Viona is silent for a moment, thinking about what kind of lie she should give to Charles William. Not just thinking about lies, it seems like she is still doubting her decision to leave Indiana. [Don’t tell me you had a fight with Victor?] “Not really. I just feel that my existence would just be a hindrance to his growth. If you really want him to be mature in business, then I shouldn’t stay with him. For some reason, he always behaves like a kid every time I’m around him.” [It can’t be helped, you really have been acting like the big sister to him since you were kids. That’s why I told you before, to not babysit him anymore. When I told you that, I wasn’t preventing you from helping him. But I wanted you to stop treating him like he couldn’t do things by himself. The truth is, he is more mature than what you think] “Yeah, I have been realizing it too. But then, I kept finding him making silly mistakes and not taking things seriously. Only recently I noticed that maybe, it was bec
When Victor enters Viona’s office, he finds her collecting the stuff she is going to take out with her into a box. Without saying anything, Victor takes them out of that box and puts them back one by one on Viona’s working desk. “Don’t tell me you leave just because of the guilt for the prank you did last night. Come on! It’s not a big deal.” Viona doesn’t say a word. She keeps putting her stuff into the box, and Victor keeps taking them out of it. Until at some point, she stops and puts both hands on her waist with a plain face and a tired sigh. She then just turns away like she intends to leave the office without taking those things. But Victor immediately holds her hand. “Please, stay with me! We need you here. I need you,” he pleads. “But your dad also needs me. If I have to choose to ignore your request or his request, you should already know which request I should ignore,” replies Viona. “Don’t lie to me! I’m not a kid anymore. I know there’s something you are hiding from m
Benjamin Smith takes a deep breath with an uninspired face. “We strongly suggest you promote Liam Miller to replace Viona’s position.”“Oh, right! About finding Viona’s replacement. Hm? Liam Miller? He is the brother of that famous lawyer named Elijah Miller, right?” asks Victor with a sense of unsure expression on his face.Mrs. Emilia sighs a bit, seeming to understand why Victor doesn’t like Benjamin’s idea.“I know you had an issue with Elijah Miller. He was the one who defended your ex-wife in a dispute about marital settlement against you two months ago. But Liam Miller is a man you can trust.”“You see, Liam Miller, Julian Robert, Samuel Anderson, and Tony Lee. These four managers were chosen by Charles himself. If you are a bit reluctant to promote Liam Miller, there are still three other candidates. I suggest you choose those who we really can trust. Not only about business, but also about your connection with Charles William.”Even after that convincing long explanation from
Meanwhile, Victor is just standing behind the glass office walls, looking at the outside view with so many thoughts. When Judy enters that office and informs him that she has finished packing Viona’s stuff, Victor doesn’t give any response.It makes Judy a bit reluctant to disturb him even more. So she just continues walking to her working desk. But there’s almost nothing she needs to do at the moment, and it only makes her even more awkward with that silence.Victor is still standing there until the next few hours. Only when it’s time for lunch, Judy has something that she can use to attract Victor’s attention.“Hey, I’m going out for lunch. Need me to bring you something?” she asks.It manages to shake Victor’s mind. He turns slightly at first, but then grabs his phone on the working desk and decides to join Judy for lunch.“Why don’t I just go with you?” he says with a slight smile.“Nice, why don’t you just treat me then,” replies Judy by closing it with her childish teehee.When
At this moment, Victor’s cold face turns slightly into a serious one. He takes out his phone intending to make a call.“What bad news are you talking about?” he asks plainly as he begins touching the screen of his phone.“I don’t know, man. They said that the boss of that company is a shady one, that he works with some gangsters or mafia. There was a story that he once scammed someone at an auction for 1 million dollars. You better leave that company dude. They have no future with a boss like that,” says Ellis as he slightly knocks Victor’s arm with his elbow.But Victor ignores him and just starts talking with someone through the phone. “Chappy! Did you bring your gun with you?”That man named Ellis is a bit startled by Victor’s words. He slowly turns his face at Victor.And Victor, he is also turning his face slowly at that man. He shows his cold face as he keeps talking to Chappy on the phone.“Yeah, there is a dog disturbing my lunchtime with Judy here. He really has become such a
After the dark, Mike comes back by bringing a suitcase which belongs to Victor. Not just that, he also brings his own stuff. The same with Vincenzo who is now accompanying him.He has no choice but to also move there, to Victor’s house, so that he can always watch over him every day.“Just go back to the hideout. Let me stay here with Vincenzo,” says Mike to Jack and Dino.He pats the roof of that old Chevrolet Impala a few times. Jack, the one who sits behind the wheel of that vintage car, gives Mike a nod before leaving.As Mike approaches Victor’s house, he looks around with a bit of a confused face. Because he doesn’t find Victor’s car there at the moment.“Did he leave?” he mumbles.Matteo comes to him and offers his help to carry his luggage. That’s when Mike learns from Matteo that Victor is out only accompanied by Chappy alone.He can only shake his head with dissatisfied sigh after he hands over Victor’s suitcase to Matteo“What? Are you sad he doesn’t take you out with him n
That cold-blooded wizard with long white beard always spends most of his time at home in solitude without anyone accompanying him.It is a massive mansion with seven big houses around it, on land no less than 2 hectare. There is also a helipad with a helicopter which is always on stand-by with several armed guards watching over that area.The seven big houses are all occupied by several families, who are actually acquaintances of Charles from his past life at the orphanage. Yes, he was also living in the orphanage when he was a kid, in the same orphanage where Viona and Victor grew together.And now, Charles is living in that massive mansion only by himself. Not all people can approach him, except a few people who he really trusts. One of them is Viona, who is now standing right in front of Charles at his private office.“What had you actually done?” asks Viona with a dark face.Charles glances a bit at her. And then, he opens a drawer and picks out a gun from it. He approaches Viona
Viona picks out that white powder, and then takes her suitcase with her outside that bedroom. Catarina averts her attention to Viona, wiping her tears like she just has a new hope that Viona would fulfill her plea.“Are you going back to Indiana now? At this late?” asks Catarina.But no, Viona gives back the white powder to Catarina by putting it on the table in front of that fat lady. She then takes her suitcase to leave that house.Catarina’s facial expression gradually changes. She looks discontent and starts being furious due to her disappointment. She crumples that unfinished sweater, keeps staring at that Ricin powder with a hateful gaze.And then, Viona stops for a moment to leave her last message. “I’ll kill my love for him. But I’ll never go back to Indiana, nor to this house. If you want to have your revenge, do it yourself.”In the middle of the night, Viona heads to the Children of the Sun Orphanage, the orphanage where she used to live in the past, located in the outskirt