"D-this is where I'll sleep?" he asked while looking at my small room.
"Yes Sir, I can only sleep in the living room."
"No, you sleep here. I'm in the living room." I frowned at him. My living room is even smaller than my bedroom.
"You can't fit in the living room and your back will hurt when you lie on the floor." There was still a trace of doubt on its face.
"Your bed is too small for me, I can't even sleep in it." You are as big as a human being.
"Sir, that's okay. Sleep well, good night!"
I was about to come out when he stopped me, "I can't," he said while shaking his head. I just gasped.
"Sir, tomorrow you'll go home and go back to the soft and big bed. It's also your fault why your car broke down because I told you not to follow here. And now, you're overreacting.
"Wait wait. Are you complaining?" My eyes widened and I covered my mouth.
"N-no Sir, I'm sorry. I was just taken away, I'm already sleepy." I slowly smiled at him.
"Okay fine, I'll sleep now." He sat on my little bed, he really looked like a giant. My bed is really small.
"Good night," I said and left the room.
I laid the bed on the floor and picked up the cellphone. I received another text from Ales saying that she’s done with the documents.
'Your name is Lucille Santos as you said.'
I smiled widely, good job Ales.
The next day, I woke up early to call the person I needed to fix his car. "Mr. John, please just fix that car outside. I think our crazy neighbors have been beaten up again."
"It's really kids. All right Lucille, I'm going now. Good morning."
"Good morning, Mr. John." I waved at him smiling.
"Hey Lucille, your payment for the house!" I gasped at Mercy's scream.
I immediately took my rent payment including water and electricity. "Wow, you're so kind now. I heard you have a visitor, did he pay for it?"
"Silly, that's my money. Please get out of my sight, Mercy, maybe you'll eat my guest."
"Ay, is he handsome? Yummy? Big?"
"Yes, but people like you are not allowed. Go ahead and stop what you are thinking." She stared at me before leaving.
"Hey—"
"It's yummy!" I covered my mouth when I realized I shouted that word. God! That Mercy girl is getting on my nerves… " Sir! Good morning, how long have you been there?" I asked nervously.
"How's my car?" Didn't you have a good morning?
"The person I called fixed it. Have breakfast before you leave."
"You have work?" I nodded in response to his question and prepared breakfast, "come with me when the car is fixed."
"Are you sure?" I asked but I didn't get an answer from him. How arrogant.
When we left, Mr. Jose said, "Okay Lucille."
"Thank you. This is a fee .."
"No need, you don't need to pay. I found out my son is the one who did it, I'm really sorry." I did not let him not accept the money.
"Please buy medicine for your youngest child. Goodbye ..."
I took Judiel's hand so we could leave. “Take it easy,” I said.
"The car is fixed but it looks like the writing can't be fixed." I bit my lower lip and looked at him.
His jaw tightened as he looked at his car full of letters and colors. It's totally a mess. My boys are doing their job, aren't they?
I said just destroy the tire, don't get dirty, crazy really.
"Let's go ..." He went inside first before I followed.
He was just driving quietly, I wanted to ask in case I was suddenly scared. It looks like this one is awake badly.
"Thank you," I said when we arrived at the restaurant where I work.
I was about to go out when he stopped me, "Here." He handed me the little card, I looked at it and it was a business card.
"W-why?" I asked, wondering why he gave me this.
"I will stay here for more than a month. Send me a message if you need anything." I was even more surprised.
"Why? I mean, there's no reason for me to message you."
"I just want to."
