Nicolas drove his vehicle out of the basement of his office building. The CEO was not driven this time by Lucas, the personal driver he had recently hired. The man was on leave today because he wanted to accompany his mother to surgery. It sounded familiar, accompanying Mom to surgery, but Nicolas wasn't sure where he had heard of it.The man stopped his car at a red light, occasionally whistling as he watched the countdown on the Traffic Lights that was less than thirty seconds away.While he waited, Nicolas called Dianne while wearing the air pods he had taken from the dashboard of his car.[Dianne Rosallee:] "Yes, Nicolas?"Dianne's voice was heard on the other side."Have you arrived at your part-time café?" asked Nicolas.[Dianne Rosallee:] "Yes, as always. What's going on?""I'll be at your place when I get back from my therapist's office," Nicolas said, stepping on the gas as the traffic light turned from red to green.For a long time, there was an answer from the other side. I
Nicolas drove his car down the street of St. Goreds where the café where Dianne was currently working part-time was located.About two hours of counseling sessions with Doctor Louise was enough to make him feel more relaxed and accept the fact that he could not force his past memories back. Nicolas followed several series of therapies that only Doctor Louise could do, throughout the session, Nicolas only squinted and answered several questions asked by Doctor Louise truthfully.After the therapy and counseling session, as planned Nicolas went straight to where Dianne worked part time. He glanced at the clock on his phone's lock screen which showed eight o'clock in the evening."Well, Dianne should be done working by now since her shift is only until eight in the evening," Nicolas muttered to himself in his car, waiting at the crossroads because Dianne told him to wait there because she didn't want to make the coffee shop owner feel uncomfortable about the presence of a famous CEO like
Nicolas tilted his head. "Oh yeah? Did I used to hate greasy food?" he asked, parroting Dianne's words."Yeah, you hate that so much. You know, you used to be a real foodie. I really struggled every morning to make your breakfast," Dianne babbled, reminding the girl of how problematic her work life was when she was Nicolas' intern secretary."Every morning, I have to run around to buy coffee at your favorite coffee shop, which is quite a distance from the office but would be a pain to take a taxi. Not to mention that the subway bun you want is in the opposite direction of your favorite coffee shop," Dianne joked. "After all that, I have to get to the office before you do and I have to prepare tons of meeting drafts and such!"Dianne's chest rose and fell as the girl described the entire series of her ordeals while Nicolas was still the CEO who was cruel to her.Nicolas again couldn't help but smack his lips, either feeling guilty for Dianne because he had treated her so unkindly in th
Dianne styled her hair which was quite difficult for her to deal with today. "Ah, should I just get a haircut, huh?" she muttered to herself while looking at her appearance in front of her dressing table.Over the past few weeks, Dianne has also noticed that her hair is falling out more and more. "My hair is getting unhealthier by the day," she says, curling her lips downward. "My hair is dry, split, and the scalp is often flaky.""Maybe I'll just go to the salon after I get home from work," the girl said again. It just so happened that today there was no shift scheduled for her to work at the café. She could use the time after work to go to the salon.The girl got up from her dressing table after tying her hair and tucking two hair clips on either side of her head. Dianne now looked beautiful and elegant after her dusty pink suit today."I feel like a Barbie," she chuckled looking at herself in the mirror. This was the outfit that Nicolas had gifted her, at the same time that they we
Dianne was shocked again when she received another email from a stranger with news of her mother's death caused by Nicolas.[Email form unknown]: Your mother was really killed by Nicolas, if you don't believe me, I'll give you the proof!Dianne shook her head quickly, really, this was the third or maybe the fourth time she got an email about her mother. Dianne was sure it must be the same person, even though she had blocked the previous emails, but still, the anonymous sender could send Dianne another email address."Damn it! Why should I trust people like him!" Dianne cursed in annoyance. This email was enough to ruin her mood this afternoon, even though she had a lot of hard work to do all day.Dianne glanced at Nicolas towards the glass window of her room, the two of them were only separated by a glass wall so that both Dianne and Nicolas could easily glance at each other even though they were in different rooms."No way, Dianne," the girl muttered to herself. "There's no way Nicol
"Too bad, it looks like we're not going to the Japanese restaurant," Nicolas said as the man wanted to part with Dianne at the elevator door.He had to save time by eating at the cafeteria and then returning to his office to follow up on some complaints and reports from his subordinates.Dianne nodded with a smile, she certainly understood Nicolas' condition and this was a common occurrence. "It's okay, dear. We can go to a Japanese restaurant next time. Or would you like me to bring you some food from outside?" Dianne offered.Nicolas shook his head. "No, I don't want you to rush through your lunch just to come back to the office and bring me food. I can ask the intern secretary to bring me food from the company cafeteria," Nicolas said."All right then. See you at the office after lunch, Nicolas," Dianne said as she walked into the elevator. Nicolas waved and let the elevator doors close completely, making Dianne's face disappear from his sight.Dianne waited for a while until the e
