Helena did her job well and seriously. Focusing on things that she might need later. Time passed without her realizing it, Helena had been busy at home lately, occasionally the girl came to the company to see the progress. After all, Helena would be the company's successor.
She was no longer the weak Helena. No longer someone who was easily bullied. Not someone who just kept quiet when insulted. Helena was determined to change into a tough woman."How is the progress of the new cosmetic product?" Helena asked during the meeting."The development is only 70%, Mr. Director. We just finished making samples," answered one of Helena's subordinates during the meeting."Can I see?" Helena asked.Someone came and gave a sample of the cosmetic product that was being developed under the supervision of Helena's company. The girl had not officially worked at the company but had often come to conduct surveys and go directly to the field. No one t"Come in!” Helena shouted to someone who knocked on her office door. A man who was her assistant entered. The man stood two steps in front of her desk. “What’s wrong?” Helena asked, stopping her activity of checking documents for a moment. “I’ve got the information you ordered, Director,” said Koa as he placed a brown folder on Helena’s desk. “But…,” Koa seemed hesitant to tell her and looked at Helena. “What’s wrong? Just tell me,” Helena ordered. “Director Philip seems to be investigating the same thing,” Koa reported, making Helena’s forehead frown. “I accidentally saw Director Philip at the scene while working on the task you ordered. But it seems like Director Philip himself intervened,” he explained later. Helen fell silent and then wondered what Philip was doing. “Does he perhaps know something?” Helena thought. “Okay. Here we go. You may go out. I’ll meet him later,” she ordered Koa. “Okay, Director.” Koa
“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
“So, you don’t mind staying here?” Helena asked Philip who was packing his things in his room.Philip turned to the girl sitting on the bed's edge. “Why? You’re not happy?”“It’s not like that,” Helena answered quickly, making Philip chuckle. “I just, well, a little… mind,” the girl admitted later.Of course, Helena would mind because it was also a challenge for the girl. Even now, she was trying her best not to lunge at Philip and hug his body and tell him that she was glad he was there.“I can’t argue with you, Auntie, you know that,” Philip said and turned to face Helena. “So just accept it. I’ll take good care of you.”Helena sighed tiredly.Helena knew that Philip would take good care of her, even better than her ex-husband. However, there was one thing that made Helena always want to stay away from Philip, her burning and forbidden feelings.A knock on the door made them turn and find Serena in the doorway.“Sorry to interrupt,” Serena said as she walked over to the two of them.
"Come in!” Helena shouted to someone who knocked on her office door. A man who was her assistant entered. The man stood two steps in front of her desk. “What’s wrong?” Helena asked, stopping her activity of checking documents for a moment. “I’ve got the information you ordered, Director,” said Koa as he placed a brown folder on Helena’s desk. “But…,” Koa seemed hesitant to tell her and looked at Helena. “What’s wrong? Just tell me,” Helena ordered. “Director Philip seems to be investigating the same thing,” Koa reported, making Helena’s forehead frown. “I accidentally saw Director Philip at the scene while working on the task you ordered. But it seems like Director Philip himself intervened,” he explained later. Helen fell silent and then wondered what Philip was doing. “Does he perhaps know something?” Helena thought. “Okay. Here we go. You may go out. I’ll meet him later,” she ordered Koa. “Okay, Director.” Koa
Helena did her job well and seriously. Focusing on things that she might need later. Time passed without her realizing it, Helena had been busy at home lately, occasionally the girl came to the company to see the progress. After all, Helena would be the company's successor. She was no longer the weak Helena. No longer someone who was easily bullied. Not someone who just kept quiet when insulted. Helena was determined to change into a tough woman. "How is the progress of the new cosmetic product?" Helena asked during the meeting. "The development is only 70%, Mr. Director. We just finished making samples," answered one of Helena's subordinates during the meeting. "Can I see?" Helena asked. Someone came and gave a sample of the cosmetic product that was being developed under the supervision of Helena's company. The girl had not officially worked at the company but had often come to conduct surveys and go directly to the field. No one t
Helena just stared at the night sky filled with stars with the moon in the distance that had just risen from its orbit. Helena smiled faintly letting Philip clear the table as the waiter came to deliver their food order. After the waiter left, Helena was still staring at the sky. The girl enjoyed the blowing night breeze. "Come on, eat first, " Philip said, making Helena turn her head. The various food menus served on the table made Helena's smile even wider. "Come on, eat," the girl invited and immediately took a spoon and fork there. Philip just shook his head. Even though they hadn't met for several years, it turned out that Helena was still a girl who always liked to eat, who always liked the sky both day and night. The girl hadn't changed even though she had been locked up in her ex-husband's big house for three years. They didn't talk much while eating. Once the food was finished, Helena leaned back in her chair and s
Helena's busy life now begins. The girl struggles with a pile of papers on her desk in a special room. Of course with Philip, the man will only be there at certain times, not all the time because there must be someone to take care of him in the company even though Serena is still there. "How was your work today?" Philip leaned against the doorway of Helena's office. The girl who was sitting behind the desk and focusing on a pile of files on the table lifted her face and smiled then her face frowned. "I don't understand," the girl replied. Philip laughed and walked into the office. "Looks like it's time for a break. How about it?" Philip offered. Helena glanced at the clock on the wall of her office, then at the files on the table, then at Philip, and the girl nodded. "I guess so," she said. Philip laughed again. "Let's eat something. The butler said you haven't left this place at all since noon. Aren't you hungry?
