It was the sound of continuous footsteps that made Talisa open her eyes when she couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't sleep in a loud environment and adding her nightmare which actually happened at some point, to it was unbearable.She looked around the unfamiliar room in confusion and tried remembering where she was. It was after a while she recalled she was on the cruise but this room? She tried recalling how she got here but to no avail. The door was pushed open and she glanced at it, waiting for whoever opened it to appear. But when she saw the person, her eyes widened in surprise. Regan? What was he doing here? "I see you are awake" He casually said as he strode in. "Since you are fine now, you wouldn't mind leaving my room, right? I need to sleep" Talisa only looked at him blankly. What does he mean by his room and that he wanted to sleep? She looked around and gasped 'Does this mean....The look on his face was enough for her to confirm what she needed to. She immediatel
"You see....I thought about it all night and realized it was better Elina and I remain like this. Maybe I'm only waiting for her to tell me that she doesn't want me anymore and that she loves someone else. I love her, okay, but I don't want someone who doesn't want to be with me" Talisa nodded in understanding as she could relate."Why don't you just talk it out with her instead of hurting alone? Don't you think it's unfair if you are the only one hurting and she's fine with hurting you?" She told him as she also knows how it felt to be hurting alone and also how it feels to be hurting someone you love who loves you back. It's a tormenting feeling and she doesn't want others to experience it. "What about you? I mean your husband and mistress matter, how are you planning on coping with it?" He asked now with a serious look at her. She shrugged "Actually, I have no legit plan yet except embarrassing them and making them lose their reputation which is why this five days trip is actuall
She froze. This wasn't how she planned out her mission. How could she be caught just like that!"Wh...wh..y are you suddenly back?" She asked stuttering but then realized she wasn't even supposed to be the one asking questions. "I saw you enter my room and I wondered why you were here" To her surprise, he replied her. She was expecting him to get angry and drag her out or at least lash out at her, but he replied her like they were on good terms. What she didn't know was that, Regan already decided to tolerate her presence for the next four days, afterall they would go their separate ways after, so it wasn't necessary to be all agitated for no good reason. His gaze moved from her face to the books in her hand then his expression softened. "You can have them" He told her which contributed to another wave of shock that hit her. 'Why is he being nice all of a sudden?' She wondered but she didn't dare ask him directly."I'm sorry for entering your room without permission, I only wanted
Isabella didn't waste time in heading for Steve's office in order to complain about Tiana's treatment of her. She was so frustrated that she didn't even notice the people in his office before she started lamenting."Steve, you should have seen the way that damned assistant of that bitch treated me just now, I felt li--" She froze when she noticed the HR manager, Howard and some other department heads, looking at her blankly because of her sudden intrusion. She immediately bowed in greetings when she recovered "I- I'm so sorry for my rudeness just now" Though she didn't feel apologetic at all. But for the sake of the bigger picture, she'll do anything, even if she had to knew in front of those lowly bastards. Howard broke into laughter then glanced at Steve as he said "She must be so comfortable with you because she's your cousin that she didn't even remember to knock before coming in" Though he said so with a smile, anyone hearing it could detect the coldness that came with it. He
Suddenly curious about what Kathryn was up to, she joined them and even was unfortunate to sit right beside Regan but he didn't seem to mind as he didn't even looked at her once. He seemed to be ignoring her existence."I didn't see you at lunch, did you have it in your room?" Matt asked, breaking the awkward silence. He didn't even seem to notice anything was wrong with the atmosphere."I slept off while waiting for lunch" She simply replied then took a sip from the glass of milk in her hand. She wasn't comfortable around Regan, especially after she saw the book. It made her feel like she was walking on needles around him. Worst of it all, he wasn't even sparing her a gaze as he was fully focused on the book in his hand."You look horrible though" Matt further observed, looking at her face. "Really? It must be because I didn't wash my face after waking up" "You didn't even wash your face and you are looking this stunning. And Matt, what do you mean by she looks horrible? did you s
"Let's talk" He says and walked away immediately without waiting for her to even decide whether she would come or not. But then, he was sure she'll follow him.For someone who had been ignoring her to suddenly appear in front of her and request for them to talk, was an huge surprise to her. But most of all, she wondered what he wanted to talk about and so, she immediately followed him."Ouch!" She groaned when her head hit into something hard. As she had been engrossed in wondering what he wanted to talk about, she didn't notice he had stopped and thus, she crashed into his back."I'm sorry, I wasn't looking" She hastily apologized in case he thinks she did it on purpose. Regan was only looking down at her with an expressionless face and his lips pursed, he seemed to be debating on how to start his discussion. "Your assistant called Alonzo days ago and said you wanted to have a meet up with me. How about we have the meeting now?" He said with a smile on which Talisa hadn't been ex
