CHAPTER 51: HE IS NOT AT FAULT."Here, drink this. The weather is somehow not pleasant tonight." Kira spoke as she passed a cup of hot chocolate to her friend while holding another one for herself. She sat beside Evelyn and smoothly rubbed her hand against her back as a sign of comfort while the latter drank the chocolate slowly but with shaking hands. She was still in a state of shock.She had Evelyn change her clothes because of the weather. Kira looked at her and took a sip of her hot chocolate before putting it back on the table. She bent over, placing her arms on her thighs while her two palms held her head that was placed firmly on it. She was ready for the discussion."Do you want to start talking now?" She asked Evelyn.Evie took a glance at Kira before looking away. Her entire body was shaking including her lips as she was finding it hard to speak up."Raphael…he deceived me." She managed to speak."Deceived you? How was that possible and how did that happen? Because as far a

CHAPTER 53: YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!Michael slowly stood up from his chair and so did everyone else as if trying to prevent an action from happening. Raphael looked at the floor and took a step forward which was somehow surprising to the rest of them."Good evening, father." He greeted Michael. The latter gritted his teeth and got closer to Raphael before slapping him! Erica covered her mouth as she got to witness this.Raphael closed his eyes and touched his face before looking at his father but he did not say a word."What is good about the evening? No, you tell me! What is so special about this evening? Where have you been? I don't even care about that but last night…last night was the night for the auction and I only sent you there to bid on one of the most priceless items that were displayed but you couldn't do just this one simple thing! You couldn't! You had to go and leave yet you didn't report to me when you came back.Do you know how much I spent in secret both financi

CHAPTER 55: CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU."Really? How could I have lost against you? That's not fair." Evelyn whined as Tom and she finished the second round of their game playing. Tom was jumping in victory and stuck out his tongue at his mom for losing."I am better at this game than you, mom. Dad taught me. Speaking of dad, when is he coming to visit?" Tom asked her."Very soon. He is busy right now so you need to be patient with him. Alright, that's enough of the game. It's time to read." Evelyn said and stroked her palms against each other. Tom went to grab his bag and brought out his books without any objection.Evelyn's phone rang minutes later and she picked up the call."Hey, ba…what the hell do you have on your face?" Evelyn laughed at Kira's current look on her phone. She was bathed with paint all over her face and clothes but luckily her hair was covered, preventing it from being tinted."Unfortunately, I had no choice but to get married to the paints yet the works are ama

CHAPTER 57: UNNECESSARY BATTLE.A DAY LATER.Kira took a lot of pictures with the students as it was her last day with them. She had been teaching them for about a week and now she had other things to do so she wanted to end her teachings there. She was quite amazed by how much the students loved her and wouldn't quit talking about how great she was and how easily she was able to capture art with her teachings. They were able to learn a lot."So guys, thank you so much for your time and I sincerely hope that you will do better than this." She waved at them and they returned it with big smiles on their faces."See you next time, Miss Kira.""And you too." She continued waving until she left the class. A male student clutched his shirt and pretended to faint."I can not believe I wasn't able to confess to my crush before she left." He whined and pulled a sad face but a lady punched his ribs lightly."Quit your crocodile tears.""Wow, student of idioms." The boy mocked as he stood straig

CHAPTER 59: TOM HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED.The rest of the following days were the best for Evelyn as she felt so glad to start exploring her work. If it had been her major effort then it wouldn't have counted, Raphael did help her a lot and even introduced customers to her but he did everything secretly to avoid any rumors. Sometimes she wondered why he could do this but not free himself but then no one knows the depth of a person's life except the person himself.Her colleagues were able to come and visit her new shop, have fun and patronize her when needed. It was like a new life for her and she was willing to make the most use of it. She didn't get any contact from her father since that Sunday even though she was a bit curious about the whole property thing. But what use could it be to get yourself involved in something that you won't probably be able to bear to the end? So it was better if she just let things be.Evelyn was able to get an assistant at her newfound job. She was a twenty-