Se connecter[Maria]
“No hard feelings, okay?”
My vision immediately blurred. The side of my head felt warm with flowing blood. A loud ringing filled my ears, and I could only hear fragments of the man’s voice as he walked in front of me, tossing the stone in his hand.
“Now,
[Hannah]Hannah murmured the name of the person standing before her. "Maria."She hurriedly straightened the contract pages. She was honestly surprised that Maria had arrived so quickly. Hannah had deliberately chosen a café close to her house so she would have plenty of time to wait. She hadn't even reached the section about penalties or breach of contract yet.A waiter approached them to take their order."One Americano," Hannah said."The same." Maria turned to the waiter with a smile.Maria decided almost instantly without looking at the menu. As though she didn't want to waste time choosing a drink. Maybe she was that eager to talk."So, what did you want to tell me?"Hannah swallowed hard.She had already made up her mind to back out and terminate the contract, but since she hadn't found the clause about breach of contract yet, she couldn't bring herself to say it outright.What if the penalty was several times the amount she'd been paid? Was she supposed to sell her house and e
[Maria]"What's wrong?""My phone isn't in my bag. I think I left it at home," I muttered as I searched through my purse. "Ah, I have to go back. I'll call you again later. Nice talking to you, Auntie."I said goodbye to Auntie Imani, then hurried back to my car and drove home.The thought of Damian being there was enough to make me not want to go back.As soon as I reached the gate, the security guard opened it for me. But I didn't drive in. I honked once, rolled down my window, and the guard walked over."Please tell Ines to get my phone from my room," I said.Without asking any questions, he immediately went inside. I waited for a
[Hannah]Hannah felt like she had made a huge mistake.Forget trying to talk things through nicely to Maria, at this point, she had done something far worse. She had revealed the secret to the very person it was supposed to be kept from. This wasn't just a breach of the NDA. Wasn't this the kind of mistake at work that could get her sued?She bit her lip in confusion as she headed back inside. She walked over to Kevin, who was sitting there looking completely relaxed, as if nothing in the world could possibly be wrong in his life."Kevin. Do you have any money?"Kevin looked up at her, staring at Hannah in confusion."I need to borrow some."
[Hannah]"Why do you always fall asleep at my place?"Hannah slowly opened her eyes, and Kevin's voice was the first thing she heard. She let out a wide yawn, then realized Kevin was looking at her and quickly turned her face away while covering her mouth shyly."What's with that act?" Kevin snorted before sitting down beside her. He was holding a carton of UHT milk and casually sipping it by himself.Hannah stared at him intently, even though her eyelids still weren't fully open."What? You want some too?" He held it out to her. "Go ahead and finish it.""It'll be an indirect kiss."Besides, Han
[Maria]Auntie Imani broke down in tears as she told me everything she knew. Her eyes were swollen as she continued to sob. Jamal brought her a box of tissues. I wasn't sure whether he'd heard our conversation or not.I could only stare blankly, trying to process everything she'd told me.Stories I'd never known before.I wiped the tears streaming down my cheeks and took a deep breath, trying to calm myself. Of course, my mind didn't settle that easily. Too many thoughts were swirling inside my head.I had always believed that, in some way, my father really did love my mother. From Auntie Imani's story, it seemed like that was true. It's just that my father loved her in the wrong way. What he did wa
[Imani Flashback]If I could turn back time, I would still do the same thing. Keep all of this a secret from Lily.I know it wasn't fair to her, but I just wanted to see her happy a little longer. Even if that happiness was built on a lie.I tried to keep her away from Richard's influence. I often invited her to spend time with our friends from our vocational cooking class. Just enough to give her a world outside of Richard, who kept leaving her behind to live with his new family.Lily stopped feeling so lonely in her apartment. She had us as we waited together for the birth of her first child. We searched for baby names together, accompanied her to doctor's appointments, bought baby supplies, and did all the things she should have been doing w
[Maria]‘Maria. I’m still busy. I’ll send Grace over.’I clenched my phone tightly when I received the message from Damian. After someone from HR asked to be involved (they said they had to make sure the hired employee met the minimum standards), now a senior secretary is coming too. That’s bureaucr
[Hannah]Hannah Barker had gone to great lengths just to ask her boss for permission to take the day off. As expected, her stingy boss didn’t give it to her for free. Hannah had to accept a deduction from her pay so she could attend today’s all-important event: a job interview.For some reason, she
[Maria]I had to close the application 15 minutes after I opened it. My phone was immediately flooded with nonstop notifications after I posted the job opening even though it was almost midnight.Don’t people usually start their jobs in the morning, during business hours?It was my fault, too, for p
[Hannah]'KEEP SMILING AT CUSTOMERS EVEN IF YOUR LIPS ARE PARALYZED'That’s this bakery’s crazy motto. For some reason, the owner is confident enough to come up with a slogan like that while the employees are paid barely enough to get by.Hannah shook her head to shake off the drowsiness. She arrive







