She parted with her parents with a new found hope. Although there was still sadness and sorrow, that was enough to keep her from going inside the plane with not much heavy feeling inside her chest. Her steps were a little lighter and it was not forced anymore. Her father's words were like a magic that ease her pain a little. She was leaving her home country and living miles and miles away, bringing that new found hope with her. She was going to hold on to his words and fully trust her father with all her heart. As soon as she found her seat, she quickly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. ‘This is it,’ she thought. It was really sinking in that she was indeed leaving. But unlike earlier, she was not as heartbroken and was actually a little calmer. But still, there was a heavy feeling in her heart, thinking about Hendrix and what he was probably thinking about her. Did the King say something horrendous about her? What if he invented something that will make him mad at he
Margaux stiffened. Her eyes turned round like a saucer. She then quickly covered her mouth with her palms as she stared at the banner on the top of the staircase with her teary eyes. "Who made that?" She asked and pointed at the banner. Helena, the caretaker of the mansion smiled at her, "Your father called and asked us to do something that will make you feel at home. He mentioned that your husband called you love so we thought of adding it,” the old woman cheerfully explained. “Jan-jan was the one who suggested it,” she added proudly. Her heart instantly sank. She didn't know why her father did that. It only made her miss Hendrix even more and longing for him tremendously. It boosted her hope just to drop it on the ground real quick. She thought it was from Hendrix because the guy was the only one who called her with that endearment and she didn't know her father actually knew about it. "Okay, thank you.." she muttered. It was so obvious that her mood deflated and
Her eyebrows deeply furrowed upon recognizing the voice. Her face contorted as it turned sour knowing who that caller was. “What do you want now?” She asked, her voice was cold and distant. There was a long pause again as though the caller did not expect that from her. “Are you checking if I really left the country? Then this call should be enough to confirm that I did, right?” She continued when the other line remained silent. There was a loud sigh from the other line. “That’s not my intention,” the caller said. Margaux almost rolled her eyes. She did not really care what that person really wanted as she was more concerned how she knew the landline number of her mansion. If they did not get it from her father, then that only means that her uncle was tracking her down. “You can be at peace now, because unlike you, I’m true to my words. I will never show up just as I signed up for. So I ask you to not bother me again,” she said, then hung up. She clicked her tongue. He
Margaux’s eyebrows knitted together as her heart pounding loudly. She did not say anything and just stared at Daisy, waiting for her to just spill the words, not because she was not interested but because she was too nervous to speak. On the other hand, Daisy shut her eyes and took a deep breath. “It was a set up,” she finally said. Her hands turned cold as she held her breath. She stared at her cousin with wide eyes and still there were no words coming out from her mouth. “We did not want to keep you in the dark but we just didn’t have time to tell you because your uncle came to the hospital sooner than we had expected..” her cousin added. The dining room fell eerily silent. Everyone did not say anything and probably as guilty as Daisy that they could not even speak to apologize. Margaux’s eyes were fixated on her cousin in utter disbelief. “What do you mean?” She queried. Her chest felt like it was going to explode. She did not leave her eyes from Daisy and patiently
Margaux felt like she was going to faint upon hearing that. “What do you mean? Didn’t you say it was just a set up?” She asked nervously. Dinah shook her head. “It was only you, Babe. Hendrix was not part of the plan..”‘Not part of the plan?!’ Her mind screamed inwardly. Her entire body trembled. ‘No! That was not true!’ She could not accept it.She didn't want to believe that Hendrix was gone in his room. “You're bluffing,” she murmured while shaking her head profusely. Dinah, however, looked at her remorsefully. “I’m sorry..” she mumbled. “We weren't prepared” Margaux’s eyes stung and her vision became blurry. She looked at her cousin pleadingly as she refused to believe her. “You just said that it was all a set up. Why are you saying now that you were not prepared?!” she hissed. Confusion and hurt were written all over her face. She did not know what to think anymore and just broke down there and cried. “I know sorry was not enough. It's our negligence and unpreparednes
Margaux gawked at the screen in utter disbelief. She even blinked several times, thinking that she was seeing things, but no matter how much she blinked nor wiped her eyes, the headlines did not change and in bold and capital letters, it was still the same saying that the King, her uncle who threatened her, was arrested. “For what?” She muttered. She searched for the news about and after reading the whole story, she could not help but release a loud breath. It turned out the King was accused of multiple crimes such as bribery, grave threatening, kidnapping and aiding criminal escape. It was huge, especially because his reputation was good and his image was flawless. He was a great pretender that the general public thought he was the best King among all generations who sat on the throne. Her body was shaking as it was too sudden. She did not know what to feel about that nor did she actually want to even think of it. She wanted to think that it was just his karma but then there was
Hendrix narrowed his eyes as he looked at Liana who was shaking her head while putting down the phone. “She hung up on me,” she informed. His lips pursed tightly. It was not surprising to him at all, because Margaux probably thought Liana was an ally of the King. But it was really just part of him and Gino’s plan, and thankfully, the woman was willing to cooperate with them and go against her own father. “She must be mad at you,” he stated. “I will also loathe myself if I were in her shoes,” Liana retaliated. He shook his head. He had already expected it but still, he could not help but feel hurt for Margaux. She did not deserve it and he was certain that he would no longer be forgiven once she learned what really happened. “You only did what you needed to do for her sake. Don’t be guilty,” he heard Liana stated as though she could read his mind. Hendrix clicked his tongue and just ignored her. He turned around and walked back to his room as he was not in the mood to talk to h
“What happened three years ago?” Saab quickly asked. Meanwhile, the other cousins were silent as though they had an idea about it, but for the confirmation, Gino did not hesitate and immediately answered the question. “Over three years ago. . .actually it is almost four years now, Margaux saved Hendrix from being hit by a car that ended her almost killed” Loud gasps could be heard from the screen and Daisy was the first one to react violently. “No way! Do you have evidence that would point he’s the mastermind?” “We have and that's what we are about to use against him before the news broke out,” Gino answered. Everyone became silent. No one spoke anymore as they were trying to process the new information. Meanwhile, Hendrix folded his arms across his chest as his eyes narrowed while watching each of them on the screen. He did not say anything as he was just patiently waiting for a miracle to happen that Margaux would suddenly show up on the screen behind one of her cousins.“Wha