"Wow! You're very gorgeous and sexy, my friend!" Bret said to Arielle as he took off her bathrobe, revealing the yellow two-piece swimsuit she was wearing. "If I wasn't like you, I'm sure I would have fallen in love with you and courted you," he added with a laugh."Well, I'm so glad that we are the same in heart because if you were a real man and courted me, you would have been rejected right away," she replied, laughing at him."Ouch! Why? Is it because of him?" Bret secretly gestured towards Gun's location.She no longer needed to look at who he was referring to because there was no other man around except Gun and when she came down from her room, she saw her bodyguard standing near the swimming pool."Yes," she answered without hesitation."So what's the score between the two of you? Is there a mutual understanding going on?" Bret teased her.She first dived into the water and approached Bret before answering his question. "Nope. He already had a girlfriend. And I think he loves h
Arielle gently shook Gun's shoulder to wake him up."Gun. Wake up. Why are you sleeping here in the living room?" she asked the sleeping man. She shook him several times but he wouldn't wake up. It seemed he had drunk a lot, making it difficult to rouse him. "Why did you get drunk? What if Tyron happened to come in tonight and tried to kill me again? I'm sure he would have succeeded in his evil plan."She couldn't help but feel annoyed but she wasn't angry at him. She stood up and checked each window and door to make sure they were locked. Her annoyance faded when she saw that no windows or doors had been left open. Probably Gun had checked them thoroughly before drinking."Uuh." He let out a soft moan in response to her."Gun. Wake up. You should sleep in your room, not here. It's cold in the living room and you'll get stiff lying here." Gun's body was huge and his legs were long, so he definitely couldn't move properly on the narrow sofa.Gun moaned again and didn't open his eyes. H
Arielle suddenly opened her eyes wide when she heard the loud knocking outside her room. She got up from the bed groggily to open the door for the person who was knocking as if there was a fire. In her hurry to open the door for the person outside, she forgot to put on a robe over her very thin and see-through nightie."What's the matter? Why are you knocking so—" The rest of what she was going to say got stuck in her throat when she saw that it was Gun who was knocking. She suddenly remembered what happened last night and didn't know how to face him.Just like her, Gun also seemed surprised to see her. She thought that maybe he remembered what they did last night."Is that how you act when you open the door to someone knocking?" Gun asked her after recovering from the surprise. Anger was now on his face, and the surprise was gone."What?" She suddenly became confused. She didn't understand what he meant."Look at your clothes. Very indecent," Gun said firmly before turning his back o
Arielle closed her eyes while they were on their way home. Her eyes were closed but she was not sleeping, just pretending to sleep. She was worried that Gun would ask her again why she did not wake up early that morning.Throughout the day, Gun asked her about that matter four times and she successfully avoided answering it four times. She didn't know why it was a big deal for him to answer his question when he didn't remember anything that night or if he was just teasing her. Maybe he was enjoying seeing her uncomfortable when he mentioned that question because she would remember what happened in the morning.Her pretense of sleeping did not last long when she felt a strong impact on the back of her car. If she had not been wearing a seatbelt, her face would have surely hit the car's dashboard."Someone deliberately hit the back of your car. Fasten your seatbelt. We are going to race," Gun replied before pressing the gas pedal firmly.She closed her eyes tightly and gripped the side
Arielle is struggling to hold back her tears as she sees her friend applying medication to Gun's wound on his arm. She blames herself for why he got injured. Gun is lucky that he was able to dodge the knife held by the man who attacked them, but what if he hadn't? The wound is surely deep and he could even die."Come back in three days to have your wound cleaned again," instructs Kim, her doctor friend who is treating Gun's injury. "Remember, don't wet the wound for now, okay?" she reminds him."Do I still need to bandage my wound? It's not that big," Gun asks in a complaining tone."It's needed so bacteria don't enter your wound," Kim quickly replied. After treating and bandaging Gun's wound, her friend approached her and pulled her to a corner, where Gun couldn't hear their voices. "His wound is still far from his intestines, Arielle. He won't die from just that kind of wound."Kim probably noticed the excessive worry on her face as she watched her treat Gun that's why she said thos
"I was scared of your bodyguard, girl. I thought he was going to beat me up earlier. He was staring too intensely. It's like he wanted to swallow me whole," Bret said exaggeratedly as they got into his car. She rode in his friend's car because she had left her car so that Gun could have a ride home."Don't worry. Gun probably won't punch someone without a reason," she replied to her friend while looking out the window."What's your plan, Arielle? Why did you send him home? He was right about what he said earlier. If it wasn't one group trying to kill you, maybe another group was waiting for you outside the hospital earlier. Your bodyguard is just worried about you."Arielle let out a deep sigh. "I'm going to fire him from being my bodyguard, Bret.""What? Are you crazy? Do you want to die early?" Bret commented with wide eyes when he heard what she said. When she didn't respond, Bret just sighed before speaking to her again. "C'mon, Arielle. If you have a problem, tell me. I'm here no
