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They were quiet until they arrived at the Paradise hotel. It was indeed Paradise. It's architectural design was the best Jennifer had seen both home and abroad. Its walls were covered with precious stones and the floor was glittering. Jennifer hadn't stepped out of the car yet, but she was already carried away by the beauty of the environs. "Wow, Eddie, this hotel is the best!"She exclaimed. She turned and glanced at him. This is not a place where mean people were found. High officials and politicians are the ones who frequent the hotel. Men with class and people from the aristocrat family are the ones who can afford it. "Glad you like it. I was thinking of building something like this for my sons before dad willed it to one of them. This is my favorite resort when I want to be alone"Eddie replied, parking his car at a designated area. Jennifer smiled. She's happy. This beautiful place is now owned by her kid. She smiled and her eyes became moist. Eddie glanced at her
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Eddie told them that Jennifer had told her how they both gave a hand of help to her in those trying Fredes of her life. He thanked them saying they all have contributed in one way or the other to the existence of his kids. He doesn't know how to pay them for their kindness. "President Li, you thank us too much. We have only fulfilled our responsibility to our friend"Josh said. My name is Eddie Josh, not President Li. Don't be formal whenever we are together. I don't usually have friends but I see us four as friends now,"Eddie corrected. "Thank you Eddie" Josh said but Eddie interrupted him again. "My first name is fine,"he insisted. They four laughed. The entire evening was a memorable one. "Agatha, is there anything you would want us to know?" Rosa asked, passing her friend a quick glance. Jennifer chuckled audibly. She took Eddie's hands and said "you already know what I have to say. But since you want to hear it from the horse's mouth, I will say it all the s
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"Go with him tomorrow. He has something to say to you. Hear him out first"Eddie persuaded. It is not wrong to listen when someone wants to talk to you. It is only not advisable that you take everything you hear to heart and act on it. Maybe he wants to apologise to her and ask her to take him back. Since she isn't going to agree to be the surrogate Mother for him and his wife, maybe he wants to persuade her to be or get pregnant for him instead. Eddie persuaded Agatha to go for the dinner but must have someone trailing her. He can't take chances with someone so mean as drugging her when she was still his wife. Agatha agreed and said she would give him feedback on how things were unfolding. Eddie said that's better. They stopped at a supermarket and got candies and ice cream for the kids before they continued their home going. Kids like sweet things and that gets them excited when their parents are returning home. Josh and Rosa arrived home. They got in and Josh said
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Eddie chuckled. How nice it would have been to have an elder sister or a sister as a sibling. She's so meticulous and talks like a mother that she truly is. He stood up and went to stand before the mirror. He looked at the treated wound and saw that Agatha did it well. She came and stood beside him. She saw him looking at himself and subconsciously raised his hand and touched the wound. "You may need to use a waterproof bandage when going to take your bath. Help the wound to disappear quickly and be free"Jennifer instructed. Eddie looked at her from the mirror and they both glanced at each other. "Thank you," he said sincerely. Jennifer saw him being sincere and was moved. He had suddenly been quiet while she was taking care of the wound and only talked when she ask him a question. She smiled and turned to leave when Eddie held her by the wrist. He pulled her to himself and stood looking into her eyes. "I love you Agatha," Eddie confessed. Before Jennifer could repl
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Eddie completely ignored his question. What kind of person was Julia? He is egoistic with his woman and doesn't want to beg her to keep the pregnancy. He was not ready to marry her either. He is looking for someone who will come in between to persuade Rita not to abort the pregnancy. Does someone get egoistic with a woman he had slept with? He doesn't know what to think or say about this pride of his. If Jennifer hadn't taken the initiative to intervene, he would have left things the way they are. A man should be responsible for his actions. He is now responsible for his sons and Julia should be responsible to the mother of his unborn baby and the baby itself. "Agatha may ask you to accompany her to a dinner with her ex-husband, go with her but maintain a distance. I may likely show up there but I didn't tell her that.." Eddie instructed. Julia said Ok. He would talk with Jennifer and ask her what she's going to do to help him talk to Rita. She mustn't abort that pregnancy
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Rita was lost. Eddie's girlfriend? If she's not mistaken, the Eddie she's talking about is the same as President Li, Julia's elder brother. She was a little calm. She let Jennifer hold her hands. Her suspicion that she might be Julia's girlfriend was dissipated. "You mean President Li?" Rita asked to be sure. Jennifer gave a nod. She saw the surprise on her face and knew she least expected her to be Eddie's woman. " Julia is a friend as well. He told us about you" Jennifer paused and withdrew her hands from Rita, picking up a glass of juice, she had a quick sip. "Yeah. He told you I am pregnant right?" Rita asked. She took a glass of her juice and sipped as well. She knew for Jennifer to come to see her, it implies that he must have told them about the pregnancy. "Yes. He told us that you are pregnant"Jennifer answered honestly. If Julia hadn't told them about the pregnancy, how else would she have known about it? Rita was quiet. She wants Jennifer to go ahead with wh
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Harry was asking if she was going to come over to meet him or if he should stop by and pick her up. Jennifer hissed when she saw the message. He must be feeling excited that she agreed to go to dinner with him. If it wasn't for Eddie who persuaded her, she wouldn't have gone anywhere near him. She replied and said she would join him if he sent her the address. Quickly the address was sent to her and she realised that he had chosen a quiet garden hotel. She forwarded the address to Eddie before she continued with her work. She can't take chances with Harry again in her entire life. He had drugged her and Yuna had helped her into a hotel room and they hired a hooker to rape her. That was when she was still Mrs Lu. She can imagine a man who can do that to his legal wife, would do so much more for her than he did before, especially since she is not his wife and not ready to be a surrogate Mother for him and Tiana. Meanwhile, Cherry Lu and Regina met in a grocery store.
