"Enough, don’t chat anymore,” Philip’s deep voice greeted them on the sofa. The man stood not far from the sofa with both sleeves rolled up showing off his charm.
Angela clicked her tongue. “Every time I visit, you always show off,” the girl said then got up from her comfortable seat and approached Philip. “Long time no see, hug me,” Angela asked without a spoiled tone.Philip chuckled and complied with Angela’s request to hug him. “You’re so ugly, La,” Philip teased in the hug.“That’s because I cried because your sister was crazy,” Angela replied. Philip laughed.They let go of the hug.“How are you?” Philip asked, not really paying attention to Angela’s condition.“Fine. I’m fine. At least I have to be nice to beat up your sister. But apparently, I’m too nice,” Angela said which made Philip laugh again. That was indeed typical of a best friend.Helena approached and clicked her tongue hearing Angela’s words.The place was very noisy even though it wasn't too late, but the music that was heard was quite piercing to the ears. Anyone who was not used to it would feel disturbed and dizzy. However, the man walked leisurely because he was used to it, even raising his hand to greet the DJ who was playing on a special stage there. His steps were relaxed as he entered deeper into the place filled with people who were dancing, dressed sexily, even drinking, or just hanging out. Philip raised his hand once again when someone he was looking for raised their hand to let the man know where he was. Once he arrived at the bar and greeted him, Philip sat down in an empty chair next to the man. The area was a bit far from the dance floor or DJ stage so it wasn't too noisy, but the music was still loud. "Would you like a drink?" Philip's friend offered. "Just give me a soda," Philip said to the drink mixer there. The man nodded. "Have you been waiting?" Philip asked
Philip opened the car door next to Edmund who was sleeping in the car. The man looked exhausted. “Are you still conscious?” Philip asked. “Yes. I can walk,” Edmund replied and then opened his eyes. “Okay. I’ll wait.” Edmund didn’t answer and started to get out of the car. Philip didn’t drive himself because he had been drinking earlier. There was a front door guard that Philip had asked to pick him up earlier. While waiting for Edmund to get out of the car, Philip looked at the front yard of his family’s big house. It had been a long time since he had enjoyed the tranquility of the fairly spacious front yard with the lighting of the garden lights. “I’m tired, so I’ll sleep in the front room. Too lazy to go up to the second floor to your room, it’s far,” Edmund said. The man’s eyes looked very heavy. “Okay. No problem. You walk carefully. There are stairs up ahead,” Philip warned. “I know,” Edmund replied which mad
“Miss, the Young Master asked you to come to the living room,” a maid said to a shabbily dressed woman.The woman who was washing the dishes turned around. Her hair was messy, her face looked tired.“Now?” the woman asked.“Yes, Miss,” the maid replied with a stiff expression and lowered her head.Helena Helena looked surprised, it was unusual for her husband to call her when his housework was not finished. However, because it was an order, Helena put the plate in her hands in the sink and dried her hands. Her chest was beating erratically, making Helena feel uncomfortable.When they arrived in the living room, everyone was already gathered. Helena was surprised but her attention was drawn to her husband’s flat expression.“What did you do yesterday?” Jimmy Frazie’s cold voice pierced Helena who did not understand anything.Before Helenaa could ask what he meant, a brown folder flew through the air and landed roughly on Helena’s face and its contents scattered.“Explain that!” Jimmy l
“How did you know I was there?” Helena asked, pulling the blanket given to her by the man who had picked her up at the bus stop.A man looked at Helena who was sitting on the sofa and then gave her a glass of water.“Auntie told me,” the man replied.Helena nodded.“Auntie must have put spies in the house, huh?” Helena guessed.“What were you thinking, Helena? Why did you stay just to get hurt?” the man was now angry, his face turning red.Helena hesitated a little to turn her head. Hearing the man’s heavy breathing, Helena knew that nothing could calm his anger.“I’m fine, Brother Philip. I stayed there because everything was fine in the beginning,” Helena said.“That was in the beginning!” Philip snapped, completely unconvinced. “You know how angry I was, but I couldn’t do anything. I was worried about you, but you… you…”Helena immediately hugged Philip to calm her rising anger. Helena knew she shouldn’t have done that to her older brother."I know, Brother Phil. I know what I did,
Helena didn't know that what her aunt said was about their company's anniversary celebration."You're beautiful," Serena praised when she saw Helena's appearance which looked so beautiful."But, Auntie, is this necessary?" Helena looked doubtful."Of course. Come on, let's go now." Serena refused to respond to Helena's doubts about her aunt's plan.They went to the event venue which was held at a five-star hotel. The guests had started to arrive, even the media crew was waiting along the hotel yard.Helena realized the commotion outside the car they were riding in, her forehead wrinkled deeply, feeling uncomfortable with it."Auntie," Helena whined like a child while looking at her aunt.Serena didn't let Helena protest anymore and chose to answer the phone call on her cellphone so that Helena wouldn't convey her complaints.The car they were riding in stopped in front of the hotel door with a long red carpet underneath it that reached the hotel lobby. On the right and left sides of t
