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Xavier and the twins were the first to arrive outside the company before Vanessa. They entered Xavier's car. And, of course, Vanessa sat next to Xavier in the front seats, while Eric and Derek sat together in the back seats. Seeing that everyone had already settled down comfortably in their respective seats, Xavier drove off. ‘I bet Cole is in the mansion. I should be angry that he gave away my location to Xavier and made him stay throughout the day with me. But, I'm actually glad that Xavier stayed with me today. He defended me from that jerk. I'm happy. I feel like I owe him a big favour’. Vanessa thought, and was smiling. She glanced at Xavier and admitted in her mind, ‘The more I look at Xavier, he looks aloof, but, I can clearly see that he's a nice guy'. The mansion, It wasn't a long drive, and finally, they had arrived outside Xavier's mansion's gates. Because it was obviously dark outside, the car’s lights were already on. Xavier was just in the process of sounding his
A drop of sweat suddenly formed on Xavier's forehead. With disbelief clearly displaying in his brown eyes, he was looking at Vanessa without averting his gaze from her, not even for a brief minute nor a second. Vanessa had just acted perfectly and naturally, as if she was his legal wife, so everything took him by great surprise, because he could see the sincerity in her eyes! He truly wished he hadn't been mistaken about this. Vanessa glanced at Xavier, before she fixed her gaze on Gabriella and added, “Please leave, young lady. And, you should never approach my husband again”. Even though Gabriella had tried to suppress the annoyance she felt, she was still fuming. She was angry with Vanessa because Xavier used to be hers (Gabriella). He used to be her loving fiancè, before the misunderstanding happened, and she left the city five years ago. Gabriella glared at Vanessa, before she warm-heartedly stared at Xavier, and said to him, “At least, let me stay in your mansion for som
Xavier had no intention of refusing Vanessa's request, so he allowed Gabriella to stay in his mansion, against his own will. Well, he made it clear that Gabriella should stay with them for only one night. Xavier was the first person who entered the mansion. He went to his bedroom without looking back, as he couldn't stand being in the same space as Gabriella. Vanessa led Gabriella into the mansion, while Eric and Derek followed behind. Upon their arrival inside the living room, Vanessa turned to Gabriella, and said to her, “Make yourself at home. But don't feel too comfortable”. Gabriella scoffed, because Vanessa kept on annoying her with her bossy attitude. ‘Sincerely, this lady is strangely getting on my nerves. I can't stand her at all. I can't even understand why I suggested that she stay here with us for the night’. Vanessa thought to herself. Mrs Charlotte went into the living room, and as soon as she saw Gabriella, she exclaimed, “Unbelievable”. Everyone turned to
Vanessa had arrived in Xavier's bedroom corridor. She stood in front of his door. And even though her hand had reached out to the door, she was hesitating to knock on it. “You can do it, Vanessa. It's not so hard. Just knock on the door, enter the room, and say what you must say to Mr Xavier”. Vanessa said this to herself with boldness, because she was strangely feeling nervous about knocking on the door. After taking a deep breath in and out, Vanessa had courage and finally knocked on the door. “Who is it?”. Xavier's deep voice was heard inside the bedroom. “It is I, Xavier”. It hadn't even been more than 10 seconds, and the door to Xavier's room was immediately opened by him. Vanessa couldn't understand the reason why Xavier opened the door for her so quickly, as if he was being chased by something terrifying. “Nessa, what are you doing here?”. He asked her, and was staring right into her eyes. Vanessa couldn't find the right answer to Xavier’s question, causing her to say th
{ 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