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Jennifer looked at him with irritation. No one is asking him to narrate any story. Infact, she doesn't have the Frede for such nonsense. Harry was embarrassed. He didn't know she was going to get irritated by what he was saying. He was trying to make her heart soften so she can readily let go of her grudge against him. He wasn't pleading on behalf of Tiana and her mother, he was pleading for himself alone. "Alright I will skip the unnecessary and go straight to the point"Harry paused, and sighed audibly before he continued "I am sorry for everything I did to you in the past. I was totally wrong and I have known no happiness since I married Tiana…"Harry was pleading. Jennifer was just staring at him. She doesn't know what to say or think about Harry's pleading. Is she going to think about what his mother said to her and how she dragged her long hair on the floor until she passed out? Or she should think about how horrible he was when he sent his lawyer after her while
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“Eddie, you need to think this through,” his secretary, Lisa, urged as she shuffled through papers on his desk. “Keeping your distance from Agatha might not be the best strategy right now.”Eddie leaned back in his chair, rubbing his temples. “You don’t understand. I can’t afford to get too close to her, not after everything that’s happened.”“Look, I get it. But you’ve already agreed to help her with her family’s company. If you cut ties now, it’ll look suspicious,” Lisa replied, raising an eyebrow.Eddie sighed heavily. “It was a mistake to agree to that in the first place. I should have never involved myself in her family’s business.”“Eddie, this is a complicated situation. You know Agatha needs your support,” Lisa pressed, her voice steady. “She’s promised to start fresh, to make this work. You can’t just back out.”“Her promises don’t mean anything if it jeopardizes my own company,” Eddie countered, his voice rising slightly. “I have to think about my future, my business. I can’
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“Eddie!” Jennifer called out as she stepped into the house, her heart racing.Eddie emerged from the kitchen, looking worn out and a little worried. “You’re back! How was your trip?”“It was beautiful, but… we need to talk,” Jennifer said, struggling to keep her voice steady.“Talk about what?” Eddie asked, leaning against the kitchen counter, sensing the tension in the air.“Andrew… he wants to marry me,” Jennifer blurted out, the words escaping before she could rein them in.Eddie’s brow furrowed. “What? You’ve got to be kidding me. You just got back from a vacation! Why would you even consider that?”“I know it sounds crazy, but he’s serious. He wants me to leave everything and be with him,” she replied, panic rising in her chest.“Leave everything? Jennifer, are you really thinking about this? What about us?” Eddie’s voice rose slightly, betraying his frustration.“I’m not saying I will! I just… I need time to figure things out,” she stammered, trying to make sense of her feelings.