“Good evening everyone,” Helena greeted as politely as possible while holding back her words.The sound of applause and cheers and the flashes of camera lights caught Helena on stage with a big smile.“I will try my best when taking over Grandpa’s company. I want to thank Aunt Serena who has taken care of it for me all this time,” Helena said while looking at her aunt beside her. “That’s all, enjoy,” Helena concluded then gave the microphone to her aunt and got off the stage.Serena took over the stage, getting the attention of the guests so that Helena could leave freely, and said that all questions would be answered by Serena when they held a press conference to introduce Helena to the media crew and the public officially.As soon as Helena got off the stage and walked to the back, not one but two people rushed to her. They were Philip and Jimmy, who had been encouraged by her mother to follow Helena and talk nicely with the girl.Exiting the hall, Helena’s chest felt so tight that
Realizing that what he was doing was wrong, Philip forcibly stopped their game which was starting to heat up. Even Philip's body was already naked, even Helena had taken off her beautiful dress. "I can't, Helena," Philip whispered painfully. Even though he wanted to have sex with Helena, there was something that Philip couldn't break. There was something that Philip couldn't get past that ultimately only brought Helena into his warm embrace. What Philip said also made Helena realize what she did to the man. With still ragged breaths, they slowly calmed themselves down in each other's arms with their skin pressed together. Helena did take off her dress but left an undergarment like a shirt with thin straps on both shoulders. In the end, they realized that what they were doing was wrong. However, neither of them moved away from each other. Helena was the first to release her hug from Philip, pushing his broad chest lightly and deciding to lie down without moving away from Philip at
“What do you mean?” Helena protested all the schedules that had been set by her aunt without discussing them with her first. “I’m still in shock from yesterday’s incident. How can I possibly appear in public anytime soon?”Serena, who had just reached the last step, turned to her niece.“Auntie doesn’t accept any rejection, Helena. It’s time for you to come back and take over the reins,” Serena said, not wanting to hear the girl’s protests.Helena followed her aunt’s steps again as she walked into a fairly spacious room with rows of neatly arranged sofas and other classy furniture.“But still. How can I lead without any experience?” Helena still objected to the position given by her aunt. “Besides, I graduated three years ago,” the girl said softly, sounding very pessimistic.Her aunt’s steps stopped again and she turned to Helena again.“So what? At least you’re smart, intelligent, and of course firm in making decisions. It doesn’t matter as long as you know where you are,” Serena sa
Philip opened the car door next to Edmund who was sleeping in the car. The man looked exhausted. “Are you still conscious?” Philip asked. “Yes. I can walk,” Edmund replied and then opened his eyes. “Okay. I’ll wait.” Edmund didn’t answer and started to get out of the car. Philip didn’t drive himself because he had been drinking earlier. There was a front door guard that Philip had asked to pick him up earlier. While waiting for Edmund to get out of the car, Philip looked at the front yard of his family’s big house. It had been a long time since he had enjoyed the tranquility of the fairly spacious front yard with the lighting of the garden lights. “I’m tired, so I’ll sleep in the front room. Too lazy to go up to the second floor to your room, it’s far,” Edmund said. The man’s eyes looked very heavy. “Okay. No problem. You walk carefully. There are stairs up ahead,” Philip warned. “I know,” Edmund replied which mad
The place was very noisy even though it wasn't too late, but the music that was heard was quite piercing to the ears. Anyone who was not used to it would feel disturbed and dizzy. However, the man walked leisurely because he was used to it, even raising his hand to greet the DJ who was playing on a special stage there. His steps were relaxed as he entered deeper into the place filled with people who were dancing, dressed sexily, even drinking, or just hanging out. Philip raised his hand once again when someone he was looking for raised their hand to let the man know where he was. Once he arrived at the bar and greeted him, Philip sat down in an empty chair next to the man. The area was a bit far from the dance floor or DJ stage so it wasn't too noisy, but the music was still loud. "Would you like a drink?" Philip's friend offered. "Just give me a soda," Philip said to the drink mixer there. The man nodded. "Have you been waiting?" Philip asked
"Enough, don’t chat anymore,” Philip’s deep voice greeted them on the sofa. The man stood not far from the sofa with both sleeves rolled up showing off his charm.Angela clicked her tongue. “Every time I visit, you always show off,” the girl said then got up from her comfortable seat and approached Philip. “Long time no see, hug me,” Angela asked without a spoiled tone.Philip chuckled and complied with Angela’s request to hug him. “You’re so ugly, La,” Philip teased in the hug.“That’s because I cried because your sister was crazy,” Angela replied. Philip laughed.They let go of the hug.“How are you?” Philip asked, not really paying attention to Angela’s condition.“Fine. I’m fine. At least I have to be nice to beat up your sister. But apparently, I’m too nice,” Angela said which made Philip laugh again. That was indeed typical of a best friend.Helena approached and clicked her tongue hearing Angela’s words.
