Five years later.At the nursery school, a woman was seen glaring at two small children who were currently looking down in fear. Earlier, the woman had yelled at the two children for their misbehavior in bullying her son."I don't accept it, Sir. My Son is treated like this. Look, his body is red like this because he was hit." Mrs. Melly showed her son's body which was red from being hit.Alea and Kenziee, whom Mrs. Melly accused of injuring her son, did not dare to move. Even Alea seemed to be holding back tears at this point out of fear. Kenzie touched Alea's hand to stop her from crying."Sorry, Ma'am. For our negligence in monitoring. We will pay more attention in the future," said the principal regretfully.But Mrs. Melly still didn't accept. The look on her face still showed anger. "I want their parents to know about their children's behavior and apologize.""We've already contacted them and probably-""Mommy!" The principal's words were cut off as Alea called out to her mother
"Oh, so this is the brat's father?" Mrs. Melly looked at Daniel dismissively.Daniel's eyebrows shot up at that."This son of yours has misbehaved. He hit Rama, my son until his body was bruised. If he is allowed to be a criminal from a young age, what will happen when he grows up? Did you not educate him properly as a father?"The principal panicked upon hearing this. He hurriedly prevented Mrs. Melly from speaking again, before things got even more heated."Madam, you don't know what you're talking to-"The principal's words were again cut off.Daniel gave a small shake of his head, signaling the principal not to continue his sentence and to let Mrs. Melly speak as she pleased."I don't want to know, you have to take responsibility for what your son did to my son."While on the other hand, Audrey still maintained her position with her back to Daniel. Her heart was trembling at this moment, afraid that Daniel would realize her existence. She prayed in her heart that this matter would
In the car, Audrey saw Daniel behind her through the windshield. She breathed a sigh of relief that she had managed to leave school early. Otherwise, Daniel would have caught her and Audrey wasn't ready to face him. Maybe she never would have been.Audrey turned to her daughter and gently stroked her hair with a smile. Alea, who didn't understand the situation her mother was in, gave her the same smile. Their faces were almost identical and Alea had Audrey's signature smile."What do you want to eat, Alea?" asked Audrey gently."Anything as long as Mommy cooks," Alea said in a sweet tone. Audrey was delighted.With a smile on her lips, Audrey drove the car at a moderate speed.Meanwhile at the office.Daniel has just arrived. He sat down on a chair, then took out his cell phone and watched the license plate number carefully. Luckily, he managed to remember and record the license plate number on his phone.Now, he wanted to find out more. He picked up the receiver impatiently and diale
Audrey was grooming herself in front of the vanity mirror. Suddenly the sound of a cell phone call distracted her.Nicky's name was on the screen. Audrey immediately swiped the answer button."Hello, Audrey? Did you go to Alea's school? How was it, what happened there?"Before Audrey had even said hello, Nicky was already peppering her with questions. There was a worried tone that Audrey could catch in the man's voice."Nicky, I... met Daniel earlier."With a heavy sigh, Audrey began to tell the story."Daniel?" Nicky was surprised. "How come?""You remember I told you I left a boy with Daniel? That boy was Kenzie, Alea's classmate." Audrey said somberly.There was a tinge of longing and wanting to hug the boy she had given birth to. Although she wasn't sure if Kenzie came from her seed or Daniel's."Alea and Kenzie were involved in a problem with another child, and at that time Daniel also came," she added."Did he say anything to you?""No, he didn't. I left the school in a hurry. N
Audrey squealed in surprise.Daniel then pulled her hand away and said in a teasing tone, "Look, you're already wet."In an instant, Audrey's face turned red. She struggled, trying to free her body from the man's embrace.Daniel's face was now grinning triumphantly and beaming with passion.Daniel's face came closer, trying to kiss Audrey, but she turned her face away. Despite his failure, Daniel continued, kissing her madly on the cheek."Daniel, you're crazy!" Audrey shouted.Daniel laughed, he then tilted his face, displaying an evil smirk. "Yes, I've been crazy since the doctor told me five years ago that you were dead," Daniel said hoarsely.Audrey only replied coldly, sneering at Daniel's words. She didn't fully believe it. Because Audrey was preoccupied with her thoughts, Audrey was caught off guard and Daniel went straight for her exposed neck.Audrey blinked, but her hands tried to push Daniel's body away. In vain, because her strength is not comparable to Daniel's. All he di
After Audrey left the room, Daniel followed her. He saw how Audrey calmed a little girl in her arms and brought her into her room.Daniel stood in front of the room with Alea's name on it. It turned out to be a little girl who went to the same school as his son Kenzie.Daniel smiled wryly. After leaving him just like that, Audrey easily turned to another man and had a child.Imagining Audrey with another man and making out made Daniel's blood boil.How could that woman leave him with all the adversity he suffered, while Audrey lived happily with another man to produce a child?Daniel's hands clenched into tight fists, his teeth chattering with anger. He didn't want to stay there too long, so Daniel decided to return to his office.He drove the car himself with the pain in his left shoulder. And his heart...Less than an hour into the trip, he parked his car in the lobby. He got out after the clerk approached and nodded at him. Upon arriving at the office lobby, he received a respectfu
