Zack returned to his house happy, even though his face showed the opposite."Zack, what's wrong with you?" Rosetta panicked when she first saw the condition of her son, who came home with several bruises on his face. "Who dares to do this to you? Tell me, let me get back at them!" She said confidently, which immediately provoked a rude snort from Zack."How can Mom get back at the people who hurt me, huh? I can't even withstand their blows, let alone you," He mocked.Rosetta's expression, which initially looked worried, instantly turned into annoyance. "Whatever! Treat your wounds yourself!" She said in exasperation."Uh, Mom!" Zack held back his mother's hand. He couldn't afford to waste an opportunity to talk privately with his mother, especially now that Noona wasn't at home, and now was the most appropriate time to convey the plan he had laid out."What else? You still want to belittle me?" retorted Rosetta, rolling her eyes in annoyance."No, that's not it. I have something that
Rosetta returned to her house to meet Zack, the purpose of course being to give her son the item he had requested."Zack, wake up," Rosetta pleaded as she shook her son's body. Occasionally, she checked right and left to ensure Noona was away right now."Zack!" This time, Rosetta shook her son's body more vigorously."Uhm, mom?" Zack rubbed his eyes, then looked at his mother, who was carrying a bag she had been taking a lot lately. "What's wrong? I'm so sleepy," He complained."Here, I have successfully retrieved the data you are referring to," Rosetta said quickly. Her eyes still seemed to sparkle, and a sense of happiness surrounded her heart because she would soon get a lot of money."Re-really?" Zack sat up quickly, making his head dizzy from the sudden movement. "Here! Let me check! Where's the flash drive?" He asked, holding his hand.Instead of giving him the pen drive, Rosetta gave him her bag. It was a large bag that she had been using to hold her clothes when she went to Je
"What do you mean, Mr. Oddie?" Joe asked the same question that everyone in the meeting room was thinking."Well, I got the same plan from someone yesterday. Someone who came to me personally, and asked me to work with his company," Oddie explained."How could that happen? While this design is purely the result of my thoughts," Joe defends.Oddie was silent, he didn't respond to Joe's defense, because he already felt disappointed by considering the man as a plagiarist."If this is the design you are referring to for the new project, then I choose to cancel our partnership, Mr. Joe. I can't work with someone who takes ideas from others," Oddie said. He got up from his seat, followed by the other investors."Wait! You can't do this, Mr. Oddie. You've signed a partnership between our companies, and You can't just cancel the agreement." Joe looked at Oddie with a deep gaze, as if giving a code that what he was saying now was the truth. "Have a seat, Mr. Oddie and to the other investors."
Joe stepped his heavy feet into the apartment. From the living room, he could clearly see Jesslyn who had gone home ahead of him cooking and serving the cooked food on the dining table."Hey, are you home?" Jess looked at Joe, she immediately went over to her husband and picked up the briefcase that the man had brought. That behavior has been applied since the past few months, she wants to improve her relationship with her husband and she always tries to be a good wife."Yes," Joe replied briefly. "By the way, did you leave early today? Are you not working overtime today?" He asked.Jesslyn shook her head, she walked over first to put her husband's briefcase onto the sofa. "No, I didn't. I'm trying my best not to take overtime anymore. If there is an urgent task, then I will do my best to finish it as soon as possible."Joe nodded. "I'm not against you working late or coming home late, as long as you let me know first, Jess. I don't want you to feel constrained because you're married
Exactly one hour before Rosetta reached her daughter's apartment, a woman suddenly stopped her taxi."What's going on? Is she trying to rob us?" Rosetta asked the taxi driver in a half-panicked tone.The taxi driver looked confused as he stared at the woman walking toward his car door."Open the door!" The woman exclaimed.The taxi driver decided to get out and ask what was happening because the streets were quite crowded."I just want to talk to the woman in the back seat, and I have a personal problem with her."Hearing the woman's words, Rosetta was naturally shocked. "I've never known you, nor do I have any problems with you. Tell me what you want!" Rosetta ordered. "I just want to discuss the document containing the design of your son-in-law's new project." Hearing that, Rosetta instantly fell silent. Inevitably, she got out of the taxi and followed the woman who invited her to speak privately at a cafe not far from their current position."Can you say it now? What exactly do yo
"So, Mom, do you want to explain what happened?" Joe took the matter in his stride, not wanting to be provoked, although inwardly, he felt the emotions that were bubbling up because of his mother-in-law's behavior. Rosetta glanced at Jesslyn, then looked down again because she couldn't bear to get an angry look from her daughter. After preparing herself for about two minutes, she explained what had happened. "Zack asked me to take the laptop. He said he just wanted to borrow it to make a cover letter. Being too happy to hear that Zack wanted to work after a long time, I took the laptop secretly," Rosetta explained with a deep bow. She even dramatized the situation by wiping her eyes, which were not wet."If Zack wanted to borrow my laptop, why didn't he tell me directly? Why are you stealing my laptop? Especially since it's the laptop I use for work. If he or you need a laptop, you can borrow my old laptop, not the one you brought!" Joe suppressed every sentence he spoke, indicating
