Carina had finally left to her office to practice for her presentation. She was still surprised that Jayden had observed her look. She pulled out her phone to check her face, but it was not too clear for her to see. She gave up trying to see how she looked.Her office was not too far from Jayden's. In fact, it was almost opposite his office, and because there was a glass window at the left side of the office, she could see anyone that passed by.Before now, the secretary's office was not situated in the last floor, but Andrea and Alex made Jayden to see reason why he should make her office to be in the last floor.She forgot to ask Alex for the location and the time of the meeting tomorrow, so as to be sure.She left, and headed to Alex's office.It was slightly open, and he didn't seem to hear her knock, so she pushed the already opened door. She did not mean to listen to his conversation. Though she didn't hear much or know who he was talking to, she had only heard the last senten
Fiona was still bothered about Carina's action. She was certain that something was wrong, and if her intuition was right, Sonia must have had knowledge about it.Since Sonia was her best friend, she was sure that Carina had told her something.She planned to meet Sonia, once she finished the work. She would have just left it and continued tomorrow, but she did not want it to be too much workload for her, the next day.She was almost done with it, when she heard a knock on the door. She saw Sonia's roaming eyes. At first, she did not know what she was looking for, but it registered in her mind that she must have been waiting for Carina, and since she did not see her, she decided to come and check her office.Just to be sure it was Carina she was looking for, she asked, "looking for Carina?" Sonia nodded like a child. She was disappointed when she did not meet Carina in her sister's office. Was Carina in her own office? Was she avoiding her?She had managed to spend the rest of the d
She did not seen who had called the first time, she only assumed it to be Sonia or Nathan. Curious to know who called, she took out the phone from her bag, and almost exclaimed aloud, as she saw the caller."I should have checked, the first time, rather than assume things!" She said to herself, as she hurriedly answered the phone.She hoped Andrea was not offended already, for not answering the call the first time. "Hello! Good evening, Andrea," she greeted, excepting to hear her yell at her over the phone."Hi, Carina. Good evening, I'm sorry if I disturb you, were you busy?" Andrea said in the most calm tone.This made Carina stare out blankly, as she did not expect Andrea to be calm. As much as Andrea was her friend, and they hung out once, she was still her boss—a senior secretary. "No, no. Not at all. I'm sorry I didn't answer the phone at first. I thought it was someone else that called, I'm sorry."Even though Andrea was not mad, she still thought it was nice to at least, sa
Sonia took her bag, and headed home. A day without flagging down a cab with Carina felt like she had missed a part of her.It was a normal thing for the both of them, everyday. They looked like best friends in highschool, who did everything together, just that they seem to be the older version of it.She took a cab home, to prepare for her date with Alex. Ben had called her up, and they talked for a bit. When she got home, she wanted to just prepare for the date, but then, she decided to call her again. Maybe, she would answer her phone, this time.She called her up, but she was on another call, so she waited for a few minutes more, before she called again.She went in to the kitchen to get herself a glass of juice. Eating was a bad idea, as she had a date in a few hours. She kept glancing at her phone, patiently waiting for the minutes to go by. She decided to give it one last try.As the phone rang, her heart was beating fast. She closed her eyes, and prayed silently that she pick
Hearing her mention 'mom' made her suddenly remember what she wanted to discuss with her. She turned her full attention to Fiona."I think she is. The last time I checked her room, she was asleep," Carina said, looking at the entrance that led to her mother's room."Has she eaten?" Fiona asked, and Carina shook her head in negativity."Oh! I'll go prepare something for her, then. She should be hungry," Fiona said, and got up, but Carina stopped her."What?" She asked, wondering why Fiona held her back."Please, sit down. I need to talk to you about something," she said, and Fiona took a seat, fully paying attention to what Carina had to tell her.Carina took a deep breath, and said, "I think mom needs someone to take care of her, and lessen the loneliness she feels every day. It's really not good for her health, because she will have every opportunity to overthink things."Fiona didn't speak. She was trying to grasp Carina's words, and process what she meant.She agreed that Carina wa
Jane had known what he would ask for. Though she did not want to get laid with him, she could not still refuse.She hated to get him upset, because without him, she would be reduced to nothingness. He was like her supporting machine, the one behind her popularity, which seemed to be waning as the days passed by.She gritted her teeth, and took off her clothes, getting ready for the sexual escapade they were about to have.Jayden was one workaholic. He never left any business unfinished. He made his way out of the office, after he finished up the last thing on his schedule."Let's go," he said, and Alex turned on the engine of the car. He was praying that Jayden finished up fast, so he could prepare for his date. He did not want to keep his woman waiting.While Jayden was working, he was browsing the internet, when he caught a catchy headline that drew his attention.He wanted to immediately show Jayden, but he knew how much he hated to be disturbed while working, so he waited for hi
Jayden had not realized that he had been smiling. He was just getting busy with sorting out the files Fiona had given him, when his phone beeped.He did not want to check, but he was curious to know what the notification was about. It could have been a business notification, or something related.Though he had forgotten that he had asked her to send him the PDF of it, he did not think she would add an apology message.Even if she were to add one, he had expected it to be a formal one. What she sent seemed to be written in a semiformal way. He imagined her cute face, and tiny voice, mouthing, "don't be mad at me, please".He could imagine her saying it. It was ringing in his head. The way the message was written, and the way he read it, it was all in her voice.As a result of this, his lips twitched into a curvy smile. He found it adorable and cute, to hear her apologize.Other of his employees had apologized to him, but none seemed to be as close and genuine as Carina's. For a momen
Lukas could not say anything else. He knew his brother too well, if he had set his mind on doing something, nothing and nobody would be able to stop him.Though he was right about Jayden having a woman by his side, it was best for him to still give him some time, till he was ready to get married.He had loved Stephanie so much, while he was still in a disguise. It was real, and Lukas knew that he had never loved any woman the way he loved Stephanie.She had broken his heart, and he had not yet moved on from it. No, he had, but he did not want to have anything to do with women, because, to him, they were only after money.If they were in a relationship with a poor guy, they would cheat on him, and have little to no respect for him, because he had no money.If they were in a relationship with a rich guy, they would only love him for his money, and only care about what they get from him.Lukas understood why Jayden did not want to get into another relationship. He wished his brother woul