Mag-log in(Felix)“What are you doing? Where do you think you’re going?”My mother’s voice drifts behind me as I slide into my jacket.I turn, a faint smirk tugging at my lips.“Where else?”“No.” She shakes her head and strides towards me immediately. “You can’t go.” She takes my hand. “In fact, you’re not supposed to go.”“Why?”I tear my hand away.“You expect me to just let her go after everything she’s done?” My voice rises, then subtly lowers again. “Amara ruined my life, Mom. She ruined my life!”My chest heaves.“So what makes you think I’m ever going to let her be?” A scoff tears from me. “Of course, I’ll have to make her pay for it all. And until I see her pay, I’m not going to let it go.”I tug at my jacket.“In fact, I won’t ever be satisfied until I do so.”I turn towards the door.“So I’m going there. To her office.”“No.”She quickly blocks my path.“Do you know what it took to get you released? Do you think I’m ever going to be happy if you get jailed again?”“I’m not getting ja
(Amara)I pace my office, back and forth, back and forth, my mind racing with thoughts.What’s this?I don’t get it.How could she have disappeared just like that?Theresa had said she was certain she’d seen her, but when I got there, there was no one there. No one. Not even a soul.And now, now that the deal is done…Could she have played me?My brows furrow.No.I don’t think so.Theresa isn’t one to say something she’s not sure of. Especially in a situation like this.But then, why couldn’t I find her?Why couldn’t I find Selina?A sharp breath leaves me as I run a hand through my hair, confusion settling heavily in my mind.Just then, the door bursts open, slicing through my thoughts.I whirl around immediately, and my eyes land on him.Rayner.For a moment, I go still, my hands falling slowly by my side.My gaze locks on his, my heart racing faster.Seeing him here like this…He must have heard about what I did, and that’s why he’s here.A slow, shuddering sigh leaves me.He move
(Maya)I spin around immediately.“What do you mean you lost her?”Kelvin sighs, ignoring me as he walks towards the table to pour himself a drink. My breath catches.Immediately, my feet move towards him, bringing me face-to-face with him. “Why aren’t you saying anything?” My voice is hushed. “Didn’t you say you’ve got everything under control? So how could you have lost her?”I hold his gaze hard, but he says nothing.“Damn it!”My teeth tighten.“I shouldn’t have trusted you with this job in the first place!” My fingers curl together. “If I knew you were only going to be this irresponsible, then I should have just gone to get her myself.”I turn sharply towards him, but he’s indifferent. He just stays silent, sipping down his drink like I’m not even talking to him.A bitter scoff leaves me.“Oh, wow, Kelvin. All you do is sip on a drink while I talk.” I demonstrate, lifting an imaginary cup to my lips. “You already know what losing Selina means, and you just come back here to repo
(Amara)My heels click against the floor as I make my way out of the meeting room, Maya beside me.Just then, Martha strides toward me too.“I just got a call. The remaining campaign shoot has been completed.”“Good.” I nod. “We’ll need to make haste, it seems. The launch is near, and we need to make sure everything is ready and completed before the due date.”“A few shots from the shoot have just been sent.” Maya stretches her iPad toward me.I take it, my fingers scrolling through the photos.Clean. Clear. On point.Isha holds up the new product in some, her smile bright as she poses for each section.I smile too.Not because of her smile.But because the long-awaited project is finally coming to life.And I can’t wait for it.This… this feels like the heart of it all.“I’ll take a look at them once I’m in the office.”I give the iPad back to her, and she nods, taking it from me.Just then, a noise from behind stops us.There seems to be some kind of commotion at the entrance.I tur
(Rita)“What are you doing?”The words slip out of my mouth just as I approach Kelvin.He startles and quickly presses something on the keyboard, my eyes landing on the screen.It’s some kind of task management application, rows of assignments and progress bars covering the screen. Nothing unusual. Nothing that should make him react the way he just did.He clears his throat and straightens, a smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes spreading across his face.“Weren’t you going to get coffee?” he asks.For a moment, I say nothing.My mind keeps replaying what I’d just seen. The way his face had flushed with fear. The way his fingers had moved quickly across the keyboard, almost desperately, as though there was something he didn’t want me to see.“Rita.”His voice snaps me out of my thoughts.I startle.“Ah, yes.” I force a smile. “I was asking if you wanted me to get coffee for you as well. But you were too engrossed in what you were doing that you didn’t hear me.”“Sorry about that. I
(Amara)“What’s going on, Amara?” Maya’s voice drifts behind me. “I’ve been trying to talk to you since yesterday, but you’ve just been ignoring me.”I keep walking, my mind flashing through the face I’d seen today.“Amara, what’s it with this marriage with Lorenzo? You don’t even love him. Why did you accept to marry him? You can’t possibly be—”Her words die in her throat as she spins me around.She stares at my face, her brows slowly pulling together as if only now noticing how pale I look.“Amara, you…”But before she can finish her words, I let the name out.“Selina…”She holds my gaze.“I saw Selina today.”Silence.For one beat, we both just stare at each other.Then a sudden, low laugh leaves her.“Wha… what do you mean?”She forcefully shuts her eyes before opening them again.“I mean, how? Where? Where did you see her?”I slowly turn around, taking two steps away as my mind flashes back to the road.The stop at the traffic light.Selina crossing in front of my car.The way s
(Rayner)I watch her from behind as she walks into the kitchen.I knew she wouldn’t say no.Honestly, I hadn’t expected her to agree either. I only tried my luck. Yet here she is, tying the apron around her waist, moving around my kitchen like she belongs here.And I stand there, pretending my arm
(Amara)“Good day, Sir Rayner,” I say the moment he walks in.But another voice follows him.Soft. Feminine. Familiar.My eyes lift and there she is. The same lady from yesterday. The one who left the office with her arms locked in his.I freeze.She walks in behind him, talking rapidly, her words
(Amara)I startle.The moment I realize I am still half on top of him, I quickly push away from him and scramble to my feet. My movements are hurried, clumsy. I don’t even think before I shove him slightly to the side in my attempt to stand.A soft groan escapes him.My heart drops instantly.My ey
(Felix)“Selina!”My voice crashes against the walls as I stride through the living room, anger boiling over with every step.I find her sprawled in one of the chairs like she owns the place. Her legs are propped casually on the table. One hand rubs slow circles over her stomach, the other lifts an







