"I have something important to tell you." Amanda gathered everyone together when Nadine came home early, and she couldn't hide her work problems."What's wrong, sister? You're being so tense," Nadine said. She and her mother sat on the couch while Amanda stood across from them.Her sister took out a thick brown envelope under her T-shirt and placed it on the table, making Nadine and Pamela glance at each other."What's this?" Pamela picked it up, surprised to find many bills inside. "What money, Amanda?""Bonus money from my former boss, Mom." Amanda's expression was so flat when she said it."Ex-boss? You mean?" Nadine asked for an explanation."I've stopped working since yesterday. Sorry for being late telling you the truth."Pamela was silent; she was almost happy that her daughter received a sizable bonus, but after the woman admitted the reason behind it, Pamela became shocked."You were fired?" Pamela asked. "What kind of trouble did you get into that your boss chose to terminate
Oriaga smiled after receiving the news that Zayn had sent his gift to Amanda's house. He stood on the balcony of his room smoking an e-cigarette, the smoke billowing away, occasionally trying to calm down by taking a drag without Grandma Gloria knowing.He was almost surprised when his cell phone rang and showed that Amanda's number was calling him. Oriaga could guess from the start the man's way of seeking attention was utterly unpredictable.Oriaga used a tug of war; he silenced the phone until the ringing ended, but it turned out that Amanda insisted on calling him again to ask for an explanation."Yes, Ms. Griscouv. I was so surprised when I got a call from you. Do you want to know what my expression is now?" He smiled amusedly."Stop saying nonsense, Oriaga. Don't give me anything.""Why? Don't you want that thing?""If I want it, I can buy this dress myself. You don't have to bother buying it for me.""Really? You already have a lot of money?" Oriaga laughed dismissively."I'll
"Sir, the first issue of 'Talkie Jolly' magazine containing your written interview has arrived. Would you like to check it out?" Joana held up a new magazine still wrapped in plastic."Of course. Have you seen it?"Joana shook her head. "No, you can see it first." She tore off the plastic wrapper before placing the scented magazine on Oriaga's work surface.The man smiles as he sees his face back on the magazine cover. Several magazines have had him on the cover after working together. Feeling proud, he opened the page to the place where his written interview was located."Would you like to consume something, sir?""Yes. Honey tea.""Alright, it will be ready soon." Joana went out, and while Oriaga went through every line of the thousands of words that made up the sentence, he was still able to find some of her photos to be interesting. 'ORIAGA NIEL THOMPSON, Successful Young Businessman, Handsome and Charming.'"Grandma should see it when I get home." Oriaga closed the magazine and
Nadine deliberately took Amanda out this Sunday, not only because Nadine was off work, but also because Amanda never went anywhere with her sister on Sundays. As an unemployed person, there was no sleeping in all day on a nice Sunday, so Nadine simply had to force her will on her sister.After all, if they stayed at home, Nadine didn't want to hear any babbling from Pamela's lips. She would keep asking 'When is Amanda coming back to work?'—which could cause her sister to become stressed out from the pressure."I want you to meet Rudolf. You guys have only met once, I want you to know more that my boyfriend is a warm man even though he is far from the criteria of mom's dreams." Nadine spoke, and the two of them walked down the streets of the canal area which was about 5 kilometers from their home, but this was fun.When else would Amanda enjoy quality time with Nadine alone?As they nursed along the canal side, many cars were parked like a barrier between the road and the canal bank, a
Oriaga had a round of golf at ten this morning, then a dinner invitation from Xiao Yen, but it was still fifteen minutes past eight, and the man was still lying comfortably in his bed even though the alarm on his cell phone had screamed several times.Oriaga had deliberately turned off his hearing, hoping to live his Sunday life like everyone else who slept all day and woke up when the sun had set, then went back to rest like a reluctant pig.However, the schedule lined up like a line of royal soldiers.The man was only willing to touch his cell phone when the ringing of the alarm turned into the ringing of the cell phone, his eyes remained closed, while his hands were busy fingering whatever was beside him until the cell phone was successfully grasped.He opened his eyelids slightly, confirming someone's name. "Uh, Joana.""Yes, sir. Did you just wake up?""Then, what should I do? Running around the neighborhood isn't in my schedule."Joana paused, not knowing what she was doing, the
When Oriaga arrives home, Joana calls, saying that Mr. Xiao Yen's assistant contacted her and apologized for having to cancel today's dinner invitation, they had to return to Shanghai for some reason.Feeling sorry for Oriaga, Mr. Xiao Yen sent a gift to the man's office, but since she was off work Joana couldn't pick up the gift from Xiao Yen, she was still taking care of her daughter at home."It's okay, Zayn and Dean will take it to the office. It'll be held up by security anyway since the office is closed." Oriaga said as he walked towards his room. "You, enjoy your rest, Joana.""Yes, sir. I apologize once again for disturbing your vacation.""No problem." The call ended, Oriaga entered the room and immediately pulled his white collared T-shirt over his neck, leaving him shirtless. Muscles and veins stood out in several places, especially the arms and the backs of the hands.He turned to the bathroom, standing in front of the sink mirror to stare at himself to his heart's content
The gift from Mr. Xiao Yen had come, Oriaga immediately took it to the room and opened a shopping bag with a famous bag brand name, he could guess the contents, but another thing stole Oriaga's attention, a small black box hidden in the corner of the shopping bag.Oriaga took out and placed the black box on the table, only about the size of a palm. After opening it, there was a flash drive and a piece of paper, Oriaga frowned.'Hi, Mr. Oriaga Niel Thompson.I'm sending this written sentence because I can't meet you, our time has become very tight, but I'll say it anyway. Please take a look at the contents of that pendrive, and you'll find anything–whether it's important to you I don't, but it seems useful.Sender,Xiao Lei'"What does that girl mean?" Oriaga muttered, he picked up the laptop and placed it on the table, then connected the flash drive to the device.There were two folders, one of which contained four photo files, and the rest were screenshots with many sentences like le
"Last night Dad called me.""Are you sure?" The morning news was quite surprising for Nadine. "Why didn't you call me too?""He said that his cell phone was lost, he contacted me using a different number.""Did you tell mom?"Amanda shook her head. "I don't know how to say it, but you can guess how she'll respond, right?"Nadine nodded, they could easily deduce that. "You're right, she'll just keep talking nonstop."Amanda told Nadine only after seeing Pamela come out of the house, and her two daughters behind the dining table. Nadine started breakfast because she had to go to work, while Amanda didn't touch her breakfast, she looked very lazy."You must be getting bored just being at home with mom," Nadine said."I can watch movies on my laptop, don't worry about it.""If mom is trying to influence you, let it go, Amanda.""Yes. I learned a lot from you.""I'll be back sooner." It was as if Nadine had left her sister with a criminal, while Amanda was a woman of twenty-plus years. "Ca