SJ went out from the shower and wrapped the towel provided by the hotel around his waist that evening in Tuscany, Italy, before walking towards the lavatory counter and reached for his shaver. His phone suddenly sounded, signifying a message.“Babe, I got this today,” Carmela’s message read with a picture of her wearing a diamond tennis necklace. “It’s perfect, isn’t it? I’ll be wearing this for your mom’s party. When will it be, by the way? News is circulating that there’s no word yet with regards to her birthday party. Is she going to have one?”He placed down his phone and concentrated on shaving, his thoughts on her message.After a while, his phone rung and it was Carmela calling.“Babe, why didn’t you answer?” She whined at the other line.“I was shaving, hon,” he answered as he entered his room. He reached for the remote and turned on the TV. “Was

Elli leaned back on her pillows that night as she placed down her phone beside her after finishing scrolling through the photos on Carmela Steinfeld’s Instagram account. She felt sorry for herself after seeing the beautiful and appealing model that everyone is raving about.She had over fifteen million followers worldwide on her Instagram alone. She then checked her other social media and one had forty plus million followers.Elli started feeling insecure.“Why am I feeling like this?” She asked herself. She clutched her head lightly and dropped them on her knees, closing her eyes tightly. “What’s the matter with you, Elli? Why are you suddenly feeling unsure of yourself? You were never like this before.”She stood up and went out from her room and went to her studio. She had brought back from the countryside the outline of the painting she did of SJ. She looked at the canvass intently, his profile coming to life with t

Elli placed down her teacup gently on the saucer and remained in her sit once the dinner was finally over. SJ and his parents went to his father’s office to discussed on something important while Jackson bade her goodnight and made her promise that she will visit him again. SJ’s sister also took off, bringing their glasses with them. She was left alone in the table and has been on her own for nearly one hour and the silence and absence of her husband’s presence is making her uncomfortable. “Would madam like another slice of cake?” Mason asked politely. Elli looked up and gave him a polite smile. “No, thank you,” she answered softly. “I am already full. The dinner was delicious. Please give my thanks to the chef.” “He will be pleased to hear that,” Mason assured. “Let me guess,” a voice drawled out behind her. Elli looked up and saw Clarisse and Jenny coming back in and looking at her amusingly. She watched as they pulled out th

“Feeling better?”Elli turned and found SJ at the doorway, smiling at her calmly after she took a quick bath and changed to a sundress. She noticed that his hair is wet, and he had changed into khaki shorts and plain white shirt.“Thank you,” she said with a smile.SJ walked to her and gathered her in his arms.“You don’t need to thank me,” he said gently. “What happened last night is partly my fault. I’m partly to blame because my sisters knew that I never liked the marriage in the first place.”She reached out and touched his cheek gently.“It’s okay,” she replied softly. “We both never wanted it in the first place. But, now, I don’t even know how I even started liking to having you around. Except probably your temper and arrogant self. I’m just glad you’re here.”SJ tightened his hold and bent down to kiss her.Elli ti

Elli finally sat down on the chair one of the construction workers provided for her and she took off her hard hat, placing it on the table on a fine Tuesday morning. It’s been more than a month since she returned to her work, and she was glad that she was told by Florence that she will be directly supervising the works on site on Mr. Grande’s granddaughter’s room renovation.Since she came back to the office, there has been some changes in her department. Upon the CEO’s approval, she is now promoted to a managerial position. She now has her own private cubicle at the far end side of the office on their department floor and has five staffs under her that were all newly hired as instructed. All her staffs respected her, and she returned the same treatment.However, being promoted also has its own downside. Valerie, her former supervisor was full of anger and envy when she had found out about the promotion. Apparently, she had never forgotten that