Cia soon realized that she shouldn't be touching Adrian, so she withdrew her hands from his bare chest. "I.. I'm sorry " she immediately apologized and wanted to turn away. Adrian grabbed her wrist quickly."Wait" he said briefly, and then a long silence followed. He didn't know the reason why he held her back, maybe he should have just let her go.Adrian was dumbfounded. He then finally knew what to say and he asked. "Are you done with the treatment?" That was the only thing that he could say. He then lowered his face shyly."I'm almost done." Cia stated. She continued with it and after she was done she left the room without saying even a word to him.Adrian felt a bit guilty and he blamed himself for making Ciara uncomfortable around him. He just couldn't control how he felt about her. He wrapped a jacket around himself and he stood up to put on some clothes so that he could resume working. Upon walking towards the wardrobe, he felt his mobile phone vibrate inside his pockets. Ad
Cia had waited for a long while before she saw Vanessa descending the staircase coming into the living room.When she went to knock on her bedroom door earlier, she heard the moans and had to give her space. From the way she walked, Cia already understood what happened between her and Manuel.She tried not to act as if she knew and she just went to Vanessa. "What took you so long?" Cia asked. Vanessa couldn't give her an answer, she just smiled and said. "Something urgent came up. I'm sorry I had you waiting for so long" Vanessa instantly apologized and she pulled Cia's hand. "I'm really sorry " "It's fine," Cia said with a smile, recalling what she heard. Vanessa must've had a good time with her husband.They soon left the mansion together, boarded a taxi and went straight to the boutique for shopping.The boutique was located in the west part of a city, a little bit far from the studio.Vanessa made sure to pick out all the clothes that fitted the photoshoot theme in her phone befo
While they waited for the policemen to come, Vanessa tried to reach out to Manuel. The feedback she got kept telling her that Manuel was unavailable. Vanessa was confused at that moment, she turned to Cia several times to get her opinion but she was also silent and confused.The door of the boutique soon opened, a group of men in dark suits rushed in. Vanessa didn't notice them at first but Cia and the rest of the people did. She was still focused on her phone, trying to get through to Manuel.A man in a dark red coat walked into the boutique after the group of men. He stood in the middle of the place, glaring around until his eyes landed on a petite woman with brown hair. She looked distressed while operating her mobile phone.Vanessa didn't notice Manuel and his men enter, at a point she began to assume that Manuel purposely turned off his network to avoid calls. She stopped calling and stayed upright. As soon as she felt a tap on her shoulders and turned, Vanessa saw Manuel who was
Inside the boutique was huge and beautiful, designed in luxurious crystals, its radiating beauty was intense as the sunlight shoned in, hitting directly at each crystal design in the place.Each angle was created for different outfits with each of their labels on them, neatly organized and arranged to capture the eyes of customers.Vanessa saw and admired them, her eyes moved around the place searching for the dresses she needed. Meanwhile, Manuel waited for her to make her choice."This is so beautiful" Cia stated, bringing out a dress she saw on the stand she was near. "Take a look at this Nessa" she showed her. Vanessa loved the purple dress, with pink designs. It looked so beautiful.She started to observe the dress. "Where did you get this from?" She asked Cia who instantly pointed at the dress stand. Immediately Vanessa looked and saw the price labeled on it, she almost fainted.The dress cost $23,000. "Return it!" She declared, turning away from it. Cia disagreed, stating that
When Vanessa reached outside the boutique, she noticed Manuel driving out and she ran quickly to meet him. She banged her first hard on the car, asking him to open up. She couldn't just let him leave, not especially when he acted the way he did in there. Manuel ignored her, all he wanted at the moment was to isolate himself from all of them, especially Vanessa. He wanted to be alone and wallow in agony silently. Being reminded that his mother forced him to act this way, Manuel despised the woman badly for divorcing his father and abandoning him for so many years.He was raised by his uncle Hector, Manuel grew up the hard way, without his father or mother. When he finally mustered the courage to go search for his mother, he found out that she had remarried and she denied knowing him.His mother had a family with another man, a richer man. When Manuel went to visit them, she acted as if he was a stranger and lied to her husband about his identity.She chased Manuel away, he even lived
Vanessa ran into the VIP ward inside the hospital, searching for Manuel. She almost went crazy when she didn't find the room that he was in.After searching for a while she finally saw Ciara, Vanessa entered the room quickly. Yelling out Manuel's name. She saw him laying unconscious on the hospital bed.She went to sit with him. "Manuel" Vanessa tried getting him to wake up but he didn't respond."What did the doctor say?" She asked Adrian who was standing near the bed. Ciara came to meet her. "Vanessa, you have to calm down" Cia tried to talk with her but she shunned Cia.Lisa soon walked into the room, when Cia saw her she wanted to chase her outside. The fault was hers, if she didn't force Manuel to remember his mother, he wouldn't have gone and get into an accident.Cia was so angry, she wanted to hit the little girl. Vanessa stopped her. It wasn't anyone's fault that Manuel became this way. Right now, all she wanted was for Manuel to recorver.The doctor soon walked into the roo
One month later ~Vanessa held the pregnancy test strip which showed two red lines, signifying that she was pregnant. Pregnant with a child for Manuel.She didn't know how to react, if she should be happy or sad about it. Vanessa had mixed feelings. She had gotten pregnant for him before and it didn't end well. She lost the baby.What if something happens and she also loses this one? Vanessa's mind was messed up. She couldn't help but think of what to do. "Vanessa, what are you still doing in there?" She heard Cia's voice speak as the room door opened. Cia walked inside and realized that Vanessa was still inside the bathroom peeing. She left a while ago before Vanessa went in.To her surprise, Vanessa was still inside the bathroom. Vanessa quickly broke the test strip and flushed inside the toilet. She wanted to keep the pregnancy a secret from everyone first.Especially now that Manuel hadn't woken up. Vanessa didn't want to make a fuss with the pregnancy.Vanessa went out and got h
After a few days,Manuel was finally discharged from the hospital. He had fully recovered physically but not mentally since he still thinks that Marina is his wife.Vanessa heard about his discharge. It hurt her that she wasn't in the hospital with him when he got discharged. She couldn't help but cry, she was inside the bathroom, she had morning sickness and had been vomiting since she woke up.It was so uncomfortable for her. She was pregnant again but Manuel wasn't here to help her. He was alive and they were in the same house, but he didn't remember having anything to do with her. Vanessa cried her eyes out until she left the bathroom. She was beginning to feel cold.She laid down on her bed and covered herself with the huge duvet. Trying to subside the cold but it didn't work. What she was feeling was an internal cold that put her whole body system in discomfort."Vanessa?" Cia called as she entered the room. Vanessa jerked up quickly. She couldn't allow Cia to know that she was