Andrew's Villa “I didn't expect that you'd allow me to return to the entertainment industry. Why? Is it a tactic you've come up with to ruin me or punish me?” Taylor asked Andrew, who kept his eyes pinned on the food he was eating.Despite her intrusive question, Andrew didn't act like he heard her. It was until he was done eating five minutes later that he dropped his cutleries and glanced up at her. “Don't you want to return to your life as an actress?” He threw her a question instead of giving an answer to her question. Taylor exhaled tiredly and reached for the wine glass before her. She took a sip from it, her eyes pinned on his handsome face. “I do. But I can't help having the feeling you're just waiting for me to slip, so you can punish me.” “It's good you're now afraid of me.” He merely said, got up and walked out of the house. Taylor hissed angrily and relaxed on her chair. She glanced at her wristwatch and got up as well. It was already 9am, and she was supposed to be
Elizabeth was in the hospital attending to a patient when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She didn't reach for it until she was done. “You should be fine in a couple of weeks given you don't do anything that puts pressure on your right leg, or you may have it contaminated which would leave the hospital no choice but to cut it off to save your life.” She told the young man who had broken his leg when he went on a hiking journey.He nodded and closed his eyes. Elizabeth didn't waste any more time with him as she walked out of the ward. She took off her gloves and dropped them in the bin, then took out her phone.She smiled when she saw the pictures sent to her and hastened to her office. Daniel really did take her bait. She was together with him last night and spilled the news that Taylor would be at Glass House Entertainment the following day. She didn't expect the man, who claimed not to be listening to her, to actually act on her words. But she was thankful for that. Now
The first thing Taylor felt when she opened her eyes the next morning was pain in her lower body. She felt someone cover her with a duvet and glanced up to see Becky. Becky smiled, the lines on her face creasing. Taylor sighed and closed her eyes again, recalling the horrible night she had just been through. Her hatred for Andrew finally reached its peak. She clenched and unclenched her fists numerous times in anger. “Mr. Radford left an hour ago for the company.” Becky disclosed, probably trying to earn a reaction from Taylor. However, Taylor struggled to get up, wincing in pain. Andrew had torn off her clothes last night, so she could only wrap the duvet around her body and limp to the room. With each step she took, the pain from her stretched muscles multiplied until she got to her room. She walked into the bathroom only to see Becky had prepared her bath. She soaked in the warm bath for more than an hour, thinking of how pathetic her life had become. After a while, she took
“Delete the tweet and tell the public that it isn't what they think.” Taylor pleaded, almost going down on her knees. After Derek showed her Daniel's tweet, she immediately reached out to Daniel and asked for them to meet in secret. “Why?” Daniel raised a brow before scoffing. Then he leaned towards her and asked, “Why should I do that? You were my girlfriend before your sudden marriage to that brat Andrew. We didn't even break up. So why should I apologize for hugging my girlfriend?” Taylor clenched her jaw tightly. She already knew how this was going to end. But she was desperate for it not to end that way, or she'd be screwed by Andrew. She was about to say something when her phone, which she placed on the table before her, vibrated. Taylor hesitated. Seeing her hesitate, Daniel reached out to take the phone. He chuckled when he saw the caller and showed it to her. “Andrew is calling.” Taylor trembled in fear. He was calling. Her body twitched uncomfortably, recalling the pai
“This is Derek Vaughn, please leave a message if I don't answer the phone.” The automated voice came up for the nth time. Taylor threw her phone against the wall, smashing it into pieces in anger. Today was the 30th day, she had been locked up in her room by Andrew after being accused of frolicking with Daniel. It was also her 30th time being sexually punished by him. Taylor shivered when she glanced at the time. It was 3pm already, and it was only a matter of 2 hours before Andrew would be back to make her life a living hell. She heard a knock on the door, but ignored it as she sprawled on her bed, her back turned to the door. Just like she expected, she heard the door unlocking before it was pushed open. “You should eat something, Mrs. Radford.” Becky said as she walked in and placed the food she had brought with her on Taylor's beside table. Taylor had her eyes wide open, but didn't bother acknowledging Becky's presence. Becky stayed in the room for a while before she breath
