"The difficulty her children had in speaking, but their determination, made Victória laugh with happiness. She got out of bed, picked up the two children, and headed toward the living room of the small apartment.Valentina was in the living room preparing breakfast when she saw Victória coming out of the bedroom carrying the two children.'Come, let me take them,' Valentina said, walking toward her. 'Go get ready for work; I’ll keep an eye on them!'Victória nodded and went to take a shower. Afterward, she picked up the children and sat on the couch, giving them breakfast first.The two children were one year old, and Victória knew that now, as she was working daily, she would eventually have to wean them and replace breast milk with formula. She also realized she’d have less time to pump at work when she wasn’t at home.However, she was facing a dilemma because the children's immunity could decrease, making them prone to getting sick.Honestly, she was overwhelmed with too many thing
"Victória had no interest in stealing anything from Ciara, but she wouldn’t let them go unpunished for what they had done to her life. Her grandmother's threats only made her stronger. She also predicted her day would be long after this confrontation. When she arrived at the company, she felt depressed and discouraged. Her mood remained low until Jayric called her into his office. Putting a smile on her face, she knocked on the door twice. 'Come in!' Jayric responded, and as soon as he saw it was her, a smile automatically appeared on his face. 'Victória, I’ve been expecting you.' 'Jayric, do you need something?' Jayric smiled softly before picking up a file from the side and placing it in front of Victória. 'You did an excellent job yesterday. Because of that, I’d like to put you in charge of a project. Please take a look at this and show me a draft by the end of the day. I want to see if your designs are good enough to meet the client’s request.' Victória was speechles
"Victoria raised her head. At first, she thought it had been an accident, but when her eyes caught the sly smile on Lisa's face, she realized the truth—Lisa had done it on purpose.But why? Victoria had done nothing to provoke her. Why would Lisa act in such a way? She had worked tirelessly on Lisa's projects, only to be repaid like this? Why? The questions spun in her mind, each one more bewildering than the last. Carol stood nearby, looking down at Victoria with an air of superiority. The moment was interrupted when Jayric emerged from his office, drawn by the commotion of people gathered around. His curiosity was piqued, and he approached the scene to find Victoria sprawled on the ground. Without a word, he knelt by her side.'Are you alright, Victoria?' Jayric asked gently. Victoria nodded, though the pain in her knee was evident.'I’m fine,' she said softly, her gaze dropping to her bleeding knee. Jayric followed her glance, his expression hardening as he noticed the injury.'Com
Victoria took the swab and put some cream on it, but before she could do anything else, Jayric took the swab from her hand, reached over her knee and began to gently rub the cream into her wound.“I'll do it for you!”There was no way Victoria would let her boss do that. He was her boss, for God's sake!Then, in one swift movement, she pulled her leg back and stopped Jayric before he could do anything.“I can do it myself, Jayric!”“Don't worry about it, let me help you!” - Jayric spoke in a commanding tone and began to apply the cream to her knee. “I'm your boss, and as your boss I have to take responsibility for your care. After all, you were in my office when you hurt yourself.”What Jayric said seemed to make a lot of sense, and Victoria found herself unable to refute his words. But in any case, it just didn't seem right, and she couldn't say why.In the end, she gave in and let Jayric take care of her wound. However, it only takes a few seconds to apply the cream, but Jayric like
Ten minutes passed and Jackson was released by the doctors. He then left the ward accompanied by his assistant, who immediately noticed the blood stains on his white shirt. “President, I'll get you a new shirt!” “Okay!” - Jackson simply replied and didn't look back. As he continued to walk towards the elevator, his phone rang non-stop, and when he looked at the display, it was his grandmother, Soraya Carson. Jackson just took a deep breath, because he knew that the only reason his grandmother would call would be to demand marriage and children, and today he was totally out of patience for that. However, as much as he didn't want to answer, out of respect for his grandmother and his regard for her, he ended up answering the call as soon as he pressed the elevator button. Soraya was passing through the garden of the huge mansion with her dog, a corgi, a Christmas present from her longtime friend, Queen Elizabeth. “Jackson, my darling grandson, I've been looking forward to telling
After a rather heavy morning, Victória went home at lunchtime and took advantage of the two hours she had to feed and play with her babies. Only their presence and energy allowed her to recharge her batteries. When she got back to the office, her phone started ringing, and when she looked at the display, she was a little surprised: it was Noemia, her best friend, whom she hadn't seen for over four years. Victoria was a little surprised and stunned as she looked at the name that vibrated in her hand. “Hello? Noemia?” “Vic, it's me.” Noemia's excited voice sounded on the other end. “I'm calling because I'm coming home soon.”When Victoria heard the familiar voice of her best friend, a wave of nostalgia and longing washed over her. They grew up together, but when they finished high school, Noemia went to Asia, more specifically to Seoul College to study fashion, and as Victoria was in a bad situation in her family, she had to give up everything, which is why they didn't see eac
