Chapter 17: "Justice For The Little Genius" Luuk waited for a few more minutes after the bodyguards left. He looked around to be sure none of them were still lurking around before he left to look for Tess. Tess returned to the fishcake stand in hopes to find Luuk. After waiting for five minutes without seeing Luuk, she walked around to check every stall. "Mother." a calm mature voice called out behind Tess. "Luuk?" Tess's froze and her eyes widened in shock. "Did you get a makeover somewhere here? What's this expensive suit, shoes and fluffy hair? Did you go on a date without me?" she teased waggling her eyebrows playfully. Luuk shook his head at the familiar sight "Motherrrr." Luuk whined, pulling her into a hug. As much as he enjoyed his short time with Ruben, he missed her scent and motherly warmth. "Oh my soft baby." She squatted to his eye level to hug him properly. Luuk pulled out of the hug and surveyed Tess face. She had a drop of tears lingering on her eyelash, the rim
Chapter 18: " His son Is such a genius. "Ruben arrived at the company at ten minutes past six o'clock. Upon arrival, he went straight to the elite team's office to take a look at the problem. "Good morning Mr De Vries." The workers in the elite team greeted Ruben. "Mmh" Ruben nodded. "What's the problem?"" It appears someone very skilled and experienced had been lurking around our server for a while and created a backdoor to invade our system. This virus is a rare kind and only a handful of software engineers can fix it. We tried various methods but none of them are working. "" For a while? " Ruben asked with raised eyebrows. " Are you admitting to slacking at your work? What about the weekly thorough security check? I reckon you do that once a week and if there was any problem or foreign code in the system, it would be detected.""This- we are also confused about this. This is not a kind of virus that can be inputted into the server overnight, it takes a lot of risk on the users
Chapter 19: " The little genius." The headquarters of De Vries was bustling and louder than usual. The company was thrown into an uproar when the news of Ruben’s six year old son participating in the competition leaked. The employees had varying opinions about the matter but as they watched Ruben and Luuk walk hand in hand to the conference room where the competition was going to take place, they held their lips tight. No one dared to question Ruben. The competition was made open and food was provided for the participants. The conference room being a large well aerated and furnished hall could accommodate over 500 people without being choked up. Ruben sat at the very front seat, upstairs on the spectators side. It was an elevated platform that had the clearest view of the stage.Luuk walked into the conference room separately from Ruben because the competitors needed to state their needs which will be provided by the organizers of the event. He scanned the room without a hint of fe
Special Chapter : Poems Ruben and Tess wrote in their journal during their early days.*Ruben in high school*Tuesday, 24th: First day of resumption.She stared intently at me, her doe eyes carrying unholy intentions.Within the blink of an eye, waves of lust overshadowed my consciousness, and the urge to dive into the depth of the valley between her legs itched my soul. I struggle to label my feelings for her, love or lust?*Ruben post proposal*Sunday, 30th: Conflicting feelings.I’m so lonely,It gets like this once in a while.I just feel lost and incredibly lonely like I have no one even though I do have friends.The feeling of being rejected continuously is probably getting to me But how do you get rejected without confessing?I guess things just seem the way they are because it was meant to be.Authors POV on RUBEN after divorce :Fragile,Weak mind.Anti fragile, Strong heart, strong resolve.*Ruben after divorce* Sunday 31st: Solace.Solace,the ultimate emotional relief I
Chapter 20: "Julian? Who is Jullian?" Contrary to the tumultuous events that happened with Luuk, Luke had a smooth ride back to the villa. A smile lit up on his face at the familiar sight of the warm house. The driver parked the car in the designated spot and left after he gave the keys to Luke. Luke was energized in comparison to how he felt when he was 'kidnapped' back to Ruben's mansion. He felt terrific. Like he was surfing across the waves, feeling the cool breeze hit his face and the familiar feeling of freedom. "Mother." Luke skidded into the living room excitedly like the female characters in cartoons do during exciting events."Luuk, good morning my little prince." Tess teased. Luuk hates being addressed as a little prince, he feels like a princess in a shimmering pink dress. "Good morning mother." Luke flashed Tess the brightest smile. He opened his arms for a hug and Tess lifted him off the floor, twirling in the air. "hahaha" Luke was dizzy but he couldn't stop laugh
Chapter 21: "You certainly enjoy dragging me around a lot Mr De vries""Luuk! You scared me." Tess's hand gripped her chest in fright. "Eyyy mother, you shouldn't peek secretly at other people." Luke said in a mocking tone. "Come here." Tess chased him around her office. She finally caught up to him, she placed him atop the couch and tickled him nonstop. "Hehehe m-mothe hehe… mother stop it hehe." Luke giggled. Their playful interaction was interrupted by a knock on the glass door. Tess straighten her clothes and maintained a stoic professional face while Luke burst into laughter at the sight. "Miss Janssen, we have a meeting at De Vries company in 30 minutes, we have to leave now." Jude spoke, stifling the laughter that threatened to escape his throat from watching Tess's childish interaction with Luke. "Alright, i'll be out in 5 minutes." Tess replied. Luuk's eyes lit up at the mention of De Vries. "Mother, I will take care of the files here and give you a summary later" "O
Chapter 22: "Still attracting butterflies I see."Tess left De Vries's building after twenty minutes of tending to her emotions. Her team members had left already. Ruben had figured it would take her a while to leave the room, to avoid suspicion towards Tess, he asked his secretary to tell her team members the meeting would take a while so they had to leave first. She drove to the law firm with an empty heart, a wave of fatigue washed upon her and she collapsed to the nearest couch to take a quick nap.Luke noticed Tess's sour mood. He didn't say a word, he just draped a warm blanket over her and cursed Ruben inwardly. 'Father is so unromantic and irresponsible, he is the only one that can make mother so sad.' He had gotten a reply from his underlings, a p*f file of the summary of the contracts was sent to him and the suspicious stuff was highlighted red. He had planned to show off to Tess and gain some sweet compliments and plenty of kisses but Ruben ruined that. Tess woke up thr
Chapter 23:"If you have nothing reasonable to say I would take my leave now" Tess enjoyed a warm cup of ginger tea and confirmed Luke was sleeping well before she headed for bed. She recalled Lucas asked her to text him when she arrived at her place but she didn't feel the need to. She felt tired both emotionally and physically and soon fell asleep. The next few days went by blurry for Tess, very depressing and everyday felt tortuous. Her healing wounds were once again torn open. The immense pain tore her soul apart and shattered her will to live. Although heartbroken, Luke had been very understanding, he gave Tess space and frequently changed her cup of tea, water, fruit juice and the meals she didn't even take a glance at. He and Luuk had been communicating via phone calls."How is mother?" Luuk asked calmly. "Still the same as yesterday, huddled up on her bed. I'm worried because she didn't eat yesterday, only half a glass of orange juice and water… her pillow was soaked this