Aciel let out a bead of sweat that trickled down his face after he finished arguing heavily with his new client from Brazil. Susan who was his secretary immediately gave a tissue to Aciel to wipe the sweat beads that felt sticky on his forehead and nape
"Thank you." Aciel said sincerely with a faint smile that only Aciel would give to the middle-aged woman. Susan was the secretary who worked for him many years ago. Her dedication to the company can be said to be large enough to make Aciel feel reluctant to the woman, because apart from being his secretary, Susan has also been considered like his own mother because she likes to give such advice for the good of her life with Eden.
"You're welcome. You look uninspired. Do you have a problem with your wife?” asked Susan attentively.
Some of the women who saw the interaction between Susan and Aciel seemed jealous because Aciel had never been so warm to them when he was talking in the office. Even when it comes to
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Sian suddenly asked Aciel. Earlier when he entered the cafeteria, his eyes accidentally caught the figure of Aciel who was pensive alone in the corner of the room. A sight that is quite odd actually, an Aciel Lutherford has never once set foot in the office cafeteria because the man barely has time to be in one place to eat with his employees. Feeling curious, Sian finally decided to approach his best friend. Sian thought that with his presence, he could help Aciel treat his bad mood today. Well, more or less he found out about it from Susan. "What do you think I'm doing here? I'm drinking coffee," replied Aciel coldly and flatly. Don't know, it seems that his mind is still very confused because he can't contact Eden. He felt that Eden was still angry with him, even though he intended to make up with the woman. “You had a fight with Eden?” Binggo! Sian's guess is always right on target. Because according to Sian, no one
At this moment, Aciel felt a very thick fear enveloping his heart. The words that Mr. Kim said three hours ago managed to scare Aciel. Afraid that he would feel lost for the umpteenth time even though at this point he shouldn't have to worry about it. Doctor Baron has given infusion and medicine for Mr. Kim. He shouldn't have to worry about anything. Mr. Kim will definitely recover soon after a few days of intensive care by the Baron's doctor. But somehow the words that Mr. Kim spoke sounded like the last message to him. “Ace, what are you doing here?” Eden, who saw the change in her husband since being in Mr. Kim's room, decided to look for Aciel in the back garden after successfully making his two children sleep soundly. Since earlier, Aciel has been silent and reluctant to say anything to her, even Aciel tends to avoid her from any questions that the woman will direct him. "Are the kids asleep?" as if not paying attention to Eden's previous question, Aciel
"You're mad?" Olivia asked quietly in the car after they drove Aciel's family and Mr. Kim to the airport to go to Australia. Since then, Sian has been silent and seems to be ingnoring Olivia, who has been trying to get Sian to talk even though she has always been ignored."Nope.""But you're acting like this.""Then what do you want me to do?"“Hhaah...” Olivia exhaled slowly and rested her heavy head against the windshield next to her. Today is a hard day for her and everyone who has lost Mr. Kim, including her husband. But other than that, today was also the day she had to reveal a truth that she shouldn't be telling now.“You should have told me from the start.”"I just wanted to surprise you on your birthday," Olivia answered weakly. If Sian wanted to invite her to argue now, then she would immediately raise her hands in surrender because she was not in the right state to serve Sian arguing."Since when?"
"Thank you." After saying thank you, Eden immediately went into the house and breathed a little relieved when she had managed to escape Andrew's grip. Of course the guy was still as gentle as he used to be, but he was annoying behind his smooth demeanor. He even continued to insist on taking her home until she was forced to accept the man's offer even though half-heartedly. "Hey, was I gone too long?" Eden greeted her husband and children who were playing in the living room. Seeing her two well-groomed children made Eden realize her mistake today. She's gone too long! "I thought you were lost, Ed," said Aciel flatly. There was no emotion on Aciel's face, but Eden was afraid of Aciel. "Yes I was, I forgot my way home." Eden replied with a grin. "You're too naive to insist on going alone without Mike." “I just want to walk around for a while Ace. Anyway I'm back now, so I'll be cooking now. What do you want to eat? pasta? roast beef with
"So, where are we going today?" Eden asked Summer. Summer turned her head slowly to Eden and smiled gently at the woman next to her. Actually she also feels bad for Eden, but this is the only chance she has to make her brother happy. So far she only has her brother as a protector and also a friend to share her grievances with. Summer Osborn has always depended on Andrew Osborn for her life, because the only family who cares for her in this world is her brother, Andrew. Even her parents never cared about what Summer was doing all this time. When she was sick, the only person who took care of her was her brother. When she was happy when Max proposed to her, only her brother was enthusiastic and immediately hugged Summer warmly. When she was down because her parents couldn't attend the dinner held by Max's family, only Andrew wanted to come and represent the Osborn family as the guardian in charge of her younger sister. How her brother had sacrificed too much for Summer
