“I don’t know what you are thinking , Sue. That Josh obviously is lying. Look, it’s been days but where is he? He’s probably hiding somewhere by now,” Daisy ranted out after learning of his request to their uncle Geronimo. Sue leaned back on the couch and calmly watched his cousin getting furious. “You’re so impatient. You should stop stressing yourself out, seriously,” he said. Daisy clicked her tongue, “How could I?” She retaliated. “I won’t be relaxed in this situation when I can see Margaux like that?” She then pointed her index finger towards Margaux’s direction. They all turned their heads at where Daisy was pointing at and Sue quickly stood up upon seeing Margaux was already awake. “You’re finally awake,” Sue commented as he approached her. Margaux shook her head and looked away. Just like what she had been doing for the past days, she stared at the ceiling and lost in her thoughts once again. Daisy’s heart constricted as she could not take seeing her cousin like that. Sh
“Please eat more,” Daisy coaxed Margaux as she pushed the spoon to her mouth. Margaux did not move as she already felt nauseated.“Daisy, that’s enough. She should eat just a few as her stomach needs adjusting,” her mother stopped Daisy. Sighing, Margaux carefully laid back on the bed as her body was still weak and she cannot sit for a long time. She did not say anything and just let her mother to talk some sense to Daisy because that cousin of hers wanted to keep feeding her despite knowing the fact that it was risky. “I’m sorry. This must be the hormone,” Daisy muttered. She nodded her head in response. Although she felt a little better at the moment, she was still feeling dizzy as she hadn't fully recovered yet. “How are you feeling now?” Her mother then asked. “Good,” she curtly answered. She chose the safest answer as she has no energy for talking even. All she wanted to do was to go back to sleep after filling her stomach. Her head was blank and she felt like there was
Her body froze upon hearing that. All of a sudden, her energy deflated as if someone had just sucked it out of her body. “Listen to me, Margaux..” her mother pulled away and cupped her face. “Please keep yourself together and be strong. Hendrix needed you the most this time so you shouldn’t shut down again, okay? Please be well..” Her tears were already streaming down her face as all the memories she thought was just a dream were flashing back in her mind like a bomb that suddenly exploded. Unable to say anything, she stared at her mother with an aching heart. “Mom, I want to see him..” her voice was cracking as she mumbled. Felissa let out a heavy sigh and pulled her back into her chest. She did not hear any response from her mother but she knew she was scared that she might loss in herself once again and shut down once she entered the room where Hendrix was confined. She gently pulled away and wiped her tears. Then, she tried to flash a reassuring smile towards her mother to sh
“Hendrix?!” She immediately exclaimed. Her eyes went wide and she almost stood up and run towards his direction, if not for Dinah who was quick enough to put her hands on her shoulders to keep her from moving.“You’re already awake?” She asked incredulously. Hendrix stared at her, there's still a lot of tubes attached to him as well as the oxygen that prevented him from speaking. However, He seemed stunned as his eyes were wide, mirroring hers as if he was shocked to see her as well. “W-when?” she queried. Her tears welled up, feeling relieved to see him looking at her, wide awake, instead of what she was anticipating to see. She wanted to run and hugged him, but her body went frozen, probably because of utter shock. “He woke up last night,” Wilma answered. She started sobbing upon hearing that. She wanted to scream and lash out on the old woman for keeping that information to her but above all, she was so damn ecstatic that she couldn't bring herself to be mad. “Last night? Wh
Hendrix did not say anything as he promised. He just stared at her intently, waiting for her to continue. She wanted to avert her gaze as the way he was staring at her was too intense. “I’m sorry for treating you badly and for always being rude to you. I can’t apologize enough and I know there was no excuse for what I have done to you..” she said. She felt Hendrix retrieved his hand from her hold. Her heart skipped a beat while she suddenly held her breath as her gaze landed on her empty hand. But then it did not last even just ten seconds, for Hendrix suddenly placed his hand on her cheek very gently. “It’s.. okay..” he breathed. Her eyes dampened once again and she felt like a hand also touched her heart as It warmed inside her chest upon hearing those words. “I don’t deserve it,” she muttered as she felt even more guilty. If it was her, she wouldn't let it slide and would never say that it was okay. Because what she had done to him was worse than what he did to her. She pl
They both turned their head on the door and Margaux’s blood instantly boiled upon seeing Roxanne. “What are you doing here?” Roxanne pointed her fingers on Margaux as she halted on her track. “I should be the one to ask you that question,” she retaliated. The woman crossed her hands and snorted. “You’re so shameless. After almost killing Hendrix, you come here to visit him for what? To pretend that you care so he won’t suspect you?” she shook her head and smirked. “Stop the act now, b*tch! The police will come here any minute and they will take you!” Margaux looked at Roxanne incredulously. She did not know if the woman lost some screws in the head or if she was just inborn with a mental disorder. ‘Who in the right mind would think that I could do that?’ she shook her head in disbelief. ‘I wanted him to be deported back to his country but never wished him to d3ad!’ Looking at the woman's arrogant face, she couldn’t help but click her tongue and smirked. “Do you have any proof o
