"Stop right there, Miss. You better stop running!" A pair of bald masculine bodyguards who were as tall as a tree called out loudly from a close distance, causing the girl in a one shoulder long satin prom to pause on her track. She had her stiletto in one hand while her purse on the other. Between her heavy breaths, she looked at the men with a tint of fear in her almond shaped brown eyes. Her sunkissed balayage hair covered her high cheekbones as her eyes scanned the whole place quickly, her small delicate face turned into a pale one now.Running bare footedly for a while, Irene Miller was so exhausted yet she couldn't just get caught.'I need to find the room... As soon as possible or else...'Suddenly she felt her head start spinning, some voices becoming distant yet near. Dropping her shoes on the floor unmindfully Irene grabbed her dress as she began running again.Holding the key card in her hand firmly, Irene looked in both directions in confusion. Not because she was uncert
The Next MorningThe melodious chirping of the birds outside announced the arrival of the morning when two naked bodies were still lying on the soft bed in the room. Clothes thrown at here and there on the floor were the proof of their passionate last night.Irene slightly moved to her side of the bed. As she heard the sweet tweeting of the birds her lips curled into a bright smile."It's morning... a new day." Sitting on the bed, she yawned. Irene felt sore all over her body for some reason, as if someone had tortured her last night.Slowly opening her eyes as she reached to grab her phone from the side table like she usually does, fear and shock washed over her.Irene covered her mouth with her hands in utter disbelief as she mumbled, "This is... Sh!t! Where the heck am I?"Looking around, all she could see was clothes cast here and there on the floor. Then her eyes caught on the figure sleeping next to her on the bed soundlessly.Like seeing a ghost, Irene quickly jumped from the b
"My beautiful Rena, you look so gorgeous today. Alvin won't be able to take his eyes off of you when he sees you haha."Seated on the chair, Irene stared at the mirror when Leila was laughing out loud while helping her with her shoes. Dressed up in her wedding gown, Irene was supposed to be happy like every bride would be but all she felt was the uneasiness in her heart that kept growing deeper as the clock was ticking by.Noticing the bride was so lost in her imagination, Leila snapped her finger before her eyes. "Babe are you even listening to me?"Instead of answering her Irene pulled her hands in anxiety. "Everything will be ok right? What if something goes wrong and..."Leila patted her shoulder, giving her a cheerful smile. "Of course, it will be. Don't worry too much, it's not like you slept with him on your own accord. You were just drunk. It was a mistake. Far more, Alvin is not a saint ei..." Leila cleared her throat, trying to change the topic.After coming from the hospita
While running in a hurry Irene unexpectedly collided with Alora. She took a step back as she noticed how furious Alora looked."Mom..."Slap!A sharp smack across her face surprised Irene completely, putting her in a daze. Alora stared at her with so much hatred and through gritted teeth she uttered fiercely, "How could you do something so shameless? How dare you!""I...""I know you grew up in an orphanage, you've learnt no manners nor any ethics but we are different. Because of you, we've lost our face in society." Alora burst out angrily. Touching her burning cheeks, Irene bit her lips. Tears were threatening to come out of her eyes yet she was trying her best not to cry."From now on, we don't have anything to do with you. You are no longer a part of our family." David declared.To be a part of the Thompson family? She never considered herself as one but she knew what David meant by those words he spat. "What? Then what will happen to my brother?""Your brother huh? Do you have
"I will wear this dress on our wedding day. And you will wear this one, don't they look cute together? I'm sure we both will be looking so beautiful on the special day."A 26 years old woman seated on the fine wooden chair in Oorgan cafe frustratedly ran her slender fingers through her cherry red hair as the handsome man seated in her opposite uttered not even a single word.The woman let out a sigh and blurted out more cheerfully this time, "Should we set the wedding this month or maybe at the end of next month? That way we will have more time to prepare for our... Wedding."Again the tall man built like a Greek God said nothing except scrolling through his phone. Since he arrived, his concentration was only on his phone as if the woman in front of him didn't even exist.This time she really lost it."Mr Hudson, are you even listening to me? It's only me who's talki..." "Let's break up.""Wha-what?"Knowing that it was to happen sooner or later she still hoped he would treat her dif
The faint music with the accompaniment of the not-so-chaotic crowd combined quite well, people were dancing with their partners when Irene was more concentrated on someone else. She calmly watched the man whom most women felt lucky to get a glimpse of.As she extended her hand for another glass absentmindedly, suddenly Maria snapped her fingers right before her eyes while snatching away the wine glass from her hand."Iri, how long are you gonna look at him? You might dig a hole if you keep staring at him like that." Maria teased."Oh, you are finally here. Bid goodbye to your charming boy already?""Don't change the topic. I've been calling you for a while now but you didn't even give me an eye. Are you that smitten by the Greek God?"Irene paused, looking around and she mumbled lowly, "What smitten? Don't be funny.""That man you are looking at. The way you were staring at him said it all." Maria pointed her fingers at the man at whom all the women were drooling. He stole the spotlig
