ログインI nodded. “Take care,” I told them. We hugged each other for the last time, and I accompanied them to the elevator before I went inside Adrian’s room. The bodyguard that Veronica hired for me was in the lobby. I prepared the food that I brought. I transferred it to a microwavable container to hea
“Thank you for agreeing, Analia,” Jessica said while holding my hands. I saw the relief in her eyes, though the sadness was still visible. I smiled. “Go for now and rest, Jessica,” I said, then I looked at James beside her. “You too, James.” I looked at them both. “I will take care of Adrian. I wi
I sat in the car, staring blankly outside. I sighed. I looked at the hospital again in front of me. I didn’t know how Arzhel would react later. But aside from that, I didn’t even know how to tell him that I needed to stay with Adrian for a while. That would be ridiculous. I would take care of ano
“Wait here,” I told the two security guards who escorted me to the hospital. They nodded. Arzhel still didn’t know that I had security with me every time I went out. It was Veronica’s idea. I twisted the doorknob slowly. I looked at Jessica, who just stood and came closer to me. James was sleepin
It’s been a week. We’re staying in Arzhel’s house. And Jarred was nowhere to be found. After he was seen in the hospital, no one knew his whereabouts. We couldn’t track him anymore. We didn’t even know if he was still in Los Angeles, but we didn’t want to get too comfortable. We still assumed he w
“What happened?” Arzhel asked the moment I entered the room and leaned on the wall to breathe. I gulped and blinked. I smiled. “I need to use the bathroom,” I reasoned. Arzhel chuckled. “Don’t they have a bathroom there?” he joked. I already started walking to the bathroom. “I was already in
“Mommy,” Arriana entered. She was holding her jigsaw puzzle. I set aside what Arzhel said. He was making it sound like she prioritized me, and I didn’t know how to react to that information. I thought Arriana would run all the way to me, so I turned my seat a little and slightly opened my arms so
“What brought you here, Arzhel?” I asked him. It felt like the first time I saw him again in my office after he started seeing Stephanie. I walked back to my table, not waiting for his reply. I felt him follow me. He sat in front of my desk. He took one of the documents I was reading earlier.
What was important was that we both still respected each other. “It’s nice to meet you again, Analia,” she said and pulled me for a quick hug. We always addressed each other using our names only. She said it was better that way since what we had was just friendly competition. I smiled, as always.
He just followed Arzhel here because he also didn’t know he would come here unannounced and that we would have a meeting because it was originally not in his schedule, which was also the case for me. Janna and Ethan sat on both sides to take down notes of our meeting. “Let’s start,” I said and cli







