New York
It’s been months since Luke and Cleo were together. Their relations went slow, Luke slowly tried to open his heart to Cleo, while Cleo fell for him day by day. She is heavily in love with him, especially when Luke treats her sweetly.
One night, Luke stood near the window in his bedroom. Cleo slowly moved from the bed and walked toward him, hugging him from behind. Minutes ago, they had sex and it really bother him, no matter how many times he have sex with her, he didn’t really feel something with her. It is so different from Patricia and Stephanie. ‘Maybe it takes time….’ He told himself
Seeing Luke staying silent, Cleo suddenly said, “We spent day by day together here, I wonder if you think it is better for me to move in?”
During her car ride back to her condo, Cleo was busy thinking about Luke and the woman. ‘Luke said she is his business partner, it means Lily knew about her. I’ll ask her!’ She thought As soon as she arrived at her condo, she went to her bedroom and put her belongings. She took her phone and made a call to Lilian.“Hi Lily,”“I wonder if you want to grab lunch with me tomorrow? There’s something I wanna talk about,”“Alright! I’ll see you at Nobu Downtown. Night!”Cleo went silent, she regretted not asking directly, why need to wait till tomorrow. She tried her luck by going to Google, typed ‘Lucas Miller business’. After going into one to another article, she retyped it
“How’s the meeting?” Lily quickly asked as soon as William opened their bedroom doorWilliam smiled, he walked to the bed where Lily laid on, he sat on the edge of the bed. “It went well! In a short period, I got many new contracts. Thanks to Luke for helping me with this!”“But, more importantly, thanks to you honey. You help my family. I am so grateful to have you!” William added as he landed a kiss on Lily’s forehead“I’m happy! This is good for us, hopefully your new business goes well, so we don’t need to depend on Luke anymore.”‘No way! I’ll make Luke pour, pour and pour all his wealth to you, to us! With that I’ll be back stronger and people won’t mock the
‘Luke, I’m pregnant!’‘Luke, I’m pregnant!’‘Luke, I’m pregnant!’That’s words keep playing on Luke’s head.‘How come she got pregnant?’‘She was on birth control. I always use condoms too. Except one night, the night that I don’t even remember clearly’‘Is she trying to trap me?’‘Oh no! What I’ve thought…..’ Luke quickly got rid of his thoughtsIt’s been weeks since he heard those words for the first time from Cleo. He was
‘Honey, I love you!’ Stephanie saw Martin’s message on the phone. It was sent half an hour ago. She was spending time with the twins in the garden and didn’t notice Martin sent a message.‘Why did he send me a text like this?’ She was wonderingShe decided to press a call button and waited for Martin to answer her call. However, Martin didn’t pick up. She suddenly felt uneasy. She tried to call him again and he didn’t pick up. Then, she decided to call Jacob and strange, he also didn’t pick it up.‘What happened?’She tried again to call them and still no answer, then she decided to call Nathan and ask for help to track them. Hours had passed and Stephanie became more worried. She was abo
Yoan stood near the window. He stared deeply at the police report on the table. He recalled the time Martin made a call to him.‘Do you remember your promise to take care of Stephanie?’‘I might ask you to fulfil it sooner than I expect!’Yoan thoughts wandered, he was curious, Martin said that as if he knew something would happen to him. Again, Yoan remembered what Martin had said before, ‘Wild world, where we’re living on’ and somehow he thought maybe it isn’t just a normal car accident.‘How if it is a murder attempt?’‘Should I investigate it more?’‘Should I tell Nathan and Rei abo
News about Martin’s death was everywhere and became headlines in major newspapers. Furthermore it affects the stock market and brings shock to his company. After Stephanie and Yoan made a press release and announced herself as the successor, the company stock fell drastically. The market is skeptical of Stephanie’s ability to handle Martin’s empire. Stephanie went back to SF with Yoan directly, she tried to avoid talking with Luke.“Don’t go!” Liam said and his words brought back Luke from his daydream“You seem to know me well!” Luke said sarcastically“Luke, your wedding date is right in the corner. Seriously, Cleo doesn’t deserve this!”Luke sighed, then Liam added “I know you&rs
I put my bag on the table and sat on the clean bed. My hand trails the empty bed. I remembered sweet memories of me and Martin spending time here, cuddling, making out and making love. It feels like it just happened yesterday, the truth is, he has already gone for a long time. I didn’t want to count it, I just told myself he was gone long enough until my tears dried.Earlier, I thought it was just a bad dream, but unfortunately it is the reality I have to face. I spent day by day waiting at home, hoping Martin would show up in front of me, but the longer I waited, the more it felt like I was daydreaming a lot. Everyone around me tried to stay strong, life must go on, while what I want is just a shoulder so I can put my head there and cry my heart out. ‘Why can I be a weak person for once? Why?’ But you know Stephanie, you have to let go of the thought about it cause the world has no
I slowly opened my eyes and what I saw in front of me was Cleo, Lily and Stephanie were fighting.“Why did you keep silent, bitch?” Lily shouted at Stephanie“Now, as your husband is dead, you want to steal another's husband?” Lily added“She is pregnant with Luke’s child, you should leave him alone! Stay away from my brother!!!”Lily was about to push away Stephanie from my side, but then my hand was able to catch her. She was surprised to look at me, so did Lily and Cleo.“Luke….” Stephanie's soft voice called me. I smiled at her as my hand squeezed her hand“Step aside, bitch!” Lily was s
