Maine entered her uncle's room, pretending to be her doppelganger, while Sandro is watching something on his cellphone."Have you been here long?" her uncle asked, but she didn't respond.She quickly left, hearing her uncle mutter something about it being weird. Shortly after, Demi arrived and did the same thing. Then, their grandmother came in.They hurried to the car, the engine already running. Sandro was easily frightened, so she knew he would rush out soon. As expected, he bolted out of the house.They pretended to be newcomers, laughing."Wh-where are you c-coming from?" Sandro asked, trembling."We just went for a stroll with Maine. We saw Auntie carrying a lot of stuff, so I gave her a ride, why?" Demi pretended to be surprised."I s-saw you guys, j-just a while ago--" he stammered."Stop it, Sandro, you're just making up nonsense again," her grandmother scolded him, "let's go upstairs.""You haven't experienced it yet, that's why you think like that, uncle," she teased. "You

"Good morning," she greeted him, "I've been here for a while now, you weren't around, so I waited here" She smiled at him."Why are you here?" he asked, nervousness evident in her voice."I'm leaving. I'm here to-- I just wanted to apologize, and I hope we can be okay. Please also tell your partner, I'm sorry for what happened at the mall." Matilda smiled at him, melting his heart."Where are you going?" he asked, sadness lacing his tone."We're going back to Manila. Aren't you going to let me in?" she asked, seeking reassurance."Oh, uh, sure, sorry, come in," the guards greeted them as they entered.They went to the coffee shop inside the office and took their seats. He also ordered coffee."Still want the Machiato?" he asked her."Yes, please. You still remember," she settled in."Of course," he also ordered a slice of cake."Your building has changed a lot," she remarked in amazement."Yes, last year, I opened it up to other tenants, like food hubs. So people here can try differen

The next day, Toby and Amethyst ignored him. He felt like he was just air in his own company. Perhaps, they were still upset because of what he said. He would apologize to them later, once he proved that Matilda wasn't a bad person.He didn't know where their resentment was coming from because if it was just about her reputation as a gold digger, it shouldn't affect their friendship to that extent, to the point where they would even deny him.They only talked to him when they needed something, and they would quickly leave his office, unlike before when their conversations were longer than the business agenda.He was hurt, but he needed to stand firm and defend Matilda. Because he knew that one of these days, they would get back together.That day was sad for him, so he couldn't even bring himself to eat. He was surprised when his phone rang, it was Maine."Hi, Demi, are you okay?" the girl's voice sounded concerned."Yeah, I'm fine, why?" he tried to cheer himself up."Because yesterd

"We were at a resort once, do you remember? At Villa La Trese? I noticed that Sandro was trying to flirt with me, but I didn't pay attention to him then because, well, I love you.Do you remember when we were heading home? And he said he'd take me home because you were feeling feverish? He confessed his love to me. But I didn't accept it.He even said he would ruin us. I got scared. So I asked him, didn't he ever think of you? He said, love is fair to everyone, nothing wrong with it because we're not married.Their angry feelings for me got even stronger when instead of going with Sandro, I went with my ex when we were about to break up, remember? I distanced myself to prevent any conflict between you two because I knew your friendship with Sandro was important.""Are they really furious at you?" He asked the woman. She just nodded. Now, everything becomes clear to him. His friends were traitors!He treated them like siblings, especially Sandro, only to find out that he would betray t

"I can wrap Demi around my finger, and he's the one who trusts me," that's Matilda's voice."You might enjoy that man too much," Art's voice said."I need to give him a taste, so he'll believe me. So it won't be noticed. I'll gradually take his money.""Did he believe your story about his friend?""Yes, he's dumb. That Sandro thinks he can just reject me!""Did that man really reject you?" Art asked."Yes, he had some friend rule nonsense.""I hope you get his wealth soon, we have to pay something today. We need the money badly.""I'm still figuring it out, within this week, I'll just wait for him to really fall for me.""He might find out what you did to Sandro before.""Which one? The one where I was going to choke him? I know Sandro, he won't tell, because he knows it'll hurt Demi. His two annoying friends saw us, luckily, they're professional and they stick to the agreement.""How did you manage to silence them?""I just said that Demi would kill himself if I left him, so it was o