Patricia watched in amazement as soon as she got out of her car after Aura took the initiative to open the car door for her and arrived at Keith's parent's house, which was already filled with so many people. For the size of a small cafe owner, Keith's parents' house was quite large, which surprised her a little as she had thought the party would be held on a small scale.
But that was not what surprised her. It was also not for entering the house to find that many banquets of food and drink were available on the long table in the living room and at the warm welcome of Keith's parents, whom she had not seen for a long time when she saw their presence. A husband and wife with a warm, cheerful personality immediately made her feel like she has just returned home, very different from Keith's personality that the man always wore, which she thought was a little gloomy behind his cute face. The difference with their parents, who were very concerned about prestige and the views ofCecilia Esther sipped red wine, which was one of the wines she got for free from Charles Hermann's vineyard—her adoptive father, who she already thought him as her own father because her biological parents had died when she was four years old—slowly looking out the view of Rose city from the chaise lounge on the balcony, which also served as a mini garden for the penthouse.The penthouse where she lived now since she managed to move from her grandfather's mansion to the penthouse that she bought from her hard work as a freelance financial analyst since four years ago so as not to continuedly depending on her grandparents. She was bringing along her adoptive father, who initially refused her offer at first, but then he decided to followed her once she used her puppy eyes looks that always managed in making her adoptive father had no choice but to indulge her wishes. Indeed, her grandparents never bothered her existence in the family—especially her grandmother b
Tatius listened attentively to Keith's explanation of the detail of what he should do in the cafe on his first day he worked here. Starting from welcoming guests in a friendly manner and not forgetting to make eye contact when greeting customers to make customers feel comfortable. That part he felt was not a problem, as it was what he did usually at his old workplace, when he was still working as a waiter. But what made him a little confused was when he had to ask the customer's name and memorize every customer's habit in every detail.Realizing his confusion, Keith paused for his long explanation, looking at her worriedly. "Do you think it's too difficult for you to do the last part? You can skip the section on remembering the details of a customer's habits if you'd like. It's not a necessity, only if you can, it's even better."
To be honest, she was feeling anxious, as she had a butterfly in her stomach right now. Not because she entered her menstrual schedule, or because she drank stomach laxatives or had diarrhoea. But because she thought that in two days, she would come to their parents' house with Alan, bring their respective partners, and come out in front of their parents, both as a pansexual for Alan, and her as a lesbian.Okay, the comparison that she took before to describe her anxious feeling was not really cool, but it illustrated the feeling that came to her right now.Actually, it was not part of her life plan. Her plan was she would choose to cover up her identity as a lesbian forever as she did not intend to come out from the start. However, she could not bear to let her twin brother face the difficulties common to peop
Patricia could not help herself but smile a little as soon as she finished texting her girlfriend, ignoring the strange gaze from her editor, a curt man of Korean descent named Park Jinhee. "Already completed with your business? Then, could we resume the discussion, Miss Patricia Caroline?" The man's cold smile along with the way he called her by her full name, managed to make her tense up instantly. Immediately, she placed the smartphone on her desk, then sat with her legs crossed, leaning her legs towards Park to make it appear that she was enthusiastic about listening to the man's discussion seriously. Even though given to the fact that she really wanted to immediately kick the man out of her apartment and arrange her apartment to welcome Aura. She could not wait to give her the answer to the woman that she agreed to her invitation the other day to join dinner with her girlfriend's parent this week.
Marie looked at the mansion building which she had never liked since her first arrival in this place. She hated that place so much that she kept imagining the scenario of burning and destroying the mansion building to the ground, along with its inhabitants, in her mind for years. That place gave her nothing but only bitter memories of the time she was forced to spend two years living in the mansion after her mother died by her dad. The insults she always received from her grandparents and also her father's first half-sister––Arthur Hermann and his family––who always thought of themselves as important people whose existence deserves the respect of others.Ironically, it was where she was right now. Throwing all her pride to climb the cursed building that she always cursed in her mind. The last time she came to this place was when she introduced Keith to her father's extended family, which ended with an insult to Keith that instantly made her angry
There was no other way to describe how worried he was now other than hearing Marie's answer just now when he called her to find out her whereabouts, after waiting for an hour for her to arrive at his cafe.That his wife was now currently at his wife's grandfather's house. The strangest thing that made him confused. He remembered very clearly how his wife disliked his wife's extended family when he stepped foot for the first time into the house. But why had she just told him that she was there?Why did that woman do it? Did that have something to do with the woman's company, which will soon go bankrupt since her investors began to withdraw their investments in her company one by one thanks to the rumours circulating in the media?
