Chapter 55Ria's POV.It was a shame Luca left me at the beach like this. He said he needed to do something at the hotel and he was going to pick me up later. I didn't have any right to be mad, actually.He did a lot for me today, and I just couldn't remember the last time I felt this good. I still wasn't sure if he would be able to surprise me today.I took the last slice of the pizza that was left as I sipped the remaining wine too. I brought out my phone to take a picture of the sun setting.Watching sun set at a beach while everywhere is peaceful is something everyone on earth should get to experience.It felt as if I was connecting with the nature."A car will come and pick you up soon." A message popped on my phone while I was taking a picture. "Thank goodness." I muttered under my breath knowing that I was going to get picked soon. He sent the plate number of the cat which will be coming to pick me alongside with the text."Where are you? And where is the car taking me to?" I
Chapter 56Luca's POV."We had sex yesterday." She complained. "Are you not going to eat?" She questioned as I then stopped."Who made the rules that we can't have sex today again?." Her breath got very heavy. Our foreheads were still against each other. "This should mark our celebration of being a couple." I added."We have cake and other things." My hands went to her ass while I squeezed them as she tried bringing up other suggestions.I wasn't ready to listen to other suggestions. I just wanted to listen to her.“Too good.” I held her closer and started kissing the back of her neck. I slipped my arm inside the shirt she wore, placing my hand on her bare stomach.“Oh God,” she whispered. “Don’t make me want this again.” “Should I stop?” Slowly, my palm slid up her rib cage.“Yes.” But she took my wrist and moved my hand over her breast. “I have so many reasons why this should not happen now."“Such as?” I played with the hard peaks of her nipples; she was not putting on any bra und
Chapter 57Ria's POV.Things were really going to get disastrous for me. Why did this have to happen to me in all situations?"I'm very sure there is someone who is behind this." I said to Luca while I tried to confuse him in anyway possible. He was in a bad mood right now and wasn't ready to listen to him.My scarf covered my face very well while I hoped no one was going to see me. The cosmetics products which I had released a few weeks ago was starting to make people break out badly including me.My face was literally peeking right now and it looked as if something was added to the products. His company was under tension right now and a lot of search is going on.We were both waiting on top of the roof for his private jet that would be coming soon."I shouldn't have given you the position." I heard his saying in regret. His hard work were all starting to go into thin air, all thanks to me. I was the one who caused everything.His private jet was sent to pick him up by his brother ev
Chapter 58Ria's POV.I paced around my office while I thought of a way for me to get to the root of all these problems. Where will I even start from in order for me to be able to catch the killer?The other day whereby the cosmetics products were supposed to be brought to my house. I remembered it was delayed.Was it that same day whereby all of these happened?"Are you just going to keep pacing around? You need to leave here and do something. Do you think just moving around will help you find the person who planned all of this?" Zoa questioned me while she scoffed."Oh! Please. I am finding a way for me to catch the person who planned all of this. When do you start interfering with my personal problems?" I turned back at herI know I am really tense right now and it I've just being angry with everyone. My so called boyfriend and I haven't talked for the past one day now.My face got worse and I couldn't even look at myself in the mirror. There were still a lot of customers who were
Chapter 59Ria's POV.(CONTINUATION ON THE LAST CHAPTER)"I have evidence that can prove she is innocent." He passed across the information to them all. My heart beat reduced slowly immediately after he had told them.I was so happy that thing were finally starting to get back to normal. I was so excited after hearing that he had evidence that could prove that I was innocent."But she will be forced to resign in the next three days." He further stated, while I squinted my eyebrows in confusion. Was this some kind of joke? The shareholders clamored. It feels like they were happy about me being forced to resign. "Are you kidding me right now?" I raised my voice at him. My lips were literally shaking right now, while my eyes blinked in fear and anxiety."I'm not." He answered sharply. My hands formed into a fist while I tried to hold in my anger and pain.He brought me into the position, and now he's forcing me to resign."We can't keep her here any longer." He added, as he refused to
Chapter 60Ria's POV.My hands got shaky while I read the message that was from another Instagram profile."You don't have to be scared. It is the same guy who wanted to show you who your mother was. I just want to try chatting you up on Instagram." He added. My heart was starting to race. Was it too late to call Luca back? How did he know that Luca came here and I allowed him to go? Was I being monitored right now? I immediately stood up from the couch as I then switched off the television and closed all the windows immediately, dropping the curtain."What do you want from me? I don't want to have anything to do with you again. I am not also interested in seeing my mother anymore. Let's just stop communicating." I answered him very fast.My feet tapped the floor slowly while he typed."That's too late. I don't know what I want from you yet, but we will see how it goes." He answered."Too late? Too late for what?""I never planned on leaving you if you weren't interested in seeing y
