All Chapters of TCST 1: Secrets Beyond: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

"Mr. Craige, what can you say about the trending photos of you and the ex-journalist, Hazel Quin?""Are you and Miss Quin dating?""What is the status between you Miss Quin?""How long have you been with Miss Quin?""Miss Quin, is it true that you only dated Mr. Craige for money?""Is it really you who posted your photos on Instagram, Mr. Craige? Or is it Miss Quin's doing?""Are you two just dating or are you now married?""You two were in Maldives for a week, how does it feel to be on an island with one of the most prominent businessmen in Australia?"Reporters and cameramen from different news companies in Sydney and even outside the city were after us as we tried to make it through the parking lot. There were airport staffs and security guards trying to shield us from the energy of the reporters around who welcomed us the moment we touched the ground of Sydney.Good thing that we were informed before we went out of t

 I spent the whole day alone in a dark room, I didn't bother switching on the lights as darkness was the perfect match for my mood. Caleb never did show up, not even once. I was expecting him to apologize, hoping that he was just in a bad mood this morning that's why he said those words, but nothing. There was nothing, he didn't come. Not even when lunch came, I waited for him to invite me to lunch but he didn't.A new housekeeper named Len was the one who knocked to tell me that it was time for lunch, but when I found out that Caleb was taking lunch in his library and not with me, I chose not to eat lunch and starve myself. Now, I was starting to regret it as I felt hunger consuming me, I wanted to go to the kitchen and search for food but I held my ground. My chest was still heavy for the things that Caleb told me.I wasn't expecting him to say that hence the blow was too painful for me to bear. And what hurt me more was when he told me that I should go

"Baby, will you please talk to me now?"I sighed as I heard him plead again for the third time. I've been silent since he said that he was planning to announce our relationship in public through ZNA TV press, the idea didn't go with me. Once he announced and confirmed our relationship, I knew mom would never hesitate to go here and insist to meet him. And I knew it wasn't because she was concerned for me, she would surely persist me to get money from him and I wouldn't do that.Never did it once come to my mind to ask for money from Caleb, I never asked money for him. I was eager to work hard for my success and using money that I never worked hard for was never my thing. But then, it was different for my mother. Surely, if she confirmed that I was really dating Caleb who was a known businessman, she would start asking money from time to time and she would stop working. That's how she was, I knew it too well."Baby—""Caleb, will you please stop even

 Hazel Quin'sMy memory of what happened last night was hazy, but I did remember that I started to tell Caleb what was it about my mother. I also remember that I wasn't able to finish my story because he already pulled me in his embrace and I cried there, unable to talk more. After that, I didn't know what happened anymore and now, I just woke up. That meant I fell asleep while crying or I didn't know if I stopped or not.Caleb was nowhere to be found again even after I got showered, he wasn't here. Wearing the outfit that I chose for today, I stepped out of the bedroom and the silent and cold hallway greeted me again. It has always been like this here, cold and silent. But there were times that this hallway doesn't feel like this, maybe it was just because I wasn't in the mood. I don't know.I was thinking of checking him on his library because that's where he might probably be, but then, I remember that it was workday today and he might be at the

 After Len told me her story as Caleb's cousin, she started to be more talkative with me. It was late morning now and I was busy in front of my laptop, reading the journalism materials that I retrieved on my flash drive when I was still a student. I was serious when I said I would do some recap to make sure that my skills were still intact. After months of being Caleb's secretary, I started enjoying the job despite the fact that I only did it because of my plan. Having that said, I wasn't sure if my journalism skills were still intact since there was a fine difference between being a journalist and a secretary of a company's chief executive officer.Len on the other hand did all the housekeeper duties; from sweeping and mopping the floor to washing of dishes. As she does her chores, she would talk to me from time to time over some things, perhaps getting to know me better and I to her. But when she saw that I was reviewing my journalism modules, she stopped talki