“W- who told you that I was attacked?”. Vanessa kindly took a step backwards as she calmly asked Xavier, who was still standing right in front of her. “I ought to know, after all, I'm your handsome hubby”. Vanessa almost coughed out blood after hearing what Xavier said to her in the presence of all these crowds!. ‘This guy is honestly unreadable! One minute he's all serious! And the next, he's behaving mischievously! Gosh, why in the world did I even involve myself with him? Or, I just remembered. I involved myself with him for a very valid reason’. Vanessa thought to herself and couldn't stop staring at Xavier's striking handsome face. Vanessa was feeling so uncomfortable with the way people were staring at her and taking pictures. Actually, the shirt she was wearing felt light to her. As if Xavier knew what was going on in Vanessa's head. Like a gentleman, he removed his black coat and used it to cover Vanessa's upper body. Soon after, he held her slim hand and took her wit
“Em, Eric and I can help you out, but we're not sure if it'd work….”. Derek couldn't finish talking because Eric gave him a sign to stop talking. Eric was staring at Xavier with suspicious eyes when he said, “Do you really love my big sister? How can we even trust you're not like Nicholas?”. “Nicholas?”. Xavier muttered since he didn't quite understand Eric's point. “Yes. And as you already know, Nicholas is your half-nephew. Also, he used to be my big sister's fiancè. But to be fair, he used my sister's fame all this while, and when he heard that my big sister's company had gone bankrupt, he instantly broke up with her”. Eric explained while still staring at Xavier with suspicious eyes. Derek suddenly gasped and said, “You're really smart, big twin. If Xavier really loves our big sister, he must prove to us that he's not after her fame”. The twins' behaviour was amusing to Xavier. In fact, he was pleased to see how the twins' were overprotective of Vanessa. “I understand yo
‘Gosh! I wanted to come here alone, but Nicholas insisted on coming with me! My initial plan was to gain back Vanessa's trust and ruin her company for good! But who knew that Mr Xavier would be here with her?!’. Alexa gritted her teeth in annoyance as she thought to herself. The atmosphere in Vanessa's office totally became quiet. Alexa and Nicholas were just staring at everyone, and were not able to say anything. It reached a certain point, and Eric angrily rose from his seat. Eric pointed his finger against Nicholas and Alexa, and said to them, “How dare you show yourselves here after betraying my big sister?!”. “Yeah, how dare you guys?!”. Derek also stood up from his seat as he supported his twin brother, Eric. Nicholas wasn't affected by the way Eric and Derek scolded him. Rather, a deep feeling of rage was busy consuming his heart. He was really jealous and disturbed, because Xavier was on Vanessa's side. Nicholas regretted breaking up with Vanessa. But most especially,
The reflection in the mirror was a tall fair lady with long blonde hair that's shoulder length.“Gosh, this can't be happening to me!”. Vanessa let out a loud scream before hitting the large wall mirror that was in front of her. Staring at her bleeding hand, Vanessa didn't mind and grabbed her cell phone. She soon scrolled through the news and each second she saw an article about how her company was about to go bankrupt, she grew even more annoyed. “Nicholas, that jerk! What an idiot!. I can't believe he has been using me all these while!”. Vanessa muttered harshly, and when she recalled how Nicholas treated her earlier this morning, she lost all hope and sat down on the floor. Actually, exactly an hour ago, after hearing the news about her company's situation, Vanessa went to meet Nicholas who was her fiance. She asked for his help, but it turned out that he had been using her and her company's fame the whole time just because he wanted to have a stand as the heir to T&N Company, o
It was already morning time and Vanessa was up from sleep. Her eyes were swollen because she cried for so long last night. She came down from her bed and weakly got to the bathroom and picked up her toothbrush plus toothpaste. After putting a little bit of toothpaste on her toothbrush, she began brushing while staring at the large wall mirror. Soon, Vanessa recalled what happened yesterday at her office and wondered, ‘Was that why he said I should buy a lot of tissues? I mean, he had already helped my company, so how come my company was still able to go bankrupt? Just, what's that guy's real identity?’. Vanessa poured out the brushing foam in her mouth and rinsed her mouth with neat water afterwards. “I guess I'll have to start all over again”. Vanessa tried to encourage herself as she came out from the bathroom and headed to the living room, but when she recalled how helpful her company was to her, she couldn't take the pressure and wailed out, “My dear company, why did you have
Vanessa didn't want to continue having the discussion about her fallen company because it'd make her depressed, so she moved onto making breakfast for herself, Eric and Derek. Actually, since Eric and Derek had nowhere to go except the villa, Vanessa pitied them and suggested that they live with her for the meantime. “Here you go, little scoundrels”. Vanessa said as she served the tea and snacks on the dining table. Later on, she went and sat down on her own chair before she added, “I made breakfast, so to earn your keep in this house, you two are going to wash the dishes”. “Sure”. Eric and Derek easily agreed as they began munching the meals in front of them. “Tsk”. Vanessa slightly shook her head when she saw the way Eric and Derek were eating like fugitives who hadn't eaten for days. “Eat slowly. I'll make more if it's not enough”. Vanessa announced and didn't mind when Eric and Derek continued munching the meals. It took only a few minutes, and Eric and Derek were done eating.
After Vanessa left the hospital, she returned back to her apartment and was in the living room, as she was carefully thinking of ways to get the remaining bill balance. “What am I going to do now? Daddy's surgery for tomorrow is depending on me”. Vanessa announced and was pacing back and forth. She further started biting her fingernails because this was what she always did whenever she was feeling anxious. “Think of something, Vanessa. You have less than 24 hours to act”. Vanessa reminded herself before she finally thought of an idea. “That's right. All the people I helped out when I was still CEO. I'm certain they'd want to help me after learning about my situation”. Vanessa exclaimed and immediately brought out her cell phone. She called the first one, the person answered and by the sound of his voice, Vanessa was certain he wasn't ready to help out at all. This was what Vanessa did throughout the afternoon, by calling and asking for help from all the people she helped, but to
Vanessa collected the contract marriage documents Xavier offered to her. And after reading through the documents’ terms and conditions, she immediately inserted her signature on the documents since the deal was pretty okay to her. According to the marriage contract terms and conditions, Vanessa only has to pretend to be Xavier's wife for a year, plus, she also has to live in his mansion throughout the year, and after that, she'd be free and the marriage contract would become invalid. “All done”. Vanessa announced and gave back the documents to Xavier who collected it from her. After Xavier had collected the marriage contract documents from Vanessa, he reviewed it before a mischievous grin appeared on his lips.“It’s a deal then. Prepare to move into my mansion next week. After that, you'll follow me to my family mansion. It's going to be my father's birthday”. Xavier declared after putting the documents in his suit. ‘Isn’t he going to ask me what I need help with?’. Vanessa though