Patricia's worried question was answered by Daniel coldly."Yes."Patricia opened her eyes, tried to ignore that, and asked again. "What about Kenzie at school, who did he fight with? Did that person apologize to Kenzie?" She tried to show her concern as a mother, but she got another sarcastic answer from Daniel."You don't need to interfere in Kenzie's business."Then Daniel dismissed Patricia's hands, releasing her from his embrace. Patricia was stunned and moved backward. She looked sad at Daniel's treatment just now.Since Audrey's death, Daniel's attitude has changed towards her. Previously she thought her life with Daniel would be very happy, coupled with the presence of Kenzie who was their child, but that was not the case.She answered Daniel somberly. "Why can't I interfere with Kenzie? He's my son, but we've never been close and you seem to have built a big wall between us." Patricia's voice was hoarse and her eyes began to heat up.Then she continued. "Do you think I don't
"You're crazy!"Audrey pushed hard on Daniel's body to get out of his confinement. But instead, the man hugged her tightly. Not wanting to let Audrey escape."You're not going anywhere," he said confidently.Audrey didn't just stop, she was still trying to struggle to get away. "Let me go, Daniel! Our relationship is over!" she screeched in frustration.She hated Daniel's sudden arrival in her life. She hated that Daniel managed to dominate her, while she was unable to resist and instead ended up enjoying the man's game. Shit! Audrey was such a fool.Daniel didn't care about Audrey's screams, his burly hands still wrapped tightly around the body in front of him. Channeling the passionate longing that had been stifled for the past five years.Audrey, who was getting annoyed and frustrated, continued to hit Daniel's body with all her might. Daniel knew that there was hatred in Audrey's heart for him. Therefore, he let Audrey vent her emotions until her punch hit Daniel's injured shoulde
Daniel parked his car in the parking lot of an apartment building in the capital city.The apartment was quite luxurious and very comfortable.He took the elevator and got off on the floor he was heading to. Upon reaching the door, Daniel rang the bell.Lily opened the door.“What is it?” Daniel asked directly.Lily opened the door wide, inviting him in.He stepped further inside, his eyes landing on a large suitcase, half-filled with clothes.Raising an eyebrow, Daniel asked, “Are you leaving?”Lily nodded. “I’m moving out,” she said as she resumed folding clothes and putting them into the suitcase.“Moving? Why so sudden?” Daniel was puzzled by her abrupt decision.“Some people at the office have started gossiping. They’ve figured out that I live in this luxurious apartment,” Lily explained.Daniel didn’t see the problem.“Wait, I still don’t understand what you mean.”Lily paused her folding, then stood a few steps in front of him.“Sir, if people find out that this apartment was a
Daniel couldn’t simply ignore the surge of anger he felt imagining Audrey going out with another man."Tell me, who did you go with?" Daniel asked in a deep tone.Audrey was annoyed with him. She had asked him to leave, but Daniel persisted with his questions.She stood up from the bed where Alea was sleeping and faced Daniel directly. She boldly looked him in the eye. "Yes, I went out with Vincent earlier, and this jacket is his."Hearing that, Daniel's jealousy burned even hotter. His fists clenched tightly as he heard Vincent's name mentioned.His mind suddenly flashed back to Vincent's question at Abraham's house.Vincent had unexpectedly asked how well Daniel knew Audrey. Did that mean they had known each other for a long time?"Are you and Vincent—""There’s no need for baseless assumptions. We met by chance."Audrey bit her lip, feeling foolish. Why was she even explaining this to Daniel?Daniel never explained where he went or what he did.Still, her response offered Daniel so
Audrey would return Vincent's suit another time.She clicked her tongue. That meant she would have to meet Vincent again later, even though Audrey was reluctant to deal with him anymore. She knew Vincent wouldn’t stop bothering her easily.Audrey stepped into the elevator and pressed the button to head to Kenzie's treatment room.As soon as the elevator doors opened on her floor, she stepped out. A few nurses on duty greeted her warmly, and Audrey returned their smiles, though she felt far too drained to smile sincerely at the moment.Walking down the hallway past several treatment rooms, she finally reached Kenzie's room. When she opened the door, she saw Daniel sitting on a long sofa, his head tilted back, looking at her.It seemed he had been waiting for her. Audrey averted her gaze for a moment, closing her eyes. She felt so tired—not just physically, but emotionally as well.Right now, she didn’t want to face Daniel.Audrey entered the room and noticed Kenzie was already asleep i