Dianne's frustration continued when the girl arrived at the company even so her eyes remained anxious to see someone following her.Upon entering the main lobby of the Buenos Aires solar company, the girl became a little more relieved because she thought the terrorist would not be able to get into this building because it was certain that strangers would be stopped by security if they wanted to enter this company area without permission or necessity.Dianne .stepped into the elevator after waiting for about 2 minutes finally the girl was now at her desk. There were so many reports that she had to check and resume but her mind was still thinking about that damn terrorist."Ah shit, I can't work without focus," Dianne grumbled to herself.That afternoon Dianne had just turned off her computer, she rearranged her desk and put her cell phone and other important things into her sling bag. The girl looked at the wall clock which showed 0500 PM.She walked towards the door of Nicholas' room,
Nicolas woke up, his eyesight initially looking blurry, and hazy, and the man had difficulty in seeing what was around him. He blinked his eyes so that his pupils could adjust to the bright light in front of him."Oh my, why is it so bright? Where is it?" Nicolas rubbed his eyes and blinked until finally, his nerves began to adjust.Nicolas was shocked, the man now felt like he was in an all-white world. It felt like he was on a bright, white cloud. Nicolas even felt cold and hot at the same time in his senses.Nicolas recalled the last time he felt a tremendous headache, and dizziness, and then fell down in his office. Then, why was he here right now?"Is this my subconscious?" muttered Nicolas to himself, looking around the empty world. "Yes, this is definitely a part of my mind. But... why is this happening?"Of course, Nicolas was well aware that what he was experiencing now was not the real world, he firmly believed that he was now waking up in his mind.Soon, a large light appea
"Where is Dianne? Why my lovely girl hasn’t shown up yet?"Nicolas glanced at the watch on his wrist as it was already 10 AM. They were supposed to be at the conference center where Nicolas was giving his speech about the new project he had signed with the partner company.However, the girl, his secretary and lover, had not yet appeared. He had to hug Dianne first in order to achieve composure during the ceremonial speech and ribbon-cutting later."Come on, Dianne. He said he was just fixing a stuck zipper on his skirt," Nicolas grumbles, smoothing the tie around his neck. In the near future, Nicolas would not be appointing his new deputy or assistant as Keenan's replacement. He would leave the position vacant for the time being.The CEO received several surprised looks from employees in front of the lift on the same floor, as everyone knew that Nicolas was supposed to be in the conference center.In reply to the astonished look and respectful greeting, Nicolas just nodded formally. A
"All this time I had forgotten that moment, without realizing, I had made a mistake and just forgot about it. Even though my mistake was about Keenan's sister's life," Nicolas continued. "To be honest, until Keenan mentioned his sister's name, I didn't really remember, but I finally remembered that during my college internship, I had reported an individual who leaked the data of the company where we were both interning.""Did that happen before you started your current company?" asked Dianne, showing that she was paying full attention to Nicolas' confession.Nicolas nodded. "Long before that, when I was far from mature. I reported that person, who was one of Keenan's sisters, even though that woman had begged me not to report her and to repent.""Hmm, I see." Dianne nodded.Nicolas pulled his head away from Dianne's shoulder out of pity for the girl to support his heavy back for so long. Instead, Nicolas hugged Dianne's body to seek warmth from his girl. "I didn't even care about that
Now, Dianne knows what really happened to this father and son, Andreas and Nicolas. Fate was too cruel to them. Too many things have made Nicolas as cold-hearted as he is now, but in the midst of his cold heart, Dianne will be the only warmth for him.By Nicolas, he no longer cares if Andreas is his biological father, the man is just like a parasite to him. It was enough for him to endure the man in silence and that's why no one in the public knew Nicolas' family secrets in the past including his extended family.Nicolas manages to make himself known as a single man, which is just a cover for his image, a cover for the various wounds he has been hiding. Finally, Dianne will know all that through the past that Nicolas will tell her later."Now, let my girl go!" shouted Nicolas with a strong growl. He knew that talking to Andreas wouldn't solve the problem at all. But what could he do, he didn't know what else to do."My brother is being held captive, Nicolas!" exclaimed Dianne in betwe
