"Ellie, the team is ready for our meeting."
"Great, I'll be in the conference room in a bit," I told Luna before I hang up the intercom.
I ask Luna to inform all the people involved in the Schulz project because I have a few instructions for them.
The team fixes their seats when they saw me enter the conference room.
"Good morning guy! I'm sorry for the sudden meeting." I started my speech.
"We are all aware that we got the deal with Schulz Tech. This is another major project for CIC. But I am not the one heading this project."
All of them look shocked from wha
We were having dinner when I noticed Alistair's sad face."Hey, Alistair is something wrong? You look sad." I can't help but ask."Mom is Auntie Kaela has a boyfriend?" He said teary eye.I shook my head. "None that I know of. Why?""We went to the airport to accompany Aunt Kaela then a guy came. They are arguing but I saw Aunt Kaela's face blushing whenever the guy said something to her. Then they went to the plane together." Alistair started to cry.I panic when Alistair began to cry. I went to him to console him. I was confused because I am not aware that Kaela is seeing someone. I look at Ulie to ask for his confirmation.
"Is mom going home late tonight, dad?" Amelia asks while looking at the door of their room."Maybe a bit late. But don't worry princess, mom will come home before you went to bed."I was also concerned about Ellie. She did not send me a message that she will be home late. Normally, she will send me and the kids a message that she will be late and that we don't need to wait for her. Though, there were also days that she was a bit late so she didn't bother to send us a message. But now is a bit different, she was 3 hours late from her usual schedule. She was supposed to be here at 6 pm. I decided to give her a call. After three rings, Ellie answers my call."Ellie, where are you?" I ask.
After Hadley went to my office last time, my initial plan was to avoid her because I know her presence will bring chaos to my family, especially Ellie.I don't know why Hadley likes me so much. Many guys are after her. One of them is Quen. Hadley's feelings for me became an obsession to the point that she convinced her parents to arrange our marriage.I was not able to cancel it before because LHI plans to expand in America, and Adelson is a great help for us. I never consider it, but I don't want to rush things since the benefits are great.If only I have my memories with Ellie, I would have rejected the marriage offer with the Adelsons before I went back to the Philippines.I know that regr
Hadley did not have a second thought when I asked her to meet me. I wanted my meeting with Hadley to be a secret to everyone, so I chose a restaurant where it can give us privacy.I was already in the restaurant's private room when Hadley texted me that she was there. A few moments later, I saw Hadley enter the room."Hi, Hadley! I'm glad that you agree to meet me." I greeted Hadley.I assist Hadley to her seat then returned to my seat. I asked the waiter to get our orders."You know that I can't say no when it comes to you," Hadley said in a seductive tone.I just smile at her. When our orders came, Hadley and I started to ea
Time flies so fast. Surprisingly, the days have gone down quietly. It was different from what I expected since Hadley went to my office.Ulie assures me that he will handle Hadley. And I think he did great based on what is happening right now. I just hope that it will be completely settled especially now that I am ready to accept Ulie again in my heart.Since then Ulie was the only man I have loved. Ulie was the one who broke my heart, but he is also the one who fixed it. I believe in love and I also believe in marriage because I witness that true love exists from my parents. But at some point, I shove off the idea of falling in love and marriage because of the heartache that I experienced.
“Is it true that you have a secret date with Mr. Escarrer? And is it also true that you guys are planning to continue your supposed wedding?”Hadley smiles sweetly at the reporter. “It already came from you, it's a secret date so I can't give you the details,” Hadley said which makes the reporter more curious.“So you are not denying that you had a secret date with Mr. Escarrer?” The reporter maliciously asked.“If I tell you that it's not true, will you believe me?” Hadley asked the reporter instead.The reporter laughs and shakes his head. “We have proof that of your sec
“Ulie…” I can’t utter anything but his name. Ulie’s words are giving so much warmth to my heart. He sounded so sincere. I can’t help myself but grab his face and give him a soft kiss. I was hoping that through my kiss he was able to feel the words I can’t utter. “I will never marry anyone but you, my Quinn. Don’t ever forget that.” Ulie added. I nodded at him. He went to me again and kiss me, a more passionate kiss. I kiss him back with the same passion and intensity. “I love you, Penelope Quinn Cabello,” Ulie said after our kiss. I smile at him and caress his face. “I love you too Kade Ulysses Escarrer.”