Cecilia took a sip of the Iced Cappuccino she had just ordered a few minutes ago at Marie's husband's cafe, where she was now. It tasted a little stronger than the Iced Cappuccinos she had had before but she had to admit that this drink had really met to her liking. This was quite surprising, considering that over the years she had visited all kinds of cafes in Rose city, but never once had she come across a barista like Keith Gilbert, who could immediately understand her coffee taste. Only twice had he met her; at her cousin's wedding ceremony, as well as at the Hermann extended family gathering. Supposedly, that was not enough to let the man know her personality to this depth.She took another sip of his coffee after looking around the cafe, scanning everything. The atmosphere was so pleasant, with classical music playing which she did not know because he was not a classical music fan like Marie. She preferred music that has a fast tempo like Linkin Park or The Interr
To be honest, if he were, to be honest, he was attracted to the woman who was approaching him right now. Sitting on the chair in front of him with an expression full of confidence, as if want to tell him that everything was within her grasp. Her long wavy hair and star-shaped earrings made her look a little more reminiscent of Keith's wife, Rosemarie Clark, but a little more masculine. He felt a bit of a strange nostalgic feeling when he saw the woman's face. It felt like they had met before, somewhere. But where? He could not quite remember it."Yes?" he pretended not to hear the woman's words, asking her to repeat what she did without hesitation.“WeChat ID?”The woman nodded confirming his question earlier, took out her smartphone with slender fingers and decorated it with festive-looking nail ornaments, making the movement of the woman's fingers look graceful but did not reduce the charisma that was in the woman.He
Hello, my name is Zhen Xin Xin. Thank you for your support throughout the years, Our Agreement readers. It took me two years to complete this narrative, and to be honest, I was actually hesitant to put an end to this book.I'd like to thank you again for your help. Aside from this story, two others are still running on GoodNovel: Choosing Between Dragon and Werewolf and Unreveal His Mask.I will do my best to finish the current part of these stories. Until then, I would appreciate your assistance and support. Thank you very much.Sincere greetings, Zhen Xin Xin
[Sempione Park, Ponte delle Sirenete]Marie walked down the path in Sempione Park desperately. It had been almost a week since Keith had left home and asked for a divorce from her, making her immediately cancel all her work schedules for the next month to look for Keith.Armed with the information she got from Keith's parents that Keith went to Italy, precisely in Milan, she decided to book a ticket to Italy in a hurry.For days, she travelled the streets of Milan. She did not have any free time to explore the biggest and most complete fashion shopping centre there or visit tourist attractions. She only tried the local food, but only because she had to fill her stomach with food while trying to find her husband.Unfortunately, she had been in this place for a week, and she could not find her husband there. She was so stupid that she forgot to ask her mother-in-law where exactly Keith had gone in her panic. Now, she was confused, cursing her stupidity. How could she find Keith? Milan
A few days later...Marie walked into her mansion feeling uncertain after parking her car in the garage. Her memories of what happened a few days ago at her extended family's house still felt like yesterday. It was hard for her to accept the fact that all this time, her husband had been hiding the fact about his identity as the head of the mafia. Also, the fact that her husband decided to kill all of her extended family, leaving only her father, Uncle Charles, and Cecilia.For days, she tried to understand why Keith did it. She rented a hotel on the edge of Rose City as a way to calm down. Not to the Pacifica Hotel, considering the fact that it was a gift from Dean Aldebrando as their wedding present, which would make Keith aware of her whereabouts. She wanted to get away from it all. He wanted to have time to himself, to reflect on everything. But last night, he realised one thing. Everything that happened didn't matter anymore. She found that compared to having her husband by he
Cecilia looked at her father who still didn't dare to look at her when she arrived at Gilbert's cafe ten minutes ago. She knew that her father was a rigid, military type of person, so it was difficult for her father to admit all of Keith's statements about the reasons behind her parents' deaths. That was the reason why she waited until her father was ready to tell her everything. But ten minutes was not a fast time, and she wanted to hear the truth directly from her father's lips, not from anyone else."I know this sounds hard for you to accept, but I'm doing all this for you-"PLAKK!!!Her attention was diverted from her father to Keith and Marie. The sound of her cousin's slap told her instantly that Keith had confessed everything. And her cousin, she assumed, could not take it well."You secretly helped my company, I tried to understand it, although I still don't like your ways," Marie's eyes glazed over. "But you even went as far as killing all of my extended family, leaving only
