Amanda got out of the taxi after paying for it, and she looked around. The atmosphere around her was so unfamiliar. She had never set foot in this place.Strange, she felt like that. Oriaga invited her to meet at an old abandoned building; it looked creepy outside, and Amanda found the man's car parked near a tree."Does he want to take me on a guts test in this place, huh?" Amanda chuckled. She stuffed her hands in her jacket pockets before entering the multi-story building. Oriaga explained that Amanda had to meet him on the third floor, so the woman had to step on the stairs without iron railings.Annoying.Amanda managed to find him, and the man stood next to one of the support pillars at the corner of the room. He was wearing a black shirt and had his sleeves rolled up to his elbows.Oriaga stood with her back to Amanda, and the woman frowned as smoke billowed around Oriaga."Did you come?" Oriaga turned around, and he smiled in response to Amanda's appearance. An e-cigarette was

"Zayn, what do you think is the punishment for someone who tries to capitalize on someone else's popularity?" Oriaga sat in the passenger seat, dressed in a white suit and black bow tie, to attend an exclusive dinner with model Elia Pinot."Playing her," Zayn replied, interested in guessing someone's name. "Is this about Miss Amanda?"Oriaga chuckled. "No, if Amanda wanted my popularity, she would have never asked me to meet and insisted on revoking the marriage offer. She would have bragged to everyone that she had slept with me.""You met?" He knew nothing about the moment of the meeting and was driving his car without a driver or assistant, so no one knew."Yes. Yesterday, we met, and she forced me to stop. Can you guess who won, Zayn?""You, sir."Oriaga smiled with satisfaction. "She can't do anything else, and she'll follow all my wishes.""So, who was that someone you described earlier?""The woman who asked me to dinner just now.""Ah, okay."They stopped talking as the car en

"Auntie has signed?" asked Oriaga after finishing his dinner, making the woman beside the man glare in annoyance."Yes. I did when Amanda came home after disappearing for most of the day.""Amanda disappeared?" Oriaga looked at the woman."Probably because she was looking for answers, but everything is fine now. I'll get the folder from the room, and we should move to the living room."Pamela quickly moved on. The other two people moved first to the living room and sat nearby. Amanda did not want to sit next to the man, so she waited for Oriaga to sit down before finding a place for herself.Oriaga wouldn't care if Amanda was that annoying right now because after the wedding day—Oriaga would control and organize her. So, now he let Amanda be as harmful to him as she wanted. Let's say let the butterflies fly before catching them and putting them in the jar.Pamela returned, smiling as she placed the folder on the table and sat beside Oriaga, about an inch away."I filled out the signat

Zayn checked on Amanda quite often through the rearview mirror above his head, and the man was worried because his boss's wife-to-be was getting quieter than the last time they had interacted. At the same time, her mother smiled cheerfully and invited Zayn to discuss many things. One of which was where Oriaga's property was located.Pamela was very interested in anyone's wealth, especially her future son-in-law. During the trip to Nieuwmarkt en Lastage, Pamela did not stop talking, and she liked the situation without caring that her youngest daughter was silent like a dummy.At first, Zayn had thought that only Pamela would go with him, but on the way out of the house, the woman took Amanda by the hand and explained that she couldn't leave her daughter at home. She was afraid Amanda would do something terrible or even run away.Now, Zayn understood. Because Amanda's gaze was so flat, like the expression of a ghostly apparition in a horror movie, making the situation in the car uncomfo

Nothing happened after seven days of her marriage to CEO Gregorious. Amanda lived an everyday life in the mansion, contacting her family occasionally. She almost found it strange that after the blessing at the church, Oriaga had not seen her again until this moment. The man had merely ordered Zayn to see Amanda's condition.The striking difference was that the woman did not interact with Nadine and her parents. They only missed each other by phone or video call. The distance between the Nieuwmarkt en Lastage area and the mansion was even more significant than between the family's new home and the mansion."Amanda, I'm working in a new office next week. I wasn't interested initially, but noticing the change in my mother's attitude toward Oriaga—made me realize something else. Our mother loves money so much that I have to pursue it." Nadine was so excited when she said they had a video call around nine in the evening."Really? Good, you can earn more money." Amanda sat next to the large