Charles clenched his fist when he heard that Mauro was still there at their house. It looks like they plan to have dinner there, and Stella will cook. “Brother, are you sure you won’t go home?” Charles turned to his sister. He quickly turned off the lighter from lighting the cigarette and faced her. “From now on, avoid Stella. I don’t want to get into trouble with her again. You understand what I mean, don’t you?”Sophie nervously nodded to her brother. His mood seemed to be in a bad mood, so she couldn’t say what she wanted to say. When he called earlier, she didn’t ask. Even in this way, she can help her brother. Then, suddenly, he became quiet when he saw their stepmother approaching them.“Son, what are you doing here? Don’t you know that your grandfather is in the hospital?” asked Magda in surprise. “He is fine. I came here to tell you that you are not allowed to come near Stella from now on.” “You don’t have to say that because I really didn’t want to be near that woman sinc
“Sir, Ma’am Stella’s suitor is still not leaving,” Rhea’s message to Charles. Charles clenched his fist after reading Rhea’s message. He was now in his condominium and was restless. When he looked at the watch he was wearing, it was ten o’clock in the evening.“How’s Grandpa going?” He asked the nurse.“He’s already asleep, so the two of them had time to talk,” replied Rhea.Charles gasped for air. He stood up but immediately returned to his seat. Even though it was an awkward time to call the girl, he did it.Stella frowned when she saw who was calling. She thought the man was still in the air. She didn’t want to answer his call, but she was worried about Charles’ earlier threat. “Is that Charles who’s calling?” Mauro asked when he noticed that the girl was hesitant to answer the call on her cellphone. “Ahm, yes. Maybe he’ll say hello to Grandpa.” Mauro smiled and showed the girl that it was okay with him if she answered the call first. Stella gave the young man a grateful look
“What the—uhmmmp!” She could not continue what she had to say because Charles quickly sealed her lips with a kiss. She pushed him hardly, but the man was like iron and didn’t budge from his stand.“I miss you!” Charles said in between kissing the girl.Stella was even more annoyed by what she heard. Even though she was longing for his kisses, the anger she felt prevailed. She bit his lower lip so Charles could release her.Charles licked his bleeding lips after wiping with a finger. He was not prepared for what the girl did.“Damn you! We don’t have a relationship where you can kiss me whenever you want!” She growled at the man while wiping her lips with the back of her palm.Charles narrowed his rather narrow eyes and did not let the girl leave the seat. “Then, I’ll hurry up our wedding so we can have a relationship!”“Jerk, I will never marry someone like you, and I don’t want to go through what I went through with you again!”Suddenly, the aura on Charles’ face softened, and he was
“Everyone, meet our new intern!” The woman clapped her hands from the training room to get the attention of all the employees there. Stella looked around the said department. Most of them were women, and only a few were men. There are three employees who entered today, and they are all women. “Welcome!” The crowd greeted Stella and her colleagues at the same time. Stella remembered the faces of the employees who did not greet them. She greeted them back, but they just glanced at her, and they continued what they were doing in front of the mirror. “Alright, you’ve already been trained before entering here, right?” Lexter asked the three interns. He is the assistant team leader there. “Yes, sir, don’t worry, I’m the manager’s cousin here.” Stella couldn’t stop raising her eyebrows when she heard the answer from her companion, Lorna. She had been bragging to them that she was the cousin of the manager there. She doesn’t know why she got in there when the company’s rules prohibit
Stella quickly stopped Aprilyn when she gathered her equipment and put it in a small box. She thought it would take her a few more days in this department before her true status in the company was revealed. She will not let the company lose a person who is a hard worker and has a good heart at the same time.“Stella, I don’t want to fit myself in here anymore, and I don't want to work with people like them.” Aprilyn continued to put her things away. Stella angrily grabbed Aprilyn’s hand and yelled at her. “No, stay in this department, and they should be fired!” Aprilyn stared at the angry woman for a long time. She looks like she’s not insane, but she’s acting wrong. “What a mess is going on here?”Everyone fell silent when they heard the shrill voice of the newly arrived girl.“Manager Laura, it’s good, and you’ve come. The new employee has been making trouble for a while, and your cousin is also being talked down to!” Loida reported. Stella stood up straight and met the watchful
Stella became even more angry when she saw that the two women did not fight against what Laura did to them. She could not help them because the two men had already grabbed her by both hands. Only then did Laura stop beating the two when she got tired. She didn’t want to waste her energy on the two and had to devote it to the woman who dared to hurt her. She grinned and straightened her messy hair before gently approaching Stella. Even if she struggled, she couldn’t escape because she was held by two men.“Motherfucker, if how many slaps you have landed on the faces of those two, I’ll return them to you later,” Stella whined at Laura.Laura laughed along with the others and laughed at Stella’s daring.“Laura, your palms might hurt badly if you use them on that woman. Let me take revenge on that crazy for you!” Lorna volunteered. Laura examined her palm and stretched her fingers. Her palm was already red, and she guessed she gave five slaps each to the two who wanted to be heroic for
