A middle-aged man was sitting, leaning back, with two women on either side, caressing him. One slipped her hand into his pants while the other played with his neck, and he seemed to enjoy every touch of the scantily clad women. However, their movements ceased when the man's phone suddenly rang."Baby, looks like you'll have to wait a bit before playing with me. I have to take this important call," said Reno, causing the two entertainers to nod while giving him mischievous smiles. Reno then left the room filled with the cacophony of music, searching for a quiet place to answer his phone."Hello," Reno said after reaching one of the corridors in the club."Where have you been? I've been waiting for you," a woman from the other end said, irritating Reno."I'm just trying to unwind here. That's why I didn't pick up the phone, not just from you but from a few others who've been trying to reach me. You know, the mounting workload here is giving me a headache. So, I need a little distraction
Leo and Alana looked at the two women in front of them, alternatingly, as if by some unseen signal, both came to visit Alana at the same time. Suddenly, Miranda immediately handed over the bouquet of flowers she had been carrying."Coincidentally, on the way here, I stopped by the flower shop, so I bought them for you," Miranda said, making Alana furrow her brows as it was unlike Miranda's usual self when she lived in this house. However, Alana accepted the flowers from Miranda nonetheless."Thank you," Alana said.Then it was Rose's turn. "Auntie cooked your favorite food. I'm sorry I couldn't accompany you to the hospital because I had to finish some errands beforehand. So, I feel guilty and came to visit you now," Rose said, making Miranda purse her lips."It's okay, I know you're a busy person," she chuckled, glancing at Leo, who maintained his usual poker face, causing Alana to pinch his thigh, making Leo grimace."Ouch, what's that for?" Leo grumbled, prompting Alana to lean clo
Reno's lips curled up as he received some excellent news this morning. "Is that so?" Reno confirmed."Of course, I still have a lot of work just to cater to you this morning," someone on the other end replied, prompting Reno to burst into laughter, filling the hotel room where he was staying."Well then, that's great. It turns out all my efforts haven't been in vain. Leo surely won't realize the loss of those documents, as he only considers them as old documents of little importance. That's why he just kept them. Yet, he doesn't know that they are the key for me to claim everything that rightfully belongs to me now," Reno said, finally able to sleep soundly after obtaining the key to his success all this time."Well, that's good to hear. I hope you haven't forgotten our agreement from the beginning. You know very well why I agreed to be involved, only because I desire a fair reward," they said again, stirring Reno once more."Of course, with all the power I'll have later, it'll be eas
Alana stood in front of the large mirror before her, slightly lifting the pajamas she was wearing to reveal her slightly rounded belly, gently caressing it occasionally. She then pursed her lips, imagining if there were another life now dependent on her, a feeling that stirred deeply within her, beyond words. Alana's thoughts paused when large hands encircled her belly, causing her to slightly turn her head, meeting Leo's cold face."Are you done?" Alana asked, prompting Leo to nod. He then rested his chin on Alana's shoulder, observing how she embraced her in front of the large mirror before them."In that case, hurry and put on your clothes; I'll help dry your hair later," Alana said again because Leo had just finished bathing. However, Leo shook his head, causing Alana to look at her husband through the mirror."Why? Are you afraid of catching a cold, or are you not feeling cold?" Alana asked."I just want to keep holding you like this. It warms me up," Leo replied casually, irrita
Leo stared at Pedro with a sour expression, irritating Pedro."Could you stop looking at me like that?" Pedro said, making Leo avert his gaze elsewhere. His friend's arrival truly disrupted his private time."Can't you see the time to visit someone's house?" Leo snapped, making Pedro glance at the watch on his wrist."Come on, it's only 9 p.m. You don't usually refuse guests at this hour. Seriously," Pedro said, feeling his arrival was still reasonable."If I came at midnight, you could just chase me away. Besides, my visit is really to discuss something very important," Pedro said, making Leo let out a long sigh."Fine, if your visit is just to talk nonsense, I'll really cut your monthly salary," Leo said, making Pedro lazily roll his eyes."Listen to me, I don't have any grudge against your uncle or anything like that. I've always been professional, even though from the beginning, I disagreed with all your attitudes of always delegating all responsibilities and whatever it is, like
After his conversation with Pedro took a few hours, Leo returned to the room, but his steps halted when he saw Alana staring at him with an annoyed expression, folding her arms, causing Leo to swallow hard. Leo could already sense his wife's mood, especially lately during her pregnancy, Alana seemed to have some unusual feelings for a pregnant woman, requiring Leo to muster extra patience to deal with it."Has Pedro come back?" Alana asked, making Leo nod as he continued to approach her."Couldn't he postpone discussing work matters until tomorrow in the office? Why visit at this hour? Doesn't he understand someone's personal time?" continued Alana, still visibly upset with her husband's secretary's visit."Pedro discussed something important, that's why it couldn't be postponed," explained Leo, making Alana sigh in frustration. After that, Alana turned around and walked to her vanity table to perform her nightly ritual, while Leo could only sigh and follow Alana, standing behind her,
