Meanwhile, inside the Chairman’s office, Harvey and his friends including Uncle Domeng and Luigi were having their meeting.
“Hey bro, why do we have to gather here, we should have stayed in your house. Bianca and the rest of the family were there for some cooking lessons and I’m sure there will be foods to eat there.” Derrick said.
“Exactly, we can just talk from your study.” Gener said. Harvey only glared them.
“Then, we get better started, so we can go home early” Uncle Domeng interrupted.
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“First, we need a chopped carrots, diced onions and sliced pickles.” she started. When Adrian heard it, he immediately pick his knife and the pieces of carrots, onions and pickles and three bowl was placed in his front. When girls saw her not moving, they asked her to show them the right way of chopping especially Bianca who wanted to see some knife skills. She point them her son and told them that her son will show them the proper way on how to chop. While they have already made some chopping awhile ago, it is only simple and only for the strawberry and garnish.“Yes Mom” Adrian replied to her mother’s instruction and he started with chopping the onions and explained t
“Does anyone of you know how to make a creme brulee?” she asked but the girls only shake their heads.“I had this dessert countless times when I was in the UK. Now that we will be making creme brulee, I suddenly have cravings for it” Bianca excitedly said. “Are you sure, you’re just craving?” Vivian asked.“What do you mean?” Bianca asked.“Maybe you’re pregnant” Michelle straightly said.“Of course not, we’ve never do that”
“Let’s start, what we need are strawberry, calamansi (lime), and sugar.”She prepare all the things they needed. Since, they will be doing separately, she only instructed them of the step by step process. They washed the strawberries, remove the hulls and half the strawberries and put it in the bowl.“If the berries are small, keep them whole, separate small whole berries from halved berries.” After cutting the strawberries, they followed the lime.
“Mom, are we still going to do the camping?” Adrian asked while they were having their snack. Oh yeah, she almost forgot that she promised her son that they do camping even just in the backyard. The truth is she would have forgotten about it if her son had not mentioned it. And she should keep her promise even though she felt a little tired and wanted to rest. She had a strong body and not easily get tired with just doing the cooking but the body she has right has lack of exercise and too weak for hardship.She once heard from his father that a promise must be kept no matter how hard it is to keep, and if you know you can’t keep it, it’s better not to make a promise and espec
Although the restaurant was closed due to the investigation, Arrianne still went to check and make some changes and renovation to the arrangement in the restaurant. She also used the time to further investigate of the original Arrianne’s life and her involvement why she was in her body. She spend her free time in study room looking for some clue or anything but her efforts was still in vain. She could not find anything. The books in the shelves seems to be new and never been used. The table and drawers are clean and no unnecessary papers or any trash. It was too clean that she thought that no used it. Or her own study in her previous life was just too messy that she wasn’t used to see the study room being too organize and clean. Since she doesn’t got anything in checking her own study
She found out that Dorothy was helping Renzo taking revenge against Harvey and take over the company and give justice to her aunt, believing that he’s her cousin. However, she mistook the information because she thought Harvey is the son of the mistress and Renzo is her true cousin. She also thought that the Empire is the company given to Harvey by his father which supposed to be with her cousin as the real heir.She had a deep resentment to the mother and son. She believes that they were the reason why her aunt and grandfather died and her cousin to live a miserable life. When she graduated, she decided to go back to the country to help her cousin take all the things that is rightfully his. But one thing she failed to remember is the name of her cousin.
