"Good…morning, I…" Hadley stammered after bumping into Maurice at the staircase the next morning and she was too ashamed to face the man after what transpired between them the other night.Hadley was guilty and she would not sleep a wink with her troubled heart but she knew it was for the greater cause the man was not going to be too hurt if he finds out she betrayed him if they both keep their distance from each other."Are you okay?" Hadley heard Maurice ask and she was surprised. She thought the man was going to ignore her. Hadley nods her head slowly because her words have failed her and she could not make a sentence right. "It's good that you are fine," Maurice said walking down the stairs and Hadley raised her head to look at the finely dressed man in a navy blue suit that fitted him perfectly.God, what is she going to do with him?Hadley knew she could not be leaving in fear forever so she decided to settle the scores with Nicholas that morning ditching her work. She picked u

The past few days have been rocky for the couples and the interaction turns more, and their interaction turns more sour with them trying their best to avoid each other.Hadley has been trying to put off the threats from her family and trying to work things out to get off their hook. She has been debating over the past few days if she should just tell Maurice the truth, but the fact that her husband might hate her after knowing the truth puts her off every time.What is she going to do? “A penny for your thoughts?” Hadley hears a voice that jolts her out of her thoughts, and she is surprised to see Carolina smiling brightly at her.What is this unthinkable scene? Hadley thought about looking at the girl, but she thought she might just be seeing things.“I know I might have been a pain in the neck, but I just want us to be friends,” Carolina says, smiling brightly, but she was complaining inside. Hadley looked at the girl in front of her, and she wondered what she was cooking.“So, are

Hadley does not know why she suddenly does not want to hear the man say anything again. It was like she would not be able to handle the truth.“I was eleven years back then, and we were having a party at the ancestral mansion, but I got overwhelmed by the number of people at the party that I went out for some air, Maurice says, closing his eyes as he would rather not relish the memories at all. “That was the last thing I remembered,” he says and Hadley was beyond speechless. She could already picture the scenario, but she knew she could not possibly ask him to stop talking when she was the one who asked him to tell her everything, but it was more than what she bargained for. “My uncle got me kidnapped to get my grandfather to hand over the group to him….isn't that funny?” Maurice joked, but Hadley could sense the pain in his voice.The room felt gloomy with Maurice's pause and Hadley knew what was to come might not be what she could handle, so she decided to cut her off.“I think we

The two couples embark on the journey to the ancestral, Maurice staying at the end side of the seat at the back as Hadley glares at him. The drive to the ancestral mansion was quiet and awkward and Maurice decided to be nice towards his wife, but Hadley's words stopped him. “Don't you dare even think of it,” she warned and Maurice gulped his saliva in fear. “I am sorry I should have listened to you,” Maurice apologized, looking at Hadley with a teasing face and Hadley knew he was not being sincere with her.God, how can a man be shameless? He didn't let her get out of bed until when they started preparing for dinner, and she could not even complain about how sore she was, but he wanted to get close to her. In his dreams.“Stay at least 3 meters away from him,” Hadley says, not even bothering to listen to Maurice's words. God, the man was dangerous to her!“That was my line, though,” Maurice chuckled and also smiled hearing that. Of course, that rule does not apply to them anymore, b

Hadley was stiffed hearing the man's words, and she kept telling herself that she heard it wrong and that Maurice did not say that, but she knew it was the truth. She did not hear it wrong.A new surge of excitement gushed through Hadley's body as the realization of what she just heard. The man just confessed his love for her, but it was not to just her but to the whole family that was present at the table. She already hated herself being clumped in about her father throwing her under the bus and Carolina, who was making sure she regretted her actions, but Hadley was happy that the man stood for her even though she still found it unbelievable.It was like she was dreaming, but she knew it was no dream, she was just about to be kicked off the family.“What? Did you love her? But why?” Carolina asked, obviously surprised about what was happening. How could the man say he boldly loved her after everything that was happening?“I don't think you are in any place to ask him that question,