Chapter 61Ria's POVIt was in the afternoon, and I had nothing to do. "I should start looking for jobs I can apply for. I can't be at home all day even though I've got a rich boyfriend." I muttered to myself while I stared at the filled dustbin.I tied my hair in a bun while I picked up the garbage as I walked out of my room. What a coincidence, the handsome neighbor who was at my side was also holding his garbage in his hands.I was still embarrassed after he saw me arguing with Luca yesterday. I wondered what he must have been thinking after seeing the both of us that way."Good morning." I greeted him first; a fake smile crept on my face."Good morning." He answered as he then walked away. Oh! I guess I shouldn't have greeted him first. He was so cold and rude, I should have known from the start that he was that kind of person. I walked behind him as we both entered the elevator. "How long have you been here?" He questioned, while I blinked my eyes.We were both unsure if the a
Chapter 62Ria's POV"Oh my! Thank you very much." I collected the lunch box from him, while Luca was still at my back with a blank expression on his face."It's okay. I grew up in a country whereby people share food with their neighbors. I'm sorry if you found it so weird." He rubbed his hands against his trousers as he explained."Oh! That's very much thoughtful of you." I closed the door immediately after I he left. "One might think you guys have known each other for days." Luca said, while I walked to the dining table. I dropped the lunch box just to check was it inside, and it turned out of be cookies which was made in different shapes and size."They look so good." I stated, not wanting to reply him."Oh really? Are you really going to eat that?" He was standing beside me already. I could feel the heat coming from his body, while his cologne filled up my nose."Yeah. I can't just trash it. You can't expect me to waste something." I shrugged my arms."Don't trust people that ea
Chapter 76Ria's POV.My hands shook in fear while I dropped my phone on the desk in fear. I thought all of this was over. I thought we had already moved past this."What the actual fuck? What else do you want from me?" I shouted over the phone, moving my hair backwards.I already knew who my mother was."What? Are you not going to give me a reply? Do you think I was after you because of your mother? You must have guessed wrong. I really want you." He further added."What do you say? Do you want me to come and visit this night? What do you say about that?" The text kept on popping in, while I kept on reading everything."About your child too, I really hated it when I realized that you were pregnant. How could you get pregnant for him? You made the biggest mistake by being pregnant by him, and I will also make sure that the child doesn't get to live long." He mentioned, I covered my mouth immediately on reading the last text.Who the hell was this person? I also think I have to tell Lu
Chapter 75Ria's POV.Jade walked into my apartment while her eyes roamed across the room. I have been waiting for her to call me, and then to threaten me just like the way Luca said she was going to do."Luca did great in picking this apartment for you." She stared across the room"I have someone to be in the next few minutes. You came here to discuss some things with me, let's start discussing and then get this over with." I mentioned to her looking the wall clock.She sat on the couch, "I came here to discuss about Luca and I." She stated."I bet you haven't asked him the reasons why the both of us broke up in the past? We were so in love with each other but we still had to do it." She crossed her leg, while she was staring at me who was still her to sit. "Oh, I guess he must have moved on the past now." I mentioned, a forced smile crept on my face while I then sat close to her."That's why I have come here to show you this." She mentioned, as she brought out her phone from her ba
Chapter 74Jade's POV."Zoa, please can you come to this place. I need you right now." I dropped my phone on the desk while I waited for her to come over.She then appeared in a while. This position was really to get tiring, and now I'm also wondering the reason why I also got up pick the job at first.I have always wanted freedom and this job was limiting from a lot of things.Al I wanted to do was to make sure j get to show Ria that I could get anything I really want including her position, but I have been working all day and night like a dog."You sent for me ma'am." Zoa stood at my front."I never imagined I was going to allow you work for me after what you said the other day. That is also one of the reasons why I am giving you all of these works." I dropped another sets of files on the desk, as I then saw the frustrated look on her face.She really look frustrated, and that was exactly what I wanted, that looks on her face till she decided she was going to quit all by herself."W