Jesslyn was snuggled up in a blanket with Joe, her husband. She sank deeper into her husband's embrace to calm her unsettled heart. "What's wrong? Do you regret and disagree with my decision? If you want to give Mom a third chance, I have no problem. I did everything for your comfort," Joe said. Jesslyn shook her head. "Don't take back your decision, Joe. I'm proud that you made the right decision in our relationship," she snapped. "So, what you're saying is that I've never made the right decision all these years? Is that it?" Joe pretended to sulk. He let go and moved Jesslyn's body away from him, which made her purse her lips in displeasure. "It's not like that. It's just that you've been too kind, so it's easy to be controlled and taken advantage of by someone," Jesslyn explained while trying to hug her husband again."Really? So, I'm not a weak and useless man, am I?" Joe raised one eyebrow, teasing Jesslyn, who looked annoyed at not being able to hug her husband back and retu
Jesslyn gazed sadly at her chaotic family. She had deliberately watched the bouncers' eviction in action. "Are you okay?" asked Joe, he grasped his wife's hand tightly when he saw the look of torment in her eyes. "You still have time to forgive and give them another chance. I know, it hurts you to see them in distress." Jesslyn shook her head. "Don't change the decision you made, Joe. You're now the leader of a thriving company, and your overly benevolent and pitying behavior will allow your enemies to exploit that loophole to destroy you," Jesslyn retorted firmly. She tried to look good before her husband, even though her heart broke. "All right. Shall we go now?" asked Joe. He asked for his wife's consent to leave as soon as possible. He didn't like seeing Jesslyn sad, and he tried to minimize the sadness as much as possible. "Yes, we're going to the company now." ***Lucas stared sourly at the resignation document Jesslyn handed him. He never expected that the woman who had n
Jonathan accelerated his footsteps towards the place his father had indicated. His heart was beating so fast it was hard for him to hold back his anger towards the man who had deceived him. "Yesterday, you got away because I was still kind to you, Mark. But not this time. I will make you feel what is called hell on earth!" Jonathan was determined. With one step left to the warehouse where his captive was kept, Jonathan tried to control himself. He inhaled and exhaled many times to keep his emotions and expressions under control, so Mark would have no opportunity to fight him later. "Wow, didn't I see it wrong? The person I thought had gone to the other side of the world is still loyal to this country," Jonathan chuckled. Not forgetting, he showed a cruel grin to intimidate his opponent. Mark, who Jonathan had already tortured, was naturally very scared now. If he were free from the shackles that bound him at the moment, he would indeed run as far away from the man as possible. "W
Joe visits Oddie after not seeing the man for a long time. The relationship between the two of them was quite good, especially after Sarah died and Oddie decided to consider Jesslyn as his daughter. And now, Joe's purpose for coming to see Oddie was to discuss what was happening at Skyland Company. He wanted to get some advice that might help him to overcome the problems that were happening, especially since the man was quite an influential person and had a lot of experience. "So, the news about SkyLand Company going downhill is true?" Oddie asked. He, whose condition had improved, took a sip of tea served by one of the servants in his house. "Yes, Mr. Oddie. I would like to hear your opinion on the problems that SkyLand Company is facing. Moreover, you are one of the investors in my company, so you might be able to give some thoughts from your perspective as an investor," Joe pleaded. "Call me dad, Joe. Aren't we family now? Don't be so formal when we're not in the office," Oddie
Joe returned to work as usual, and Cristine welcomed her boss with great joy. After a long time of authorizing Cristine to take care of the company, Joe finally sat down in his work chair as he began his task of solving the many problems that had befallen Skyland Company lately. "What about the investors who have withdrawn their funds, Cristine? Are they willing to come back and entrust their money to SkyLand Company after I start working again?" Joe asked Cristine who was handing over some important files that required the man's signature. "No, Mr. Joe." Cristine took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly to ease the tightness attacking her chest. "I've investigated everything, Mr. Joe. And there seems to be a reason why they withdrew the investment." Hearing the explanation from his secretary, Joe looked interested. He stopped what he was doing for a moment, then looked at Cristine and gave her the code to explain further."When you handed over the main task to me to lead SkyLan
