Soon after Stephanie closed the door, she went straight to her bag, taking her phone, dialing Nathan’s number.
“Nathan, where are you?”
“I see. Let’s go to the club then. The same place!”
“No need! I will drive there,” She ended the call and quickly went to the closet to change her clothes
As she prepared herself to go out, she noticed that Martin didn’t come after her. ‘He might be comforting that bitch!’ She told herself. In less than 30 minutes, she is ready. She was about to take her purse when Martin walked into the bedroom.
“You’re going out?” His voice was deep
She glanced at him
Stephanie walked out from the elevator, heading to her office but Kate stopped her.“Miss Young, the real estate agent, contacted me and wondered when you have time to have him in here?”“Oh, about that. Please cancel it, I will think again to get a new house.” She remembered about Martin who was angry enough to find about it“And, you saw them before, the one with me is Martin Clark, he is my boyfriend, and the other one is his PA, Jacob. It is their first time to come here but next time, when you see them, you should directly inform me, no matter if I am in the middle of an important meeting. Understand?” She added“Yes Ms Young.”“Tell Nathan to go to
The doctor walked out from the emergency room after checking on Elena. Martin quickly got up from the chair, walked toward him.“How’s her condition?” Martin looked worried“She is stable now. Our examination shows she took strong medicine that made her condition getting worse. I already took a sample from her blood and will come back with the lab result tomorrow.”“Mr Clark, no need to worry for now. I gave her medicine, she will be awake in a couple hours.” The doctor added“Thank you!” Martin said it shortlyJacob’s phone rings and after speaking with someone from the other side, he looks at Martin with a worried face.
In the morning, Stephanie noticed that Martin didn’t come home. She went to the office with a sour face. It was around 11 am, Kate spoke in the intercom, noticing her that Luke was waiting for her in the lounge. She asked Kate to let Luke get into her office. Luke walked in with a big smile but he noticed that Stephanie was in a bad mood.“I know how to make you smile again!” He walked toward her“Don’t you think we have to take a distance?” Stephanie got up from her chair, walked toward him“Was Martin who asked you to do that?”“Luke, let’s make this less complicated! Martin knew everything now and he suspected you for going after me just to piss him off. You better not play with him.”
Martin went back to hospital with chaotic thoughts. He doesn’t want to leave Stephanie behind but he remembers that Elena is his priority. However, learning that Stephanie had sex with Luke twice, it bothered him. He knew Stephanie sometimes went out and looked for a man outside for fun, but with Luke, he felt that she had a connection with him, it was beyond sex. ‘What should I do?’ He asked himselfMartin spent the whole night at the hospital and went to the office directly from there. Around noon, Jacob knocked on his door and went in.“We have an emergency meeting with AD Enterprise at 1.30 pm. But before that Mr Joey Callahan asked to have lunch with you now.”“We can go!” Martin answered shortlyEarlier he wanted to t
“I told you to end this, your obsession with me, because you have no idea who you are dealing with, especially who I am.”“Enlighten me!” Luke told her seriouslyStephanie sighed and Luke patiently waited for her to talk. She saw how persistent Luke is, she, then, gave up and decided to share the story with him.“I come from a mixed race family and my dad is one of the influential businessmen in the East Asia market. Short story, I, as the heir of family business, have to get involved from a young age and after school my dad handled the South Korea market for me, while he focused on Japanese and his right-hand handle China and Hong Kong. I worked mostly with Yoan, the guy that I am about to meet in Hong Kong. He was my right-hand person. In Korea, I had a boyfriend, Le
A Black Mercedes EQS stopped right next to the Jet. A tall Korean man got up from the driver seat. He smiled brightly at Stephanie and soon, Stephanie released her hand from Luke’s, and walked toward Yoan.“I miss you!” She said to Yoan“Finally I can see you again! I miss you more than anything….”“I thought you'd come alone, but who is him?” Yoan asked“Oh, he is Lucas Miller, my business partner. It just happens that we have similar travel schedules.”“And…..” Yoan was about to talk about Martin but Stephanie understood immediately“We can talk about Martin later….&rdq
Elena’s condition was getting better and Martin arranged a special care for her. Martin visited her in the hospital after having a meeting outside. When he was accompanying Elena at the hospital, Ken called him.“Elena, I’ll go outside for a while. I have an important call.”“I’ll be back soon. I’ll ask the nurse to get your dinner,” He addedElena nodded and smiled at him, then he walked away. He was about to walk to the garden when he saw Jacob walk toward his direction in the corridor.“Let’s go to the garden,” Martin told Jacob and he nodded, following MartinWhen they arrived and seated, Martin’s phone rang again. It was Ken.
