تسجيل الدخولNicholas spent the past twenty four hours of his life in deep suffocation which he never felt before, not when he was kidnapped or when he first stepped into his Romano group or when he married Clarissa or when he divorced her. He didn’t know how he flew to Nice and travelled to Grasse by road. The whole journey felt nothing compared to what he felt when he stood in front of the Blossom Haven. He is just a step away from seeing her, a gentle push of the door can reveal her face to him. She is inside, gloriously looking after her business but he, who is the king of business world, the CEO of Romano group is hesitating.He never thought that the moment he meets Clarissa to be this dreadful. His palms are sweating, his heart is drumming hard like he ran a hundred meter marathon, his body thrilling with anticipation but there is an ounce of fear to enter her world. What should he do or say to her when he faces her? Should he smile? Or hug her? How about an apology first?
“Alright boy! We are here.”Antoine said as he parked the car outside the preschool and turned around to look at Mattia but frowned when he saw the little boy sitting with a dull face.“What happened Mattia?”He asked in concern, feeling a pang in his chest to see the boy's sad face. “You say dad come look me after I turn five.”Mattia said with a pout, his English terrible but adorable. But Antoine didn’t have a heart to tease him because he asked him about Nicholas. The red zone man. “Did I say that?”Antoine said as he scratched his neck. He remembered saying that when Mattia came to him one night with his puppy dog eyes and asked him why he cannot live with his dad like other kids from preschool.Clarissa never cooked stories like others, telling Mattia that his dad is in abroad, working his ass off and will come back after earning lot of money. She told him it is not safe to live with his dad which is why she brought him to far away place. The little boy might be
Antoine parked the car outside a small store which is named ‘Blossom Haven’ and Clarissa took off her seat belt, quickly got down the car before opening the back door.Mattia is seated inside, securely tucked in child’s seat and looked at his mother with his cute smile. Clarissa swung her tote bag on her shoulder and leaned towards him, grabbing his jaw and combed back his already combed hair with her long fingers.“Mom is getting down here. Don’t trouble Antoine.”She said, looking at Mattia seriously and the little boy nodded his head like a bird pecking the food. Clarissa smiled at his adorable response and looked at the schoolbag beside him. “Did you pack your drawing book?”She asked to which he nodded, swinging his legs back and forth.“Your colour pencils?”She inquired further and Mattia nodded again patiently, assuring his mother to be at ease.Clarissa hummed softly, checking her wrist watch and kissed his cheeks. “Good! Mom will come to take you back home aft
The sun rose, leaving behind the darkness, illuminating the city. Nicholas woke up to the continuous ringing of his phone and fondled his hand to find the irritating thing which disturbed his beautiful dream. He squinted his sleepy eyes at the brightly lit screen and sat up, groaning softly and rubbed his eyes. Did he fall asleep in the theatre? He put away the phone when it rang again, his head pounding with headache as he slept during late hours and shook his head, trying to get sober. “What is it?” He answered the call when it rang for the third time and slumped back on the sofa, feeling tired. “I am at the office. Where are you?” Came a soft voice from the other side and he sighed, checking the time on his wrist watch. He is late for work. “I will be there in an hour. I just woke up.” Catherine went silent when she heard his words and sipped the coffee given by Victor. “I’ll come to you. We need to talk.” She said after a long pause, her voice plain but t
‘Mrs. Romano look here.’‘Mrs. Romano, where is your husband?’‘Please smile.’The voices continued to echo in the dark empty room, which is filled with cushioned recliner sofas and chairs in rows. The projector attached to the ceiling, displayed the video on the huge white screen which is fixed to the wall. The woman on the screen looked very uncomfortable with all the flashes blinding her eyes, her hands slightly trembling as she tried her best to pose to the cameras, her smile stiff, her body taut and her lips quivering with unease. She was having difficulty to keep her posture upright but she lost her composure. Matilda was reminding her from the side to put up an act with a bright smile but Clarissa was frightened. She was pitiful and looked like an abandoned child in a foreign land. Her eyes got back the light and a sigh left her lips as though her soul came back to her when she saw Nicholas and took his offering hand like her life depended on it.Nicholas pause
Clarissa emptied her wine and put the goblet down, her eyes staring at the distant sky, her thoughts travelling across the countries and landed on one man.What is he doing right now?Is he thinking about her?Of course he is.She knew it.Because of Natalie, she indeed lost her time with Nicholas but she finally realized something and that is, his love and obsession over her. She thought he hated her all his life but the truth is, he never really hated her but transformed his feelings towards her into hate, to keep her away from consuming him. Should she feel happy about that?Should she gloat at the fact that he took advantage of her drugged state, unable to control his desire for her, unleashing his buried feelings and took her virginity and in return put the blame on her, saving himself from marrying Natalie?Should she adore him for deliberately making her pregnant, intentionally putting a leash on her, so that if things worked in his way, he could get her back and aga
When Matilda came home from the motel, it was already half past one in the midnight and she saw the light still glowing in Clarissa’s bedroom. With a frown, she entered her daughter’s room and saw her sound asleep, her body curled like a baby as always which shows her insecurities. She removed
The night grew darker as the monsoon winds blew past the empty streets, evoking a moody, mysterious air. A black Jaguar Mark 2 drove into the basement of a motel with zero surveillance, convenient to commit crimes or to continue the secret affairs.A woman in black veil got down the car, accompa
Natalie stood in the doorway of the lounge like a statue even after Clarissa left the office thirty minutes ago. Nicholas returned to his desk and started working. He didn’t attempt to ask her about the reason for her arrival nor tried to explain about the situation between him and Clarissa and i
The two women in Nicholas’s lounge looked at each other, different emotions surfacing in their minds but among them, shock and jealousy are common and are evident in their eyes. Natalie came here to persuade Nicholas to sign the Defiliation documents and saw him going into the lounge as soon as s