Ramos killed the engine of the Rolls-Royce boat tail in front of Andrew's house and got out of it to open the door for Taylor. She alighted from the car and her body visibly began trembling badly when her eyes settled on Andrew's Jaguar which was properly parked in the garage. She clenched her fist tightly to stabilize her trembling body and inhaled deeply to calm herself. However, none of it helped as the thought of Andrew forcing himself on her again like he had been doing for the past few days crippled the boldness she had left in her. "Mrs. Radford, Mr. Radford says you have three minutes to meet him in the wine room." Taylor had just walked into the house when a maid stopped in front of her and passed her Andrew’s message before continuing on her way. Taylor gulped down nervously, gripping her clothes tightly as the fear she was trying so hard to keep away, overwhelmed her. After standing still for more than a minute, she subconsciously glanced at the time before she began
The familiar beeping sound of the heart monitor machine echoed in Taylor's ears the moment she opened her eyes before her other sense organs began reacting to everything else. She first noticed the room smelt antiseptic smell and the first colors she saw was that of the room’s white walls and blue curtains. The hospital. She was in the hospital. She had fallen unconscious in the wine room while being electrocuted by Andrew and while unconscious, her brain had blocked her from feeling feeling pain. Joe that she regained consciousness, a sudden wave of intense pain swept through her body, causing her to wince and shut her eyes, the vein in the middle of her forehead bulging in pain. “You were out for is long I thought you were going to die." Her reddened eyes flew open and she glanced to the direction of the voice to see Nicholas leaning on the wall in a corporate outfit. Taylor blinked her eyes at him numerous times, slowly recollecting she had heard him screaming something just b
Taylor sighed and tried to sit up on the bed when she smelt antiseptic in the air and saw white walls and blue curtains for the second time that day. However, Sherry who had been anxiously waiting for her to wake up, hurriedly ran to her side and gently pushed her back to the bed. “You shouldn’t try to get up, ma’am. The doctor says you need a lot of rest.” Taylor ignored her and glanced at the wall clock. If she remembered correctly, it had only been a few minutes to 11 when she was in that field preparing to shoot the advertisement. So why was it 2:27pm already when she had only taken a nap for a few minutes?“Sherry, didn’t you say we have things scheduled for today? If we don’t leave now, I’ll be breaching my contract with Glass House Entertainment.” She shook her head at Sherry’s words and mumbled tiredly, trying to sit up again. Sherry pushed her back to the bed like she did the first time and slowly turned on the television in the ward. It was a breaking news where a repor
Inside the elevator heading downstairs, Taylor and Samuel stood in silence. He turned to her and questioned, “He called?” She hummed, “Mhm.” “What did he want?”“He just said to come back home.” “If that was the only thing he said, why did you take so long?” The man frowned slightly. “My father called after he hung up. The Holts will be visiting the Fairchilds residence tomorrow. He called to remind me in advance not to be late.” “Are you sure you don’t need me to come?” “Who would I tell them you are? My family doesn’t like me very much and neither does my ex’s family. If I show up with a man who isn’t my husband in place of my husband, they’d say I’ve been cheating on him.” “You’re telling me you plan to face six people alone. At least tell your husband. He’s a proud man, I bet he wouldn’t want you to be in the same room with your ex.” “What difference will it make? He’s not going to come. He’s never attended any event with me. I’ve always gone alone. A family event is not
After agreeing with Samuel’s terms with, Taylor went back to work like nothing happened. She paid no attention to what the people at work said about her and how they treated her. She just turned a blind eye to everything. Samuel took her under his wings and attended pitch meetings with her where he gave her the opportunity to pitch her ideas to the rest of the directors whenever they gathered for a meeting. In two months, every idea she pitched, got approved by the board of directors and rolled in hundreds of millions in profit for the company. She was soon promoted from a junior consultant to a a partner, a post second only to the Managing Director in the whole of the Consultant Department. The evening after the 5th proposal she pitched to the company got approved, an elated Samuel took the entire consultant department out for dinner. Samuel was grilling their meat as usual. When he was done, he picked up a plate and filled it with me before passing it to Taylor. “Thank you.”
