolls-royce pulled up on the side of the road—right in front of her yard, scaring the hell out of Pamela—suspecting that whoever was there was a debt collector."When are they going to stop, huh?" Pamela closed all the curtains, but she peeked out anyway—seeing a man in a maroon suit getting out after the driver opened the door; another car had just arrived, and two men in black jackets were also getting out—following the man in the maroon suit walking down Pamela's yard. "Oh my, who are they?"Their appearance was neater than the debt collectors who always came here. Even the scent of their perfume was inhaled by Pamela even though the door had not been opened, making her even more confused.Someone cleared his throat. The three of them were already standing before the door, and then there was a knock. Pamela's body became
Amanda had just come out of the convenience store after paying for her bag full of groceries, and she was walking back down the sidewalk towards home.At first, everything was fine; she greeted a few staircases as she passed them or saw them in front of her house, but an unusual sight on the side of the road—right in front of the woman's yard —made Amanda frown. Her heart beat faster, and she recognized the black Rolls-Royce and one other car there."Wh-what is she doing here? He was at my house, huh?" Panic striking her, she quickened her pace and saw Oriaga in her house, sitting on the sofa while talking to someone else. "What crazy things are happening in my house."She dropped her shopping bag, and the contents scattered on the floor. She was even more shocked to see Oriaga having an intimate conversation with her mother."Amanda. Are you home?" Pamela's voice rang out. "Come in, and someone is here to visit you."Amanda's body trembled, and she even saw her mother smiling when sh
"Normally, I always disagree with Mom, but this turns out we're on the same page. Why didn't you say so from the start?" Nadine snorted, asking the same question but using a softer, calmer voice, unlike Pamela, who had snapped at Amanda.Her sister shook her head. "Because I didn't know where to start; everything went so fast. I thought everything would be fine if I kept quiet, but I missed Oriaga can do anything.""I should have been suspicious when I saw you looking up that guy's profile on your laptop, but I thought it was because you were once close friends." Nadine cleared her throat, and she touched her sister's arm. They stood next to Amanda's bedroom window as the shorthand hit one in the morning.Nadine came home from work feeling normal, but when she got home, she was in for a rude shock. Pamela had asked Nadine to sign a piece of paper offering marriage from Oriaga.Pamela couldn't wait to fill it in, and she didn't need to wait a week or even a day. Pamela could agree to i