Reno immediately stood up from his seat upon hearing the news that Leo and Alana were on their way to Italy."How could he have such a plan? Shouldn't he just be calm and handle all the projects there?" Reno's outburst made the subordinate delivering the news bow his head."What should we do now?" Reno said again, massaging the bridge of his nose. Reno had to change his strategy when Leo unexpectedly intervened to oversee things himself."Why do you have to look so confused like that? Don't we just need to persuade him for our new project?" a man with smoke billowing from his mouth said."What new project? It's clear that we've changed all the previously approved projects," Reno replied, still looking panicked."Relax a little. Aren't you about to take over all his assets soon? So you just need to play nice for now. Let him see how we're changing all the projects he approved. I know he'll be very angry, but you just need to give him a little understanding that the business we're start
Alana furrowed her brow as she watched Leo pacing around the room, holding his phone to his ear, and occasionally muttering curses."Is there a problem?" Alana asked, making Leo look her way."No, it's just that someone seems to be avoiding my calls," Leo replied, then continued tinkering with his phone and trying to reach the person. However, once again, it seemed that the person Leo was trying to contact was still unreachable, prompting Leo to throw his phone carelessly. Alana could clearly see the mix of frustration and anger on her husband's face, prompting her to reach out and gently stroke Leo's cheek."Who are you calling?" Alana asked, moving closer, causing Leo to wrap his arms around her waist and hug her."It's my uncle, of course, because my coming here is because of him," Leo answered, making Alana narrow her eyes."So the matter you want to resolve is about your uncle?" Alana asked, now understanding the reason for their trip to Italy, making Leo nod."Yes, there seem to
This time, Camila walked while holding her uncle's hand, Charlotte's husband. He was a tall man, with blonde hair and striking blue eyes, leading her towards the altar, where Pedro was waiting for her with a beaming smile, making Camila's heart beat faster. Even if Danmonte didn't hold Camila's hand tightly, she would have stepped on her long dress several times because of nervousness. Somehow, his slow steps felt very fast.Until finally, they arrived right in front of the altar, where Pedro immediately reached out his hand, causing Camila to reach out her hand and greet him, prompting Pedro to immediately pull Camila up to the altar, where they would make their sacred vows for a lifetime, witnessed by some important guests attended only by friends and the closest people to Pedro and Camila.Making the sacred vows for life, always faithful in joy or sorrow, always faithful in sickness and in health, they expressed their vows wholeheartedly, living to complement each other until death
Camila stared at the large mirror in front of her, her heart pounding, unable to believe what she was seeing. Her body was now adorned in a beautiful long white dress, clinging gracefully to her figure, accompanied by makeup enhancing her face. This made Camila purse her lips, finally gazing upon herself as the bride she had dreamed of becoming.Her reverie was interrupted when someone entered, causing Camila to smile broadly. "Aunt," Camila said, as Charlotte walked in wearing a white dress clinging to her body as Pedro had described. Although her aunt was in her fifties, she truly looked like a woman in her thirties. Charlotte then approached Camila, looking at her niece with teary eyes."I never imagined my niece, whom I've taken care of since she was little, would grow up to be so beautiful, even becoming a stunning bride," Charlotte said, making Camila blush, only able to lower her head. Charlotte then reached out her hand and lifted Camila's face."You're truly beautiful. Just l
Pedro, Camila, Leo, and Alana are currently discussing the plans for Pedro and Camila's wedding, which will be held one week from now after Leo called Alana enthusiastically, who immediately agreed and promised to prepare the wedding for them. Alana asked Leo to bring Pedro and Camila to their home, and this is where they are currently discussing the dream wedding that Pedro and Camila have been longing for."I think it's better to do it indoors," Pedro said, but Camila immediately shook her head."No, I think it will be more sacred and special if we do it outdoors," Camila said, causing Pedro to turn and look at her."Darling, if we do it outdoors, the weather isn't always favorable, sometimes it rains, sometimes it's hot. Do you want our wedding blessing to suddenly be interrupted by rain? What about the guests and others? We can't just rush to avoid the rain, can we?" Pedro said, making Camila pinch his cheek playfully."But isn't there a tent we can use for outdoor events?" Camila
