Chapter 6: Meet your ex-husband
My life is back to normal, Min still has to go to school but the outdoor activities I don't want her to participate in because it's not good for her body. During Min's time at school, I also went to work, and sometimes during breaks, I could see her through the camera of the classroom. This child has always been quiet and doesn't like outdoor activities or jogging, which is different from other children her age should worry me.
After work, I quickly arranged to leave and was called by Lina my superior.
“Hey, where are you going?” - Lina was loud, though she didn't say my name at all, I knew that she called me because Lina was the only one in the company who treated me no head and tail like that.
I put on my backpack, my hands still organizing documents not caring for her, and I was very annoyed by my superficial attitude: “I'm going home.”
“Who let you go, have you finished the work I've given you?” - Lina flung her chin.
I sighed, the company is so large, there are so many employees, so why to bother bullying me alone, I brought the thick document in front of Lina and put it on her desk:
“Here, I've done everything you've given me.”
“When you're done, keep doing the work for tomorrow, you look at how many people are left here to work, you rely on what you want to go home on time!” - Lina shouted, all the staff in the room immediately turned their eyes towards us, they even laughed as if they were watching a farce.
My hands are clenched, this is not the once or twice Lina has made it difficult for me. She always relied on her position higher than I should have bullied me. I said with a loud voice:
“Relying on me as a human being, as a citizen with liberty, as a mother, and having to go home to care for my family. Is that enough?”
Without waiting for Lina's response, I immediately left the company, if I had to leave work tomorrow, I would happily leave, anyway, there's no need to force myself in such a superior company.
I went to Min's school, it's been a long time since, after school, there are only Min and Miss Nana left in the classroom.
“I'm here to pick up Min.” - I was reluctant to bow down, I was the only parent to pick up my child late every day, Nana didn't manage to work because she had to watch Min until I arrived, fortunately, she didn't have a husband.
“Flora, you're here, let me call Min… Min! Here comes your mother.”
The child heard his mother come, threw the toy aside, and ran quickly to the door, the sweet and childish voice shouting:
"Mom, you're too late, my friends are all home!"
"I'm sorry, I'll come earlier next time." - I held my daughter and greeted Nana.
Day in, day out, nothing special, but I think this is good. In the morning Min goes to school, and I go to work; In the evening I get out of work and come back to pick her up, we roam on the way back home sometimes I'll buy some snacks for her even though Min never asked.
Thought that, because I was rude to Lina yesterday, she would report my bad behavior to my superiors so that I could be taken off my pay or fired. But things didn't go according to my mind, Lina saw me coming and glared at me fiercely, she arrogantly carried a bunch of documents on my desk while I hadn't sat down...
“Yesterday, you left early while everyone was still working, so today you have to do twice the normal work, if you don't finish today, work the weekend overtime.” - Lina arrogantly
I sighed, nevertheless I could do nothing but accept these injustices: “I know.”
Seeing me compromise so quickly, Lina happily smiled as if she won over me.
The office only had the sound of typing, then suddenly everything was in a commotion because the amount of work was so much that I couldn't notice what was going on until the whispering grew louder and louder, causing me to lose my mind concentrate.
"What's the matter?" I muttered silently.
“Miss Flora, nice to meet you.” - The beautiful blonde woman named Gemma Taylor looked at me smiling amiably and said hello.
I looked at her in amazement, why is she here?
“Miss Tay-… me… why are you here?” - I stammered and asked.
Taylor kept a smile on his face, and she said:
“I am here on behalf of the DIZ Group to discuss the contract, I happen to know Miss Flora works here as well, so I came over to say hello.”
At this time, I remember that my company was actually working on a big project, the biggest ever, but I didn't expect that project to be in cooperation with the DIZ Group. Realizing that I was rude, I stood up to say hello properly:
"I didn't know you were here."
Lina came out quickly, she reached out and wanted to shake hands with Taylor:
"Miss Taylor, don't notice, Flora is a new employee of the company who still doesn't know much about politeness, so she was rude to you just now. I apologize on behalf of Flora.”
But Taylor ignored Lina's words, Lina's arm was still in the air, and she hesitated to pull it back. Taylor still looked at me and went on to say, her voice was so soft and easy that the listener was sympathetic:
“Miss Flora, can I come to see my boss after work?”
“Boss…?” - I realized who the ‘Boss’ was in her words, I immediately declined this offer.
“Sorry, I don't have time to meet anyone, send my apologies to your superiors.”
Taylor nodded softly, she did not show any attitude to my refusal as if she had anticipated I would refuse. But Lina was very dissatisfied with my attitude. Before Taylor left, she smiled friendly and said to me:
“Miss Flora, I hope you can reconsider and I think you'll reconsider, the specific address has already been texted for you. My boss is looking forward to your arrival. Now, if you'll excuse me, please leave first. Wishing everyone a productive day.”