Despite the buzz that Hadley created, our family was not affected. We live as if nothing happens. Ulie and I decided to just ignore all Hadley’s antics. As long as we know what the truth is, we don’t need to be affected by her. If we reacted to her schemes, then she will just continue to push it. Hadley should realize that she has a zero chance to win Ulie. Today is Saturday, one of our favorite days of the week. But Sunday is our most favorite day of the week because aside from our family bonding, it is also a day to worship God. We have so many things to thank God for.We were having breakfast when I notice Amelia’s sad face.
I thought that life is so unfair. I even hated God for letting all of this happened. I only loved one woman in my life, but why did God allow me to be the reason for her sufferings? I hated God so much that I tried to kill myself. I feel like, my mere existence is the cause of the suffering of many people. The suffering of the people I love. They said when you don’t understand, you just need to trust God. I failed to do this. I failed to trust Him. One thing God has proved to me was, he is still in control. He did not let me die, instead, He gave me what I longed desire, and that is Ellie. I can’t believe that s
“Ellie, my brother committed suicide.” “W-what?!” Kaela didn’t say anything. All I can hear was her nonstop crying. I hang up the phone and went straight to the hospital. I called Luna and asked her to go to the hospital to take care of the kids. When we reached the hospital Luna was already there. “I heard what happen. How is he?” She said upon seeing me. “I don’t know yet. I need to talk to Kaela first. Can you get the kids and take care of them?” I asked. Luna nodded. “Don
I was so down after my daughter pushed me away. I asked my son to stay with her sister tonight. I know that Amelia needed her brother right now. Even though Amelia bullies her twin brother most of the time, Alistair is still her confidant. Also, I wanted to be to go to my parents. I need their comfort. So I drove my car to their mausoleum. It’s really a good thing that I made this mausoleum like a home. Especially in times like this. When I went inside and saw my parent's grave, tears start to fall again. “Mom,” My voice broke. “My daughter hates me. She doesn’t want to listen to my explanati
“What kind of stupid question is that? Of course, I’m not fine. My daughter hates me now. It’s all your fault.”Ellie hates me and I can’t blame her. It was my mistake who took away the lives of the people close to her... Ellie’s only family.Because of me, Ellie became an orphan. She needs to take on difficulties and responsibilities at an early age. I am proud of how strong she became but I am also mad at myself because she could have avoided this kind of loneliness and hardship if it wasn’t for me. I keep on questioning myself why did I do that?! Why did I try to beat the red light?! I should have waited! I was able to wait for her for five years, but why can’t I wait for a minute or two?
“What’s there to explain about? We heard about your plan with her loud and clear! You are so selfish, mom! I hate you!” Amelia shouted then she went out of my office.I glared at Hadley. She covers her mouth. “Oppps, I’m sorry! But don't worry everything will be alright after I execute my plan. Bye!” Then she went out of my office as if she won a lottery. I felt so weak. My daughter hates me more now. But what is she doing here? I was about to go to Luna and ask her why Amelia was in my office when I saw Alistair looking at me. I went to him and hold his hand. “Alistair I will expl
“Hi, Ellie. Amelia called me and she wants me to take her to the mansion.” Karma explained when I was the one who opened the door for her.I just nodded and I open the door widely for her to come in. I showed her to the twins’ room. I saw both of them sitting on their respective bed. But Amelia has a bag with her, looking determined to leave me. I controlled my tears from falling. I know I messed up big time. I guess they are better to stay in Escarrer mansion than be with me. I was still mourning for my parents. I was not able to mourn for them before because things happened so quickly that I find it hard to absorb everything.
“Come back home. The kids are waiting for you.”I was stunned for a moment. We often believe that everything happens for a reason. But I can’t seem to figure out why all these things happened. Why did God let me fall for someone responsible for my parents’ death? Why did God let me have children with him? I even let myself believe that Ulie was the one for me. “Are you okay?” I did not notice Luna’s presence. I was so consumed by my emotion. “I would be lying if I told you that I am okay because it’s so
I woke up with a heavy heart. I look at myself in the mirror. My eyes were swollen from crying all night. I still can’t believe that this is all happening. I can’t believe the person I entrusted my heart to broke it again for the second time. I regret meeting him. My phone rang. It's the phone we gave to the twins. “Hello?” “Mommy! Where are you? Why are you not staying in the house? Are you with dad?” Amelia asked. My eyes started to well up again. “I... I was at your grandparents’ mausoleum. I dream of the
“I was the one who killed your parents. I was the one who causes the accident.”“What are you saying?” I was so worried when Ulie suddenly passed out after he was shouting for pain. I immediately call the ambulance. Flashback The first person that came out of my mind was Quen. I called him and told him about what happened. “How is he?” Queen said as soon as he arrived at the hospital. “The doctor said that he is stable now. But they will run some tests to find out why he was suddenly in pain.” I said.