Lisa got home later that night, still wallowing in her misery. Her heart might be heavy, but she had already made her decision —vacating the marriage for good and going back to her normal life again.Lisa had never felt so lost in her life before; the situation at hand was more overwhelming than she could imagine. She didn't get what she wanted, in the end neither did she ever enjoy her marriage —not even for once!As she packed a few of her belongings into her luggage, fresh tears streamed down her face; she had thought she was strong enough to overcome anything but the truth is she wasn't. Just when she was about to zip her luggage, her eyes caught a glimpse of her wedding photo, hung on the wall.In the photo, she and Alex were both smiling, looking happy and content. But as she looked at the photo now, all she could see was the lie that it represented and realized how much she had used that lie to convince herself for long!She was on the verge of ripping the photo off the wall an
No one had ever thought that the mysterious boss of the famous Dela Cruz group would work and serve as a nurse in a hospital; this was because most people believed that she was dead and long gone.But now, she was busy as a detective who had to disguise as a private nurse to gather enough evidence to her parents' death and was later turned into a full housewife whose opinion didn't matter, nor did it ever count.Lisa had privately pleaded with the doctor in charge of Alex to assign her as his personal nurse without making mention of her. At first, it wasn't a hard task to get along with him as he was super friendly, but as soon as his mother noticed their new developed relationship, she convinced Lisa with getting married to her son.But even though Lisa had agreed to the marriage, she never thought it would turn out like that. She had thought that she could change Alex's mind, that she could make him see how much she cared for him. But it was all in vain. She had been deluding hersel
Well, Alex happiness did not last long when his eyes caught glimpse of the neatly wrapped box that was lying few inches away from where he had picked the divorce papers from. It was strange to him, he has never seen anything like it on his dressing table since he's been using his room."Has it always been there but I failed to notice?" He asked himself as he picked up the box, unwrapping it hastily. As he opened the small box, he was shocked to see a limited edition watch in it —the type that cost a fortune."What...?" He blurted out with surprise written all over his face. "Did Lisa leave this here?...ah, no way! She would rather take this with her rather than leave such expensive gift here —she can't even afford it, can she?"Alex started to think of all the possible scenarios that could have led to the watch being there. Was it a mistake? Had Lisa left it there by accident? Or had someone else left it there, as a gift for him? But who would do that? He was trying to make sense of i
Nobody had expected Lisa to show up after three years of not hearing from her. Most people who know about her had thought she's long dead —and her uncles inclusive. Now that she's back to take the horse by its reins, she knows she has wars to fight and enemies to conquer; which are her uncles!Lisa was determined to get justice for her parents' death, and she knew that her uncles were the ones responsible. But she also knew that it would be an uphill battle, that they would not go down without a fight. But she was ready to take them on, no matter what it took.—after her parents death, Lisa realized how much danger surrounds her and for her to be safe, she has to fish out and conquer her source of danger!She had returned home, not only to stir trouble, but also to make things right. She knew that she had a long road ahead of her, but she was ready to face it head-on. She had nothing to lose, and everything to gain.Lisa was able to see through her uncles and she was aware of how extr
The elegantly dressed lady stepped out of the red car, wearing a sunshade to disguise her identity. The car's door was gently shut behind her by her newly assigned driver, who bowed slightly to her before returning to the driver's seat. Lisa stared around for a while, her eyes sparkled in recognition. For more than three years that she has leave her parents house, busily disguising herself as a private hospital's nurse, nothing has changed in the house -it was just as she has remembered it and the familiar scent of flowers in the air was still as it was. At the entrance, leading to the main building itself, stood a man who was busily grinning from ear to ear, his facial expression was that of mixed emotions; relief, recognition and excitement as he patiently waited for Lisa to walk to him. "Oh, oh...!" He exclaimed, his eyes sparkling brightly. "Look who is finally here if not for my long lost cousin. Am I right?" Lisa rolled her eyes at his choice of words. "I wasn't lost, I was b
Ciara was in the large living room, performing her usual finger magic on her system's keyboard, with her gaze fixated on its screen.She did not notice the man who had just entered, or maybe she did notice him but decided not to acknowledge his presence and continued with her work.The man stared at her for quite a moment, his intense gaze seems like it was piercing deeply into her skin. He said nothing nor moved away from his position.Ciara felt the gaze was too intense and heating her up. “What is it?” She suddenly asked, still not sparing him a glance. “You are staring too much, it's creepy, and it's making my skin to crawl.”He scoffs at her words as he finds them offensive. “Your skin to crawl, eh?” He repeated huskily, with a trail of mock in his voice. “I see…"Ciara wanted to ignore his presence, but she just could not, no matter how much she tried to. “Did you have anything you want to say?” She muttered in questioning, her voice far from friendly, giving him a quick glance.
Ciara doesn't know the reason behind it, but she finds herself laughing out loud at his sudden command. Wait, what was he taking her for? His maid he could just order around to do things as his will?Well, if that is what his thinking is —then he is mistaken, she won't do things because he wanted her to or allow him boss her around like he owns her.“What's funny…?” She heard him almost thundering, cutting her off her sudden laughter. Ciara did not notice the hard glare on his face that was being fixated on her, he was red with anger. “Why are you laughing? You find what I just said to you amusing, isn't it?”Her face was blank like she was not laughing a few moments before, as she stared down at the ball pen in her hand instead of replying to him or saying anything. She pressed some few buttons on her system and shut it close like she was exiting his sight, leaving his question hanging.Her attitude did hit a hard spot on Ryan as he finds her offensive, did she not hear him? Why is
Ryan could only watch her leave his sight after throwing the document at him, her face crumpled down in a disapproving frown.“You can't force me to do things against my will. I'm sorry, but your silly threat can't move me…" She had told him before leaving, stomping her foot away.A deep but low grunt escaped his throat as he clenched his fist tightly, gritting his teeth in anger. “How dare her?” He growled under his breath, more like speaking to himself.He was angry —no, he was in rage, and he felt like his anger would take over him soon. How did the table turn against him in a snap of a finger, eh?Did he not threaten her enough, or maybe he threatened her more than he was supposed to? Ryan thought, his mind was clouded in confusion.He badly wants to end everything with her, but she's making it seems hard, like there is a big deal in it, but to him, he found none.“…Why try to breach the contract midway for no reason?..” Her voice rang loudly in his ears. Who cares whether he's tr