Hendrix brows deeply furrowed, “What do you mean?” he queried. There was a long pause from the other line which made him feel suspicious. He was very confident that his company would still strive even if he was not there. It overcame Margaux’s attempt of making it bankrupt before which he thought was the breakthrough of M Corp. That’s why hearing that it was suddenly in not good condition was unbelievable. Something must have happened internally that his friend thought that it would be the company’s downfall. “Your relatives are fighting for the chief executive officer position. I don’t know where they heard the news, but they said you are already abandoning M Corp and had not appointed anyone to take your post,” his friend reported. “What?” he released a heavy breath. And he was right. Although he had suspected it, still, he was surprised for he did not think his relatives were that greedy. Those who managed subsidiaries that were already bankrupt had no protest during its
Hendrix woke up with a severe headache. He had no idea how much he drank but the feeling was like he drank a ton that his head felt like being ripped in two. “Ugh!” he grunted as he tried to sit up. However, due to his injury, he struggled sitting up and even gave up because he can only manage one physical pain in his body. “Fvck this headache!” he cussed. Regrets always come last as people already experienced the consequences. As for him, he regretted drinking there and not in his bedroom because his body was also aching due to sleeping on the floor. Letting out a heavy breath, he flatted his back on the carpeted floor and shut his eyes tightly. His splitting headache seemed to last until tomorrow so he did not try hard anymore to get up and just wanted to sleep again there. Nevermind if his back would hurt even more, at least he slept well and his headache had ease. However, the noise from his ringing phone distracted him so much that he can’t just ignore it. “Whe
Hendrix panicked and all of a sudden, he forgot that he had an injured leg. He got up so fast and cleaned the living room in a flash and checked himself in the mirror before he dove to his bed and answered the call. He even almost had a heart attack when Felissa’s face flashed on the screen because at first he thought it was Margaux. “Hello, Mrs Montello..” he said nervously. He forgot to wear clothes as he was only wearing a bathrobe. HIs head was unruly and he tried to fix it by combining it with his fingers. Meanwhile, Margaux's mother seemed bothered by it and even flashed a kind smile. ‘Gosh, she really did look like Margaux” he thought. He could not help but stare at her as he imagined that that’s probably what Margaux would look like when she’s got older. Actually her mother didn’t really look old at all as she could pass as her daughter’s twin sister. Their identical ressemblance was crazy, especially their eyes. “Hendrix..” his ex mother-in-law muttered his
He vaguely remembers everything that he did last night. Despite ransacking his brain out, there was no memory of him getting crazy on his phone and posting something that came flashing back.It was as if the news was just spreading fake news. However, he cannot deny that he did not do it after checking his phone which was still on the social media platform. “Fvck!” he cursed loudly. His head was throbbing badly as he shook his head in utter disbelief. He had no freaking idea why he did that. He must have been so drunk and too intoxicated to know what he was doing anymore. “Did you do it?” the voice from the other line queried. He almost jumped in shock as he already forgot that she was still on video call with him.“I’m sorry..” he mumbled, knowing that they must be angry at him for exposing their marriage certificate on social media without Margaux’s consent. When he received no response, his hands immediately felt cold. As the silence was dragging long, he was certain that his
Margaux’s brows furrowed upon seeing their everyone seemed busy downstairs. She slowly descended as her head kept back and forth from their servants while their butler was busy ordering them around. “Is there a party later?” she asked. Some of the servants who were there quickly greeted her then immediately went back to what they were doing. Meanwhile, the butler walked towards her and smiled politely, “Good morning, Miss Margaux..” he respectfully greeted. “Uh, no, there’s no party, but Madame said there will be an esteemed guest coming for dinner..” “Esteemed guest?” she frowned. “Who?” She could not remember when was the first time her mother had invited a very important person to their manor. Since she came back, she had never seen the servants so busy like that and their butler became too keen on details to make sure that every corner of the manor was clean and shining. The butler quickly lowered his head and apologized. “My apologies, but I know nothing about him..”“Him?
“She’s too much!” she exclaimed upon reading about the old woman recounting how she forced her son to get close with her. It was not true though. She was very certain of that. She saved Josh from being bullied and that was the start of their friendship. If Mrs Margaux insisted that she had something to do with it, did it only mean that she made those kids bullied her own son just to get her attention? She shook her head. The old woman might have a more serious mental illness than they thought. Saving the article. She closed the tab and opened another platform. She had no plan looking through it, but curiosity got the best out of her. As she scrolled down to Hendrix profile, she couldn’t find the picture anymore. There was literally nothing there just like the last time she checked it that she thought it was a fake account. Clicking her tongue, she turned off the computer and stood up. It was so useless as the guy was obviously not into social media. “Why are you not ready ye
Margaux clenched her fists tightly. She suddenly felt betrayed by everyone in the room. ‘No wonder it’s all Filipino food on the table!’ she thought. She already suspected that it was him, but she was denying it and was convincing herself that her mother would not invite him for there was really no reason to invite him to their family dinner at all. “Come here, have a seat. I prepared all these for you..” her mother stood up and warmly invited Hendrix to join the table. Pursing her lips, she lowered her head and felt so betrayed. She did not know why, of all people, that her own mother was doing that when she knew about her feelings towards the guy. ‘Did she want us to get back together?’ she asked herself, but she quickly sneered as she did not like the idea at all. “Sit here,” she heard her mother muttering. When she lifted her head, her lips parted slightly as she did not expect her to let Hendrix sit next to her. She was already prepared to stand and walk out once the guy g
Margaux was beyond shocked at the straightforwardness of her father. Although she already knew how blunt her father could be, still, she did not expect him to ask that. The marriage certificate thing even slipped her mind as she was too preoccupied with Hendrix’s presence in their house. “Geronimo,” she heard her mother speak. Her head turned to her direction and she saw her mother giving Hendrix a reassuring smile. Her brows instantly furrowed as she wondered since when the two had gotten close? “Uncle, he was drunk last night,” Daisy interjected. Margaux’s lips parted as she looked at her cousin. Her chest felt heavy all of a sudden while her eyes were squinting. “How did you know that?” she could not help but ask. She did not like it one bit that Daisy knew that Hendrix was drunk last night, for it only meant that they continued contacting each other. She felt betrayed although her cousin had every right to be friends with him or anyone. Meanwhile, Daisy just smiled at her,