Feran knew Jeana was trustworthy and she was the person who he was looking to trust. The moment she returned his wallet he knew she was a woman of integrity and he couldn't think of how to get someone else to do the job he had planned. Jeana felt cheesed off as she walked down the hallway, heading to the elevator. She couldn't believe that Fernando had thought of her as a thief. She was almost reaching the elevator when she heard heavy footsteps. "Hey, wait!" She heard someone hollered and she turned to see Fernando running up to her. When he reached her, he exhaled. "Please follow me back now." "To heck with you," Jeana said. She spun to leave but Fernando had no choice but to grab her hand and started pulling her back to Feran's office, ignoring her yells for him to let her go. "Gosh, look, you both need to believe me when I say I'm not a thief!" Laura squealed when Fernando pulled her into the office. Feran arose when she stared at him and she glared at him and hissed. "Look,
Feran was excited to see Jeana. He had thought earlier that it was hopeless waiting for her to return so he had asked Fernando to get him some other smart women for the job after being pissed off by what happened later."What do you want me to help you with?" Feran asked her."I need some money for something important. And it's urgent," Jeana said. Feran glanced at her and nodded. "I need…five hundred thousand dollars.""Just that?" Feran asked, skeptically. Jeana glanced at Fernando giving her an obvious suspicious look and nodded."Yes. And I need the money before I carry out your work," Jeana said, causing Fernando's lips to part in surprise."Alright, I'll give you a check," Feran said. He wrote a check and when he was about to hand it over to her, Fernando stopped him."Sir,you can't just grant her request when she has not yet started the job. That's too not right. She ought to start the job. For all we know, she might be lying about agreeing to do the job. You really can't trust
Fernando returned to the office and saw Feran going through the divorce papers. "It's damn real,I still can't believe it. Though I trusted her because she seemed trustworthy, I still doubted she was going to be able to carry out a clean job. I thought she would flop. Every night I couldn't stop imagining how she ends up being caught, especially by Laura's mother, Mitchel," Feran said."She's really smart, sir. She got to swap the papers at the right time.""And that means she already got some fake identical divorce papers to use before she got there.""I think so too. I didn't even think about giving her that." Fernando didn't bother to pass on Laura's words to him and simply took the bag at the foot of the seat and placed it on the desk. "She said this is for you."Feran stared at the bag and ordered him to open it and Fernando did. Both were shocked to see money inside the bag. Fernando took a card inside and read it before showing it to Feran.'Your money. It's five hundred thousa
Laura felt her world was coming to an end after she was taken out of the Anderson Villa. She stood in the cold street, staring up at the mansion, ignoring the passers-by who gave her ridiculing glances. After some minutes, lost in thoughts, Laura finally pulled herself together and headed to the subway which she was lucky to have enough money in her bag to take her back to her house in spring villa through the subway. It was past 10pm that night, Mitchel had switched off the lights outside the house and was heading to her room to sleep after switching off the lights in the living room. She heard some footsteps outside and thought of who it could be that was wandering In their yard. Thinking of going to the window to take a peek, she rushes back to her room and forces Frank out of the bathroom. "Frank, I think someone is lurking out there. Let's go take a look," Mitchel said and grabbing his hand, she pulled him along to the living room, not giving him a chance to refuse. She signale
Mark stared at Laura with a grimace and enjoyed the way his grandmother made her uncomfortable with her stare."Grandmother, good morning," Laura said."What's good about the morning? Nothing is good, you know? You're sleeping when it's past 10 am, isn't that wrong? You ought to be in your office tending to some works kept for you!" Ma'am Miguel said."I came back late last night and I was stressed. It took a toll on me and that's why I woke up late. Pardon my manners.""You don't deserve pardon after what you've done," Mark said and Laura eyed him. "What I've I done? Nothing,right, grandmother?" Laura asked ma'am Miguel."What the hell are you doing here, Laura? Why did you leave the Anderson villa? Has your mission been completed?" Ma'am Miguel asked. Laura didn't utter a word. "You better start talking, Laura. I'm running out of patience, you know.""I'm sorry, grandmother," Laura said."You foolish girl. You wasted over a week there and you did nothing but flaunt in the Green Hil
Feran had other plans in his head and getting remarried wasn't in his to-do list, especially getting a wife in just fourteen days. He pounded on how that was possible to be accomplished but he simply couldn't turn down his grandfather's request.His family, especially his grandfather had low or no expectations of him back in the past and now that he had proven himself to him and his grandfather sees him more worthy than he considered him to be, Feran would want him to hold him in high esteem till he breathed his last final breath."Grandfather, I will grant your wish," Feran said, making everyone in the room gasp in astonishment. They wondered how Feran was going to honor his grandfather's wish.Feran looked at everyone and left for his room.When he entered his room, he heard a knock on the door and his Aunt Zoey walked in with a pacifying smile on her face."Feran, are you okay?" Zoey asked."Yes, Aunt. I'm cool," Feran shrugged."You know you could have refused to do what your gran
