“It’s all thanks to you, Kim. Maybe I couldn’t get a job if it wasn’t for you.” Mariane sincerely said.But Kim shook her head in disagreement. “No, Yan. I didn’t do anything. It was you who made it. Don’t thank me. Besides, my brother didn’t do anything about it.” Kim leaned closer to Mariane and whispered, “Actually, my brother was too strict. He doesn’t want someone to dictate to him what to do.” Kim informed her, making Mariane nod slowly as if she could understand what Kim was talking about.“How about… I’ll treat you to a meal?” Mariane asked. Kim’s eyes twinkled as she felt hungry.“That’s a good idea, then! We have a lot of things to talk about too… Since we’ve seen each other in the convenience store. And you have a lot of explaining to do.” Mariane frowned at what Kim had just said.“Me? Like what?” she asked in confusion.“Why don’t you treat me to a hot pot first? I will tell you there.” Kim snaked her arms to Mariane’s and dragged her friend to the nearest hot pot along t
“Who is he?” Mariane, Mark, and Kim turned their eyes at the newcomer. “George? What are you doing here?” Mariane asked. “Who is he?” George asked again, not minding Mariane’s question. Mariane heaved a sigh and excused herself from her friend. “Excuse us for a while,” she said before she dragged George away from her companions. “What are you doing there?” Mariane pointed to the table of her companions. She was talking about George, asking her earlier who the guy was sitting beside her. She was disappointed as George suddenly appeared out of nowhere and abruptly asked who the guy was sitting next to her while looking at the guy accusingly. “You’re lucky that it’s not my boss who came and asked you that.” George simply replied. Mariane suddenly panicked when George mentioned her boss’ name. She looked around to check if David was there. ‘He’s here? Right now? But we just talked over the phone. Darn it.’ She thought. Mariane sighed in relief when she did not see David inside th
Mariane and David silently sat in the back passenger seat while George was their driver. Mariane leaned on the window while watching the stars in the sky while pouting. She was pissed when George interrupted their dinner again and sat at the table next to theirs, then she received a message from David telling her to go home. Mariane had no choice but to follow her party-pooper-husband. She didn’t even have to talk to her friend.“Why so gloomy, Mariane?” David looked at her sideways.Mariane glared back at him and did nothing to say. Instead, she chose to stay quiet and close her eyes to get some sleep while they were on their way back home. David snorted and decided not to speak with her again.The entire ride became quiet as no one wanted to speak until they arrived at their house. Mariane immediately got out of the car. She immediately went to her room, not minding David, who was following her from behind.‘I won’t talk to you anymore. Party pooper!’ Mariane snorted as she slammed
‘Give me an heir.’ Kim passed by Mariane’s desk, and she noticed her friend, who was staring blankly at her computer. She snapped her fingers to get Mariane’s attention, but it didn’t help. “Earth to Mariane!” Kim knocked on her desk as she exclaimed to Mariane’s ears, making the latter wince and rub her ears. “I’m not deaf, you know.” Mariane glared at her friend. “You’ve been spacing out for like minutes? What’s on your little brain thinking?” Kim asked, narrowing her eyes at Mariane suspiciously. “Was it a guy?” She added while giggling, making Mariane hiss. “Guy, my ass.” She rolled her eyes in annoyance. Mariane remembered what David had said to her one week ago. “And lastly… Give me an heir.” Mariane got astounded by what he said. ‘An heir?! Is he crazy? How can I give him an heir?’ Mariane gasped. ‘Could it be…’ Her eyes widened in horror. ‘No… No… No… This can’t be.’ She thought. Mariane immediately crossed her arms over her chest, as if she was covering all of her bo
Mariane was busy typing on her computer when she received a text message. ‘I’ll pick you up later. We’ll have dinner at the restaurant I reserved.’But instead of getting excited, Mariane just snorted and toss her phone inside her bag, and didn’t bother to reply. She went back to typing and processing the documents of their clients. She drowned herself in working and didn’t notice that there was a guy standing in front of her desk. The guy cleared his throat to get her attention, which made her look up and noticed it was her colleague. Mariane smiled at the guy whom she didn’t know the name of yet.“Uhm… Hi? What can I do for you?” She asked.The guy looked at her shyly, with his ears red. “T-this… Flowers for you, Mariane. Happy Valentine’s Day.” He said and handed a bouquet of roses to her, which made Mariane stunned.She wanted to refuse it, but she didn’t want him to be embarrassed as the other employees were looking at them as well. Mariane knew she can’t bring the flowers to the
After a hundred missed calls, David gave up calling her. ‘Dammit,’ David hissed. He was pissed as he canceled all of his meetings in the afternoon just for her, but Mariane will not join him for the valentines dinner he prepared for her.Even if Mariane told her not to pick her up, David still went to her workplace and waited for her. He noticed the employees were coming out of the building, so he hid behind the tree, wearing a black cap just to cover his identity.While David was hiding, he noticed Mariane went out with Kim, so he sighed out of relief. At least, Mariane did not break their rule. She was with Kim and no one else. He frowned when Kim called a cab. ‘Where are they going?’ He wondered.But when he followed them, they reached a fine dining restaurant. ‘Is this where will they meet their client?’ He wondered.David kept spying on her from the outside, and he recognized another familiar person inside the restaurant with Kim and Mariane. He frowned when Kim bid goodbyes to M
“P-please, David… P-please don’t do this… I’m begging you. D-don’t.” Mariane begged.Mariane curled herself in the corner of the room shivering in fear, afraid David would hit her again. Her face reddened because of what David did. He rubbed her face violently as if he wanted to erase her face using his palm. When Mariane tried to fight him, David slapped her hard on her face, which earned a bruise and a cut on the side of her lips.Her hair was messy, and her clothes were slightly ripped. But David didn’t care. He was in a rage because he got jealous when someone touched his woman. David is a possessive person. If someone took his possession, he would surely punish those who took it. But in Mariane’s case, he was supposed to kill the guy who kissed Mariane. But Mariane begged for his life and she also broke their rules, which made David mad.Using his one hand, he grabbed Mariane in the arm and threw her back onto their bed. He went on top of her and held her cheeks, using his one ha
David carried Mariane to the bathroom and put her into the bathtub to clean herself. She couldn’t walk as she felt pain all over her body and was sore. After David left her alone inside the bathroom, Mariane cried herself out. She looked at her body, covered with bruises. She pitied herself.‘Is this all I’ve got? Is this my fate? Am I being punished because I am the daughter of a sinner?’ She sniffed as tears fell from her eyes. ‘I never thought I would have to experience this horrible nightmare.’ She took a deep breath.Mariane tried to stand up and went into the shower. She turned the heater on and took a shower.“I wonder how my mom is right now. She got abused before… She has become a battered wife now. I wonder how she can cope with all this. How can mom endure all the pain- everything that had happened to her and until now?”Mariane was in a daze while in deep thought when David came in without her noticing him. She gasped as her eyes widened in shock, as she got horrified whe