Chapter: Chapter 54Kaylie’s words wrapped around Elizabeth like a soothing balm, gently easing her tension away. “Thank you…” Elizabeth whispered, her voice cracking with emotion. She tightened her arms around Kaylie, her head nestling into the warmth of her shoulder as she sniffled, trying to stem the flow of tears. “Thank you, ma.”A soft smile spread across Kaylie’s face as she tenderly rubbed Elizabeth’s head with one hand and gently patted her back with the other. “It’s fine, Eli.” She murmured, her voice a gentle whisper, allowing Elizabeth to shift and move however she needed to without constraint.As Elizabeth’s head found its comfortable spot, she let out a deep breath and closed her eyes, her body slowly relaxing. Minutes ticked by, and she drifted off to sleep. But the sweet calm was shattered by the acrid smell of burning stew, jolting them both awake. “Hun?!” They exclaimed in unison, eyes wide with alarm.Elizabeth’s head shot up, and she rushed to check the stew, while Kaylie, still dis
Last Updated: 2025-05-10
Chapter: Chapter 53-Later in the day-Elizabeth hesitated in the doorway, her head peeking into the parlor like a cautious whisper. The room was empty, and with a quiet resolve, she slipped inside, the door creaking softly shut behind her. For a moment, she stood frozen, her thoughts swirling in a silent debate. Then, with a deep breath, she steeled herself and took her first step forward, her determination warring with the doubts that lingered in her mind.As she reached the door to Kaylie’s room, her hand rose, hesitating in mid-air. The distance between her fingers and the door handle grew, a chasm of uncertainty yawning open. The doubts won out, and her hand faltered, hovering just out of reach.‘Should I really do this?’ She wondered, her brow furrowing as doubt etched across her face. ‘Should I just resign as a price I’ll have to pay for my mistakes?’‘If I do, can I really hide from the consequences? Won’t she find me wherever I go if she’s determined?’ Her thoughts swirled, tangling in a kno
Last Updated: 2025-05-09
Chapter: Chapter 52Gage’s mind had been boiling in a rage since they left Director Rachel’s house. “That lady must pay!” He growled, his words echoing for the second time - first, as they exited Director Rachel’s compound, and now, as they waited for the Garcia main gate to swing open.As the gates creaked open, Richard’s foot hovered over the accelerator, ready to move forward. But Kaylie’s stopped voice halted him. “Wait,” she said softly, her eyes locking onto Gage’s as she turned to face him. “Gage, I need you to take a step back. Elizabeth’s actions were directed at me, not you. Can you let me handle it?”“But-” his lips parted to protest, but Kaylie's raised finger silenced him, its gentle gesture imbued with an unspoken authority that only she seemed to wield. He swallowed his words, his eyes locked on hers as he waited for her to continue.“It’s connected to you, yes, but the device was planted on me,” Kaylie pointed out, her voice even and measured. “I’m asking you, please, to let me handle t
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Chapter: Chapter 51“Stop!” Vera’s voice echoed as she rushed out of Sadie’s room. “Don’t give her the money!” Vera’s authoritative tone brooked no argument, and Sadie’s hand hovered, frozen in mid-air, hesitated, unsure whether to hand the envelope to Elizabeth.Elizabeth’s eyes widened, her mouth agape as she stared at Vera. “What are you talking about?” She demanded, her words tumbling out in a rush. As Vera approached, Elizabeth’s gaze locked onto hers. “What do you mean, she shouldn’t give me the money?” Her voice rose, worry and frustration boiling over. “Why? Why shouldn’t she give me the money? Who are you to dictate?”Elizabeth reached out, her arm stretching toward Sadie, but Vera swiftly snatched the envelope. “What are you doing?!” Elizabeth’s voice escalated, her face twisted in frustration.Vera raised an eyebrow, her arms crossing over her chest as she leaned slightly to one side. A discreet smile played on her lips as she gazed fiercely at Elizabeth. “Taking the money because you don’
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Chapter: Chapter 50“If we lose now, it’s over... the end of everything.”Kaylie’s gaze locked with Rachel’s, and she nodded slowly. “I know, Ma.” She agreed.Gage shifted forward in his seat, his eyes fixed on Rachel. “What’s the way forward now, Director?” He asked, waiting for her to break eye contact with Kaylie and meet his gaze. “We need a way forward. That old man is desperate.”Director Rachel nodded in agreement. “His actions shouldn’t surprise you. You know how he operates. This isn’t his first time, but it should be his last,”She paused, taking a deep breath—a rare moment of respite from the verbal sparring matches with Chairman Paul. “We need to win and make him regret his actions. This must be his last attempt to destroy either you or her,” she emphasized, her right index finger wagging twice. “If this continues or happens one more time, we can’t predict the consequences...”She drummed her fingers on her palm, concern etched on her face. “We need to cut off his options and clarify that he’
