Liana Moore.____ Life taught me to appreciate everything that comes along. That was back when I was still my parents' daughter. Mum used to blackmail my life with threats. I never used to care about it because I was young, until I grew up and learned that my childhood was not a darling to me.She used to warn me about any bad thing a kid would do. And instead of punishing me and leaving it at that, she would threaten to stop taking me to school. Even if I spilled some water on the floor by mistake, she would threaten my career dreams.I got used to it, and I learned to avoid chaos by doing what she required me to do, even if it was too much for me. Same case as to what was happening. I did not take it seriously being the FitFood errand girl. It was not something new to me, so I did everything wholeheartedly.I served the members in the meeting with some coffee, with a smile.Once I was done, I left the conference room because it was clear that Oliver did not want me in. And I was n
Liana Moore______I woke up feeling pathetic in all ways possible. You would think my day to die had arrived but unfortunately, I was very much alive, and I was required to go to work and face Oliver. His words rang in my brain like a Catholic hymn song. It was as if he said them to me but I just overheard him. I hated to assume things but definitely, I was the pathetic employee he hired back. What was bothering me was the part where I was playing a role in his game.It was draining my good brain cells. Every passing second felt like it was eradicating my skin, leaving me in a skeleton state.A part of me urged me that he was not talking about me. But again, none of the employees who were fired was hired again. None. So I was his pathetic employee playing a fucking unknown role.I sighed and then grabbed my handbag. It was my brown huge handbag that could fit a newborn baby. I loved it mostly for its space to fit some few stuff I would need for my day. Mostly I packed breakfast prep
Oliver Castillo______The phone rang again. I stared at the name engraved on the screen for a while before a heavy sigh of despair fled through my nose. Monica. That was my mother's good name that she walked around with. She found pleasure in her name as if it was the best that one could have.It was a pleasure to see her call after so many months. She remembered her son but I did not answer.Shoving the phone into my pants pocket, I picked up a glass of champagne and took a slight sip. I could feel eyes on me, the silence between us meant I had an explanation to offer. But he knew me better than that, so he was going to get nothing.Leo scoffed then lowered his gaze to his plate. He almost made me uncomfortable for a second."Anyway, you and Jason went for a drink last night?" "You were the good boss, you did not want to join." I took a bite of my steak, it tasted almost bland making me lose appetite, or my mother was responsible for the feeling."I have a game to launch soon." He
Liana Moore ______ The things that nauseate me in hospitals are the putrid stench of blood and medicine.I was done staring silently at Mister Ross who was stuck in his unknown world. He was probably playing football or in the farm cultivating or perhaps he was busy in the office trying to make it big. Those were his favorite."Try to snap out of your sleep soon, I have a lot to feed you." A forced feeble smile appeared on my lips. "You are the only person who listens."I held his hand into mine and began caressing him. "You know, I never got a shoulder to cry on or anyone to pour my pain to. I am pretending that everything is okay but the nightmares won't allow me to sleep."I drew my lower lip between my teeth and bit it so hard to control the tears threatening to stream."But I am okay. Really." I smiled. "Though I miss Dad even though he never liked me. I still wish he was alive even if he did not like me."I loved my parents regardless. I used to see some signs that they never
Oliver Castillo_______The noise of heels clicking against the marble floor created an irritating sound that echoed through the hallway. It couldn't allow me to think straight let alone walk peacefully to the office.Having Susan follow me behind meant the PA was absent again. That made it the third day of her absence. She called off sick, which was bullshit to me and I cared less until now. Her absence was now bothering me because it was stymieing my planThe magazine was supposed to be launched in four days, meaning WowFood were to launch it in three days, yet she was not around for the plan to move as I wanted.I walked into the office and Susan followed me. It never came to a point I would find heels irritating. I was probably used to the PA's silent movements as she was always in flat shoes.I sank into my seat and sighed. Something was not right. I was starting to suspect it. I wondered if she realized that I was setting her up. Maybe she was smart enough to gather information f
Liana Moore _____ My life was gloomy. It was like a sun that had set behind the mountains. The dark shadow always tailed me, possessing me. If Dad was nicer to me, he could be scolding me while in his afterlife. He could be rebuking my behavior and encouraging me to be a good girl. But I bet he was busy sipping his favorite wine in one of the expensive restaurants. If we had some in the afterlife. He was enjoying the scene, not the part where his favorite daughter got admitted to the hospital for falling during an argument. No, he was enjoying the part where the daughter he always hated was suffering and carrying someone's blame.My sister, pregnant Kira, fell and accidentally broke her water. Yes, she was rushed to the hospital immediately as I also got rushed to the police station. That was the truth, but the lie behind all that was that I pushed her. I never pushed her, her husband, my EX, pushed her. It might have been an accident but they did not have to lie that I ambushed th
Liana Moore______ I resolved everything by assuming that Oliver was drunk, it's why he behaved oddly towards me. Actually, he was blaming his smoking habit. That was from the WhatsApp message he sent to me. Meaning that he was high and couldn't think straight.It was quite surprising to see he had saved my number, but then he blocked me when I was busy typing a reply.But I learned that he had a thing with cats because his WhatsApp profile picture was a cat. I saw it before he decided to block me.He was just unbelievable.The reason why I assumed his good side towards me was from being high, it was because he did not question my New York case and he definitely didn't fire me. I resumed my job as usual.The day at work went well. No arguments with anyone. I never even had any encounters with Susan, so the day was not as bad.We attended the FifFood farm in the morning hours as the media was to have a shoot. That did not last long. We were back to work in an hour.The rest of the day
Liana Moore _____ There was a reason I chose to sit on the kitchen stool while facing outside. Thanks to the glass walls in Castillo mansion, I could see the pool area. The lights in the surrounding also made it easier for me to see the arrangements being done for birthday.I was out of place. I spent most of my time in the kitchen with Mary. Even though we were engaged in our usual chat, my brain and eyes were mostly occupied by the four human beings around the pool.Oliver's friends had joined, and I definitely recognized them. One who found it was necessary to ache his neck with chains that hung around him, and the other one who looked like his dream to be a celeb were shuttered.The chain guy was Leo, that was from how Oliver called him when they arrived. He looked neat, if it were not for how he exaggerated by wearing rings on every finger and chains around his neck. He was clad in simple gray sweatpants and a white tank top. It was not hard to devour his masculine physiqueTh