{ Flashback; 10 years ago } Golden Valley high school, Gabriella was a high school student who was in 11th grade. Meanwhile, Xavier was graduating from 12th grade. During high school's graduation, Xavier prepared a special love message and gave it to Gabriella. He had a crush on her for quite a long time, and since he was graduating out of school, he decided to confess his love for her before he would leave for university. Xavier's classmates stood close-by as they observed Gabriella who was reading the love message that Xavier had given to her. “What's your answer going to be?!”. The students graduating from high school cheered, as they were anticipating Gabriella's reply. After carefully reading the love confession that was boldly written on the fancy piece of paper, Gabriella smiled at Xavier, and nodded at him. She said, “Yes, I'll become your girlfriend”. Unknown to everyone, Gabriella also had a crush on Xavier, exactly the same way Xavier had a crush on her.
Gabriella's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in horror after reading the new messages that some unknown source had sent to her cell phone. Xavier hesitated at first, before he turned around and was staring at Gabriella with a confused expression on his handsome face. “What’s wrong?”. He asked Gabriella, but she was too stunned to speak. Vanessa stole a glance at Xavier's face, before she went to Gabriella and collected the cell phone from her hand. She read the messages out of curiosity, and after seeing what the messages' content were all about, she frowned, and also furrowed her brows. Mrs Charlotte couldn't understand what was going on, so she descended the stairs and went into the living room where Gabriella, Vanessa and Xavier were. “What happened, Vanessa?”. Mrs Charlotte asked her after she had arrived inside the living room. Her mouth was slightly opened because she was looking forward to hearing Vanessa's reply. “I see you've returned to the city. I've told you several ti
The next morning,Gabriella left the guest room which she had slept in last night. She went to the living room, as she was hoping to cross paths with Xavier there. She couldn't sleep properly last night because she couldn't stop thinking about the way Xavier reacted last night. Gabriella sat down on one of the sofas, and in her hand, she was holding her cell phone.It hadn't even been up to 5 minutes since Gabriella arrived in the living room, and Mrs Charlotte came inside the living room. She gasped, as she was surprised to see Gabriella there. As if Mrs Charlotte knew the exact reason why Gabriella was inside the living room, she asked, “Why are you up so early? Are you planning to meet Master Xavier?”. “Em, yes, Mrs Charlotte”. Gabriella replied. She was being sincere, because she didn't want to commit the same mistake of hiding the truth from the people who were, in one way or the other, close to her. Mrs Charlotte sighed deeply. She wanted to leave the living room, but halted
‘Now, this is definitely an awkward moment’. Vanessa thought to herself, and was already feeling sweaty. She thought to herself again, ‘What exactly made me tell Derek and Eric that I have proof? No, wrong. Why did I even offer to help Gabriella out in the first place? I should have clearly understood that my hacking abilities would be at great risk of being discovered!’. ‘I must have been a fool. Why couldn't I understand in time that Nessa was hiding something important from Eric and I? After all, it's totally impossible for her to discover any proof in one night. Even as a pro hacker, I can't solve such a tricky task in one night’. Derek nodded in agreement as he thought to himself. It didn't reach a minute, and Derek's eyes widened in shock because he remembered something. He thought, ‘Wait a sec. After Eric and I had successfully hacked Xavier’s information the other day, didn't Eric tell me about Gabriella? Didn't he also tell me back then that Gabriella was once Xavier's fia
Derek became scared because Vanessa's face was undeniably scary to look at. He quickly rose from Vanessa's bed and hurried toward the exit door. His hand held the door knob, but he didn't open the door yet. “Come on, Nessa. No need for you to chase us out. It's not as if we forced you to tell us the identity of the genius right now”. Eric tried to reason with her. Vanessa's eyes flashed with anger for a brief moment. She breathed deeply, with the aim of calming herself. “I'll count to one. If I finish counting, and you're both still here ….”. Vanessa purposely didn't finish talking. Instead, she started the countdown, “Three”. “Bu- but, is all this drama really necessary, Nessa? Can't you easily reveal the identity of the genius right now to Derek and me? It's not as if something bad is going to happen to you after you tell us”. “Two”. Eric gasped, because he now understood that Vanessa was serious. He rushed to the exit door. “Why haven't you opened the door, Derek?”. “On
“So, does that mean the genius you were both discussing earlier, was the same genius who helped figure out the culprits behind all my troublesome problems?”. Gabriella asked Eric and Derek, as she was greatly amazed. What she couldn't discover in a whole 10 years, someone else discovered it for her within a single night! “Yes. It's the same genius, Gabriella”. Eric nodded at her as he admitted this. Gabriella smiled so brightly because she couldn't control her fired-up excitement. She was genuinely happy. She had a lot to say to Vanessa, but feeling that it would be too much, she said calmly, “I’m speechless, CEO of Diamond V company. I don't know what to say. At first, I thought you were bluffing. But now, I can clearly see you’re serious”. “Of course I was serious, Gabriella. I'm the kind of person who rarely jokes around”. Vanessa smirked and announced. She didn't give anyone a chance to speak, and added, “Come on, Gabriella. I want you to see all the proof with your own eye
“Gabriella, the address of the cyber-cafe your best friends frequented is not that far from Xavier’s mansion”. Vanessa announced. Her eyes widened after she noticed her mistake. She quickly added, “I mean, the address of the cyber-cafe your best friends frequented is not that far from my husband’s mansion”. Eric and Derek forced themselves not to laugh at Vanessa. They found Vanessa funny because of her mistake and shocked reaction. ‘This is so sad. Poor Gabriella. All these years, I had misunderstood and blamed her. She didn't cheat on Master Xavier. Neither did she betray his love for her. Her best friends were the main genesis of everything’. Mrs Charlotte shook her head in pity as she thought. Gabriella was lost in her thoughts that she couldn't even realise the mistake Vanessa had made. “Didn't you hear what I said to you, Gabriella?”. Vanessa asked her, but there was no reply. Turning to Xavier, Vanessa noticed that he was staring at Gabriella with a poker expression on
After Mrs Charlotte left the living room, Vanessa and her twin brothers ate breakfast. They couldn't wait for Xavier because they couldn't find him anywhere in the mansion. When they saw that one of his cars was missing, they realised that he had left the mansion. It took them a few minutes to finish eating breakfast because Vanessa had hurried them to eat faster. She wanted all of them to report to her Diamond V company at once, because she had an important investor coming over today. “Seriously, who's the important investor you're refusing to tell us about, Vanessa?”. Derek raised an eyebrow as he asked her. “Yeah. And why didn't he show up and help you when your company was facing a crisis?”. Eric asked Vanessa too, and was impatiently waiting to hear what her reply would be. “Both of you are getting more annoying lately. Seriously. Now, shut up and quietly follow me outside”. Vanessa ordered them. After they went outside, they entered Vanessa's car, and she drove off and was