The bizarre smell that travelled to her nose awoke Nica. She did not open eyes and simply feel her surroundings. She sniffed the thing that sticks to the bridge of her nose. It was the first time in her life that she smelled it and it was her pillow.
"Pillow?" Her eyes widened when the thing she thought a pillow sunk in through her mind. When she recalled where she is right now, she blinked her eyes twice just to be surprised.
"Shit!" She cursed in her mind when she recognized the man's chest in front of her face. She carefully lifted her head up to look at the face of the man he treated as a pillow. She sighed with relief when she saw that he is sound asleep. Her cheeks reddened as she slowly lifted her right arm that was wrapped around him. With their position, she can say that she was the one who took advantage of him while he was fast asleep.
The sleeveless shirt he is wearing is thin that she can trace what is underneath it. Both of his hands are behi
"ARE you ready?" Chris asked Nica when he saw her sitting on the bed although she is already dressed up. They will go to meet with the dressmaker."Do we really need that bitch to tag along?" She frowned, she was referring to Janice."She's your sister and she wants to come with us.""But you know that I hate her!"Chris smiled as he looks at her puckered lips, it was moving and he knows that she is cursing her half-sister in her mind. He can decline Janice's request to come with them. But he figured he needed her presence to make Nica closer to him. It may be something selfish and detestable, but he likes it when Nica acts sweet toward him."What are you laughing at?" Nica asked when she noticed the unusual smile on his lips."Do you know that you have a kissable lip?" He subconsciously uttered what was on his mind while staring at her lips.Nica covered her own mouth using her palm. She knows her cheeks are flushed right now because
HELLO?""What's this news that came to me, Mr. Yuchan?"Chris moved the phone away from his ear because of the loudness and angry voice of Nica's father from the other line."It's not in our deal that you can take advantage of my daughter!"Chris closed his eyes and just let Mr Mr. Alfonso to talk."I'm sorry, Sir, but you know my father's health condition and I can't go against nor say no to him." He explained when he mentioned about how Nica and he, uses the same room."Just do what was on our deal so we won't have a problem." Alfonso said before ending the call."Did you make them go into separate rooms?" Margaret quickly asked her husband when he was finished talking to Chris on the phone."They're not children anymore and they will be married soon, so I can't do anything if they want to do what's not allowed." Alfonso lied to his wife. He had gotten enough of her repeated complaints, so he decided to call Chrismith,
"GOOD MORNING!" Janice greeted Nica happily when she spotted her alone while drinking coffee in the garden.Nica put out a smiling face before turning to look at her half-sister. She looked at her from head to feet.Janice ignored her sister's teasing face. She sat on the chair in front of her and gave her a big smile."It seems to me that you had a good night's sleep." Nica mentioned while smiling at Janice."You're not wrong, last night was my most memorable night and I will never forget it!" Janice said ambiguously while touching her neck.Nica smirked and followed where her palm touched with a stare. "Looks like there was a bad insect that kissed your neck.""Well, aren't you curious why Chrismith has been still asleep until now?" She teasingly asked Nica. She laughed when the smile on Nica's lips faded and she is now glaring at her."He couldn't sleep last night so I accompany him." Janice added really happily.Nice
MA'AM, Miss Janice doesn't want to open the door and she said that she doesn't want to eat yet."Nica wanted to raise an eyebrow as she heard what the maid said. They were at the table for lunch and Chris' mother called her sister to join them."What kind of drama is on her mind this time?" Nica whispered to herself as she looked away."Are you okay?" Chris asked worriedly to the girl.Nica smiled at the young man before standing up. "I'll just call my sister.""Yes, you better call her, Hija. I already talked to her earlier and told her that she should apologize to you and not to me." Luisa agreed with her. Luisa also felt sorry for Janice earlier, she cried and said that she regretted what she had done. She sighed as she remembered what Janice had said earlier."I'm sorry, Auntie, if I'd looked down on you. I'm just doing what I think was right to change Chris's mind and marry me instead."Luisa sadly watched Janice cry and just let
"How's the feeling princess for a few days here?" Margaret sarcastically asked Nica when the two of them were left alone. She and her husband arrived earlier because their wedding is the day after tomorrow.Nica gave an insulting smile to her stepmother. "Isn't it obvious for you to ask me anyway?"Margaret lifted up the corner of her lip and raised her right eyebrow. She glared angrily at Nica when she smirked at her."Surely you can enjoy having fun, just don't forget that everything you have now, will have an exchange someday. I'll make sure your heart will be torn in pieces." Margaret threatened Nica.Those words gave Nica unpleasant feelings, her stepmother was like a witch casting a spell before her. She quickly turned and left her even though she is not yet done with talking."Margaret, did you have a fight with someone?" Luisa asked her friend when she saw the anger on her face. She saw her standing alone in the living room and looking outs
THE sun has not risen, but a commotion started in Chrismith's house. Even though Nica's head was still heavy and she still wanted to close her eyes, she forced herself to get up. Her headache was exacerbated when her stepmother's shrill voice dominated."Margaret, calm down, we can only settle this with proper conversation." Luisa pleaded to her friend. She looked at her son, who just finished putting on clothes, confusion was visible on his face."How can I calm down, Luisa? She's the daughter of mine and they are both naked!" Margaret pointed at their offspring.Janice went in a corner of her bed as she held the blanket over her chest to cover the nakedness of her body."I'm sorry, Aunt, but I don't know how I'm here and what happened to us." Chris looked at his mother with eyes asking for help, whilst combing his messy hair using his fingers."I don't need your sorry, and don't tell me you don't know because you're not here if you didn't touch m