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Eddie leaned back in his chair, staring out the window as he waited for Agatha to arrive. The morning sun filtered through the glass, casting shadows across his desk, but the warmth offered little comfort. His mind raced with possibilities, scenarios of how this confrontation would play out. He could almost hear the tension humming in the air, a warning that things were about to get messy.When Agatha finally entered, she was all business, her heels clicking sharply against the hardwood floor. Her expression was calm, but Eddie noticed a flicker of something in her eyes—nervousness, perhaps, or anticipation.“Eddie,” she greeted, her tone cool. “You wanted to see me?”“Have a seat,” he replied, gesturing to the chair across from him. He needed to maintain control, to keep the upper hand in this conversation.Agatha sat down, her posture elegant, but there was a slight tension in her shoulders. “What’s this about?”“Let’s not pretend, Agatha. You know exactly why I wanted to talk to yo
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"Eddie, calm down. You're jumping to conclusions." Agatha’s voice was smooth, too smooth for Eddie’s liking. She sat across from him, legs crossed, sipping her tea as if the world wasn’t on fire.Eddie clenched his fists, barely able to control his rising anger. His office felt smaller, suffocating, as if the walls were closing in on him. “Calm down? Agatha, one of my subsidiaries just got shut down for a violation, and it happens to be the one your man, Charles, oversees. You expect me to believe that’s just a coincidence?”Agatha didn’t even flinch. She set her cup down delicately, her sharp eyes meeting his. “I understand your frustration, Eddie. But accusing me without evidence won’t solve your problem. Charles has been nothing but loyal, and whatever happened at that company was not my doing. You’re letting your emotions cloud your judgment.”Eddie’s jaw tightened. “You think this is about emotions? Agatha, I’ve been in this business long enough to know when something stinks. I j
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"Jennifer, you need a break. We've both been working nonstop, and honestly, I think a vacation would do us both some good." Andrew's voice was steady but held a hint of concern as they sat across from each other in the quiet corner of a café.Jennifer stirred her coffee absentmindedly, her mind elsewhere. "I don’t know if I’m ready to go anywhere, Andrew. There’s too much going on, and I can’t just leave. Especially with everything at the office." She sighed, the weight of Frank's death still lingering in her voice, even though she had started to heal.Andrew leaned forward, his eyes locking onto hers. "You can't keep burying yourself in work, Jen. It's not healthy. You’ve been carrying a lot on your shoulders, and I get it. But you need to take care of yourself too. Just a few days away. Let’s go somewhere quiet, where you don’t have to think about business or Frank for a while."Jennifer hesitated, chewing her lip. She knew Andrew was right, but the thought of leaving everything beh
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“Grace, I need to know exactly what’s going on,” Eddie demanded, pacing around his office. His voice was sharp, filled with frustration. “We can’t afford any more surprises, and this Wilford situation has already cost us enough.”Grace, sitting calmly across from him, nodded. “I understand, Mr. Cameron. I’ve already started pulling reports from the other subsidiaries. But, honestly, I think we need to have a bigger conversation about oversight. This isn’t just about Wilford anymore.”Eddie stopped pacing and turned to face her. “What do you mean?”She handed him a folder. “I’ve been digging, and there are minor discrepancies in a few other subsidiaries as well. It’s not at the level of Wilford, but it’s enough to raise concerns.”Eddie flipped through the documents, his brow furrowing deeper with each page. “How did this happen under my watch? I had systems in place, checks and balances—how did we miss all of this?”Grace gave him a sympathetic look. “Honestly, I think the company has
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Eddie sat at his desk, staring at the numbers on the financial report in front of him. His heart sank as he scanned the figures again, hoping he had somehow misread the data. But there was no mistaking it—his company had taken a sharp hit, and the numbers reflected a significant loss.“This doesn’t make sense,” he muttered to himself, furrowing his brow. He quickly picked up his phone and dialed his personal secretary, Grace.Moments later, Grace appeared at the door, clipboard in hand, her face calm as ever. She was always efficient, always on top of everything, and Eddie trusted her implicitly. But today, something felt off, and he needed answers.“Grace,” he said, his voice sharp with urgency. “What’s going on with the numbers? Our revenues have dropped drastically. I need you to dig into this and find out where the problem lies.”Grace nodded, her fingers already flying over her tablet as she pulled up the latest data. “I’ll get to it right away, Mr. Cameron. I’ll have a detailed
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Eddie paced back and forth in his office, his phone gripped tightly in his hand. He had just read Jennifer’s text: *"We’re heading to Aruba. I’ll be fine, Eddie. Don’t worry."* His gut told him something was off, but he didn’t want to overreact—at least not yet.He opened his contacts, his thumb hovering over a few trusted names. Maybe he could ask one of them to keep an eye on Jennifer while she was away. But before he could make a decision, Agatha appeared at the doorway, her presence calm and poised.“Eddie, what’s going on?” Agatha’s voice was smooth, almost soothing. She noticed the tension in his shoulders, the way he clenched his phone like it was the last tether holding him together. Eddie exhaled heavily, running a hand through his hair. “Jennifer just texted me. She’s heading to Aruba with Andrew. Something feels… wrong.”Agatha raised an eyebrow, stepping further into the room. “Aruba? With Andrew? That doesn’t sound too bad, does it?” Her voice had a lilt of casualness, a
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Andrew watched Jennifer run toward the car, her decision clear as she fumbled with her phone. His face twisted in frustration, his mind racing. He had spent weeks meticulously planning this, gaining her trust, making her think he was her escape. And now, Eddie had ruined everything. His phone buzzed in his pocket, but he ignored it, clenching his fists. Jennifer had already stepped away, halfway across the tarmac, but Andrew wasn’t ready to let this go so easily. With determined steps, he caught up to her, his voice low but urgent as he reached out to grab her arm. "Jennifer, wait."Jennifer stopped, startled, but didn’t turn around immediately. She seemed to wrestle with herself, not quite pulling away from him yet. Andrew took that as a sign to keep going."Just listen to me," Andrew urged, trying to soften his tone. "You don’t have to believe anything Eddie says. He’s trying to confuse you, make you doubt your own decisions."Jennifer shook her head, her voice barely above a whis
