Adira was sitting in front of her office desk while reminiscing the scene unfolded in her new home this early morning: “You have feelings for this lady.” Adira stared down at Isa as she whispered, “Right, Honey?” At Adira’s remark, Chadwick and Isa held their breaths for a moment. They did not expect to hear this answer directly from Adira. As no one from the two could answer her, Adira pulled her hand away from Chadwick’s. Then, she glanced at the woman sitting pathetically on the floor. “Miss Isa. You don’t need to pick those up because I will ask someone else to clean it. After all, YOU ARE MY HUSBAND’S DEAREST GUEST.” Adira smiled at Isa, an eerie and haunting beam, like an image in a broken mirror. Isa felt the chill creeping out on her skin. “And honey,” Adira called the unmovable and stunned Chadwick. She leaned towards him, placing her leg between his thighs before she fixed the collar of his shirt. Chadwick’s eyes dilated in front of the gorgeous woman before him.
Six months have passed. It’s already half a year since Chadwick and Adira married each other. Since then, Adira only wished one thing from her husband. And that is to convince him to sleep with her and warmth her bed. “Can I sleep inside your room?” “Let’s make out.” “Let’s sleep together.” “Honey, let’s have sex.” Living with Adira for the first month was hell to Chadwick. A hell with no escape. Adira never failed to ask him to have sex every day. EVERY SINGLE DAY. And it became a job to Chadwick to decline her. EVERY SINGLE DAY. Until Chadwick got used to her craziness after months. It became a routine for him to decline her, and it also became a routine for Adira to get rejection. Still, the stubborn lady doesn't know how to give up.Just like tonight, Adira came to visit his room to ask him the same thing again.“Darling,” Adira called, standing near the bed where Chadwick is sitting on. She’s wearing a shiny and thin sleepwear dress that was made from silk. If she stood ne
Last night’s incident never left Chadwick’s mind. Even when he’s inside his office and working, Adira’s reaction keeps on playing inside his head all over again. When Isa went to their house, crying and sobbing, she hugged Chadwick. Adira was also there at that time, watching the two of them without much expression. He’s in the verge of really believing that Adira doesn’t really care even if he hugs another woman in front of her. Yet of course, he did not do it on purpose. Chadwick doesn’t want to show that to his wife, yet he could not push Isa at that time. Yes. It is his fault. Chadwick blamed himself for being heartless towards his wife. “She does not look like someone who is mad,” he murmured. ‘As if she’s too tired to have time thinking about us,’ he continued internally. In the middle of his thoughts, his secretary called for him. “Sir.” From the ceiling, Chadwick dropped his gaze towards his employee. “What?” “Just to remind you of your schedule for tomorrow, Sir. You’l
“This is where the kids play,” said miss Marie, the one who is in charge in handling the orphanage. She pointed to the room where the orphans reside now. Despite their situations, the children’s faces are full of smiles and cheers. They just happily play together with kids whom they see as their new family. Adira stood by the door and peeked at the cute kids through the rectangular glass at the upper center of the closed door. She just stayed there, watching the smile on the kids’ faces and how they run so energetically, showing how blissful a youth can be. To show the other room to the McElroy couple, Miss Marie picked up her pace. Every new room in the orphanage was built because of the donation they received from the couple’s companies. So, Miss Marie had to show them every crook and to let them know where their money was spent too. Chadwick followed miss Marie and thought Adira will be on their tails. But on his fourth step, he sensed that his side was empty, which made him st
“That project is indeed good. But it is USELESS right now. If you think that you can solve the problem with that, then you are wrong, miss Dale.”A deafening silence echoed inside the office. Marie didn’t expect Adira to oppose Isa’s idea this much. And so, she was thinking of a way on how to lighten up the mood. Yet before she could, Isa’s voice returned in an unusual cold tone.“Can you tell me where did it went wrong? ADIRA.”Adira. Adira. Her own name rang inside Adira’s ear. Instead of calling her in a more formal way, Isa dared to uttere Adira’s name as if they were close. But since Isa appears like an angel to everyone, while Adira is the wicked villain, no one noticed that Isa just disrespected the most important guest in the orphanage.Nevertheless, this isn’t the first time Adira has experienced such rude behavior.As a female CEO, she was downgraded by her competitors from the other companies. Even so, she remained composed and undefeated, proving that gender doesn’t hind
“Madam, Sir Chadwick is in the hospital. He got into a car accident.” When Adira heard this news about her husband, a swirling panic went like a wave inside her body. Cold sweat formed on her forehead and her limbs, although they are intact, felt like they were about to give in from the shock she received. The inside of her chest seemed to narrow its size, squeezing her heart which are beating frantically, with her losing her breath with every pound. All her thoughts clouded as she picked up her car keys and dashed out of their house. She turned the engine with trembling hands and got the car out of their garage swiftly one backward and one forward. While driving on the road, she passed car by car, never forgetting to press the horn, showing how urgent she was at this moment. Beep! Beep! Beep! Cars move sideward at the loud warning. Beep! Beep! Beep! The loud sounds made her more agitated, and impatient. She glanced now and then at the clock on the car, and back on the road. As
When Adira left the VIP room, she met Neil who was pale from head to toe. “M-Madam,” he stuttered. “W-When Miss Isa arrived, I told her that you are inside b-but…” It must be that. Adira knew what made Neil this nervous. He might fear seeing her freak out since Neil let another woman enter the room while she was inside. Then, does it mean, Neil knows that there’s something between his boss and that woman named Isa? “Do you know?” Adira asked. “Pardon, Ma’am?” Neil murmured while sweating so much. “I am asking if you know that my husband likes Miss Isa.” Neil’s eyes’ size doubled, as if a family of giraffes could enter inside of those shaking pupils. “M-My boss likes… who?” Neil repeated the question. He was so stunned; he couldn’t breathe for long seconds. As far as he knows, Isa is his boss’ good friend, and they have been close friends ever since high school. And so, when Isa entered the room, Neil worried that Adira would misunderstand the situation. However… “My boss lik
Before Adira got married, she discovered that her husband had a messy love triangle in the past. Chadwick loves Isa, but Isa loves someone else.Adira did not research more about the third person since she and he won’t see each other anyway. And knowing her husband’s woman is enough. However, playing ignorant of the details will be her mistake.“Brother, why are you here?” Isa asked her brother, Geoffrey.The man whom Isa loves so dearly is no other than her stepbrother, Geoffrey Cullen, the bartender who’s working at Adira’s favorite bar.Isa and Geoffrey became step-siblings because their parents remarried. But ever since their parents died, Geoffrey cut ties with his stepsister. The main reason is that he’s aware of Isa’s feelings for him, which he cannot accept.“What are you doing here in the hospital? Are you sick?!” Isa inquired about her stepbrother with a worried face.With downcast eyes, Geoffrey kept his lips pursed. His heart was pounding so hard before, but now, it calmed