Audrey let out a long sigh, she felt that Vincent was not her rival, so she was not interested in racing with him at all. Besides, she had more important things to do than just racing.Audrey shook her head. "I don't want to," she said, taking another swig of her drink and casting her eyes forward. "Why don't you take the other racers? With your family's last name, you can take them all instead of wasting time with me."Vincent chuckled. He just wanted to compete with Audrey, the woman who had beaten him out of boredom. The more Audrey rejected him, the more curious Vincent became about her."How can you like car racing? From the looks of you, you're not the type of woman who likes a challenge."Audrey laughed. "What you see is not necessarily the truth," Audrey said ambiguously.That was also what was currently happening to her. What she had seen from Daniel, how he had tried to convince her that he would love her for life and it turned out to be nothing but nonsense.Audrey was now
Audrey broke away from Vincent, she took a deep breath before returning her facial expression, trying to look normal.No, she wasn't crying. She must not cry. Daniel couldn't make her like this."Are you okay?" asked Vincent as he searched Audrey's eyes.She then squinted at Vincent. "Yes, I'm fine," she said firmly. Refusing to be looked at with a pitying gaze.Vincent pointed at Audrey's wet under-eye. Audrey immediately wiped it away and said loudly that she was not crying. "I got dust in my eyes earlier," she reasoned.Vincent smiled at her. Even under these circumstances, the woman still showed her pride.Audrey's hand looked up at Vincent. He frowned, not understanding what she wanted."The car keys. Give it to me, let me drive. You're too slow to drive." Audrey complained.She wanted something to get her adrenaline going right now. That way, it would be easy for Audrey to forget for a moment what made her heart so disturbed.Vincent seemed hesitant to give it to her, so Audre
Seeing that, Audrey couldn't resist going deeper and checking further.Audrey moved into the living room without Lili's permission. She knew she shouldn't have done such an unethical act, but her heart couldn't resist finding out more information.Asha was too clever to manipulate Audrey's feelings right now, so she could no longer think clearly and only suspicion dominated her mind.Audrey examined the living room carefully, then who knows what wind made her step back in without the owner's permission."What exactly are you looking for?" Lili asked Audrey. She knew that the woman in front of her right now was her boss's ex-wife. And because Lili had a specific purpose, the woman deliberately ended up confessing."Do you live alone here?" asked Audrey who seemed to be still examining in detail everything she passed."No, I don't. This is my house and Daniel's too."Audrey flinched for a moment at that, before she went back to her normal demeanor, trying to hide the hole in her heart.
"I can't come with you! I have something important to do!" Audrey refused when Vincent tried to force her to sit in his car.Audrey tried to leave, but Vincent pulled her back."All right, I'll drive you. Anywhere, I'm ready. As long as we can talk," Vincent said with a little force. He didn't mean any harm by forcing Audrey, all he wanted was a one-on-one talk with her.Audrey knew that he wouldn't mess with her. She looked at Vincent's face with an expectant expression.Not wanting to be the center of attention of the many people who were already glancing in their direction, Audrey was forced to follow Vincent and sat in his sports car.Audrey told him the address of her current destination and Vincent agreed to drive her. Along the way, Vincent continued to talk to Audrey about many things.He was still talking about what happened a few years ago.Audrey was not interested at all. Moreover, Vincent is one of the Anderson family members. First Daniel, then Asha, and now Vincent. It
Savi realized that she was being influenced by Asha's words. The woman was either intentional or not, but now Audrey began to think about it.Audrey admitted that she could not just close her ears and heart to what Asha said.And now she is very upset and has a prolonged dilemma.Initially, Audrey wanted to give Daniel a chance to fix everything. Start all over again. Maybe a new relationship would be much better for them.Especially now that Alea and Kenzie are filling their days. However, now Audrey feels that she is too naive.Daniel doesn't need her. Audrey should have realized that. Audrey felt that she was very stupid and she was sure that Daniel would consider her a woman who was easily tricked.Audrey exhaled slowly. Swallowing her heart so as not to affect her mood and behavior today. Some children were currently watching her.Audrey did not want the children to feel that her mother was not okay. Earlier, when they found out that Audrey's hand was injured by a knife slice, th
Audrey used the contact name viewer app even though she did not save the number.Asha. What else could she want? As Audrey remembered, Joni would take care of her.Audrey thought for a moment whether she should answer or not. Finally, she decided there was no harm in answering the call. Audrey wanted to know what the woman wanted to tell her."I thought you wouldn't answer my call," Asha said in a voice that sounded like it was smiling."What do you want?" she didn't want to waste time on small talk. After all, Asha wouldn't have called her just to say hello.Asha laughed. "I admit that you are indeed a smart woman. Unfortunately, your intelligence can't make Grandpa Abraham melt and accept you. You will never be accepted into the Anderson family. So don't even dream, Audrey."Audrey rolled her eyes in disgust. "So, you called me just to talk about this insignificant matter?"Asha was surprised that Audrey was not affected by her words at all.She thought Audrey would be upset or some