The time stopped moving after the plates shattered into pieces. Vanessa and Xavier were staring at each other. Their different-coloured eyes were looking at each other’s faces. Both Eric and Derek arrived inside the kitchen. The empty plates in their hands almost fell down because of what they were seeing. Eric and Derek saw the way Xavier was holding Vanessa, and how they were also staring at themselves. “What's going on with them? Can't they tell we're watching them? Why are they standing stiff?”. Derek brought his head close to Eric when he asked these questions. “I don't know, Derek. But pretend you don't see them”. Derek nodded at Eric, because what Eric had said to him made actual sense. He wouldn't want to be the one who interrupted this once in a lifetime beautiful moment. “Ahem, you can let go of me now”. Vanessa said to Xavier. Her face was as red as a tomato, not because she was staring at Xavier’s face, but because Xavier was supporting her off-balance body using his
‘Oh boy’. Vanessa thought. She had forgotten about the two wishes she had promised to Xavier the other day. And now that Xavier mentioned what he wanted for his first wish, she was in a tight spot since this wasn't the right time for her, as she had planned to go to her cyber cafe now. Seeing the unreadable look on Xavier's face, it made Vanessa have a complicated feeling. She wanted to tell him that she would agree to his wish tomorrow, because she didn't have enough free time for today. But, she couldn't bring herself to say this to him. In the end, she feigned happiness and said to him, “That's awesome news, Mr Xavier. I now have the opportunity to fulfil one of your two wishes. And it turns out that your first wish is a very simple task for me”. ‘Yeah, your wish is simple for me to do, Xavier. But too bad you had to present the wish to me at a very wrong time, like today. I feel like getting angry at you and hitting your unnecessary handsome face. Unfortunately for me, I can onl
Outside the mansion, Hannah had returned home. She got out of her car after she had parked it. Her eyes were red because she had been crying ever since she was in Mr Miller's mansion. “I can't wait to lock myself inside my room”. She said to herself, before she took a deep breath and was walking toward the mansion in front of her. As Hannah arrived in the living room and heard what her big brother asked Alexa, she frowned and was confused. She couldn't keep silent and asked him, “Why are you asking Alexa that dumb question, Nicholas? Why are you asking her to marry you? I mean, isn't she your fianceè already?”. She scoffed and sarcastically added, “Please correct me if what I said is wrong”. Everyone turned to Hannah, who was standing next to the door. Sofia and her husband, Benjamin, had the same confusion in their minds. They didn't understand why Nicholas was asking Alexa to marry him when she was already his fianceè. ‘Phew. Please ruin this moment for me, Hannah. Don'
Staying indoors in Xavier's mansion was boring for both Eric and Derek, who were in their room groaning in agony. They were walking back and forth as they continued to think about what Vanessa said to them before she left the mansion with Xavier. Vanessa told them to quit going to her company for the meantime. She told them the reason for that, and because Eric and Derek did not want to argue with their sister concerning the matter involving Claire, they decided to listen to her and not go to the company. Eric stopped walking around the room. “Ugh”. He furrowed his eyebrows and groaned, before he said, “This is frustrating me in an odd way, Derek. Is it because of what Blake had said to our big sister on the rooftop that caused her to think that there's a possibility that Claire is not the betrayer?”. “I think that should be the case, Eric. But, I don't understand Nessa. She said she wanted to investigate the case further and see whether Claire was the true betrayer, or if som
After Vanessa calmed down a little bit, she gasped and turned to Xavier, who was looking at her. She was saddened about Derek’s health condition, thus, mistakenly raising her voice against Xavier. “I- I'm sorry, Xavier. I didn't mean to shout at you. I was worried about Derek”. “It's alright”. Xavier didn't hesitate and said to Vanessa. He was not angry that she had shouted at him because he knew that she did not do it on purpose. “You said that Derek's last stomach disorder almost caused his life. How did that happen?”. He asked her. His voice was calm, and the look in his eyes genuinely showed how he was ready to listen to every word that Vanessa might say to him. Vanessa was taken aback. She had expected Xavier to be annoyed at her for shouting at him, but she didn't understand why he was being nicer and considerate to her. Deep inside her heart, she felt guilty. ‘Xavier may look harsh and aloof on the outside, but there's no doubt he's got a nice heart’. She nodded as she spoke
The next day, Gabriella woke up from sleep, before an excited smile appeared on her face. She got out of bed and arranged the bed, before she rushed to brush her teeth and take her bath inside the bathroom. She was so happy today because she expected Captain Tristan to have already arrested Isla, Nova and the cyber cafe owner. She did not go to the police station yesterday because she did not want to slow down their search for the culprits. It took a few minutes and Gabriella finished brushing and bathing. She wore blue jean trousers with a yellow shirt. She put on her white sneakers and left her room in a hurry. “Jasper, Jasper, Jasper!”. She called his name multiple times in a row. Jasper, who was still asleep inside his room, woke up as he heard his name. He placed his hand on his fast beating chest, and his breathing was unstable. “Jasper!”. Jasper's eyes widened as he heard Gabriella’s voice calling his name. He thought that Gabriella was in trouble, so he speedily got o
The words that the cop had said to Gabriella and Jasper, were like bombs in Gabriella’s heart. Gabriella’s main purpose of coming to the police station today was to meet Nova, Isla and the cyber cafe owner, whom she had expected to see behind bars. Unfortunately for her, it turned out that Captain Tristan was not able to locate their whereabouts at all. ‘The police captain could not find anything? But, didn't he tell us that he would find and arrest the culprits in less than 24 hours?’. Gabriella thought to herself. She didn't know what to feel. She felt like crying and shouting, but she didn't know which one to do first. Jasper noticed the way his little sister's face became pale. He asked her, “Are you alright?”. “Of course. Yes”. Gabriella replied to Jasper, even though she did not hear what he said. There was a last order left for the police officer to fulfil. So he took out Gabriella’s cell phone from his pocket and offered it to her. Jasper had to collect the ce
“I know, mother. But what would you have me do? Remember that you supported my plan of making Nicholas my fiancé”.“Of course, I did support your plan, Alexa. Although I supported your plan, I didn't expect everything to come to this”. Alexa quickly held her mother's hand and said to her, “Mom, you have to think of a solution for me. I can't get married to Nicholas. But if I don't show up at the wedding ceremony, Nicholas will hate me. And if Nicholas hates me, I would not be able to use him anymore. And if I'm not able to use him anymore, how can I cause the T&N company's downfall? How can I make my father become proud of me so that he will hand over his company to me? Remember, mom, you said your wish was for you to see me become the Triple Union’s chairman”. “And don't forget, mom. Your plan to ruin Vanessa's company and her family’s life didn't go as we had planned. If I don't show up at the wedding ceremony today, people might say some bad words against me. And if I have a bad