Due to the hardships of life, Erina took on various jobs just to sustain her daily needs. She has been supporting herself alone ever since she left her father’s care. Her life was going well, but everything changed when she met a young man named Wayne Louie Anderson—a billionaire, a well-known figure in the business world, and the owner of prestigious resorts and casinos both in the Philippines and abroad. However, Erina had no idea about any of this. An incident pushed Wayne to conceal his true identity and pretend that he was missing. This led him to live under the same roof as Erina, allowing her to get to know him and eventually develop feelings for him. Will her feelings for him change once she discovers his true identity? Will she set aside her anger for the sake of love? Or will resentment and hatred prevail, leading her to give up on the man she loves?
View More*ERINA ISABEL TUAZON POVI've been staring at the ceiling for a while now. I'm still lying in bed, but I have no plans of getting up to get ready. I don't have work today, but I invited Louie to go out yesterday.I feel heavy when I woke up, probably because of whatever is ahead of me today. The truth is, I didn’t sleep well last night because of the conversation I had with my brother yesterday. No matter how much I deny it, I’m still affected by what he said. But I need to be okay today because I don’t want to visit Mom feeling sad."Erina, are you awake?"I immediately sat up when I heard Louie's voice outside my room. But I didn't get off the bed—I just sat there, staring at the door. I didn’t answer because I didn’t want to face him in this state just yet."The breakfast is ready on the table. I’ll just take a walk for a while. I’ll be home after 30 minutes, I promise," he said from outside my room.I didn’t expect him to wake up so early to prepare breakfast for me. I’m supposed
*WAYNE LOUIE ANDERSON POVShe was surprised when she saw me behind the door. I just looked at her seriously, but I couldn't help feeling sad because of what I heard outside. I didn't mean to eavesdrop on their conversation, but I saw her stunned earlier when she opened the door. And I know that something is off.She cried... it was obvious in her eyes. They were red, and there were still traces of tears on her cheeks.I'm supposed to not care about it because I'm not the kind of person who suddenly gets affected when I see someone crying. But now... I felt a sudden pain in my chest. And this isn't good. I need to stop this, but now isn't the right time for that."Are you okay?" I asked, but she only nodded in response, offering a small, quiet smile."Um, have you been standing there for a while?" she asked, then walked past me. But I didn't answer her, instead, I followed her to the kitchen. I didn't want to lie, but I had to, especially since what they were talking about was too pers
I immediately ran to the kitchen to drink some water. I don’t know why, I just suddenly got so thirsty because of what I saw in the bathroom. Next time, I’m definitely not going to follow whatever sounds I hear, because who knows what I’ll see next—maybe something even worse.“Jesus, Erina! It was just a body, so why did you get so thirsty all of a sudden?” I muttered to myself, letting out a deep sigh.This must really be the effect on me whenever I see a man’s body—especially up close. And that was literally the first time I ever saw something like that in my entire life. I need to be more careful, especially now that I’m no longer living alone.Dear God, my precious eyes! They've now been tainted with lust.“Um, Louie…”We were currently having lunch, but the atmosphere was so quiet that only the sound of utensils clinking could be heard. I’m usually used to this kind of silence, but I don’t know why it suddenly felt so different now that I have someone here with me."Hmm?" he said
I was about to leave the shop when something suddenly came to mind that made me stop in my tracks. I shook my head violently upon realizing that what I was thinking about Lean’s statement was impossible.“It’s not him… that couldn’t possibly be,” I muttered to myself before turning toward Lean, who was now looking at me curiously.“Hey, why’d you come back? I thought you were heading home?” Lean asked, confused, as I returned to the counter.But I didn’t answer her question. Instead, I quickly tried to come up with something to ask her.“When did that guy go missing again?” I asked as I looked at her.“Uh, just the other day… then he was declared missing after 24 hours, yesterday. Why do you ask?” she replied, and I secretly let out a breath of relief.Good thing I didn’t leave otherwise, I probably would’ve regretted it.But I breathed a sigh of relief after that, because if it turned out that my hunch was right, I really would’ve regretted letting Louie stay in my apartment. It’s a
What happened there? Why did she suddenly panic? She wasn’t like that earlier, before Louie showed up.Could it be...?“Do you two know each other?” I asked, looking at Louie in confusion.He was surprised and confused by my question, but I didn’t mean anything by it. It’s just that I was shocked by Madam Dolores’ reaction when she saw Louie.“E-Erina... I don’t remember us meeting before. I don’t recognize her face,” Louie responded, but his expression still held some confusion.Why did I even ask if he knew Madam Dolores? He doesn’t remember her at all. I can be such an idiot sometimes and forget things so quickly.“Sorry, I was just curious about the—uh, never mind. Don’t think about it, it might just confuse you. Um, please don’t take what I’m about to say the wrong way.”I stopped and waited for his response. But he nodded in agreement, so I figured it would be okay to tell him, since he’s staying here temporarily and he’s new to the place."Next time, if you want to go out or pl