When Victoria saw Jackson standing in front of her, she was somewhat stunned. But, following Jayric, she entered the elevator without showing any reaction.Jackson, too, had noticed Victoria's presence, but he didn't care, and in the next second, more people began to enter the elevator, and the room became smaller. Victoria was trapped in the corner by the few men, but fortunately Jayric protected her with his body so that she wouldn't get hurt. “Mr. Carson, what a coincidence, are you here for dinner too?” Jayric took the opportunity to greet the man, who just nodded silently, without even looking at him. The elevator began to rise slowly, and the customers whom Jackson was to meet were in the same restaurant as Jayric was to meet his, and at this moment, none of them dared to speak a word. Jackson was the first to leave the elevator when they arrived at the restaurant, and when he saw that both Jayric and Victoria had also left, Jackson suddenly stopped walking and stared at the
Jackson's expression immediately darkened, and just as he was about to walk away, Jeremy didn't recognize him, and thought that Jackson was just some man trying to take advantage of the young woman he had set his eyes on. “Excuse me, sir, I need you to hand her over to me!” Jeremy said. “Do you know her?” Jackson looked at the man in front of him and examined him from top to bottom. “Of course I do, she's my wife!” Jeremy replied, and glared at him menacingly. “Hurry up and give her back to me, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you.”“Your wife?” Jackson asked again, as he stared at the woman totally without strength. How many men had she flirted with tonight? However, before he could think anything else, Victoria's voice sounded against his arms. “Mr. Jeremy, I told you, I can't drink.” Victoria murmured in a soft, calm tone. “Please don't insist!”After that, Jackson understood what had happened and laughed. The man in front of him had said she was his wife, so for that to happ
Jackson thought she was cute as she sat there saying nothing, and her hair was messy and she wore no make-up or fancy clothes, so he had a bit of fun.Did she think he'd get tired of her?“Your messy hair makes me feel like you're doing it on purpose!” He said affectionately and Victoria could feel the air he exhaled making her a little nervous.“That's how I stay at home. I can't do anything if you don't like me like this.”“Do you want me to kiss you?” He smiled, touched her lips softly and whispered, making Victoria blush.She thought: “It's going to happen anyway. I know it can't be good when he asks to meet me at night.”“Jackson, our relationship has just begun. Can we wait... and do it... later?” She bit her lips, trembling.“Do what?” Jackson looked at her, and probably knew what she was thinking.she was thinking.In truth, he wasn't tha
Looking at him walk away, Victoria thought that their relationship wasn't exactly normal, and she didn't mind.She wasn't planning on staying with him forever anyway, and when he got tired of it, she'd be able to get rid of him and wouldn't have to worry about him taking her babies away.She then turned towards the house and went in to see the babies, and it was about half past seven and already dark.Noemia was at a business dinner with her parents, and wouldn'tbe home before 10.Noemia sent a message to Victoria telling her not to wait up and that she had found someone to help with the paternity test, and Victoria was relieved.Lara was in her arms and they were watching TV together. After a while, her phone started buzzing, and Victoria didn't notice it at first.“Mom... cell phone...” Enzo heard the buzzing and went to pick up the phone, pointing at the screen.Victoria understood him, a
“Come on. I'll take you for a meal!” Jackson said. However, just as he was about to walk her to her car, Victoria pulled her hand away.“Let me change first, if it's not going to be inappropriate for me to eat out like this.”It seemed that Victoria had been dressing like this for the last few days, and it would certainly be inappropriate for her to eat in a restaurant while she was dressed like this.“All right, I'll wait for you!” Jackson replied, and Victoria nodded and went back to her mansion.It didn't take long for Victoria to put on her best outfit, however, she was hesitating over whether or not she wanted to put make-up on, and in the end, decided against it.She wasn't really dating him anyway, so why should she put so much effort into dressing up for him? What if he really got tired of her one day when he had to look at how dull she looked every day?Victoria decided never to put make-up on for him again, and that way, he would get bored with her very quickly and she would
