The tumultuous pains kept haunting Joana even when she was all wrapped in the warmth of Shawn’s hands.Sitting beside her, Shawn allowed Joana to remain close to his guiltless heart until she was bold even enough to confront him.With their head buried in Shawn’s chest, Joana wiped the agonizing tears off her face and raised her gaze to face Shawn.His eyes were guiltless but full of sincere love. “ Why did you do that to me?” She summoned the courage to ask, her heart not willing to accept his betrayal.Having thrown a straight question at him, Shawn shut his eyes and took a deep breath, ready to say the truth that would set them all free and push their relationship to the next level.Amidst these, he kept battling with the fact that Joana would never trust him again because of the magnitude of her brokenness.“ Do you still love me, Joana?” He asked in a whisper, with eyes searching deep into her dilated pupil, longing for a sincere answer.Like a deflated balloon, Joana's strength
Joana sat in bewilderment not knowing what to say about what Shawn just said to her.Has the feud between her boyfriend and his father been settled? She questioned herself. “ Shawn, that's not true. How did it happen?” She asked in disbelief. It was hard to believe and even more hard to accept. Shawn’s father, Knowles Fabiola, is the owner of a multi-billion dollar company and also the current mayor of Atlanta. Shawn had to leave like a pauper simply because he disobeyed his father by choosing Sophia over every other thing on earth including his inheritance and by this action, his father excommunicated him and withheld his inheritance from him as the only heir of the Fabiola empire.Shawn smiled and took her two hands. “ You, my darling. You made it happen. It's so amazing how you can calm a devastating hurricane with your divine powers and intelligence” He praised, coaxing Joana’s hands.“Congratulations, my love” She opened her mouth to say in exhalation and hugged Shawn.Her
The sky cast a bright light on the earth, pulling off dusk and bringing in dawn.The glorious beauty of Nature and the current atmosphere that carries the greatest gift humans ever desire; love, made Joana sleep peacefully like an infant that was fed well with suck.As agreed, she promised to return to Sophia’s place last night but here she was, sleeping peacefully on Shawn’s bed, being gripped down by the power of love.Wrapped in the tick warmth of the blanket, she stretched her legs and hands rigidly, unaware and disregarding the delicate penetration of daylight. If there was one thing she wanted right, it was for her to remain on the bed without any disturbance. For weeks now, she can recall the number of times she battled insomnia and fought depression to break free. Now, she has that one person; Shawn, and that was all that mattered. Therefore, she would sleep till sleep itself got tired of her and let go. Just then, however, her peaceful rest was interrupted by the loud
Shawn called his father and waited for him to take his calls.He and his father used to be best of friends before the separation but now, it felt so real to be back as father and son again.As he sat cuddling Joana, waiting for his father to take calls, he noticed his father was not taking up his calls perhaps, he was busy. “ Your dad isn't taking up, why?” Joana asked him with a worried look on her face.Shawn did not seem interested in the calls anyway, he wanted to be with Joana and probably sort things with his father later.“ Yeah, I think the old man is busy,” He said, glaring into Joana's eyeballs.” I want to spend more time being around you in my world,” he said in a whisper.As he resolved to begin his romance with Joana, his phone rang and he frowned at the deprivation. “ Hey Dad, how was your night? You called a while ago” Shawn’s voice thrilled. “ How ridiculous, Shawn, “ His father giggled.“ What's up with you, man? You tend to miss me too much these days” Shawn jok
Holding Joana’s phone, Shawn’s body began to shudder as his heart was broken into tiny little shards. He could not believe that the woman he loved was secretly seeing someone; not just someone, but his callous cousin, Anthonio, her ex-boyfriend.Scrolling to read the message, he discovered Anthonio and Joana had an agreement to meet at a lounge by 6 pm today and he was calling her all manner of sweet names, expressing how much he loved her and couldn't wait to marry her soon.Weighed down, he inhaled deeply while waiting patiently for Joana to come out of the bathroom. He knows how much he loves her and will kill anyone because of her.For Anthonio to show up after many months to destroy his happiness again would warrant his death. Privately, Shawn has been carrying out a secret investigation on Anthonio and realized Anthonio left Atlanta. He was sure Anthonio was back in Atlanta again. The death of his mom must be avenged and even his life that Anthonio tried to claim some year
The nights came so quickly that day. It's been a hard moment for Sophia especially now that she is abandoned by almost all that she loves.It's been four days since Matthew left the house and has never called once. Nanny Esung too had an emergency in her family home and has been away since yesterday. Sophia has been calling Joana who promised to show up yesterday but couldn't show up claiming she was sorting out something with Shawn and promised to come to see her today before it was evening and now, it's night already. Tick shadows of darkness hovered over her beautiful face as she sat by the widow in the living room, gulping a full bottle of Romanee Conti wine with her.Kelly, Joana’s friend, had called Sophia earlier asking how she was faring and Sophia had smiled away her pain, coaxing Kelly with words. Aside from Joana, Sophia has vowed never to let anyone find out about her predicaments especially now that everyone is envious of the fact that she was married to a billiona
Sophia’s heart fluttered the moment her gaze met with Chris's. Chris swallowed hard upon seeing Sophia. He couldn't look at one second. The awkward silence that engulfed the air broke off when Chris greeted Sophia first in his husky voice, shutting the door gently. His face looked pale like he had many things to explain to the world.“ Good morning, Chris'' Sophia, replied in a shaky voice, taking her gaze off him. Why does she feel a certain way towards him? She thought. “ Did you sleep well?” his voice struck surprisingly at Sophia causing her beautiful skin to grow goosebumps. She looked at him before saying a word. His captivating eyes were fixated on her like he was scanning her mood and waiting for the next word she would utter.“ Yes, I sleep well, but do you —” “ Good morning Miss Callaghan, you are awake” Nanny walked down from the kitchen, interrupting Sophia's conversation with Chris.“ Good morning Nanny, when did you come back?” She asked, narrowing her eyes to N
At about 10 pm, that day, Matthew woke up from bed because he was pressed and he needed to empty his bladder of the stored urine to be free.Like a kid, he jumped off the bed, holding his conk firmly so he wouldn't urinate on his body before he got to the bathroom.Thrusting the door open, he rushed to the WC holding the head of his conk to offload the urine in his body.“ Argh! I almost urinated on my body” He exclaimed as he stood shaking his conk vigorously to take off the remaining urine left inside him.Walking leisurely to the shower, he allowed the water to cool off his body, suddenly flooding his mind with yesterday’s moment.The deal of 8.5 billion dollars he hit yesterday made him get drunk with Kayla and some friends in a hotel. Kayla insisted they spend the night in the hotel together but Matthew bluntly refused to make excuses with his wife at home and Kayla gave him a defiant look Thank goodness, the road was traffic-free. It was a nice ride back home.“Crazy!” He l