Nigel's body stiffened as he looked down at the ring on his table. When he picked it up, a pang hit his chest. He clenched his fist around the ring. "Nat, you're breaking off your engagement to me? Why?""Why? Are you really clueless? I think I don't need to answer that. You know exactly why, don't you, Nigel? I'm not going to let you make a fool of me again like you did before. Don't even think I'll still marry you knowing you're cheating on me again.""Cheating on you?" Nigel took a deep breath. "Is this about Elaine?"Nathalie didn't respond, but her face darkened while tears welled up in her eyes. She struggled to hold them back. "Since Elaine is the one you really love, why'd you make me believe your lies? You even pretended to be angry with her, but it truned out..."Nigel looked troubled by Nathalie's accusations. "Nathalie, no... it's not like that." He pulled his hair in frustration. "Just trust me, okay? Everything I'm doing is for a reason, and it's all for you. I just ca
"Hi Nigel, good afternoon," Elaine greeted as she entered Nigel's office. Nigel just glanced at her and continued working. "Don't you have anything to say to me?" Elaine asked, walking closer to the desk. "What should I say to you?" Nigel replied without looking up. "I left yesterday without telling you, I thought you might be looking for me." "No, I wasn't. Actually, it's fine with me even if you don't show up at all."Elaine wasn't angered with his response, she walked around to his back and hugged him.Nigel froze. His expression darkening, and for a moment, he had an urge to kick her out of the office. However, he clenched his fist and restrained himself. He couldn't afford to act out yet, not until he got what he needed from her."Don't be like that, Nigel. If I don't show up anymore, our deal will be over. How will you get Nathalie's heart then?" she whispered in his ear, her voice almost seductive, but it only seemed to annoy him further. "You're not going to give up on
NATHALIE ANDEZA I sat up immediately upon waking, worrying I might be late. I checked the wall clock and breathe of sighed in relief when I saw it wasn't noon, despite the sun was rising. I headed to the kitchen to prepare and cook a breakfast for my majesty; my beloved husband, Nigel, who always leaves early for work. The good thing is that, we don't have children yet, or I'll definitely be exhausted taking care for both of them. But, how can we have children, if nothing's happening between us? Our parents arrange our marriage, despite of that, I loved him for a long time since high school. Unfortunately, he doesn't like and reciprocate my feelings. I cooked a hearty breakfast because it was a special day for us. I designed the food with a heart shape and I put all of my love and devotion into it. Unfortunately, the man infront of me doesn't look like he appreciates it. He just continue munching his food without any care. "Why you cook so much?" Finally, he noticed some
NATHALIE ANDEZA: I could heard from where I stood how sweet they are while cuddling each other on the bed. The sight was breaking my heart. The woman was none other than my bestfriend- Elaine. This woman, she knows how frustrated and worried I was when I told her that Nigel might have woman outside. She even sympathize me and gave me a comforting words but its turns out..... She a viper! She's a leech! She just playing on me. "Nigel, kiss me!" Elaine requested in coquettish look, then Nigel peck on her lips. My heart seemed to be stab by the knife and I seem to have forgotten to breathe, this made my chest hurts. I saw Elaine pouted. "You don't love me anymore!" Nigel took the soup from the table. "Don't make trouble, come on, eat your food." He gently coaxed her. This is the first time I saw this soft and gentle side from my husband. "No!" Elaine pushed the soup away. What was this woman's problem? Didn't she know how lucky she was to be treated like this by my cold hu
"W-what?" Nathalie seemed turned deaf. "Isn't that what you want? Well, I'm giving you your freedom." Nathalie stepped a little closer to the man. "N-nigel, what are you talking about?" She felt panicked. Athough he always hurts her feelings, she's still unwilling to separate from him. "I said, let's divorce. Besides, you already found out about me and Elaine, didn't you? but why did you tell it to my dad when you knew he would be mad? And Elaine, isn't she's your bestfriend? Why do you need to be cruel on us?" 'What? So my in-laws already know about him and Elaine? But.... but I didn't told them anything.' Nigel sat on the sofa and drank a gulp of beer. "Forget it, we will divorce soon..... Get out of my life Nathalie. I don't have anything now, so I have nothing to worry anymore. I can finally divorce you and end this suffocating marriage life with you, but no matter what happens, though I lost everything, I will never leave Elaine." This stab Nathalie's chest once again
After Nigel left, Elaine came infront of the doctor and slapped him. "You sell me out, how dare you?!" She yelled angrily. "And what do you want me to do, just let him slash my neck? you're not in my place, so you never know how scared I was." The doctor retorted. "Even so, why did you say everything, do you have to do that? You even said I wanted to dispose of that damn Nathalie!" "Why, isn't it true? Don't expect me to continuously cover you up. If I don't speak, he'll surely destroy me...... I don't wanted to be entangle in your wickedness anymore, this is the end of our cooperation, 'cause I'll quit." The doctor was sorting his medical suit when Elaine suddenly grabbed him on his collar. "Bastard! You can't just abandon me like this! take back what you had said to Nigel and clear my name right now!" The doctor harshly slapped her hand. "Enough! Do you think Mr. Sarmiento was a fool that you can just take back what you had already said and then he would buy it? Listen Ms.
