Her jaw dropped out of shock when she saw Gideon with a mad reaction in his face with sharp stares as if she committed a crime against him.“Let me have it!” She did her best to get her phone back. But because of Gideon’s harsh attitude, he even took it away from her.“Give it back. That’s not yours to take.” She stated, still trying her best to grab her phone back but Gideon still does the same.Because of his tall stature and build, she looked like a little kid who’s trying to grab him by his arm.“Boss, give it back!” She might even want to stump her feet now and throw him a kick.“No.” he responded with an attitude while taking her phone away. His left hand is holding it up high then changes hands and puts it in his right one.With utter annoyance to his attitude, she grabbed his arms to take it down. Having her face his armpits directly doesn’t even bother her at the moment. What matters to her the most is how she would be able to get her phone back. Her baby, she might be crying
She immediately dialed Caius’ phone number the minute she heard the slamming of the door. The phone rang twice before her brother answered the call.“Lyz,” he stated. “Summer is looking for you. Why aren’t you still here, she asked.” She fixed the blinds from the ceiling to the floor. The towering skyscrapers with twinkling lights met her eyes when she opened the window.It’s starting to get dark. It’s past 6 o’clock in the evening now. Did she really sleep that long? Maybe that explains why she could sense the hunger in her stomach since she hasn’t eaten her lunch either.“Let me talk to her, Cai. Is she there?”“Summer,” she called her daughter in the other line. The audio stopped for a moment when it switched into a video call.She gave Summer a huge bright smile when she saw her face on the screen.“Mommy, you didn’t wait for me to wake up,” her daughter stated and started pouting her lips. Her baby is wearing a pink shirt and blue baby shorts. Her hair is tied in a pigtail with b
GIDEON held her hand, making her flinch uncomfortably. With just a touch of their skin, voltage surged once more through her body. She was no longer as shocked by it, though, as she had been before. He pulled her gently toward the rows of tables, one hand holding a plate of food.He put the plate on the table where he was sitting earlier. There were two other people there looking at them when Gideon pulled a chair for her.The woman smiled at her and held out a hand. “I’m Amara Stephanie Almeradez.”Lyzza shyly accepted her hand. “Lyzza Pacammara, Ma’am.”The woman laughed with amusement at what she said.“Just call me Amara or Steph. You can drop the ‘Ma’am’. We both look to be about the same age, don’t we?”She gave the woman a nod and a smile in return. She seemed nice, and their looks were somehow the same. Lyzza laughed to herself when she thought about it.She was not a head-turner. She considered herself fine; she wasn’t pretty, but she wasn’t ugly either. She believed that bea
“L-LET’S get out.” Her lips trembled slightly, and her gaze pulled away.Gideon didn’t answer. Instead, he grabbed her hand, locked it in his big, rough hand, and pulled her out of the hospital. The roughness of his hand made her feel warm.Only then did she get a chance to catch her breath when they finally got out.“I’m sorry. I just really hate the smell of the hospital. I don’t want to stay inside.”“You should have told me so I could take you back to the hotel right away.”“I think I’m okay now. I can wait for you here outside. I’m afraid the nurse may need to ask you something else.”“No. Let’s go back to the hotel, or do you want us to continue sightseeing?”Lyzza shook her head. “Let’s just go back to the hotel.”He didn’t argue with what she said, and she thought that was because he knew she was too tired to walk around the city at night in the cold.Gideon called for a taxi and took her back to the Almeradez hotel. Even though it wasn’t necessary, he took her to her floor. S
HER hand looked so tiny compared to Gideon’s, but they seemed to fit each other in a strange way. They were holding hands while sitting in his car, which was parked in a hidden part of the parking lot.“I have to go soon,” Lyzza told Gideon, who still couldn’t let go of her hand.His lips protruded, and then she noticed the frown in his expression. She had been sitting in his car doing nothing for almost an hour. Gideon kept holding her hand and stealing kisses from her every now and then.“I was thinking of just pulling you out and training under my wings so that you could not keep leaving me whenever you have a flight.”She lightly flicked his well-pointed nose. “I came here to be a flight attendant. Not to be your employee in your office.”Gideon sighed, tracing circles on her fingers before kissing the back of her hand.“I know, Strawberry. I shouldn’t hinder your dreams.” He then looked at her. A small smile escaped his lips. “What time is your flight? Is it nine-thirty?”“Yes,”
SHE stiffened in her stance when she met Gideon’s eyes. He was looking at her with those cold eyes and his face was emotionless, as if telling her that she’d done something wrong and unforgivable.“Lyzza, I’m glad you’re here! Summer has taken medicine, but the doctor wants to keep an eye on her platelet count. She has dengue,” her mother told her.She came back to her senses as she remembered her daughter. Taking a deep breath, she quickly approached Summer who was sleeping in the hospital bed. She covered her mouth when she saw her daughter was pale. Even her lips, which used to be red, were now almost colorless.“Your boss is here. He was the one who helped us bring Summer here to the hospital,” her mother added. “He also gave blood to my granddaughter.”Lyzza didn’t look at her mother. She was just looking at her baby. Based on her mother’s tone, she knew her mom already had suspicions about who Gideon was in her daughter’s life, but didn’t want to meddle with it.She was also som
GIDEON pounded the punching bag in front of him with punches and kicks. He looked more menacing because of the sweat on his forehead and chest. His hand and arm swelled visibly, revealing bulging veins.He had a three-year-old daughter. And for the second time, he had no idea of his child’s existence. How long would the people around him make him feel like he didn’t deserve to be a father?When he saw that little girl at the mall weeks ago, he was damn confused. Carollete was right. He resembled that little girl. She had a set of deep brown eyes just like him. Her eyes symbolized that she had Vesarius' blood. However, that little girl slipped into his mind when his father got hospitalized, and with all his business meetings he had to attend in Davao, and when he met Lyzza.He only remembered that little girl again when he saw the name of the boutique where he met Summer. Adamant to know more information about that little girl that piqued his interest, he hired a private investigator w
AFTER two days, Lyzza received a notice letter from Gideon’s lawyer.The letter stated that Gideon wanted to take custody of Summer.Her gaze went to the bed, where she watched how her daughter squealed when Gideon tickled her tummy. In an instant, Summer became a daddy’s girl. Lyzza could still recall the trace of joy on her daughter’s face when she woke up and saw Gideon, her father.Even though she was still weak, she managed to play and talk to her father.“Daddy, no! I won’t do it anymore. I surrender. No!” Summer screamed, giggling.Gideon chuckled and scooped Summer up in his arms. The little girl wrapped her arms around her father’s neck tenderly. Gideon then kissed Summer’s forehead and engulfed her in a warm hug.Seconds later, Summer waved as she looked at her. “Mommy!”Lyzza smiled at her daughter. She just got back from her flight and went to the hospital right away. Her mom, and Gideon did not agree at the idea of her taking a leave of absence from her internship at the