Mila tightened her jacket and walked out of a coffee shop a block from her office, carrying a cup of hot chocolate and a paper bag of tuna mayo and croissants. Mila accidentally bought her breakfast on foot and left her car at the office so she could enjoy the cold and bustling atmosphere of a Chicago morning. It's like a new experience for her. Walk with people who will also work like her. She could see a flower selling woman on the side of the road. She arranges beautiful winter flowers. There's baby breath, bright yellow winter aconite, and pinecones that are beautifully crafted in white wrapping paper. Mila was very excited when she saw it. Unfortunately she didn't need flowers right now, so she didn't buy any. She just kept walking with lighter steps towards the crossroad to cross with the others. But Mila was too focused on the scene of the morning rush in Chicago to notice where her nets were going. A car suddenly sped up, ran through a traffic light that was supposed to stop
"Finally you're home. Where have you been all this time?" “Felix. What are you doing?" Ezra pushed Felix's chest for blocking his way. Felix acted like a fierce wife waiting for her husband to arrive at the door, folding his arms across his chest. Ezra is disgusted to find Felix interfering in his business all of a sudden. “Hmm, women's perfume? You've been staying with women all this time?" “You are not my mother or even my lover, Felix. So shut up your fucking mouth and don't bother me. I'm in a hurry.” "Where are you going?" "I have to go to the office. There is something I must do.” “Well great. It's better for you to go to the office than you sleep with those sluts.” “Why are you suddenly becoming concerned with who I sleep with?” Ezra stopped in his tracks and pushed Felix's chest fiercely. Felix's body jerked back one step. But Felix just kept quiet and didn't try to fight back. “Because it will make Mila sad. Last night I went to her apartment. "Mila is no longer my
“Mr. Peterson I'm so nervous."Mila tries to keep up with Mr. Peterson's steps, who walk very fast in front of her. Apart from that, it was also difficult for her to walk in her five-centimeter heels because she was pregnant and her stomach was getting heavier day by day."Take it easy, Ms. He won't bite you."Milla's heart was beating fast. The door to the meeting room that Mr. Peterson was like the most terrifying door she had ever seen. This will be her first experience and will most determine the success of this collaboration. If she succeeds in securing the company, she will have a sizable injection of funds to expand the production area of her factory."Good morning Mr. Frosts.” Mr. Peterson greeted the representative from Light Corp in a friendly tone.Behind him Mila followed Mr. Peterson like she was a very stupid and clumsy new intern. She lowered her head, pretending she was reading the documents in her hand."Good morning Mr. Peterson and... Hey, you're the girl that alm
"What are you doing." Mila turned around and put her hands on her hips in annoyance when Ezra suddenly closed her office door and locked it. He walked over to Mila while shoving his hands in his pockets. "We'll talk. You must have a lot of things you want to ask.” “Since when did you become part of the Light Corp? Is this your idea to cooperate with my company?” “I saw an opportunity that promised huge profits. Having a company that makes a lot of money is good for keeping myself busy in between jobs for my clients.” Ezra smirked sarcastically. “I don't want to hear any nonsense from you, Ezra. Leave me alone. Don't disturb my life again." "We have a new project that will keep us attached." “I will reject this collaboration project. I'd better look for another investor.” "You can't." “Of course I can. I'll talk to Mr. Peterson. Go away.” Mila pushed Ezra's shoulder roughly, and tried to get out of her cramped room. But Ezra pulled her arm so hard that her stomach hit Ezra's
“Thanks for the lunch, Jayde.”"You're welcome. I hope you enjoy it and we can have lunch together another time.”"Well of course." But I hope not.Mila pretended to put on a fake smile in front of Jayde and got out of his car. This really sucks because she has to pretend that she's happy. To be honest having lunch with Jayde was great. He is a good and humorous man. It's just that she wasn't comfortable with the gazes of women when they saw her with Jayde. It might just be her feelings, but she felt like a hooker for jumping from one guy to another. Besides that she also thought about the threat that Ezra had left her. She just didn't want Jayde to get in trouble for asking her out to lunch.“Mr. Peterson, wait!”Coincidentally Mr. Peterson was just getting into the elevator and returning to his office after lunch. Mila tried to walk fast to approach Mr. Peterson while supporting her aching hips."What's wrong, Ms. Milla?""Call me just Mila, ok?""Okay. What is it, Mila?"They both
The bistro is one block from the hospital. The owner is a former five-star hotel chef who is tired of working under the pressure of a grumpy hotel manager. With a little severance pay, he was determined to open this bistro. His motivation was to ridicule the former manager who had mocked him when he decided to resign. But starting a business is not easy at first. He has to work hard to attract customers and think about marketing tactics in order to attract customers to eat at his restaurant. It was only after six months that he was able to bring in a steady number of customers every day. The bistro's most famous dish is the linguini pasta. He developed his own concoction recipe over the years until he found the perfect composition, which all Chicagoans loved. “Two linguini pastas. And for me brandy. What do you want Mila?” “Mix berry juice.” "Very well, your orders will be ready in twenty minutes." The waiter nodded politely and walked quickly towards the fat man with the mustach
