Her hands froze from skimming the documents while her heart skipped a beat. Her eyes flickered but she immediately blinked several times and just cleared her throat. “Good for him,” she said blankly. She kept her eyes on the documents although her focus was already out of it. “Seriously, babe?” Daisy retorted. “Stop deceiving yourself, will you?” her voice sounded frustrated. Pursing her lips, she lifted her eyes and scowled at her cousin, “Who says I am deceiving myself?” she queried. Her cousin arched her eyebrow perfectly as she gave her a scrutinizing look. “You don't?” Margaux quickly shook her head in response. Daisy squinted her eyes but did not say anything anymore. All the three of them walked to the sofa and sat there comfortably. “You're okay not seeing him anymore?” Dinah inquired. She pressed her lips tightly as her jaw clenched. She didn't want to answer that because she was sure they would know that she was only lying. And it won't justify what she had just tol
“Don’t say that,” Daisy retorted. She then put her hands on her shoulder and shook her body a little. “It’s either you’ll be happy or miserable, there was no neither nor in between,” she stated. Margaux shook her head and flashed a bitter smile. “You don’t understand,” she mumbled. “Then explain and make us understand what you are feeling right now. We’re in this together okay?”She did not respond. Her heart melted at their concerns but still she was doubtful that they could really help her. “Babe..” Saab suddenly called her name. She looked up and met her younger cousin’s gaze. Saab’s innocent eyes almost stunned her. She was the youngest among them so she never said anything whenever they were in a serious talk regarding old people’s problems. Although no one was stopping her to speak up, her cousin just chose to stay silent and always says that she was not experienced enough to have a say. But at that moment it was different, which surprised not only her but Dinah and Daisy a
Her cousins apologized after her outburst. It was hard to admit it because of her pride, but she was glad that she finally let it out because the heavy feeling inside her chest had finally been lifted. The three left her alone in the office after making sure that she was already okay and had calmed down. They said that they will fetch her later to have a drink after the office hours and even assured that they would finally let her drown herself to alcohol to forget for a while. She was a little happy with that because it was really hard to be sober knowing the fact that the person she almost died for will no longer be around and have completely given up chasing her. “Miss Margaux?” Carlos softly knocked on the door. Her eyebrows raised, thinking why he sounded so cautious. “Come in,” she answered. The door then opened which made her eyebrows knitted together. But as soon as she saw his face, she finally remembered what he told him about not entering her office. “I am not sure if
Upon hearing that, she immediately straightened on her seat and her body then froze.“What?!” her eyes went round as her jaw almost dropped on the floor while staring at her secretary in utter disbelief. Meanwhile, Carlos, her secretary, seemed to contemplate whether to tell her more regarding it. “I haven’t asked someone from the courthouse to confirm it, but the old woman was very confident when she said that while waving the marriage certificate in her hand,” Carlos stated. Clenching her fists, she shook her head profusely. “Impossible!” she exclaimed and gritted her teeth. There was no way that the marriage certificate was real. Because she was the one who prepared everything for their wedding and she only used her fake identification with all the transactions she made during the process. So how come those were authentic when the original copy was in her safety box?Suddenly, she wanted to go home and check it in her room. “Do you want me to confirm it?” Carlos asked cautiou
“What’s your problem?” Margaux scowled at her furious cousin. She straightened on her seat as she watched Daisy who seemed like she was going to murder her by the way she glared at her as she dashing towards her direction. “What’s the meaning of this?!” Daisy responded after slamming her palm on the table. With eyes almost popping out from its socket, she jumped a little from her seat, too shocked by her cousin's action. She was stunned for a few seconds before she blinked her eyes and frowned at the woman. It was the very first time that Daisy directed her anger towards her for they never had a huge fight before that resort to shouting at each other. “What's that?” Dinah interjected. She then took something on the table where Daisy's hand landed. Just when she had finally noticed the paper under her palm. Her eyes instantly squinted as she stared at it. But as soon as she realized what it was, her breathing hitched and her body suddenly turned rigid. “I cannot believe you,”
“I guess you have no other option but to just keep silent and let that news spread around..” Daisy suggested. Margaux shook her head, not liking the idea. “You really have no choice, babe,” her cousin stated. Shutting her eyes, she let out an exasperated sigh and massaged her temples. Not wanting to pretend just to keep a good public image, she refused to agree with her cousin's suggestion. She would not lie about that part even if people won't believe her at all. She heard a loud sigh from Daisy while Dinah and Saab remained silent. Aware that it really was not a big deal if ever she chose what her cousin's had suggested, it was her pride and her dignity that was stopping her from doing it. “Do you have other solutions in mind?” Saab queried. Pursing her lips, she slowly opened her eyes and looked at her cousins with a very serious expression. “I will tell my truth..” she stated. “Are you sure about that?” Daisy frowned. She looked at her cousin blankly before nodding. “I’m
“Why?” Margaux scowled. Daisy shook her head vehemently and clicked her tongue. She looked very angry which made her really curious. “Do you remember the woman who made a scene at your welcome party?” Saab interrupted. The creases on her forehead deepened as she turned to Saab with a puzzled look. She didn’t have a sharp memory but there were two women who made a scene in that event, Wilma and Roxanne. She doubted them both because they were already banned in the country. And Wilma just made an appearance on their national television so it was definitely not her. “That witch came back. I don’t know how she managed to enter here in England and she seemed very confident when I told her she would be immediately deported!” Daisy hissed. “Who?” she frowned. Although her chest was already drumming wild, she did not want to assume as she had just said, Roxanne was persona no grata as well. “Your husband’s self-proclaimed fiance!” Daisy exclaimed.Her eyes instantly went wide as her
“Wake up, sleepy head!” Margaux grunted and covered herself with the blanket. Her head was throbbing and couldn’t open her eyes. “Babe. It’s already afternoon. Get up there now!” “Go away!” she hissed as her ears were hurting at the high pitch voice of whoever was waking her up. However, instead of leaving her alone, that person shook her body which made her more dizzy. “Stop it!” she screamed. “I won’t stop until you get up!” the annoying person retaliated. Begrudgingly, she took off the blanket from her body and forced herself to open her eyes. “Get up and let’s go downstairs. We have a lot of things to discuss. She squinted her eyes to see her face. And when she realized it was her cousin Daisy, she immediately covered herself with a blanket again and grumbled “I need to rest some more, please,” her voice muffled. “I’m afraid you have no more time, babe..” Shaking her head, she deliberately ignored what her cousin was saying. She did not care about