Maximus rubbed his temples when the door to his office suddenly opened.“I said no one comes in without knocking, right? How hard is it to understand what I said?” Maximus said, already hot-headed. His two friends, who had just entered, laughed.“You’re hot-headed early in the morning,” Giovanni said. Maximus immediately turned to see who had entered his office. He sat up straight when he saw his two friends.“What are you doing here?” he asked blankly.“Don’t you miss us?” Hunter asked, so Maximus glared at him. Hunter and Giovanni sat on the sofa and looked at Maximus as if he carried the world on his shoulders every day.“We haven’t seen each other for months, and that’s how you greet us? You’re breaking my heart, bro,” Giovanni even put his hand on his chest as if he was really hurt. Maximus ignored his friends and just rubbed his forehead.Giovanni and Hunter looked at each other.“Are you still thinking about business or about the woman?” Giovanni asked seriously, but Maximus di
Maximus followed Celeste with his eyes until she sat down in a VIP lounge. He furrowed his brows, wondering what Celeste was doing in a place like this with a few men.Maximus turned to face where Celeste was sitting so he could freely see every move she made. Hunter and Giovanni looked at each other because Maximus was staring seriously at Celeste.They knew Maximus, even though he had been with Hannah for seven years, you wouldn’t see any admiration in his eyes for Hannah. They just couldn’t understand why Maximus was still with Hannah if he didn’t feel anything for her.“You’re looking at her differently, are you interested in her?” Hunter asked Maximus seriously. Maximus gulped down the alcohol in his glass before looking at Hunter.“I don’t have any reason,” was all he replied, so Hunter just raised an eyebrow. They left their friend alone and just drank.Meanwhile, Celeste was talking to Mr. Toyco about the raw materials she needed. She knew Mr. Toyco didn’t have time for her to
When Carter opened the door of his Boss's car he almost felt nauseous. He just covered his nose with his elbow.“What happened to your car, Sir?” Carter asked seriously. Maximus handed the key to his secretary. He had wanted to have his car washed last night, but there were no car washes open, so it took until morning.“Just have it cleaned and don’t ask any questions.” Maximus ordered gruffly, then turned his back on Carter. Carter tried to smell the sour smell in Maximus’ car again, but even he felt nauseous.He just bought a mask and wore it double to avoid smelling the smell in his boss’s car, especially since he was going to drive it to the car wash. When he put on the mask, he looked to see what the bad smell was in his boss’s car.He just furrowed his brow when he saw it was vomit. He knew his boss, he didn’t drink much, especially since he was the only one driving home. Carter just shook his head, he knew his boss had someone with him last night.“I wonder how that person is d
Celeste laughed bitterly, as if her heart was being squeezed with pain, but she forced herself to calm down. She couldn't accept that the shares that were supposed to be hers were given to her half-sister by her father.“Dad, tell me that you’re lying. Tell me!” she shouted at her father, whose face was blank while Hannah and Elloise, the mother-daughter pests in Celeste's life, were smiling.“Don’t you dare shout at Daddy—”“You, shut up!” Celeste's eyes almost glared at Hannah, her arrogant half-sister. They all fell silent because it was the first time they saw Celeste angry. Celeste's veins almost popped out of her neck from the intensity of her anger.Celeste looked at her father again, but he remained silent.“You will pay for this, Mommy built the company you gave to your mistress, Dad. She poured her blood and sweat into it, and you just gave it to them so easily? Where is your conscience?!” Celeste's shout echoed like thunder.Hannah swallowed nervously because they were used
A sharp slap landed on Celeste's cheek as she returned home. The force of her father's slap almost deafened her.“What did I do to deserve this, Dad?” she asked her father blankly. She hadn't recognized her father since her mother died.“What do you think you did to make me this angry?! I didn’t raise you, Star, to be a dirty woman!”“Don’t you dare call me Star! Because since you brought your mistress and your illegitimate child into this house, I forgot I was the Star of this family. How can you still call me Star when you’re the reason why my world is dark?” she shouted angrily. Celeste is her real name, and her mom named her Star because of a celestial theme.“Don’t change the subject, Celeste. You are a disgrace to this family! I called our lawyer yesterday to give you half of the shares, but because of what you did, I decided to give it all to your sister Hannah. We have nothing more to talk about.” Logan was about to turn away from his daughter when Celeste blocked him.“What d
Seven years had passed. Time flew by so fast, Celeste shook her head, seven years had already gone by, as if she had only blinked seven times, the passage of time was so swift.“You can’t be serious, Celestial Elegance paid you half a billion to be their designer? Where did they get that much money if the company is sinking?” Sarah said incredulously.Even Celeste was wondering where the company got that much money to pay her.“Don’t tell me you’re going back to the Philippines just to accept their offer. Girl, move on! They kicked you out, right? And you’re going back?” Sarah continued. Celeste swirled the wine in her wine glass before she drank it.“You know what my plan was from the start, right? The company is sinking, so this is my chance to reclaim my mom’s company from them.”“Won’t you lose money from that? If you take the company from them, you’ll be buried in debt. Celestial has a lot of debt to the bank.” Sarah didn’t like her friend’s decision, especially since she knew Cel
