Someone once said that, 'everyone is a moon, and has dark sides that we ought not to show to anyone. Because when that happens, absolute chaos will happen'. "Young master!" Esmeralda, Keisha and the others immediately greeted and bowed their heads one by one upon seeing Dionysus enter the Chevalier mansion after about more than a year of not showing up. "Miss Zoey! Ohh, my! Miss Zoey!" Keisha blurted out, jumping in joy after seeing Zoey as well, together with Zamantha and Mrs. Zenaida Lavigne.Shamelessly, Keisha sprinted towards Zoey and hugged her body. Dionysus closed his eyes, worrying about his wife's current condition. "Be gentle. She just got out of the hospital." Zoey softly laughed at that. "It's fine, Dio." Then, Zoey faced Keisha and tapped her shoulders. "I missed you, too, Keisha."Keisha moved away and Dionysus took that as a cue to introduce Zoey's family to the housemaids. "Everyone, as you can see, my wife is back here at the mansion. So do I."Keisha clapped eage
There are no secrets that time does not reveal at the right moment. "Tada! Everything is set." Zoey exclaimed happily, after putting the last dish in the middle of the long table. Esmeralda sighed beside her."Miss Zoey, we can really do this on our own. You don't need to help us arrange the table." Zoey shook her head."I can also help, Esme. Don't worry. I'm fine. Dio won't get mad at you." Zoey assured the head housemaid. The old lady only scratched her head in disbelief."Zara is here! Zara is here!" Zoey heard her little sister shouting from the living room outside. Within seconds, Dionysus appeared inside the kitchen with a straight face."Hon. Zara is here. Is it alright if we welcome her ourselves?" Zoey requested with a cute face. "Sure, baby." Dionysus answered, his handsome face becoming pale. He looked at Sebastian behind him, clenching his jaw in the process. "You can do this, boss. For Zoey." Sebastian murmured at Dionysus. Zoey heard that and wanted to ask about it b
Falling deeply in love with someone won't be unequivocally easy at all, but it will be all worth it in the end. "A mafia?" Zoey painfully breathed out the word from her mouth, slowly, like it was a poison of some sort. She was looking at Dionysus like her husband had suddenly become so foreign to her. Dionysus was looking back at Zoey. The look on his ocean blue eyes were unreadable. Yet, Zoey knew. What Zara uttered was true merely because Dionysus wasn't denying it at all. As if on cue, Zoey's mind had a series of flashbacks dating to the first time they had met.She thought back then, it was just her hallucinations or delusions. Or, she was just being judgemental. But, she can fucking sense it. The man she had married has the dark aura of a devilish man, a nogoodnik, an evildoer, a villain like those from every motion picture film. In other words, her husband shredded someone's life like it was just his playtime."You've killed people?" Zoey almost choked on her question, a sob w
Most people think that true love is all about fairytales, glitters and fluttering feelings, where everything is just right and where the spark will always burn hot and bright. But, the truth is, true love still takes work. And, if it is real, it will never be over.Exactly three weeks later. ."How's mom? Did she take her medications?" Zoey asked as soon as she arrived at their house in Illinois from working and supervising her boutique shop the whole day, even though it was a Sunday. Zamantha nodded while typing something on her laptop. She was sitting alone on the living area while Azlan was napping beside her on the couch.Zoey gently put Hera from her arms down to the couch, beside Azlan. "She's sleeping now. She spent the entire day reading my story. I'm just glad she's recovering quickly." Zoey's eyes widened. "Really? When are you going to submit your manuscripts to a publisher anyway?" Zoey asked and sat on the adjacent couch to relax for the meantime."I'm still not confiden
They say, 'true love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn't just a strong feeling, it is a decision, a judgement and a promise'. "Tell me where you are." Zoey demanded and ended the call immediately right after Sebastian told her the information she needed at that jiffy. Zoey felt like her head was about to explode. She was getting agitated by the second that was passing by.She wished so badly to arrive in New York right on time before Dionysus could board his flight before she could even talk to him again. "Please. Just wait for me, Dio." More than two hours later, Zoey arrived in front of the Chevalier mansion. She just parked her car carelessly in front of the tall gate and sprinted towards the main door of the mansion. It nearly took her three to five minutes to do that because the distance between the tall gate and the mansion could be compared to a whole marathon arena. Zoey immediately rang the doorbell and soon after, one of the house
Eventually in the end, everything connects. Because when the right time comes, we will know that our sole destiny is to be with that someone that God sent for us to love and be loved. Dionysus noticed that Zoey won't be answering that. His wife only clung her arms around Dionysus' neck and rested her throbbing head against Dionysus' sturdy chest. Because of that, Dionysus decided to drop the topic for now and instead, he looked around and sincerely thanked each and everyone one of his staff. "Thank you so much for accommodating my wife. I won't forget about this. For now, you can all go back to your designated stations." "Yes, sir." Everyone chorused. Dionysus walked out of the control room with Sebastian tailing his back. "What now, boss? Are we still going to Macau and check on your parents?" Sebastian asked after noticing that Zoey had fallen asleep inside Dionysus' arms, soundly on that matter. Zoey was even snoring lightly, perhaps due to too much exhaustion. "I don't think
We don’t get over or move on from our trauma. We are forced to make space for it. We carry it. We learn to live with it. And, sometimes, we thrive in spite of it."She shamelessly did that in front of me and the little girl, without thinking of the consequences. I felt like the whole world stopped at that moment. I was fucking traumatized. If I was feeling that way, how much more for the little girl?" Zoey moved away from her husband to see his face. Zoey saw the undeniable misery radiating through Dionysus' eyes. It was like what he was telling her was long buried deep down his heart, wanting for so long to be heard by someone, so it can be finally free from him. Dionysus painfully closed his eyes, not desiring for Zoey to see the lurking darkness in his eyes. It could also literally ruin Zoey's bright and positive outlook in life. In the end, Dionysus doesn't want that to happen. But, Zoey cupped his face and made him look at her, determined for him to continue. "Go on, Dio. You c
When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far and nothing can keep them apart.One blink, and Zoey was back to present time. She was no longer inside her own bubble of her flashback dated twenty three years ago. She found herself still imprisoned inside Dionysus' arms. She couldn't believe it. She looked at Dionysus with her wide, shocked eyes. "Hey. Do you remember it now, baby?" "How. ." Was all Zoey could utter back. She couldn't grasp the reality that something like that happened to her back then. How on earth did she forget about it? "Remember when I told you that the first time we met again after all these years, when you bumped into me that day on your final interview for my secretarial position? I instantly recognized you back then. That's why I told you I immediately knew right there and then that you were the one for me. Because I had wished to see you again. I wished so hard, baby. I didn't marry anyone because I was waiting for you