It felt like my temples suddenly started aching because of my landlady’s nonstop nagging here at the apartment. I don’t even know how she found out about the incident, but with how sharp her hearing is, she’ll know about anything in no time.It wasn’t even eight o'clock when she arrived just to scold me. Her voice was so loud it felt like I was going deaf, but I had no right to complain because she owns the place. And even though what happened wasn’t intentional, she still had every right to be angry.“Oh my goodness! These materials are expensive, but you didn’t even take good care of them. What’s wrong with you, Erina? Why weren’t you more careful? What are you even going to replace this with? You’re already late in paying rent, and now you’ve damaged my apartment too,” I heard her rant.I let out a deep sigh and instinctively held my head. It was still so early, but I was already feeling stressed because of her.“Tsk! A sermon this early, lord,” I muttered in annoyance as I messed
*ERINA ISABEL TUAZON'S POV"Are you serious? You let him stay in your apartment?" Faye asked in shock when I told her what happened yesterday and that I let Louie stay at my place.I slowly nodded in response, and her jaw dropped. She couldn’t believe what I did because she knows I don't usually agree to favors right away."It took a whole month before you let me stay at your apartment temporarily. But that guy—who you don’t even really know—you let him stay just like that? That’s kind of hurtful, you know?" she said with irritation, then rolled her eyes at me and crossed her arms."I'm sorry, but your situations are different," I quickly replied, but that only made her more annoyed."Wow, are you actually defending him? Erina, I’m your friend here," she snapped, then took a sip of her coffee. I couldn’t help but laugh silently and shake my head at her reaction. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to tell her about this right now."I was already stressed from my exam earlier, but your st
I feel like crying or screaming out of sheer frustration. I don’t even know why I suddenly agreed to his request to stay here in my apartment.I suddenly lost my choice because of the pity I felt for him. I don’t want to kick him out, especially since he doesn’t remember anything, and who knows what might happen to him if I do. On top of that, he refuses to let me take him to the hospital or even the police station. I’m going crazy trying to figure out how to get him to leave."Erina, calm down. You’ll get through this. He did say that once his memory returns, he’ll leave," I told myself, letting out a deep sigh.I’m here in the kitchen, cooking dinner for the two of us. Luckily, there was still half a portion of pork left in the fridge, so I decided to cook that instead. It would be embarrassing to serve him canned food—what if he doesn’t even eat that? Just by looking at his face, his appearance, and the way he dresses, it’s obvious that he comes from a wealthy life.That’s another
"Sit down first…" I said as I slowly guided him to sit on the small sofa.I immediately let out a breath once he was seated, but I made sure not to let him notice. He was tall, big body, and well-built—completely different from my physique. It felt like I had just carried a sack of rice because of how heavy he was. Not that I was complaining, I was just exhausted from helping him get here to my apartment.Yes, to my apartment because he refused to be taken to the hospital. I insisted, especially since he had a wound on his forehead that needed to be treated by a doctor. But he was adamant about not going and insisted that I bring him to my place instead. I had no choice but to agree. I couldn’t just leave him alone, or I’d be the one to blame if something worse happened to him."I’ll just get my first-aid kit," I informed him before heading straight to my room."Tss, why did you even bring him here, Erina?" I muttered to myself in frustration. I was talking to myself again out of shee
“ERINA ISABEL TUAZON POV”A strong slap landed on my face from Dad when he saw the report card I handed to him. I wasn’t surprised—I had already expected this to happen. The moment I saw my grades yesterday, I knew this was coming, so I wasn’t shocked when my father did this to me."You failed Filipino?! That’s the easiest subject, and you still flunked it? What kind of student are you? Do you even attend that class? I sent you to an expensive school so you could learn, and this is the kind of grades you show me? Do you really think I can accept this?" he yelled angrily before throwing my report card at me.I just lowered my head and wiped my cheek as tears started falling. I had promised myself I wouldn’t cry, but here I am now, my tears flowing like a river as my father continued his scolding.“I-I’ll make it up, Dad. It’s only the second quarter—”"I don’t care what quarter it is! You still failed, and there’s nothing you can do to change that!" he cut me off. "And stop making excu...
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