"You shouldn't move around too much yet, Gina," Kelly said softly. She stroked Gina's hair lovingly. "You've sacrificed a lot for us, so now let us take care of you until you recover."Gina smiled weakly. "Thank you, Mom."Charles did nothing, just sitting on the couch, looking back and forth at the iPad and laptop, busy working.Gina had been conscious since the first night she was placed in the ward after surgery, but Charles didn't say much to her.When Gina woke up, he just kissed her forehead, then thanked her for giving birth to a healthy baby boy, then left the room and went who knows where."Why is Charles acting like that?" Marla asked in an annoyed tone, seeing Charles' attitude."Is there something wrong with the baby I gave birth to, Mom?" Gina asked confusedly. "Is Charles mad or upset about something about my baby?""No," Marla said. "Your baby is fine. He is healthy, very cute, very similar to Charles, and also chubby."
"I refuse. I don't want to get involved with anything about him. Bryan was also my client and I don't want to ruin my ongoing business relationship with him, for Charles' sake."Nathalie stroked Nicholas' arm who looked annoyed. "You did the right thing, honey. You don't owe Charles anything, so don't do anything for him.""It's surprising, how he can be so shameless to ask me for help," Nicholas muttered annoyed.Nathalie smiled thinly. "He's indeed an opportunist. Maybe because we helped Gina yesterday, he thinks that we are attached to him.""I think he wants to confront Bryan about the video," Nicholas said. "I'm sure their drama will be very exciting."Nathalie shook her head. "I guess karma is real, right?"Nicholas grabbed Nathalie's waist, kissed her forehead, then stroked her stomach which was already visibly enlarged."Yes, karma is very real. Right now, I'm receiving my good karma and the people around me vice versa."
"Yes! Are you sure these numbers are valid?" Leon asked happily, waving the paper in his hand."Of course, boss," Randall replied firmly. "Those are the numbers printed by Gino, directly from the project head's computer where he is stationed.""Who is Gino?" Leon asked in surprise."He is one of the workers, the spy we placed on the project that Mr. Nicholas' team is working on," Randall said."Oh, that's great," Leon said happily. "Was he the one who knocked over the support beam yesterday?""Yes, that was his job too," Randall said. "Although there were no fatalities, the team needs to build a new support beam and see how much extra money they have to spend on the replacement support beam.""Remind me to give Gino a big bonus," Leon said. "And what about the other projects?""Don't worry, boss, everything is under our control. I have arranged everything so that in every project there are small sabotages. Although it does not result in casualties, the team must also spend additional
"Let her rest and don't stress her out or make her sad, because that will stop her milk supply and your baby will be malnourished at first," Nelson said. "She fought hard and she made a sacrifice, not just for your baby, but for her womb too."Charles sighed. After the C-section and the successful birth of a healthy baby boy, Gina had continued bleeding and it turned out that it was from her injured womb and had to be removed, because if left untreated it could get worse and endanger her life.Charles called Marla, who was very shocked and immediately came to the hospital. She was told about Gina's condition and with tears in her eyes she agreed to have her daughter's hysterectomy.As Charles was watching Gina being placed on the hospital bed, Kelly came into the room and pulled Charles' hand with a beaming face."Come see your son! He is so handsome and adorable," Kelly said happily. "So healthy and cute!""Mom, I have to wait for Gina until she wakes up," Charles said."Tsk! Just le
"What happened?" Charles asked, confused. "Why are you with Gina?""Are you trying to harm my daughter-in-law?" Kelly snapped, her eyes glaring."Don't talk nonsense, Mrs. Kelly," Nicholas said calmly. "You'll be embarrassed if you know the truth."Nathalie ignored Kelly completely. She pointed to the closed door of the ICU."You better go in and see Gina there. Nelson is treating her and I think Gina is having complications," Nathalie said in a concerned tone. "Nelson asked you to come in and be with Gina when you arrives."Charles' face was pale. He turned to Kelly. "Mom, wait here. I'll go in and be with Gina.""No," Kelly said loudly. "I don't want to be near them. I'm going in. My grandchild might be born soon!"Charles sighed and walked into the ICU.Nathalie took Nicholas' hand. "Let's go," she said. "Charles is here, so we don't have to wait for Gina anymore.""Yes. Let's go home," Nicholas said. "You need to rest too."However, when they were only two steps away, the door to
"What happened?" Nathalie asked with a worried face. "Did Leon really do it?""His men," Nicholas answered calmly. "But, it's nothing. The workers there had anticipated the incident so when the support beam fell, no one was under it and there were no casualties. We just have to rebuild a new support beam to replace the one that fell.""Leon is so evil," Nathalie said angrily. "If only you and the rest of the team hadn't known that he had infiltrated your team with spies to carry out sabotage, maybe the fallen beam would have cost lives."Nicholas cupped Nathalie's hand on the table. "Don't worry, baby, I'll handle all of this well. Everything will be fine, trust me."Nathalie nodded and squeezed Nicholas' hand. "You have to always be careful, honey."They ate dinner while talking about their respective busy days. Nicholas made sure Nathalie ate well. She even got extra ice cream for dessert.After dinner, Nicholas invited Nathalie to go to the mall. He wanted to buy new dresses for Na
"Brad Murphy."Jerome stared at the man in front of him with a questioning gaze, which he made no attempt to hide.The man who claimed to be Brad Murphy was probably not much older than him, but he looked much older, though he was bigger."And you said you were Lilian's father?" Jerome asked calmly.After Imelda called him, telling him about the mysterious man who insisted on talking to her, two days later Trevor said that he had met the mysterious man and that he should meet Jerome because he claimed to be Lilian's biological father."Yes. I am Lilian's biological father," Brad said firmly. "You may not believe me, because I know that Lilian has been claiming to be an orphan all this time.""Yes, I think that's what she's been saying all this time," Jerome said. "If you are her biological father, where have you been all this time? You didn't even show up when she married my son and that was dozens of years ago.""I... was in prison," Brad said, his voice heavy, but his chin held high
"How are they doing?" Jerome asked, sitting on the sofa and placing his cane under his feet."I think, so far everything is fine, sir," said Trevor, his personal assistant, who had worked for him for the past 16 years and had become more like his friend than his employee. "However, as you said before, the project that Nicholas worked on, did not produce results as big as Leon's.""That's if we only look at the results for a period of three months, right?" said Jerome. "But, what will be produced after that, will also be a consideration for the shareholders. I'm sure, they are smarter in making judgments, when it comes to money."Trevor laughed and agreed with Jerome's words. "So, you don't intend to go home yet?"Jerome shook his head. "No. Not yet. I don't want my presence there to make the situation awkward and full of suspicion. Most people, including my son's family, must suspect that I am siding with Nicholas and being unfair to Leon.""Yes, you are right," nodded Trevor. "And o
Leon was restless. He had gathered all the best staff in the company and made sure they would all be included in his team, but why did he still feel uneasy?He got a leak of information about the team formed by Nicholas. George was the team leader and under him were names that were not too familiar to his ears. Most of them were field workers and operational staff."Why did he pull so many field people into his team?" Leon asked, after seeing the list of names of the people who joined the team formed by Nicholas."I think he ran out of expert resources, sir," said Randall, Leon's personal assistant. "We've swept them all into our team.""And what about the project, has it started yet?" Leon asked again."About that," Randall was a little nervous. He had a feeling that Leon would not like the information. "It seems they have already gotten some projects underway in several government agencies that are their targets."Leon banged the table. "Fuck! How could we be behind them! You have t