For a while, Conall kept his gaze fixated on the suit that was kept on the settee. It was the one that he wore in yesterday's party, strangely the woman he met in the party was stuck in his mind. Though the news was taken down, he still remembered her face clearly.No human being ever showed him such disrespect like Irene did."President, there is a bad news." Owen sucked in a breath as he entered the CEO's office with a worried look on his face all of a sudden.Conall cleared his throat, walking towards the settee casually, "What happened?""You need to go to the City Hospital right now. Old lady Zoe...""What happened to her?" Conall's facial reaction changed as soon as he heard Owen. Though Conall didn't show he cared much but the truth was, he cared about Zoe. Seated in the car Conall was too focused on his tab, he couldn't wait to reach the hospital. In the Hudson family, Conall had only his grandmother who loved him though he had uncle and aunt and also his cousin but they all
"Roma, why didn't you call me sooner? How is Ella now? Is she ok? Did you call the police?" Worried sick, Irene was running in a hurry while talking to Roma on the call.Roma from the other side of the call assured her, "I'm sorry, Miss Miller. I was scared back then, I was looking for the Miss so I didn't call. Miss is fine now, she is sitting next to me. Should I give her the phone?""Yeah.""Mommy.""My love, how are you now? Are you really fine? Or how about we go to the hospital?" Irene asked, concerned. Irene came to give an interview in HUDS GLOSSIO INC. this morning but as soon as she got a message from Roma about Ellaine, she left in a rush."Yes, Mommy. I'm fine now. I'm sorry, it was my fault that I went after the butterfly. Please don't be mad at Roma." Ellaine voiced in a low tone of voice."I am not mad at her, my child. As long as you are fine, I'm all ok."Last night Irene decided to work in HUDS GLOSSIO INC. and thankfully , they had a position she was looking for. W
"1, 2 and... 3."As Irene threw the flower bouquet towards the crowd, all the men and women ran to grab it. Surprisingly, Luxury picked it up and the crowd cheered for her.In the happy moment, Irene was watching how everyone was so happy. Her dream to have a fulfilled family finally became true.Irene was about to walk to Conall who was talking to his friends when suddenly a familiar face came to her view. Upon seeing her, the person quickly ran away."Babe, where are you going?""I'll be back soon.""Is everything alright?""Yes."Irene ran after the person, the faster the person ran the more Irene wanted to see who it was. For a moment, she thought she was hallucinating. Why would the person who hated her would attend her wedding?"Mrs. Thompson." Stopping at a point, Irene called out loudly and the person with a mark stopped. "If you came to see the bride's face, you should give her the blessings as well. Don't you know the traditions?"Hearing her, Alora turned to her direction.
• A week later •"There's only an hour left till the wedding starts. Mr. Hudson." Conall tossed his phone on the seat and sped up the car. If not for the sudden business urgency, he would have been in the wedding venue by now but... Ring!As his phone, Conall took a look at the front way then he leaned to get his phone. Boom! There, Irene moved back and forth anxiously. In a princess wedding dress, and with all the makeup and hairstyle, she looked like a princess.Checking the timing in her phone, she bit her lips then dialled Conall's phone number for the 16th time but she couldn't contact him at all.'It has been so long since the last time I talked to Conall, he said he would be here before the wedding starts but only fifteen minutes left till the wedding starts, he is nowhere to be seen. Far more, I can't contact him.'"Miss Miller." Luxury hung up the phone and hurriedly ran to her. "Did you contact Conall? Where is he?""Uhmm..."Seeing her pale reaction, Irene touched her
"Good morning, Miss Miller." Seeing Irene come out of the kitchen, Luxury greeted her. Irene put down the plate of fruits as she saw her. Noticing the file in her hand, Irene asked, "Good morning, why are you here? Is something wrong at work?""Ahh, no. I came here because Mr..." Just when she was about to answer her, Conall appeared there. "I have told Miss Martin to come, I've something important to talk to her." Conall added, walking to the ladies.Hearing him, Irene looked at him in confusion. She knew Conall didn't know Luxury so there was no way they were working together on something or maybe they did but she didn't know? But if that really happened then he would have told her about this, in fact Luxury wouldn't hide things from her, right?But that was not the thing which concerned her though, rather the file Luxury was carrying pulled all her attention."Wait, what's wrong? Did you find a solution for Mr. Desmond's case?" Irene questioned, sounding a little excited."It's n