Hearing Aura's exclamation gave him the signal to get out of this place immediately. The atmosphere in Hermann's living room gets even more chaotic when he told Gina the true facts about the husband she's been married to all this time. Now, Gina and Freddy were fighting again, making a scene, which made everyone around them were trying hard to break up the two people.Taking advantage of the chaos created there, Keith used the opportunity to put his revolver into his waistband, then pulled the hands of his father-in-law, as well as Uncle Charles, to leave this place immediately. "What's wrong?" Uncle Charles looked confused while running, but still complied with Keith's request to leave the Hermann mansion. "Why are we leaving-""Save your questions for later!" exclaimed Keith. He whistled loudly once he reached the gate. It did not take him long to find a saloon car appearing in front of them. The car door opened automatically."After you."Alfred without hesitation got into the ca
James Hermann was the first to move from his spot. The old man's jaw hardened, furious with anger."What a sassy mouth you have, young man!" James Hermann's hand grabbed Keith by the collar, but Keith did not lose his composure in the slightest. "On what basis are your false accusations?!""Grandpa! Let go of him!" Marie exclaimed in a panic once she realised what James Hermann was doing to Keith."Don't try to stop me, you unworthy grandchild!" James hissed, his gaze still fixed on Keith. "My business is with this moron! Answer my question!""I get this, Marie. Rest assured," Keith signalled to Marie to remain calm, and Marie reluctantly complied. "I have evidence to back up my statement just now. But first, let go of your grip. Do you think I can continue my speech in this position?"James seemed to consider Keith's words because the old man finally complied with Keith and released his grip, sitting back in his chair. Keith reached for his smartphone, calling Alan."Alan, bring Mr T
All the way to her grandfather's house, Marie felt restless. The fire incident with her personal assistant made her anxious. Derek told her that it might be the work of her uncle who wanted to spread terror in Rose City, but she wasn't sure if that was the only reason.What's more, Keith neither cared nor tried to bring up the matter when she tried to broach the subject. Keith just assumed that it was a coincidence—nothing to think about.Now, he was in the living room, along with his father's entire extended family, attending his grandfather's birthday party. His hand shook the stem of the wine glass filled with red wine served with an uncertain feeling. He did not see Cecilia anywhere at all.Was Cecilia not coming? Or perhaps, her cousin was late for something?She took out her smartphone and sent a short message to Cecilia before cramming it back into her handbag."Your face is so tense. Is it because you're still thinking about your company going bankrupt?"Gina Hermann, her cous
"Welcome back, Mrs. Clark."Rosemarie answered her household manager's greeting with a faint murmur, taking off her high heels and slipping into house slippers. Fatigue enveloped her after almost a day of staring at the computer screen without stopping and also solving business problems with new investors.“Yes…”"I wanted to inform you that an invitation letter was sent for you today.""Invitation letter? From whom?"“From your grandfather, I think…”Marie suddenly felt uneasy. His tiredness vanished in an instant, and he went straight to his household manager, and the old woman handed him an envelope containing the invitation letter that the woman meant.As soon as she learned the contents of the letter, her blood boiled, filled with the anger that was so attached. The letter was an official invitation from her paternal grandfather,To Mrs. Rosemarie Clark.You are invited to attend James Hermann's 64th birthday. The event will be held tomorrow, at 16:00. Wear formal clothes.How c
Keith tapped his fingers on the table after taking a sip of the mineral water that one of the servers had just served him. His eyes glanced out the window of the restaurant, waiting for the arrival of someone.Currently, he was in the restaurant built by his grandfather at the Hotel Pacifica as a gift for his marriage to Marie.He chose this restaurant for a simple reason: it was his, and it was filled with people he could trust. So he did not need to look for hidden places or need privacy to talk about anything confidential.“Can you imagine? There were three fire incidents in a row! Not to mention the presence of journalists who several times tried to cover the news by claiming to be the family of the fire victims! I don't know if they've lost empathy or what, but this whole thing is definitely weird to me!”Keith thought back to his wife's words once he managed to take care of this suspicious person. Marie was quite surprised to find Derek Skylar coming with him, but his wife's att