"Jess, please wait up." Jesse continued to run and Arthur followed behind her. He was confused and worried that something he did must have offended her. She soon got to her car and was about to get into it but Arthur held her hand and prevented her from getting in. With her heart pounding in her chest, Jesse folded her arms and looked away while trying to catch her breath. Arthur drew closer and searched for her face but she refused to look at him."Are you okay Jess? Is anything the matter? I hope I haven't offended you in any way?"Jesse was silent.Gradually, Arthur lifted her chin and began to turn it to his face. Jesse tilted her face again, refusing to make eye contact with him. She looked so confused."Jesse, talk to me please. Why are you running away from me?"He lifted her right palm and placed it on his chest. "Can you feel my heartbeat? It beats only for you. I love you Jesse. I know that we've only known each other for a few weeks. However, I can't deny the feeling I hav
Rosaline was at Janet's residence first thing the next morning. As she knocked at the door, Janet and her mother thought it was a neighbor who had come to disturb their beauty sleep."Please go away. It's still early in the morning to knock on someone's door."Rosaline knocked harder the second time and subsequent times and Janet had no choice but to go and open it. After all, It was already past 7am and any working class or business person should be awake by that time. Unfortunately, the Hudsons were lazy people except for Irene who was busy with school work.Janet opened the door and was greeted by Rosaline's dirty look on her.With her mouth agape, Janet stared back at the woman in perplexity. What was she doing in her house that early? "Who is it, Janet?" Stella's voice came from inside but no one replied to her."Are you going to keep staring or let me in?" Rosaline snorted coldly and Janet quickly made way for her by stepping aside."Of course ma'am. Welcome to our home. What b
Janet swiftly ran to the door to make sure that Rosaline had truly left the place. Indeed, she was nowhere close. She heaved a sigh of relief and made her way back inside to get her phone."What just happened, Janet? Why is she acting like her son is a twelve year old boy?"Janet shook her head. "She's just overprotective of Bryan. Unfortunately for her, Bryan doesn't listen to her as he would do anything I ask him to do. Like she said earlier, he's so obsessed with me."Janet left her mother in the sitting room and went to her room to get her phone. With the phone in her hand, Janet dialed Bryan's number and he picked up immediately."Hi Janet, how are you doing? I hope you have forgiven me for yelling at you yesterday? It wasn't intentional and you know it. And I hope you had a…""Bryan." Janet yelled at him and he stopped talking.He was wondering why she was angry so early in the morning. Was something wrong with her? What had happened?"Janet, are you okay? You don't sound alrig
Jesse looked away and replied to him. "I'm not avoiding you. I just forgot something in my office and I was heading back to collect it before you interrupted me. You should just get to work while I go back to my office."Arthur was without a word.It was clear that the lady was avoiding him and she was denying it.He reached out to hold her hand but stopped halfway. Jesse, on the other hand, turned her face on Arthur and almost screamed."What happened to your face? Are you sure you're ok? No, what am I even saying? You're not ok."She furrowed her brows and stared intently at Arthur who was giving her a pleading look.Jesse shook her head. "You didn't sleep last night, did you?"Tilting his face, Arthur lifted his hand and began to scratch his head. "Ugh. Actually, I… You're right. I kept thinking about you and the fact that you refused me."Lifting his head, he rubbed his hands on his face and faked a smile. "Jess, I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. Please, just give me a chanc
Arthur swallowed hard before turning to the man with a smile that didn't reach his eyes."Ugh, actually Nick. I was going to tell you about them but it keeps skipping my mind. Tell me, have you seen them around recently?"Nick shook his head. "Not after the last time they embarrassed me.""Ok, ugh. Actually, they're my highschool mates. I used to be cool with the girl but she was turned against me by the guy who was known for bullying naive students those years in school. They kept taunting me because my family was not rich like theirs." Arthur lied. He fixed his gaze on Nick to see if the man believed him. However, the look on his face was suggesting otherwiseNick stared at him for a while and asked. "If the guy was the bully, why does the girl look more like it? I mean, the girl was the one who threw abusive words at you and even poured water on you. It was the same girl who spoke to me rudely."Nick took a long pause but Arthur did not say anything. "From the way I saw it, the gi
The workers exchanged questioning glances at themselves and after a few seconds, they all began to exit the storage room one after the other and back to work.After walking out on the workers while claiming not to be mad, Bryan stormed out of the factory and made his way to Royal mall where he patiently waited for Arthur to come out. He wanted to vent his anger on him but unfortunately, he waited there for the whole time without seeing Arthur. Arthur already left the place some minutes before he arrived because his shift was over.After waiting there for some time, Bryan left the place and went back home.Meanwhile, Arthur went to visit an old friend since there was nowhere to go. Jesse had refused to hang out with him. She had been avoiding him since when he confessed his feelings for her. "But it was she who kissed me first, then why is she acting that way? Why is she denying herself love just because of what people would think?" Arthur muttered to himself as he walked into 'Probit
Morris was without a word. He just chuckled lightly and stood up from his seat. "S… Arthur, please can you come with me to the presidential suite for some refreshments? We have no guests there at the moment."The presidential suite was mainly reserved for Carl Ramon but it was occasionally used to host very important guests. That moment, there was nobody occupying the place so it was free.Arthur thought hard for some time and decided against it. He wasn't going up there to just eat. The place was also meant for relaxation. But what's the use of relaxing alone at the place when Jesse was not by his side?"Uh, Morris. I think I'll pass for now. I don't want to come to the place alone. If I'll use the place, then it would be with someone special by my side."Morris chuckled and threw his face on the ground. He was blushing for Arthur who began to laugh at him."Wait, tell me. Are you also in love?"Morris' mouth fell apart. He was stunned to hear that question from Arthur. That was the
Bryan got home and found his mother relaxing in the sitting room. Rosaline saw her son walk in and pretended not to notice his presence. "Mom?""Bryan, please. Just let me have some peace. I'm already exhausted from today's work." Rosaline was quick to respond and didn't want to give him any chance to bug her. Bryan went and sat close to her and the mother and son kept throwing glances at each other. He sighed and decided to speak up first, only that his voice was unexpectedly calm."Mom, I'm sorry for yelling at you over the phone earlier. I was not happy about what you did, that was why I acted that way. Please, I still need your support like before. Why did you suddenly change your attitude towards Janet?""Because she's a gold digger. All she has ever done was to take from you. Wait, I remember you told me that she was snatched from Arthur. When they were dating, did he give in to her excessive demands?" Bryan sighed before replying. "Mom, she's not making any excessive demands