“You’re not serious, aren’t you?” Stephanie quickly asked Luke when they entered the hotel suite“It isn’t a joke!”“Luke…..”“Steph, you need a status before you go back to Seoul.”“So, it is about that?”“No! The main reason is this is the right moment to say it directly in front of your dad. This is a rare opportunity to be missed!”“Also, the sooner he knows of my existence, the better it will be!”Stephanie rolled her eyes, but Luke smiled widely at her. She walked to the bathroom to change her dress. Luke walked behi
A year later Stephanie and Nathan arrived in New York for a consortium meeting. They will spend 2 days there and she left Mia and Sophia in San Francisco with Martin. Since having the twins, Martin has agreed with Stephanie to limit their business travel to do parenting hand in hand after Stephanie took a year off to take care of the twins. The meeting started around 9 am in the morning at the hotel meeting room. They want to discuss the update on the consortium project. The project has reached 50% completion and they have another 3 years to complete it. Stephanie walked in with Nathan and she smiled when she saw Luke in the meeting. They spent the whole day at the meeting room and it was around 4 pm in the afternoon, the meeting finally ended. Luke
Jacob stayed in the hospital for a while. He was about to leave when he saw a sign that Martin's hand had moved. He quickly called the doctor and it didn’t take long when the doctor came in, Martin slowly opened his eyes. The doctor checked Martin and he updated Jacob on his condition. Martin was still weak and he didn’t say anything. Jacob quickly dialed Stephanie’s number but he got no answer from her. He thought she had already gone to bed, so he called Barbara to update Martin’s condition.Barbara went to the kitchen after took a shower, she was hungry. She had a simple dinner and then she remembered that Stephanie looked tired, so she made a warm Almond milk for her. Barbara was about to go to see Stephanie when the phone rang. She was wondering who made a call this late. When she took the call, she was overjoyed hearing Jacob updating her about Martin’s condition.
Barbara gathered her strength to go to see Martin. She knocked the study room’s door and after hearing Martin’s voice, she went in.“What’s the matter?”“Sir…..” Barbara was hesitant but when Martin looked her in the eyes, she finally continued, “I heard from madam, you and her will get divorce.”“It is her who wants it, not me!” Martin said shortly“Sir, please do something to make madam stay! She said, she planned to leave from here,” Barbara informed him“Leave? She said that?” Martin was surprised“Yes sir. Now, she went out to meet Mr Xander, I believe she planne
Stephanie sighed when she saw the divorce paper scattered into pieces on the floor.“What should I do to make you sign it?” Stephanie finally asked him as her eyes stared at him angrily“You really want to separate from me that bad?” Martin said sarcastically“YES!” She answered it firmly“Don’t you say you love me so badly and won’t leave me? And now…..” Martin added another sarcastic comment“Martin, don’t get it wrong, I do love you, very much! I want to have you as my husband for the rest of my life. But…….” She sighed heavily and continued, “I don’t want to let my girls know how badly the
Nathan hired a lawyer to process Stephanie’s request immediately the next day. A week has passed and Stephanie and Nathan were busy discussing some company’s issues. Besides, she also discussed with him about leaving the States to a better place to raise her child. It surprised Nathan that she is considering raising her child directly and wants to take a break from the business, leaving the responsibility on Nathan and asking him to be the director and she will stay as inactive CEO, which will make her less involved in the company matters.“I promise you, I have your back! It's just I will work less, all the important matters, I will help you to handle that!” Stephanie convinced himNathan sighed, “Hmm, alright! But you need to promise me that this is temporary, okay?”
Martin was only able to stay around half an hour. He tried to hold himself by not thinking about Stephanie and Luke, but he failed. He then made an excuse and asked Jacob to stay for the meeting. He went to the check in counter to ask Stephanie’s room number.Martin walked to the 3510 suite, when he reached the suite, through the opened door, he could see Luke gently rubbing Stephanie's hands while they’re talking about him. Martin’s expression turned cold when he saw both of them being romantic like that. He entered the room and quickly asked Luke to leave. His eyes never leave Stephanie and soon after Luke left, he spoke up.“Guess you really can’t stay away from Lucas Miller!” He mocked her“Even after I marry you and make you pregnant, give you what you want!&rdquo
Martin brought Elena back to Chicago, he laid her down in the same cemetery where Emily is. He stayed there for a while, staring blankly to Elena’s tomb. His heart and his mind are lost. He, still, can’t accept the idea Elena is gone. It was too sudden and he felt he wasn’t done enough for her.‘I promise you to take care of her, Emily! But I failed…’‘Emily, I am sorry’‘If I can go back to the past...I will choose her over Stephanie. She might be still staying here….’Martin was busy with his own thoughts, and kept standing next to Elena's tomb. Jacob, who was accompanying Martin and standing behind him, started to worry seeing Martin continue silent. It was around half an hour later, Martin turn
“Arrrrrrrggggggg…………..” People started to scream seeing Elena laid down on the floor with her blood flooding around“Someone called the ambulance, she is heavily injured!” A guest in the restaurant said it loudlyStephanie was shocked, she went limp and her body trembled. She sat down on the stair and it didn’t take long she saw Martin was downstairs. Martin suddenly panics, seeing Elena full of blood. He saw Stephanie's shocked face and he quickly went after her.“Martin…..” Stephanie said with weak voice“Let’s go!” Martin said shortly, he couldn’t think clearlyThey went to the hospital and both of them wa
Martin picked up Elena from the airport and brought her to the new penthouse. Elena stepped into the new penthouse, she immediately asked, “New penthouse?”“Yes. Stephanie and the kids need a bigger and new place, so I got this!”‘Martin definitely has changed. He is willing to do everything for that bitch now! I should do something. I can’t use my sick condition again and now I should take bold step to get Martin’ Elena thought“I’ll show you your room.” He helped Elena to go to her room“I was thinking you can stay like couple days before I send you back to Chicago,” He addedAs they entered the bedroom, Martin put down her suitcase. He then