JANICE is not used to drinking alcohol that is why she immediately felt tipsy even though she only drank two glasses of wine. She took her phone out of her bag, then checked the call history, it was full of her mom's number. There are many unread messages as well, but she did not bother to read those. Janice has a smile on her face as she dialed Chrismith's number.
"Hello?" A baritone voice greeted her.
"I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Janice asked, shy.
Chrismith's forehead furrowed. He stared at the phone like he sees the person that he is talking to there. He could hear the background noises and the voice of the woman that he assumes to be drunk.
"Are you okay?" He asked the lady while fixing the papers he was reading just before. He always brings those papers with him even at home.
"I'm not." She denied.
"Where are you?" He worriedly asked Janice as he hears the background noise in that pl
NICA kicked the flat wheel of her car, now she is stuck in an isolated place. "Why do I have to be so unlucky right now!?" She muttered while looking around.She is scared to stop a vehicle passing by because she cannot trust just anyone, who knows what evil plan they might make. She sighed, she thought that this unhappiness is happening because she was happy a while ago. When she remembered her half-sister, the fear she feels turned into anger.Nica quickly grabbed her bag in the front seat of the car and look for Chris' calling card. She knows that her half-sister will go to Chris' place, so she has a reason to disturb them."Can you help me?" Janice requested to the young man.Chris scratched his nape when he saw that Janice is having trouble taking off her blazer. Her hands seemed to lack strength to pull it off her arms. He had no choice but to stand up an
"WHERE have you been?" Margaret gritted her teeth as she asked the young lady who just entered their house. She even made sure that her husband was already asleep so he would not know that their daughter came out."Not now, Ma!" Janice was tired."I am still talking to you so don't you dare turn your back on me!" Margaret rebuked her daughter in a low voice, she would not like a noise to wake her husband up.Janice stopped taking steps and faced her mother. She looks annoyed. "I'm big enough, so I don't need to have your and dad's permission before I am able to do what I want anymore!"Margaret was shocked. She never expected her daughter to be so rude like that. "When did you have that attitude similar to your sister, huh?" She glared at her and restrained herself from pulling her hair."I'm so tired of being submissive, Ma! I don't want to be the kind of person you wanted me to be anymore, I hate it!" Janice releas
Chrismith smiled when he noticed Nica's stares at his lips as he drinks coffee. She is displaying her carefree face that he would often see when she is in his Bar and Resto. "You want to taste it?" Chris offered her his cup of coffee.Nica frowned upon his cunning smile. She does not want to ever admit it, but she was exhilarated by his sweet stares and smiles. She also wants her lips on the cup. "An indirect kiss won't be bad!" a coquett
Nica studied the figure of the lady in front of her. Anyone would get a negative first impression of her because of the drawing of her thin eyebrows. She is thinner than her, but they are the same height."Are you done checking on me, Ma'am?" Bheng asked, impatient.
"MY Cousin is already in the company." Larry informed Chrismith as he called."Very good, I want to know the truth before we get married so I don't have to clean up anything in her name."
"WHAT do you want?" Janice angrily asked Nica when she entered her room."Can you help me to pack my things?" She softly requested to Janice, even her eyes look happy. Her flight with Chrismith is tomorrow and the others will follow them to witness their wedding. They will just go first to personally prepare everything for their wedding."Our fight is not yet over, so don't celebrate yet!" Janice exclaimed, she wants to get even with her after she insulted her."You're fighting even though the person you are fighting for doesn't even like you. What a pity." Nica replied and smirked when her sister's face reddened because of the anger she is trying to control."He'll just marry you for the company's sake, so don't be ahead of yourself. You're more pitiful because he's just going to use you. He did not choose me because he wants to maintain the good relationship we have."Nica lifted up an eyebrow, her words cut through her, but she did not show her
Nica's grasp on Christmith's arm tightened when she finally faced his mother.Luisa's eyes followed her son's hands. He removed the young lady's grasp on him. She should not be delighted with what she is seeing, but she cannot help but smile when he intertwined his hand with the girl's. If only she does not know that their marriage is just a contract marriage, she could say that they love each other."There's no need to act like a sweet couple in front of me, I know you two are still one another's stranger." Luisa criticized their behavior once it has been just the three of them in the living room.Chris was surprised by his mother's cold words. He helped Nica to sit before confronting his mother."What?" Luisa gave him a confused and innocent stare in response to her son's questioning eyes.Nica's sadness doubled while she looks at the two, who probably have a misunderstanding because of her."Mom, I agreed that we'd stay here for you to ge
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
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