Margaux was nursing her splitting headache when Daisy sat on the chair adjacent to her. “Did you just wake up?” her cousin queried. She clicked her tongue and did not answer her. Her conversation with her mother still lingered in her head and she felt like she got more intoxicated than to sober up after eating the food she prepared. It was too intense and she was caught off guard. “I have been waiting for you to wake up since lunch..” Daisy stated. “Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping now?” she responded instead. “I’m not sleepy yet. You know me. I won’t be able to sleep if there is something bothering me..” her cousin stated. She stopped massaging her temples and slowly opened her eyes. Frowning, she looked at her cousin curiously, “What’s bothering you,” she queried. Suddenly, she got worried, knowing that the woman was pregnant and was prone to stress which was bad for the baby. Meanwhile, Daisy propped her elbows on the table and cupped her face with her palms. She then le
“I won’t be surprised if we became alcoholic,” Dinah stated before chugging down the bottle of beer in her hand. Saab chuckled. “Mom would faint it that happens”Margaux shook her head and did not give any comments. Rather, she emptied the bottle in one gulp and opened another as though she was very thirsty. “Chill down, babe. You won’t be running out of beer,” Dinah clicked her tongue as she saw her doing it in haste. She clicked her tongue then chugged down the bottle. A week had already passed and it had also been a week that they had been drinking every night. She did not want to drag her cousins with her new hobby but they insisted on joining her and even went to her office every afternoon just to make sure that she won’t escape from them. “Until when you are going to do this?” Daisy interjected. She shook her head before she turned her head towards her cousin’s direction. “Once I could sleep without drinking,” she responded. “That won’t happen if you won’t try..” Daisy ret
“You looked.. terrible,” Daisy commented as soon as Saab opened the door. Josh smiled as little before his eyes started searching inside the VIP room. His eyes then lit up and his lips stretched widely when their gazes finally met. “Margaux..” he muttered. Margaux‘s eyes squinted. She just nodded her head then chugged on the beer as though a stranger just greeted her. She was already tipsy since she drank and emptied quite a lot of small bottles of beer. She did not have a high tolerance of alcohol unlike Daisy and Dinah, thus, she had no control of her reaction anymore after that. “Come in. You are our esteemed guest for tonight,” Daisy stated while chuckling. Shaking her head, she almost hissed but fortunately, she was able to suppress herself from doing that. They did not have any plan after inviting him over, but Daisy told her to try not to be hostile or show any displeasure towards him once he showed up. She had no idea why, for she did not bother to ask. That time, she al
It was her turn to freeze. She was looking up at him with mouth agape and bulging eyes. “W-what?” she stuttered. Never did it come across her mind that the guy she barely knew anymore would confess to her amidst the fiasco that they had been through. “You love her?!” Daisy exclaimed. Meanwhile, she heard a chuckle from her side which snapped her out from her shock. “This is ridiculous,” Dinah stated. She agreed and wanted to laugh as well. However, when her eyes met his and saw how serious he looked, she suddenly pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes. “Are you serious?” she queried. Although she knew it was not a joke. She wished that he did because she did not like that confession at all. “I am,” Josh quickly responded. He looked away and it did not escape her eyes how his whole face turned red like a tomato. She did not find it cute though. Since she was already drunk, her mind was already clouded of what she thought was right and none of it was anything good towards Josh
Margaux was tired even if she just woke up. She felt like she ran a marathon and did not really sleep because her energy was drained and she was exhausted. It was not the alcohol for it was only her head that was aching but was not lethargic. ‘This must be because of what happened last night,’ she thought. Grunting, she shook her head and forced herself to get up. It was already past seven and late for work. She can’t take an off because aside from having a long break already, she would only lock herself in her room and suffer from overthinking which she was avoiding for over a week already. After taking a quick shower, she chose a simple office attire and did not bother to put on make-up as she was in haste. “Sweetheart, come here and have breakfast first..” her mother’s voice reverberated. Instantly, her steps abruptly halted and turned to where the voice came from. It was not hard to spot her mother as the latter was already approaching her with a gentle smile. “Join us in b
“Miss Margaux..” Carlos greeted. However, Margaux was not in her usual self and looked like a zombie walking listlessly towards her office. She just walked past her secretary as if she did not hear anything. She could not see anything as well and her mind was just preoccupied with what happened in the parking lot and elevator.‘No. It’s not him,’ she thought, as if convincing herself.Absent-mindedly, she entered her office and unceremoniously sat on the swivel chair. “Are you okay, Miss Margaux?” Carlos queried. She vaguely heard her secretary and did not pay attention. Her mind was full of doubt that she did not really notice him standing in front of her. Shutting her eyes tightly, she covered her face with her palms and let out a grunt. It must be the beer that she drank last night and because she drank too much of it that until that morning, she was still under the influence.Shaking her head, she removed her hands away from her face and slowly opened her eyes. And the first
“Are you sure you’ve checked all the surveillance cameras?” Margaux inquired when Carlos came back. “Yes, Miss Margaux. None of it captured your hus– I mean Mr Mondragon,” he responded. Her eyes squinted at the guy in front of her as it did not escape her ears as his tongue almost slipped. But she just let it pass as it was not really a big deal to her and she only corrected him earlier to stop him from thinking too much. “How about the parking lot? In the basement? Did you check it as well?” “Yes, Miss,” Carlos quickly answered. Folding her arms, she leaned back and stared sharply at him. She was doubting his statement and wanted to check everything thoroughly. However, she stopped herself from ordering that as she realized that she should be happy about the result because it only meant that Hendrix indeed left the country and was already in the Philippines. Unfortunately though, she felt the opposite. Her heart sank and her system was protesting, refusing to believe that she
“What the!” she cursed loudly when her car abruptly halted. Her head almost banged on the steering wheel as her body immediately went forward because of the impact of the sudden stop of her car. Clutching the steering wheel tighty, her eyes went wide as her soul almost left her body out of fear. The car behind her honked as well while the culprit of her shock stopped as well on her right side. She shut her eyes and took a deep breath. Her dad always warned her about road rage and to avoid having confrontations in the middle of the road because it was too dangerous. She had to be a bigger person if someone was trying to provoke her and if needed, just pull out her checkbook and gave them blank check, However, while she was in the middle of calming herself down, someone was banging her window. It was so loud that she jumped a little on her seat. Her eyes snapped open while her gaze instantly landed outside the window. Her eyebrows then instantly furrowed upon realizing it was a wo