"Did you contact Mr. Oriaga?" Freddie, the mansion's gatekeeper had been asking the same question since last night, and it was nine in the morning in Amsterdam.Zayn shook his head, but he remained lost in thought as he swallowed. The man's cell phone had drifted away as its owner tried to rescue Amanda to the nearby coastline when she jumped off the cliff.Zayn's mind was in overdrive, everything felt rumbling and scary, and there were a lot of problems clustered like an army in his head, making it quite difficult for the man to get rid of.Freddie snorted, he sat beside Zayn who was faithfully waiting for Amanda in front of the woman's hospital room, they had been at the hospital since last night because it was impossible to keep Amanda at the mansion when her body's reaction confirmed the alert status."I know what you're thinking, but you should—""No. Mr. Oriaga must be very busy taking care of all his problems in Moscow, I don't want to disturb him because of this," Zayn said, h
Amanda made it through her critical period, she had regained consciousness and was being treated by medical staff. She asked the nurse about the whereabouts of her family, but she got a puzzling answer when the nurse said that there was a frontman."There are no parents here?"The nurse shook her head. "I'm sorry, Miss. There has been no visit from your parents since yesterday, or did they not know you were here?"Amanda shook her head, she didn't have an answer to that question, so the nurse said goodbye before getting out of there.Zayn was still sitting silently in front of Amanda's ward, he was grateful that she had finally come to her senses, Zayn's fears had subsided, but he was still hesitant to see Amanda. Why should Zayn be the one feeling the most confused here?The man let out a long breath, he moved on as he stared at the door of the hospital room opposite. No matter what happened Zayn had to remain professional, Amanda was the wife of Oriaga, the man who had employed and
After almost three days in the hospital, today the doctor allowed Amanda to go home, and on the way to the mansion woman kept silent, never engaging Zayn in conversation or responding to his questions after the morning's argument. Amanda had a big disappointment with Zayn, so her attitude had changed.The situation in the car became more awkward than before, although Zayn occasionally glanced at Amanda's condition through the overhead mirrors, he could only grumble in response to Oriaga's wife's silence. Zayn realized that his strict adherence to Oriaga's rules must have disappointed others, especially Amanda.After the car stopped in the courtyard of the mansion, Zayn immediately got out and opened the door for Amanda, the woman came out without looking at Zayn, all the servants welcomed Amanda's return using their faces of emotion and anxiety that had been held back for days."Miss Amanda, you're finally back. We were so frightened and anxious." Aunt Rosemary's voice represents the
Amanda never came out of the room, she was silent to everyone, and she had no appetite for anything when Aunt Rosemary kept knocking on her door, Amanda still didn't come out, making sadness overwhelm everyone's feelings.Zayn heard that Oriaga was returning to Amsterdam today after a few days away in Russia. Zayn had to mentally prepare himself and his energy to face the man, ready or not this day would surely come to everyone in the mansion.The fear that is difficult to disappear, the situation at the mansion becomes quite tense, although Amanda is the main culprit, they also have to bear the punishment.That afternoon Oriaga appeared at the mansion, but he didn't ask Zayn to pick him up at the airport even though the assistant had a new cell phone and sim card, Oriaga chose to have Dean pick him up.A tense and intimidating aura followed Oriaga's every step, he had managed to contain his anger in front of everyone back in Moscow, but today would be very different, he couldn't wait
Everyone screamed in fear though in the end Oriaga's fist only floated in front of Zayn's face, and the assistant gulped as he realized Oriaga's anger was coming his way."Why didn't you tell me from the start, huh? Why didn't you tell me that Amanda jumped off the cliff, I don't need an excuse if your cell phone has been lost, you can still contact me using anyone's cell phone, Zayn. But, you just kept quiet, huh?" Oriaga was disappointed in Zayn's attitude for trying to hide the tragic incident, Oriaga should have first heard the news from Zayn, but it was Hani after being pressed."I'm sorry, sir. I know it's been a big mistake, I just felt that doing so must have been very disruptive to your situation in Russia. You're taking care of a lot of problems, and I—""You're trying to take care of my problems here, huh?" Oriaga smiled wryly, one hand still clutching his assistant's black jacket.Zayn shook his head as he looked down. "No, sir. Not at all, I didn't mean it like that. I wa
After waking up Amanda touched the back of her neck, it still hurt, and the woman's head was also a little dizzy. She looked around, the atmosphere in her room was still the same, but without Oriaga. She just remembered that she was arguing before she fainted, and realized that Oriaga had hit her on the back of the neck to make her faint."That bastard!" Emotion immediately overcame Amanda, she could not give in, and her pride and feelings were too hurt, for Oriaga's attitude and words were too much, making Amanda want to hit her husband's face.She immediately staggered to the door of the room that was tightly closed, pressed the knob, then glared to find that the door of her room had been locked from the outside, while there was no lock always installed from the inside."He locked me out, huh? He's avoiding me so much that it's like this?" Not giving up yet, Amanda kept knocking—even pounding on the door as she called out anyone's name to open the object in front of her, but everyon
Today Oriaga got some news that made him feel calm and better, he heard that his lawsuit against 'Seize' had been taken care of by the police, and they summoned some important parties from the local brand for investigation.At least Oriaga can still breathe normally after facing the fuss his wife made, he returned home after staying two days at the mansion to keep an eye on Amanda. As his wife had suspected from the start, Oriaga put more guards around the mansion.He hired contractors to remove the metal door near the gazebo and had them raise the boundary wall and close the former metal door so that there was no way out other than the mansion's main gate.The thing that annoyed Amanda the most was when two trees in the backyard were cut down after Oriaga remembered his wife had observed them, making him think that Amanda could repeat the same thing one day using a different method."If you cut down those trees and summer comes, how am I supposed to shelter from the sun there, huh? D
"Sir, Seize's CEO would like to set up a meeting with you." Joana appeared in Oriaga's office to tell him something after receiving the call ten minutes ago."What for?" The man was busy examining a report containing a graph of monthly sales data from Gregorious Jewelry. It had been a long time since they released a new style in the market because they were still focusing on clothing products, plus Gregorious had just received a problem."They want to negotiate with you. One of them is about withdrawing the charges from the police, and they intend to compensate Gregorious for all the losses due to the design plagiarism.""I don't need their money. Just keep it in your pockets," Oriaga replied casually without looking up from the stack of folders."Alright, I'll confirm that you've declined the meeting's wishes.""Yes. Don't give a chance to those who made a mistake on purpose because they could repeat it at any time."Joana agreed to her boss's words and then asked permission to leave