CHAPTER 18: NEW ACQUAINTANCE
I smile ear to ear as I was reminiscing what happened to my husband and me earlier. I was riding in his car to school because he ordered his driver to take me to school. As I smiled, I didn't realize that his driver was looking at me. I think he was wondering why I was smiling alone. That's why he scratches his head because of what I was doing.
For a few minutes, the driver spoke, "Hmmm, Ma'am, we are already here at you're school."
"Oh, okay, mister, thank you so much," I replied to him.
Then I immediately got out of the car.
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Leonard was sitting on his office chair thinking about what had happened to her wife and him earlier. He could not believe by himself that she tempted him. He was very ashamed of it because he swears that she would never draw him, but the opposite happened.
He had been aggressive earlier, and now the worst thing was that it never left his mind, so he
CHAPTER 19: TRY TO IMPRESS HIMAfter a few minutes of conversation, we arrived at the villa. Precisely, that the rain stops, so I told him. “Oh, I’m already here in the villa. I need to get off here.”We were just outside the villa, and he knew I would walk a long way if I walk, so his forehead wrinkled and told me. “Are you sure you won’t let me drive you in front of your house? You know you will walk a long way if you don’t take a car.”He was right, but I was afraid that my husband would see me with someone else, and I didn’t want my husband to misunderstand, so I made excuses. “Hmmm, the t-truth is, I don’t own the house. I’m just a maid there, right, a maid, and I don’t want my boss to see me. Sorry,”He didn’t seem to believe my answer, but he still nodded. “Oh, okay,”I smiled at him and said, &ldquo
CHAPTER 20: HE DIDN’T GO HOME“Hm, he likes a steak topped with sautéed mushroom and a garden salad.” He said. My eyes widened because I wasn’t familiar with the food he was saying. The food he mentioned seemed to be the food for rich people, and an ordinary person like me cannot relate, so even though it was embarrassing, I asked him for a favor. “Hm, Ethan,”“Yes,” he answered immediately.“Can I ask you a favor? I know you think that I’m ignorant, but I want to be true to you. Honestly, I don’t know those foods. I have eaten nothing you mentioned yet. Can you cook it for me and make me your assistant?” I asked.He smiled at me and said, “Of course I will help you. That’s what I want you, not pretentious.”I smiled back at him and said, “Thanks.”He helped me cook my husband’s favorite food. While h
CHAPTER 21: SHE CROSSED IN HIS MIND Leonard hurried out of the office to go to the condo of his girlfriend Elena Salvador because he promised her that he would go to her condo. They haven't seen each other for quite some time since he married Alyssa. Before he left his office, he adjusted his necktie and hair, hurried out, and walked out of his office. Until he got to the garage, when he arrived at the garage, he first looked around to make sure no one could follow him and get in the car. He doesn't even want to be talked about in the newspapers about his complicated relationship. While he was in the car, he closed his eyes because of the tired feeling. He had signed many papers earlier in the office, and not only that, but he also had attended meetings earlier. When he did not realize that he had fallen asleep with exhaustion, if his driver hadn't called him, he probably wouldn't have woken
CHAPTER 22: ETHAN WAS FASCINATED BY HEREthan is about to kiss Alyssa on the lips when suddenly Alyssa woke up from sleeping, so his attempt to kiss his brother’s wife did not continue. Ethan’s cheeks flushed with embarrassment.Alyssa wondered why she was blushing, so she asked him with concern. “What’s wrong? Why your cheeks seemed blushing? Are you allergic to something?”Ethan felt embarrassed, to tell the truth, so he just rode what Alyssa was saying.“Y-Yeah, I ate something that doctor forbade for me.” He faked his smile.“Why are you kneeling before me?” Alyssa asked in astonishment.“Oh, I tried to wake you up so that you could continue sleeping in your room because it’s getting cold here.” He explained to Alyssa.“Oh, okay, thank you for waking me up.” Alyssa thanked Ethan.“By the way, what time is it
CHAPTER 23: HE SAW USLeonard woke up from sleep. His head was still a bit sore from last night’s drunkenness and fever.He notices something on his forehead, so he picked it up with his right hand. He looked at it; what object was already laying on his forehead as his eyebrows rose in wonder why a small towel had landed on it.He rubbed his body. He also wondered why he was already wearing a t-shirt that Leonard remembered took off his clothes when Leonard entered the room, so he decided to ask his wife.He got up from the bed and went into the bathroom to wash. After washing up, he went out of the room to look for his wife.He knew that there was only one place his wife liked to go to in the morning; that was the kitchen, so he immediately stepped down the stairs, and Leonard was in the living room. He immediately went to the kitchen.When he came to the kitchen, his eyes widene
CHAPTER 24: ETHAN REVEALED HIS FEELINGSEthan was left in the kitchen irritated by the events because he wanted to be the only one to treat Alyssa, but he had no right, and since he already knew that their marriage was just a show and they will only separate after the end of the one year contract. He thought, what if he will confess how he feels? So he decided to talk to his older brother about what he thought about his wife before telling her.He walked away from the kitchen and walked upstairs because he intends to talk to his older brother.*****Leonard left the room because he knew his wife was getting dressed. He does not want to be tempted by it again. He would never let the first mistake he made happened again because he had promised himself.When he went downstairs, he saw his younger brother. He stopped. His younger brother approached him with a severe face.“Can we talk?” Ethan asked.
