Ria was sitting in the living room drinking with Ellen when Areiza returned.She stood up and took her back from her before she asked, “Why didn’t you call me? I could have come to the airport to pick you up.”“I didn’t want to trouble you. Besides, the airport is far away from here.” Ariza said with a forced smile, then she turned to Ellen and asked, “How are you?”Ellen greeted her with a smile and gave her a nod. Ria could see that Areiza was in low spirits.“Enjoy your time then. I’m going upstairs to rest,” she said.For some reason, Ria noticed that she was feeling lonely. “I’ll go check on her.” She said to Ellen, and with that, Ria followed Ariza upstairs.Areiza was sitting on the bed sullenly with an empty look in her eyes.Ria walked up to her, held her hand, and asked, “What’s the matter? Did something happen?”“Hallie and Nancy worked up together to set me up. They drugged Ellen and paid the reporters to take pictures of us while we were in the bathroom. Darren ran into u
After Ria got home, she asked Ellen to join her for a drink.“Why did you come back all of a sudden?” Ellen asked, sitting across her.Seeing the dim light that showed on his face, Ria felt like he looked a little unpredictable. He was dressed in a Navy blue suit with a matching tie, and his neatly combed hair made him look colder than usual. However, the faint smile on his lips perfectly offset his cold look.Resting her chin on her palm, Ria said in a casual and frivolous tone, “I came back to chase you.”Ellen was stunned for a second before the smile on his lips grew brighter as he asked, “Are you drunk?”Hearing his low and magnetic voice Ria’s heart began to race uncontrollably. “I know what I’m talking to you,” After looking at him for a while, she poured herself a glass of wine.Ellen lowered his head and said guiltily, “Ria, you know…”“To me, it doesn’t matter who you like, because I like you, and that’s enough for me,” Ria interrupted him with a smile. After finishing her g
After Rial and Ellen left, Alex walked to Darren and Patted him on the back.Darren looked up at him indifferently and said, “What? Do you want to blame me too?”Alex nodded and said, “This is not about who is right and who is wrong. You should just learn to be more tolerant as a man.”Darren cast him a glance before he lowered his head and began drinking alone. “I have been ignoring Nancy from the start, but Areiza just doesn’t trust me. She was even giving me hard time about it. She was so far away from her training programmed without even caring about my feelings, and she is also has entangled with Ellen…”Alex sighed and advised, “You should trust me and take the initiative to apologize to her, or else you will only be suffering in the end.”“You had better think of yourself first you loner.”‘How dare a single man like him advise me now, I should handle my relationship with my wife.’ Darren thought. Annoyed, he stood up and left.Once he was at home, he tossed and turned in bed,
The movement Areiza put on the ring for him, his heart skipped a beat. Firmly, Darren held her hand and promised, “I will never let you down, Areiza.”Upon hearing her statement Areiza pouted. Darren held her waist, intending to kiss her, when her phone abruptly rang and interrupted them.Areiza picked up the phone and put it on speaker, “Oh, hello, Ria. What’s up?”“Areiza what time is your flight today?” Ria asked anxiously.“Why do you ask? Are you coming to pick me up?” Asked Areiza.“Peter is here. I think it’s best that you don’t come back for the time being.” Ria replied sternly.“Peter?” Areiza was alarmed by the name and frowned. Darren frowned when he saw her reaction.“Yes, and he brought you a gift,” added Ria.Hearing this, Darren grabbed Areiza’s phone and hung up on Ria. “Do you have any idea why Peter come to you?” Darren asked.“No. Why?”“He came to borrow money from me, but I refuse. That’s why he asked you for help. It’s probably because he thinks you are more easi
As Darren stood by the window that evening lost in thought, he felt his heart still troubled with fear. At that moment, the doorbell rang, so he walked to the door.“Is Areiza, okay?” Alex walked in, looking rather anxious. And Jason and Rose followed him inside.“She was scared, but now she is asleep.”Upon hearing that Jason asked with a frown, “Was it an accident or a conspiracy?”“It was certainly not an accident,” Darren answered affirmatively.The next second, the doorbell rang again, and Kenny walked in, “Mr. Venzor we have already checked the cellphones of the troublemakers, and we found that the person who contacted them is from the city, but we don’t know their identity.”Darren felt silent when he heard that, while Jason questioned in an anxious tone, “Who do you think it might be?”“At first, we thought that it might be Hallie, but we had to rule her out because she is abroad now…”Darren massaged his temples feeling exhausted, “Take those troublemakers to the police stati
Hallie had never been as happy as she was now when she saw news of Areiza’s miscarriage all over the Internet. She called Kenny before she returned home and asked, “Can you pick me up from the airport?”A long movement of silence later, he replied in a low voice, “Alright.”Hallie was not surprised to see him waiting for her at the exit as soon as she walked out of the airport. She followed him to the car and sat down on the passenger seat. She moved closer to his inner thigh and looped her fingertips along the seam of his trousers.Kenny grabbed her hand and pushed it away before he said in a cold voice, “Don’t do that.” However, Hallie placed her hand on his shoulder and gently pinched his earlobe with a smile.“What are you doing?” he asked in a low voice, looking straight at the road. Ignoring his words, Hallie unfastened her seatbelt and began kissing his neck.She could feel his body stiffen immediately, so she provocatively nibbled on his earlobe. Notching his breathing getting