Feran didn't know what to say to break the awkward silence that had burst forth. He could clearly see the surprise in Jeana's face. He allowed her to reason what he asked and though he was beginning to feel impatient, he still didn't utter a word till she finally spoke out."Marriage? With you?""It's not really going to be a real marriage. Nothing will happen between us. We'll just sign a contract. It will be stated there that the marriage will only be for nine months. After that, you are free.""Free? Will I be caged to you or …""You just have to pretend to be my wife. After that, we're done. And in return, I'll do whatever you want." Feran took out the contract document and placed it on the table. "You can think about it." He arose and took out a card and placed it on the document. "I'll be expecting your reply in a few days' time. And if you want to meet me, you can meet me at the address on the card."Feran left, leaving Jeana who was musing. He got out and entered the car then
After having breakfast, the Anderson family were all seated in the living room, engaging in different mini activities as they usually do on weekends."Hello, everyone." They heard Feran's voice and all arose, their eyes growing a little bit wider as they saw him walk in,arms locked with a woman."Did you all miss me?" Feran asked and smiled."Welcome home, son," Sir Leo said and Feran nodded. He stared at everyone for a few seconds to study their expression before clearing his throat to talk."Everyone this is Jeana. Sanchez. But she's now Jeana Anderson," Feran introduced,still smiling."Feran, what do you mean?" Zita asked, befuddled."We really don't understand what you just said," Greg added."Jeana here is my new wife," Feran said and watched as their lips parted in astonishment."What? You got a wife, bro?" Lovisa asked."Yeah, and we are married," Feran answered. He nudged Jeana who seemed a bit lost with his finger and she dropped her gaze on the family after staring at the in
Laura couldn't believe what Elijah had asked for. His eyes were gloomy and filled with the intention to kill, and she knew that this was not going to end well. Having the kind of feeling of somewhat fear in her, her heart throbbed furiously, as the words sank deep and her head absorbed the thought of what he just said. How come he still wanted to kill Feran? She didn't understand what the hell he was talking about. Her eyes twitched as she heard the words, and her heart couldn't take it fully. "I'm not going to do what you say, Elijah. I can't believe you still want to take Feran down. What the hell are you doing? I know you don't know what you are doing, or maybe you don't know the repercussions of it. You should stop having those sinister thoughts in your head, Elijah, or you might end up killing your already black soul," she said. "You know, I only spent a year in jail and did you know what I was thinking all those while? Feran. I was thinking of how to destroy him. I think
"Elijah has escaped. I'm sure he's going to think of hurting one of us," Zoey said, getting scared. "No, Aunt. He won't hurt any of us," Feran said. He quickly called Fernando, who had taken Lovisa and his son, Frazier, to the mall. He ordered him to get them back home safely and ended the call after telling him to tighten the security of the house when he returns. Zita eyed Laura. "I'm sure you know that he was going to escape, right?" "You can't be trusted, Laura. You're a sly woman!" Zoey's accused. "No, Mrs. Anderson. I had no idea. And you don't have to worry. Feran is here. I won't think of joining hands with Elijah to cause harm to any of you because you all are genuinely good," Laura said. "I know my presence is not that appreciated here so I would like to take my leave so you guys can celebrate the girl's birthday well." "Sorry about the accusations, Laura," Jeana said. "Can't you stay for a while?" "I would have loved to but I need to head somewhere else urgently, I'm s
Laura was speechless for a while after Mary revealed who sent the flowers. Unlike her mother who was obviously In a rage, Laura found it so nice of Feran and Jeana to send her flowers."Give me the card," Laura asked, stretching out her hand to Mary."Laura, you shouldn't…" Mitchel paused and glared at Mary as she gave the card to Laura.Laura smiled and read the message on the card.'Hello, Laura, we are saying a big congratulations on your safe delivery. Though it's a bit late, try to overlook the time you got these flowers and rather accept it with our sincere joy for you. Hope your child is doing well. Do take care of yourself. Our regards to your child. Your well-wishers…. Jeana and Feran.'A drop of tears rolled down Laura's cheek and Mitchel was surprised when she lifted up her head, Laura chuckled and sniffed."I can't believe they would wish me well and send flowers to me. This is really great.""What's wrong with you, Laura?" Mitchel asked, jerking up to her feet. "What's go