Leo barged straight into Pedro's room, suddenly, without even knocking, and saw Pedro looking like he hadn't slept for a week."What's up with you? Suddenly applying for leave for next week? Where are you going for a whole week?" Leo asked, seeing the leave letter submitted by his secretary."And what about you? You look really disheveled," Leo asked Pedro again, who was now sitting in front of him."Can I ask for your help?" Pedro suddenly asked, causing Leo to look at him with raised eyebrows."Looks like my guess was right, you've got a problem?" Leo guessed again."It's not really a big problem. I don't know, I could call it a problem or a blessing," Pedro said, making Leo just stare at him with a questioning look, wondering what he meant."A few days ago, after the dinner event at your place, I immediately called Camila's aunt and told her about my intention to propose to her, and also said that Camila's trip to California was canceled. And unexpectedly, she flew here right away
Pedro and Camila sat in silence, their faces tense as they occasionally glanced at the woman in front of them who was looking around."Is this your house?" the middle-aged woman in front of them asked."Yes, this is my house," Pedro answered, still with a tense atmosphere on their faces."What do you do to afford such a big house?" she asked again, making Camila immediately look at Pedro, then turning back to the woman sitting in front of her, a fashionable middle-aged woman who still looked like she was in her thirties, she was Camila's aunt named Charlotte."Aunt, Pedro is a secretary at Samudra Group. Do you know about that big company?" Camila asked, trying to explain a little bit about Pedro. After returning from dinner at Leo's house the next day, Camila and Pedro planned to tell Charlotte about their relationship. And what they didn't expect was that Charlotte immediately flew over to meet Camila and Pedro. Of course, she didn't agree with Camila's sudden plan. Charlotte said t
Pedro stopped his car right outside Leo's residence, but as he was about to step out of the car, Camila suddenly pulled the end of his jacket."Why?" Pedro asked, making Camila look at him with hesitation."I'm embarrassed," Camila said, making Pedro just purse his lips. Then, he reached out his hand and gently caressed Camila's cheek."Why be embarrassed? Weren't you very close to Alana before?" Pedro said, making Camila shake her head again."That's not what I'm thinking about. I'm embarrassed to meet Mr. Leo and to know that they already know about your proposal plans," Camila said, feeling anxious, making Pedro once again give her a reassuring smile. Pedro was captivated by the glow on both sides of his future wife's face, looking very beautiful tonight after Pedro had truly explained all his plans to Leo, even though Leo had guessed them beforehand. But Leo pretended not to know and treated the news as a surprise. That's why Leo and Alana decided to invite Pedro and Camila for di
Pedro fell silent, gazing at Camila who now only lowered her head."What does that shake of your head mean? Is it a sign that you're rejecting my proposal?" Pedro asked, causing Camila to raise her face again, looking into Pedro's pleading eyes."It's not like that," Camila said, causing Pedro to raise an eyebrow."Then what's your answer?" Pedro asked."Of course, I would gladly accept your proposal, but there's something bothering me. I'm still not sure about what you feel for me. It's hard to believe that you could declare your proposal so quickly, especially when we still have two weeks to get to know each other," Camila said, unable to meet Pedro's gaze as he now only looked at their intertwined fingers."Love doesn't require much time to settle in someone's heart. Imagine, initially I didn't think I would develop feelings for you, but when I learned about your feelings for me, I started to open my heart. And I also feel surprised, usually I never easily open my heart to other wo
Pedro stared at Camila with furrowed brows."What's wrong? I'm just giving my opinion on the movie we're watching," Pedro said, causing Camila to sigh deeply."I'm not blaming you for having an opinion about this movie, but can we not judge them based solely on scenes like that?" Camila said, feeling like Pedro was intentionally bringing up such scenes."What's wrong with that?" Pedro asked, seemingly wanting to corner Camila further."I don't know, but it's better if we just go back to watching. Besides, the scene has already passed. Look, they're not kissing anymore," Camila said, then fell silent while looking at Pedro, who was staring at her mischievously. Somehow, she had clearly mentioned the scene, making Camila close her eyes in embarrassment."You're the one who mentioned the scene so explicitly. Alright, now that they're done with their acting, I'm curious. What if we do it now?" Pedro suddenly said, making Camila widen her eyes."What?" Camila said, but her words were cut o
Camila, who was engrossed in watching the drama she had been eagerly anticipating, was suddenly startled when Pedro sat right next to her, causing Camila to furrow her brow as she glanced at him."Aren't you supposed to be resting?" Camila asked, making Pedro nod briefly."Well, I was planning to rest, but it turns out I'm not sleepy yet, so I thought I'd just keep you company and watch with you," Pedro said, causing Camila to fall silent and choose to return her gaze to the flat screen in front of her. Of course, at the moment, she was watching a romantic drama about love. Camila wasn't sure if Pedro would like the drama she was currently watching, but several minutes passed and Pedro remained faithfully seated beside her, not budging at all, causing Camila to hesitantly glance at Pedro who was focused on the movie in front of him. Could he actually enjoy films like this with a romantic drama vibe? Camila wondered as she looked at him with raised eyebrows, but from his appearance, Pe