FAZER LOGIN[Hannah]A few days earlier.“So all this time you watched me suffer almost losing my mind over those rumors and you did nothing, even though you could’ve helped me?”Hannah rolled up her blouse sleeves.“Hey, calm down first, listen to my explanation!”“You could’ve just entered the forum as an admin from the start to figure things out.”Hannah started cracking her knuckles, making them pop.“Easy, easy. No violence, okay? I have a valid reason. Take a deep breath.”Hannah inhaled, following Kevin’s instruc
[Maria]“Why?”That was the first word I said while my mind processed Damian’s words.I had never imagined that I would actually be going with him.“My mother said you wanted a vacation.”Ah. I remembered last week. I hadn’t paid much attention to it because it wasn’t important. I didn’t really want it, and I didn’t mind never going anywhere alone with him as a couple.I didn’t know he listened to his mother so much about things like this.His mother probably wanted things like that with his father, well, she loved her husband very much. But I didn’t.Still, refusing his mother’s order probably wasn’t the right decision right now. I didn’t need to explain that I didn’t want it or didn’t need it.Let’s just say Damian and I were simply following our parents’ order.“Alright.”“You don’t look excited?”Excited for what?His mother was telling us to go on a vacation for a honeymoon so she could get a grandchild. I would not give her a grandchild.Having a child would be troublesome if we
[Maria]“The recovery process is going really well, even much better than I expected,” the doctor said while reviewing the X-ray results. “I think it’s safe now to switch to a brace.”I didn’t understand why Damian brought me to a check-up for his hand this late at night after work. We could have done this tomorrow morning like usual.He said his hand hadn’t hurt at all this week and he wanted to quickly check the progress with the doctor.“About the trip you mentioned—” said the doctor.Trip?“You can go. There’s no problem. Just don’t do any extreme activities that carry risk or lift heavy weights.&rd
[Cecilia]A few days ago.“W-why are you here?” she hissed.Cecilia’s eyes widened when she saw Ethan suddenly standing beside her. Again. That man had appeared out of nowhere while she was enjoying the evening in the hotel lounge.‘Enjoying’.As if.With the investigation going on for weeks now, there was no such word in Cecilia’s vocabulary. Her life was anything but peaceful. She even had to drink alcohol just to sleep at night.As if all of that wasn’t enough to make her paranoid, Ethan suddenly appeared in front of her, completely oblivious to the danger they were facing.Cecilia quickly paid the bill. Then she grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the lounge toward the parking lot where her car was parked. She opened the door and gestured for Ethan to get in.“I told you to stay hidden!” Cecilia’s voice was still panicked. “Why are you doing this to me?”“I miss you,” Ethan said casually, smiling as he tilted his head back, the gleam in his eyes visible beneath the black cap he
[Maria]“What if I do?”He said it with a sharp, unwavering gaze, not allowing my eyes to look away from his.I admit, my heart fluttered for a moment.But I was able to keep myself under control.It wasn’t a confession or anything, but I had to admit that him saying it with the serious yet hopeless look on his handsome face made me feel a little... flattered? Charmed? I didn’t know.Damian Lee was a playboy, and if this was how he acted, I could understand how so many women had fallen victim to him. How could he say something like that so convincingly? His acting skills were incredible.
[Hannah]“Are you seriously going to help me? Really?” Hannah frowned in disbelief. “Well, I guess we’re getting paid today. What do you want me to treat you to?”There was no way Kevin Liu was helping her out of pure kindness, right? This was Kevin Liu after all. Helping people was one thing. The guy barely tolerated having his own life interrupted.“We’ll talk later,” he said without elaborating, then got up and left.Hannah scratched her head before walking over to the secretaries’ desk to ask about her paperwork.“It’s all good. You can head back to your office,” one of them said when she approached.“Okay, thanks.”What was going on? Why was everything suddenly going so smoothly?Her phone vibrated. Hannah checked it while walking toward the elevator.The secretaries’ group chat, usually quiet, had suddenly come back to life. The reason was a single message from a coworker who hadn't been in the office for a long time.[Guys, my baby is here.]Emma shared the news along with a ph
[Hannah]“Mexico?”Hannah said as she was handed her passport. Mr. Ed had even had to help her use a special channel to g
[Hannah]“Miss Barker, Mr. Lee has requested that you accompany him on a business trip this weekend,” Mr. Ed said suddenly.It was an order, not a question.
[Maria]Damian braced his palm against the wall behind me, trapping me between him and the cold marble.I looked away, pressing my lips together.
[Hannah]Mr. Lee clearly couldn't use his right hand. Hannah knew that. She had worked overtime on Saturday because of it. And she could see it plainly today.His arm hung







