Feran's jaw stiffened when he heard his father seek his return. He couldn't believe they wanted him back after forsaking him for three years now. He recalled how he struggled to live in a split of seconds when he was cast away until Laura's grandfather saw him and abhorred him.Now, he was the wanted son? What about the family's favorite son? He thought. Has Vicentzo refused to take up the responsibilities leveled on him? He mused and shrugged. He didn't care about that. He wasn't interested in returning and that was just it. He despised just the thought of returning to his family, the family that had disregarded him."Son, please return to us. Stop staying away from us," his mother, Zita also requested with an emotional tone."No, mother. Don't try to emotionally fool me. I'm way smarter than you guys think," Feran said, shaking his head."We know. But we truly hate the fact that it took us this long to realize your worth. We need you home now, son," sir Leo said.Feran chuckled and
The next Monday, Laura resumed work at the family's company. She was given a position at the managerial department of the company. After settling some of her things in her office, she decided to go over to Mark's office to see him."Hello, brother. Good morning," Laura said as she walked into the office after knocking twice on the door. Mark was not really happy to see her but he didn't show his annoyance for her because he had someone in the office."Morning. Laura. How may I help you?" Mark asked, faking a smile."Nothing, really. Just decided to come see you and…" Laura paused her lips as she became aware of the person sitting across the desk of Mark. She flicked a stare at him and saw him gazing at her with a smile."Hello, good morning," the guy greeted."Uh, good morning." Laura waved at him. She returned her gaze to Mark, seeking to know who he was even though she knew he likely wasn't going to tell her."Um, Laura. This is Lucas Leon," Mark introduced. "He's a great investor i
Feran felt it was his fault. He felt it would have been best if he had listened to his instinct earlier and went about 7pm to the company to give his wife, Laura a ride home instead of giving in to his flesh by deciding to rest for a while after he made dinner.Laura walked inside and met her parents having dinner in the dining room. She greeted them and went to freshen up before returning to the dining room and joining them for dinner."Mom, what's wrong?" Laura asked, noticing her mother's bad mood. Mitchel had a long face and was sluggishly eating her food. Feran standing some meters away by the dining room wondered what was wrong now.Getting no response from her mother, Mitchel, Laura glanced at her father who was staring at his wife in bewilderment and she proceeded to ask the question again, thinking her mother probably did not hear her."Mom…is everything alright…?""What will ever be right?!" Mitchel asked in a loud voice, startling them. "Is there a day that passes that some
Lucas took Laura to an exclusive restaurant and they ordered what they would want then it was served to them some minutes later."How's the food, Laura?" Lucas asked as he stared at Laura. Laura leaned and smiled. She didn't want him to really see right through her how badly she was enjoying the meal because she hasn't had such a tasty meal for a while now so she simply nodded."It's not bad, Lucas," she said."I'm glad you like the food," Lucas commended. Laura tried to keep her happiness within her. She had not tried to reject Lucas' request of taking her tonight for dinner because she had done some research about him and learnt Mark was right. He was a great investor of their business and she wanted to mingle with him hoping he would probably put a good word about her to her grandmother or better still, she'll be able to convince him to do that.Ma'am Miguel had not given her a great position in the company unlike Mark. Mark was the acting CEO of the company and he's been with that
Laura allowed Lucas to drop her at her home this time. She appreciated him once more for the dinner and the outfit he gifted her then watched as he drove off the driveway. She turned and walked up to the door with a smile.She held up her hand to knock at the door but stopped and thought about what Feran would say if he saw the outfit.He is likely to question her and she wasn't ready to give a long talk with him about it so she tucked the bag into her hand bag and knocked at the door.Pushing the door open as she grabbed the door knob, she walked in. When she closed the door behind and spun, she noticed her parents were not in the living room and guessed they might be preparing to go to bed a bit early today.She headed for her room. As she opened the door, she almost bumped into Feran who was coming out of the room in a haste."Laura, you're back?" Feran asked."Obviously. I am," Laura shrugged and her shoulder brushed past him as she walked into the room. Feran heaved a heavy sigh
A week later, Laura had just returned from the mall that Saturday morning. A national holiday was observed that day and that's why she hadn't gone to work and same with every worker in the country. She slumped on the sofa when she rolled her eyes to the door. The living room was quiet and she wondered where her mother could be at the moment. Feran had already left in the morning without clearly telling her where he was off to.Some few minutes later, Laura heard the doorbell rang and stood up then walked to the door. "Good afternoon, Ms Laura Miguel," A delivery guy in a recognized uniform said the minute Laura opened the door. "Good afternoon,how may I help you?" Laura inquired."I've got a package for you," the guy said and held up a small wrapped box. "Oh." Laura took it after signing and went back into the house. She unwrapped the box and hissed when she saw an invitation card inside."Gosh,I thought there was something nice in this box. Just an unneeded card," Laura mumbled to
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
Feran couldn't believe what the manager told him. So he asked the manager again in bewilderment. "M…my father's plan?" "Yes, sir. He said it was a plan to help you wake up from your slumber," the manager said reluctantly,nor wishing to offend Feran with his words in any way. "My slumber?" "Yes. And, I'm sorry but I had to prepare those documents and had it delivered to Laura because he ordered me to. I couldn't inform you sooner, sir. I'm sorry about that," the manager apologized. "It's okay," Feran simply said and hung up. He waited for a while for Laura to come out from the bathroom before heading out to get her dinner. "Hey, what happened to my precious daughter, Feran?" Mitchel asked when age walked into the kitchen and met him dishing out some food for Laura. "Nothing, mother. Laura just got stressed about work issues," Feran said. " 'Work issues?' What sort of issues?" Mitchel asked. Frank walked up to her from the dining room. "So this is where my dear wife is? Are you