I stared at the two of them, unsure of how to react because they were there to help me. I don't require that because I am capable of dealing with them."You know what? It's time for you to return to Manila. Alessandra, you have the company, and Attorney, you have your job. What if something bad happens if neither of us is not there?" I frowned as Ales shook his head at what I stated. What does she mean about shaking her head?"The company is doing well, Lucille, and they will not make a fool of you." They're afraid." Still, I'm not at ease."Lucille..." When the restaurant manager called me, I turned to face him and he told me to go to the kitchen."Wow, the boss is a slave now." When Alessandra said that, I rolled my eyes at her."I'm going to leave; we'll discuss after my shift." I turned away from them.They'll have a shout from me later, and they didn't even notify me that they were coming here. I was shocked, not disappointed, but they were my friends, and I trusted them. I'll le
We went to the office the next morning. Alessandra has now been with me in my house as I told her that she needs to be with me. But I needed to be cautious because she knew some of my ideas but not all of them. No matter what happens, I don't want them to get involved.Lucille Damian is my official name in the company. Some people look up to me and fear me. For a few months, I learnt how to be Lucille Damian, and for a few years, I was Lucille Santos. Since the attorney has entered my life, she has shown me who and what I truly am. I am Damian's heir, but no one knows I'm still alive. After all, the public knows me as Lucille, the faceless woman. All of my staff were forbidden from exposing what they believed I looked like as Lucille Damian. They had no right to harm me."Now that everything is in order, you can return as Lucille Santos." Alessandra came into my office and informed me of the situation. I got out of my swivel chair and walked over to my small cabinet. I took a folder f
I was shocked when Lucky walked in front of Judeil as we all got out of the car, together with Judiel. He had taken a position in front of it. Although they are both about the same height, Judiel's height is more prominent. I pulled my brother away, but he ignored me and it made me annoyed."Lucky…" I dragged him away, but they both continued to stare at each other. "Hey, what's the matter?" I said to my brother in hushed tones.When I have a man with me and introduce him to them, he intrigues them, and people who used to want to court me back away because my brother always like this, he scared those men."I won’t believe he's not flirting with you, and then his face is suspicious. Avoid him," he warned, like if he were my father.Because of my brother's posture, I fell flat on my face and shook. I turned to Mom, who also shrugged and responded to me. "That's your brother," she said.I would not want to include my brother because he is also very protected. I pulled Lucky back to Mom a
Because of Lucky’s noise, I awoke early the next day. He appears to have gone about the homemaking noise. I just woke up and went through my morning ritual; I’m not going to the office today and will only meet the few folks that I ordered to Ales.When I got down, I was surprised to see a few cleaning helpers dancing while cleaning, and it filled the entire house with loud music. “What is going on?” When I approached Mom while she was making food, I asked her.“As soon as your brother awoke, he became bored, so he played and even sympathized with the other helpers.” She said this while laughing. My brother’s insanity had just shocked me.Early in the morning, I turned to the woman who looked unhappy. “What’s going on with you?” I asked Alessandra. She continued to frown as she glanced at me.“Do you really have a sibling that is like that? I don’t think he realized anyone was still sleeping when he made a noise in the morning.” I laughed at her complaint, and Lucky came running up to
Ales and I had finished a week of preparation and today was the day I was going to see Judie. He texted me the address, and I did not bother to respond to his text messages, so he called me that night, nagging about why I didn’t text back. I just told him I am busy, but I received his text and will go there today. Furious because I just didn’t really reply.When I got to the front of the enormous building, I adjusted my clothes. I took a deep breath and entered. I approached the information desk. “Good day, I have an appointment with Mr. Judiel Marco Sanrazo,” I said and smiled at him.He looked at me from head to toe, as if recognizing me. “You must be Lucille Santos he mentioned?” he asked, and I nodded with a smile. “This way, Ma’am.” He pointed the right way toward the elevator.“Thank you, I can do this.” I refused him because I thought he was going to take me to Judiel’s office. He nodded and bid a goodbye.I’m the only one in the elevator, even though the elevator is big. I won
After he adjusted my clothes, I also sat up and kept quiet. So is he. To this day, I still haven’t lost the nervousness in my chest and other feelings in myself. Why is that?“In any minute, we will be there,” he said. I just nodded to him.I remembered that I didn’t have anything with me except my cellphone. “I’ll just send you to the staff there to buy your clothes. We will get back to the Philippines after two days,” he continued. So I immediately turned to him.“Two days? Can I call my family because they might wonder why I didn’t come home today?” I asked. He looked at me with a severe face.“Of course, you can call them. Do you want me to be the one who will talk to your family?” I immediately shook twice. Of course not! Maybe Lucky can answer, and what else will he think?“I can handle it, Sir. It seems like you are kidnapping me, but of course, this is part of my job as your secretary.” I smiled at him at that.“For the record, Ms. Santos. I didn’t kidnap you, okay?” he said.