Gun had almost finished a bottle of expensive liquor that had been stored in his cellar for a long time. He had planned to open that imported liquor on the day when he and Arielle became a couple. But now that it was unlikely to happen, he decided to open it to drown his disappointment in the alcohol they were supposed to celebrate with."That's enough, Gun. Don't think about that woman anymore. She's ungrateful, so she doesn't deserve your attention. After you risked your life to protect her, she just fired you as her bodyguard. Is she crazy? Does she want to die?" his cousin Jacob couldn't help but blurt out. He was drinking alcohol with him at his house, but he wasn't like him, who had already consumed a lot of alcohol.Even though he is no longer Arielle's bodyguard, he still can't help but worry about her safety. Even if she doesn't pay him, he doesn't care as long as he can ensure her safety.He doesn't understand why she suddenly replaced him as her bodyguard when he had shown
When Claire entered Tyron's small condo that he rented, she immediately smelled the scent of alcohol in the air. The living room was strewn with empty beer bottles and the wrappers of junk food that he had used as snacks scattered everywhere. The throw pillows were in disarray, and some were on the floor. In short, the living room was totally messed up.Claire's head heated up when she saw the mess inside Tyron's condo, but it heated up even more when she saw him lying on the floor in a disheveled state. His mustache was long, clearly uncut for several days. Annoyed, she approached Tyron and shook his shoulder strongly. "Tyron, wake up! What are you doing to yourself?" she asked the man angrily.Tyron only groaned and angrily removed the hand that was holding his shoulder, but he did not open his eyes, which only further irritated Claire. If she didn't love him, she would have just let him do whatever he wanted with his life.A few days had passed since she last visited his condo bec
"Yes. I will marry you, Gabriel," Arielle said tearfully, accepting Gabriel's marriage proposal. Why would she play hard to get when she truly wanted to marry him and become his wife?Gabriel's face lit up with immense joy upon hearing her answer. He embraced her tightly and lifted her, spinning her around in his happiness.After they were certain that Tyron and Claire could no longer escape the charges they filed against them, they decided to get married. Arielle was overjoyed because she was finally going to marry Gabriel. A day before her wedding to Gabriel, she suddenly remembered her parents' cellphone. With everything that had happened, she had forgotten about the phone she had sent for repair. She left her house and went to the cellphone repair shop."I thought you weren't going to get your phone back, Ma'am. I couldn't contact you because I lost the contact number you gave me," said the owner, sounding embarrassed. "It's okay, boss. I also forgot to pick up the phones becau
"Gabriel Adamson! What are you doing in my house?" Tyron angrily asked Gabriel, who responded with a strong punch to Tyron's stomach. The man kneeled on the floor while coughing. Gabriel's men, Harold, Tres, Dos, and Six quickly beats Tyron's men and throw them outside the house.Gabriel approached her and immediately untied her then hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry. I'm almost late. I almost lost you again."She hugged him tightly as well. She cried on his chest, not out of fear, but out of the joy of seeing him again. She missed him so much, but she was holding herself back from showing up in front of him again after her surgery. She wanted to be done with what she needed to do before facing Gabriel again."How did you know I was here?" she asked as she released herself from Gabriel's arms."It's Mr. Sanchez who told me you were going to come here to chase some dogs inside your house," he replied with a smile."Are you and Arielle acquainted, Gabriel Adamson?" Tyron asked Gabriel in d
When Arielle left Gabriel's house she first rented a small condo unit, then she arranged her documents to go abroad. With her money and the help of her Uncle Edgar, she quickly arranged her passport and US visa. After almost a month of waiting, she flew to America to have her face restored through plastic surgery.She chose to have the surgery from a famous plastic surgeon. And two weeks after arriving in America, she underwent an operation. The operation on her face lasted four hours. When she woke up, her entire face was wrapped in bandages.After two weeks, the doctor removed the bandage from her face. She cried when she saw that the appearance of her face had been restored. Even the small trace of the large scar on her face was gone, so she was extremely grateful to the doctor who operated on her face.After the bandage was removed from Arielle's face, she waited another month before returning to the country. And upon her return, her Uncle Edgar had a nice surprise for her. He had