Laura was surprised when her boyfriend suddenly became uneasy after seeing the woman who punched her. Her head suddenly warmed up, and she thought that her suspicions earlier were correct. “Honey, who is she, and why does she have the courage to fight me? Do you know her?” Vanz was suddenly irritated by his girlfriend’s tackle. He doesn’t want to be embarrassed by Stella because of his girlfriend. But he also doesn’t want her to embarrass his girlfriend in front of many people and in front of him. “Why don’t you answer her?” Stella asked her cousin. “Let’s talk in the office about whatever you don’t understand,” Vanz replied formally to Stella. “Who is she in your life, and why can’t you protect me from her now?” Laura angrily snapped at her boyfriend. Her hunch had gotten stronger, and she confirmed that her suspicion was correct when Vanz suddenly became calm in front of the woman. Vanz glared at his girlfriend and told her not to speak anymore. But she did not get or re
“Madam, how about us?” Aprilyn shyly asked the woman before she could turn her back. Stella turned to the woman. “Stay here at work. I was not joking about what I said earlier.”Aprilyn’s eyes widened, and she almost jumped for joy. She’s very happy because she can’t be fired from her job, and she’s also smelling a promotion. Only then did the rest of the people there breathe a sigh of relief, and they were not implicated for what had happened. But they know that from this day on, there will be many changes in their work. Alex supports Stella until she reaches the office, which her grandfather uses.Loida seemed to have been covered by heaven and earth when she saw where they were going. It turns out that the woman they bullied earlier is not just the cousin of the acting CEO. Lorna looked shyly at Stella. Earlier, she called her weak and incapable of managing the company. She had already eaten everything she said against her.Laura quickly approached her boyfriend, but he avoided
“I think that bitch had something to do with the trouble along the way, so you couldn’t get here. Look at her; she was so confident that she would be with Zion as he climbed onto the stage.”Alexa smiled at her cousin. She could feel her frustration with Jackie. “Let her go, and today will be the last day she hopes for Zion.” She even patted her cousin on the shoulder.Liza was still frowning while fixing her cousin’s messy hair. Fortunately, she had a makeup kit with her, so she retouched her face, which was almost covered with sweat.“Zion, are you okay?” Jackie asked the man, sounding concerned.“Are you nervous, brother, because sister Alexa isn’t here yet?” Jenny asked as well. But she was calm because Alexa had texted her earlier and said she was close.“I don’t think she’ll come because she’s shy. Even if I were in her position, I might not show up. Her life status doesn’t suit someone like the CEO,” Jackie said; it was as if she looked sad.Jenny quickly grabbed her brother’s
“You can leave the child with us as you wander around the world,” Stella reasoned.Zion clacked his tongue; he couldn’t tell his mother that he didn’t want to be that way—that he didn’t want his son to be like him, who grew up without his parents, and that his children’s feelings might hurt. He wants to take care of his children with Alexa, hands-on.“I want to have great-grandchildren too.” Simon’s tone sounded excited as well. “By the way, you can choose a villa that you want to make as your resthouse or your home. Your inheritance, hija, has moved me to your name.”“Grandpa, I don’t need my inheritance anymore.”Liza and Joan were shocked, staring at Alexa, for she was refusing to take her inheritance.“Hija, it’s really for you, and I can promise that—”“I don’t want to have my own money, Grandpa.” She looked at her husband, and she couldn’t continue what she wanted to say.“My wife doesn’t need that anymore because I can provide for her with my money. She wants to just give it to
“Alexa, where have you been again? Don’t say the CEO is ordering you to do something because we know he is not around and he is with Jackie,” Daisy interrogated Alexa.“Yeah, he’s not around, but he left me a lot of work to do,” Alexa reasoned. They know that she is helping the secretary when she gets to Zion’s office.Loida looks at Liza. It seems that she doesn’t care and didn’t mind Alexa anymore because she couldn’t see any reaction from her friend.“Work hours, the chat is enough!” Jessa said to those who were there.Alexa smiled and ignored the person who was jealous of her. As she looked at her cousin, they exchanged a smile.After work, Alexa went straight to her grandfather’s house. Jerry sent her home, and Zion would be with his parents, who were coming to formally talk to her family.“Liza, why did you and your cousin suddenly become on good terms?” Joan wonders to her daughter.“Mom, I don’t want to compete with Alexa, and I’m just embarrassed. Let the crown on her.”Joan
Alexa stopped talking when her husband kissed the back of her palm. She cried as she embraced him. “Thank you for loving me!”“Do you believe that I love you?” He teased as he gently caressed Alexa’s hair.She nodded as she sank her face between Zion’s neck and shoulder. She believed in him even before. She just didn’t take it to heart because she was afraid that his feelings for her might change immediately. She is also afraid that he will get tired of her naughtiness.“I love you even if you are the most naughty. I love you for what and who you are, so don’t think my feelings for you might change.”She quickly lifted her face and couldn’t help but shed tears. “When you leave me, I will bewitch you!”Instead of pitying his wife’s appearance because she was crying, he laughed at her. He laughed out of joy. Before she could cry even more, he hugged her tightly. “Even if you try all the love spells against me, I’m okay with it.”Alexa just burst into tears because of her husband’s joke.