After Taylor left, I was scolded by Lina with a loud voice:
“Flora, don't you know some rules? Do you know who Gemma Taylor is? You've been rude to her, what consequences you have to bear!”
“I…” - I was confused about what to say because it was true that I was rude to Taylor just now because I didn't know that she represented DIZ Group here to review the project.
People in the office started to criticize me as if I was harming the company while there was no loss. Although I don't care I am very restless and confused, if Lina says so, do I have to pay for the company? If the DIZ Group representative suddenly does not want to cooperate with my company just because I am not in a good attitude, what should I do?
After work, I went to Min's school.
Nana saw me running out to say hello:
“Are you here to pick up Min? Her father had come to pick her up before, didn't he say anything to you?”
I heard it and was surprised to ask:
“Who?” What father?”
“It's Enzo, Min's father has come to get Min.” - Nana repeated again.
The bag in my hand fell down, I panicked and grabbed Nana,
“Are you mistaken, my daughter… I didn't ask anyone to pick up Min, her father… it's impossible, did you look wrong?”
“Are you all right, Flora?” - Nana, who timidly stops, dodges my touching.
During the panic, suddenly the phone rang, I quickly picked up the phone. The other end of the wire says:
[Flora, when do you get here, I'm starting to get impatient!] - A masculine voice, serious but very familiar to me, is Enzo's voice.
“Enzo? Where's my daughter? Where'd you take her?” - I shouted.
Enzo laughed quietly and went on:
[She's also my daughter, you're thinking I'm gonna hurt her. Stop talking, come here.]
At this point, I remembered that Taylor had given me a specific address before and that I had to go to see her boss.
I took a taxi and quickly reached the rendezvous point, fearing and worried about Min, afraid that Enzo would harm her. The rendezvous point is a large restaurant, the interior is very luxuriously designed, entering this place will feel what is called 'super expensive'.
But the scene in front of me was so beautiful that it was impossible to move me, I panicked looking around the store, I didn't see a customer coming here. A waitress went to the palace to say hello and said:
"Good evening, ladies, please come over, Sir Enzo Robert is here."
I followed him and saw Enzo sitting watching the view outside the window. The increased anger made me unable to hold back and run quickly to Enzo's table.
‘Rumbling!’ I hit my hand on the table and said loudly:
“Where's my daughter? Where's Min? Give her back to me.”
Looking at Enzo's face he probably didn't expect me to be so loud, he shook his chin to the opposite side to imply I sat down:
“Sit down and talk, don't be a laughing stock.”
I reluctantly sat across from him, I still asked the question again but he seemed to be ignoring it, which made me mad. I was so worried about Min that I sat on the fire while Enzo could relax and order.
Actually, I didn't expect to see Enzo again one day, but the earth was already round, and if both of them were still alive, they would definitely meet again one day, but I didn't expect to see my ex-husband so quickly. Now that we're both in a top five-star restaurant in the city, outsiders will feel like we're a couple of lovers, but we're not.
Chapter 7: The Beginning of Bad ThingsI was annoyed to see Enzo, my daughter, lying in his arms, I don't know what he wants to me out here for. Enzo's appearance at this moment is very elegant, dashing without showing any sloppiness, if it was any other woman would surely be crazy about this handsome and elegant man but I am not. It was impossible to enjoy this flash of Enzo.I was like sitting on fire because I didn't see my daughter and the man opposite was so relaxed.“Where's my daughter? Where'd you take her?” - I said angrily.Enzo now lowers his teacup, his eyes cold and dark looking at me, I can see the contempt in the way he looks at me. That's right. Look at the present. Our identities are exactly the opposite. Enzo is the CEO of the Multinational Corporation. I'm just a regular clerk.If I told everyone that I was Enzo's ex-wife, there would certainly be no one to believe it, and maybe they'd think I was crazy too.Enzo said:“Min is my daughter, it would be better if she
Chapter 8: Enzo was impatientAfter that day, Min and I went home safely and I thought it was over, a man with a lot of money and a lot of power in his hands like Enzo could later marry a woman in the elite and he would soon forget about Min and me. If at that time, I agree to give Min to him for upbringing, I'm afraid Min will soon be abandoned.But maybe I was wrong, that night Enzo made a deal with me, and then his men came to my house and bothered me. Not that they came to intimidate or coerce me but that they continue to negotiate with me on Enzo's behalf.Once or twice I didn't notice much, they came up with something very rich and valuable but I flatly refused. They do it like telling me to sell my baby, it's silly for me to give my daughter to them.But it didn't end that fast, they often came to my house more often than before, a week with seven days and six days they came to negotiate with me and the things they brought were also of greater value such as luxury cars, villas,
