If Fiona was not at work, then, where was she? To think that she even left without her. She was still thinking of possible places she could be, but she could not point out any."Hey, Carey. Are you okay?" Sonia asked. "Uh, yes. Yes, I am." She replied, smiling. She walked to her office, and sat down, still thinking.Sonia knew that something was up, but she didn't ask.Soon enough, Fiona hurriedly walked inside. She had arrived 30 minutes ago, and had taken permission from Jayden to visit her mother, who was in the hospital."Hi, Ms. Fiona!" Sonia greeted. Fiona turned her face to meet her, "good morning, Ms. Nelson!" She waved.She walked past Carina, to her office. None of them said a word to each other, and it looked strange. First, they didn't come to the office together, and now, they were not talking to each other.It seemed like it was only Sonia that noticed it, else, Tory would have rushed to Carina, and ask her silly questions.Sonia wanted to ask Carina what happened, but
Tory was passing by, when she heard what Fiona said to Carina. She wondered what kind of meeting it was, until she heard Carina's words.Interim secretary? How was that even possible? Carina and Sonia were stunned by her vexation. Why was she bothered, anyway? Wasn't Carina chosen by the CEO, himself? Why did she act like they were put to test, and the result was falsified?"What do you mean by 'it's not possible'?" Sonia asked, unable to comprehend what she meant by that."You don't get? Carina only started working here some months ago as a receptionist, and now, she is getting promoted! How's that possible? We've been working with the company, for years now, and we haven't gotten any promotion," Tory said, somewhat jealous that Carina was getting a promotion."So, what are you insinuating now?" Carina asked, resting her butt on her table.She looked at Carina with envy. "Pretending like you don't know? Alright, I will tell you. You are not worthy of this position. You have no worki
Carina was to start her duty as the interim secretary from tomorrow. She was to be announced by Jayden to the other workers as the new interim secretary, before lunch.Jayden sat down, thinking about what Carina said. Was she different from the other women? If she were like others, she would have agreed to sleep with them, and get the job, right?Wait! Why was he even thinking about her? He shook the thought off, and picked a book.When Alex knew that it was convenient enough to make the call, he took out his phone, and dialed Andrea's number.He told her everything that happened, right from Carina's presentation to Nathan's reaction."I feel like there is something going on between them that Carina doesn't want to tell anyone, not even her best friend, Sonia," Alex added."Leave that to me. I'll try my luck," Andrea replied, and then ended the call.Carina ran to the restroom, with tears in her eyes.What kind of day was it? Everything seemed to end badly for her, except her presenta
Carina remembered that she hadn't spoken with Fiona, all day. She was also avoiding Sonia's question, and meeting Tory again. She just couldn't stand seeing her face.She didn't know how Fiona would react, but she was her sister, so she will understand. She would just apologize to her, and tell her the good news.She had stepped out, when the announcement was made, so she was not aware of Carina's new position. Carina stood out there for a while, before knocking on the door.She could see spark of surprise on her face, meaning that she was not expecting to see her. She understood why. She couldn't blame her, though.Carina walked slowly, and took a seat, blatantly ignoring Fiona's gaze at her. Fiona didn't say anything, she was waiting for Carina to speak first.Noticing that Fiona was not going to say anything, she decided to clear the silence by speaking up.She cleared her throat, and lifted her head up, a little."Fi…Fiona, I…I am sorry," she said, looking at every other thing in
"Are you not going to work, Andrea?" Her mother asked her. She had checked the time, and Andrea was an hour late for work. Imelda decided to check up on her.She found Andrea lying down on the bed, still sleeping. She was confused. Was there no work, today? Andrea opened her eyes, and found her mother standing beside her bed, with her hands on her waist, staring at her."Jeez, mom! You scared me. Don't look like that, if you are trying to wake me up. Good morning, by the way," she said to her mother, before she pushed herself up."You still haven't answered my question, yet. What is wrong? Are you sick? Is anything the matter?" Imelda asked, sitting on the bed, touching her head, to know if she had a fever."Mom, you worry too much. I'm perfectly fine. I took a day off, I told Jayden about it, already. I needed to rest," she said, flexing her arms to show to her mother that she was okay.Imelda nodded, "alright. You should have told me. Anyways, I will be downstairs, making breakfa
Andrea was confused. She lacked words to describe how elated she was.She was only expecting a delivery guy, and not Mikel.Turns out that it was her "personal delivery guy". She could not utter a word. Even when she opened her mouth to speak, no word seemed to come out.She looked like a statue turned to ice by the Ice Queen.Mikel could only let out a chuckle, seeing that he achieved his aim of surprising her.Her mother, Imelda, snuck up to them, after watching the scenario unfold, from behind."Surprised, huh?" Mikel said, smirking."Mikel! Oh my goodness! How... When... You..." Andrea did not know what to say at all. She could not find the right word to express herself.She had a lot of questions.When did he arrive? How did he find her house? Did he not say he would come to Texas the next day?"Aw! Look at you two!" Her mother said, smiling broadly. She could hide anymore.Andrea instantly knew that her mother was involved in this. Mikel didn't know where she lived, and would de
Mikel knew the Fernando's Int'l was owned by Fernando, but his father had an issue with Fernando, and they swore never to work together in anything.He knew that his son had taken over the company, but would Fernando still want to have anything to do with them?When he was thinking about partnering with a company in Texas, Fernando's Int'l was the first company that came to his mind, but he knew it was almost impossible to partner with them."What's wrong?" Andrea asked, looking confused. He must have heard of Fernando's Int'l before, and must have been aware that the company was one of the big shots in the business world. She wondered why he acted surprised."No…nothing. It's nothing," he responded, shaking his head, "aside Fernando's Int'l, what other company is can stand the competitive market?" He asked."Why? What's wrong with Fernando's Int'l?" She asked, resting her hand on the bed, to support herself."It's nothing, to be honest," he said.Andrea would not let him ruin her ch
Andrea blushed.She didn't realize she was holding Mikel's hand. She lowered her head, to hide her face that had turned red."Yes, uncle. This is Mikel, my soon-to-be fiancé."They looked like a real couple—married couple. Fernando saw how supportive and defensive Andrea was to Mikel. He hadn't seen her this happy before, since she reunited with her family."Is he the one you talked about, before?" Fernando asked again. He wanted to be sure that he was really the one. She had talked about him, but she didn't mention his name."Yes, he is," she replied, smiling. She stood up to leave, so that Jayden wouldn't come home and see her. "We'll be leaving now, uncle.""Why? You just arrived. And, wait! Shouldn't you be at work?" He asked, staring at her with a questionable look.This was what she was trying to avoid. She didn't want her uncle to ask her anything related to Jayden or work.She thought of what to tell him. She couldn't tell him the truth, just yet. It would only worsen the situ