Nigel wept silently as he buried his face to his hands. Why does everything turned into this? It's already hard to accept when he found out about Elaine schemes and wickedness, he knows that she might be imprisoned, but at least, she's still alive. But now in this discovery, aside from that he had loved a wrong woman, the sad part is that, he can no longer correct his mistakes since Nathalie is now gone, he will never see her again.A few hours had passed but Nigel still in daze at the operating room. Luckily, no one needs to use it at those time. He look at the crampled letter on his hands, he noticed that the letter was quite long and he could not read much of it. He stretched out the letter and read it again:"When we got out, we were both taken to the hospital because my hand and hair were also burned. But I didn't thought you would be transferred to another hospital, when I looked for you, you're already gone."As they were taken to a public hospital, Nigel's parents moved
"Michael, stop running. Come back here!" A woman bellowed on her naughty child inside the plane.Instead of listening, the boy make a face on her mother and continues running, but when he turned around, he bumped by an approaching woman and tossed away. He fell on the ground with his butt first."I'm sorry, are you okay?" The beautiful woman extended her hand to help the boy to get back on his feet but the latter seemed to be upset and embarassed by what had befallen to him.The small guy slapped the woman's hand away and stood up angrily. He raised his small fist and hit her. "Bad woman! Ugly witch, why did you kicked me?"A middle-age woman came and immediately pulled the woman and hid her behind her, she glared at the boy. "Whose child this is? You have no manners! Didn't your parents teach you?"The child's mother hurriedly came, she pulled her child and apologized anxiously. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm his mother. This child is quite naughty and mischievous, I hope you let i
"Hi Nigel, good afternoon," Elaine greeted as she entered Nigel's office. Nigel just glanced at her and continued working. "Don't you have anything to say to me?" Elaine asked, walking closer to the desk. "What should I say to you?" Nigel replied without looking up. "I left yesterday without telling you, I thought you might be looking for me." "No, I wasn't. Actually, it's fine with me even if you don't show up at all."Elaine wasn't angered with his response, she walked around to his back and hugged him.Nigel froze. His expression darkening, and for a moment, he had an urge to kick her out of the office. However, he clenched his fist and restrained himself. He couldn't afford to act out yet, not until he got what he needed from her."Don't be like that, Nigel. If I don't show up anymore, our deal will be over. How will you get Nathalie's heart then?" she whispered in his ear, her voice almost seductive, but it only seemed to annoy him further. "You're not going to give up on
Nigel's body stiffened as he looked down at the ring on his table. When he picked it up, a pang hit his chest. He clenched his fist around the ring. "Nat, you're breaking off your engagement to me? Why?""Why? Are you really clueless? I think I don't need to answer that. You know exactly why, don't you, Nigel? I'm not going to let you make a fool of me again like you did before. Don't even think I'll still marry you knowing you're cheating on me again.""Cheating on you?" Nigel took a deep breath. "Is this about Elaine?"Nathalie didn't respond, but her face darkened while tears welled up in her eyes. She struggled to hold them back. "Since Elaine is the one you really love, why'd you make me believe your lies? You even pretended to be angry with her, but it truned out..."Nigel looked troubled by Nathalie's accusations. "Nathalie, no... it's not like that." He pulled his hair in frustration. "Just trust me, okay? Everything I'm doing is for a reason, and it's all for you. I just ca
"Goodness gracious!" an older woman exclaimed as Nathalie, who was rushing bumped into her. Nathalie covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face. The woman watched as she leaned against the wall, wondering about her heart monitor watch beeping away. Realizing something was wrong, she approached her. "Miss, are you okay?" But before she could reach her, Nathalie took off.Nathalie walked away, trying to calm herself down. With a mix of sadness and anger swirling inside her, she refused to give in this time. She pressed her lips together, rubbing her chest soothingly. 'That's enough, calm down...' But her heart monitor watch continued to beep, filling her with worry. Unlike when she had an attack at Nigel's company, where she felt secure with Andy's help, now she felt uneasy being in an unfamiliar place with no one she knew.As her grip on the wall slipped, she was about to fall when a hand suddenly grasped her arm. "N-Nathalie?!" a man who had just arrived exclaimed. When Nath