In the novel, the collapse happened one month after the incident in the restaurant while the construction workers were having their siesta time during their lunch break; there would be an earthquake, the building collapsed, and a lot of the workers were injured and died. Only a few were lucky to be out of the site and still having lunch outside.If her calculation is correct, today is the one month when someone tried to sabotage the restaurant by releasing a rat inside and when someone reported their health standard to the Department of Health. If it is, an earthquake will happen around twelve to one o’clock in the afternoon. However, she hasn’t thought of any excuse for them to evacuate the site. First, there is no news that there will be an expected earthquake or any phenomenon that will re
Meanwhile, Harvey was excited as his wife would pick him up at the airport. However, when he arrived, only Uncle Domeng was there.“Where’s my wife?” he asked.“She said she has an important thing to do” he frowned.‘Important to do? What is more important than picking him up at the airport? They have separated for four days, and he been longing to see her so much, yet she was not a bit concerned to pick him up.’ Harv
The next day, it was still dark outside when Adrian woke up. He immediately climbed out of bed and went to his parent’s room. He knocked softly but heard nothing, so he slowly opened the door and carefully climbed up in the middle of the bed, lay down, and hugged his mother before closing his eyes. Harvey opened his eyes. He can only shake his head but does not say anything. He carefully tugged the quilt to his wife and son and hugged them both.When Ara woke up, she saw Harvey sitting in the bed with his laptop and Adrian with his book.“Wake up?” Harvey said when he felt some movement in his wife’s side.“Hmmm, Good morning, happy birthday, baby!” Ara said when she saw her son. She got up and hugged and kissed him.“Good morning, Mom!”“What time is it? Why didn’t you wake me up?” she turned to her husband.“It’s still early. Don’t worry.”“Let me prepare for our breakfast first before we go out.”“Actually, why don’t we let Aunt Melba prepare our breakfast? You don’t have much rest
After another week of recovery at home, Adrian was finally able to return to school. And soon, Friday comes and it’s a day before Adrian’s birthday. It was planned that they would celebrate Adrian’s friend and classmates and tomorrow, the actual day of his birthday will only be celebrated by their family. When it the time for the student to return home, the class where Adrian belongs was happily chatting, while walking to the gate. When they reached the gate, they looked for their nannies or parents who picked them up, and then they looked at Adrian to ask for their service. Adrian looked around and saw his Aunt Lulu walking to their side.“Are you ready guys?” Lulu smilingly asked.“Yes!” the children happily shouted.“Then, let’s go”. There are only 20 children plus their nannies and the parents who pick up their children, so Ara rented a bus for them to fit in. Although some of the parents who pick up their children have their own car, they still ride the bus as it is a rare exp
Ara immediately went to the bathroom to wash up. When she opens the bathroom, she found no one inside the room. Harvey was not inside but heard him talking to someone on the phone. She lay down on the bed to wait for Harvey to finish his call, but before even Harvey returned to the room, Ara could no longer fight her exhaustion and tiredness. Her lack of rest and sleep this past few days had taken her the moment her body touched the bed.Harvey listened to his wife’s gradually steady and shallow breathing. He slowly lay beside her, embraced her, and kissed her forehead before closing his eyes. He was also sleep-deprived these past few days and needs to rest. After a week, Adrian was discharged from the hospital and allowed to recuperate at home. During this time, while the investigations were ongoing, the case had already been filed in court against the woman who injured Adrian. The case was also featured in the news and is trending in social media. There are a lot of video clips of
Ara confirmed first that Adrian had already fallen asleep. After waiting for him to be in a deep sleep, Ara got out of bed and tucked him in before she left the room. She went to the connecting room, which she used as her room while accompanying Adrian. The hospital really lives up to its tagline, where the patient lives like a guest in a hotel; just like the room they booked, it has its own kitchen, living area, and two rooms for the patient and the other for the one, for those who are taking care or looking after the patient.Ara picked up her notebook and wrote her ideas for her son’s birthday. She was in a good mood right now, and her ideas came effortlessly. Besides, the time is a bit tight because she only has a month to plan everything. She has a lot of ideas, and she writes them down in her notebook one by one and how they should be done. She also wrote the menus, the giveaways, gifts to give to those who will attend, prices for the games, etc. Of course, she needed to have A