Chapter 9: Hiring a lawyerNana after listening to what I said, her expression paled, she was scared that she couldn't put it into words, other people were so scared when they heard this story, but I have to bear these things myself because of not giving Min to my ex-husband.Nana patted me on the back and comforted me:“Did you call the police? Don't worry the police will help or you'll come to my house for a few days like that.”I shook my head, I went to the police, I thought about it and I did it, but they didn't help us, and I didn't want to get involved with Nana. The fatigue and helplessness that surrounded me made me tired, I bowed my head in silence for a long time and say:"I have to work something to end this, I don't want to lose my daughter."Nana said,"Or you can hire a lawyer, get a lawyer to handle this."I looked up at Nana, is it a good way for me and my daughter but with Enzo's current status, it's very difficult for me to win.Nana continued:“If you have never hir
Chapter 10: The reason why Enzo wants to take custody of Min.Roy had just heard me mention his money and immediately shook his head and looked at me smiling, I didn't understand what his smile meant and why he was smiling like that. After I told my whole story and begged him for help, Roy pulled out a brochure from his pocket, which he said:“Nana has told me about your situation, the past two months you have had a hard time dealing with those terrible things. I understand your case very well.”I nodded, the past two months have been like a nightmare and it's still chasing me, I have to find a way out of this madness. Enzo knows how to piss me off.I looked at Roy and said, “So what am I going to do to get out of this?”Roy looked over at that document, which was the information I gave him before we both met. It contained all the evidence that Enzo's men were constantly disturbing me and my daughter, and also the fact that they came to smash my house, even their threats I recorded. W
Chapter 11: Put an end to this!Then I had enough proof that Enzo had no intention of raising and loving my daughter, he just wanted Min to use her as a shield to save him from having to marry one of the girl’s powerful familiesWhen I learned this, I went crazy and clutched the photos of Enzo's meeting with the other women. I feel myself and my daughter are being manipulated and forced excessively by Enzo, he is not a human being, the worst Enzo has taken advantage of his own daughter just to get what he wants.Bo looked at my angry face, she asked:“What are you going to do next?”I smiled, and in my head now appeared the image of Enzo trying to do everything to steal Min from me just for the sake of his bullshit, I hated this man."It's true that eyes are blind, I can't believe that the man who used to be my husband has such a disgusting and dirty face, he also wants to take advantage of his own daughter, what a bastard! " I can't help the anger boiling in my chest.…I no longer de
Chapter 12: Take my child to hideI left without looking back because my courage and bravery are only like that, in the face of a person as powerful and intimidating as Enzo I couldn't hold out for too long. Min looked up at me and asked, her innocent and lovely tone making my heart tremble:"Mom, do I still get to see Dad later?"Listening to this question, I didn't know how to answer it, I just laughed quietly and said to her:"Maybe, but I don't know when."My short answer was that I was covering up my selfishness, inside I really didn't want to see Enzo again and let my daughter see her father again. But I was afraid to reveal this selfishness in front of Min.I'm not sure if Enzo will continue with that silly and absurd thing but I'm sure he won't have too much time to care for us because he's a CEO and he's very busy at work.Maybe this can't go on anymore and it should be over quickly.Roy called me and asked about this, he wanted to know what our conversation had been about an
Chapter 13: Part2Enzo didn't say anything and just looked at me for a long time, I was afraid of being stared at like that. I started to lose my temper:“You say what you want to say, I don't want to stay here!”Enzo spoke at this moment:"Flo, how do you feel about this place? Is it beautiful?”I don't understand what he's talking about, did he ask me to come here just to ask if his house is beautiful? What ridiculous thing is going on with me?"Don't go around, say what you want to say if it's just silly things then let me take Min home."Enzo remained calm, he wasn't annoyed by my rude words. But it was this that upset me and gradually lost my temper because I knew for sure Enzo wasn't a normal man, I don't know what he was up to."You think I'm just like you when you're free can do whatever you want?"Enzo said: "This place is much better than your home, please move here with me, we are still a family of three."His words are so soft and gentle but make me nauseous and disgusted,
Chapter 14: Part3After a night of thinking, I can't sleep because I'm worried and trying to guess the reasons Enzo is doing to me, what his real purpose is and what will it cause. What are the disadvantages and bad things with my life later? I rolled around in bed like an idiot, and during the five years we were together I didn't even know Enzo's true identity until we divorced. I don't know the purpose and can't guess what Enzo is up to, he's a schemer and I can't predict his strange moves. Although I could not have guessed these things, I felt very well the danger from Enzo, and my hunch told me to get out of here, away from the sight of this damn ex-husband.“Why do I feel so worried, what does that bastard want from me, what should I do?”I ask myself questions that no one can answer for me, is my hunch trustworthy? But when I think back on what Enzo has done to me and my daughter over the past half year, it makes me more consistent with my decision to leave. I don't have much