"Perhaps we should look into this store, madam," Aunt Cecilia said as he grabbed my arms to the store who has a signage: Xiu Interiors and Designs"Wait, Xiu? Does Rodney own this?" I asked. "Yes, Miss. As you can see, the designs in this store are the same from the house. From curtains to placemats," Aunt Cecilia said as she showed me the curtains. "Well, you're right. I saw this one from the living room," I said as I pointed at the thick dark blue curtains, my eyes opened wide as I saw the price, it costs ten thousand pesos. Who would buy a ten thousand peso curtains? "Okay, I'll let you explore the place madam, while I look at the kitchenware," Aunt Cecilia said as she headed to the kitchenware section. She left me at the curtains to look at something I might want to buy. "I like this one," A man in a tuxedo said as he stood right next to me. "You have a very nice taste, sir," said the sales lady beside him. I touched the thick dark blue curtains and the saleslady immediatel
I didn't reply back to Rodney's messages, nor call back because he might be angry with me. We get home by 9:30 p.m. I ordered them to just leave the curtains and other designs or equipment to the living room for me to work it out the next day. I was about to go upstairs when my phone rang. It was Rodney so I hit the green button and talked to him. "Hi honey, good evening" I said in the other line. "Are you alright?" He asked. "Yeah, I'm good, we just got home from the mall," I said."Oh yeah? What did you buy?" "It's a secret, a necessary joke," O said as I smiled "Hm, alright I'll find out when I get home, did you eat dinner?" "Nope but Aunt Cecilia is cooking something delicious in the kitchen, I'll just check it out. It smells nice, how about you? Did you eat?" I said."Alright, I've already eaten breakfast," He said. I almost forgot that it's morning in Chicago and it's evening here in the Philippines. "I miss you already," I said."Yeah, me too, don't worry just three d
I start the engine of Rodney's red Ferrari car. This is really good. It's my first time driving a supercar."Be careful, miss, just call me when you need me to pick you up, alright?" John said as he was standing beside the car. "Yeah sure," I said. "Drive safe," He said and I put on the seat belt and held the steering wheel."Uhm, I'm staying the night at the Garcellano's, so don't expect me to go home tonight. Tell Aunt Cecilia too." I said to John trying to catch his gaze. "Alright, enjoy the night Ms. Sushmita," He said as I started to drive the car. He opened up the high speed parking lot door for me and waved his hand goodbye which I ignored because seriously, I don't really like him. He has this kind of stare that I really don't like. It's sensual and I'm really uncomfortable, so when Rodney gets home, I'll tell him to fire John immediately. I smiled as I felt the wind come rushing through my face while driving the car. This is way really good and so smooth. It was 10:30
It's 7:00 a.m and I woke up with the sound of the kettle already boiling in the kitchen. I immediately got up to turn it off and saw Caroline. "Oh you're here, Miss Sushmita, I miss you," she said while hugging me. "Caroline! I miss you too," I said as I hugged her back.She never changed, but she looks glowing, she must be in love. "I'm so glad you're here!" she said with excitement. "Yeah, but I need to go back because my husband will return today from Chicago. I only accompanied Debbie last night because she's going through something. Can you take good care of her for me?" I pleaded as I held her hand. "Sure Miss, I also make sure that Ranz is having a good time everyday here playing with us." She said, "That's good, thank you Caroline. By the way, I already turned off the kettle. You should prepare for breakfast," I said. "Are you gonna join them for breakfast?" she asked. "Yeah, sure." I said as I excited my way to the kitchen, I turned on the TV in the living room and sa
I woke up in a familiar room. Our bedroom, I directly grabbed the alarm clock on the side table to know what time it was. It was 6:00 p.m, my eyes opened wide and I immediately got out of bed. "Rodney?" I yelled but I didn't get any answer. I tried to find him but he's nowhere to be found."Mrs. Xiu finally, you're awake!" Daniel said as he walked towards me. "Where's Rodney?" I asked. "He has something to do so he left me with you. By the way, we're going on a party tonight, so wear this," he said as he handed me a big box. "What is this?" I asked. "Open it," he said while smiling at me. I shook my head and opened the box and my jaw almost dropped when I saw the silver evening dress. It was very gorgeous. "Wear that tonight, you should prepare by now. We're leaving at exactly 8:00 p.m. but eat first if you're feeling hungry," he suggested because he knew that I haven't eaten anything since the incident that happened. "Where's Aunt Cecillia's body anyway?" I asked. "In the m
I got up and took a bath. I did my make up and put on a nice black chub dress paired with a black headband and black high heels. I was heading on the stairs when I suddenly heard Rodney continuously yelling and complaining about something, so I immediately went downstairs to know what was happening. "You bunch of imbeciles! What did I say about this?! Who ordered you all to change the curtains huh?! Are you even thinking straight?! Do you realise what you have done?! Look at that! It's too many lights! Do you have a fucking death wish? huh?!" Rodney complained to the households as he was wearing sunglasses because the sun is shining directly to our house and it's the most beautiful thing ever."I did," I said as I walked towards him and held his hand. "I'm sorry, please don't get mad at them. I'm the one who ordered them to do that. I thought that you'll be surprised, and glad that I redecorate the house but it's alright, we will just gonna bring back the old designs, I'm sorry, "
RODNEY'S POV: It's been two weeks since Aunt Cecilia died, and I still blame myself for what happened. I was late. She needed me but I'm nowhere to be found. If I did not catch Sushmita on time, she would have faced the same fate. I was standing facing the shelf that I have in our bedroom. I press play on the button of the cd player to play some soft music, it's morning and my wife is still sleeping. I was about to go back to bed again when something caught my eyes. It was a picture frame, two girls on the beach. Wait. The girl in the picture is so familiar. Erin? I grabbed the picture frame and walked towards Sushmita who is still sleeping, I glanced into her and into the picture. Is it her? But her hair seems different. Suddenly, she moved and was awakened by me. "Sorry, did I wake you?" I asked. "It's okay, what are you looking at?" she asked and immediately grabbed the picture frame that I have in my hand. "Oh, this is me and my sister Deborah. We were in El Nido, Pa
It's my first time to accompany Rodney to his whereabouts. We fly to the US to do some negotiations and businesses as well. I never thought that it would be so hard. My feet hurt because of the pointed high heels that I'm wearing but Rodney is talking to a mob and was really negotiating very well while I was sitting beside him. There are so many guards, I can say that this person was really powerful. "How many do you need?" the mob said as he was talking to Rodney. "Not that much, only enough for just a night," Rodney said,I don't know what they were talking about. It looks like it's something big and dangerous. "What are your plans?" the mob asked him. "He's being way too far and greedy, we cannot let them spread like that in Las Vegas many people will get hurt," Rodney said,"Sure, but how do we hunt him down?" the mob asked. "I know what he wants and you have what he wants so, I will lure him into negotiations with me and kill him," Rodney said effortlessly, it seems like my