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Chapter: Chapter 49Richard parked in front of the house and rushed out, hurrying into the compound. The maids watched him, their eyes lingering on his retreating figure until he vanished behind the door.As soon as he closed the door, they exchanged knowing glances, their faces breaking into soft chuckles. “That’s how he’ll be running up and down…” one whispered, and the other scoffed, clapping her hands in amusement. “I hate him. The way he speaks, walks… everything about him. He’s no different from that silly lady, Vera…”The first maid shook her head, opposing her friend’s view. “No, he’s not like that. That’s why I have a crush on him. He’s gentle and looks amazing—even better than young Master Gage. Richard is just so perfect…”The second maid shot her a scornful look, her face twisted in disgust. “You can’t be serious.” She hissed, turning away.Her friend followed, calling out, “Wait! Did I say anything wrong?”Richard entered the parlor and hastened to Kaylie’s room. He knocked on the door, but
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Chapter: Chapter 014Clara grabbed Rebecca’s arm and shook her body. “You heard her, don’t you?” She asked, instructing. “Apologize this instant, Rebecca! This is your only opportunity and I bet you won’t want to trade it for anything,”Seeing Rebecca not making any move, tears clouded in Clara’s voice and she lowered her voice, saying, “I bet you know the wrath this stubbornness is about to bring upon you,”She took her hand off Rebecca and weakly nodded her head twice. “This is our only chance of surviving and if we lose it, I won’t forgive you,” she threatened, slightly hitting herself on the chest. “I’ll disown and never forgive you.”A drop of tear fell from Clara’s eyes as she proceeded. “Upon all my struggles on you, Rebecca, is this how you want to repay me? You want me to keep struggling until my old age, right? You want me to lose hope, right?” She tried manipulating her. “Is this how you treat your mother, Rebecca?”Rebecca sniffed and tears rushed out of her eyes. She didn’t want to apologize.
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Chapter: Chapter 013“Yes!” Clara confirmed with a raised voice.Rebecca’s eyes widened, and she weakly took a step back. “No… no…” she uttered in a low voice, slowly shaking her head. “This can’t be…”She scanned Mia from head to toe and joggled her head, speaking with a treble voice. “This lady is impersonating Mia,” she objected. Mia was the only heiress to the second wealthiest in the city, but she never appear in a public place people couldn’t identify her.“Why will an heiress wear something like this?” Mia uttered, staring at Mia, disgusted.Rebecca snickered. “I mean, this dress is cheap and her bag isn’t even a designer one,” she pointed out. “No diamond ring, no special bracelet,”She elevated her shoulder, belittling, “common on, mom. Don’t let this idiot fool you. She can’t be the heiress. She doesn’t even have a physique for that.”Clara winked at Rebecca, cautioning her, but Rebecca turned a blind eye and continued pouring out her mind.“Mom, I think the best to do is call the police and arre
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Chapter: Chapter 013“What should I do?” Christine uttered, almost in a whisper.Sarah, Harold, Rebecca, and Charles shifted their attention to the speaker. With furrowed brows, they watched her walk closer in a long stride. Her heel resonated on the floor, and another lady walked behind her.Immediately as she arrived beside Sarah, Rebecca raised her eyebrows, challenging, “who are you to intervene in your conversation? Are you also a worker here? Why are you all so rude?”Christine’s eyes widened, and she looked at Rebecca. “How dare you?!” She challenged, but the lady stopped her with a raise of her hand.The lady chuckled. She authoritatively raised her brows and bent her neck to the left a little. “Me? Rude?” She uttered in disbelief.Rebecca joggled her head, her eyes enlarged, staring into Mia’s eyes. “Yes, you are,” she confirmed and took a step forward. “You’re rude, I repeat. You’re so rude. Is that too much for me to say? Hun,”She took another step forward, boasting, “Do you know who I am? Hun?