After Ara’s emotions subsided a little, and after she calmed down, Harvey and Ara walked and sat beside Adrian’s bed. Harvey silently held his wife’s hand and sometimes hugged her to give her some comfort and assurance that everything would be fine and that Adrian soon woke up.It was terrifying quiet inside the ward, with only the sound of various instruments running. The wait for Adrian to wake up seems too long. But both the husband and wife did not want to break the solemnity of silence. They were comforting themselves and knowing the presence of the other was enough and having their own thought wishing for Adrian to wake up soon and his fast recovery.When the night fell, Adrian woke up, and Ara was so happy, and finally, her heart felt relieved and settled. She didn’t even realize her face was already soaked with tears from crying because of how happy she was. “Mom, I’m sick!” Adrian said while trying to look aggrieved and looking for an embrace from his mother, but Ara was too
After Uncle Domeng finished talking about the result of the investigation, she also instructed him to investigate further regarding the family of Janet and if they could uncover the mystery of Adrian’s birth. She was curious as to who is his biological mother. Uncle Domeng nodded and left the room to continue with the task. Ara picked up her phone and dialed a number saved on the phone. Her heart was beating faster as the phone kept ringing. Just the other party picked up the phone on his end, the phone in Ara's hand was suddenly snatched, and when she looked back, it was her father. She frowned and looked as if asking for the reason behind his attitude. Enrico saw the name on the phone and directly canceled the call before looking at his daughter questioning look.“Why are you calling him?” Enrico asked first, not minding the puzzled look from his daughter.“I just want to know if he knows that Adrian was not Janet’s son.” Despite the dissatisfaction of Ara, she still answered her
After Uncle Domeng confirmed that the husband and wife would keep the matter a secret, he expressed his thanks and immediately went to Ara’s side and saw Ara’s father opening the food pack.“Let’s eat first before you talk about everything. I know you want to know about the investigation, but it’s hard to think if you are hungry.” Enrico said to her daughter.“I’m not hungry,” Ara said while looking at her Uncle.“Even if you’re not hungry, you still have to eat, so you can have the strength to taking-care of Adrian. What will happen to him if you will get sick.” Enrico still tried to persuade his daughter, but Ara just closed her eyes while sitting on the bench near the ICU where Adrian was put for observation after the surgery. After looking at her daughter, he sighed and shakes his head. After a while, he called her using the tone which he usually used when he was disciplining her when she was still a child.“Arrianne Jade Lusuegro!” Ara suddenly opened her eyes when she heard her
Just after Ara hung up the phone, a nurse went to her side and introduced herself as the one from the organization and the one who would donate blood for her son. She found out that her name was Ana, a nurse in the Pediatrics Department in the Hospital, and was already aware of her son’s condition even before the organization posted a notice to the group.Ara thanked her and gave her a calling card to contact her if she needed help in the future. That was the only thing she could do for the woman as the organization prohibits members to accept payment in helping their members or their family when it comes to helping them with blood donations. So, to show her gratefulness for saving her son, Ara is willing to help in return. Besides, her husband was rich and powerful, and his connection was wide, so she believed it would not be hard to help in the future.Ana thanked her, and just as she turned around to go where she was going to draw blood; when suddenly, someone grabbed her hand. Ara
After coming down from Marinaya Mountain, Ara, and her father decided to rest at a nearby hotel before returning to the city. After they checked in, Ara checked her phone and saw that the battery was already drained, which could be expected considering that they had been staying in the tribe for almost a month. She picked up the charger and went inside the bathroom to take a bath. Although the tribe community was located in the innermost of the mountain, the tribe created a secret passage that allowed them to go in and out of the community to the town faster, but it was still exhausting going down the mountain for over half a day. Now, she only wants to have a long soak in a hot bath. She adjusted the water temperature, put a few drops of lavender oil, and lit a scented candle for a more relaxing effect. It’s a good thing that for a small town, they have such a 3-star hotel, and their services were already top-notch, and she saw that there was already tourist exploring the place. Ma