Margaux stared at Hendrix as her face became blank. She did not know whether to believe him but she promised herself that she would not make an assumption that he was lying without investigating first. Shutting her eyes momentarily, she then let out a sigh. “What is he saying, babe?” Daisy queried when she noticed her reaction. She took a deep breath before she shifted her head towards her cousin. “What’s wrong?” Daisy quickly stood up and rushed towards her upon seeing her reaction. Maybe it was written all over her face because she was not really good at hiding her fear and disappointment. She could suppress her tears but her eyes will shine from keeping it from falling. her cousin, of all people, knew when there was something bothering her. “Babe, tell me what it is,” Daisy cooed. Her grip on Hendrix’s hand tightened as she tried her best not to burst out. Hendrix just mentioned her uncle but there was really no context if he was the one who was supporting Roxanne or he mean
“Josh?” She frowned. She momentarily forgot about the stalker incident and was about to greet him, if not for Daisy reminding her about it. “I’m surprised by your audacity to show up here,” her cousin stated. Margaux pursed her lips and averted her gaze. What Josh did was so big that she did not think she could forgive him anymore. She hadn't checked if those pictures were already spread out already, but based on Daisy’s reaction, she was sure that it was and the outcome must be very bad because she won’t say that to him at all.“Margaux, please listen to me..” Josh pleaded, ignoring Daisy. She did not respond and did not even give him a glance. There was no excuse for what he had done and it seriously lost her trust in him completely. “Margaux doesn’t want to talk to you. You may leave now before I call our body guards to drag you out,” Daisy warned. Surprisingly, Josh did not insist on talking to her and just left the room in silence after that. Both Margaux and Daisy were
Hendrix's thick furrowed eyebrows became permanent as he buried his face on paper works. His workaholic self just couldn't help finishing them all before he went home. “Sir, it's past nine already,” Tom, his secretary, stated. “You can go home now,” he responded without lifting his head. Tom looked hesitant as he stared at his boss who was busy signing the documents. He could leave just as he told him to, but he knew his future would be at risk if he did not drag his boss out of his office. Standing there, he took a deep breath and was prepared to say the magic word when all of a sudden, a loud ring erupted in the whole office. Hendrix stopped whatever he was doing and scowled at his mobile phone resting on the corner of his desk. His face was dark as though he was displeased that he's got interrupted with his work. “Let me see, you're still in the office, am I right?” the caller said without any greetings. Hendrix didn't need to ask who was on the other line. His annoyin
The manor was very busy as everyone seemed to be panicking as the time was running. But Margaux seemed oblivious as she was busy staring at herself in a huge mirror. Her heart was thumping hard. ‘This is it,” she told herself internally. The white beautiful wedding dress that was full of tiny diamonds was sparkling, almost blinding her eyes. Her hair was tied up in a very neat bun with some hair strands curled beautifully decorating her small face. While her makeup was just light, almost bare showing her natural beauty that made everyone in the room bewitched as they all looked at her. “Miss Margaux, it’s time to walk down the aisle,” the organizer announced. Margaux glanced over herself one more time before leaving the room. The organizer gave her the beautifully arranged white bouquet with a huge grin.“Mr Mondragon is so lucky,” she muttered with pure admiration. She did not respond and just gave her a small smile. Her stomach was churning as her chest was about to explode. S
Margaux crossed her arms as she leaned on the back rest of the sofa, staring at the woman in front of her. She woke up alone and everyone in the manor was nowhere to be found aside for Liana who was sitting comfortably on the sofa in the living room while having a cup of tea as she descended the stairs. “Babe,” Liana flashed a small smile. Her eyebrows raised as she had no idea what her cousin was doing in their manor. As far as she could remember, she was left in the Philippines so she thought she would stay there and will never have the guts to show her face again out of remorse. ‘I forgot that she’s shameless,’ she thought and rolled her eyes. “I know you never wish to see me again,” Liana muttered. “You know but you still show up here,” she replied sarcastically. The princess let out a sigh then shook her head. Seeing that, Margaux thought she was going to retort a sarcastic remark and grin mockingly at her like she always does before. However, she’d seen none of it, rather
“I want to give her a grand wedding in front of all of you, her family and friends,” Hendrix added. He was looking straight to Don Geronimo as he said those words with a very serious face. However, the corner of his lips lifted upon seeing Margaux’s reaction in his peripheral vision. “You’re already married,” Don Geronimo stated. Hendrix's lips pursed as he brought his attention back to the old man. “But it didn't feel right. I married her as Margaux Hermani and I want to correct that“ “Hendrix..” Margaux muttered. He finally looked at her direction and saw her flustered face and teary eyes. She probably didn't expect that and had a doubt about his plan. Stepping forward, he cupped her face and stared into her blue eyes. “I want to make this right,” he muttered. Then he put down his hands and shoved one onto the pocket of his jeans whilst slowly kneeling down in front of her. A loud gasp came from Margaux as he pulled out the velvet box and revealed a huge diamond ring.