Arielle woke up and Gabriel was no longer by her side. She smiled sweetly as she remembered their passionate lovemaking. However, the smile faded and was replaced by worry, as she feared that Gabriel might think she gave herself to him too quickly since they had just met. He might think that she was an easy-to-great woman.She admitted that she thinks Gabriel is a Gun and the latter not just didn't remember her. They had known each other for a long time, so she didn't hesitate to give herself to him a second time. She thought that the two were just one person. She took a deep breath and tried to remove the worries she felt from her mind.She got up from the bed and looked at the time on the wall clock. It was only 4 in the afternoon. She thought it was already night but it wasn't.She got down from the bed and went to the bathroom to take a bath. She didn't bother to put on the clothes she had taken off because she was alone in her room. She was happy that the pain in her foot did not
Arielle admitted the whole truth to Gabriel about the secret she was hiding. She didn't hide anything except the part where her mind time-traveled to the past while she was unconscious. She thought he would get mad at her because she lied to him, but his face only darkened after learning everything, and he carried her back into her room."Don't move. I'll just get some ice and medicine so your foot won't swell up too much and the pain will go away," Gabriel said to her before leaving the room. He was only gone for a few minutes, and when he returned, he was carrying a tray with a glass of water, medicine, and two ice packs. "Here. Take this medicine to reduce the pain."She was like an obedient child who followed what Gabriel told her without complaint."Won't you fire me because I lied to you, Boss?" she couldn't help but ask after she took the medicine.From her feet where the icepack was applied, Gabriel's serious face rose to her face. "Why? Do you want me to chase you out of my h
Arielle ran quickly towards the stairs and as she was running, she put her cellphone in the pocket of the pants she was wearing."Come back, Arielle!" she heard Tyron's voice as he chased her.She did not look back and just kept running down the stairs. But unfortunately, her right foot suddenly stumbled when she was on the fifth step from the bottom. She screamed as she rolled down the stairs.Even though she was hurt from falling down the stairs, she quickly got up. But she suddenly sat down because the pain in her right foot, the one she slipped on, was searing. She was worried that Tyron might be close by, so she looked up the stairs. But when she turned the stairs, she was met with a strong slap from Tyron's hand, who had apparently approached her. The force of his slap made her sit on the floor."Did you think you could escape us, Arielle? You're mistaken! Because we won't let you leave with the video of Tyron and me on your phone," said Claire as she walked down the stairs. She
Arielle woke up early that morning and took a bath before going out of the room and then went down to the living room. She thought she was the first to wake up, but that was not the case because she was already on the third step of the stairs when she saw the man sitting in the living room, reading the newspaper while drinking coffee. The stairs in Gabriel's house are circular, so she doesn't see him sitting in the living room right away.She slowly turned around to go back upstairs, but Gabriel saw her and his forehead wrinkled when he saw that she was planning to go back upstairs."Did you forget something upstairs?" Gabriel asked her. She slowly turned around again to face him and smiled slightly while shaking her head. "Come here," he ordered her.She nervously walked towards Gabriel. Luckily, she had applied concealer on her scar before going out in her room, so he didn't see her big and ugly scar again."What will be my job, Boss?" she asked him as she approached him."Sit down,
Arielle was brought by Gabriel to his very large house. When she got out of his car, she realized that it was not only Harold who was always with him, but also six other muscular men who got out of the car and followed them. "Are they your men?" she asked Gabriel as she looked at the six men standing beside the car, seemingly waiting for Gabriel to go inside the house. "If you want to work in my house, then don't ask too many questions," Gabriel replied to her with a serious expression before walking into the house. "Our boss, Harold, is so grumpy. I was just asking a question, and he got angry right away," she said irritatedly to Gabriel's driver. Harold laughed when he heard what she said, and even the six men working for Gabriel couldn't help but laugh. "That's just how the Boss is, but he's kind and generous," Harold replied with a smile. "Right, guys?" he asked his six companions. "Harold is right, Miss Arielle. Our Boss is kind even though his face is always serious a
Arielle went back to the cellphone repair shop to pick up her parents' phones that she had brought in. She couldn't wait to know what had happened to the cellphones so she went into the repair shop even if the owner of the shop hadn't called her.This time, she no longer had to check if the mother and daughter were downstairs or in their room so she could escape because, after the confrontation, the two women had been avoiding her, which was better for her to move around freely."I'm sorry for coming to your shop even though you haven't called me yet. I was just too anxious to know if the phones were already fixed or not," Arielle apologized to the shop owner."I'm sorry but I haven't fixed your cellphone yet, Ma'am. I'll just call you when it's okay," the shop owner replied shyly.She felt a mix of sadness and disappointment when she heard what the man said. She could do nothing now but wait for the cellphone to be fixed. And she hoped it would be fixed as soon as possible so she cou