Alexander arrived at the Company, and to his surprise, Jake was nowhere to be found. "That dude. What's he up to this time?". Alexander muttered before he then recalled how weird Jake behaved earlier this morning. Alexander wanted to call Jake, but in his free will, he just decided to leave Jake be. "Sooner or later, I'll definitely find out what you're up to, Jake". Alexander said before he reported to his office.…….Tina's apartment, the living room,"So Susie, have you come up with any great ideas? You know, I already found out something interesting about your stepsister. Your step sister Anna is much worse than I expected when I spied on her yesterday. But luckily, I found out that she booked a suite at an expensive hotel ". "And I'm certain she's going to meet a guy there. So my own plan is, what if her private life was accidentally leaked out to the world?". Bella added and a smirk instantly appeared on her lips. "Hmm, I don't know. Your idea is too much, Bella". Susie said
"A date?". Susie was absolutely surprised that she muttered in disbelief. Jake saw the surprised look on Susie's face and was already thinking that she hated the idea of dating. He was just about to say something when he heard Susie suddenly burst out and laughed. "Did I say anything wrong?". Jake asked and was already prepared to be rejected by Susie. "You're asking if you said something wrong?". Susie asked before chuckling even more. She later added and admitted, "Even if you didn't ask me to go out with you, I was already planning to ask you to go out on a date with me". Hearing these words, instantly cleared the misunderstanding that was in Jake's mind. "So….". Susie smiled and placed both of her hands on Jake's broad shoulders. "Don't tell me you don't get it? I've fallen for you ever since the day you rescued me from those thugs!". Susie explained. 'Though, I definitely would have dealt with those thugs even if you didn't help me out that day'. Susie thought to hers
It was finally evening time, the moment that Bella had been patiently waiting for. She ran to the bedroom and took from Tina's closet, a black trouser with a black hoodie. After putting on these outfits, Bella also went ahead and borrowed one of Tina's black sunglasses, plus she also took a black scarf and put it around her neck. "Hahaha, what a perfect disguise. It's now time for action!". Bella giggled as she said. She was so excited and looking forward to this moment that she didn't even eat a lot, since she wanted to be fit to execute her plan. As Bella came out from the apartment, she met with Susie who finally returned from where she went. "Susie? What took you so long? I was kinda worried about you, you know". "Are you sure you were really worried about me or your plan against my stepsister?". Susie joked as she was certain that Bella wasn't totally worried about her. "To be honest, although I was worried about both, I was worried about you the most". Bella admitted and ad
"Can- can you let me go now? I have somewhere else to be right now". Bella stuttered as she said. Even though she was in this situation, she was still thinking about her plan against Anna and the guy with her. "Let you go? In your dreams!". The voice of the handsome guy was so fierce, deep and tough, that it got Bella deeply frightened. 'Oh gosh. What have I gotten myself into?'. Bella thought to herself as she was already sweating on her forehead. Picking up her courage, Bella boldly said to the guy, "Hey! It was a mistake, alright? This wasn't the room I was supposed to enter. But since it happened, what right do you have to keep me hostage here?! And, and, what if I'm a worker here? And I indeed genuinely came to your room to serve you these snacks?". The tall built guy suddenly let out a deep chuckle before glaring at Bella as he announced, "Enough with your pretending. If you're a worker here, then you should probably know I'm a person who should not mess with. Plus, I made a
8:00 am. Inside Tina's apartment bedroom, Since Tina wasn't around, Susie and Bella stayed together on the bed. Bella woke up and was greeted by Susie's smiling face, so it kinda got her confused. “What's up, Susie? Did something good happen this morning? Is that the reason you're smiling like this?”. Bella didn't hide what was in her mind and asked. Picking up her cell phone on the bed, Susie showed the screen to Bella as she announced, “Surprise. I didn't even stress myself and karma already visited my ex family. It's just so funny to even imagine”. Bella stared at Susie's phone screen for a while, but she didn't exactly understand what she was seeing, so she asked, “Sorry Susie, but can you explain?”. Susie sighed and stopped smiling. She kept her cell phone aside on the bed as she started with the explanation, “So this was how it happened. You know that I told you Jake sent back up to the CCTV room last night?”. Susie asked and seeing that Bella nodded her head a