Andrew left hours before she woke up and she had dinner in silence like she did the day before. Gael drove her to work and when she entered the reception, she realized no one was staring at her like they had done yesterday.They were rather all nervous and anxious. When she got to her department, no one still paid any attention to her. “Hey, have you seen the news about Daniel Holt? I heard he’s currently unconscious but now out of harm’s way.” “Why do you care about news about Daniel Holt when there’s a more pressing issue?” “Huh? Pressing issue? Is the company going bankrupt?” “Not that kind of pressing issue. Listen closely. A reliable source from the Media Department overheard that President Radford’s wife is working in the company.” “How is that possible? We would’ve long heard of it the moment she came in.”“That’s why it’s weird. I remember he got married and the internet carried the news and the name of his wife, now I searched up the news about his marriage on the inter
Taylor felt uncomfortable and took a step backward. Then parted her lips to say, “Mr. Sanchez, I’m afraid I have to-“ tell you I’m married. She never got to complete her sentence as he placed a finger over her lips and hushed her thinking she was about to reject him without giving him any chance. “Don’t be in such a hurry to turn me down.” “My father may be a shareholder in this company, but that doesn’t mean I’m the director of the Consultant Deparmtent because of his influence m.” “Just like you, I’ve worked hard to get to where I am today. And I promise to continue working hard to take care of you and our family in the future.” “I’ll let you do whatever you want and I won’t let my family boss you around because of your background.” “When we get married, I’ll be in a better position to protect you from these bullies at work. So don’t be so quick to reject me and think it through, alright?” When he realized she wasn’t lookkng at him, but was staring at something behind him wi
Taylor woke up early the next morning and the first thing she did was check her phone to know what was going on with Daniel. She found a live video of the hospital and clicked on it. Elizabeth’s face immediately popped into her sight wearing the doctor’s white lab coat under her sleeping wears. It was a live interview with a lot of reporters as swarming around the hospital. “We waited for you here all night but there was no sight of you. We’re all very well aware the surgery only lasted three hours and you were not supposed to be at work yesteday.” “So I have two questions for you. Why were you at Beating Hearts Hospital? You came to the hospital in your sleeping wear, were you preparing to sleep before the accident happened? If yes, why were you in such a hurry to leave the house that you forgot to change out of it?” The camera zoomed in on Elizabeth’s face. The bags underneath her eyes were now obvious and the fatigue on her face couldn’t be mistake. In the chat room, Taylor
Inside the hotel room, awkward silence was broken when someone checked her phone to see the trending news. “Huh? Someone got into an accident? Daniel Holt got into a life threatening hit and run accident. No way!” “What? Daniel Holt? Has the culprit been caught? How is he?” Almost immediately, everybody whipped out their phones to see what was going on. After scrolling it for a moment, one of them heaved in relief. “Elizabeth Fairchild is in the ER with him already, I’m relieved.” “Honestly. She’s so good at her job that I can’t help but feel at ease after hearing she’s the one operating on him.” “She treated my grandfather once and he said he hadn’t felt much better. Ever since then, we changed our family’s doctor to her.” “The police report says he was driving drunk which was why he couldn’t get out of there quickly but it just looks to me like someone tried to kill him. I mean, look at how gruesome the scene of the accident.” “I know, right? Four trucks came up from all fou
Anna’s expression changed drastically as she turned to Samuel beside her. Samuel ignored the curious eyes on him as he went ahead to grill the meat in silence. Anna swallowed a lump and glanced at Taylor in irritation. “Junior consultant, it’s your first time eating such an expensive dish. Despite how it looks to you, you should take a bite from it. As for grilled meat, you can always eat them every other day.”Taylor sensed the irritation in her voice and smiled at her apologetically, “My apologies, it’s not exactly the food. I’m just allergic to peanut. And it seems to be seared all over my meal.” “If it were an allergy I could control, I would’ve tried to take a bite from it. However, that isn’t the case. So I’d hate to bother everyone by having them see me break out in hives before spending the rest of their evening transporting me to the hospital.” “What are you apologizing for? Allergies can’t be controlled. You can’t eat peanut, but you can eat meat, can’t you?” Samuel but
That evening, every staff in the company were driven to a 5 star hotel called Rosé Hotel using the company’s shuttle bus. However, the first set of people to arrive were staffs from the Consultant Department. Samuel Sanchez left the group when they got to the reception and went up to the receptionist to tell her of his reservation. “Hello, good evening. I made a reservation this afternoon for a dinner for more than 30 people.” “What’s the name, sir?” The receptionist asked as she settled her fingers on the keyboard. “Samuel Sanchez.” The keys of the keyboard began clacking the very next second before she stopped, a puzzled look appearing on her face and glanced up at him. “I’m afraid there’s no reservation under that name, sir. Are you sure you made a reservation before coming? You might think you did but actually forgot to.”Samuel shook his head at her suggestetion at what might’ve happened and whipped out his phone to show her his call logs. “No, I’m very sure of it. Here,
In Andrew Solution, Taylor pushed the whispering going around the company to the back of her mind and focused on her work. When it was a few minutes from when she closed from work, someone walked to her desk. “Junior consultant, the department director is holding a department dinner this evening. Everyone is mandated to be there.” “A department dinner?” Taylor repeated and raised her head to look at the person, already planning to reject the offer only to see her hurriedly walking away. Three minutes after she left, Taylor picked up her phone and opened her phone book. Andrew had made her delete every number she had saved. So the only number she now had was his. So she stared at his phone number in her phone book for several minutes. It’d be rude of her not to go to the department dinner, but she’d have a worse fate in store for her if she attended the dinner without Andrew’s permission. After hesitating for a long time, she tapped the number and called. She listened to it in t