Nobela ni Winny

Chapter 15As soon as Elena noticed that Doris had left her clothes behind, she quickly grabbed them, leading to both of them tumbling down the stairs together.“What is happening here? Who are you, and how dare you push my granddaughter in-law down?” Grandpa Morris exclaimed as he arrived just in time to witness the chaos.Servants rushed in, carefully lifting Elena to check if she was injured. Both women had minor scratches on their heads, but thankfully, Elena was nearly at the bottom of the stairs when the incident occurred.Doris, seeing the old man, decided to play her cards right. She started crying, “Elena pushed me down the stairs! I only wanted to ask her some questions because I was lost in the house, and she got angry!” Her tears flowed easily, a tactic she was all too familiar with.But Grandpa Morris was not swayed by her theatrics. He rushed over to Elena, who was still lying on the floor, groaning in pain. “If anything happens to my granddaughter, and the child, I swe

Chapter 14Elena stayed calm. She didn’t want to talk about Carlos; she hoped never to see him again. Bryan waited for her to say something, but she just looked at the floor. He realized she wasn’t ready to discuss it.“I know it’s hard for you to talk about him, but don’t you think sharing would help us?” Bryan asked again.“There’s nothing to say. He’s not part of our lives anymore,” Elena replied, her smile fading.“Just tell me his name, where he works, and what your relationship was like before it went bad. I hardly know anything about you,” Bryan urged.“Stop it, Bryan! It won’t work! In a year, everything between us will end. Why does it matter?” Elena shot back.Bryan understood she was stubborn. He thought if he was patient, she might share when she was ready. “I just want to know if he’s someone we can handle if things get worse,” he said softly.“You don’t need to worry about him. He’s nobody!” Elena assured him, and her confidence made Bryan believe her.“Then we have not

Chapter 13“I don’t owe you an explanation, Doris. Why are you here?” Bryan asked, coldly.Doris began to cry and sniffle. “So my being here annoys you? This is the first time you’ve asked me why I came instead of just carrying me up to your desk to devour me.Have you lost interest in me? Who is she? What’s her family’s name?” she kept asking. Bryan didn’t deny anything, which confirmed what she heard was true.Bryan rubbed his head, trying not to escalate the situation since his secretary was watching. “Let’s go to my office; you’re making a scene here,” he replied, walking back to his office with Doris following behind, looking like a sad child.Grandpa Morris went to the mall and bought various baby clothes and toys, excited to welcome his great-grandson. “Where did all this come from? Who bought it?” Elena asked the maid who was unpacking boxes in her room.“They’re for you, ma’am! Grandpa sent them,” the maid replied, heading out for more.Elena stood up and went outside to find

Chapter 12“What? I thought you said I could stay as long as I wanted! Why are you kicking me out now?” Elena asked Theresa with a surprised face.“Because your fiancé thinks we're the ones keeping you from him,” Theresa replied.Angry, Elena stood up and went outside to find Bryan.“What’s going on?” she shouted at him without any pleasantries.“My grandfather is in the hospital. His blood pressure shot up when I told him you called off the engagement because you wouldn’t sign the contract papers,” Bryan explained, but Elena cut him off.“How does that concern me? Get a wife and leave me alone!” she snapped, trying to walk away. Bryan grabbed her arms firmly, stopping her from leaving.“Please help me, Elena. Just stay with me for a year, then you can go. I’ll take good care of your child too, just help us, I promise I won't go overbound,” he pleaded.Elena remembered how she begged him at the airport and how he saved her.“This is a big request, you know right?” she said gently.“Ye

Elena smashed the paper on top of the table and walked out from the room angrily.She went back to the room she slept in, picked up the clothes she wore the day Bryan took her and walked out from the mansion angrily without looking back.As she walked through the Estate, tears escaped from her eyes. She felt so cheap and stupid, she blamed herself for pretending to be Bryan's fiancée at first.“ How can I get into a contract marriage with him with this baby inside of me?” Elena murmured.As much as the money written on the contract was huge, she couldn't bear to give birth to her child under the roof of another man.“ What if he claims the baby? What if Carlos comes back to take him?” Elena pondered all those questions.She decided to go to the court straight instead of the restaurant, she had to send the divorce papers to Carlos first, she didn't want him to be the one to send it to her first.After spending long hours at the magistrate court they promised her that her mail would be

“I’m not embarrassed, just take the ring!” Elena gulped and looked at the guests staring at her. She felt foolish and weak, trying to decide what to do. She thought of leaving Bryan and his ring at that spot but it might send the old man back to the hospital, but it would at least save her from the humiliation she felt right now.“Just take the ring; I’ll tell Grandpa you called it off later,” Bryan whispered, with a reassuring face.Elena scratched her neatly styled hair, her hands trembling, which her heart contemplated on what to do.“Come on, pretty lady, say yes already!” one man shouted,Elena was making them wait for long.Without saying anything, Bryan slid the ring onto her finger. The crowd clapped, but Elena stayed calm, refusing to smile and perplexed.She wondered why she allowed Bryan to do that, she had the whole opportunity to run out but she didn't.She remained quiet throughout the dinner, which felt more like her engagement party. Strange faces congratulated her, a