His voice seemingly melted Jackson's frozen heart as he reached out to gently pat the children's heads before carrying them to the carpet and starting to play with them.As Enzo was a boy, it wasn't long before he was Jackson's best friend while playing with them. What's more, he was quite aggressive while playing with Jackson.He actually climbed on his back and started pulling his short hair, and Victoria was shocked when she realized how aggressive he was while Enzo was playing with Jackson.That's because she knew what kind of person Jackson was.Who would dare pull his hair like that?“Don't pull his hair or he'll get mad!” Victoria was worried that Jackson might be angry, so she immediately ran to hug Enzo while nervously teaching him.After being lectured by his mother, Enzo put his head down and didn't dare make a sound, and Jackson noticed this and thought that Victoria shouldn't have acted like that,because it
“Noemia, can you do me a favor?” Victoria turned to Noemia, who was still leaning against the door.“What do you need?” Noemia asked.“Jackson wants to do another DNA authentication test. Can youhelp me find two people to act as my cousin and her husband? They have to be someone trustworthy, as they need to be able to withstand Jackson's questioning.”“I can help you look for people, but how do you intend to do that?” Noemia frowned.“They just have to refuse his request, and make him believe that they are the children's biological parents.” Victoria reasoned.“Are you sure that would work? After all, Jackson isn't naïve and will fall for it easily.” Noemia said after considering it for a while.“I'm not sure either, but I don't have any better ideas!” Victoria sighed. Previously, she had used fake hair to manipulate the test results, but this time, they wouldn't use that trick again, and Jackson wouldn't fall for it.Noemia looked at Victoria's troubled expression, and reached out
After Ciara left, Victoria looked solemnly at the entrance to the mansion. So this party was prepared for Jackson. Victoria hoped that the Carson's would find him a girlfriend soon, in the hope that she could be freed, and the feeling that went through Victoria's mind was just a sigh of relief, and there was no sign of jealousy or dismay.She continued to wait for the man under the shadow. After about five minutes, Jackson came out of the gate, looking relaxed, and Victoria gave him a quick glance and looked away soon after. “Shall we? I'm taking you home!” Jackson walked up to her and said.Victoria pursed her lips. She wanted to reject the offer, but she felt it would be redundant to say anything, so she obediently got into her car.In the car, Victoria could smell a faint odor of alcohol coming from the man. Perhaps he had been drinking with one of the select women the Carsons had arranged for him?Victoria leaned against the car door as her mind wondered, and she was so absorb
“All right, then I'll go out and talk to him!” Carla Alvinegro said. Although she was older than Jackson, she had to go out and see him considering the Carson's wealth and status in the city.As soon as she stepped outside, she saw Jackson standing there, not intending to move. “Jackson, why don't you come in and join my party?” Carla Alvenegro immediately approached and smiled as she said.“I appreciate the invitation, but I'll pass it on!” Jackson smiled politely. “Actually, the reason I'm calling you is because I want you to stop organizing these kinds of parties in the future. I have no interest!” “But, Jackson, it was your mother who asked me to organize this party!” Carla Alvenegro was taken aback and didn't know how to respond, and Jackson naturally knew that it was his mother's idea. “I'll tell her about it!” He paused before continuing. “I'm leaving, now! Good afternoon, Mrs. Alvinegro!” Carla Alvenegro realized that she really was leaving and immediately became anxious.
“I get that, Jackson!” Victoria replied deeply.Since he was able to find her no matter where she went, she decided to agree to his request. One day, when he got tired of her, he could finally leave her alone and stop asking about Enzo and Lara.Victoria suddenly felt that it wouldn't hurt to date him because of Enzo and Lara, as she wanted to avoid being harassed by Jackson and his family in the future.She felt that it would make things easier for her in the future if she dated him now.After making up her mind, Victoria felt that it was okay to be friends with Jackson. After all, they had slept together before and it wasn't as if she was a virgin.“Are you going to try something funny this time and hide from me?” Jackson looked at her deeply.“Considering how powerful you are, how can I hide?” Victoria shook her head as she said helplessly, because even if she tried, he hadn't found her address? “Good girl!” Jackson nodded, and raised his hand to check the time. “I've still got so
More than 50 young women came to the party with the hope of marrying him, and Ciara also wanted to marry Jackson, so she had to do her best to impress Mrs. Alvenegro.*Inside the bathroom, Victoria felt soft and was on the verge of tears after Jackson kissed her forcefully. He seemed angry about her dismissal and blacklisting him on the phone, so he continued kissing her hard.She was almost out of breath, but it didn't end there. Victoria was petrified when she heard footsteps outside the bathroom, and Jackson was completely calm and unconcerned about people coming in.After the person outside the door left, Jackson carried Victoria out of the bathroom.He carried her up to a bedroom on the second floor and locked the door behind them.As this property belonged to the Carson Group, it was as good as his house, and he wasn't afraid and could do anything he thought best, but Victoria was terrified. Jackson refused to let her leave the room and even pinned her down on the big soft be