"Olivia—“"I am begging you, Serena. Please don't go anymore. Don’t leave Greg. Please give his love a change in your heart. I really want to see you two happy with each other. All you have to do is give him and yourself a chance. Serena, please, please don't go back to Luzon.”She sounded desperate persuading Serena, but she didn't care. She needed to convince her to stay by Greg’s side."Olivia, I understand where you're coming from, but you must also understand that I have a fiancé in Luzon waiting for me. I appreciate your good intentions in telling me all of these, but please keep in mind that I already have a fiancé. You must understand that I love my fiancé and would not put our wedding at risk for anything."Olivia’s tears eventually streamed down her cheeks as she realized Serena and Greg could never be together. She’s engaged and in love with her fiancé, and Olivia possesses no power to ever stop it.There is nothing she can do anymore. Serena seems firm and there's nothing
THE De Vera cousins were travelling around the city after they had just finished watching a movie and taking their lunch as they got together and bonded. In the middle of their enjoyment, they suddenly missed Olivia, who seemed to be absent for the past few days."I miss Oliv!”“She must, at least, call or text us!" Rebecca smirked, and nothing changed, though she was now married. She still bonds with the De Veras very well, like when they were teenagers.Besides, Raphael, her husband, is currently in Manila for a business venture."I already told you, Rebecca, that she's all right! It came from her directly because she called me a few days ago,” Hayden said as he leaned his head on the headrest of the seat next to the driver's seat."Exactly! You're the only one she contacted, and we weren't!” Rebecca rolled her eyes. “As if we're not that important to her that you’re the only favorite cousin here!" she added, acting childish and petulant."That’s not true. She's just enjoying her li
It's been several days since the De Veras discovered that Olivia was actually missing. None of them stop worrying and searching in order to see the missing family member.If only they could scour the entire Philippines or world just to find her!They have also begun to make noise throughout society, including on their social media accounts, to encourage everyone to help find their missing family member. Even local press releases took part. Tabloids, newspapers, columns, content, and headlines.Olivia's father, Reynald De Vera, told an anchorman on a local radio station about his daughter’s sudden disappearance and pleaded with their constituents to get them informed immediately if they saw or knew where Olivia was.Olivia De Vera, the only daughter and secretary of a local business tycoon, her father―Mr. Reynald De Vera, who owns some of the business infrastructures throughout Mindanao: Gone Missing in Action After Going Out to a Party in a Bar!The heiress of the De Vera Group of Com
HE watched the doorway of the night bar as it opened, watching the successive entry of the De Veras—one of the most famous and riches families in their society.Oscar and Luther De Vera entered first but they were accompanied by the latter's wife who came from Manila and, as far as he knows, is now staying here in Mindanao for good. Oscar went straight to his women and had fun there. The next to enter the bar's door was Rebecca De Vera who he also heard had married a man from Manila, behind her were the sweet couple—Althea and Liam.His eyes narrowed to Althea. He must admit, he used to have a crush on Althea. She's the exact type of what he's looking for in a girl when it comes to the physical aspect. She has long and straight hair with a hairpin on the side of her ear, a soft aura, and a kind and gentle pretty face.He just laughed to himself and shook his head. He's crazy for laying an eye on one of their family's mortal enemies. Yes, you heard it right. The De Vera is his family's
OLIVIA immediately held back her hand from the man's hold and attempted to get out of his car, but his reflex was quick, and immediately pressed the button that locked the entire door and windows of the car.She was scared, but she still faced him bravely and angrily."Let me go!"He grinned. "Uh oh, no. No, my dear. I will not do that. You are going to be used as bait to get my revenge in your clan.""Revenge? What for? As far as I know, you, your ancestors, you Florencios, are already in arrears with the De Veras! Some of our lands were taken away, and now, one of your family members has the highest position in the local government of this province!""We are not robbing you of anything. The elders just fought back for what was theirs from the very first place, and yes, Lope Florencio is STILL the governor of this province today because he is good at leadership, and people trust him. No wonder why he defeated Romero De Vera in the last local election," he said with full pride and a b
"GO back here, you woman!" Greg chased her though he was still moaning in pain.He managed to run after her and caught her with his strength and without even asking for the help of his men. She almost moaned in pain too when she got caught and his fingers pressed against her arm with the tightness of his grip there, almost digging his nails on her bare skin! Probably out of anger at what she did."Don't wait for me to run out all of the patience I have for you!" His thunder-like voice echoed almost in the entire huge building.She was frightened because he was like lightning and a volcano that erupted out of his anger. He dragged her upstairs again and he closely threw her inside the elevator. For a while, he calmed himself down with the foot pain she caused him and soon after, he was finally feeling relieved and had no more aches.When they reached the top floor, some of Greg's men appeared to them as if guarding all day and all night there."Boss Greg!" said a hyper-faced man and t
HAYDEN, what did you do?If Greg's accusations about Hayden were true, this bothered Olivia a lot.Are you out of your mind or are you even thinking straight? You cannot just repeat history itself by falling in love with an enemy!She was thinking about it the whole night until she fell asleep. The next morning when she woke up and she opened her eyes, she forgot for a moment all the bad dreams that happened to her last night. When she raised her hands to open them widely as she used to do every morning when waking up, realization brought her back to the thought that all that happened to her last night was actually true and weren't just what she thought were terrible nightmares. The handcuffs on her hands proved that."Woman, you can keep wishing if you think these are all just nightmares from last night but they're real. You woke up with a chain on your hands, I saved you from your lunatic fling last night, you trusted me enough to ride in my car, and I brought you here. You're playi
Greg got up from his seat and left what he was doing to go to Olivia's room.When he opened her door, she was found sitting on the edge of the bed and smiling with satisfaction on her face because of what she thought was an accomplishment for her little revenge against him."Putting a surveillance camera inside my room, huh? Why? Would you like to watch me get undressed and naked!" She accused him and laughed with no humor at all.He did not refute her accusation but went straight to her and without saying a word, he held her hands, causing her two hands to rise because she was handcuffed.Without saying a word, he put the key on the chain and freed her hands. She immediately was feeling genuinely relieved because of her freed hands."Thank you so much!" she hissed at him, still very sarcastic.He ignored her and left her room. She rolled her eyes for the nth time but smiled when she looked at her hands that were finally not handcuffed...FOR several days, Olivia had no choice but to