After meeting Jonas and talking about many pleasant things, Mila feels that her feelings are lighter now. She walked into her apartment like nothing heavy had been on her shoulders. She had even forgotten all of Ezra's threats this afternoon to her. And her decision to cancel the agreement is getting stronger. Tomorrow she will tell the truth to Mr. Peterson that she could not team up with Ezra Carlos because they were not compatible with each other. Well, that reason is quite sound and will silence Mr. Peterson of any questions as to why she would pass up such a great opportunity for another company that might not be giving her company as big a cash injection as Ezra would.Mila stepped out of the elevator and walked towards her unit. The hallway is a bit quiet because Mila only has three neighbors in this suite. And so far Mila hasn't actually met her three neighbours. She was sure the people living in this apartment must be busy people who probably only needed the apartment as a pl
"What the hell? None of these projects are profitable? We have to get the money before the end of the year because the bank bill is due soon!" Hunter slammed all the documents on the table and scolded his managers who were looking at him with deadpan eyes. "That's what happened four months ago. Our lucrative projects have been halted ever since the scandal surrounding Arnold's death hit the air. The government created a re-auction system, and our company lost. The company currently handling the project is Light Corp.” “Shit! Why all this happened and I don't know? My father never said anything to me.” Hunter ruffled his hair in frustration. He was almost crazy with all the problems that came pouring at him. And lately everyone in his office seems to distrust his leadership. After his father died, he had no shield to protect him anymore. He begins to hear unpleasant rumblings from his employees about the case of his death being faked. Then they had doubts about the death of his par
Mila walked through the living room towards the front door with her eyes half closed. Her apartment bell rang loudly many times to wake her who fell asleep after breastfeeding Gerrald in her baby room. Luckily, Gerrald didn't wake up because of the sound of the apartment bell that the annoying guest kept pressing repeatedly. "Wait a moment." Mila shouted in annoyance between the sound of the bell that kept echoing around her. Mila quickly pressed the combination numbers on the lock panel and a soft beep sounded at the door. The annoying knocker immediately burst in while growling in annoyance. “Why did you have to change your apartment password? I've been standing outside for half an hour." "I overslept while nursing Gerrald." Ezra's eyes moved down to Mila's blouse button which was not fully buttoned. He looked up briefly to meet Mila's face, then his hands quickly reached for the buttons of the blouse to button. “What are you doing? I can do it myself.” "To shorten the time."
3 months later The people applauded enthusiastically after the red ribbon for the inauguration of the new office was cut by the main star. Camera flash immediately rained down on his body mercilessly until it felt like he would go blind any minute. But Ezra can't complain too much about the enthusiasm people have for the merger between his company and Mila's company which is now growing rapidly. The three months since the shooting incident at Mila's apartment have brought many changes to their lives. Especially now that they have a little man in the middle of their new life. Mila smiled a little at Ezra's figure who was serving the paparazzi who were busy surrounding him. Ezra practically looks like a lump of sugar swarmed by hungry ants. Mila's hands occasionally rocked her stroller when her little one, baby Gerrald, whined a little because of the noise around him. Gerrald was used to the silence in her penthouse. He was rarely exposed to the noise of the paparazzi who would hunt h
Ezra moved warily to protect Mila behind his back. He cursed many times for not incapacitating Jonas first before discussing things with Mila. "But what did you come into my apartment for?" Jonas smiled wryly. He pretended to pat his denim jacket as if it was dusty. Jonas has a bruise on his right jaw from Ezra's precise fist that landed there shortly after he snuck into Mila's apartment. "To get revenge on you." Jonas took a gun out from under his boots and pointed it at Mila and Ezra. “Drop your weapon or you will regret choosing to do that.” “Are you scared, Ezra? You're not the only one with a gun. Even I have it too. You have destroyed my plans. I thought you were already rotting in hell, but you tricked us all.” “Glad that you were stupid enough and duped. You have terrorized Mila and disturbed her life.” "Because of you. I had forgotten about my stupid desire to take revenge on you when you were reportedly drowned in the sea. But who would have thought that you would ri
