Waves of murmurs erupted as everyone squinted towards Eve who looks stunned while staring at the sparkling thing on her palm.
"See! She is a thief! She stole my earrings!" Mariz raves to everyone, desperate to prove her point. "It can't be! Lexie will never steal anything. You put that inside her purse on purpose" Dom angrily exclaims. "Can't you still not believe me? It's clear, it's inside her purse. What evidence do you still need?" the model crazily raves at everyone, while Eve and Arvin were nailed on their feet."Have you realized what you are accusing me of?" Lexie mutters under her heavy breath."Yes I know...you are a thief! You stole my jewelry for the second time!" boldly facing her, Mariz throw her outburst. Starting at the seeming to be insane woman, Lexie grot her teeth. She was enraged by the plot they put her in. Aggressively stepping forward, waves of murmur erupted. If looks could kill, Mariz will be lifeless by"There is a more expensive earring than this one, Miss Montes. You could have stolen them instead" Sam snickers amid the confusion and surprise of everyone."Madame Carusso, I know you are familiar with the most expensive pieces of jewelry. Let's enlighten, Miss Montes on the pieces she should be stealing" Samantha turns to one of the guests at the corner who smiles at her in response."Of course, Madame Wright" the elegant woman replies before averting her eyes to Alexzia. Her eyes squinted slightly before a mysterious smile carves her lips."Then, enlighten everyone, Madame Carusso" Samantha smiles at her. Whatever her eyes were saying only the older woman knew."Apollo diamond earrings are known as the most expensive piece of jewelry in the world. The only pair of earrings of the rarest blue diamond was sold for a little over forty million dollars three years ago" the older woman carefully explains while everyone was attentively listening des
As eerie silence rules, confusion and disbelief reflect everyone's faces. The only people who are not surprised by the CEO's sudden claim of Lexie are those who already knew, including Arvin and Dom.Jason and Eve were gaping in pure surprise upon dawning on them the whole situation. The sweet but mysterious girl they knew is connected to the Wrights. And CEO Lucien Wright's woman."Now, tell me. Does Miss Montes need this cheap earring here?" Lucien continues while taking a step toward Eve. And with his earnest gaze, he stare at the earring he picked from her trembling hand."You want this earring?" turning to Lexie, he asks while holding a piece to her."No! Of course not!" she was incredulous that she glares at him."Then, why is this in your purse?" he casually asks, returning it to Eve who stood frozen with the closeness of the CEO."I don't know! I just left my purse on my dresser and I haven't even noticed it's in there" she casually
Entering the massive walk-in closet of the master's bedroom, her gaze was fixed on the center. The wide closet island was filled with a wide array of jewelry and watches. Hers and Lucien's."Why didn't you tell me, it cost that much?" she softly asks, staring at the island full of precious items."I don't care about the price. I want you to have every woman's dream. You deserve every precious jewel in the world and I won't stop showering you with lavishness" Lucien mutters softly against her ear."I don't know what to say... " she whispers while enjoying his lips."And soon...this finger will be adorned by the most expensive stone no woman is capable to own but my lovely doll, Zia" he mumbles while raising her right hand in front of them. Caressing her empty ring finger."It's unnecessary, Lucien. I don't mind having none. I have so much a woman could have in a lifetime" she counters."No, Zia. This has been empty for four years and it's a mistake I do
Just as Lucien warned, no news about the stealing incident and Lexie's connection with the Wrights. Only those who have witnessed the event knew about it but no one was talking.Lexie had her usual day, waking up to attend to her son and Lucien before getting ready to report to SD. The limousine she would usually let drop her a few meters away from the SD building is now parked in front of it."Hello, Lex, good morning. Your married neighbor who has a son dropped you again?" Emily teased, fully knowing what she said before was not true.Smiling at Emily, she linked her arms to her. Though half of what she said was true she didn't correct Emily. It was not her neighbor who has been dropping her but the owner of the limousine indeed had a son and a wife. She and Lucy."Good morning, Emily" she greeted instead."If I have CEO Lucien Wright for a boyfriend, I won't work. I will stay by his side all the time. He is so handsome to just let
Gaping at him in confusion, she waited for him to continue."We will go outside, smile as we have come into terms. And I had invited you for snacks as a welcome treat as a family" he continues while she listens though confused."You have asked for a vacation leave for your travel to Europe which I approved. You and Lucien will be having a long vacation" with furrowed brows she narrowed her eyes to him."That would be the scene once we are out there with the others. I will explain later. Just put a smile on your beautiful face, Lexie" he added before standing up."Come on, we have to leave as soon as possible. Maintain your act until we could leave" Arvin pulled her up despite her confusion."Smile Lexie" he seriously mutters before opening the door.Though confused about what Arvin was trying to make her do, she obeyed him. They casually walk to the workstation where Eve and the rest were all occupied with their work. But several pairs of te
Staring at her, Gabriel remains silent. But looking at how determined she was in waiting for his response, he took a very deep breath.Daniel Wright with Samantha was at the side, silently watching. Both were deep in thoughts.Slowly, Gabriel took a seat across her and stare back at her earnest gaze."Lucien met with Mr. Petrov later after lunch. We were still in video conference when the explosion happened. Then gunfires erupted. Everything was in an uproar before the conference was cut off" he started to relay every detail he knows. Lexie remains quiet while listening."Ben and his men are with Lucien, he will protect him, Lex" he added."Where is Lucien now, Gab? And I want the truth" she mutters. Unconvinced of the shortness of what he was telling her.Gabriel stares at her and realized he has not convinced her."We were cut out from contacting him. The Petrov has cut any communication around their territory and there's
"They cannot contact them too, but dad will visit" Arvin returned after he left to make a phone call."Your dad knows?" Levinia hesitantly asks." Yes, he was there when mom answered. They watched the news but like us, they were blinded by the details" he faces his aunt to explain."What did your dad say?" she continues to ask."He will help. He will visit if he can acquire the rights" he assures the woman.Relieved by what she heard, she turns to her husband and smiled.Lexie was just watching and though she was curious, she remains quiet. What she is hearing gave her a little hope. They are doing something to find out about Lucien's situation and it immensely appeased her."No matter what reasons there are, we are family aunt Anya. And times like this, we can rely on no one but our family" Arvin, with her a serious look, spoke. His eyes were fixed on his aunt before they darted to Daniel Wright."We cannot turn our back this long from
It's been a week and things were getting out of hand. Lucy has been throwing tantrums for not seeing his father even in the video calls. The boy has become more persistent in wanting to see Lucien, which was impossible for them to fulfill.If Lexie was miserable the first night, she was like a walking dead in the succeeding days. She lost her focus on her work and choose to stay in the penthouse after she had persistently convinced everyone to go back. She wanted to live with all the reminders of Lucien. But being alone with her son is a struggle to convince him of her lame excuses.Understanding her predicament, Arvin also let her be in her self-imposed seclusion. Even he was troubled by not having news about his cousin. They have been trying to infiltrate the strong threshold of Petrov territory but they are still far from being successful.It's still a news blackout and they knew it won't be short. Authorities were all at a loss for what happened