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Chapter 11: Mrs. Mercedes
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“Rose,” Zeno said while I was typing on my laptop.We just had our breakfast a while ago and I went straight to my room after that since a scene popped into my mind that will fit in my story. What confuses me right now is Zeno, because as far as I remember, he has a job, but why is he still here?“Yes?” I asked while my eyes were on the screen of my laptop. I heard the door close and a few steps away from me, but I ignored it and kept on typing on my keyboard.“You seemed busy,” he uttered.“I am. I’m working,” I replied nonchalantly. I’m trying my best to focus on the scene that popped into my mind. I need to detail everything so I can get the outcome that I wanted.“Later, we’ll be having our lunch in a restaurant,” he informed. “I already booked a reservation for us.”I stopped what I was doing and turned my back to him because of shock and confusion. He was just staring at me as if he already expected that I would look at him.“What? You booked a reservation?” I asked again becaus
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 13: Before
Third-Person Point of View Zeno and Annalise decided to drive home right away. Zeno’s having a second thought about calling his friend, who had a profession as a doctor, to report what happened these past few days. He knew what was happening and he couldn’t just let it slide. He glances at Annalise, who’s now playing on her phone to check if she’s now okay. Annalise felt someone staring at her, so she immediately glimpsed at Zeno, which caused him to avoid her gaze and focus on the road. “Why?” she asked, then placed her phone on her lap. Annalise seemed confused at his actions lately, especially when he began to accept her as his wife. She admits that it makes her heart flutter, but she doesn’t even know what was the reason behind his actions. “I’m just checking you out if you are now okay,” he simply retorted. His hands are still quivering, but he tries his best not to make it obvious. He cleared his throat. “Do you want to eat something?” Annalise was astonished at what she hea
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 14: Funny
“I’m going to meet my friend,” Annalise said while eating her breakfast.Zeno’s forehead creased when he heard what she said. “Friend?”Annalise nodded her head in response and swallowed the meat before talking. “Yeah. She’s Ciara Savannah Corpuz.”Zeno froze in his seat the moment he heard that name. For how many years had passed, this was his first time hearing it again. Thoughts suddenly filled his mind that he forgot to react to his wife’s reply.“Zeno?” Annalise called his attention, but he didn’t react. He was just looking at his plate, thinking about what he would do if there was a time that their path crossed again.“Zeno? Are you listening?” she asked, then placing her tiny hand on his wrist, causing him to get surprised.“Yeah.” He shook his head and smiled for a second. “What time are you going to meet her?”Annalise seemed confused at his sudden reaction, so she tilted her head for a second and furrowed her eyes.Zeno felt her stare, so he glanced at her. “What? Why are yo
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 15: Safe
“Zeno,” Thaddeus greeted when he arrived at his condo.Elijah looked at his friend, who looked tired and cold. He was clenching his jaw because he could still remember how her face turned pale and how her forehead wrinkled when she felt her head start to ache.“Zeno!” Jake hissed when he saw how drowned he was in his thoughts.Zeno jumped in awe when he heard a familiar voice call him. He roamed his eyes at Thaddeus’ condo and saw his friends worried about him. Realization hits his senses to wake up from that nightmare. There’s a reason why he called them all to bring down the person who did all of this.“You seem drowned in your thoughts, Zeno,” Knight announced and simply drank the wine in his glass. “Care to share what happened?”Zeno didn’t hesitate to share what’s bothering him these past few days. He’s been with them ever since so why would he hide his problem if they were also involved before?“It’s a good thing that there is now progress in her situation,” Jake uttered, breaki
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“Why are you still here? Don’t you have meetings to attend?” Annalise inquired when she saw Zeno in the dining area, sipping his coffee while waiting for his wife to arrive.It was now lunchtime and Annalise was puzzled while looking at her husband, who was just chilling there as if he didn’t have any appointment to attend at his office.“I took a leave for a month,” Zeno clarified when he saw her face, baffled.“Why?” Annalise asked, then decided to sit on the chair.“There’s no reason for me to take a leave. I’m the owner, after all,” he retorted, which made Annalise shake her head in disbelief.She knew that he could just take a break all of a sudden, but it was rare for her. Annalise raised her left brow and asked herself. “Am I missing something?”“We’ll be having a tour in New Zealand,” he declared, breaking the deafening silence between them.“Huh?” Annalise reacted. She glanced at her husband and she saw that he had just declared it as if it was just nothing.Zeno felt her gaz
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“Thaddeus, there have been three white SUVs following us ever since we left my house,” Zeno said and glanced at Annalise for a moment just to check if she was still wearing her headphones.Annalise loves to use headphones or earphones whenever she’s traveling. The main reason is that she needs to isolate herself to imagine some scenarios that will fit her novel.“What do you mean?” Thaddeus inquired. His forehead is now crumpled because he can’t understand what his friend is saying.As far as he remembers, they deployed some of their bodyguards since they couldn’t trust Zeno’s bodyguards. They could sense danger in their aura, especially since they left Annalise when she met her friend.“They are not your bodyguards. You all lend me fifty bodyguards, right? You also gave me their information,” Zeno explained and fixed his eyes on the road while driving slowly. He’s currently thinking of a plan for how to escape them, but every time he drives fast, they always follow his car.“Before w
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 18: That day
Annalise and Zeno spend their day at the mall, buying tons of clothes together with their bodyguards. Some of them were scattered throughout the whole area while some were following the couple.“Why do we have to buy all of this? We’re just going to spend a week, Zeno,” Annalise said while staring at the clothes that the cashier’s punching into the machine.“We’ll be going to France next week, then the last one is Nome, Alaska. I think the clothes we bought are good for a three-week trip,” Zeno explained, then gave his black card to the cashier.Annalise was just looking at Zeno and didn’t even bother to react because she was still processing what he just answered. She blinked her eyes many times, waiting for him to say that it was just a joke, but Zeno didn’t talk.Annalise cleared her throat to get his attention, which was effective. “Are you joking?”Zeno’s forehead wrinkled. He even raised his eyebrow, thinking why Annalise didn’t believe what he just replied to her a while ago. B
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 19: Cute
“Here’s your ramen. I add two eggs, dried seaweed, then dumplings as toppings—”“It’s so good!” Annalise exclaimed when the soup touched her tongue. “How did you make it?”Zeno smirked at his wife, who was now amazed at the ramen he made for her. “It’s a secret.”Annalise pouted her lips and rolled her eyes at him. “Selfish!”Zeno laughed at her remark and just shrugged his shoulders off. Now that he remembered, he used to cook for her because Annalise loved seeing him in the kitchen, wearing an apron.Thinking about those old times makes Zeno smile, especially since Annalise is still the same as before. The only difference is that she lost her memories because of the incident.Zeno is still happy, even if she can’t remember him. At least Annalise was now lowering her guard and being able to show herself, just like before.Their dinner went smoothly. They are sharing different ideas for Annalise’s passion for writing, which Zeno supports.“Why don’t you try to write a novel that has a
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