She ran to him, grabbed his collar, and said, “These are gifting that Darren gave me. How dare you take them away? ““Well, they belong to Areiza and Darren now and they have every right to take them back,” saying that Kenny peeled her hand off his collar and left with his men.Stumbling, Hallie tried to chase after them. Hannah was worried about her, so she tried to help her, but she coldly shook her off a hand and watched as Kenny loaded her belongings in the car.“We won’t be taking the wedding dress with us. You can take it whenever you miss Darren.” Kenny glared at her with a snort and left.Hallie gripped the door to prevent herself from falling. Anger was burning within her heart. Suffocating her with its flames.At that moment, another group of strangers knocked on the door.They were two gorgeous women dressed in tight clothes, who walked to her and threw a box at her with a plain look in their eyes.“Who are you?” Hallie asked coldly.They looked at her coldly, and one of th
Darren looked sullen as he approached Hallie. Despite that, she put on a smile and walked up to him.“What did you just say?” The sound of his voice was as frigid as the wintry winds.Hallie just kept smiling at him and said, “I’m worried about Areiza, so I wanted to comfort her somehow.” After saying that, she tried to grab his hand.However, Darren dodged her attempt to do it and scoffed at her, “I feel like you were expecting that my wife would have a miscarriage.”The way Darren said it made her feel like he knew something. Though Hallie was flustered, she managed to keep her composer.She was quick-witted enough to come up with an excuse and said, “Areiza and I grew up together. Our relationship became a little unstable because of some misunderstandings in the past. But now that you are married to her, I sincerely hope that you will be happy together. And considering something like this happened to her, it’s only natural for me to worry about her. I am only concerned for her safe
Darren carried Charlotte to the suite upstairs of the hotel near the church, where the reception was held. Inside, he placed Charlotte on the bed while he sat on the edge of the bed and said, “When are you planning to open your eyes?”Charlotte kept her eyes closed and held her breath nervously, not daring to open her eyes.“Well, it’s good things you that you don’t want to wake up!”Before Charlotte could even begin to understand what he meant, she felt his warm breath seep into the skin on her face. Charlotte opened her eyes and met Darren’s deep-set smiling gaze. His face was inches away from her and he was about to kiss her. Fortunately, he stopped the second she opened her eyes.Seeing his smile made Charlotte excited. “You know that I just pretending?”Darren didn’t answer the questions. “Were you aware that I was outside at the time?”Charlotte couldn’t respond to his query, so she just looked at him blankly. She had won the bet. At first, Charlotte just hoped that Stella could
Today was Peter and Anna’s wedding day.Darren came to the villa early in the morning to pick up Charlotte. However, Charlotte didn’t want to show up with him in the same place.“Charlotte, if you don’t want to see news about us breaking up tomorrow morning, then you had better come with me.”Even if their relationship was on the verge of breaking right now, the truth remained that the public still saw them as a loving couple. Though Charlotte was uncomfortable about the idea, she had no choice but to go to the party with Darren.When they entered the banquet hall, Darren wrapped his arm around her waist and pressed her body against her.The fabric of Charlotte's dress was thin, so when his palm landed on her waist, Charlotte’s body temperature rose and she felt her blood coursing through her veins.All the other guests at the wedding looked at them with envy. Teasing and sighing at how sweet they were.Charlotte was so embarrassed that she turned to him and said, “Let me go, will you
Peter was right behind the door when he saw Stella badgering Darren. He watched as Darren pushed her away and ran after Charlotte.Stella fell to the ground, but she got up held onto Darren’s lap, and continued begging regardless of how humiliating her act was.“Darren, where are you going? Don’t go! Please.”“Let me go,” Darren growled. In an act of desperation, Stella shook her head, held on to him, and refused to let go. She was no longer the proud woman she once was.“Darren, I’m begging you. Just give me a chance to be with you!”Finally losing his patience, Darren pushed her away from him and stopped her before she could latch him again.“Stella, you have no idea why I’m letting you show your face to me. It’s not because you are my friend, nor it’s because I want to keep some sort of connection to you.”“Then why?” Stella asked with tears in her eyes.Peter didn’t hear what Darren said in the end. He saw how despair consumed Stella and it showed on her face. She fell on her knee
