Mariah takes a deep breath and then she lies, because sometimes lying is easier than explaining the truth. So she goes on and lies to her friend she endears the most but she has no choice left.“It’s about Pete. His mother… she’s sick. She needs me right now and I want to be there for her and for Pete, it’s the least I can do for them,” Mariah speaks knowing very well that she has broken her promise. She had promised Blaire to never ever hide anything from her, to tell her everything, but she’s doing all this to protect her and even if she doesn’t want to lie, she still needs to for Blaire’s sake.“When will you be coming back?” Blaire and Mariah just shakes her head.“I don’t know, Blaire. I don’t know it yet,” Mariah replies.“Do you want me come with you? Is her condition that serious?” Blaire asks because she doesn’t want to leave her best friend to go through this time alone. She wants to be there for Mariah like she has been by her side since day one, but right now Blaire’s w
Mariah can’t believe the words coming out of Adam’s mouth because Pete told her that both of Adam’s parents died in a car accident five years ago so how is this possible. “He’s my father, Denis Alston. I am his everything, his guardian, his son, I’m all he has now. I want you to treat him,” Adam says as he tries to control his emotions. “I don’t want to give up on him just yet.”Adam would have never even let anyone step inside this room if it was someone else but he has come to trust Mariah. He has hope that maybe Mariah can revive his father, just like she revived him. He wants her try even though it’s useless but he still wants Mariah to try to bring him back to life. Adam didn’t know that he needed Mariah before he met her.“I’ll pay you to as long as your here. Just tell me how much you want. I… I’ll give you anything,” Adam promises to give Mariah everything because if she refuses, then he’ll lose his mind. Adam really thinks that if Mariah can save him, then she can definitely
Adam leaves early in the morning with Mason as soon as he told him that there have been some sort of dealing going on in one of hotels they own. Adam had trouble sleeping all night so it wasn’t really difficult for him to leave this early. Pete asks if they need him there, but Adam tells him to stay at the mansion and to look after Mariah. Adam takes Mason and Adelmo with him so they can deal with whatever is going on at the hotel.Mariah wakes up late as she had an amazing sleep because of the scented candles. She ate breakfast with Pete that Mrs.Sally made for them and then Pete excused himself as he had some training to do with other bodyguards. Mariah asked him about Adam and Mason to which he replied that they had an urgent meeting so they left early. Mariah thinks it’s good that he won’t bump into Adam today as yesterday her heart couldn’t handle the close proximity between them.He told Mariah that she could visit them whenever she wants as they’re just next door which made her
As soon as the two of them enter the mall, Mariah saw people looking at them. She saw a few girls drooling over Adam.“Omg, he’s so handsome,” Mariah heard one of them whispering. Mariah rolled her eyes and looked at Adam, who was unbothered by any of the things going around him.“So what now? What are we here to buy?” Mariah asks hoping Adam would give him a proper answer.“We’re here to buy clothes and shoes,” Adam looks at her, “and everything you need. Pete told me that you struggled with dresses Mrs.Sally gave you as they’re too tight for you.”“Oh! I thought it wasn’t noticeable,” Mariah says with embarrassment.Just as Adam is about to comfort Mariah, that it isn’t her fault, a lady stops them. “Sir, would you like to visit our jewelry shop,” she points at the shop right beside her, “We sell beautiful couple rings as well.”“Oh no! No, we’re not a couple. You’ve misunderstood something,” Mariah explains quickly as her cheeks turn red while Adam tries to control his smile. He’
“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Mariah says while looking at the waves splashing on the sand and the moon shining above. “Yes, yes it is,” Adam replies, but he’s not looking at the view in front of him, he’s looking at Mariah who’s standing beside him. Adam has been stealing glances at her all day, his plan to stay away from her failed badly. He wants to be with her for every second of his life because feels comfortable around her, she feels like home to Adam, something he never had. He studied abroad all his life, his father didn’t want to involve him with any kind of mafia and when his mother died, the world collapsed for him, the ground beneath him felt heavier than ever before. He had no one to call his own, no place to call home. He didn’t realize when he turned into the ruthless mafia that he is now and he never knows when he’d be taking his last breath. The only thing he’s sure about is that he can’t handle to loose anyone anymore, definitely not Mariah, the one who saved him.
“Adam?”, Mariah says softly and all the darkness in Adam’s life vanished in that moment. He felt alive.Adam’s eyes widen and he looks at Mariah in disbelief. This is the very first time he heard Mariah say his name. It’s not that Adam hasn’t thought of Mariah calling his name out loud, he has, about a million times, but he didn’t expect his heart would go crazy like this.“Hmm?” He wants to hear it again, he wants Mariah to say his name again and again. “It was not your fault, Adam!” Mariah whispers, “It was not your fault.”Adam has been blaming himself his whole life for what happened that day, for what could have happened if the her sister never jumped in front of him to sacrifice her life in return for his life. He was never able to forgive himself, no one was there to tell him that it wasn’t his fault, that it was an accident. Deep inside he wanted someone to hold him and tell his these exact words but no one did. And now Mariah’s words made him realize that he had been dying
“Excuse me!” Pete said in a loud yet polite way to the nurse at the reception to get her attention as she was busy arranging some files on the desk.“Yes? Is there anything I can help you with,” the nurse replied politely.“Umm..,” Pete hesitated for a second but then he asked the nurse if Blaire was on duty today.“ Is Dr.Blaire on duty tonight?” Pete spoke and anxiously waited for nurses reply.“Wait, let me check!”, the nurse replied and at once she opened the computer on the reception table.“She’s has a night duty today so she’ll probably be here somewhere,” the nurse said while observing Pete. Pete felt like his heart was going to explode but he didn’t understand why.Everyone in the hospital knew Blaire because of her sunshine personality and skills. The nurse knew the second he saw Pete, that he was no patient and giggled inside. Blaire never had the time to date anyone because of her busy schedule. Mariah and Blaire were known to be single besties as they never dated anyon
After Adam gave Pete a day off, he could see Mariah’s pouty face from across the room but he had to do this since she kept avoiding him and he needed to ask her if she would agree to go to Ivan’s stupid ball with him and after what happened at the beach the night before, things got even more awkward between them.Adam knocked on Mariah’s door but she didn’t answer so he entered after knocking for a while. She wasn’t in her room so Adam thought that maybe she was with his father and Nurse Sophia. Adam’s heart dropped when Nurse Sophia told him that she was with her an hour go but she noticed that Mariah wasn’t feeling well so she told her to go rest.He thought that he wouldn’t be able to forgive himself if something happened to Mariah. He rushed to inform Mason.“Adam, she didn’t disappear. She went to see the horses in the back yard with one of the bodyguards. She wanted to get some fresh air,” Mason told him not to worry since no body could harm her here. The security in this mansi