When Lucille ended the call, Alessandra frowned because of what Lucille said. In her mind, how come Judiel brings her to Japan? Alessandra is just twenty-two years old, while Lucille is twenty-seven. When Attorney Chu introduced Alessandra to Lucile to be her secretary, Lucille immediately accepted the offer because she knew that Ales and the Attorney would be helpful to her. Alessandra is dedicated to her job as secretary of Lucille since Alessandra only has Lucille and Attorney Chu. She’s been an orphan for twenty-two years; Attorney Chu adopted her. Lucille helped her have a stable life. She knew Lucille’s secret, and she promised herself that she wouldn’t betray Lucille. She went out to the office after everything she did. She has been who’s Lucille trusted for years. Every employee in Lucille’s company respected her, just like how they respected Lucille. “Ms. Ales, the one you requested me will send to you tomorrow morning.” A woman approached her. She nodded and smiled before
We both fell silent while eating. I think I lost myself when Judiel brought up that topic."Look ..." I looked at him when he talked, "I'm sorry. I don't know.""It's all right, sir. Nobody is aware of it, and it's the first time someone has questioned about my family." He was taken aback by what I said. It seemed strange that he was the first to ask about my parents in front of me.He asked, "Really?" and I nodded.I never answered questions about my family since I didn't know what to say. I was simply a kid who had no idea what was going on, and Mom was my sole running companion. My classmates used to taunt me because Lucky and I only had a helper at a public school, so we began to think of her as our mother, so they wouldn't tease us. I was terrified of going back in time. In my dream, what happened then repeated again and again."I don't like it when people inquire about my personal life, but if you insist, Sir. I'll address a few of your questions..." What I stated drew a grimace
Everyone was silent, no one spoke for a few seconds. I looked at the helper who was looking at me seriously. I didn't give her any reaction, I just turned to Judiel who was also looking at me. “Are you sure? Aren't you hurt? ” I shook my head at Judiel's question."No one was hurt, I'm fine too so she shouldn't be fired. I'll just apologize to you, Mom. ” I bowed to Joanah, the mother of Judiel. When I looked at her face again, anger was evident. Maybe because I called her Mom.I also turned to Juziel who also had a trace of anger on her face, I smirked at her whose eyes widened even more. “You—”"Love, is it okay if..what's your name again?" I turned to the helper who until now seemed to have not lost her panic."Janice, my name is Janice… Ma'am." I smiled at her. I turned to Judiel again to say that I was the only one who should order Janice.“Is it okay that I have her as my personal assistant?”“Personal assistant? Are you crazy, Lucille? How could you have her as your personal as
The next day, I took Lucky to the hospital with mom. Lucky still doesn't talk to me but he lets me talk to him. Ales was the one I instructed to look at and teach Lucky. They also went back to our big house and I took Alley with us because she was the only one in her home. She has also been without a parent for a long time so the only thing that keeps her alive is working for me.I went back to Judiel's mansion after I took them home. I told Judiel last night that I would not sleep in their house, he agreed and now I also told him that I would go back to the house. He was not there, in the office and still fixing the problem. They can no longer fix that because they can no longer see the person who stole from them a large amount. I made sure they wouldn’t catch my staff."You came back." As soon as I entered the house, Juziel was staring at me. I ignored her and was about to go straight to the bedroom when she pulled me. “I'm still talking to you, Lucille…” I looked at her hand holdi
We got home and to the great surprise of Alley and my mother, we were already escorting Lucky inside. "What's happening? Mother asked. They helped us put Lucky in his room. The weight of my brother. "Why does Lucky have a bruise, Lucille?" traces on mother's face that she was worried. I looked at her."He got into a fight when we got there at the club, I will bring him to the doctor tomorrow if he has a broken bone or anything injured in the body," I replied. I looked at Ales and Alley. "Leave us here first." They nodded and left at once.I sat next to Lucky, Mom undressed him so I helped him take care of Lucky. She gets him lukewarm water first. "He's back to what he was before." I stopped when Mom spoke, what did she mean?"What was it, mom?" I asked. She looked at me seriously and her face was sad. "What was he before? What are you doing when I'm gone?" I added a question."Ever since you worked in Manila, he has been a gangster. Every time he came home he had bruises. He just stop
I was left crying in his room, he came out earlier and I know he hasn’t lost his temper yet. I don't know what I will do to get Lucky to talk to me again. "Lucille." I turned to Alley, with her were Ales and Mother Elsa. Mom came up to me and hugged me.“He will understand you soon, as long as you don't give up on your brother, Lucille. When you are still young, you two are already on the same side. ” I bit my lower lip and nodded to her. She’s right, Lucky and I are the only ones on everything in life.When we were kids, there wasn’t a day that we weren’t with each other and every time someone got into a fight with one of us, we defended each other. I'm very guilty of Lucky now, so he also had a lot of issues with me. I know it’s hard to explain everything to him. If I include him in my fight that I know is dangerous for him, will he accept me?"What are you going to do now?" I turned to Alessandra when she asked. Nothing enters my brain, I think of my brother how I can tame him with