Mateo's bedroom, Tina was still asleep on Mateo's bed. She stretched out her hand, but it hit something. To be sure that she wasn't dreaming, Tina curiously touched the figure close to her, and when her eyes suddenly opened, she jerked up seeing that it was Mateo laying next to her on the bed. “You pervert-! What are you doing?! How did you even get up here? I thought you were sleeping on the floor?!”. Tina yelled out and instantly used the blanket to cover up her body. Mateo was still sleepy, but anyways, he still woke up, and when he saw how Tina covered her body, he chuckled. “Jeez, you're covering up your body now that you're awake? How sure are you that I didn't do anything to you last night?”. Mateo asked and was about to say more, but Tina threw a pillow at him. “Keep quiet, Mateo. I don't want to hear you speak to me again. In fact, I don't want to hear your annoying voice!”. Tina declared. “Huh? But I thought my voice was cool and manly?”. Mateo teased before he stoppe
Finally, it was the 4th day of the month, the day that Bella had been patiently waiting for. Due to excitement, Bella woke up exactly around 5am. She took her bath before she came out and was about to dress up. “Hmm. This one is perfect for the occasion”. Bella announced as she finally made her choice. Actually, this wasn't the first piece of clothing she brought out. At first, she picked out a black trouser with a black suit, but feeling that it was too much, she later changed her mind and brought out a jean trouser with a white T-shirt. Bella went ahead and wore her jeans and her white T-shirt, after she was done, she couldn't help it and started taking a selfie of herself. “Eh?”. Susie woke up due to the noises Bella was making. She rubbed her hands on her face as she sat up on the bed. Soon after, she got up from the bed and took her cell phone. Checking the time on her cell phone, Susie's sleepy eyes instantly awakened. “Bella, are you really serious about this? The time i
After 20 long minutes, “Ah. I- I was so scared. Fortunately, it was just a bad dream”. Bella weakly stated as she finally woke up and sat up on the sofa. Although Bella believed that this was a nightmare, she didn't understand why the room was so different and official to her. “I see you're finally awake”. Bella was startled and instantly turned to the director of the deep voice. And when she saw that person again, she was now certain that it wasn't a bad dream she had, but instead, it was her reality!. “It's you? What are you even doing here?!”. Bella pointed her finger against Leonardo as she asked. And since Leonardo didn't reply to her, she immediately stood up from the sofa and steadily stepped backwards towards the exit door. Seeing Bella's actions, Leonardo questioned, “Are you scared of me?”. “Of course not, why would I be afraid of you?”. Bella instantly replied with a smile on her face. But secretly, she was busy thinking in her mind, ‘Why won't I be scared of you?! A
It has been one month and a week since Bella left for Italy with Leonardo. And now, it's been 9 months and counting since Tina became pregnant. Plus actually, last two weeks ago, Mina successfully gave birth to a baby girl. The district mansion,“Come on, honey, I have to take you for a checkup”. Mateo said to Tina in a soft voice as he tried to wake her up.“Just give me 5 minutes more”. “You've given this excuse countless times already. You're just being lazy”.“Lazy?”. Tina weakly got up after hearing the last part of Mateo's words. And since Mateo was close to her, she grabbed his ears with her hands and pinched them while she said, “Who are you calling lazy? Is it me? In fact, you're the lazy one, my sweet darling. I'm busy carrying two lives inside me and you're calling me lazy?”. “The audacity….”. “I apologise, I apologise. Calm down, you'll hurt yourself and our baby”. Mateo immediately pleaded and was confused after seeing the confused look on Tina's face. “What's wrong?”.
7 months later,Because of the trick Bella used against Leonardo that day, she completely stopped coming to work and even found another job. To Bella, she thought that since she had repaid Leonardo's grudge, he won't come again for her, but guess what? She was wrong because Leonardo always confronted her which made her wary of him. Like, when is he planning to leave for Italy?“Ha, I'm tired”. “A stressful day at work too, ha?”. Susie asked Bella as she was also tired since she came back from work too just now. “Yeah.. I'm so tired that I don't think I would be able to do anything”. Bella replied as she laid comfortably on the sofa. “Sorry, but I think you have to do something, Bella”. Susie admitted and when she saw the confused look Bella was giving her, she added, “Leonardo is waiting outside the apartment for you. I saw him on my way in”.Hearing what Susie announced caused Bella to react and jerk up immediately. “What does he want from me this time?”. Bella said with a frown.