Maximus stared at Celeste in disbelief, he also looked at Hannah, and even if he stared at the two women in front of him for hours, he still saw only one face.“You didn’t tell me that you have a twin, Hannah,” Maximus said, Celeste laughed bitterly. Would their family make it seem like they were twins to cover up the mistake their father made?Hannah was nervous because Maximus couldn’t know that they weren’t really twins. Hannah was trying to pull Maximus away, but Maximus was too stubborn.“Let’s just ignore her. Let’s just leave,” Hannah said, but Maximus wanted to hear Hannah’s answer.“Answer me, Hannah, is she your twin?” Maximus asked again. Celeste crossed her arms over her chest and waited for Hannah’s answer.“She is, but she was disowned by our family. She left the country a long time ago, but she came back to cause trouble now.” Maximus wasn’t satisfied with Hannah’s answer because what parents would disown a child?“What is the reason?” Maximus asked concisely, Hannah di
Hannah’s irritation didn’t subside until she got home. She saw her mother sitting on the sofa, watching in their big TV.“Is Dad here?” Hannah asked her mother seriously. Elloise immediately turned to her daughter because she was surprised by the tone of her voice.“He’s in a business meeting, why?” she asked curiously. Hannah sat down and turned off the TV so she could talk to her mother. Elloise looked at her daughter in confusion and waited for her to speak.“What happened?” she asked impatiently. Hannah’s eyebrows were still furrowed.“She’s home,” she replied briefly, causing Elloise to frown. She didn’t know what her daughter was saying.“Who? Can you just tell me what happened?” she said, sounding annoyed because her daughter was keeping her in suspense. She was also nervous when her daughter was serious.“Celeste is home, mom. Damn it! You know what’s even more annoying? Maximus saw her!” She couldn’t help but raise her voice because her anger was burning deep inside.“Wait, w
When Carter opened the door of his Boss's car he almost felt nauseous. He just covered his nose with his elbow.“What happened to your car, Sir?” Carter asked seriously. Maximus handed the key to his secretary. He had wanted to have his car washed last night, but there were no car washes open, so it took until morning.“Just have it cleaned and don’t ask any questions.” Maximus ordered gruffly, then turned his back on Carter. Carter tried to smell the sour smell in Maximus’ car again, but even he felt nauseous.He just bought a mask and wore it double to avoid smelling the smell in his boss’s car, especially since he was going to drive it to the car wash. When he put on the mask, he looked to see what the bad smell was in his boss’s car.He just furrowed his brow when he saw it was vomit. He knew his boss, he didn’t drink much, especially since he was the only one driving home. Carter just shook his head, he knew his boss had someone with him last night.“I wonder how that person is d
Maximus followed Celeste with his eyes until she sat down in a VIP lounge. He furrowed his brows, wondering what Celeste was doing in a place like this with a few men.Maximus turned to face where Celeste was sitting so he could freely see every move she made. Hunter and Giovanni looked at each other because Maximus was staring seriously at Celeste.They knew Maximus, even though he had been with Hannah for seven years, you wouldn’t see any admiration in his eyes for Hannah. They just couldn’t understand why Maximus was still with Hannah if he didn’t feel anything for her.“You’re looking at her differently, are you interested in her?” Hunter asked Maximus seriously. Maximus gulped down the alcohol in his glass before looking at Hunter.“I don’t have any reason,” was all he replied, so Hunter just raised an eyebrow. They left their friend alone and just drank.Meanwhile, Celeste was talking to Mr. Toyco about the raw materials she needed. She knew Mr. Toyco didn’t have time for her to
Maximus rubbed his temples when the door to his office suddenly opened.“I said no one comes in without knocking, right? How hard is it to understand what I said?” Maximus said, already hot-headed. His two friends, who had just entered, laughed.“You’re hot-headed early in the morning,” Giovanni said. Maximus immediately turned to see who had entered his office. He sat up straight when he saw his two friends.“What are you doing here?” he asked blankly.“Don’t you miss us?” Hunter asked, so Maximus glared at him. Hunter and Giovanni sat on the sofa and looked at Maximus as if he carried the world on his shoulders every day.“We haven’t seen each other for months, and that’s how you greet us? You’re breaking my heart, bro,” Giovanni even put his hand on his chest as if he was really hurt. Maximus ignored his friends and just rubbed his forehead.Giovanni and Hunter looked at each other.“Are you still thinking about business or about the woman?” Giovanni asked seriously, but Maximus di
