Feran was greatly stunned by Laura's reaction. He never in his greatest imagination imagined that Laura would flare up by the simple question he had asked, wishing not to offend her. But thinking it over again, he considered himself to be blamed. "I could have just let her go in and freshen up instead of bombarding her with unimportant questions. I guess she felt irritated by the questions due to stress she had accumulated at the party," Feran said to himself and he thought it would be best to go into the room and sought an opportunity to apologize. When he walked into the room, he met Laura seated on the bed, taking off her shoes. She glanced at him and took off her ornaments. "L…Laura, I am…" Feran attempted to apologize but Laura ignored him and headed to the bathroom after grabbing her nightwear from the closet. He felt he deserved the attitude she was giving so he decided to wait for her. Laura walked out of the bathroom, clad in her nightgown and as before, Feran tried to a

Laura walked into her office and collapsed on her seat. She hung down her head, trying to forget a that had happened in the meeting at the conference room. She heard a knock on the door and lifted up her head to see her father, Frank walked in with a smile. "Hey, madam. What's with the sas expression on my daughter's face?" Frank asked, humorously as he walked up to her desk. "Dad, I'm fine," Laura simply said, tucking her hair in the back of her ears. Frank gave her a doubtful look. "Father, believe me, I'm certainly okay," Laura said, trying to make her father believe her instead of worrying about her. "Okay, then. I hope you don't think much about everything and just forget what your sisters, brothers and infact what every single person uttered in the conference room. Forget about it all, Laura," Frank said. Laura faked a smile and nodded. "Okay. I'm going back to my working place. See you later at home, dear," Frank said and waved at Laura then headed to the door. He pulled the

When Laura got home, she went straight to her room but was surprised to see the room out of light when she opened the door. She wondered why there was light in the house apart from the room. She groped with her hand against the wall in search of the light switch and heaved a light sigh when she felt the switch. Sve flicked it on and was thrown off balance when Feran held up a cute little teddy bear in front of her face. "Feran, what the…" Laura paused as she read the inscription on the frontal of the teddy bear and she read it out: " 'I am sorry?' " Feran nodded with a pout like an innocent child that had wronged his mother. "What's all this, Feran?" Laura asked, folding her hands and rolling her eyes to the bed. "I'm truly sorry, Laura," Feran uttered. Laura squinted and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Sorry about what now, Feran?" Laura asked. "For upsetting you last night and I am sorry about the other ways which you think I've offended you," Feran said. " 'Other ways?'

Not bothering to cast a glance at the man who asked Laura a question, Lucas brought down his gaze to Laura and saw the great shock in her eyes. He looked the other side and his gaze met with Feran's."Do you know him, Laura?" Lucas asked in a strange manner, still staring at Feran.Laura woke up from her trance and looked around to see some people in the store and a bit far away from the counter watching them. She couldn't bring herself to answer Lucas' question."Excuse me? Who are you? And I should rather ask you this. Do you know who she is to me?" Feran asked with anger.Lucas chuckled and gave him a displeasing look."I don't care about you," Lucas uttered to Feran's surprise. "I only care about my lady," he added and Feran narrowed his eyes and stared in bewilderment at Laura who was now standing behind Lucas, trying to avoid his gaze."Your what? She is who to you?" Feran asked."Are you deaf? She's my lady. She's someone special to me!" Lucas yelled to Laura's great surprise n

"Where is Vicentzo, father?" Feran asked, curiously. Sir Leo stood up and sighed."He's not at home now. He's out of the country. On a business trip,"Sir Leo answered and glanced at his wife."It's quite unfortunate. We've not seen each other for about three years now and upon my second coming in three years I still couldn't see my special brother," Feran said. He turned to his sister, Lovisa."But I'm happy to see you, aunt, uncle and Anna." He handed over the shopping bag to Lovisa after taking out the box containing the gold bracelet and pocketing it in his coat pocket. "This is yours," Feran said and glanced above his shoulder at his father as Anna rushed to Lovisa to check out what he gave her. "I'll take my leave now," he said to his father and headed to the door."Woah, this is a piece of the latest ivory strapless embroidered satin-twill black gown that was made by the well known Parisian fashion designer. I saw it in the fashion magazine some days ago," Lovisa bellowed, caus