Leo's company, at Leonardo's office,“Here is what you ordered. I've reprinted everything”. Bella announced as she carefully kept the files on Leonardo's desk.Leonardo collected the files and was reviewing them. It didn't take that long and he ordered, “Assistant Bel, go bring me a cup of hot coffee”.“That's it!. I quit!”. Bella declared before she sat down on the floor and refused to get up. “Because of you, I wasn't able to attend my big sister's wedding. I’m done trying to please you, Leonardo…. Do your worst". Bella announced with furrowed eyebrows. Seriously, she has been working for the past 7 hours non stop, and was already tired. “My PA is cute when she barks at her boss”. Leonardo admitted with a grin. “Ba- barks? Me? Barks?. Am I a dog to you or what?!”. Bella got annoyed and naturally rose up from the floor. “You can't breach the contract you signed”. Listening to what Leonardo said to her, Bella absolutely wished she could just kick him again. The knock on the door
Bella returned to Tina's apartment by exactly 9pm…. And the first thing she did was to lay down on the bed as she was extremely tired. “You’re back already, Bella? How was your day at work?”. Susie came out from the bathroom, and when she saw Bella, she asked. Bella let out a tired groan before she replied to Susie in a complaining tone, “Don't ask me, Susie. I feel pain all over my body”. “Pain? How did it happen?”. “It's all Leonardo's fault, of course”. Bella announced and when she recalled how horrible her day was today, she sat up on the bed and said to Susie, “Could you believe that since the moment you guys left Leonardo’s office, my butt didn't touch the chair?”. “Eh? What's that supposed to mean?”. Susie questioned as she didn't quite understand what Bella meant. “What I mean is that, I've been working and running like a horse all day long. That jerk, Leonardo! He didn't even let me rest for a sec!”. Bella explained and was panting angrily. Susie on the other hand, w
“Wait, wait, wait. I admit my mistake, big bro. I won't run away like that again”. Jake immediately explained as he was already beginning to feel dizzy with the way Leonardo was hitting his head non stop. “Good for you, little brother”. Leonardo said out before he finally stopped hitting Jake's head out of pity. Now, Leonardo's attention was focused on Bella who was hiding herself behind Susie's back. “Don't come close to me”. Bella immediately announced when she noticed that Leonardo was about to take a step towards where she was. A smirk appeared on Leonardo’s face as he questioned Bella, “Why”. “Why?”. Bella repeated with a frown before she came out from hiding and even went ahead and stood in front of Leonardo before she added, “You're asking me, why? Alright, I'll answer. First of all, you're a dangerous guy. And second of all, you're a freak. Just because I kicked you that night, you still haven't gotten over it? Are you a weakling or what?”. “You can talk all you want,
When Bella dragged Jake all the way to where the cars were parked, reality hit her head too hard because she suddenly remembered that she didn't have any car of her own since the Mansion was still sealed by the upper authorities. (PS: The mansion in Bella's mind is Tina's Mom mansion. Plus, Bella's car is currently stuck there). ‘Gosh. Even though I'm broke, when can I retrieve my car back from my big sis mom's mansion?’. Bella thought. Soon, she left Jake and ruffled her red hair. Seeing what Bella was doing to her hair, Susie asked, “Are you alright?”. “It's not like that, Susie. I didn't bring enough cash with me, and, how are we going to get to Leo's company?”. Bella said. “That's no problem at all. We can use cousin Sebastian car. Good thing I snatched his car key when he wasn't looking”. The voice of Camila was so sudden to everyone, that it caused them to turn behind. “Camila? Big sis? You followed us?”. Amelia was surprised and said. “Of course, Amelia. Well,
“Easy. Slow down, Bella. Can you explain everything that happened?”. Susie calmed Bella down with her words. As for Bella, before she began narrating the whole story, she went to one of the tables and took a glass cup that was filled with water. Soon, she drank all the water before dropping the glass cup on the table and returning to Susie's side. “Here's how it happened….”. Bella suddenly spoke out and went silent for a while. And after staring at everyone's faces quickly, she continued narrating the story, “You know I was happy this morning when I was preparing to go for my job interview at Leo's Company, right?”. Bella asked Susie, and when Susie nodded at her in acknowledgement, she continued narrating her story, “Well, I successfully arrived at the Company, thanks to God. And when I arrived at the interview floor, I waited for many minutes before the company workers started showing up. Plus that wasn't all, one of the office workers approached me and handed a document for me t
The gardens, After making sure that everyone was present in the garden, Deborah returned to the garden since she wanted to join in Mateo's birthday celebration. Upon arriving, Deborah was stunned to see some faces she didn't expect to show up. “Eh? Sebastian? Mason? Santiago? Camila and Amelia?”. Deborah said in disbelief before she added, “You all came? I can't believe this. You children didn't even inform me you'd be coming”. (PS: Sebastian, Mason, Santiago, Camila and Amelia are cousins to Alexander and Mateo). As the eldest among them, Sebastian went to Deborah. He didn't handshake her, but instead, he hugged her tightly while he said, “It's been a long time, mother. We all missed you”. “I miss you too, my sweet Sebastian”. Deborah admitted. She was hugging Sebastian so sweetly and warmly that it got Mason, Santiago, Camila and Amelia, jealous. “Me too. I want to hug you, mother”. Santiago announced and before he could reach Deborah's side, Amelia pushed him. “Not if I
Outside the mansion, in the gardens, Earlier this morning, Mateo's birthday celebration was supposed to be held in the living room of the mansion, but Deborah refused and insisted that it'd be much better if Mateo’s birthday party was held in the gardens. The garden was so huge and was decorated with harsh red ribbons. Plus, the ribbons decorations in the gardens were few since it wasn't a child's celebration. Seeing that the chairs and tables were in order, and properly arranged as per her order, Mrs Harris slightly nodded her head in delight before she returned into the Mansion to invite everyone to the garden. “Everything is ready?”. Deborah asked as she saw Harris approach her. “Yes, Deborah. Everything is set”. Mrs Harris replied politely, causing Deborah to smile. In no time, after Deborah dismissed Mrs Harris, she took over. First, she went to Alexander’s room, and when she was allowed in, she saw that Alexander was already dressed up. Plus, she also witnessed A