Aciel looked very bored when he had to accompany Ciara to play in the living room. In front of him, Louise seemed to be sleeping peacefully after he had been crying because his diaper was wet. It was truly an experience that will never be forgotten for Aciel Lutherford. So far he had never changed Louise's diaper in person. Usually he only watched Eden from afar when his wife was changing Louise's diaper. He was too disgusted to have to deal with something dirty and smelly like poop. Ah... Aciel is such a lousy father. "Daddy, I’m hungry," said Ciara starting to whine. Aciel grabbed a packet of biscuits that he placed on the table. Then he gave the biscuit to Ciara and told the little girl to eat it. "Daddy." "What else?" asked Aciel impatiently. Even though it was the first time he had been keeping Ciara and Louise home alone for such a long time, but his attitude was already very impatient like that. So what about Eden? Hasn't his wife ever complain
"Eden." "Yes, what is up?" Eden asked Andrew. After a long time ago she kept turning her face towards the window, now she was reluctant to face Andrew again because the man had just called her. She couldn't possibly speak with that face turned away. Although she felt very upset with Andrew, but she should not do that. She still had to respect Andrew as she used to, when Andrew was her senior at university. "I'm really sorry for taking up so much of your time that you should have used to take care of your children and your husband. I really feel bad for you,” said Andrew sounding very sorry, even though he was actually quite happy because he was able to go together with Eden without any disturbance from Aciel. Ah, that man from the past until now has always interfered with Andrew's love life. Even Andrew still remembers it clearly, Aciel's past actions were very annoying and enough to make his pride fall in front of Eden.
Andrew walked with satisfied steps into his house. Since then that sweet smile never faded from his face. Even that smile had never left his face since he stepped out of the Lutherford residence. Andrew feels very happy today. He managed to get the attention of Eden and made Aciel angry because of the fire of jealousy. The man whistled softly as he entered his house and he was immediately greeted with a seductive gaze from Summer, his only sister. "Hmm, you look really happy." Summer teased with a meaningful smile. Andrew walked over to his sister and decided to sit down for a moment next to his sister. He felt he needed to share his experience today with Summer. After all, the success of today's plan was also thanks to Summer. Early in the morning, Summer had taken the time to contact Eden and ask about the woman's schedule this morning. Then in a spirit of soldier, Summer ran to Andrew's room and told her brother everything. “Aciel looked really angry earli
At ten o'clock the twins' birthday party was completely over. All the children looked exhausted and had fallen asleep since an hour ago. Only the adults remained for the final event—drinking until they were drunk, before Aciel dismissed them all and closed the gate tightly. "Everyone asleep?" Eden who was walking down the stairs immediately nodded at Aciel. Her face looked very sleepy at the moment, but she forced herself to get down after putting the twins and their two children to sleep who were so exhausted from the party. “At first Louise was very hard to put to sleep. He whined to go to Hyena and Mark's room." “That kid, the troublemaker. I wonder why he became such a little brat. Hopefully Lean won't be as much of a hassle as Louise will be." "Tsk, who contributed the delinquent gene in him?" Eden pouted. Aciel immediately grabbed his wife's waist to hug and kissed her cheek passionately. Eden who was cranky was fun to tease.
The parking lot was filled with rows of cars that stretched all the way to Aciel's driveway. The vacant lot that Aciel bought three months ago still wasn't enough to accommodate the large number of cars that had arrived today for the twins' birthday party.Olivia was grateful that she came in a taxi with Scout and Justice. She could already imagine that the guests Aciel had invited today would surely be abundant, even though Eden had told her that this birthday party would only be a simple birthday party with few guests. But typical of Aciel, he couldn't possibly invite only a few guests despite his plan."Don't forget the present, honey."She slowly descended while coded Justice to bring a medium sized box with a blue ribbon on it. In fact she was sure that Justice would not forget it. The girl had been fussing over her gifts since yesterday and seemed impatient to give it to Lean and Theo."Mommy, Scout hat is tilted."The girl tugged at the hem
Suddenly everyone became ostracized. It was like living in a foreign place without people who loved him. A week has passed since that very cursed day. In a day he made trouble with two people who had been very meaningful in his life. Aciel showed a completely different attitude since that afternoon. He became cold to him and their relationship seemed stiff, only limited to boss and employee. No more chats during lunch hours or the typical male pervert jokes they usually throw at each other when they happen to both have work in the meeting room for discussion. In the past he and Aciel often took an hour before lunch or after lunch, basically in one day they should have an hour to talk about important things related to the progress of the company. They discussed financial matters, marketing issues, production issues, and anything they could talk about for the betterment of Aciel's company. He and Aciel always analyze these things together before discussing them
