LOGINI was about to follow Ethan and the woman when my phone suddenly rang.It was my coworker."Amelia, where are you? Everyone is waiting for you!"I looked back toward Ethan."I'll be there in a minute."I quickly ended the call and looked around.But Ethan and the woman were already gone.My heart sank.I should have followed them.I stood there for a moment, wondering if I had imagined everything.Maybe the woman really was just one of Ethan's clients.But then I remembered the phone calls.The gentle voice.Ethan ending the call as soon as he noticed me.His sudden anger whenever I asked questions.Something isn't right."Amelia!"My coworker's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.I turned around and walked back toward the restaurant, forcing myself to smile.But I couldn't stop thinking about Ethan.---I went home and sat on the couch in the dark living room.I didn't even know what I was waiting for, but I stayed there until morning.The door clicked open.Ethan walked in and immed
I froze.“Him?”I immediately recognized the man sitting at the head of the table.Xavier.My mind went back to that night, and I quickly looked away.Why does it have to be him again?I turned and continued handing out the cups.As I moved around the room, I accidentally stepped on Ella's foot.“Can't you see?” Ella shouted.I immediately turned around. “I'm sorry. I didn't mean to—”“Sorry? Is that all you can say?”“Clean my shoe.”I stared at her in disbelief. I had accidentally stepped on her foot, and now she was treating me as if I had committed some terrible crime.Ella had a crush on Xavier, and she had noticed the way he looked at me. That alone was enough to make her want to make things difficult for me.Before I could respond, Xavier's cold voice cut through the meeting room.“Ella, let it go. We're in the middle of a meeting.”Ella bit her lip and glared at me before finally stepping back. I was surprised that he had intervened.Maybe he isn't that bad after all.Before I
After the delivery, I went home, but Ethan wasn't there. The house was unusually peaceful because his mother had gone back to her hometown, so I fell onto the bed and slept.I didn't know how many hours had passed when someone woke me.I opened my eyes and saw Ethan beside the bed."What's wrong?" I asked."I need money."I frowned."Why?""I'm meeting a client. I need to buy something expensive to make a good impression."I sighed."I don't have any money."Before I could finish, Ethan said coldly, "If you don't want to give me money, just say so instead of making excuses."I wanted to argue, but I was too exhausted. I decided it wasn't worth it and lay back down.I had spent so much of my life trying to keep Ethan happy. Why did it always feel like I was the one making sacrifices?---At the Robinson mansion, I received an urgent call. My assistant told me my mother was behaving dangerously and that I needed to come home immediately.I rushed home and found her in an emotional state
Xavier got out of the car and looked at the damage. Amelia kept apologizing because she knew she couldn't afford to pay for an expensive car.Xavier stared at her coldly."Your tricks are too cheap. Look for another one."Amelia kept apologizing."I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."He smirked."You didn't mean it? Are you sure?"She lost her temper."What is your problem?"Amelia's chest rose and fell quickly. She knew she had made a mistake, but she hated the way he was speaking to her as if she were beneath him.She looked at the damaged car again and swallowed.How am I supposed to pay for this?She barely had enough money for her own needs. Now she had to worry about repairing a car that probably cost more than everything she owned.Before her thoughts could grow louder, her phone rang.A voice came through the phone."Why are you taking so long with my delivery?"Amelia quickly apologized."I'm sorry. I ran into a problem. I'm coming right now."She turned to Xavier's assistant."I ne
XavierI woke with a pounding headache and a woman lying beside me.For several seconds, I stared at the unfamiliar ceiling, trying to remember how I had ended up in the hotel room. Then fragments of the previous night returned. I remembered the drink, the strange heat spreading through my body, and a woman standing near the door with flowers. She had insisted that she was only there to make a delivery.I remembered moving towards her while she backed away, telling me to stop and asking to leave. She struggled, frightened and confused, until exhaustion quieted her. The memory made my stomach tighten. Whatever I had believed at the time, her fear had been real. I could not pretend that her silence meant she had wanted what happened between us.My phone rang before I could make sense of anything else.“What?” I answered sharply.“Good morning, sir,” my assistant said. “I’m calling about last night.”“What about it?”“The old lady asked me to arrange a woman for you. She also told me to
The door slammed shut behind me, and I stumbled backward.“Wait! What are you doing?”I could barely see through the darkness. I had only come to deliver flowers, yet the stranger approaching me made my heart pound.“Please, I think you’ve got the wrong person!”He didn’t answer.I searched for the door handle, but the room began spinning. My knees weakened, and everything faded into darkness.Earlier that day, I had woken to my phone vibrating beside me. When I saw the delivery notification, I jumped out of bed.“Oh, shit! I’m late!”I grabbed my phone and hurried toward the door, but a familiar voice stopped me.“Look at that orphan.”I froze.Ethan’s mother stood in the living room, wearing her usual disgusted expression. I had heard her call me an orphan countless times, but the word still hurt.“Where are you going?” she demanded.“I have a delivery to make.”“You haven’t even cooked for Ethan!”“I’ll cook when I come back.”She scoffed. “Do you think you can live in my son’s hou