We went straight to Judiel’s room after he took me away from them. I just watched him quietly because I didn't think I could calm him down. I helped him put our clothes in his walk in closet. He stopped and faced me. “Are you sure about this? Is it okay for us to live here? ” he asked hesitantly.I smiled at him and nodded. If he worries for me what his family will do when he's gone, that's part of my plan. Until he continues to be angry with his parents and find out more about their true identity. "I am sure. Don’t worry, I can do it myself. And I know that their treatment of me will change, not now but in the days to come. ” I smiled at him and kissed him.That's why we really stand out but if we do that, I won't be able to make my plan here. “I know you can, as long as my family did something to you. Tell me, I will not let them hurt you. ” I held his hand. He was very worried about me, he should worry about his family because I was with them but of course, he didn't know that.“I
After two days, we both packed our things to go back to Manila. We had very little clothes so we didn't bring much with us on the trip. We left the house with them to take care of it as well. And now, while we were on the trip we just talked about what was going to happen. He planned to introduce me to his family as a wife. I don’t even know what their reaction will be."You should sleep first, we're still far away." I looked at him and nodded. He was right, I had to sleep because I had no sleep last night. We did something romantic last night before we left the next day.The trip time ended and we arrived at their house. I was nervous but I stopped because I shouldn't. I’m already here on my next plan to get into their family life, I shouldn’t back down. "Are you ready?" I nodded to his question. He took my hand and squeezed it gently. “Don’t worry, I am here. Okay? ” He smiled.I knew that he would not leave me alone in front of his family. We got out of the car together and walked
Our wedding ended, I was still talking to other people and the others went home already. I am pretty sure there are a lot of people even though Judiel and I don't know some of them, because he told Jose to invite a lot of people and anyone can do that. I’m going to be crazy, because we really seem to be married in a big church and many know because of the number of guests taken."Hey, look." I looked at Angela with a frown, I turned to the right where she was looking. "Your man is already married, he is still being approached," he added.I couldn’t move when I saw Nicole and Judiel seem to be talking happily, my chest tightening not knowing the reason as I saw Judiel smiling at the others. I should be happy and lose my boyfriend if he talks to someone else, we're married and that's all I need. But why do I feel pain now?"Are you okay?" I avoided Angela. "Do you want us to go?" she asked again. I shook my head and turned to her.“Where is Berting? Let's go home first, ” I told her. An
The day of Judiel and I's wedding came, everyone was busy helping with the preparation. They prepared a lot of food, they even wondered why Judiel prepared so much if it was just a civil wedding, as if we were going to get married in the church. They added that we were the first pretentious to get married.“Admit it, you two are rich, Lucille? Just come here to get away because you're hiding, right? ” I laughed at what Angela said. What is haunting their minds. I don't know with Judiel, I told him to be simple, he doesn't want to because this is the first time he will get married."We're just saving so that's it, we've been saving for this for a long time." I averted my eyes from her and went back in front of the mirror. She was the one who fixed me up so she always asked if Judiel or I was rich.“After your wedding? What is your plan? ” asked by her again. I was silent because I didn’t know what I was going to do next. This was probably the first time I didn’t know what to do."To lo
We spent three weeks in Tarlac, Diego was still working. Last week he ordered Liam his work supplies and occasionally he only did online meetings. I want to feel sorry or feel guilty every time I see him sacrificing something in his life for me but that’s not my job. I meant to get him away and get him even more so why would I feel sorry for him?I approached him and brought coffee. "Thank you." He smiled. I stroked his hand and kissed his head. It seemed stressful, so I started to massage her. "Hmmm.""You look tired? Are you still?" My poor question. He was looking at his laptop as if something was wrong. I also rubbed his head and forehead."There was a problem with the company. Mommy and daddy, as well as Juziel and my cousins, kept calling. They were introducing a new person to the company, I don't think the background was investigated. They stole a large amount, it was investment funds on an important project of ours. They also didn't allow Liam to speak because the man was just