“You're blooming,” Daisy smirked as soon as they entered the dining room. Margaux’s face turned hot in an instant. She then threw her cousin a sharp glare on which the latter just laughed it off. “Why are you looking at me like that? I’m just stating a fact,” Daisy said and gave her a malicious grin. She rolled her eyes and did not say anything. Instead, she took her seat and looked around the table to see that they were complete except her parents, who were probably still in the hospital. “You should take the seat next to your wife,” she heard her uncle say. Her eyebrows raised as the only vacant seat next to her was his father's chair. “I don't think that's right,” Hendrix muttered as he stood still behind her chair. “Just take that seat and eat. It's just a chair,” her uncle Daniel insisted. Knowing that her husband won't do it for his respect for her father, she let out a sigh before glancing over her shoulder. “You can take that chair. No one will mind,”
“Are you tired?” Hendrix queried as they cuddled under the blanket. ‘I am exhausted!’ Margaux’s mind screamed internally. Her face was burning and kept her eyes closed recalling what they had just done. It was not the first time anymore but it still felt new to her. Moreso, the experience was entirely different from the first one as she thought Hendrix didn't strain himself anymore which made her whole body sore. She felt his soft lips touch her forehead and a soft whisper of ‘I love you’ tingles her left ear. He then tightened his hold on her and pressed her body to his even more as if he was afraid to have even a tiniest gap between them. “Love..” he murmured. Curiously, Margaux slowly opened her eyes and met his gaze. But before she could say something, Hendrix quickly leaned in closer and claimed her lips. Gasping, she opened her eyes and reluctantly pushed him away. “I can't do it anymore,” she mumbled. She averted her gaze as her face became hotter. She had no qualms
“Call all the doctors, quick!” she exclaimed as she kneeled down next to Hendrix. Her heart just stopped beating upon seeing his unconscious body. She didn't know where to touch him as she was afraid she might hurt him even more. “Love! Open your eyes, please! Don't sleep!” she cried. She could feel her cousin was trying to calm her but her emotions exploded that she could not hear anything anymore. “Babe, calm down!” Daisy shook her. “Love, please!” she pleaded. Her hands were shaking as she placed her palms on his chest. Although she could feel his heartbeat, still she cannot calm down seeing him unconscious with blood almost covering his shirt. “Let me check his wounds,” Felissa muttered. Reluctantly, she moved away and let her mother check where the gunshot was. She was holding her breath as she was trying to prepare for whatever she was going to see. However, as soon as her mother lifted Hendrix's shirt, loud gasps reverberated in the room and followed by loud laughter.
“Aren’t you afraid that he might let that woman free?” Felissa inquired. Margaux heaved a sigh. Then, a small smile flashed her face as she looked at her mother. “I trust that he won’t do it, Mom..” she replied. Her mother stared at her for a long second before she responded. “What if he betrayed you?” she asked critically. She did not know if her mother was just testing her. But her question did not really come across her mind. After learning what happened from the nurse that was supposed to kill her, she knew right then that Hendrix did not really mean to shoot her. He was aiming for Doctor Pablo, not her. That’s why as soon as he tried to approach her, she did not hesitate to send him with that woman. She was that confident that he would come back to her, not thinking about other possibilities that he had other motives. Looking away, she curled her fingers as she was starting to doubt her decision. But then she shook her head immediately and lifted her chin as she returned her
Margaux quickly shifted her head towards the door as soon as she heard it shut. Her shoulders slumped while she heaved a deep sigh. “Why did you make him leave and feel disappointed now?” Her father queried. She pursed her lips. Seriously, she didn’t know why she did that. Probably because she was not ready to face him yet. She took a deep breath once again and looked at her father. “Did you already know about Doctor Pablo?” She asked instead. Don Geronimo raised his eyebrows. His eyes lit up, prolly seeing her intention of changing the topic. “I had suspicion, but never thought he could actually do that to us,” he shook his head. Margaux’s eyes narrowed as she stared at her father. His actions and facial expression were so contradictory that she could not help but be skeptical. “Really?” She tilted her head and crossed her arms. She did trust her father, but at that moment, she could not help but doubt his words. Meanwhile, Don Geronimo suddenly laughed boisterously. “You’r