“Do you like my sister?” Austin asked seriously.
With that, Maxime reacted and gasped in surprise. “You like Athena?!”
They all went silent for a second before Stephen answered.
“Yes, I like her. That is why I don’t want to keep secrets from her. I want her to know her past…” He answered seriously.
“You don’t know what you are saying. If you like her… Don’t let her memories come back. Or you might regret it.”
“I am willing to accept everything that she has gone through. We all know she lost her baby, and if we are going to be in a relationship, I want her to reconcile with it, so she doesn’t have any regrets. I just don’t want to
“Hey, Maxime! Are you mad at me? I’m sorry if I offended you. I just wanted to make you laugh, but I didn’t know you’d get mad at my jokes.” Marcus apologized.Earlier, he tried to make jokes because he noticed Maxime was in a grumpy mood, earlier. Marcus threw punch lines.“My therapist and I have been trying to figure out why I seem to have lost my mind… Then I realized that it’s all your fault.” He said.“What?” Maxime asked with a frown.“Because I’m crazy for you.” Maxime hissed and walked out without saying anything. Little did he know, Maxime did not get offended by what he said. Instead, she was mad because she guessed Austin would go out with Dr. Smith, and she was correct. “Look, Marcus… I’m not mad at you, okay? So, don’t get bothered. I am not that easy to get mad… Besides, you’re not the reason I am upset.” Maxime said. ‘It’s that flirty doctor. She’s such a tramp.’ Maxime wanted to say it loud but decided to keep it to herself since she had no
Due to her embarrassment, Maxime ran to an empty guest room in a hurry. She didn’t care where she was as long as she could hide. “What was that?” Athena narrowed her eyes towards her brother suspiciously, but instead of answering her, Austin shrugged and left the scene with a smug look on his face as he saw Marcus close to where they were standing, a pained look on his face. “Do you want me to bring you to Maxime?” Stephen asked. He was worried that Athena may need something later, and nobody would be there to help her. She shook her head. “No, it’s okay. Let’s wait until she’s ready. I don’t want her to feel more embarrassed.” Athena said. ‘If that happened to me, I would have felt embarrassed too, and I wouldn’t come out of my room the whole day.’
FIVE YEARS LATER…“Athena, are you ready?” Maxime asked as she opened the door of Athena’s room.Athena was wearing a nude-colored deep v-cut flowy styled sleeveless long dress embroidered with Swarovski crystals. This gown emphasized her glowing skin and the perfect shape of her body. They fashioned her hair into a french bun with loose wavy strands to frame her delicate face.“Wow, Athena… You look stunning tonight.” She said, with her mouth agape.“Thank you. You too, you look beautiful.” Athena smiled at her.Smiling, Maxime was wearing a black tea-length dress, caressing her small baby bump. She was five months pregnant with her first baby. “Thank you, and this baby is growing… I can’t hide her any longer.” They both chuckled. “I can’t wait to see your boyfriend’s reaction when he sees how beautiful his girlfriend is. He probably won’t be able to take his eyes off of you.” Maxime giggled.Athena smiled and said, “His eyes should only be on me, or el
While Ethan was at Country P, he found out that Austin's hospital in country Y will be hosting a charity event. He knew that Austin would show up and if he followed Austin it could lead him to finding Athena.Since he wasn't invited by the Morris', he asked one of the elite families attending the event to give him their invitation, trading it for a million dollars.He flew to country Y the same day and went directly to the said event. Because of his scandalous behavior the previous years he has been hiding from the press, and since he didn’t want to be recognized he sneaked into the event unnoticed. Upon his arrival, the whole place was abuzz with news of who’s going to be here and he was constantly hearing rumors about a well-known doctor and his date. When he heard it was Athena Morris, his ears tingled as he quickly scanned for her inside the ballroom. Knowing she was in the same room made him eager to see and confront her.He often thought about Athena and could
Rumors inside the ball were spreading as the bidding continued.“18 million,” Dr. Stephen yelled. ‘This will be my last bid. I have no more to give if he raises the price,’ he thought.“30 million,” Ethan said with a smirk. ‘You’ll probably go bankrupt if you make another bid.’ He thought as he glared at Stephen, who was now clenching his fist.‘Dammit! I can’t go over 30 million. What will I do?’ He thought as Athena held his hand and caressed it slowly, reassuring him it was alright.“Don’t worry about it. Everything’s going to be fine. At least you helped drive up the price of the jewelry, and the chosen charity will receive more than half of the proceeds. It can really hel
The event ended successfully, and a few guests were lingering at the ball, enjoying themselves and mingling with each other. Austin stayed, sending Athena, Stephen, and Maxime home to be escorted by the President’s security. They left way before the party even ended.Austin planned to keep Ethan busy with the help of the media. He was planning to confront Ethan after they all left because he didn’t want to drag his father’s reputation in the dirt and make an issue of what Ethan had declared earlier.Ethan knew Austin wanted to confront him, and he stayed because he wanted to know what his friend wanted to say. He considered Austin as his family and wanted to know why they didn’t confront him when they learned the truth. When the rest of the guests left, Ethan caught Austin standing in the corner, facing the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.“Do you think you can easily take Athena away from me?” Ethan said as he approached his friend.Instead of answering, Austin
The deafening sound of the alarm woke Athena up. Last night, she set her timer two hours earlier than usual.It’s been a week since the event, and since her foundation, Good Samaritan, was one of the chosen charities to receive the money from the auction, she treated the children from the foundation on a two-day overnight field trip. It excited the kids when they heard about it.Unfortunately, Maxime was scheduled for her pre-natal check-up, and Austin was accompanying her. Ever since he’d gotten famous, Stephen’s schedule at the hospital was always full. Only Marcus could come on the trip with her, aside from the security they assigned to Athena’s safety.“I wish I could really come with you… But sadly, I can’t. I don’t want to risk our baby’s health to go on a field trip. But next time, I will promise… I will accompany you.” Maxime swore.“Don’t worry about it, Maxime… We can go on another trip after you give birth to little Austin.” Maxime’s eyes widened and cover
‘This guy looks familiar… Where did I see him?’ Marcus wondered as he looked at the guy standing beside Athena.“Who is he?” Marcus asked with a frown. Marcus looked at him from head to toe. ‘It seems like he’ll give us trouble.’ He thought.“This is Mr. Ethan Reed. He will join us on our trip.” Athena said.‘Right! I remember him! I saw him on TV, he’s that guy from the news. He was the talk of the town last time when he declared being married on national tv.’ He thought.“Why is he joining us?” He asked.“He’s the person who won one of the jewelry sets at the auction last week. And since he picked out our name for the donation, he wanted to spend time with the kids and wanted to know them better. He has a charity in country P called Savior’s Foundation. So, I allowed him to join us.” Athena raised her brows and shrugged like she was saying we can’t do anything about it. Then she stood beside Marcus and whispered, “Please don’t tell Stephen about this.” She begg