All Chapters of Marriage Bargain: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"Why did you never tell me anything about this, Cairen?" I mumbled in the air, wishing she was there, filling me in on the half of her life she forgot to tell me. I was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, and exhausted from enjoying the town with Mikaella. Fortunately, she went with Mama to help with the grocery and I can have my alone time. However, I can't forget what Evan said before he gave his number. "You can't easily mend what is broken, Cairen. We face consequences whatever decision we make, and I am glad to see you again.” I watched him leave, and the two chatted outside. But he never told Grace I was there before they left. I don't know what Evan was trying to mean with his words. Is it hard to forgive? Maybe, Cairen has done so much for me that it depends. I want to laugh at that thought. I was about to close my eyes when I heard my phone ringing. I felt it next to the bed with my eyes closed and answered the call. "Hello?" 'I am outside your house.' Zach is on

My thoughts were outside the glass window of the café. Will Evan come? I’m not sure. Maybe he changed his mind. It’s been three days since Zach and I saw each other after the engagement party; that was the last time. We should meet when he has to make his date with Grace. I took a deep breath and almost finished the watermelon juice I had bought. He’s not really coming. Why should I hope he would come when he said we would meet? I get on my feet and grab my juice. More customers were coming, and what was quiet earlier was now noisy. He looked up at the door, and from there, Evan entered with a hurried walk, and he was sweaty. I stopped walking away from the table. Our eyes meet. “Sorry, Cairen, if I’m just now. I just arrived in town.” “It’s okay,” I said, ignoring that I had been waiting for almost an hour. “Have you been here before?” he asked, sitting on the chair across from me. “Yes, but I understand, Evan,” I said with a smile. If it were just me, I would really confess to t

I looked around the university, searching for the familiar face of Evan, and it's been a week. Earlier I accompanied Mikaella to the airport with my parents. Mika was complaining to her father about why she needed to get home and begging Uncle Tyrone to extend her vacation.But Uncle had enough. Who would not know his daughter wasted money again in a week? She had wasted millions on shopping. I told her to stop being a shopaholic, but she did not listen.And she was grounded with her frozen account and card. I shook my head, remembering what happened, and I couldn't blame Uncle Tyrone for his decision. If I were him, I should have punished Mika more harshly.Evan called me last night to meet him at Natel University, and here I am. He has a summer class, but I don't know why we need to meet here at the university.I sat on the bench on the ground under the trunk of a tree that encircled the vast land in the middle front of the university. In front of me was a five-story building, and on

I stared at Giovanni sitting on the couch, roaming his eyes around, I had no plan to let him in, but he went inside like he had right going inside. "Are you staying here?" he asked, stopping to look at me standing at the door. I don't know what to do, stay rooted here or depart to my room. Ah! I didn't ask why he was there. "Yes, and why are you here?" I asked, folding my arms. His face scowled, and he looked away from me. "I want to have a talk with Zach. Where is he?" His voice strained with his tensed jaw. What did I do to make him angry like that? "Somewhere partying or whatever life he is doing," I answered in complete sarcasm. "Now you just realized what kind of Zach, and still you choose him. Like how he poisoned Grandfather's mind," he gruffed. I saw his hand fisted and his eyes burning on the poor cushion across him, lying silently on the couch. I raised my eyebrows at what I heard. The brothers really hate each other. It's a good thing Zach wasn't here. If Zach is her

What is the biggest thing you ever wanted in one moment? That was to find Hannah and Blake crushing their faces, but no, I am devastated. I was downing the milk tea while I was staring at the children playing on the playground of the park.And one of them noticed my sharp stares, and they whispered what is doing a woman like her sitting on the swing and having a murderous face? They stopped playing and walked away, whispering.Afraid.I didn't go back to the concert, texted Grace I was not feeling well and turned off my phone. My grip on the milk tea tightened, choking it.Zach's words were repeating in my head like a broken cassette tape. She did everything to dump his girlfriend! That woman was a temptress! She looks like an angel but with two horns and a triad. Fortunately, Zach called his cousin and lied to her that she was needed at his grandfather's house.Zach told me his help wasn't free and was in exchange for something he had never told me. I took a deep breath, gritting my