The sunlight she saw when she left the Dawson Villa already ran out. Her eyes were now looking out the darkening night sky that slowly descended into the city. In a few more minutes, the whole place would be completely devoured by it. However, Andrea didn’t mind; her world already succumbed to the abyss, and all that was left were bittersweet memories.
Soon enough, Andrea got off her stop. She took the pre-packed luggage for her and walked around to the apartment that should belong to her for a few weeks. Along with it came a new name and identity that she should get used to.
Her hair was hidden underneath a beanie that had fake hair framing her face. She had a facemask on, simulating a sickness that kept people from getting too close. Her eyes were also obscured by fashion glasses that looked like prescription ones. The shapely body was also hidden under
No one knew how; no one knew why. Four years had passed since the people had last seen Gryphon Pearce in public, as well as his wife, Andrea Archer-Pearce. The last time for the latter was at her birthday party, while Gryphon showed up at their company's New Year Party before disappearing. However, Pearce Empire kept on adhering to the CEO, and VNVS still recognized Andrea as the owner.Nothing virtually changed, but the itchy people just missed the kind of mess those two could have given the world. If this kept up, soon, everyone would forget their beautiful faces.The door creaked as it opened, the person entering annoyed by the sound it made. However, the owner of the room didn’t get it fixed since he didn’t want to be surprised by anyone entering his inner office. It didn’t help that even other executives find the thing unbecoming of such
“Gabby! Gabby, wake up!”She roused into the sound of a male voice, but the sound that she thought it had wasn’t the one that continued to ring out. Andrea opened her eyes and saw an older man looking down at her. An older woman was at her side, seemingly paler even if she had a tan complexion.After staring at them for a few seconds, Andrea began to remember where she was supposed to be and how she found herself there. She sat up and held her head with a hand, raking her fingers through the digitally permed dark-brown dyed hair that only reached her chin. When she brought her hand down, she smiled at the two people with her.“Thank you, Tommy, Marlene. I really appreciate you helping me tonight.” Andrea then looked down at herself. She was still wearing her work apron that had a hand-s
She remembered being so cold; then, she suddenly felt very hot. Charlotte didn’t know what happened next, but when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a spacious room. She was on a big bed, and everything else was white. There was a wristband on her slender arm, and she was only wearing the shirt she had underneath her sweater.“Mommy?” Charlotte called out, but there was no movement in the spacious room. She turned to the side and saw that the lounge-looking area was still undisturbed. No one had gone there to find her; her mommy had not gone to look for her.“Mommy?” She called out louder as she left the bed. Her soles hit the floor, and she immediately thought of looking for her slippers. Her mommy said she should always take care of her feet. There was a pair waiting at the side, so Charlotte took them before heading outs
The aftermath was the worst that ever happened in the last four years of Andrea vanishing. As soon as Gryphon met with his father in the parking lot, Parker stopped them both from leaving. She had a finger knife out, holding up both males in her small family. “Will anyone tell me what just happened? Did we really just see Andy there… and not make a sound?!”“Hon, let’s continue this conversation at home. We drove hours just to get here.” Fred sighed as he knew the mood of his wife. It was as if someone hid a tub of her favorite yogurt and ate all of it without sharing it with her. “Aren’t you tired? I’m tired.”“I am tired! I’m so tired of looking for Andy, yet when she shows up, we do nothing!” She turned her finger at Gryphon’s face. “You did nothing! No ‘hello,&r
Andrea also wondered if the truth made her sad. She kept on preparing herself for the time when Gryphon would come to collect her… or even just their daughter. Her new life was built on the assumption that Gryphon would drag her back into his world the moment he found her.However, when it came to it, the man only watched them come and go like he didn’t even know them. Now that she faced the man’s mother, she also heard how Gryphon refused to connect with her anymore. She was the one who left him that night, but why did it feel like she was still the one who lost the most?Did she hope that Gryphon would chase her to the end of the earth? Now that he didn’t, her heart decided to shatter some more.She just offered a smile, which Parker caught in its least visible state. “Not really. I
Furious knocking came to the door, and it came to a point when the occupant of the room growled in annoyance. She reached out to flip her hair back and press on the phone to make the loud music stop. Slowly slithering out of the person on her bed, she bent down to pick up a shirt to cover her naked body. She also grabbed a hair tie from the side.“Just stay there. Don’t make a sound, or else I will cut your little guy off for real.” She huffed at the fringe she picked from the ponytail to have something to frame her face. There was something sticky between her legs, but she only endured it as she made her way to her condo unit’s main door.“You better be hot SWAT officers or something…” The woman peeked through the hole and saw a furious and puffing Roxanne pacing outside her door. Not knowing what could drive her cous
Roxanne knew that Kelsey was supposed to pick up the monster from the prison today. They worked on getting his case dismissed, pining everything on the former president who frame his employees to take the fall for him. Of course, they had to work in the shadows, so neither Gryphon nor Ashley would catch any of them. If things happened, they would be diced into pieces… literally.However, four hours had already passed since Kelsey last sent her a text. Without confirmation of the man being onboard their plan, Roxanne couldn’t help but stay frustrated. It even showed by how she did her daily tasks to seduce the CEO.She waltzed inside the office and brought Gryphon a cup of coffee for the late afternoon. A tray was in her hands, and she placed the cup down on his desk like clockwork. She then looked at the glass wall behind him, hoping that Kelsey wo
Ring! Ring! Andrea stared at the phone ringing on the kitchen counter. She was preparing dinner, while Charlotte was drawing on the living floor. However, the TV was on, so the child wouldn’t hear how much Andrea let the phone ring. She didn’t even have a prompt set up to receive a voicemail. When the phone picked it up, regardless, Andrea just heard Gryphon’s voice. [“Andy, pick up the phone. We need to talk. Now.”] His tone was short and commanding, and Andrea didn’t use to hearing it that way. It was as if it was a different person already. However, she also berated herself for not blocking the number. Even if she didn’t have it saved in her contacts, she had the number memorized. She should have just declined the call and blocked it then and there. She just felt like it wasn’t the right thing to do; she