Areiza left with Darren after dinner. However, she walked slowly and kept her distance from him.“Hurry up. Why so slow?” Darren grumbled in annoyance.“You don’t have to do this. I can just take a taxi.” Areiza replied. To be honest, she was nervous, especially since they were alone. She would rather take a taxi alone or keep her distance from him than be with.Upon hearing that, Darren strode over and grabbed her wrist. Then, he quickly walked to the front of the car and pushed her into the passenger seat without giving her a chance to resist.Unable to do anything, Areiza touched her nose and sulked.“Put your bag away,” Darren ordered. Then, he put her bag on the backseat, pulled the seatbelt beside her, and fastened it.“Thank you,” Areiza said in a barely audible voice in embarrassment.It was already dark when they left the villa, and the streetlights had been turned on.While they were stuck in heavy traffic, Darren looked at her and asked, “Did you meet with Hallie?”Areiza s
Just like Ellen had advised, Areiza went to the party with Nancy.Areiza had been to this kind of gathering before. However, until now, she was still not used to it. She did not like drinking. After all, alcohol was the most common excuse people used after making a mistake.The first thing Areiza saw when she entered the private room were several men with bulging bellies and empty wine bottles. It appeared that they had been drinking long before she and Nancy had arrived.A fat, bald man waved at Areiza and said, “You are late. Miss Kensley, why don’t you sit next to me? I have something to tell you.” He then looked at the young blonde woman who was sitting next to him.As if on cue, the woman, probably his secretary, stood up and offered her seat to Areiza.“This is Mr. Murphy, one of the members of our hospital board of directors,” Nancy whispered in her ear before Areiza walked over to him.Areiza immediately understood the meaning behind her words. The man was someone she could no
Bang!Daren slammed the bathroom door shut, as he made Areiza stand under the showerhead.“What the hell do you think you are doing?” Areiza took a few steps back and looked at him warily. She tried her best to stay as far as she could from this dangerous man in front of her.Darren put his hand around Areiza’s waist and forced her to the corner. “You promised me you wouldn’t drink anymore. Don’t you take my words seriously? You are so defiant. I should start thinking how I had punished you so you had learned,” he said through gritted teeth. For some reason, Areiza felt that he sounded as though he was restraining something inside him.“I never promised you anything,” She retorted. At the thought of him and Hallie, her heart sank again. Why did he come back to me again? I was fine without him. She thought to herself.“Are you still not convinced?” Darren scoffed.Areiza straightened up and replied perfunctorily, “No.” she was still so exhausted from last night that she did not have th
As soon as Areiza came out of the General Ward, she heard a female voice call her name. “Areiza, I didn’t expect you to be so capable!” Areiza turned around to see who it was, and her jaw dropped. The person who spoke was Ada, one of her colleagues. As she walked toward Areiza, her high heels clinked against the floor.“Stop pretending to be innocent. You are having an affair with Hallie’s man. Poor Hallie.” Ada raised her voice several notches. Ada stood in front of Areiza like a hungry lioness who was about to scratch her face with her claws and then gut her.She and Areiza were just ordinary colleagues. They were not friends or on good terms in any way. Ever since they met, Areiza had always felt like she hated her, and that feeling had been supported by Ada's behavior toward her. That’s why when Ada heard the rumors going around, she was one of the first people to mock her with them.It was ridiculous that she and everybody else thought that I was Darren’s mistress. Areiza thought
Areiza reached out her hand, but Darren could see the hesitation on her face.Just as Areiza thought, Darren was going to stand still and let her search him, he pulled her into his arms.“Do you want me to teach you how to frisk me?” he whispered in her ear.“Areiza shrank back like a frightened rabbit. However, because Darren was holding her, she could not escape from him.“Darren, I promise I won’t frisk you anymore. You said you didn’t have it. I believe you. Just please, let me go.” Areiza pleaded, and her ears turned red in embarrassment. Darren looked at her red ears and felt that she was very adorable. Whenever Darren saw him like this, he felt he was going crazy.“Too late,” he retorted with a smirk.“Darren, what… what are you goanna do?” Areiza said and tried to push him away as hard as she could. However, as she was petite, the force sent her stumbling backward and the slippery bathroom floor made things worse.As she was about to fall, Darren reached out to catch her. Howe
David and Alex had already been at the tennis courts for a long time when Darren and Areiza finally arrived.“Hey, Buddy. It seems that you have been very busy lately. The only time I get to see you is when I turn on the news.” Alex said as he patted Darren’s shoulder and winked and smiled at Areiza.Darren pulled him away immediately and scowled, “Don’t you wink and smile at her like that.”“Jeez, Darren. Take it easy!” Alex chuckled and raised his hand in feigned surrender. Then, he pressed, “You are the one who is trying to set me up with Areiza. Why do you get mad when I try to be nice her? I don’t know where to put myself around you, honestly.”Hearing Alex’s words, Areiza felt embarrassed.Alex looked at Areiza and thought, She looked a hundred times cuter than Hallie, even when she was not smiling. I still don’t understand why Darren chose Hallie over Areiza. We both knew that Areiza was better.“Quit being a smart mouth, Alex. Save your energy for trying to beat me in the cour
Areiza could hear Hallie’s coquettish voice even from the kitchen.“How can you let our doctor cook, Darren?” she teased.Hallie might be using a gentle voice, but she still enjoys finding fault in her.“Areiza was willing to cook, and didn’t think there was anything wrong with that,” Darren replied calmly. He sat on the sofa and paged through the magazine in his hand.Uninterested in their conversation, Areiza just kept her head down and concentrated on cooking.However, Hallie was unwilling to be ignored. She sat down next to Darren and chatted with Jason and Alex.Areiza looked at her and saw the face of the father, a man who would be forever etched in her memory. After all, no woman would ever forget the man who once asked her to be his mistress. Areiza was still upset about that encounter as if it just happened yesterday.Areiza walked out of the kitchen and decided to continue cooking after Hallie was done making a scene.“Where are you going, Areiza?” Darren asked as he put dow
As soon as Areiza came to her office, she received a call from Peter.“Have you made up your mind, honey?” he asked in a lewd, disgusting tone.“I will make up my damn mind when I got out if it,” Areiza snapped. Then she hung up the phone and blocked his number. She didn’t want to waste her breath because she was in a bad mood.Although Areiza told herself again and again that Darren only said those words to make fun of her, her heart still hoped that they came from a place of truth. His words “I am in love with you! I want to be with you, Areiza” were echoing in her mind.That scene played over and over in her head like a broken record, and it was starting to disrupt her concentration at work.Areiza felt that she needed a break to calm down and regain herself, so she stood up and made her way to the lounge.However, before she could push the door open, Areiza overheard the conversation between the people inside the lounge. They were talking about her. Judging from the voices, she gu
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