"Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them."
-Deborah Wiles-
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It was Friday morning when Eva received an email from her company asking her to write about this company called Trident and document everything, meaning she needed to go to their headquarter in Austin, Texas on Saturday.
The company already made an appointment with people from Trident and all she had to do was show up and did a little interview as well as documenting a few things from there for their latest post.
“Why does it have to be on Saturday?” She was a bit devastated because Saturday was supposed to be her day off and she was supposed to spend some time with Stefan as well.
Sure, she would receive overtime pay for it, but it was still a bit annoying.
After a long sigh, she picked up her phone and decided to send Stefan a text message telling him that she wouldn’t be a
"Happily ever after is not a fairy tale, it's a choice."-Fawn Weaver-***It was twenty second of December. Eva and Stefan both took a first class flight from the US to Vienna and after nearly nine hour of flight, they arrived on the twenty third of December.The moment both of them stepped out from the airport, they could feel the cheery Christmas vibe in the air and as she expected, winter in Vienna, especially the Christmas season was truly something else.She had never experienced anything like that in the US and Eva was really looking forward to what was coming next.They were picked up by a luxurious car which was complimentary of the hotel they were staying in that evening.The hotel was one of the most luxurious hotel in the city and there were a lot of truly affluent people from all over the world staying in there during winter season, including Stefan.Eva had been going to a lot of affluent places ever since she started dating Stefan, however, none of them were quite as sp
"In the aftermath, we are because they were."-R.J Heller-***“Brother, do you think we’re doing the right thing?” Stefan and Monica met up at a restaurant and they booked a private room to have discussion about what had been happening recently.Monica was drinking her tea while looking absolutely devastated.Her eyes were red and puffy because she had been crying all night. Stefan felt a bit of sympathy for her but his determination was far more resolute.“We already knew that sooner or later something like this would happen.” Stefan took a bite out of his meal with a rather heavy sigh.“Her state hasn’t been stable in the recent years. I know she has been through so much and sacrificed a lot for the two of us.” He paused for a moment before continuing.“But right now, she has lost her mind so far that she’s willing to actively harm someone.
"Sometimes removing some people out of your life makes room for better people."-Unknown-***Natalie was going to walk out of her apartment since she had a meeting to attend when she suddenly heard the sound of ringing.She wondered who could be knocking on her door on such random hour and wondered if it was just the delivery guy.Without thinking much, she opened the door and at that moment, a pair of strong hand slammed her inside and closed the door.Natalie was taken aback by this gesture and looked up to see Stefan standing there with an angry expression.“Stefan, what the hell!?” She raised her voice but instead of answering right away, he grabbed her by the neck and slammed her once more to the wall. The grip around her neck tightened and he was choking her at this point.“Why did you do that, Natalie? What did Eva ever do to you that you had the heart to poison her?” He
"It's never a done deal until it's a done deal."-Alexandra Daddario-***“Stefan, for the hundredth time, I told you already, I would be fine.” Eva was finally discharged from the hospital and on her way back home, Stefan told her that she wasn’t supposed to leave or go anywhere without his supervision for at least a month until Christmas day and Eva thought he was overreacting.“I know you are physically fine now but in the past two months alone, I nearly lost you a few times and I can’t risk losing you again. That’s why it’s better to be safe than sorry, at least for now.” Stefan told her.Eva wondered why he suddenly acted like this. The Stefan she knew wasn’t such an uptight man but ever since she got poisoned and almost lost her life, he had been acting so protective over her. “Fine, but at least let me go outside, it’s not like I am goin
"The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you."-David Foster Wallace-***Stefan didn’t want to waste any time. He wanted to figure out the truth as soon as possible, hence why he quickly opened his laptop and inserted the USB drive into it.There was a file containing CCTV recording from the restaurant that evening.“How did you manage to get this file?” Stefan raised his brow. Keith shrugged.“I have my ways. You’re not the only one with power and influence around here, you know.” He responded lazily. Stefan didn’t want to overthink it and checked on those recording one by one. Then, he saw something that shocked him.An hour before the supposed gathering time, Natalie already arrived there and Sheila arrived not long after that.He could see Natalie placing the arsenic bottle on Sheila’s back, which looked like a part of their pl
"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."-Meister Eckhart-***Stefan watched as Eva was lying unconscious on the hospital’s bed. Two hours had passed since he rushed her to the hospital.He remember how panicked he was when he arrived. Eva was immediately handled and brought to the ER.She had her pulse and everything else checked and later on, after the situation calmed down a little, the doctor approached him.“She’s suffering from Arsenic poisoning. Thankfully, the dosage wasn’t too high and you were quick to bring her here so she could receive the right treatment on time. Otherwise, she might pass away. You should consider yourself lucky.” The doctor told him.Hearing that statement nearly crushed him. The thought that if he was just a bit late he might have lost her forever truly frightened him.Once her condition was cons