LOGINThe wine arrived. I tasted it. It tasted bitter and I could even taste the alcohol in it. So I didn’t drink much. I let the two men have it. They were now talking about business. It made me happy listening to and watching them because they now looked too comfortable with each other. So far, my w
“How’s your day, princess?” Arzhel asked Arriana beside her the moment we sat. We were in a round table. The seating arrangement was me, Arzhel, Arriana, Chris, and Adrian. “It was fun, Daddy! All my classmates missed me,” Arriana happily told him. “That’s good,” Arzhel said, flashing a quick sm
Before leaving the meeting room, I composed myself first. I was looking at my mini mirror, wiping my scattered lipstick. I heard Arzhel laugh beside me. I jokingly glared at him, which only made him laugh more. “You should invest in kiss-proof lipstick,” he said. “I might kiss you often,” he sai
I gulped while I felt my cheeks heating up. I secretly released a slow breath. Why did it suddenly feel hot? I saw Arzhel glance at me. Poker-faced, then he opened the folder in front of him, acting innocent. I composed myself and focused on the presentation. After almost an hour, Janna and Etha
After Janna left, I busied myself with work. I looked at the pile of contracts in front of me. “Wow,” I said and smiled while I shook my head. Then I started to get and read some contracts there. The first contract was about a celebrity who wanted to collab with us for her incoming birthday cele
“Just finishing some tasks so I could hand them all to you,” she said. I looked at her laptop again. I was about to tease her, but then I saw her nervously glancing at her laptop too while smiling widely, trying to act innocent even though she herself knew I caught her. In the end, I just slightly
I didn’t sleep in my own room last night. I lay beside Arriana so I could also monitor her fever. When she woke up the next morning, the first person she looked for was Arzhel. “Mommy, where’s daddy Arzhel?” she asked me using a sad and disappointed tone. She was also pouting a little. I blinked
When she tasted the soup, we both waited for her reaction. She closed her eyes while tasting it. Then she opened them with wide eyes. Her lips started to form a big smile. “This is the best soup ever,” she said, with energy this time. I smiled at my daughter’s reaction. Meanwhile, I saw Arzhel lo
He was busy pouring another shot. I was just looking at him. Not at his hand, but at his face, hair, and jaw. When I looked at his eyes, I saw him already looking at me while drinking the shot of tequila. I looked away right away, which made me look stupid because I looked like someone who was caug
Janna hesitantly nodded. “I’ll talk to Arzhel too. We will cancel the launching of our mall branch and main branch. We will send the stocks here in New York.” Janna nodded. “Don’t worry, we’ll recover again. Once the insurance is released, we can start with the rebuilding,” I said. Hopefully th