Gregory approached them to clear things up. Even though he does not know the root of this problem, he could not allow his son to marry a different woman.Margaret wiped her tears before facing the husband of her friend. "But how about my daughter whom your son touched last night?""I know my son," Gregory said whilst staring intently at Janice.Janice is unable to meet Chris' father's stares. She felt like he was investigating her."It's already here and your daughter also liked what happened between her and my son. And according to what I heard, they were both drunk last night. Anyhow, we can't destroy their relationship because of a third party." Even though Gregory did not hit directly to the point, he knows that they understood what he meant."Nica is also your daughter and she is the one destined for my son," Gregory added.Janice could not bear the shame, thus she ran back to her room. It now turns out that she is to blame
CHRISMITH carefully opened the door of the room and entered his head into spot Nica. "Babe?" he called her.It may seem gay, but for the first time, he is scared of a lady. Even toward his mother, not once have he felt afraid because he never did a big mistake anyway."Go inside and don't just peek in there.""Shit!" Chris exclaimed when his father suddenly spoke behind him."You look like a thief just now." Gregory laughed at his son's shocked face."Dad! You know I'm looking for the perfect timing, do you want me to have a lump on my wedding day?" Chris complained to his father."That's what you get for being careless. You nearly got forced into someone because you're such a sleepyhead!"Chris clacked before replying, "I don't know how I was in Janice's room. Believe me or not, Dad, I don't remember whatever happened last night after I separated with Nica.""Let's investigate that matter later. Face your wife-to-be first to m
After a week from recovery, Alfonso was released from the hospital. His body has weakened, but he could still speak properly. He lets Nica and her husband make the decision for the company. He know when he woke up th
"WHERE'S my mom?" Chris asked the nurse who was in the room when he came back. His father was still out and he was talking to someone. "I passed by her outside and she was with the woman your wife had a fight with, Sir." The nurse answered the young man. Chris quickly went out of the room to find his mother. He knew the nurse was referring to Margaret and he is worried. He followed the direction where the person he asked last saw them. "Luisa, I already warned you in the first place not to be tricked by that pretentious girl! She's good at acting to get the heart of the people she wants to take away from our life." Margaret said sadly and she secretly smiled when she saw the angry reaction of her friend as she looks at the photo in her hand. "If this is true, why did Chris let this happen?" Luisa asked confusedly. What she knew is that, it was Margaret who had an affair and not Nica. "Believe me, Luisa, you know me. With my age, can I still ha
"Aunt, please, don't show yourself to Nica yet," Chris asked the woman. He was thankful that his wife was still inside and he saw her first."I'm the wife and she's just the daughter, so I have more right than her to be by Alfonso's side!" Margaret insisted on going inside Alfonso's room. She has to see her husband's condition so that she can think of a plan against Nica."Wife?"Chris and Margaret stopped arguing when Nica spoke in the doorway. Her eyes were swollen from crying, but there was a fire of anger in there as she looks at Margaret."You call yourself my father's wife?" She asked her stepmother sarcastically and closed the door where she came from.Margaret's tongue backed out and she could not answer Nica. She is seeing a different Nica and she looks like she would not lose to her this time."When you became a sugar mommy of that bastard Philip, did you think that you have a husband?" Nica continued taking out her contempt for he
"I NEED to make a way!" Margaret uttered and glared at the front of the car.Janice glanced at her mother as she drives the car. She has been cursing in anger. She still does not know why her father became very mad at her."That girl really is evil! I know she's the one who paid someone to watch my moves!" Margaret gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. That day when she went out to meet up with her friends, she was with Philip. She never thought that someone was following them and they were followed even inside the hotel."What did Nica do and Dad seemed to hate you very much?""She paid a person to follow my moves. That Philip is also irritating, he can't be stopped from his bad habits!"Janice's forehead furrowed and she slightly slowed down the car. She did not get why her cousin was suddenly involved. The truth is, she does not know how Philip became her cousin. When her mother introduced the young man, they believed it. According to her mo
"HONEY?" Margaret was startled by her husband, who suddenly and violently opened their room's door. She also felt afraid of the visible anger on his face."Pak!"A strong slap landed on Margaret's face that surprised her. She touched her right cheek that was hurt whilst her eyes widened in shock. She looked at her husband in disbelief because he hurt her that easily."How dare you!" She yelled at Alfonso. She was about to fight him back when he gave her a slap again, this time, on the left cheek."What's wrong with you?" She shouted, almost like a cry, as she touched both of her cheeks with both hands. She was almost deafened by the impact of his slap."What's wrong with me, huh?" Alfonso abruptly gripped his wife's hair and pulled it to lift her face up. He was completely eaten by anger and he hurt her mercilessly."Who is Philip in your life?!" Alfonso's voice echoed in the four corners of their room. His voice can be heard even outside of
JANICE had a jump when someone knocked on the door. Her father sounded angry."Open this door, now!" Alfonso ordered his daughter when she did not respond to his knock."Dad, can you leave me alone for a while?" Janice requested her father and she was afraid of the questions he might ask."Honey, don't add to your daughter's resentment. Let her take a rest." Margaret pleaded and she was also nervous with the anger on her husband's face."Don't intrude, go back into our room!" Alfonso's voice was high as he pointed to the other room.It was the first time that Margaret saw that kind of anger on her husband's face and she could not do anything but obey him. She did not want to taste the scourge of his wrath.Even though she was scared, Janice could only open the door. She immediately stepped backward after she opened the door and saw her father's angry face."How can you do this to your sister?" His voice was weak, but the way he said i