Mag-log inThe 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
But then I did not know what Veronica told him. What if she fed him another reason and my answer would confuse him more? He was looking at me, waiting for what I was going to answer, so I felt pressured. “What did Veronica say?” I asked in a low tone. That question made me feel stupid. Imagine, I
It was an unregistered number. But the number was very familiar. It was from Veronica. I had memorized her number before. “What does she want?” I asked myself. Curious, I answered it, already annoyed. “What-” “You b*tch!” she cut me off. She said it in a whispering way like she was also gritting
“Rest for now. I already called Janna. If anything happens that needs your attention, she will call right away,” Adrian said. I was behind him. He was fixing my pillow and bed before I could lie down. He actually looked kind of overreacting right now, as if something bad really happened to me, lik
My knees dropped to the ground. “Help!” I shouted repeatedly. I was holding Arzhel’s head, my hands were shaking, I couldn’t clearly see him now, my eyes were full of tears. “A-Arzhel,” I said, my voice shaking, and I couldn’t stop my tears from falling. I felt my heart pounding too fast, like i