Exactly an hour ago Olivia had just finished her conversation with Eden. The woman wanted to know her condition as well as talk about Justice. With a calm voice and mind made as innocent as possible, she talked about Justice with Eden like she is a good mother, who knows very well the growth and development of her daughter. She didn't want Eden to know about her problem with Sian. Even though she was sure Eden knew it and just pretended not to know to respect her feelings, she chose to lie. She plays the role of a good mother. Then in their conversation which seemed very exciting but tasted bland to her, she was told that tonight Justice would stay at Eden's house. Sian apparently told Eden that tonight he would not pick up the little girl. But it's a shame because Sian didn't even tell her that Justice was going to stay at Eden's house. It was very painful to remember her relationship with Sian which was like hell. Their married life is already very toxic. A
Eden pressed the bell on the right side of the wooden door while occasionally giving Louise a sharp look, the main star who likes to make a fuss so as not to keep bothering Justice who was calm beside Ciara. Meanwhile behind her she gave a sweet smile to the twins who looked so enthusiastic with biscuits in their hands because at least this afternoon they were outside the tall and sturdy walls of the Lutherford mansion. "Is aunty Laila at home, mom?" Ciara looked unsure seeing the condition of Hyena's house which was very quiet. But a few moments later they heard the sound of rushing footsteps from inside the house, followed by Laila's screams that were so distinctive and very loud. "Hello! Oh my gosh Eden! You brought this many troops?” Laila chuckled amusedly seeing Eden's group that was so boisterous. Louise who saw Hyena behind Laila's body immediately barged into the house without paying attention to her mother's call, who was so
When Olivia opened her eyes for the first time on this cold quiet morning, she couldn't help but sigh loudly as she stared at the clean ceiling of her room, and always be like that. Intricate carvings placed on the surface of the walls are a very beautiful sweetener to look at every morning. But is it true that these carvings can make the morning more beautiful? The answer is no. There is nothing more beautiful in the morning every day after all these disasters happen to her repeatedly. She can’t rise to stand from the incident. Scout who left her and his son. Then Sian who turned stiffer when he was with her. The man avoided her. So far the man has been very kind to her. Sian did not divorce her at all after that painful incident. Instead, Sian accepted her back as his wife, but only for status. Yeah, her marriage to Sian wasn't the same after the day she was kidnapped by Scout. Sian is no longer her former husband. He has turned into a quiet man who
Olivia opened her eyes slowly when she felt a jolt disturb her deep sleep. The smell of the hospital that she had memorized since she woke up yesterday afternoon made Olivia never completely forget her fate lying helplessly in the hospital."Wills?" Olivia asked hoarsely.Her eyes caught the faint sight of Wills standing awkwardly beside her nursing bed. Where has that man been all this time, Olivia thought in surprise. Yesterday she woke up to the commotion of hospital residents vying to keep her in this crowded world. Then two hours later she was hit by the devastating news that the man in the next room had died. The man named Scout Voyage died from being shot in the left chest. Of course she was devastated when she heard that. After all, they had spent nine months together in good and bad times. The last time she saw Scout was before she went to the Aciel branch office when the man was about to go somewhere because of his very neat clothes. Olivia had no bad thought
"Doctor please, there is a pregnant woman who had an accident!” shouted a nurse who was pushing a gurney that had just been unloaded from the ambulance.The doctor on duty swiftly followed the nurse into the emergency room to do first aid to the pregnant woman. Not long after, an ambulance with a police logo arrived with a man who had a gunshot wound to his left chest."Please help this man, he has a gunshot wound to his left chest!" shouted the police officer a little panicked.The nurse who was initially treating Olivia immediately rushed to take the poor man into the ER.Tonight the atmosphere in the Texas hospital is so tense and noisy, inside there are three humans who are trying to survive, Olivia, Scout, and their child who has not felt how cruel the world is.“Talia, we have to get this baby out immediately. Prepare the operating room now!”"Okay doctor."The nurse and several other nurses immediately pushed
A week after her wedding vows with Scout, now Olivia has officially brought the status of a Voyage mistress, in addition to the Markle surname that she previously carried. The days after the wedding were more beautiful than ever because now Scout always looked at her with love and always devoted his attention to her. Even so, she still has a problem in her heart because Scout and Sian's relationship has not improved. The man is still playing cat and mouse with Sian and continues to play with the man with all his devious plans. And now here she is, in a skyscraper that is a branch of Cadillac Corp. With determined steps, Olivia started to take the elevator to Sian's room which was on the top floor of this building. She was sure that if Scout knew this, the man would be furious with her because she had gone to see Sian without his consent. But she could not let this matter continue to drag on. She was tired and she wanted to end it all now. Knock knock