The Billionaire’s Gem

“Congratulations, Maxine!” my mother shouted while running towards me and gave me a tight hug. She cupped my cheeks. "I'm so proud of you, Darling!" she said happily.I smiled at her. "Thank you, Mom. You are the reason why I am here now." I hugged her. "Thank you, Mom!" I thanked her again.She started crying while talking about how she was proud of me and how she raised me well. I just smiled at her, being thankful.I love her and respect her. All of my achievements are all for her. She raised me well and loved me unconditionally. She took care of and loved me with all her heart, and that's why I am very thankful that she's my mother. I am lucky to have her. “Foria!”We both stopped talking when someone shouted my name. When I looked at who it was, it was my best friend, Lorry Enriquez. She was running towards me while waving her hands.She almost tripped making me hold my forehead.“Congratulations, Foria!” She immediately hugged me making me step back.I smiled with a grimace

"S-She's pregnant?" I heard my mother say.I looked at the ceiling with empty thoughts. I felt my tears flowing down to my cheeks. I couldn't move my body properly. I felt my eyes were in pain, so is my head and chest. It felt like I was stabbed.“Yes, Mrs. Lux. She's two weeks pregnant. Congratulations," I heard the doctor said. “Now, as for her condition—”"Wait! Wait!” Mom cut the Doctor's words. "H-How? How did she get pregnant? She never experienced such a thing, Doc. My daughter is a virgin!”What I feel became heavier. She doesn't know about what happened to me. She was very scared and worried when she saw me throwing up on the kitchen.I sobbed when I felt someone caressing my hand. I know that it was my big brother, Lock. He heard everything they've said yet he was calm and focusing how to make me calm.I've been crying for a while now. They asked me what hurts but I didn’t answer them. I am afraid that they will know what happened to me. I'm afraid that they will be mad at

"Foria, order table number five and nine!"I immediately walked towards the counter to fetch the orders. I hurriedly gave it to the customers before returning to the counter."Veron, is Aisha here yet?" I asked Verna, who was in charge at the counter while looking at the wall clock. "It's already ten in the evening. My shift should have ended at nine. If she's not here, I can't go home. I will finish her shift until one if she’s absent. She knows that I have a child to take care of, right?" I said with irritation.The restaurant is open from eight to one in the morning. Yes, the restaurant was open for seventeen hours. It's a good thing we have shifts or else we’ll die for not sleeping right for several months. But even though our time at work was limited, we weren’t required to take a break, we must work every second. Except if the customer was already eating and there were no more orders. But it's impossible. This restaurant has a lot of customers and we also do deliveries. There’s

Foria's POV. "Is this it?"The company was so big that it led my mouth to open. It's like watching a Korean drama with a huge company. Well, we also have a big company, but the impact is really different when it was your dream. I never thought that I would enter a modeling company. I feel like I'm dreaming.I saw a lot of people going in and out. They are making themselves beautiful and they all have papers that I think are requirements to apply to be a model. I see someone smiling, in a group, and also frowning. I was really happy looking at them because I know some of them are my co-workers in the future, I hope.Oh, yes, by the way. What were the requirements? I didn't bring anything, my gosh! Angelo didn't tell me about it.I looked at my brother who was busy finding a parking space. He was frowning because there was no more space."Brother?" I called him.He glanced at me. "Why?""What were the requirements by the way? You didn't say anything about it but a lot of applicants wer

Foria's POV."How about this?" I asked one of our maids who was with me. I was holding a meat.She looked at me while holding the cart. She looked at it very carefully because Mom wanted the meat to be good and fresh. Mom doesn't want old meat. She's very choosy and it's irritating sometimes."That's okay, Ma'am. It looks fresh," she replied so I quickly put it in the cart and took six more to make sure it wouldn't run out. My son loves meat.“What's next, Morna?" I asked while looking around.She looked at me the paper. "Um... fruits and vegetables."“Alright, let's find it," I walked first and she followed me with the driver. He will be the one who will help us carry the food because we will buy a lot. And one more thing, so that someone will protect me when my fans notice me. It's dangerous.We are in the supermarket, buying groceries. We ran out of stock in the mansion and need to restock immediately. My son is always hungry and I don't want him to starve. He still doesn't want t