CHAPTER 25: ASKED HIM A FAVORI went home early because I wanted to talk to my husband. As soon as I entered the house, not one of them was home. Ethan, who was always the first to come home from his business, hadn’t arrived yet. I was surprised. Well, as for my husband, I’m not surprised at all because he always comes home really late. That’s luck if he comes home early.When I found out they weren’t there yet, I looked for an opportunity to cook for them both.I quickly went upstairs to get dressed and when I put on my house clothes. I tied my long black hair in a ponytail, and then I hurried out of the room again. I was in the kitchen already. I opened the refrigerator and looked for food to cook tonight.Exactly, when I open it, there was newly bought fresh fish. I thought of making it a fish soup. I also spotted cucumber, so I also thought of making a cucumber salad and many other food
CHAPTER 26: A WOMAN WITH THE SAME NAMEHe put a million on the cheque. "A million, oh, no, I can't accept it! It's huge," I uttered, at once back the cheque on him."Accept it; it's just a small amount for me. Don't spend on unimportant things. Remember, I don't always give away," Leonard said to me. I nodded to what he said."What else do you need?" he asked."Hmmm, can we go to grandma this Saturday?" I requested.He thought before answering. I was nervous that he might disagree."Okay, we will," he responded.I was happy with his answer that I jumped for joy.I forgot that he was in front of me, and then I saw him smiling. I was embarrassed.But even though I was a little embarrassed by him, I was also happy because even though he was strict and sometimes narrow-minded, he was also thoughtful sometimes."Go to sleep. It's a little late already," Leonard said to me. Then I nodded as a
CHAPTER 49: THE BLESSINGAlyssa was already lying on her bed and about to sleep when suddenly her grandma knock on her door. Even though she was lazy to get up because of her unceasing crying next to her grandma earlier, it still forced her to stand up.She opened her door. “What is it, grandma?” she asked.“You have a visitor.” Her grandma said.She was wondering why she had a visitor when she never expects someone. “Who was it, grandma?” she asked.Her grandma grabbed her and said, “Don’t ask anymore. Just come with me.” She did nothing but follow her.When they arrived in the living room, her eyes widened at what she saw. Her heart suddenly beats so fast. As if she couldn’t move. Her grandmother motioned Leonard to come over to her and left the living room to give them space.“W-What are you doing
CHAPTER 48: HAPPY ENDING OR NOT?I saw him already dressed. My husband would surely go to the office. I wanted to approach him, but I did not have the strength to do it. I have no face to look at him, and I am ashamed of him especially, with Leonard’s brother, Ethan. For me, it was my fault why we lost our child. If I had just followed what Ethan told me. I would not have run over by the car. I am to blame for everything, but that is not what happened.I could see that my husband seemed to blame himself. I feel it. Every night in our sleep, I wake up hearing my husband crying. He was crying in his dream. Apologizing to our son, and worst of all, he always spoke to it wishing that it should be him. He should be the one who disappears, which further causes pain in my heart that seems to be slowly crushing my heart into pieces. It comes to where I could no longer breathe.For me, I am a useless wife. I couldn’t sleep every ni
CHAPTER 47: THE EVICTIONThree days after, Alyssa had returned to their home, grieving. Alyssa never leaves the room and always cries. She could hardly eat and could not accept the loss of her child.Leonard could do nothing but watch his sad wife in the distance. They never talk to each other anymore, and so did Ethan before Ethan, used to approach Alyssa easily.Alyssa seems to have a change after the tragedy.Leonard is already wearing an executive suit to go to the office today because it is the day that he will evict his aunt’s son, Ru. Just a few days ago, it was the one who fills his position temporarily, since that day, many shareholders and workers had complained about it because of its wrong policy.Today, he will also put an end to his aunt’s evil deed. They found out that this was the mastermind behind the accident of Alyssa and that she used Elena to be her bait from his ex-girlfrie
