LOGIN[Maria]
“By the way, Edrian, are you close with Hannah Barker?” I asked, twirling the pasta around my fork.
“I wouldn’t say close. But I know her fairly well. We work in the same place, after all.”
I nodded.
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[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]“Okay, okay. I’ll check your document. Just wait outside and give me ten minutes,” the secretary said.“Okay.”Hannah took Kevin’s hand and led him to the waiting area on the sixth floor.Maybe they needed ten minutes to gossip about Hannah again. Who knew?Strangely enough, Kevin went along with it. Normally, he wouldn’t be this compliant. At the very least, he would complain and ask her to let go because he still had work to do. But this time, he even sat down when Hannah did.“It’s unusual for you not to complain,” Hannah said casually.
[Maria]Ana lowered her head in shame, both hands locked together in front of her apron.“It’s okay. I won’t tell Damian that you slipped up.”Ana lifted her head. “Really? Thank you, Ma’am.” She quickly added, “And I’m sorry, Ma’am. I really am.”I nodded with a faint smile. My steps were unsteady
[Maria]Before leaving the restaurant, I needed to ask Damian questions, gathering information. The things he liked would become part of my plan.“What kind of food do you like?”Damian furrowed his brow. Then he gave a smile that I took as teasing, like he was playing with me. “You guess.”“I don’
[Hannah]Hannah wanted to disappear.It was painfully obvious that Mr. Lee was unhappy to see Hannah there. Even a blind person could tell.
[Maria]‘Maria. Is today still on?’A message from Damian buzzed on my phone again. This was his second question of the day, since he’d already a







