"You investigated and found this all in a short span of time?" I asked, shocked upon seeing the results of his short investigation. He crossed his arms, "That's what money does, Hazel. Now that I see that most of what you said to Athena matched them, my question is why?" "Why would Geraldine team up with Stephanie? She's your friend." At the mention of Geraldine's name and the word 'friend', all my suspicions since she started becoming agitated around me and her text message before I completely lost contact with her came back to me. Knowing the reason why, I just sighed. "Money," I mumbled. "Stephanie promised her money and threatened her. She used Geraldine's biggest weakness, her mother and brother." "She's wicked, isn't she?" he asked back, pertaining to Stephanie. I nodded, "First, she used my mother. And now, Geraldine. She's using the people close to my heart against me." "And that's one of the reasons why I hid mom and about us all these years. My competitors will
Caleb Craige's "So, you are not going to sue her?" Athena asked. Mirna and Len were present in my office in the penthouse, my lawyer was here as well for my consultation about the clause of the Non-Disclosure Agreement that Hazel broke. Atty. Lopez confirmed that we could file a lawsuit against her. She clearly broke the clauses of the agreement, and if ever I file a lawsuit against her, she would pay huge. And I knew she wouldn't afford it. I took a deep breath and shook my head, "No. I only seek Attorney's advice for future references or if ever I wouldn't be handle this situation anymore." "But I thought you are going to teach her some lesson." Mirna interrupted. "What happened now?" Ah, Mirna. She really wanted me to take any action for what Hazel did, but I knew she didn't mean it. It was just that, Mirna was so keen on getting rid of her not because she was an evil antagonist, but because she didn't like the idea of Hazel coming into my life ever since. But then,
Caleb Craige's "You know what... I don't understand why you are so into her. I mean, she betrayed you, it was clear although she didn't do all of it. She was still the one who wrote it. If she didn't write such in the first place, then, her friend and that Stephanie won't have the chance to use it against you and her. And now, look what happened." Mirna was at her daily complaint about why didn't I do anything against Hazel when it was clear that this was all because of her. She started all of these. I have told her already that Hazel admitted she was wrong and that was enough for me. I've been hurt enough when she walked out on me and after everything about her article, her perspective of me after finding out my past and all that. I didn't want to hurt myself more. Seeing her suffering in jail once I won in case I file a lawsuit against her would hurt me more. Maybe I was really a fool in love, but well, what can I do? And besides, I would like to talk with her once both of us
Hazel Quin's "He's coming soon. Don't worry now, okay?" I could help the nervousness I was feeling now that Athena confirmed that Caleb would be coming. Though I knew it would still take him time even if he used his connections to be able to fly here immediately and earlier, I could still feel the mixture of excitement, fear, and nervousness in me. "Athena, how did he react?" I asked. "Was he mad? Surprised? Happy? Or something? How does he sound when he responded?" She looked at me for a while, then chuckled and shook her head. "Come on, Hazel. I know what you are thinking. Don't worry, I know Caleb will take responsibility." "But I still want to know how would he react. What if—" "Okay, stop there." she moved to sit beside me and started caressing my shoulder. "Calm down, okay? Don't stress yourself. It won't be good for the baby." And how I am supposed to do that? My shoulders slumped in defeat. I was just enjoying my time in New York, slowly clearing up my mind,
Caleb Craige's "Mirna, I don't care if I have important schedules tomorrow and the next few days. And I don't care if I need to spend even millions of dollars just so I could fly to New York as early as possible." I blurted as I shut Mirna's protest that I couldn't go to New York and follow Hazel. "But—" "No more buts!" I aired. "Just do it. Now!" She didn't have a choice but to do what I told her. With a defeated face, she nodded and left to arrange my schedules. I sighed when she was already out of my sight, I knew she was against Hazel again. But she couldn't just dictate me now though I understand her. Hazel was pregnant with my child and nothing could stop me from going there. I don't care if I would lose one, two, or even three companies under Craige Inc. if I wouldn't attend the important meetings that were already scheduled. Hazel and my child were more important than them. I stared at the empty space of my office, I was still here and it was already nearing midnig
Caleb Craige's The flight to New York still took us time even when on a private plane. But at least, we arrived on time. My pilot made it 21-22 hours of flight with quick stopovers and though it was still long, I was thankful that it didn't take too long like those on commercial flights. "Thank you, you may come back to Australia if you want, or stay here. But I don't know how long I would be staying here, I'll take care of your fares." I told Dave, my pilot. He nodded, "I'll stay here for a day and come back to Sydney tomorrow." I nodded and let him be. My steps towards the exit of the port were big and quick and because of connections, thankfully, I didn't have to undergo several checkings that may take time as well. It would leave me no patience if ever. The cab that Mirna booked for me online was already waiting for me and I immediately rode on it, telling the hotel's address where Athena and Hazel were staying. "Will you please, drive faster?" I requested. "I need to get
"C-Cal?" I mumbled upon confirming that it was him. He smiled, genuinely and painfully. And maybe it was because I've missed that smile of him because it has been a while since the last time I saw that, or maybe just because of pregnant woman thing but nonetheless, his smile affected me and it made me smile as well. He looked surprised upon seeing me smile, then he mumbled, "Damn, I didn't know that your smile was a light to my dying and dark spirit." I didn't expect it when he leaned to kiss me. I was surprised at first but my heart and body just knew what to do, my arms immediately snaked in his nape and I kissed him back. It was a passionate and longing kiss. All the weight of what happened in the last few weeks was now just a small ball of cotton. It might be exaggerated of me to think and see it like that, but the hell with it. If only I knew his kiss would remove all my worries about all the problems we have been facing, I should have just kissed him from the start. Bu
I have known already that Caleb never wanted everything to happen between him and Callista. Neither of them wanted that to happen, they were both victims of broken families and poverty. But that was something I failed to understand the first time I found out about their affair. I was blinded by disgust and I was too shallow to understand that. "I do understand that you weren't expecting it and that you wouldn't understand it immediately. But what I didn't expect was what you did. I really thought that you have already gotten rid of that plan of yours." I was muted as Caleb told me how he didn't expect everything. He was shattered and broke when he found out that I told everyone about what I found out, though it wasn't me who published the article, I was still the one who wrote it. And he was right. We couldn't do anything now but to face everything because it was already here. Though we could have prevented it from happening, I could've prevented it if I wasn't reckless. "I'm