Oriaga wouldn't let the servants take care of him, he only wanted Amanda, so they relented—making Amanda quite upset at not being free of the transparent chains on her legs, while Oriaga held the ends of the chains.Now that the woman was in the kitchen without forgetting to put an apron on her body, Oriaga had ordered that Amanda make food for him because soon the man would have to take medicine.Cooking was an activity Amanda had never done since living in the mansion, but that didn't mean she couldn't conquer the kitchen. She didn't feel pressured, in fact, she looked relaxed and quite agile when in contact with spatulas and other kitchen tools, while Aunt Rosemary stayed out of the kitchen, although she occasionally watched Amanda from the window on the side of the backyard hallway."What do you think Miss Amanda is cooking?" asked one of the maids as she joined Aunt Rosemary and another maid at the window."Probably soup, it smells very tempting. Just like Aunt Rosemary's cooking
"It's okay. I feel better, I can go back to work tomorrow." Oriaga ended his call to Joana, he placed the phone on the side of the plate as he glanced at his wife.After two days of staying at the mansion, Oriaga felt better, and his health improved, today he was willing to eat Amanda's cooking behind the dining table, and still sticking to his rule that he only wanted to be treated by Amanda, everyone became an audience the last two days."Don't you want to know who I'm on the phone with?" asked Oriaga, feeling that his wife was silent, but had many questions in her head.However, Amanda shook her head while showing an innocent face. They were supposed to be sitting next to each other, but Amanda gave a gap of two seats, making the distance between them obvious."No?" Oriaga confirmed he became hesitant."No, I don't care who you talk to.""Why?""Even though we hate each other forever, I'm your wife. If you want, you can just explain without having to ask, it's easier." Amanda didn'
"My grandson is finally home." Grandma Gloria couldn't hold back her tears, she hadn't seen Oriaga in over a week and had only heard about him through phone calls or video without knowing that it had been almost three days since her grandson had returned to Amsterdam.The old woman hugged Oriaga, very tightly, melting away the longing after days of not seeing Oriaga's figure saying 'good night' before her grandmother fell asleep."I miss Grandma a lot too.""What's the situation, huh? Did that bitch admit what she did?" She released the hug, turning to touch Oriaga's pair of arms, her emotions burning a little as she remembered why her grandson had to go all the way to Russia."Calm down, Grandmother. I assigned a lawyer who has the best team, if anything happens—he'll be in touch right away, I can go there anytime." He smiled very much trying to reassure his grandmother that everything was fine."Are you sure? I want to go there too if you have to one day. I want to meet the woman wh
"How are Nadine, mom and dad? Are they okay?" Amanda exhaled a long breath, sitting about a meter away from the edge of the pool. She was enjoying the air outside the mansion on a quiet fall night.She daydreamed unobstructed as she crossed her legs, looking up at the sky so dark, but it didn't scare her.Aunt Rosemary searched all over the place for Amanda, calling her name, not knowing that she was near the pool. The servants in the mansion were confused by the sudden disappearance of their mistress."What if Miss Amanda ran away? What should we say to Mr. Oriaga, huh?" Their faces showed panic, fearing that Amanda was missing and the risk they would have to take afterward."Hush!" Aunt Rosemary glared. "Run away where, huh? She can't climb a wall that high. Don't think bad thoughts.""I don't want to think badly, I'm just guessing. Don't we all know that Miss Amanda is desperate to escape from this mansion?"The other servants nodded in agreement, they were too panicked before surr
Kathryn still went to work as usual despite the feeling of dread that occasionally shadowed the woman. Since the big problem that came her way made Kathryn almost lose focus at some moments during meetings with her team members, she wouldn't lie that she was deeply disturbed by the commotion.Now, the woman was walking down the hallway towards the CEO's office after Joana had approached her—telling her that Oriaga wanted to talk to one of the Gregorious designers again, making Kathryn stiffen after two days of feeling a little calm because Oriaga didn't show up at the office, knowing their CEO was sick."Good afternoon, sir," Kathryn said after opening the door, she looked down not daring to meet Oriaga's gaze any longer, even though she believed she was innocent, but Oriaga's intimidating gaze must have scared anyone."Yes. Good afternoon, how are you?" The man put down his pen after filling in the signature on last month's financial report."I-I'm fine, sir." Kathryn stammered, she
Oriaga's two assistants managed to find Vladimir Chriskov's house after traveling about three dozen minutes from Gregorious' office.They knocked on the door, pressed the bell, and even knocked on the glass to look at the situation beside the house because no one came out of the house, making them both confused and suspicious."Are you sure this is the house?" asked Zayn, he became doubtful."You can read the maps too, huh? If we're guilty, then we must be guilty together." Dean chuckled."Maybe I should ask the neighbors." Zayn turned to visit another house across the street, the main door was wide open, so someone should be inside. "Excuse me, good afternoon."Zayn smiled as a grandmother came out of the house, a white-haired grandmother who seemed to be cooking as she was still holding a spatula and had an apron on the front of her body."Yes. Who are you?" the older woman asked."Sorry for interrupting your time, ma'am. I wanted to ask about the house across the street." Pointing
"Good afternoon, Mr. Oriaga Niel." It was Anthony Brown, CEO of the local brand 'Seize'—who finally agreed to meet Oriaga this afternoon. A Michelin-awarded restaurant was their meeting place, and Anthony arranged it. Oriaga could meet anywhere as long as the place had a private room so that their conversation would not be overheard."Yes, good afternoon too, Mr. Anthony Brown." Oriaga smiled flatly, they shook hands before sitting in their respective chairs, but it wasn't just the two of them in this closed room. Oriaga also brought Joana, Kathryn and his two assistants - Dean and Zayn chose to enjoy lunch in the open area—which was crowded with other visitors.While Anthony's side brought three other people including a secretary, a designer, and a man who kept his head down—I don't know what that means, the man's expression was the saddest, but he still looked neat in his office outfit."Glad that you're willing to take the time to meet with me, you must be very busy with the latest
"Argh." Amanda whimpered as she squeezed her stomach, she had opened her eyelids an hour ago but had no intention of getting out of bed when excessive pain attacked her stomach since her monthly period appeared last night, making the woman feel very tortured because it was difficult to do other activities.Amanda just continued to lie curled up in bed until the sun rose higher, then a servant found her while trying to remind their mistress to eat breakfast since it was ready."Oh my, Miss Amanda. What's the matter with you, huh? Your face is so pale." The servant frantically observed Amanda's condition. "Are you sick? I'll ask the guard to contact Zayn to take you to the hospital.""No. ...." Amanda's voice sounded very soft, she was too weak, and her face was so faint with lips that began to dry out from not being able to move even to touch a glass of mineral water."How is it, Miss? What do you want? Or should I ask the guard to call the doctor?"Amanda still shook her head, making