"Ssshhh... Don't scream, Mila!" "Who are you?" Mila's body froze when an arm stretched forward and hugged her chest until her shoulders pressed against the man's chest. From his voice and body aroma the man was very similar to Ezra. But it is not possible. Ezra is dead. Even the police had given her an official statement that the rescue team had not been able to find Ezra's body that had fallen into the sea. "You can't possibly forget me. You know me so well, Mila.” "Ezra is dead. Don't try to be Ezra in front of me." Mila's voice trembled as she tried to bully the man. In fact, Mila almost fell to the floor if the man's strong arms didn't support her shoulders. "Look at me." Mila's body was rotated one hundred and eighty degrees until now Mila was facing a man whose face was very similar to Ezra's. Her face stiffened as she stared at the man's face. Mila wanted to push the man's chest away, but her body couldn't move because she was too shocked by what was happening before her
"Wait here. I won't be long." Meyer stopped his car in the middle of the forest and let Ezra get out of his car to walk along the path in the middle of a lonely forest. "Good luck. Make Felix pee his pants seeing your ghost.” Meyer laughed loudly before Ezra slammed his car door loudly. Ezra walked to his lonely hunting house in the middle of the forest. He had seen Mila come with Jonas crying hysterically in Felix's arms. Apparently Felix didn't wait until the next morning to tell Mila that he had fallen overboard and might have died. His palms itched to punch Jonas when he saw him put his arm around Mila's shoulders. But luckily Felix chased him away quickly and Mila didn't try to keep Jonas from staying in his house. Ezra decided to make a detour through the back of his cabin. He saw the kitchen light was still on and saw Felix's silhouette standing by the sink. Looks like Felix and Mila are talking about something serious. He then hid behind the firewood storage rack, waiting
The high and ferocious waves rocked his boat so many times that he couldn't even sit still in the boat. His face was wet and his lips were twitching coldly because of the splash of sea water that was almost below freezing. The buoys and layers of clothing that wrapped around his body couldn't block the super cold sea breeze that was blowing very hard around him. Only a madman would go out to sea in the midst of a raging storm like this one. And damn that crazy person is him. Meyer repeatedly looked up at the sky, hoping that a violent storm would not come soon because he was still bobbing in the middle of the sea. It would take him at least another twenty minutes at the earliest to get to the beach and quickly find a warm place to keep him from catching frostbite in the morning. At first Meyer thought his ship was being hit by waves again. He heard the sound of water hitting solid objects, and then the boat shook slightly. He had almost given up on surviving in the middle of the sea
"Thanks Felix. I don't know where else to go but here. My apartment is not a good choice when I have problems with Jonas.” Mila took a sip of her hot chocolate, letting the delicious chocolate liquid flow down her throat and calm her down. She was on the verge of deep frustration. “I told you that his intentions weren't pure.” Felix took a place in front of Mila while looking at her concerned. "I know it. But I don't think he will force me to accept his proposal. He's crazy. He even screamed in the restaurant and made us both a spectacle.” "Relax Milla. You can't be stressed. Remember what Doctor Rosaline said at the last check-up." Mila sighed and nodded. "I remember. My blood pressure is very low and I have to have a transfusion if it stays low.” “Good girl. Better forget about Jonas. You have to distance yourself from him." "I have done. But he often comes to my apartment, helping me organize my future baby's room. How could I possibly ignore his kindness.” "Now he won't c
"Thanks for inviting me to dinner, Jo." "You're welcome. Please sit down Mila.” Mila smiled faintly and pulled the chair in front of her. Jonas looked like he was about to pull out a chair for her, but Mila refused and said that pregnant women are not disabled. "How's the little one?" "Very good. Well it's been seven months, two more months before his birth. Really really fast.” Mila sighed softly. "I'm grateful. I'm glad to see you're fine. The last few months have been tough for you." "Very tough." Mia smiled weakly. It was a miracle that she survived two more months without Ezra by her side. She had shed tons of tears since the past two months. When finally the rescue team failed to find Ezra and the police officially stated that Ezra was lost due to drowning in the sea. Her legs literally went limp when she received the news. She almost fell to the ground if Felix didn't put his arm around her shoulders and support her limp body. Her heart… she didn't know if her heart had
Hunter was ushered out of his cage into the courtroom. After a week in jail, now Hunter looks so messy and ugly. His face was pale and shabby. The dark circles under his eyes were very dark. Hunter let his sideburns grow wildly on his face so that he looked like an old hermit who had just been taken out of a cave. Hunter's hands were handcuffed behind his back. Hunter took a deep breath in the scent of the courtroom and felt a tinge of relief that he could finally smell something other than the rotting smell of rotting prison food. Two policemen gently pushed Hunter's shoulders and pressed him to sit on the prison chair. Not many were present at his trial. Hunter didn't even expect anyone to come. But suddenly his eyeballs met Mila's eyeballs who were looking at him gloomily. Mila's face was somber and it looked like she had been wallowing in sadness for so long that there were no traces of joy on her face. Hunter's breath caught when he learned that Mila was present at the trial thi