“Did you really agree to what he wanted?” Kim asked him while they were having a spaghetti snack inside Diego’s room.Mariane stopped eating spaghetti and nodded her head.“Do you think I have a choice? But maybe it’s a good idea so that he can sign the divorce papers.” He replied.After a while, the door suddenly opened, which silenced the two women immediately.“Good afternoon.” A man wearing a white gown smiled and greeted them. “I brought you coffee,” he said to Mariane.“Dr. Smith, you don’t have to do this,” Mariane said as Doctor Smith handed her the coffee he bought for her.“I like to do this every day.” Zach smiled, showing off his beautiful smile.Mariane smiled back, and she mouthed thanks, and she put the coffee on the table. Kim, who was drooling over Doctor Smith, pulled the hem of Mariane’s sleeves.“Care to share who this Demi-god just landed right through my heart is?” Kim whispered to Mariane while her eyes were glued to the doctor’s face.Mariane pursed her lips as
Mariane was staring at the front of her closet in a daze, and she was looking at the clothes hanging on the hanger one by one, thinking about what she should wear.‘Is this the dress I'm wearing?’Mariane took a black and white colored short sleeve knee-length dress with a collar and measured it on her body while looking at the full-length mirror. She grimaced when Mariane realizes that it was too short, that when she bent over her butt could be seen.‘Too short,’ she muttered to herself.Mariane took another dress from her closet and measured some clothes. She took a long-sleeved silk blouse and high-waste shorts, but she realized that the weather was too hot, and she didn’t know where they would go and the long-sleeves could be too hot and uncomfortable. Especially if they go outdoors. The next thing she took was a crop top shirt, but she had stretch marks on his stomach and it would have made her feel uncomfortable as well.Mariane sighed in exasperation.“Arghh! Why am I worrying
Mariane received a letter from the office of the civil Registrar, three days after David signed their divorce agreement. After reading the letter, saying that their marriage was now null, Mariane couldn’t help but daze. It feels like there was a hole in her heart, and she couldn’t explain why she was feeling empty inside. It was like she was trying to fill the glass with water, but it couldn’t be full. ‘I should be happy now that I am single again, right?’ Mariane thought as she tilted her head. Mariane sighed. She stood up to prepare for her first day of work. Today, she will start working at David’s company as a new accounting clerk. Mariane feels a little nervous about meeting David again. Mariane remembered the last time they met when the three of them went for a walk in a themed park, where they had a three-day itinerary there. After they had a photoshoot, David took all the pictures they received from the photographer. And after the fighting incident, their whole day was quie
On the third day of their tour, they went to the famous grand fireworks display at the theme park that tourists usually go to because it’s not just ordinary fireworks. But that puts on a show for the audience. David brought a mat for them to sit or lie on. They also bring food so that when they are hungry, they have something to eat. After having lunch, they immediately went to the said park, where the fireworks display was being held. “Let me carry Jacob,” David said to Mariane, but she shook her head in disagreement. “No. It’s okay. I can carry him. You already bring a lot. Besides, I’m used to it. I always carried him whenever we go on our mother-and-son dates.” Mariane smiled to reassure him it was okay. When they arrived at the park, they immediately positioned themselves in the middle of the vast expanse of the empty park. Many people are already seated and have their own mats to use. Other children are playing and running freely in the wide flat area surrounded by Bermuda gr
"Mariane... Mariane!" Mariane was back from her thoughts when one of her office mates knocked on her desk.She didn’t notice that she was in a daze for a long time. She was thinking of her three days trips together with Jacob and David. When they went to the theme park, David left them without a word, and the man in black.“Uh, I’m sorry. What were you saying?” She asked.Her colleague rolled her eyes irritatingly. “I said get ready. The CEO is on his way. And he’ll be having a weekly office visit in each department.” Her colleague informed her.“He-he’s going to pay a visit in each department?” Mariane asked, who looked stunned.“Are you deaf? I just said that earlier, didn't I? Where is your brain, and you seem out of your mind?” Her colleague shook her head in disappointment. And left her cubicle.Mariane frowned at the behavior of her colleague. ‘She doesn’t need to be rude. I’m just asking, what’s wrong with that?’ Mariane pouted.Mariane cleaned up her desk. It was her first tim
It’s been months since Mariane starts working with David. And just as expected, Mariane and David ignored each other. And Mariane’s life in her work became hard. Her colleagues always order her around, even if it’s not part of her work. Like they ordered her to print copies, order food, and deliver the files from their department to other departments. And it made her wonder why they were doing those things to her. Until one day, she heard her superior talking to one of he colleagues when they were in the restroom.Mariane went inside one of the cubicles of the restroom when her superior entered together with another employee.“By the way, ma’am, I was just wondering… Why should we give orders to Mariane, when we have interns to take care of it? And I also noticed the CEO… these past few months, he’s being short-tempered.” The employee asked her superior while putting lipstick on her lips.The supervisor smirked and leaned on the lavatory, facing her subordinate. “Oh, about that,” she
“What are the things she asked you to do?” David asked.Mariane’s anger subsides after David explained that it was not his doing. And he believed him. After all, she knew David never lied… except for saying that he loves her.“She didn’t give me the files I need to learn. She ordered me around. Do all the photocopying, buy them their food or drinks, deliver the files to other departments, and even clean up their mess. Sometimes she asked me to fix the files even if it was past my work time.”“Is that the reason why you go home late?” David asked making Mariane nod.“Yes,” she answered with her mind still confused about why the supervisor did that to her.“John, call Miss Morgan,” David ordered.Miss Martina Morgan was Mariane’s superior and the supervisor of the accounting department. She’s been working for five years, and it was the first time, David receives a complaint from their department. David couldn’t believe that Martina would do such a thing. What’s more… it was Mariane whom
There was a sudden silence in the office after Martina left. And the atmosphere became awkward. Mariane looked around and noticed the beauty of its modern and minimalist design. The ripple fold curtain is open to block the sunlight through the floor-to-ceiling window. There were black couches at the center of the room where he receives his visitors. There were also two chairs opposite each other in front of his desk and built-in bookshelves. There is also a large painting of a woman with her back turned and walking down the dark path to the narrow road, which caught her attention. Mariane narrowed at the image.‘It looks somewhat familiar.’ Mariane wondered where did she see the place in the painting. She had trouble figuring out the image on the wall, so she stood up and approached the picture. She realized it was the place going to their house, and it was her, who was walking on that narrowed road. Mariane gasped.‘When did he get this painting?’ she wondered. Mariane fixated on