A month later, Feran got a call from one of the companies manager. He received some bad news that one of the company workers had stolen an important journal. "What's wrong?" Jeana asked after they had breakfast. She saw the look on his face despite him telling her that all was well, she still didn't believe him."I'll go to work now." Feran arose from the couch and went to the bathroom to ease himself, when he came out, he saw Jeana dressed up."Are you going somewhere?" He asked. She gave him a strange look and nodded."Your sisters will be visiting soon. You don't need to go over there to see them." He thought she wanted to go pay her sisters a visit."I am not going to pay anyone a visit. I'm coming along with you, Feran," she said."Excuse me?""Yes?""What did you just say?""You heard me right, Feran. Let's go to work." Feran took.his office bag."No. You are going no where with me," Feran refused."What is wrong with you, Feran?""You are pregnant, Jeana. You shouldn't be work
Silence filled the room after Laura had left. One after the other, they all came forward to apologize to Jeana."Jeana, dear. I'm sorry I didn't even utter a word when you left," Greg said. "Please forgive me.""No, Uncle Greg. You did nothing wrong." Jeana shook her head."We all didn't bother to check things from your perspective but kept quiet after Zita humiliated you and asked you to leave," Zoey said and sighed. "Jeana, I'm sorry. I'm the worst person to you.""Come on, Aunt. You're my best person," Jeana flattered."Laura had good timing but her future is ill-timed now. That sly woman should never have anyone to call 'love'. She doesn't deserve anyone's love," Anna said."You all don't need to apologize, please. I'm the one expected to apologize. I didn't even get to apologize properly to you all before leaving the house. I'm sorry I deceived you all. Honestly, I didn't want to do that before. I wasn't going to keep the truth from you all for long. I wanted to tell you all befo
Laura couldn't bring herself to admonish herself nor could she believe that Feran had any evidence of her. She felt he was lying and was just trying to mess with her mind to force her to spill out the truth."What are you talking about, Feran?" She asked when she found her voice. She glanced at everyone and fixed her gaze on Zita whose stern look was pushing her to quiver but she clenched her fists, lifting up her chin and shaking her head. "F…Feran is saying something which I can't understand. Feran, stop it, okay?" She pointed at Feran. He held her finger and pulled it down.He took out a report from an envelope and held it up to her face. "This is your original pregnancy test." He gave the report to Zita."Laura is actually five months pregnant now. She lied that she was six months pregnant and brought a made-up pregnancy report."Zita went through the report and gave it to Zita who went through it and passed it onto the other family members."Lie! You're lying, Feran! You want to
Feran was in his office when Fernando walked in to give him some new information."Sir, I've been keeping an eye on Jeana as you said," Fernando informed."How's she doing?""She and her sisters are struggling to live.""What?" Feran arose, mystified. "It's been two months since we parted ways and she hasn't bothered to call or come to me for help.""I know her well not to have another misconception about her. Sir, Jeana is a woman of self-respect and values. I'm sure she doesn't want to have anything to do with you again so as to not cause any problems."Feran sighed and sat down. "What has she been doing to sustain herself and her sisters?""She's been working in a cafe as a waitress for over a month now. Her immediate younger sister, Kayla, also started working a part-time job.""What else do you have about her?""I don't think she's in a good shape. She looks tired sometimes when I see her.""Maybe I'll pay her a visit soon.""Sir, you've got some businessmen to meet in the next t
When Laura entered the car to head back to the Anderson house, her phone beeped. It was a message from an unknown number. She guessed who the sender was before opening the message.'Meet me now in the jailhouse,' that was the message. Laura tossed her phone to the seat and locked her fingers."Elijah," she muttered.The driver tilted his head and asked her."Ma'am, did you say something?""Hm, no. Start driving," Laura said. While he was driving back to the Anderson house, she thought of a way to get him to stop the car and leave so she could go to see Elijah. She didn't want the driver to take her there because she knows for sure that Feran was going to know about it and would find out that she came to visit Elijah, and if that happens, he might start thinking there's a connection between her and him and start doubting her.She didn't want any of that to happen. She thought harder when the driver was just ten minutes away from the house and finally sneered when she got an idea.She s
Anita was surprised and so excited that she kept stealing glances at Feran while he was driving. She couldn't believe he was taking her out for the first time. She wondered if his mother had asked him to.When she got a hunch that Feran's mother, Zita, must have asked him to look after her well and make her happy, she smiled broadly at Feran who returned her smile with a fake half smile that seemed genuine to Anita.While Feran kept driving, then it hit Anita. She glanced at him and saw he had a smile on his face. She was amazed and wondered if he had any other intention. 'No, he wouldn't be thinking of dumping me elsewhere, would he?' she thought, and glancing at Feran, chills went down her spines. She recalled how her family treated him. The times he was maltreated by her family, all flashed in her mind and her lips parted when she recalled when he promised them that he was going to get revenge and make them pay."Feran, where are you taking me to?" She asked suddenly, panting. Fe