Be Mine, Once More

BMOM ➭ 001ꕤꕤꕤARYM ZCHRYNNE “MaiMai” –"Let's get married then." Sir Jasper nodded and said, seriously. I don't know if I've ever heard of it, but Jasper and I had both been drinking. My eyes were swollen with exaggeration. "Sure! I'd like to see it right now, sir! "I'm not going to let it go!" I'm still trying to say. I'm so broke! I would like to drink wine. I'm going to try to figure out what I'm going to do when the pain in my chest is gone due to my failure to love. Here we are at a bar now. My companions have already left me. Fortunately, Sir Jasper was also there, so he was able to share the table with me because he didn't have any companions with him. Like me, he was in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend, who is now the girlfriend of his older brother. If I'm not mistaken, her name is Yasmine. I saw her in the company once because she was with Miss Briannah. Since we had been drinking, we were able to talk about our grievances, so we were there at the bar to get drunk

BMOM ➭ 003ꕤꕤꕤARYM ZCHRYNNE “MaiMai” –“Feel at home, wife. Everything here is yours too.”Sir Jasper—well, my husband now—is such a flirt. It still feels awkward calling my boss “my husband.”I couldn’t do anything when Jasper insisted on taking me to his home. I guess I really have to accept that I got married out of the blue. Ugh, it hasn’t even been a month since my breakup, and now I suddenly have a husband. Cheers to alcohol.Before I agreed to go with him, we made a deal: we’d try living together and fulfilling our responsibilities as husband and wife for one year. If no love or child came out of it, he’d file for annulment and we’d go our separate ways like strangers.Our months together have been peaceful enough. Though sometimes, I catch Jasper staring longingly at a photo of his ex-girlfriend. I can still see the sadness and regret in his eyes.I’ll admit—I’ve grown to love him. I keep wishing he’d learn to love me too, so we wouldn’t have to part ways. I don’t want to f

BMOM ➭ 005ꕤꕤꕤARYM ZCHRYNNE “MaiMai” –SEVEN YEARS LATER ✤“We have a major project in the Philippines, and you’re coming with me.”I was stunned by what my boss just said. I’ve been working here in Singapore for six years as the secretary of Sven Dione Tan, CEO of World Construct Enterprises.“I—I’m really coming with you?” I asked hesitantly.“Of course. You’re my only secretary. Don’t tell me you’re hiding from someone in the Philippines?”Sven grinned teasingly. He was at it again! He knows my life story. In fact, he’s the one who helped me get to Singapore and gave me this job. Sven has been my partner through everything—especially when I was still adjusting to life here. From my pregnancy to raising my child, he was always there.I never imagined that my skinny childhood friend from elementary school would become a powerful CEO in just a few years.Sven is nothing like he used to be. He’s incredibly handsome now, with a well-built body. I’ve seen his eight-pack abs more than

BMOM ➭ 007ꕤꕤꕤARYM ZCHRYNNE “MaiMai” –“Wanna have some drinks?”I turned to the person offering me a glass of hard liquor—it was Architect Lopez. I smiled politely and shook my head. He was handsome too, just as tall as Sven and still quite young. Maybe just a few years older than me, but I didn’t like the way he looked at me.“Thanks, but no, Architect. I don’t drink alcohol,” I declined respectfully.“Oh, I see. I’m sorry about that,” he replied with a smile. He didn’t seem offended by my refusal.Sven had gone to the restroom for a moment, so I was alone at our table.“Do you need anything, Architect Lopez?” came Sven’s baritone voice. His brows were furrowed, clearly displeased.“Nothing, Mr. Tan. I just offered Ms. MaiMai a drink.”“Thanks for the offer, but she doesn’t drink alcohol.”“Yeah, she already told me. Sorry again.”They exchanged a tense look, but Architect Lopez was the first to break eye contact.He excused himself, leaving just me and Sven. We didn’t join our c

BMOM ➭ 009ꕤꕤꕤARYM ZCHRYNNE “MaiMai” –“Of course, Mr. Smith! You’re one of our wedding sponsors—how could we say no? Hehe. Come sit here, sir.”Virgilio pulled out the chair directly across from me. I wasn’t sure if there were truly no other seats available, or if he deliberately placed my ex-husband right in front of me.I felt someone sit down across from me. Not to assume, but it felt like he was staring at me. I was slightly hunched over, fiddling with my phone.I smiled when I read Zanyca’s message:“Mommy, grandfather taught me how to catch a fish. I’m so happy ‘cause I caught a big one—they called it tilapia! And grandfather caught some crabs too. It’s so scary, my gosh!”I could already imagine her face while telling the story.Suddenly, the room went quiet. I felt like everyone was looking in my direction. I frowned and looked up at Virgilio, raising an eyebrow.He was grinning from ear to ear. The couple looked like they were about to faint from excitement, and I had no