Aaron and Esther left Zack who was still faithful to shouting incoherently, berating and insulting Aaron so that the man would come back and deal with his current behavior. Unfortunately, Aaron was not provoked at all. He didn't care about Zack's screams, and neither did Esther. After coming out of the room that held Zack, Esther immediately dropped her body onto the sofa located not far away. She looked tired. "It turns out that dealing with someone like Zack is tiring too, huh? I didn't expect him to still be able to fight back when he's in such a tight spot." Esther chuckled, as if she had forgotten what Zack had done to her earlier. "Zack is like that. Why do you think Joe chose to kick him out of the house instead of forgiving him?" Aaron narrowed his eyes, then snapped his fingers as Esther looked back at him with furrowed brows. "Yep, Zack is the type of person who doesn't know himself. That's why, Joe would rather let him go than have to live with him for the rest of his l
Joe took a deep breath, he asked Cristine to go home first and he would think about what he would do next. Ben, who was visiting his daughter at the time, immediately approached Joe and patted him on the shoulder. "You can focus on your work again, Joe. As for Jesslyn, let me take care of her. When she regains consciousness, then I'll let you know." "But, Dad?" Joe wanted to argue. He wanted to be by his wife's side at all times. He doesn't want that when she woke up, he wouldn't be by her side. Joe knew that Jesslyn would be devastated to learn that their future child had died in her womb, and he wanted to be by her side to give her encouragement and strength. "There's no refusal, Joe. This is all for the good of everyone." Ben tried to open Joe's mind. "Think about it, if your company were to go downhill, you would have to cut back on employees, which would affect the families of those employees because the head of their family would no longer have a job. In addition, your finan
"We're sorry, your future child cannot be saved. Mrs. Jesslyn's condition is also still not improving, she is still in a critical condition and will have to be admitted into the ICU after this. This is because she was brought to the hospital too late, and the patient has already lost a lot of blood." The doctor's explanation was like a sledgehammer hitting Joe's heart. He sat down, then covered his face. Not long after, there was a numb voice. The man was crying, because he had to get such a painful fact when his life was already on top. Joe didn't expect that this painful thing could happen to him. And this time he couldn't do anything but wait for his wife's condition to improve. "Joe." Rosetta approached her son-in-law and put her hand on his shoulder as a form of transferring strength and encouragement.Honestly, in the deepest corner of her heart, Rosetta felt very guilty for having to lie about the real reason for Jesslyn's fall. However, she was forced to do this so that Zac
Rosetta rushed over to her daughter who had fallen and was moaning in pain. With shaky steps from shock, she struggled to help Jesslyn up. "Argh! It hurts!" Jesslyn cried out, her breathing labored and her face starting to turn pale. Rosetta was getting more and more worried and scared when she saw the condition that befell her daughter, her mind was too raging that she couldn't think clearly to find another way out so that her daughter could be saved immediately. Meanwhile, Zack, who didn't know that the impulse he was making had a very bad impact, immediately trembled. Instead of helping his sister, Zack pulled his mother and threatened the woman who had given birth to him. "Mommy, don't tell anyone what happened today! If you dare to do that, then I will act recklessly!" After saying that, Zack quickly left Rosetta who was rooted to the spot. The middle-aged woman's mind was raging, and her consciousness seemed to return after hearing Jesslyn moan for the last time before col
"Yes, Mommy was expelled by Grandpa from the house after the resistance she put up. I'm actually confused as to why Mommy even fought back, even though from the stories of some of the bodyguards, since the beginning of Mommy's punishment she doesn't dare to fight Grandpa. Even facing or looking into Grandpa's eyes, Mommy doesn't dare." Jonathan explained. "Then, where did Aunty Quina go? Does she have somewhere to sleep tonight?" Joe asked, wanting to extract more information from his cousin. "I don't know because I didn't have time to ask Mommy either. Mommy chose to leave after being kicked out and she doesn't say anything either. But, I think Mommy must have somewhere to go whether it's a hotel or an inn to sleep tonight. Moreover, Grandpa also gave her money before Mommy." "So, that means aunty Quina didn't leave empty-handed, right?" Joe asked again, which was immediately greeted with a nod by Jonathan. "But why did Aunty prefer to go together with Aaron instead of looking fo
Quina was sitting restlessly at the front of the cafe near her house that provided a place to relax for customers who wanted to enjoy the outdoor atmosphere. "Where's Aaron? What took him so long?" Quina chuckled in annoyance. Every now and then she took a sip of the coffee she had ordered in order to sit in that part of the cafe. After taking a sip of the coffee, Quina's face looked different. Her brow furrowed, and her eyes narrowed. "What is this coffee? It doesn't taste very good." Quina looked disgustedly at the coffee, then pushed the glass away from her body. "It turns out that I was right in my assumption that the food and drinks usually consumed by the lower middle class are very bad. I feel like spitting out the coffee I just drank." Quina said quite loudly, and her words provoked various reactions from the people around her, especially the visitors who were mostly students. Those who heard the inappropriate sentence immediately booed Quina openly and it made her even mo