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Chapter: Chapter 011-A week and a few days later-Sarah stood at the roadside, phone pressed to her ear, trying to soothe Sandra's yelling. “Sandra, calm down. I’ll explain everything when I get back, please,” she said, her eyes half-closed in frustration. She knew Sandra wouldn’t listen, so she hung up and switched her phone to ‘do not disturb’ mode.Sarah had been secretly planning her next move. She had stumbled upon a job posted online for a waitress position at Food Lab, the city's most popular and biggest restaurant. Without telling Sandra, she had applied for the job and now sneaked out of the house for the interview.Sandra had been overly protective of Sarah, forbidding her from doing household chores, cooking, or even leaving the house until after she gave birth. However, Sarah was determined to find a job so she could support Sandra with the bills.Sarah returned her phone to her jacket pocket. She took a deep breath and without waiting for another second, she raised her gaze and walked onto th
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Chapter: Chapter 010Sarah snickered. “Didn’t you disappear?” She threw another question, which the response felt too big for Harold’s mouth to say, and since she wasn’t expecting a response, she proceeded. “You disappeared, Harold!”“You abandoned me. You left me to face your mother’s wrath all by myself, with no one to lean on to cry. Your mother took away my precious human. She killed my father and still didn’t let me be!”“My father lost his life because he loved me. Now, tell me, what’s your definition of love?”“Disappearing? Betraying?” She teased. She crossed her hands over her chest and looked into his eyes. “Harold, you claim you love me, you claim to care about me, but what did you do to fight for our love?”“Sarah…” Harold tried to find a space to tell his side of the story, but Sarah had gone wild already, and his voice added to the flame of rage boiling in her mind.She moved her head left and right in slow motion. “It’s not your fault, Harold; my stubbornness led me to that,” she made a poin
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Chapter: Chapter 009Harold’s eyes widened, and he gulped his saliva with an unclear sound fleeing his lips. “Hun!” He toned, staring at her face, unable to say a word even though a lot was running in his mind, but he couldn’t find a proper way to start.“I’m asking why you did what you did.” Sarah explained.“My mom-” Harold wanted to answer her, but Sarah interrupted.“My question isn’t about the past; I’m talking about what you did earlier at the courthouse.” She clarified.“Oh.” Harold shut up. He cast his face downward and squeezed his hands on his thighs, unable to say a word.“Why did you come? And why would you say all that in Rebecca and Charles’s present?” She questioned. “What if-”Before she could complete her statement, Harold raised his gaze. “Because I mean it,” he let out in simplicity.“I said it so they would know. I made my intention clear because I want you to be mine and I will trade anything, and even everything, to make it come true.” He confessed, his neck muscles tensed, the veins
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Return Of The Forsaken Madam
Patricia’s supposed to be happiest day on earth turned to her saddest day, and with a pregnancy test result in her hand, her heart torn apart, and a ready-made garment of sadness is worn for her at the blink of an eye.
She caught her husband and best friend cheating on her on their matrimonial bed, but gently turned back to the sitting room, and made up her mind to keep it to herself because of a reason known to her, but her husband presented her a divorce paper, and threatened her to sign it.
She signed the divorce paper, and was thrown away into the street.
Disappeared, Patricia worked on herself to become a better version, and she returned five years later as a single mother, who was the anonymous CEO of the ruling organization in the city.
Now, her ex-husband, who has been in regret for his actions for the past years, wants her back.
Did the CEO deserve a second chance?
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Chapter: Author's note.To my dear readers,Thanks for embarking on the journey of my first novel. Your time, coins, gems, and comments mean a lot, and it's the reason I keep going until the end.While writing this book, some left comments to criticize my works and I appreciate them all. I will make use of them and put more effort into avoiding such mistakes (grammatical, word usage, and construction of the plot) in my next books. I am a new author and still finding my way and I promise to work harder and better to make every coin and time you spend on my works worth it.Cohen and Patricia's story ends here, but we will still meet them in the next books in the series.As planned, I want to continue to create the characters' universe for them because of the impact they make in this complete novel. I hope you will stay with me and keep giving your support.If things go as planned, we will have another five amazing journeys to embark on in this series and the next books to come are for:1. Ailee and Bastian.2.