5 months later San Francisco - Clark Transcontinental Corporation got back on the track after months of struggle since Martin Clark passed away. The investor and market were pessimistic earlier with the new CEO, Stephanie Clark, but she overthrew the doubt and brought the company back to the top business list in the States. Stephanie Clark, who has been active on the business since months ago after giving birth to Maison Clark, spotted by the camera seemed to be pregnant. The media speculated she has the baby with Lucas Miller but no confirmation from both. If Stephanie Clark and Lucas Miller get married and combine their companies, it is predicted they will be one of the top five biggest companies in the world with market capitalization around 1,000 billion USD. Stephanie sighed, “Why can't they sti
10 PMStephanie was about to sleep when she heard someone knock on the door. She walked out and checked on Barbara, and found she already slept. She walked lazily to the door and she found a hotel staff member standing there with a trolley.“Excuse me, I came to deliver your food,” She said as she pushed the trolley inside. She lowered her head so Stephanie didn’t see her clearly“I’m sorry I didn’t order any. I think you….” Stephanie hadn't finished her words when she was shocked by the staff's next move, she took a knife and directed it to Stephanie. However, Stephanie succeeded to avoid it and used her self defense to hit the staff. Little that Cleo knew that Stephanie had learned about self defense since young in Japan. Stephanie took a look clos
James decided to make a call to Yoan, asking about Stephanie and surprised him when Yoan told him about Stephanie in New York with Maison to meet Luke. After getting the information from Yoan about her hotel, James decided to come to see her in the early morning.7 AMJames knocked on the door and Barbara opened the door since Stephanie was still sleeping.“Hello,” He smiled at Barbara, then continued speaking “I’m Mr Miller PA. I’m here to see madam.”“She is still sleeping,” Barbara told him“Please, could you wake her up? This is important,” James tried to push his luckBarbara nodded and let James in
“Rei, is it Luke’s?” Yoan spoke to her after the doctor leftStephanie smiled bitterly, she tried to hold her tears, she nodded at Yoan.“You should tell him!”“For what?” Her voice was deep“Rei….don’t be stubborn!” Yoan took her hand and rubbed it“He divorce me, Yoan!” She looked him with sad eyes“I believe he did it for you. He put your happiness first than himself. I can see his sadness when he saw you run toward Martin, hugged and kissed Martin,”Stephanie went silent. It knocked her deeply when Yoan mentioned it. &
A week laterYoan did his job on handling William’s case. He brought down Addison’s family and destroyed everything that related to William. After he let William saw how his mom died under Yoan’s hand, Yoan moved forward to bring hell to Addison and he made William saw with his own eyes that his woman went through bad rape and turture under Yoan. Before Yoan ends Addison and William, he succeeds in extracting information about Luke and his instinct was right, William only slandered Luke in this case.Lily got depressed when she found out that William had died and worse she blamed Luke for letting it happen. She was mad at Luke and her health condition was getting worse day by day.“Mr Miller….” James was about to ask but Luke cut him
Yoan paid attention closely to what had happened. His eyes scanned from Stephanie to Luke and lastly on William. He felt something wasn't right. He then turned to Jacob“You have his file, right? I want to check!” He said to JacobAfter Jacob handed William’s file, Yoan checked on it and he smiled. “So, you only have your mom, your wife, Luke’s sister and who is this Addison Carter?”“Oh, your mistress!” Yoan answered to himself, then Jacob added, “She is in jail. Lucas Miller put her there after she tried to hurt his sister.”‘Yes, something is wrong here!’ Yoan thought, then he turned to William, smiled, “Jacob, let’s leave Luke and his sister first, but take his mom a
Luke walked out from the bathroom and found Stephanie leaned on bed, relaxing after putting Maison on bed. She smiled, then Luke climbed the bed and sat next to her.“You spent more time in your office today!” She said to him“Yeah, there’s something that needs to be taken care of,” Luke lied to her. He actually was busy thinking how to tell her about Martin and JacobLuke stayed silent after it, busy with his own thoughts. However, Stephanie noticed it, she moved closer to him and touched his face gently.“Baby, is there something on your mind?” She askedLuke turned to look her in the eyes, he smiled, “Nothing!” He answered her shortly
RochesterI opened my eyes slowly and what I saw was a white ceiling. I scanned around and found myself in the hospital room. The room was like a private bedroom, it was so big and there was a sofa not far from my bed. I am alone in the room, but it wasn’t long enough when I saw the door open, Jacob walked in.“Mr Clark, you’re awake!” He said and he looked happy, I can see from his expression. Then, he pressed the call button and minutes later the doctor came in to check me“How long have I been here?” I asked after the doctor left“Couple months,”“Stephanie?”“I did as you said, she didn’t know,
A month laterStephanie woke up and saw Luke sleeping soundly next to her. She raised her head to check on Maison and she smiled when she saw her baby still sleeping. She moved a bit and Luke, who felt she was moving, pulled her to his embrace. He hugged her and continued to sleep. She smiled, then suddenly an idea crossed her mind. She turned around and brought her face closer to Luke, kissing him.“Hmmmmm,” Luke mumbledShe continued to kiss him and he slowly opened his eyes. When Stephanie saw Luke was awake, she said quietly, “Did I wake you up?”Luke didn’t answer her but he kissed her, then he lifted his head to check on Maison. Stephanie told him, “He is still asleep. We have time!”