The items Helena bought for her home office had arrived. Helena didn't want to waste time and immediately tidied up her office. The girl arranged every piece of furniture in the room neatly. "Need help?" Sara Philip interrupted when Helena had just taken a break from her activities. The girl turned her head then smiled and shook her head. "It's done," she answered in satisfaction. Philip chuckled. "Where's Angela? I don't see her anywhere." "Angela went home, come home tonight, or if not maybe tomorrow," Helena answered while leaning her butt on her desk. Her desk was inside, behind the door, and near the window facing the backyard. Philip stepped further in. Philip's gaze wandered around the room that Helena had just tidied up. "This is very typical of you, simple but elegant," Philip commented. Helena laughed. "Nice, right?" "Yes, good. Very comfortable. You might be able to move into this room later,"
The sound of the table tapping was quite surprising for Serena, Helana, and Philip. Their gazes were fixed on Angela, the perpetrator who hit the table. “Hey you guys, stop. It makes me uncomfortable,” Angela complained, unable to hold herself back. “What do you mean?” Helena didn’t care, the girl was busy feeding herself ice cream as dessert. The dishes on the table had been changed to dessert so there weren’t many plates there when Angela hit the table in annoyance. “Hey, Philip! You’re paying too much attention to Helena,” Angela said to Philip. “Oh?” Philip interrupted, looking indifferent which made Angela’s eyes widen sharply. “Damn it! You think you can treat Helena like a girl?” Angela said. “Isn’t Helena a girl?” Philip replied calmly, to which Helena herself nodded while still eating her ice cream like a child. Angela sighed tiredly. “That’s not what I meant. You guys… you guys… ah, damn it!” A
“My daughter-in-law?” The voice greeted, seemingly very pleased with the fake soft tone. Helena remained silent without turning her body, letting the voice be heard again. “Why didn’t you tell me you were going shopping, honey?” Janet spoke again, chuckling softly. The tapping of high heels on the marble floor echoed there, it was very clear that Janet had come. Yes, who else would call Helena a daughter-in-law if not that woman? It seemed like Janet didn’t care about reality or what happened between them. Helena remained where she was, her back to Janet. The girl’s attention was focused on the decorative night light in front of her. “Are you ignoring me?” Janet’s voice sounded annoyed now but Helena knew it was pretend. Next, the woman would sweet talk again. “Where have you been? It was so hard to find you. You know, Jimmy was looking for you. That kid is very stubborn. He was still looking for you even until he fell ill.”
“What is that?” Helena asked her aunt as she went down the stairs. Serena turned and smiled when she saw the girl and waited for Helena to approach her to explain. “These are the files that you will be studying from now on, Helena,” Serena said answering the girl’s question earlier. “Files?” With a frown, Helena looked at the pile of papers and books on top of her. “Yes. You will start practicing with Philip from now on, as we agreed. Did you forget?” Serena protested a little. “No. But… that, how do I…” Helena couldn’t finish her sentence because seeing the pile of books, files, and others somehow made her head dizzy. But Serena just laughed, understanding what Helena meant. “You don’t need to do it overnight, Helena. I only brought the important files so you can study them. I’m sure you already know the basics of studying, you need to follow Philip’s instructions. That’s all.” Even though Serena explained it wel
“You’ll be here for a few days, right?” Helena asked Angela. “Yes. I’ll be here for a few days to take care of you,” Angela repeated. “That’s good. I need a friend.” Helena fed herself another mouthful of ice cream still half in the other cup. The two men were busy paying attention to Helena, making her uncomfortable. “Why?” Helena asked a little fiercely, looking at Philip and Edmund alternately. “No. Do you look okay?” Edmund asked. “Yes, I’m fine,” Helena answered confidently. Edmund nodded his head slowly. “Philip told me. If you’re okay, I’m relieved to see him too,” he said. Helena just smiled and chose to finish her ice cream. “Helena?” Edmund said the girl’s name again, making Helena and Angela look at him too. Philip seemed to know what Edmund was going to say, so the man didn’t look back at all. “I’m going to talk to you about something, do you mind?” This time the two girls