“My poor girl,” Angela said as she hugged Helena again. Helena was now calmer, and they sat facing each other on the sofa. “So, you know everything from Aunt Serena?” the girl asked. Angela nodded. “Yes. I forced Aunt Serena to tell me. Because no matter what, I will never forget you even though you are evil,” she said. Helena was silent. They were both close, very close, and inseparable. We grew up together, played, went to school, and did other things together, like twins. Angela was the daughter of a businessman who had a good relationship with the Jerome family, Helena’s grandfather, and Angela’s grandfather were best friends. The two men often visited each other which then brought Helena and Angela together. However, because Helena decided to marry Jimmy, their relationship became strained. No one agreed with Helena’s decision, especially since the girl hid her identity as an heir which for Angela was the same as hiding the girl
Helena was silent with her eyes fixed on the figure behind the guard.“Excuse me, Young Miss,” the guard greeted, diverting Helena’s attention. “I came because there was a guest who wanted to meet you, so I brought him here because the guest said he knew Miss, but he hasn’t come for a long time,” the man said.Helena nodded her head slightly.“I’m still relatively new to working here, so I don’t know. However, Mr. Andi said that this guest did know Miss so he asked me to take him to Miss.” The man continued politely.“Yes, I know him. Thank you for taking the guest,” Helena said, smiling friendly.“No problem. Then I’ll excuse myself, Miss,” the man said.This time, Helena just nodded while maintaining her friendly smile. The man turned around and left, leaving Helena and the guest, who then fell silent without greeting or glancing at each other. There was only awkwardness and silence in the large room filled with luxurious and classy furniture.Even after a few minutes passed, neithe
Helena looked at Philip who was still cupping the side of her face with Helena's small palms."Why are you silent? Come on, answer," the girl urged a little, forcing Philip to direct his gaze straight at her.But Philip didn't answer immediately because he knew it wouldn't be easy."I'll try," he answered then. His gaze was still fixed on Helena's eyes. The girl pouted. "You know," Philip continued, his hands tightly holding the girl's waist. "In the eyes of others, especially women, I am their ideal, so I can't promise that. However, I will try to take care of myself to meet your expectations. How about it?"This time it was Helena's turn to be silent. The girl was now thinking about it."Okay," the girl replied. "As long as you can take care of yourself, it's okay," she continued with a smile on her face.For some reason, Philip sighed in relief hearing that. After all, Philip had decided to take care of the girl as best he cou
“Living such a stressful life, I thought I was used to it. But three years later, I’m not used to it at all. It’s just that I have to endure every pain and insult they give me every day. Only the maids there help me survive and support each other.”“Why didn’t you ask Auntie for help?” Philip asked, starting to feel bad hearing Helena’s sad story.The girl glanced at Philip and shook her head. “I can’t do it. I don’t dare to ask Auntie for help because I was the one who decided to get married,” Helena said.Helena turned her gaze forward with a sigh.“I didn’t dare to ask Auntie for help when I was the one who hurt her with my decision. From the start, Auntie warned me about that family, but I was too blind to see it and took everything for granted. Even when Auntie offered to help, I refused. Saying I was fine and happy without realizing that Auntie had been watching me all this time.”Philip fell silent. Helena’s stubbornness, which she
“But they… accused me of playing with my brother-in-law’s husband,” Helena said softly.Philip’s brow furrowed. He was processing what Helena had said.“What do you mean?” Philip couldn’t think of it but he felt bad about it.Helena lifted her face and looked at Philip. There was a look of fear and sadness in her eyes. Helena stared at Philip for a long time, making him worried but he couldn’t do anything and just kept quiet until Helena told him what happened.“They accused me of seducing Scot, Jimmy’s brother-in-law’s husband. They said that I wasn’t satisfied with one man, said that I was a flirt, and insulted me, cursed, cursed at me and treated me worse than before. Even though they didn’t know that Scot was the one who touched me first.”As Helena told him about her painful experience at her ex-husband’s house, Philip noticed how Helena reacted. She lifted her legs onto the sofa and hugged her knees in fear. Her gaze was blank.
Helena helped Philip sit on the sofa in the living room of her house as soon as they arrived. After that Helena jogged to the kitchen and returned carrying a small basin filled with warm water and a medicine box."Here, let me treat the wound," said the girl while putting the medicine box and bowl on the table and asking Philip to face her.Helena began to clean Philip's bruises on several parts of his face slowly which made the man wince a little, making Helena wince too. It hurt so much."Take it slow," said the girl then did it slowly while blowing on the wound.After cleaning the wound, Helena applied ointment to the corner of Philip's bleeding lips."It's done," said the girl then. After a while observing Philip's face, Helena then tidied up the medicine box and took the bowl to the kitchen.Returning to the sofa where Philip was, Helena watched the man who winced a little while holding a mirror."Why did you have t