Chapter 73Ria's POV."Uhm." I watched him struggle to speak. I was starting to suspect Liam at this point. Everything just seemed weird with him.Everything seemed too real to be a coincidence too. More like I was being stalked and he knew everything about me. "I was actually going to see someone that day, and then I saw you on the way. I was so surprised, honestly." He finally got to talk. "I wondered what you were doing in that area, because it seemed kind of far from your house here." He shrugged his arm."Oh! That explains why I saw you there that evening. I guess it was just a coincidence." I mentioned, and he nodded."It was just a mere coincidence. There is nothing else behind it." He bit his lips while he still stared at me. "I even got a lot of calls from my friend that evening after realizing that he didn't see me later." He answered, rubbing his palm against each other. "Uhm, you two are on a good terms now?" He questioned, pointing his thumb behind him, which was toward
Chapter 72Ria's POV"No! No way. I'm not pregnant." I blurted out before he could even utter another word."Why would you think I am pregnant?" I scoffed, laughing so hard, trying to make things no stronger too suspicious."What if you are, though? Don't you want to get pregnant? Why are you saying it like it is something bad?" He questioned."It's not bad—" I itched my hair. "What if I am not just ready for it? I still have a lot of things in my life to figure out. I'm yet to even raise myself well; how can I raise a child?" I continued, squinting my eyes."That's why I have you. We can figure things out together." He held my palms, and that gave me the chills. "If you are pregnant right now, I will make sure to do the best I can to raise the child," he added, and then I busted out into laughter."We both have a lot of enemies, right? Who wants to make sure we don't get to progress? Do you think it is going to be that easy for the both of us to defeat them?" I questioned. "The child
Chapter 71Ria's POV.The doctor handed over the papers to me, and with the smile on his face I knew what the results meant already.Did he think being I was going to be happy after testing me positive. "You are two months pregnant ma'am, and we will start making schedule for your meeting so—" I didn't allow him to complete his sentence before interrupting him."What if I want to abort the baby? Is it going to be too late now?" I panicked, while the smile on his face faded slowly."I'm really sorry, uhm—" He paused, bringing his hands together. "Yes, this is the best time for you to do that." He added."I am going to give it some thoughts, and let you know what my final decisions are going to be." I left the room, with the documents in my hands.I needed to come up with a good solution at this point. I entered in to my car while I drove off to my apartment straight off.It was in the evening since that was the time I made an appointment with the doctor. I reached the parking lot whi
Chapter 70Ria's POV.I guess I should have just told him to stay behind earlier. I was so feeling so damn guilty right now for letting him go. I started feeling nauseous and I could easily tell it was due to the fact that i stood in the rain yesterday. That also made me have a fever last night.I stumbled through the apartment, my hand covering my mouth as I desperately tried to hold back the wave of nausea. But it was too late. I made a beeline for the bathroom, bursting through the door just in time. I dropped to my knees in front of the toilet, my body heaving as I emptied everything that was in my tummy."What the actual fuck!" I cussed, while another wave hit me again.My hand was holding the toilet so tight, not wanting to let go off it. My head started spinning and I could also feel my body shaking. Why was this really happening to me? I managed to stand up, while I walked towards the sink slowly immediately after flushing.I splashed the water onto my face, and the stared
Chapter 69Luca's POV.I couldn't stop thinking about her at this point. It has just been two weeks, and things were starting to look like this. It felt like I was about to go crazy.I was at the front of her door already. I couldn't count how many times I have been here, but I was unable to press the doorbell.I took up all the courage I had left in me and then rang the bell while I waited for a reply. It was taking too long."Did she go out this morning?" I questioned myself, but there was no place she was supposed to go to. Except if she already has a job and I didn't know about it.My fingers clenched together after seeing the doorknob twisted, revealing her standing at my front, but someone else was also standing with her. It was her neighbor, whom I saw the other day.Different questions crossed my mind at that moment, but I shouldn't just get to assume things. All I needed was an explanation from her, but I don't think I was in the right position for that."What is he doing her
Chapter 68.Ria's POV"Was this some kind of prank?" I scoffed seeing the beautiful lady who was standing at his side. She was opposite me too, and I saw the tears flow down her eyes.I know why she looked so familiar. That was the picture the anonymous person had sent to me. I know why things were starting to look this way."No way." I held back my tears while I grabbed my bag, which was on the couch, wanting to leave. "This isn't a joke. I figured out you might be the daughter of her ex-husband after I met you the other day. I wanted the both of you to reunite since she wouldn't stop talking about you." Mr. Jack continued talking, leaving me in awe.The woman walked closer to me, her two palms stretched forward as she kept on shaking. She wanted to touch my cheeks, but I stood up before she could get to do that."Please, listen to me. I am so sorry that I left you and I really want things to get better between the both of us. I really regret my actions and I want us to come back to