"Ahhhh!" Isabella took a deep breath after running the stairs for the nth time that morning. Tiana had made her visit the doctor who had told them it was alright for her to do some exercises and running the stairs had been the one that sadistic Tiana has picked from them, claiming it was most useful for the company as she would be needing to run errands for her boss."Miss Thurnwald, you aren't keeping up to time" Tiana's voice jolted her from her thoughts. She saw the witch at the top of the stairs with her alarm clock on her right hand. "Miss Accardi, shouldn't I rest now? It's dangerous for the baby if you keep pushing me" Isabella threatened. Her whole life depends on the baby she was carrying and she couldn't allow Tiana make her lose it by mistake even.However, Tiana only gave her a creepy smile "Don't worry Miss Thurnwald, I wouldn't want to be the reason for the cutie not be born and thus, I've hired a doctor for you. She'll be available in the company at all times and thus,
"Oh please, I almost couldn't control myself not to laugh out when I heard your words. You shouldn't have added that she looked like a lonely woman looking for a man to spend the night with. You should have seen her face then" Elina continued laughing, she laughed so hard that tears were already at the rim of her eyes, threatening to spill at any moment."She called me stupid first!" Talisa interjected, trying to prove her innocence but Elina only ignored her. "Shall we talk about how you mentioned the cooks and sailors instead of Matt and Regan? I believe it's better she starts avoiding you from now on for the sake of her mental health. I don't really blame her for trying to intimidate you though. I mean, you are the reason her crush wouldn't even look at her. Anybody would feel threatened by you" "I know, right. Now that you've mentioned it, I'm planning to use the collaboration between FW and PHANTOM to amend the relationship between Regan and I" She decided she didn't want a rea
Rebirth of the scorned wife Chapter 57 Adalyn immediately turned to her boyfriend and went to sit beside him the moment she recalled she had unknowingly ignored him."You are not angry, right?" She asked, battering her lashes at him pitifully. Since Carlos couldn't stay angry at her, he sighed helplessly and replied "I'm not" Tristan rolled his eyes at him "You both aren't even married yet but I can guess you'll be a henpecked husband when that time comes" "And what's wrong with being an henpecked husband?" Carlos retorted."Good question. Our men should listen to us as we are always right and they shouldn't even pick fights with us, isn't that right, honey?" Talisa says then glanced at Regan who immediately nodded in agreement with her. "We all know Regan is pussywhipped so he probably won't disagree" Sebastian replied with a sneer, Regan glared at him."You all should stop arguing on someone's engagement party. We understand you guys are in an happy relationship but would you
Tiana sat at her dressing table as she was being made up for her engagement party. There were several stylists in her room and even make up artists. Her father really went out of his way for the party."It's all done" The make up artist said as she took a good look at Tiana."Oh my! who is this beauty?" She exclaimed and that made Tiana smiled. She was satisfied with her looks. She stood up then walked to were the dress options were. There were different dresses laid in front of her and she was having an hard time deciding which to pick as they were all very pretty. "It's so hard to pick one" She says as her eyes skimmed through the dresses. Why would they give her so many beautiful options, it was damn hard to pick one! Finally, her eyes managed to stay on one and she decided to pick it. "Miss Accardi surely have eyes for good stuffs. Your choice is literally the best" One of the stylists praised her as they helped her put on the dress. The dress was a cream coloured silky dress
It wasn't even up to an hour yet, when Regan heard a 'beep' sound which indicated there was a message from his phone. He clicked on it and saw the information Xander had sent to him. His lips curled up in an evil smile when he realised who was playing with him. He glanced at Alonzo who had been quietly watching him, then stretched out his phone so he could also take a look at the message also. "Send the details to Carlos, tell him to take care of it" "Okay, Boss" Alonzo then walked out of the office to carry out his order. Meanwhile, Regan continued his work because he had lots to do. Alonzo returned shortly, telling him he had carried out the order. Regan nodded in understanding before continuing his work. It was evening time and Regan was still working. The door of his door opened and Alonzo entered with another stack of files which he need to go through. Regan glared at the files as if they would disappear if he does that, then he sighed heavily."Where are these ones coming
