"You! What are you doing here?" The lady bodyguard made gestures with her hands , behind Tristan, that silenced Nicole.Tristan understood that he was to whom she addresses answered. "We had an agreement to meet again to discuss business.""Yes, I mean. That's right." She agreed to the bodyguard's pleading."So what can I do for you Mr Hewitt. Your visit is so sudden, my assistant is not around so if you want to discuss about the, ahh regarding your interest with our company, it won't be possible right now." She explained a little breastlessly."I've been meaning to discuss it more private just you and me." Nicole's heart pounded overtime with what he said."I'm sorry but I believe in transparency I need someone to be present as witness. My assistant is perfect person for that." She contradicted."What's wrong Ms. Nicole are you afraid of me?" He challenged."Is there a reason for me to be afraid of you?""Beats me that is why I'm asking. As for me you don't have to worry from a
"I... I just want us to be successful that's all!" Ryan/ Tristan had noticed the sudden defensive reaction from Adora something he seldom observed. But he ignore it.During Adora's absence he slipped back to Santa Elena, with the aid of his female bodyguard and secretly visited his family.He knows that this is an opportunity since Adora won't be present to watch him while he avoided drinking the medication that affects the mobility of his legs.First he visited Moira's room. The twins had already have their separate rooms. She sleep so soundly and peacefully that she barely notice Tristan touching and caressing her hair.Next he went to Mark's room. He didn't attempt to touch him he just look longing to talk to his son who grew to be more and more look like him. He knows that among his kids Mark is the most light sleeper. He avoided waking him up.Then he visited their room he saw Nicole sleeping soundly beside their youngest daughter. He misses her so much that he was unable to co
"So what do you think Adora?" Adora is in secret meeting with another man. In their special rendezvous."So far so good." She said said handing him a glass of wine."Are you sure that Tristan will not suspect your absence?" "No he will not, I told him I'll be visiting my parents. Even if he will call to check those two will confirm my alibi." She refer to the two servants that she introduced to Tristan as her parents.She sat beside the man seductively playing with her hand on his bare chest, raining kisses on his neck."So what is the news you want to convey. That cannot be told on the telephone?" The man asked."This..." She immediately straddle him and kissed him. Tasting the wine on his lips."I miss you so much babe!" Her moans intensified by her movements of seduction had finally made the man surrender to her."Adora you're a tease." Adora travel to meet this man to report the development of their plans to break-up Tristan and Nicole's family and take over their business.Th
"What! Nicole it's too late to back out. It would not look good on us." Charles. reacted when Nicole told him of her plan with the Taylors."We are not selling any of the Hewitt's share. Not while I'm still here." Nicole insisted."Does the Chairman knew about your decision?" Charles asked, he had thought of strategues to avoid the company be in a bad light because of her refusal to sell. But he will suggest this only if Jacob is aware."Yes! He left it in my hands to make a decision. That is why I need your help." "I wonder why he deliberately guide us to accept their offer only to allow us to decide." Charles is baffled."Because he want us to meet Tristan." She replied."He knew about him?" Charles was surprised."He suspected a while ago he just want confirmation." She replied calmly."I don't know what's going on in his mind, why he subjected us to the test." He is still confused."Whatever is going on with him I think he wants his grandson back, but doesn't want to engaged h
"Nicole be calm, there must be a reason that Tristan acted that way." Charles commented."So you admit that it is Tristan himself." Nicole seek affirmation."Aside from some differences I must admit that it was him. But there is still some thing that I cannot comprehend." He reason out."What?" She asked."He kept a straight face as if he doesn't know us there is no indication that he recognized us. But his wife, I sense there is something that amuse her. As if there is something she want to prove and satisfied with the result.""I am his wife Charles did you forget?" Nicole insist."I know, but don't you think that l, that we, have to prove that it was really him, and it is impossible to do so if he himself don't acknowledge it.""Do you think he is playing us for a fool.""It's not his nature to do so. I'm thinking that he must have meet an accident, resulting to his lost of memory and the mobility of his legs." Nicole stop and realized what Charles had been saying.There are a lo
"Tristan!" Nicole wasn't able to control her emotion seeing the man on the wheelchair. She was about to rush to him but Charles held her arm to stop her. "But Charles it's him." She tried to wiggle out of his hold but was stop when she saw Charles gaze restraining her."I know he looks a lot like him but don't you think if it's him, he would have approached us earlier? Restrain yourself Nicole , we cannot afford to cause a scene." Charles lower his voice audible only to Nicole."What do you think I must do?" She asked feeling uncertain."Let's play it on their terms, we will observed." He advised.The meeting commence as soon as the Taylor couple settled in their seats. Both parties were introduced Nicole observed Ryan Taylor looking for signs that will prove he is indeed her missing husband.Both teams had presented their proposition. Nicole kept her silence listening to the negotiations going on. At the end of the meeting they were not able to dissolve some issues that they d