When Jerry opened the door connected to his boss’s office, he slowly pushed his head through the small ajar of the door. It was as if his eyes had a laser looking at what Alexa was doing. His neck grew longer when he saw the woman sitting pretty as she was eating shrimp. His look moved to the table, and his eyes widened; lobsters’ and other shrimp’s skins were scattered there.“What the heck! It looks like she consumed all the food for God’s sake.” Jerry was talking to himself.Alexa quickly lowered her feet to the table when she noticed Jerry.Jerry suddenly opened the door widely, and he smiled while approaching the woman. “Ms. Alexa, aren’t you angry anymore?”Smiling, Alexa shook her head and showed Jerry the picture she saw in the group chat.Jerry’s eyes widened as he saw the picture of his boss and Jackie. He held his chest and looked like he was about to jump into his cage because of the nervousness. Maybe this time, Alexa will walk out. And his tiredness will surely double in
“Babe, you’re not eating yet!” Alexa chased after her husband when he left the office.Jackie quickly stood up. And her eyes widened when she saw the anger on Zion’s face. And Jerry opened his mouth full of food while looking at the two chasing.“If you don’t trust me, you will eat alone there.”Jerry almost spit out the food in his mouth when he heard what his boss said. But he quickly swallowed it even though he was about to choke and immediately stood up to prevent the man from leaving. “Sir, please calm down. Whatever the misunderstandings between the two of you, you should talk to each other calmly.”“Let him go, Jerry! He’s guilty; that is why he’s angry!” Alexa said tearfully and turned away.Jerry was left speechless and didn’t know who to advise first between the couple to get them together.“Am I the guilty one now?”Jerry’s eyes flickered as he watched his boss intently. It was as if something was wrong with him. He also wanted to ask the man if, since when did he become se
Jackie smiled even more when she read Liza’s message. She had surrendered, but she still managed to destroy Alexa’s trust in Zion. Nice job, she thought. Plus, Liza and Alexa also obviously hurt each other physically; that is why the latter looks so messy.Jerry was restless, and from time to time, he was watching over Alexa, who was alone in the office.“Jerry, what happened to Alexa?” Jackie asked, sounding innocent, and peeked into the door.“I have no idea either; I just caught her and her cousin having a fight earlier,” Jerry replied almost in a whisper.A ‘you-deserve-it’ smile formed on Jackie’s lips again. Now that Alexa and Liza have ruined each other, she’s the one left.In their working area, Liza quickly spread the news when her colleagues interrogated her. “I’m sorry, guys, the CEO is not really courting me. I’m not in Ms. Jackie’s level to rob Zion from her.”The employees darted Liza a doubtful look. It is true that Jackie is the one they know as the CEO’s girlfriend. T
“What do you need?” Alexa asked when Liza refused to leave her way.“Can we talk?”The look that Alexa had given her cousin was doubtful. Suddenly, she became gentle, and the rudeness in her face’s aura was gone.“You two, come out if you’re feeling well,” Liza ordered Loida and Dina.The two rushed to obey and did not want to be involved in whatever the trouble was between Alexa and Liza.Alexa stared at her cousin impatiently and waited for her to speak when they were the only two left in the bathroom.“Listen, I’m sorry.”Alexa’s eyes widened slightly, and her look at Liza was examining. Her head tilted, and she seemed to be observing Liza’s head and back as if there were an angel’s wing and crown that were growing on her.“I know you will think about what happened to me, and I suddenly became kind to you. I also understand if you do not believe that I am serious and sincere.”“What is the reason, and why are you apologizing to me right now? Are you ashamed of what you are doing, a
Alexa approached Liza and Loida when she saw her cousin eating as well. “What does the food taste like? Is it delicious?” she asked in a whisper.Liza was forced to swallow the food left in her mouth before smiling at Alexa. “Try it so you know what it tastes like.” She handed a box to her cousin.Alexa shook her head hard and turned herself away. “Thank you, but that’s from your suitor, so you should just eat it alone.”Loida’s gaze shifted curiously between the two girls exchanging conversations. When she saw Alexa refuse what Liza had given her, she approached her annoyingly. “You’re such a fussy! My friend is giving it to you nicely.”Everyone was looking back in Liza and Alexa’s direction because of Loida’s loud voice.“Liza, don’t force yourself on her. She’s jealous of you again because a CEO is courting you.” Loida even intended to raise her voice again to humiliate Alexa.Liza smiled at her friend; this is what she likes about her. She was very supportive of her and believed