تسجيل الدخولGREY PEBBLES PLAZA, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK“Last set,” one of Tori’s team staff said.They were currently at Grey Pebbles Plaza in New York for her comeback tour. After this, they’d head to Los Angeles for the last stop of the tour, before going back to the Philippines for the homecoming concert.Tori already changed. She was just wearing a simple loose black shirt and denim shorts, paired with black ankle boots. The hair her stylist curled earlier she’d just tie back.“Are you okay?” Ember asked her talent.She’d noticed for a while now that Tori seemed down, so she was worried.With back-to-back concerts, rehearsals, guestings on radio and TV stations for promotion, plus nonstop travels, Ember was sure Tori’s exhaustion was at its limit.Tori wasn’t a complainer though, even back then when she was at the peak of her fame five years ago. And now that she was back on stage after being gone for so long, Ember was sure Tori would do everything to make it up to her fans.Tori n
IT WAS PAST 11PM, but Taj was still busy with what he was doing. He brought home the documents he needed to study from his office at Consunji Real Estate and Company.Taj stopped reading the papers in his hand when he heard three soft knocks from his closed door, followed by it slowly opening.He looked up and paused for a moment when he saw Kara, already in her sleepwear. A white nightie, to be exact.“Hey, hon,” Kara greeted him while walking slowly toward Taj. “It’s getting late already. Why don’t you continue reading those tomorrow?” she said sweetly.Taj sighed before leaning back in his chair. “That won't do. Amboy and the others will be spraying pesticide tomorrow, and I have to be there,” he answered, referring to the farmer he trusted who managed the whole mango orchard.Kara smiled. She bent down and gave Taj a loud kiss on the lips.“But it’s no rush, right?” she said, referring to the papers in front of Taj. The man wasn’t going back to Manila until next week anyway.“L
“MY ToRett heart won again…” Cynthia and Raymond looked at Lorie at the same time.They also got close to Tori’s new friends because of her. And right now they were together at Lorie and Oxygen’s house.“Why, what’s up?” Cynthia asked, confused, while wiping her baby's feeding bottle.Lorie rolled her eyes up. “They’re viral right now because of Everett’s sudden guesting at Tori’s concert in Dubai last night,” she informed them before putting down the dish she cooked.They agreed to have lunch there, and they knew Taj would also come with Hajie later.“Really?” Cynthia asked, happiness already clear in her voice.Like Lorie, she was also a fan of the Tori and Everett when the two were at the peak of making movies and teleseries.“I haven’t opened my social media account yet. Wait a minute...” she said before putting down the feeding bottle. Cynthia grabbed her cellphone from the chair and opened it.“Check Tik A Talk, they’re all over the feeds. My gosh, their charisma never fades
“WHAT ABOUT HER?” Taj asked Wanji in a serious voice. He was wondering why the man went to his office.“I’m leaving,” Wanji said, eyes straight on the man in front of him. He was waiting to see what his reaction would be to what he said.Taj frowned again. Leaving like what? What did he have to do with it?“What do you mean?” he asked while playing the alcohol in the glass he was holding. Lines once again formed on his forehead.“I’ll be flying back to Los Angeles three days from now,” Wanji told Taj seriously, without blinking, and Taj suddenly froze.Taj stared at the man who was currently with his ex-wife.Why was he leaving while Tori was gone? And why did he come to him? It was weird if he came to his office just to say he was going back to Los Angeles. Like come on, why would he care about him leaving?“What about Tori?” Taj asked after a moment of silence. “Does she know about this?” he added before standing up. This looked like a long talk.He walked to the mini bar and
TAJ STOPPED what he was doing when he heard three consecutive knocks on the closed door of his office. From the document he was reading, he briefly looked up before speaking. “Come in,” he said.The door slowly opened, and from there his secretary Cynthia came in.“Sir?” Cynthia called out, hesitation in her voice.“What is it?” Taj asked, eyes still not leaving what he was reading.He had a lot of pending papers to sign, because of several things that happened these past few days. He needed to sign all of them by tomorrow because he’d be flying to Manila for his weekly meeting with the board of directors of Consunji Real Estate and Construction Company.“There’s someone who wants to talk to you,” Cynthia said, standing in front of her boss’s desk.Taj paused mid-signature. He frowned as he looked up from the document he was reading. He knew he didn’t have any appointment today until tomorrow.“Did I miss something?” Taj asked Cynthia, eyebrows furrowed, who immediately winced. “Di
THE ALPHA'S PAVILION, DUBAIAs expected, The Alpha’s Pavillon was packed. It had a capacity of up to five thousand. Huge banners from Tori’s fans were scattered all around. Most of the people there were Filipino OFWs who’d been fans of hers since she first entered the music industry. Others started becoming fans of the popstar when she entered acting, and was paired with Everett Lozares.The tickets were sold out, and some people didn’t even make it because they ran out.The Herederas, Tori’s fandom, and ToRett, her fandom together with the Duke of Philippine R&B, Everett, came together.Some people there even came from countries near Dubai, who specifically set that day for the Infinite Star’s concert. There were also foreigners around who were brought by their Filipino friends.The whole place was noisy because of the nonstop cheering from the fans. Tori just finished her eighth set of performances, and the whole pavilion was roaring because of the positive reaction from ever