Elaine tossed the medicine bottle aside when she realized it was empty. Her head was throbbing and aching as she made a call to the pharmacy to deliver the medication she needed. She had planned to follow Nigel to the hospital where Nathalie was, but not to comfort her, but to mock and ridicule her instead. However, karma seemed to have caught up with her as her migraine suddenly flared up, forcing her to rush back to her hotel.When the medication delivery arrived, she immediately took it. Once her migraine subsided, she grabbed a glass of red wine and sat down on the chaise lounge. She then called Nigel, but he didn't answer. She gulped all the wine in the glass and headed to visit him at his office instead."Ma'am, we're here," the taxi driver said to Nathalie. After being discharged from the hospital, she had taken a taxi home, despite Andy's offer to drive her. She had declined because she wanted to be alone; she also hadn't told her family what had happened.Upon reaching thei
"You're really quiet today, don't you have anything to say? You didn't even greet me or ask if I've had breakfast," Elaine said to Nigel, who was driving. Nigel didn't respond, like he hadn't heard her. If only Elaine knew how much he wanted to kick her out of the car, but he knew he had to play nice. "Where should I drop you off?" "You want to get rid of me already, huh?" Elaine moved closer and unexpectedly hugged Nigel. She almost jerked forward when Nigel suddenly slammed on the brakes.Nigel pulled over for a moment. "What the...?! Can't you see I'm driving?!" he snapped. Elaine fell silent, pouting like a scolded child. "Sorry, Nigel... why are you being so grumpy with me? I remember you never used to raise your voice at me before, you were always so gentle when we talked. But now, just a little mistake and you're already yelling?"Nigel continued driving. "Are you still holding on to the hope that we'll go back to the way we are before? Don't day dream. Don't you still get
Elaine happily chooses her outfit for the day. She chooses to wear her expensive branded dress, paired with heavy makeup, as if she's going on a date. She likely forgot what the meeting is all about.Her hips sway as she heads to the VIP suite she booked. She asks the person she's going to meet to wait there. Before entering, she takes out her expensive perfume from her pouch and gives herself a quick spritz.When she opened the door, she saw a man standing by the window. She knitted her brows when he didn't give her even a single glance, acting as if she wasn't there. "Nigel," she called out loudly to get his attention.When Nigel faced her, she swayed her hips as she approached him. When she wrapped her arms around his neck, he was about to push her away when she warned him, "If you stop me, I won't cooperate with you."Nigel froze. He just endured the discomfort he felt. As the woman was almost hugging him, he asked, "Where's Nathalie's heart? Is it still at the hospital?" "I do
When Nathalie woke up, she jolted upright, disoriented. The events from earlier immediately flooded back to her. She had been heading to the restroom at a gas station when someone suddenly attacked her from behind. They grabbed her and dragged her somewhere, while one of them made her inhale something from a handkerchief, making her pass out.When she looked around, she realized she was in an abandoned place. Fear enveloped her as she wrapped her arms around herself. A question formed in her mind: was this a kidnapping for ransom? Thinking that might be the reason, her fear slightly diminished. If that was the case, they would definitely ask ransom money. As long as the kidnappers didn't think of doing anything inappropriate to her, she will be fine.She jolted as the creaky, rusty door swung open. Two men, both wearing hoods and face masks entered. "Oh, she's awake. Maybe we can start now and get this job done?" One of the men asked.Nathalie's fear returned. What did the man mean?
Nigel suddenly grabbed Elaine's neck. "Do you really want me to be a criminal, Elaine? Do you really want me to be forced to kill someone?" Elaine struggled and angrily broke free from his grip. "Can't you just accept me, Nigel? Why is it so hard for you to do what I'm asking? Didn't you love me once–" "Yes, but I was blind back then!" Nigel snapped, silencing Elaine. "I made a mistake! I chose the wrong person. If you hadn't lied to me and pretended to save me from the fire, do you think I would've even noticed you?" Elaine froze, feeling like she'd been slapped as she was reminded of her deception and lies."Actually, it's also my fault for being deceived. I didn't even think you were fake. You know, you're one of the mistakes in my life. I wish I never met you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have hurt the person I love." "Enough!" Elaine interrupted, somewhat hurt by his words. "You don't truly love Nathalie, it's me..." She pointed to herself. "I'm the one you truly love, N
When Elaine finally unleashed her pent-up frustrations, she suddenly realized that she became the center of attention. She fished out some money from her clutch bag and slapped it on the counter, then she walked out without looking back. She leaned against a wall, feeling the effects of the alcohol kicking in, and now she felt dizzy.She grabbed her cellphone and dialed Nigel's number. She tried ten times, but it kept going straight to voicemail. "Why can't I reach him? Did he block me, or did he change his number?"Then she called someone abroad. "Hello, dear? I just want to confirm if I'll be okay if I expose myself - won't I be throw in jail?"The man on the other end replied, "You're good, they can't touch you. Besides, isn't your boyfriend some big-shot international lawyer?"Elaine felt a wave of relief. "Really? Thanks, dear. I feel so much better now.""No worries, babe. Anything for you.""Alright, see you." Elaine replied."Bye, I love you.""I love you too."When the call