CHAPTER 46: THE PAINFUL MOMENTLeonard was about to enter Alyssa’s room when someone called on his cellphone, so he didn’t enter first and answer the call. “Hello,”The man on the other line told him something. It was his trusted bodyguard, Joey. “Okay, Joey, thanks for the info.” And he immediately dropped the call.He searched in his contact list and was about to call her ex-girlfriend (Elena) when suddenly his phone rang and coincidentally it is Elena. He answered it immediately. “Hello, why did you call?” he asked her, pretending that he didn’t know the reason when in fact; he already had a clue why it called him. He just wanted to know if his ex-girlfriend will tell the truth.“Leonard, can we talk in person? I have a confession to you.” She begged.“Whatever it is, tell me here on the phone. Don’t you worry; I will listen to everything yo
CHAPTER 45: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE ACCIDENTElena was inside her color black car. She gets her cellphone that was inside the glove box of her car. Elena wanted to call someone. She dialed the number and immediately put the cellphone on her right ear.“Hello,” the number she was calling answered. It was a voice of a woman.“I was in the parking lot, as you instructed me. What now? Have you ever called his wife to see me? Did you tell her I was pregnant and Leonard was the father? Is she going to come here, or maybe you're just fooling me and waiting for her for nothing? I’m a busy person! I don’t want my time to be wasted!” she said to the person she was talking to on the phone.“Relax, my dear. Don’t worry, everything is in line with my plans, and she's on her way there.” The person she was talking to on the other line answered. Then she immediately dropped the c
Chapter 44: THE TRUTH JAMES FOUND OUTThey transferred Alyssa to the V.I. P room. She still sounded asleep as Leonard sat next to Alyssa, waiting for her to wake up. Ethan went home to get dress and rest at the same time.About a few minutes later, James entered the room. He approached Leonard. "Leonard, your grandpa, and aunt are here. Should I let them in?" he asked Leonard."No, the noise might awake Alyssa. I'll just go outside. Please, watch her for me. I'll just come out." Leonard begged. James nodded to Leonard. Then Leonard went outside the room.James took place the seat where Leonard sat earlier. He looked at the woman who was his best friend claimed as his wife. When his eyes suddenly widened at what he saw.It was the girl he saw from the road soaking wet in the rain five months ago. The woman he fell in love at first sight with and the woman he can't forget. 'No, this can't be. I think I’m just imagini
CHAPTER 43: GONELeonard is ready to go to the hotel. Suddenly someone knocks on his door. “Come in,” he commanded, but it still didn’t stop knocking. He felt irritated, so he approached the one who knocks on his door to open it, and when he opens it, a smiling man appeared in front of him who marks the deep dimples on his cheeks.Leonard smiled back at it. “When did you back?” Leonard asked the man.“Hmm, six months ago,” the man said.“Six months ago?” Leonard wrinkled his forehead. “But why did you show up just now? You are something.” Leonard smirks at it.“Won’t you even let me into your office first, before you interrogate me?” the man asked.Leonard cleared the way. The man he was talking to immediately entered his office. It was James Torres, the acquaintance of Alyssa. It turned out to be his best friend. “I’ve
CHAPTER 42: THE ACCIDENTEverything is ready for the baby shower. They held it in one of the most famous hotels in their city. Leonard’s aunt went to the hotel first. She is the one who prepares everything at Master Guang’s command.Ethan and Alyssa are also getting ready for the party, while Leonard could not accompany her. Because the paper works stuck him in the office and they already talked to each other that Alyssa will go to the hotel first to be accompanied by Ethan.Ethan was in the living room standing as he watches Alyssa slowly descend the stairs wearing a powder blue sleeveless knee-length maternity dress. Her beauty suddenly stunned him.Alyssa wonders why Ethan’s eyes didn’t blink at all while staring at her, so she waved her hand at his face. “Hey, are you okay?” she asked.Ethan was back to himself. “Oh, sorry, I’m okay,” he responded. &
CHAPTER 41: HIS SECRETARY'S BETRAYALAlyssa and Ethan have returned to their home. Ethan immediately informed his grandfather of the good news. It thrilled the old Master Guang to know that the baby in Alyssa’s womb is in good condition. Especially when he found out that Alyssa was pregnant with a boy, so Master Guang had a shower party to reveal.Out of excitement, Master Guang immediately called his daughter Jing Chin (the aunt of Leonard and Ethan). He was standing in the living room. “Jing, my dear daughter, please come here for a moment. I have something important to announce to you.”Leonard’s aunt immediately approached her father. “Yes, dad, what do you want to announce?” she asked Master Guang.“Finally, Alyssa found out the gender of her pregnancy, and it’s a boy. Hahaha, hahaha…! I’m so happy, Jing, that God blessed me again of a great-grandson.” Mast