“You shouldn’t have acted like that, Maricris,” Brandon said. He had just finished taking a shower. Maricris was sitting on the bed, staring out of nowhere.“What should I’ve done, huh? He was the son of the richest man in the world. The most powerful clan in Ryeso. And he gave us this?” Maricris looked around. “Our things were not even fixed!”Brandon sighed. “But it was true. You didn’t even tell your daughter that we were going today.”Maricris stood up. She looked at her husband, who was changing his clothes. “You are still siding with your daughter! That’s why she’s weak like you! That’s why she left us!”“Dear, I don’t want to fight with you about today.” He went to Maricris and touched her arms. She might be a strict and serious woman. But he had seen how soft Maricris was. That was why he never thought of leaving her, even though sometimes she was too much for him. “Your daughter was a strong woman like you. You just need to trust her. Take a breath.”Maricris rolled her eyes.
Aby went after her mother. She had to talk with her now, or she wouldn’t the next time. Her mother must go, or she will be doomed to embarrassment because of her. Aby stopped when she reached the door. Her mother would not go anywhere else but this room. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Then she opened it and went inside. Aby saw Maricris on the terrace, smoking. She cleared her throat and went inside.“Mom,” she called Maricris. “Why did you do that?”Maricris inhaled the smoke and turned to her daughter. “You. Why did you do that, huh? You ran away from us because you didn’t want to marry Johan Lim, but you married his brother, who was already a father to a child?!”“There is nothing wrong with that! And as if you really cared about the man I am
Maricris and Aby went back to the dining room. Maricris had asked for forgiveness from Floyd. They became okay. Miguel was still scared of Maricris because of the way she looked at him. But Miguel managed to be okay after a while.Floyd and Aby were in his room. Aby wanted to talk with Floyd and they had to stay in the same room because of her parents. Aby was on the couch and Floyd was near the window.“You can sleep in bed. I can sleep in my office,” Floyd started the conversation.“No. It’s okay.” She sighed. “I know that you’ve already talked with my mother, Floyd. But I’m still going to say sorry to you.”Floyd looked at Aby. He sat down on the chair in front of her. “It’s okay. But I must admit, I was surprised that she was like that.”“I know. Anyway, is it true? Your father wanted you to go to Ryeso next month?”“Yeah… How did you know that?”“My mom told me. I should go with you.”Floyd did not answer her. His father wanted him to go to Ryeso already. But he hasn’t thought ab
Floyd was ready to go to Ryeso. His visa and passport were already okay. He just needed to get to the plane. Aby and Jude will go with him. Belinda and Miguel will stay only at the mansion. Same for Minerva because the company needed her while he was gone. But before he went there, he wanted to get Dwayne already.“Are you really going to reveal yourself now, Sir?” Minerva asked. She had been worried about Floyd. She doesn’t have a good feeling about the party.“Yes. I can’t take him to jail. Then I will get what he really cared most about.”Floyd continued reading the documents in front of him. Before he left the country, he needed to prepare everything for his company. Because he didn’t know how long he would stay at Ryeso.Minerva sighed. “Okay, sir. I will help you then.” She remained in her seat. Minerva stared at Floyd as he read the documents. A lot had changed in him since the first time she met him in prison. But one thing that never went away was he was still the kind man sh
“Yes. I am Johnson Floyd Lim, Aby Chua-Lim’s husband,” Floyd said in confidence. Then he looked at Aby with a heart full of love. Aby stared into his eyes like she was waiting for him to kiss her. He was hesitant at first, but Floyd gave Aby a quick kiss on her lips. They could hear people nearby gasping in surprise.Roxane felt her knees become soft. She looked away and tightened her grip on Dwayne’s arm. She had to because she was afraid she was going to collapse as a result of the news she had heard. Floyd was married, and of all people, to Aby! She felt that she had exchanged positions with the woman with whom she had taken a man. Floyd was his man. So, technically, she felt that Aby took him from her.“Do you really think that I will believe this madness?” Dwayne asked.Floyd frowned at Dwayne. "Was it me telling you who I am or Aby being my wife that you couldn't believe?" He looked at Aby again, his eyes full of love.Aby giggled. “Don’t be like that, Dwayne. You are holding yo
“Ugh! That bitch! How dare she hold Floyd’s arms?!”Roxane went to the sink and opened the faucet. But she closed it again because she really didn’t have anything to do with it. Roxane sighed and crossed her arms. She looked at her reflection.“You were too bland, Aby. That’s why Dwayne never loved you and left you! You are nothing!” she exclaimed. In her eyes, she was looking at Aby’s smirking face. She remembered how her eyes sparked when Floyd kissed her on the lips. “Fuck you!”The door suddenly opened. Roxane was a bit surprised because of that. But she saw Aby walking inside and looking surprised too.“Oh! I’m sorry. I didn’t know that you were here,” Aby said politely.Roxane rolled her eyes and watched Aby as she went to the sink. She watched her as she did her retouching, which was not even necessary, because her makeup was still okay. She really hated this woman from head to toe.“What are you trying to do, huh?”Aby stopped putting on her lipstick and looked at Roxane’s ref
Dwayne immediately called for an emergency meeting. But Floyd was not informed. Dwayne was full of rage, and he couldn’t accept that Floyd was already ahead of him. All of the board members were present except for Floyd. “What was this meeting about, Mister Jacinto?” asked Froilan.Dwayne sat down on his chair. He looked at Froilan and then continued looking at the rest of his board.“And it looked like we were still not complete.”“We are complete,” Dwayne immediately said. The board members frowned and became confused.“Mister Lim is still not here—”“I said we were complete!” Dwayne exclaimed. He even hit the table hard. “I say when it’s enough, okay?!”Lucas, who was one of the board members too. He also helped get enough shares for Floyd. “But he is still one of us.”“If anyone doesn’t want to be in this room, then you can get out now!”A moment of silence happened insi
“W-What should we do now? You can’t be in jail forever, Dwayne!” Roxane cried.“Who said that I would be in jail forever?! Fuck! Those people! They will see what I can do!”Roxane cried more. Dwayne was in a detention room for now. His hands were cuffed on the table. Roxane was sitting in front of him. She had been crying since Dwayne was taken by the police. But she was not crying because Dwayne was in jail. She was crying because she immediately thought it was Dwayne's end. And she will be nothing if Dwayne can’t get out.“But what should we do?! You need to get out of here and make them pay!”Dwayne glared at Roxane. He knew what she was thinking. But he looked away and took a deep breath. “Where is Ben? Why is no one here?”“Ben is calling your lawyer.”After telling her this, the door was opened, and Ben entered. He was with a man wearing a formal suit and holding a briefcase. He bowed to Dwayne.“Good afternoon, Mister Jacinto. I’m Danilo Montes. I will be your attorney.”Dwayne