"You know he is dangerous, what if he reveals your secret? No, no. I can't...""Shhh! Calm down. Just calm down, will you?" Pulling her in a hug, Conall tried calming her down. Irene told him everything Luca, and after knowing it all, he didn't seem to even bother."Conall, he is not as simple as he looks. He is really really dangerous, trust...""Shhh! Just take a deep breath first, then I have something to say to you."Irene wiped her years of and asked, "What is it?""Do you want to marry me? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?""But Mr. D..." Interrupting her, Conall held her hand and looked into her eyes, "Shh! Just answer me, I want to know your answer.""I do."Smiling lovingly, as he showed her his phone she was surprised. "Wait when did you...""When you were telling me about Luca Desmond.""So your men are already working on this?"Conall pulled her close, having her rest her head on his shoulder he kissed her forehead, "Yes, so don't worry. You just need to
"You know there are many beautiful places we can go to. There's k..."When Conall was excitedly describing about places to Irene, she kept looking at him from the distance. The words Mr. Desmond told her kept playing in her head over and over again, and everytime she remembered it, her fear of losing him got her bad. 'I know Conall can't be touched, he is more powerful than Mr. Desmond. But he has enemies and he has secrets that can ruin him... Far more, he raised me so if he wants, he can ruin me faster than I can even imagine.'As Conall touched her shoulder suddenly, Irene was taken aback. "What are you thinking of? Is it me in a wedding suit or us in wedding dresses?""Ahh yes. I'm fine..." She didn't smile at him at all, though his smile made her feel a little better but she was so worried. She knew Luca looked fine but at times, he could be very dangerous. Far more, Irene was the CEO of Desmond I. O. in name, the real one was Luca. He was still the sole owner of the company th
"I don't wanna stay like a guest. Let me work as well..." As Irene picked up the knife, Conall held a cherry in his mouth. He approached from the behind, grabbing her waist he turned her around and feed her the cherry. "You!" "Have some sweet."Irene wanted to leave but when she went outside, she found out that Conall took her to an island from where she wouldn't be able to leave by herself even if she would want to. Having no choice, she stayed with him. But so far, he didn't let her do anything with her hand. Even when she said she was hungry, he decided to cook by himself instead of letting the chef do it. "Have a seat, I will be done soon." Conall took her in his arms and then he put her on the counter. "Wait, I want to help."Conall watched her making a cute face as he walked to the kitchen. While he was putting on the apron she kept looking at him. Suddenly he took it off and uttered, "Since you don't wanna stay like a guest, how about you help me put this on?"'He just put
"I wished this before, I wished that she would break up with him and come back to me.""It's dangerous, get down..."Suddenly he jumped down, and hugged Maria, she was taken aback. "I know I am a bit selfish but I couldn't help. My love for her never died, it was always one-sided and even though I had a chance to make it both sided I... I have ruined it all with my own hand. But when I heard that she broke up with him nor does she love him... My mind was so... You know I was just so happy. So damn much happy! Haha." Those words echoed in her ears again and again, Maria felt uncomfortable for some reason. "Mr. Wilson, let go."Alvin let her go and looked at her pie-eyed. He touched her face and smiled foolishly, "I will marry her, Mary. I will... Right now, I'm just on seventh heaven."Maria felt bad somewhere in her chest, it hurted so bad that she couldn't say anything. Since the day she met him, she didn't think of him as someone special but now... She had a different opinion. "D
"Thank you." Alvin voiced, smiling at her. Giving a cup of coffee to Alvin, Irene took a seat opposite of him. She didn't look so good though, her face full of sadness and compassion."Are you alright?""Yeah, thanks for asking. Alvin." She gave him a small smile as she grabbed a cup of coffee as well. For a few moments, silence took place in the living room. Since he came to see her, he didn't see her smiling wholeheartedly at all. Alvin put down the cup on the table and crossing his chest he looked straightly at her. "Irene.""Yes?""I want to ask you something but I don't know if... If I should ask it or not.""What do you want to ask?"Since he asked for a chance, she didn't hold any grudge against him. So when he wanted to meet her, she agreed on their meet up. With a slight hesitation, he asked, "About Mr. Hudson... Are you planning on really marrying him?"The moment he took his name, Irene remembered how Conall clearly told her on her face that he couldn't marry her. Her ga
"Mr. Hudson, one of our men had found out Miss Miller's whereabouts.""Where is she?" Since she vanished into thin air, Conall had tried every way possible to find her but as if she didn't exist, there was no news of her so far. "Daddy, won't you play with us?" As Rowan called out for him, Conall gave him a small smile from the distance. "Let me take this call first, I'll join you guys once I'm done.""Ok, daddy.""Yes, she was last seen in a cafe with a man at the northern area of the city. It was an hour ago." The voice from the other end of the call came through and Conall furrowed his brows, "Who is he?""We couldn't find it yet, we are still searching for his identity."Conall kept his fists clenched even though he looked calm. "I want to know where she is right now, why did she meet that man and everything about their relationship. Inform me of every details, got that?""Yes, Mr. Hudson."Hanging up the phone, Conall let out a sigh. At least he could relax now since her last lo