Navier, for the first time in years, was sure that he had a dream—a dream about Angela. Angela is their childhood friend. He, Angela, his sister Nicole, and Sage have been together ever since they were kids. Even though Nicole and Sage are older by a few years, they really do not have any other choice but to stay together with them. Sage is the son of their parents’ longtime head of security, and Angela is the daughter of their close neighbor. All of them were inseparable since they reached puberty, and that was exactly why he has been fixated on his “love” for her. She was the first girl in his life and the one that mattered most. He has always pictured her beside him even when they grow up to be adults. He wanted to make sure that she would end up with him no matter what. He had been so fixated on her that he did not see other women the same way. It was toxic. He was toxic. He did not know how to properly "love" her. He showed his "loved" by scaring every man in her life, to mak
It has only been a week since the unfortunate night when Sophia saved Navier Ortega, and she was already receiving way too many business cards from him. So many that she had to label that night to be “unfortunate” because it made her conscience a wreck and he even kept on insisting, almost like harassing her, to let him repay her. She still could take off her mind that he could have died that night, and he was reminding her of that every single day with his business cards. This is one of the days that she hated her strong imagination more than anything else. Yes, Navier was safe and nothing happened to him, all his business cards for the past week were her proof of that, but picturing his lifeless body on the sidewalk from jumping off the balcony once still gave her nightmares. She was very glad that he was alive and well to have her reminded daily with his business cards, but she just simply wanted to clear and free her mind from that almost jumping-off balcony scenario. She could o
Sophia does not understand what was happening right now nor why was it happening. She was just about to leave her house and head to the city’s library to finish her requirements when she was suddenly cornered by someone who introduced himself as a lawyer. She had no choice but to let him in for the conversation he was asking for. She was so confused and practically stunned that all she understood from him was that she was about to lose her house. For the first time in years, she wanted to break down. She was having an anxiety attack from everything that was happening too fast. She wanted to ugly cry every emotion she has out of her system, but she found herself unable to shed even a single tear. She simply cannot feel her entire body as if she went numb. “Now that everything is clear, Miss Diwa, you have a month to take your things out of this apartment. My client also advised that you also hire a cleaner to disinfect the place. Have a nice day.” Her body started shaking that she
“I know people who can recommend us to some legit lawyers, but I know already that they will cost a lot. We can try some public ones but I don’t think that that is very advisable right now. What if they rig the system and bribe whoever public lawyer we get?” Sophia cannot stop herself from biting her finger. She did not mean to tell anyone about her problem, but nothing can really get past Jaylene. She hoped and prayed that she would not notice anything, but the woman was too sharp for her own. The moment she got to work, she already knew that something was off about her. She did try her best to change the subject, but her friend was someone she cannot really win against. The way she worries for her made her tell her everything. She did not want to stress her too. Everything happened just this morning and she told Jelly all about it, and after letting it all out, she felt better as it lessened all her burden at once. "Good thing today's a Saturday. I can't picture you alone in your
Breathing deeply, Sophia said the nth “thank you” to Miss Minchin which already made the sweet librarian laugh, and told her that one more “thank you” and she will be banned from entering the library for the rest of her stay in the university. That just finally made her laugh too. It took her a hot moment to sink everything in her and to understand that she was already having a mental breakdown. If it were not for Miss Minchin, she does not know if she would have calmed down. The kind librarian was ever patient with her, and now they are outside the university getting some ice cream. She thought about attending her classes, and she was supposed to insist on it, but Miss Minchin highly disagreed with her and made sure she was not to return to their department building. She was advised to take it easy today, and the sudden emergency university-wide faculty meeting that was called made it easier for her to actually leave the university. She does not know what it was for, but she did not
“Stop acting like a child, Navier! This is not playtime where you can simply do what you want! We’re talking life here and you just had to fucking ruin one—again! Is this what your so-called ‘love’ is? Is this really your way of saying you love me?! It’s so sad that you come from a loving family and you don’t know how to show love! God, Navier, you don’t even know what romance is and you expect me to just accept what you can give?!” Navier sighed, he really had to recall that again. He and Angela fought once again and just like the other times, he was the one sighing in defeat because he just caused trouble again. Instead of trashing his office like he always wanted to do, he took a sip of his coffee and massaged his temples. Yes, he just ruined another man’s life and even that was not a big deal to him, it was for Angela. Angela was the woman he loves and this was not exactly the first time he ever tried to "show her his life". He cannot even remember when the first one happened,
Sophia does not have a choice and this was not the time to take her precious seconds to think about having second thoughts. She badly needed help and there was no other person that could give her that help other than Navier Ortega. There was no room for her pride and her second thoughts in this situation. She was desperate. Navier Ortega is literally one of the richest persons in the country and meeting him like this would have been impossible if they did not encounter each other that night. She called that night "unfortunate", but maybe this was the sign from the Universe that everything really has its reasons for happening. That unfortunate night was still a blessing among other things. She was meant to save him because she would need help from a person like him. Yet, she cannot remove the risks upon accepting his help, but she was more than willing to swallow all those risks. If anyone finds out that she has contacted Navier Ortega for this kind of situation and it reaches her bo
How many books, novels, and short stories has Sophia encountered with this very trope of fake relationships? The answer: she cannot even remember anymore. From girlfriends for hire to even being proxy fiancées, she read it all for sure! But having it happen to her? Her brain was starting to malfunction trying to absorb that information. Dating someone you barely know was off on its own but do not all relationships start from scratch? There were a lot of things to say about this setup, but all she was sure of was that she never liked the endings of these kinds of stories. Yet, they are not in any novel or any story, this is reality. This is their reality. If she was offered a million dollars to believe that this would happen to her in any part of her lifetime, she would have just laughed at whoever offered her the money. “C-Can I know first what this fake relationship is for, sir?” Navier chuckled and shook his head. “Navier. I thought you agreed and understood to address me as Navi