Sebastian rested his hand under his chin as he looked out of the car window. The meeting between their parents had been successful and the engagement date was just in three days. Their parents gave the excuse that both of them had delayed the engagement for long so it couldn't be postponed further. Like it was his fault, wasn't Tiana the one who ran away?"Bro, stop being gloomy and cheer up" He heard the annoying voice of his younger brother which made him glare at the latter. "I'm not gloomy" Their parents had taken a different car for their supposed privacy while Sebastian was stuck with his annoying brother in this car. Angelo finally put down his phone then fully faced his brother "You can't get out of this marriage, hope you know that? It's even worst now that the girl is interested in you" "I know. One can only get out of an arranged marriage in the Mafia through death" He interjected. Silently praying for his brother to keep quiet. The reason he was thinking was because o
Tiana had gotten dressed in a gorgeous Purple dress which hug her figure in all the right places. Her Fiancé and his family were coming over that night for their union. She was applying makeup to her face when she heard a knock on the door to her room."Who is it?" She asked and the door slightly opened, revealing her older brother, Roberto who was peeking his head inside. She smiled when she saw he was the one."You should come in. Why are you peeking inside like a thief?" Roberto chuckled as he opened the door, wider enough for him to pass through. "Little sis seems more accommodating than usual, is it because you are now the personal assistant to the president of a company?" He says as he walked towards her then plopped his bottom on one of the chair in her room. Roberto had same features as Tiana, so, it wasn't hard to know they were siblings. Only that his features were more pronounced and manly. Tiana scoffed then continued applying her make up "I'm only accomodating becaus
Regan looked into her determined eyes with his scorching ones and suddenly, he bursted into laughter. His deep throaty laughter did something in her stomach and her eyes widened as she wasn't expecting him to laugh at all. The guy she had loved all her life was weird, like really weird and now she was actually seeing the side of him he had never allowed her to see in the past. "Bambina, why are you being so serious, hmm? You came barging into my house and doing all sort of things and now you are threatening me?" He then started moving and now she was the one trapped between him. Talisa didn't listen to anything else he had said after she heard him call her 'Bambina'. 'Doesn't that mean I'm on the lover stage?' 'If he calls me that then it means we are fine, right?' She wondered and Regan actually noticed her distracted look. He sighed before releasing her and started walking away. The moment Regan began walking away, she immediately came back to her senses and held him back. "Do
Adalyn heard what her friend had said and she glared at her."What do you mean by me spending company money on shopping? Women like me shouldn't appear in an event, looking out of place" "I sincerely pity Carlos for his future appears bleak at this moment" Talisa replied as she stood up in order to go continue her work. Adalyn only stuck out her tongue as she uttered "He isn't complaining" "When you go back home, remember to text me when the engagement party would be so I can clear my schedule" Talisa ignored her friend to reply to Tiana."No problem" *** It was some minutes past nine in the evening. Tiana had left earlier because she went home to prepare for her journey which was going to happen the next day. Adalyn had also went home when it was the usual time for everyone to finish work for the day.Talisa turned off the light in her office as she walked out. The floor she was was quiet like there was no living being in it but she could see the lights in some office on, which
It's been two weeks since FW's exhibition and the company's status has risen higher as it was everywhere on news and Magazines that even big companies were seeking to collaborate with them. Another news that had spread like wildfire was the the fact that the ex vice president of FW, who was also the ex husband of the President of FW had been cheating on her with someone he had introduced to her as his cousin.The public had sympathize with her and immediately Talisa had presented the divorce papers and now she has been single for the past two weeks.The company had became busy than ever and no one even complained when Talisa brought in a new Vice president, who apparently was a woman this time. And they had no reason to complain because their new VP was extremely nice and friendly to everyone. In the President's office, four girls were occupying the couch that were facing one another. Two on each couch.Elina had came to visit Talisa today and the other two girls had left their offic
*Warning: This scene might be uncomfortable for some people, so you are free to skip*Steve opened his eyes, albeit painfully,. and checked his surroundings. Even with his eyes opened, it was no different from when it was closed as the place he was was utterly dark. He could hear the continuous tapping of something, like water was dropping and that was what made him realise he was standing inside water. He froze then tried to move his body, only to notice it had been tied to a pole-like structure. He grunted as he moved around relentlessly.Where the hell was he? "You are finally awake" He heard voice which sounded like the angels from hell were beckoning him to come. He flinched."Who are you? Why are you keeping me here?!" He bellowed as he struggled to get freed from whatever was typing him down but he only heard the clanking of metals around him.He could hear footsteps advancing towards him, then suddenly it stopped and blinding light shone. He was finally able to see where he