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Chapter: Chapter 250-THREE MONTHS LATER-“What are you doing, Cohen?” Patricia challenged as Cohen slowly reversed the car. “Aren’t we going to pick the kid at the school anymore?”“We will.” Cohen answered as he drove into the other lane and headed toward their street.“Then why are you reversing? Why are you heading back home?” She questioned.“I forgot something at home.” Cohen informed.“What did you forget? Hun?” she asked, looking at him with a side of her eyes.“My phone.” Cohen responded.“Why must we go back to pick up your phone? It will take less than an hour to get back home. Can’t you just let’s go?” She queried.“I can’t because I am a business owner. I mustn’t stay away from my phone.” Cohen gave an excuse with his eyes fixed on the road ahead.“It’s the weekend, Cohen. No one will call you today. Stop giving excuses and let’s pick the kids. We shouldn’t keep them waiting for a long time.” Patricia said.“I’m not going because of business, but I need to pay fees before we can take the kids
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Chapter: Chapter 249Cohen discharged a deep breath as he walked out of the bathroom. He paused for a second and rounded his hands over his waist, forgetting what he wanted to do next at that moment.A thought passed through his mind and he wiped his right hand over his face with the left still on the waist.Patricia’s phone rang, and he walked to the cabinet on the bedside and picked it up. “Who could be?” He wondered with his eyes furrowed, confused, and before he could turn to the door, the call ended and a message came into her eyes.Since Patricia’s phone was always unlocked, Cohen saw the message’s content and his eyes enlarged as a surprised tone escaped his mouth. “Hun!”He bit his lower lip and after a few second thought, he reached a conclusion and instantly swiped the message to the left to delete it. He returned the phone to the bed cabinet and rushed out of the room.He arrived in the sitting room and saw his mother watching the TV while Elsie was packing their breakfast out of the kitchen an
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Chapter: chapter 248“Who is here for me?” Anna threw a question at the security officer escorting her out of the room, showing no interest in meeting the person. The security officer opened the door for her and immediately as she sighted Patricia, she veered around.Patricia quickly stood on her feet. “Is that how to treat a guest?” She threw a question. “Shouldn’t you at least stay to hear why I am here? Your daughter, Rachel, don’t you have any message you want to pass to her?”Patricia’s words made Anna’s feet froze, and she halted for a minute before she slowly veered around and walked to the chair and sat down. “I have no message for Rachel. She doesn’t deserve a mother like me. I don’t worth to be called a mother,” she poured out. “Tell me why you are here. I don’t want to talk with you.”Patricia discharged a deep breath and sighed. She stared at Anna with a pity and despite having a lot of things in her mind, she couldn’t open her mouth to talk at the moment.Anna sighed. “Take your eyes away fro
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Chapter: Chapter 247Anna abruptly opened the door and banged in, panting. “Ma! Ma! Ma!” She shouted, running towards Patricia’s desk.Patricia was shocked, and she couldn’t utter a word. Instead, she widened her eyes and watched Anna arrived in front of her desk before she could pull a word out. “What happened?” She asked, the worried in her voice cooperating with the concern in her voice.Anna breathed heavily as she bent her back and placed her hands on her knees.“What happened?!” Patricia raised her voice. She was getting more scared by Anna’s reaction.Anna panted for another second before she raised her hand and stood straight on her feet. “It’s him…” she uttered, but couldn’t complete her statement.She pointed her thumb at her back, crossing it over her shoulder without looking backward. “It’s him…” she continued, struggling to complete her statement but couldn’t.“It’s who?” Patricia asked, with her lips already quivering. “Calm yourself and talk, Anna. What happened? It’s who? Please, talk. You’
Last Updated: 2024-10-13
Chapter: chapter 246Ailee walked into the office and stood in front of Bastian’s head. She bowed her head, holding a file in her hand. “Good morning, sir,” she greeted, but Bastian, whose head was placed on the desk, didn’t respond to her.“Good morning, sir,” she greeted again, but still no response.She furrowed her face. “What’s wrong with him?” She asked herself in a low voice. She observed him for a second and bent a bit to check if he was sleeping, but his eyes were wide open, making her guess he was just lost in thought.She elevated her shoulder a bit with her mouth shaped to the left a little. “What’s wrong with him?” She asked herself put the file on the desk and let out. “The president said I should give this to you.”She eyed her for another few minutes and turned around to leave, but as she took three steps forward, she halted because she was worried and couldn’t leave Bastian in that situation.“Gosh…” she uttered and discharged a soft breath and, without giving her decision a second thought
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