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
Amanda got out of the taxi after paying for it, and she looked around. The atmosphere around her was so unfamiliar. She had never set foot in this place.Strange, she felt like that. Oriaga invited her to meet at an old abandoned building; it looked creepy outside, and Amanda found the man's car parked near a tree."Does he want to take me on a guts test in this place, huh?" Amanda chuckled. She stuffed her hands in her jacket pockets before entering the multi-story building. Oriaga explained that Amanda had to meet him on the third floor, so the woman had to step on the stairs without iron railings.Annoying.Amanda managed to find him, and the man stood next to one of the support pillars at the corner of the room. He was wearing a black shirt and had his sleeves rolled up to his elbows.Oriaga stood with her back to Amanda, and the woman frowned as smoke billowed around Oriaga."Did you come?" Oriaga turned around, and he smiled in response to Amanda's appearance. An e-cigarette was
"Amanda. Where have you been since—""Just sign the marriage offer, Mom. I won't dodge anymore." Amanda walked past her mother, and she had no energy to fight back, and she was trapped and forced to play the game.Pamela paused, thought, and then smiled. She had intended to go to Amanda, who had just disappeared behind the bedroom door, but when Amanda slammed the door, Pamela understood."I don't know what happened to her, but it's best to follow the girl's wishes since she has made up her mind." Pamela rushed into her room and removed Oriaga's gift folder from the drawer. And she was eager to fill in the signature. Now, she needs to wait for Oriaga to return to this house to hand it over. "Live peacefully, we will meet again."Meanwhile, Amanda flopped down on the bed, hiding her face on the pillow's surface until it was wet with tears. She cried again when she had to remember Oriaga's threat; the old friend who used to be so kind to her now became a heartless demon.Why did her par
"Zayn, what do you think is the punishment for someone who tries to capitalize on someone else's popularity?" Oriaga sat in the passenger seat, dressed in a white suit and black bow tie, to attend an exclusive dinner with model Elia Pinot."Playing her," Zayn replied, interested in guessing someone's name. "Is this about Miss Amanda?"Oriaga chuckled. "No, if Amanda wanted my popularity, she would have never asked me to meet and insisted on revoking the marriage offer. She would have bragged to everyone that she had slept with me.""You met?" He knew nothing about the moment of the meeting and was driving his car without a driver or assistant, so no one knew."Yes. Yesterday, we met, and she forced me to stop. Can you guess who won, Zayn?""You, sir."Oriaga smiled with satisfaction. "She can't do anything else, and she'll follow all my wishes.""So, who was that someone you described earlier?""The woman who asked me to dinner just now.""Ah, okay."They stopped talking as the car en
"Zayn. I managed to follow your advice," Oriaga said after sitting in the passenger seat. He laughed, remembering Elia's expression when Oriaga ended their ill-fated dinner.Zayn frowned at the man's behavior. "What does that mean, sir? I don't understand.""I played a trick on her and ruined her dream dinner. I punished her.""Oh my." Zayn couldn't believe it, and he drove the car out of the basement parking lot. "You did it, sir?""Yes. Maybe I could have run away while pretending to go to the toilet, but it seemed so embarrassing and made my self-esteem drop before her eyes. I didn't want others to judge me that low.""Then what made your wish come true?""You must find this hard to believe, but I must say that Amanda called when the situation favored my wish to escape from that place immediately.""Wow!""So, now that I'm visiting her house, I want to see her upset face when she finds out that her future husband is coming.""Yes, sir."***Amanda slammed her cell phone on the bed
"Auntie has signed?" asked Oriaga after finishing his dinner, making the woman beside the man glare in annoyance."Yes. I did when Amanda came home after disappearing for most of the day.""Amanda disappeared?" Oriaga looked at the woman."Probably because she was looking for answers, but everything is fine now. I'll get the folder from the room, and we should move to the living room."Pamela quickly moved on. The other two people moved first to the living room and sat nearby. Amanda did not want to sit next to the man, so she waited for Oriaga to sit down before finding a place for herself.Oriaga wouldn't care if Amanda was that annoying right now because after the wedding day—Oriaga would control and organize her. So, now he let Amanda be as harmful to him as she wanted. Let's say let the butterflies fly before catching them and putting them in the jar.Pamela returned, smiling as she placed the folder on the table and sat beside Oriaga, about an inch away."I filled out the signat
As an average couple, it should be six days to the wedding—they should have completed 90% of the progress, but Oriaga and Amanda were the most different pair of people. There was no wedding progress whatsoever. Oriaga stayed busy at work while Amanda daydreamed like the undead at home.There was no venue rental, the most romantic pre-wedding photos, food catering, wedding dress fittings, or buying rings together. Some things were so impossible for both of them that it was as if nothing had ever happened. Oriaga was so easy to say they would get married in seven days but had no preparation other than to destroy Amanda mentally."Did you ask the staff to send a gift for the Russian model, Joana?" Oriaga spoke as he strode down the lobby of his office, then entered the elevator with Joana."I did, sir. But, actually ...." She seemed to hesitate."What's wrong?""Why did you leave dinner even before starting it? I mean, speaking from a woman's point of view. Moreover, Miss Elia must have