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
Amanda had gotten used to the silence of the mansion's workers after her escape attempt that night. Even as the fall season drew to a close, they remained cold as if they had never met, making her occasionally feel uneasy about living with living statues.She stood in the hallway of the backyard as she folded her arms across her chest, now that the scenery was different after the apple and avocado trees were cut down according to Oriaga's orders.The woman snorted. "He's the best at reading the smallest situations and opportunities, and I have to applaud that man. Is that why he managed to become a businessman?"She looked back, more precisely, at the red-aproned figure visible from the large windows around the hallway. Amanda always found Aunt Rosemary busy in the kitchen in this position.Amanda longed for a moment of intimate conversation with the woman, but Aunt Rosemary always avoided her, allowing Oriaga's wife to open up a time-binding discussion for them."Now I'm always talki
Jeff is still very curious, and the man continues to find out why the Griscouv family suddenly disappeared from their home in the De Pijp area, making Jeff continue to think that even while working, he is afraid that something bad will happen to Amanda.Today, Jeff is back in Amsterdam after a month away from the city for work, and he's sure he'll have to approach the developer's office to find out where the Griscouvs went."They just said they moved to the Nieuwmarkt en Lastage area, that's all. The rest we didn't know anything about."After hearing a bit of information from a staff member at the developer's office, Jeff thanked them and said goodbye.He thought about it after sitting behind the wheel, a situation that made Jeff feel quite awkward knowing the economic hardship on Amanda's family."Nieuwmarkt en Lastage? Aren't the houses there more expensive than the houses in the previous neighborhood? Doesn't Amanda's family also have complicated financial problems?" Jeff grumbled.