Seeing that things were getting out of control, Nicolas finally confessed. This situation shows that he can no longer hide this secret."What Laura and Tania said is true, Ma... Pa," Nicolas said softly. It was useless to deny everything, the evidence was so strong, and he also didn't want to continue this lie anymore."Nicolas... what do you mean, child?" Mrs. Bianca pressed her chest in pain. It hurt to hear this confession from her son."In the past, Georgia and Andreas were in a relationship. They were dating and Georgia got pregnant," Nicolas explains. "I was so sorry and couldn't bear to see Georgia's downfall. I finally agreed to marry Georgia to protect her dignity. At first, I just felt sorry for her and wanted to help her, but then my feelings for her grew and now I really love her very much."Georgia who was sitting next to Nicolas could only look down to hide her tears. She couldn't bear all this, her heart was so broken because finally the old wound was reopened, even now
BREAK!!"SHUT UP!" Andreas kicked the table because he didn't want to hear any more of that nonsense from Keenan. "Now give me the tape!" he scolded in a threatening tone.Keenan, who was not at all intimidated, smiled and shrugged his shoulders. Of course, the purpose of coming here was to give the recording to Andreas."I can guess what will happen," Keenan grinned to himself as he waited for the audio recording of the conversation between him and Georgia to be sent to Andreas' mobile phone. "Surely after this Andreas will be furious with Georgia. And... their household will be even more fractured, shattered into pieces," he mused.Andreas now had the tape. His face was still as red as the tie he was wearing. He struggled to control his emotions in order to protect his dignity in front of Keenan."Has the recording been sent completely?" Keenan wanted to make sure.Andreas was silent, his breathing was ragged and he didn't know what action he would take with this footage."You'd bet
After praising her for being such a genius, Keenan immediately grabbed his car keys and intended to come visit Georgia at her office.In his usual black car, Keenan drove to the location where Georgia was now.As soon as he arrived at the restaurant that was only a hundred kilometers away from the parking lot of Georgia's office, Keenan immediately entered and cast his eyes over the rows of tables in the restaurant.Her eyes immediately caught Georgia's figure sitting by the window. Alone and looking pensive. In natural style, Keenan pretended to be surprised when he met Georgia and sat in front of her."Well, what a coincidence that you're here, Georgia," he grinned, placing his car keys on the table. "Are you alone?"Georgia nodded. "Are you alone? What are you doing here?" Georgia wondered. She thought Keenan's office was far enough away that there was no way he would have traveled that far for lunch to this restaurant."Ah, I had a lunch appointment with a friend, but it turns out
Since then, Andreas' attitude has slowly changed and he has become cold towards Georgia. For the past few days, the two of them have been communicating less and less. On the one hand, Andreas is busy with his work and so is Georgia whose career is getting smoother and better.However, Georgia certainly felt the change in her man. The few times she tried to engage Andreas in conversation, he would pull away and say that he was tired and worn out.There was a nagging feeling in Georgia's mind that Andreas was still angry with her."I already apologized," Georgia thought in a sad tone as she sat pensively in the room. "I even begged by prostrating myself in front of him, was that not enough?" Slowly, Georgia's tears welled up in her eyes.He turned his head towards the bathroom whose door was closed. The man had taken a shower immediately after waking up in the morning. Normally Andreas would ask Georgia to prepare his clothes for going out but it had been over a week since he had asked
Mrs. Bianca and Dianne chatted until it was getting late. The sun had moved from the top of the head to the western horizon. Mrs. Bianca went into the house first as her knees began to ache when evening came.Dianne, who was just about to enter the house, saw Nicolas' car entering their yard. Suddenly, a smile appeared on her lips because her man was home.Dianne took Nicolas straight up to the room and let him clean up first. Meanwhile, Dianne brought the remaining pieces of fruit into the room for her man to eat."How was work?" asked the woman who wanted to know what Nicolas had been doing at the office all day."As usual." Nicolas dried his hair, the man had just finished showering and his body now felt very fresh. "Ah, yes. But there's something I want to tell you." He remembered as he rubbed the white towel on his head.The man glanced at Dianne who was sitting on the bed while Nicolas was inside the sink room which could be seen from the direction of the bed."What's the story
"Stop messing with my life, Father!" shouted Nicolas in frustration. He had no idea that he, Dianne, and Andreas could be in such a heartbreaking moment.What man wouldn't have a dilemma when the girl he loved was being held captive by his father? Truly, this was Nicolas' worst nightmare in his entire life.Andreas grinned while showing his row of yellow teeth, to be honest, the man had never considered Nicolas as his son, but rather his financial source all along. That way, he could continue to capitalize on this ill-fated relationship."If you want to blame me, then wouldn't you rather blame the universe for having you born as my flesh and blood!" grinned Andreas, tightening his hold on Dianne.Nicolas shook his head. "This time I've had enough! You think I can't put you in jail just because a bastard like you is my father?" he snarled."You know nothing about my past, you should respect me!" added Andreas, not to be outdone."You think I don't know what your past is like to have me