“Its fine. Rose and I share a birthday. Charlotte is a good friend with her, so I’m sure she will be willing to celebrate her birthday.” Stella said firmly.At that moment, Dora crap out by Stella so well-informed. ‘And she is so adamant on getting her hands on Darren.’The more Dora thought about it, the more she sensed something was amiss.As soon as Dora got home, she told Charlotte everything that Stella asked her to do.Charlotte pondered for a moment and said, “You should ask him directly. He can make decisions on his own.”“Aren’t you worried that rumors would circulate if he attended her birthday party?”“He probably won’t go,” Charlotte replied after some consideration.Dora nodded in agreement.The next morning, Dora asked Darren for his opinion. He just looked at her, and asked, “What did Charlotte say?”“She said that it’s up to you,” Dora answered.“Up to me?” Darren frowned in confusion.“Yes, but she also said that he probably won’t go,” Dora added.“Is that so? I will
“But I can’t stand it anymore, baby! Just let me fuck you, okay?” Darren lifted her chin with his finger and begins sucking on the tip of her tongue.Everything he did felt so good that Charlotte eventually gave in. He began caressing her tits, rubbing her nipples, and then pulling them. Soon, Darren loosened his grip on them. Charlotte’s breasts jiggled and bounced after he let them go.“Ugh,” A moan escaped Charlotte’s mouth, completely arousing Darren. He pressed his body against Charlotte. Thereafter, Charlotte felt he is huge manhood rubbing against her vagina. As Darren kept moving, Charlotte's desire grew, and she could no longer think of anything else.“Charlotte, can I?” Darren pressed his manhood against her, making her wetter by the second.“Darren, I want It. Give it to me.” Charlotte had no strength to hold back his neck. She wanted to grab something, but all she could do was to randomly wave her hands in the air.“What do you want me to give you baby? Tell me.” Darren be
After the meal, Darren touched Charlotte's forehead to check her temperature again and pulled her out of the Starlight restaurant.“Come with me to my office.”“But I wanna go home and rest,” Charlotte complained.“Well, you can sleep inside my office, too. Come on!” Darren put his hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her to his car.When Charlotte got into the car, she was about to fasten her seat belt, but then Darren leaned into it and fastened it for her. The tenderness in his eyes made Charlotte blush.Darren then cupped her cheeks, smiled at her, and leaned closer to her face. “Kiss me!” he said.“Huh?”Just before Charlotte could gather her composure, he lifted her chin and kissed her lips. Charlotte held her breath nervously too anxious to make any noise.It was already lunchtime, so many people were coming and going outside the place. Their car park was visible to many people. Passerby could easily spot them if they would look at them.Charlotte didn’t want other people wat
Because of how he reacted, the doctor felt tense and uncertain about what to do.Charlotte's face palmed and said to the doctor, “Honestly, I am feeling alright already. I’m sure I will get better after taking the antipyretic injections. Thank you, doctor!”The doctor nodded with a smile and left the room.Once he was gone, Darren sat back in his chair and directed his attention back to Charlotte. “You really can’t take your eyes off a handsome man when you see one, can you?”“What are you talking about? I was not looking at him.”He was so angry that he was practically snarling at Charlotte. “Are you not attracted to me anymore, Charlotte?”The look of jealousy and frustration on his face was amusing. He looks so childish!Once Charlotte's infusion was done, Darren held her out of the hospital while holding her wrist. By the time they reached the gate, their fingers were already interlocked. Charlotte’s heart felt a sense of comfort and warmth as she held his hand with him.After the
For a long time, Anna I stood frozen on the spot with her hand hovering above the door.Eventually, she dropped her hand with a sigh. She found a corner by the porch and curled up in it to cry her eyes out. the crowd.After a long time, Charlotte came back and was surprised to see her at the door. “Anna?”Anna looked up at her, her cheeks red with embarrassment. It was indeed abrupt for him to come here, but she had nowhere else to go. “Charlotte, can you take me in for one night?” She wiped the tears on her face and asked brazenly.Charlotte gaped at her for a few seconds before walking up to her. She held her hand and took it. “Come in!” Charlotte said.Charlotte asked the maid to cook some soup and bought it for her.Seeing the steaming hot soup in front of her, Anna felt the warmth and acceptance of the family, which was also something she earned for most. Anna picked up the bowl and felt a lump in her throat.Charlotte’s three kids sat opposite and looked at Anna curiously. Anna
Stella called Peter out of the blue and asked him to come to the bar where she was and keep her company.During her drunken speech, she broke into sobs several times.When Peter hung up the phone, he hesitated for a while but eventually decided to drive to the bar.Judging by Stella’s near-incoherent speech, she was very drunk. Not only that, she was a drunk woman in a bar alone. The number of things that could happen was too high for Peter to even contemplate.When Peter got there, he saw many empty bottles on her table. Stella was in the process of pouring more wine when Peter walked up to her and confiscated the bottle.“You have enough to drink!”With tears streaming down her face, Stella turned to look at him in disappointment. “Why are you here?”“Who else could it be if it were not for me?” Peter asked him confused.“I don’t want you. I want Darren.” And all of a sudden, Stella grabbed his shirt and looked up at him with hatred and determination.Her reaction pissed Peter off a