Novels by jeanS

Anna sat in her father’s living room. The rest of the Guevarra family were there as well.Contrary to what Anna had expected earlier, there conversation had nothing to do with the result of the videos.She silently eyed her father who was busy talking business with Dalton and his grandfather.They would laugh from time to time during their conversation. There was absolutely no hints from her father about the videos which had been the reason why they were all there.She sighed. She guess it was probably because they found nothing in all of those videos.“I’m really excited about your upcoming fashion show, Nora,” Dianne lovingly said. “I’m inviting all of my friends to watch you, Anna,” she winked at her daughter-in-law who slightly blushed.“I bet Keríe and Jeave would be there as well,” Nora said. “They might even try to recruit you again once they see what they’ve been missing all this time.”“I don’t think they’re missing a lot though,” Anna responded. “Since they have Rachel with

“Why, I have just been talking to Mr. Lomer,” Mr. Burton continued. “He’s also quite grateful for both of your help.”A man from another table motioned for Mr. Burton, so he had to say his goodbye.“Well, I have to go now. My client is here,” he explained. “Have a nice lunch, Ms. Anna and Miss Rachel. It was nice seeing you both in here.”Once Mr.Burton was seated in his own table, Rachel turned to Anna. “What was that about?”“Remember the reopened cases?”“The ones you had been stressing about for weeks?”“Yes, that one.”“Well?”“They’re all taken care of now.”“All of them?”“Yes.”“Wow,” Rachel looked pleased. “Congrats, Anna! I knew you could do it!”“Well, that’s the thing,” Anna mumbled.“What?”“Those didn’t get solved solely because of my team.”“Well”“Dalton, I suspected, had a hand with things. And today, Mr. Burton practically confirmed it.”“Oh?”“I also saw Dalton yesterday with Mr. Seanne.”“You mean Mr. Burton’s rival?”“Yes.”Rachel inhaled. “I mean, this is in char

"He's a sweet-talker, that boy," Gordon said. "Let's just hope, that for everyone's sake, he'd always been true to your marriage." "Of course he had, Dad," Anna said. "You've known him ever since he was a kid. And you always said that he was an honest child." "I suppose that's true," Gordon replied as he bit on a toast. "I heard he's been ordering food for you all this time?" "Only if he doesn't have the time to cook," Anna replied. Gordon nodded as he seemed to ponder about something. The father and daughter continued their breakfast. After a while, he addressed Anna. "I will be meeting up with a few investors today, so I can't stay. Then I will be having a talk later with the people I assigned to review the videos." Anna inhaled. She still can't believe her father actually hired people to do that job. She wonder what he told them it was about. "I want the two of you to be here tonight, okay?" "Okay, Dad." Anna had no choice but to agree. Her dad hugged her once the

"Dad, you were supposed to be on vacation!" Anna protested. "You too, Grandpa?" Anna asked in disbelief when she spotted the former chairman sitting on the couch. "Well," Klen said, "your father dragged me all the way back home, because instead of relaxing, he was stressing." "Who wouldn't be stressed with all that's been happening?" Gordon demanded. "Dad, everything's been taken care of now," Anna assured her dad. "You don't have to worry about anything." "See?" Klen seconded. "I told you the kids are capable of handling things on their own." Anna nodded. "How about you set off to continue your vacation?" "That is absolutely out of the question." Gordon replied."I had a talk with Atty. Moore, and he said that the media's already been taken care of. Thank goodness for that."Now," Gordon continued, "I want to hear all about these reopened cases.""That is actually also being wrapped up already," Anna joyfully replied."Oh?" Klen asked, intrigued."All of the opposing parties w

Rachel was pacing back and forth while Anna was seated on the living room couch. "Okay, what's wrong? Anna asked, curious. "I'm just thinking about Ivan,"Rachel replied. "Who?" "Ivan, my ex-boyfriend, Nora's ex. That Ivan." "Oh, you mean the cheater?" "Yes, the cheater." "Why are you still thinking about him, anyway?" "I never heard about nor from him again." "Isn't that a good thing?" "It is," Rachel admitted. "Well?" Anna raised an eyebrow. Rachel huffed. "I know, I made it seem like I don't care. But I'm really curious on what Nora did to make that guy as silent as he is right now." "Isn't Dalton enough reason for him not to show his face anymore?" "Believe it or not, that guy cares more about his 15 minutes of fame rather than worrying about Dalton." "Oh?" "Yeah. That guy was a clout-chaser and a social climber." Anna furrowed her brows. "Odd, since he never publicized your relationship." "He probably thought he'd get more fame with Nora," Ra

He quickly directed his gaze towards Anna’s group who were discreetly staring at him while the restaurant’s manager was talking endlessly about how glad they were that Anna decided to pay them a visit and how it has been so long since he had seen Anna last.“That is to say, Mrs. Guevarra, that Mr. Guevarra is also here with a client,” the manager finished, but there was no need for that because Dalton was already making his way towards Anna.“Love,” he said, reaching for a peck on Anna’s temple. “I didn't know you were coming. I had fixed for lunch to be delivered to your office today.” Dalton looked at Mark who immediately dialled a number, presumably cancelling the food order.Anna smiled at Dalton, sensing his tensed aura. “What were you doing here?”“Oh, um, I was meeting with a client,” he said breathlessly as he changed the subject. “How about you? Are you celebrating something?”“Well,” Anna said, “we are. We are in the process of wrapping a number of cases that have been buggi