Celeste met Maximus' dark eyes with unwavering courage, as if she felt no fear.“Celeste is right, Hannah. Still no plans to get married, you two? You’ve been together for seven years,” her father added. Hannah chuckled lightly.“Dad, we don’t need to pressure Max. We know how busy he is with his businesses, and so am I. We’ll get there eventually, right Max?” she turned to Maximus, who remained expressionless.Maximus just ate his dessert and didn’t answer Hannah. He didn’t like what they were talking about. In their seven years together, this was only the third time he had visited their house.“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to know when you two plan to get married, seeing as you’re both of the right age,” Celeste said.“If that’s the case, why don’t you get married first?” Maximus retorted, staring intently at Celeste.“How can I get married if I don’t have a groom?” she replied with a raised eyebrow. Hannah wanted to pull Celeste out of the house because she knew Celeste was d
Celeste went straight to their house. As soon as she got out of her car, the guard who had been working for their family for a long time recognized her immediately.“Celeste? Is that you?” he confirmed because the guard knew Hannah had already come home.“Brother Migs, how are you?” Celeste asked smiling. She was happy that even though she had been away from home for a long time, their old staff was still there.“It’s you, I won’t forget your angelic voice.” The guard said happily and hugged Celeste. Celeste missed the people she had been with for many years. The guard immediately released her from the hug and looked at Celeste in disbelief.“You’re even more beautiful, you’re starting to look like your Mom. You know, no matter how much makeover your sister does, she’ll never be able to imitate the original.” Celeste just laughed at what their guard said.“Don’t you like that you always see me in Hannah’s face.” The guard shook his head because even though they had known Hannah for a
The siblings couldn’t get Maximus’ face out of their minds, so when they were the only ones left at home while their nanny was preparing their food, Maxwell took out a magazine and put it on the center table.They all stared at it.“No matter what angle I look at, you three really look alike. Brother Zach, look at him when he’s frowning, it’s like you. You’re both serious and when Brother Max also becomes serious, you’re like two halves of a whole. Is it possible that he’s our dad?” Luna said while looking at her brothers and Maximus’ face in the magazine.“I also want to hope that he’s our dad, Luna, but based on my research online, he’s a powerful businessman. Everyone is afraid of him and no one dares to challenge him. It seems like Mommy doesn’t know him.” Maxwell said.“Why don’t we ask Mom about him? Let’s just try. I really want to meet Dad, I want to experience what it feels like to have a dad.” Luna said with a pout, longing for a father’s love.Zachary stroked his youngest s
Celeste was busy calculating her expenses when she started producing their new items. She knew she was calculating a lot even though she wasn’t halfway through. The capital wasn’t her problem because Maximus promised to pay for the capital they needed.She bit the end of her ball pen while remembering what else she needed when someone knocked on her door.“Come in,” she said without turning to the door. Maximus’ secretary entered.“My name is Carter Rosales, ma’am, I’m Mr. Lim’s secretary. He sent me here to pick you up. He said you need to talk about the capital he needs to release.” He said, Celeste nodded because the materials she needed to buy were already ready.She took her bag then she followed Carter. All the employees who passed by her were still bowing to her because they thought she was Hannah. She just ignored them, so she just passed them by.Celeste and Carter were walking in the lobby when Hannah saw them. Hannah furrowed her brows then she stared at who was with her si
Celeste wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at her father who couldn’t look at her.“I don’t know what Hannah’s reason was for letting her do what she wanted. I wish you had thought about how I would feel. Well, whatever I do, whatever I tell you, you let Hannah do what she wants. I just want you to give me a good and acceptable reason why Hannah imitated my face. What is her valid reason, Dad?” Logan couldn’t answer his daughter because even he didn’t know Hannah’s reason for needing to imitate Celeste’s face.Logan wanted to say that he didn’t agree with Hannah’s wish, but he couldn’t do anything when he found out that she had already had a makeover. He avoided his daughter’s gaze. He hadn’t seen or been with her for seven years, then they would argue again when they met.“I didn’t know you were back and that you’ve already met Hannah.” Logan could only say. Celeste just rubbed her temple and her tears fell because her father wasn’t answering any of her questions.“It’s only my
Celeste was about to leave the lobby when Maximus caught up with her.“What now?!” Celeste shouted angrily then she looked at who pulled her. She looked at Maximus with a frown. “What do you need? Why are you chasing after me?! You’re wasting my time.” she said annoyed because she should have left already if Hannah and Maximus weren’t stopping her.“Let’s talk, but not here,” Maximus said in his serious tone then he held Celeste’s hand, but Celeste removed Maximus’ grip on her.“I don’t have time to talk to someone like you and I have no reason to talk to you. Now, let me go! What's wrong with you and Hannah?! I just want to leave, but you’re like puppies following me.” Maximus’ jaw clenched because Celeste had the guts to shout at him and in a public place?“Don’t hurt Hannah again, Miss Marquez. Remember, I just paid you to be the company’s designer.” Maximus said seriously, but Celeste just laughed, which made Maximus’ blood boil even more.“Remember also, Mr. Lim, that I didn’t fo