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MICHELLE STRUGGLED to keep her emotions under control while she waited for her husband and father to come out of the study room. She kept walking back and forth, and biting her nails while a lot of what-ifs whirled around her head."Your father seems a big mess." She heard the familiar voice of the housekeeper, who she did not notice was already watching her from the stairs.Turning to Priscilla, she raised an eyebrow and said, "What did you just say?"Priscilla walked towards her, arms crossed against her chest. Michelle could not help but be insulted by the way the housekeeper eyed her. It was humiliating, and it was adding to the anxiety spiking inside her chest."I bet he came here to ask for money from Mr. Steinfield," Priscilla added as she stood in front of her. "By his looks, I know what he is up for.""Can you please stop sticking your nose in my business?" Her voice was low and deep, yet it was filled with the utmost anger.Priscil

MEGAN GAVE her a teasing look. Michelle could only roll her eyes as she finished another bottle of beer. The sting feeling went through her mouth down to her lungs, and it made her feel so hot all over."Ahhh!" She exhaled into her satisfaction and then wiped her mouth. "This is life!"She raised both of her hands in the air, but then she felt as if her world was spinning, making her lay down on the couch while she hugged the empty bottle of beer. Megan laughed at her sight. Michelle was clearly drunk, and so was she. Sitting on the cold floor, while half of her body was leaning on the couch, Megan could not help but tease her best friend."Thirty minutes have passed. Do you think he will come or not?" she asked.Michelle pouted her lips. Her eyelids felt so heavy that she could no longer open her eyes properly. Sighing, she shook her head to answer Megan’s question."Ethan will not come. He’s busy with Ashley," she said dryly.M

MICHELLE blinked awake at the throbbing pain in her head. When she opened her eyes, the familiar ceiling welcomed her sight. As she sat upright, her hand massaged the side of her head that was hurting."Shit, I will never drink a beer again..." she murmured as she winced.Her eyes surveyed the four corners of her bedroom. She could not recall how she got home in one piece. As she tried to remember what happened last night, the door opened, and then Ethan entered the room holding a cup of something.Michelle could not help but check him out. He was a walking temptation, dressed in a gray bathrobe that flowed down the floor, with a smell of aftershave and a cool body wash, and a drooling charisma that she could hardly ignore. She sucked in a breath as his pair of marble gray eyes locked onto her, making her feel a morning shiver down her spine."Drink this," Ethan ordered and handed her the cup.She then realized it was ginger lemon tea. Taking the c

ETHAN’S STUDY room was big enough for a large group, yet Michelle found it small for the three of them—she, Ethan, and his ex-girlfriend. With Ashley around, she felt like she was being suffocated, and did not have much space to move.Still, she remained seated on the couch as she watched them work on their project. While Ethan was talking casually to the woman and seemingly handling the situation as pure business, Ashley could not seem to behave properly. The way she tapped Ethan in the arm as she showered him praise for his bright ideas and chuckled seductively to get his attention made Michelle burn inside."The nerve of this woman..." she mumbled, massaging the side of her head while leaning her back on the couch, with pouted lips and eyes like a surveillance camera.Although Ethan gave Michelle a look that was telling her to take a chill pill, she only rolled her eyes and continued gawking at them from the corner. Just in case Ashley does someth

WITH HER HEART pounding wildly, Michelle turned to the door as soon as Megan opened it. Despite how her body tensed up, her lips managed to form a smile. Ethan might have come to pick them up, and she wanted to be her best self when he saw her.But when the door widely opened, her eyes glanced over at the familiar face of a man who was absolutely good-looking in his all-dark blue formal attire, wearing a sexy smirk that made her best friend gasp in surprise—a man who was not Ethan, but none other than Andrew, his best friend, who turned out to be Megan’s boyfriend."Andrew!" Megan exclaimed.The next thing Michelle witnessed was the two hugging each other, like they hadn't been able to see each other for a long time. Seconds later, they kissed, and that was Michelle’s cue to turn her gaze away, feeling totally awkward."I thought I was imagining and saw the mother of my future children for a brief seconds. God, you look amazing, Meg!"