Patricia entered the conference room with Ailee accompaniment, and all directors set their gaze on her.She paced to her seat and all the directors, except Chairman Hewitt, stood on their feet and curtsied their heads to pay their respects for her.She bowed her head in return and sat down. And the directors also had their seats.Patricia looked at Bastian’s empty seat and slightly glanced over her shoulder to look at Ailee behind her, and wrinkled at her, ordering her to come closer.Ailee paced closer to Patricia and bent beside her, putting her ear closer to her mouth. “Where is Bastian?” Patricia asked.“I don’t know, ma,” Ailee answered, explaining, “he left the office to receive a call, and he hasn’t come back since then.”“Don’t he know it’s time for the meeting?” Patricia let out with the concern in her voice, matching the one roaming on her face. “Have you checked around?”“I haven’t checked, ma. But he should be within the company,” Ailee made a reply, explaining, “I saw hi
“Hun!”Chairman Hewitt’s eyes widened in shock, and his mouth kept ajar for a moment before he could say a word. “Bastian, what are you doing?!” He questioned in a high voice.Bastian walked out of his seat, and paced to Patricia, who was eyeing the scene with her eyebrows raised up, and her mouth kept densely ajar.Bastian arrived beside her and bowed his head. “Sister, thank you for trusting the whole process,” he appreciated, filling his lips with a lovely smile Patricia hadn’t seen in a while. He lifted his head and apologized. “I am sorry for making you worried. Hope I am forgiven?”Patricia smiled with her full lips and nodded her head. “Yes, you are forgiven.” She let out. She stood on her feet and ran to Bastian excitedly.“Thank you, Bastian. Thank you for not forsaking. I was scared. You are all I've got.” She hurriedly poured out, with tears rolling out of her eyes, falling on Bastian’s arm.Bastian smiled. “I am sorry for scaring you,” he pleaded. He took the remaining one
Ailee paced closer and helped to hold Patricia on the other side. “Let her sit down.” She suggested, and Bastian quickly walked Patricia to her seat and sat her down.“Let me get her water.” Ailee let out, and Bastian nodded.“Okay,” he permitted. “Please be fast.”Ailee put her phone in her pocket and hurriedly paced out.Immediately as Ailee closed the door behind her, a drop of tear fell from Patricia’s eyes, and she slightly raised her face to look at Bastian.“Bastian, what is going on?” She inquired. “What did they publish about me?”“They revealed your past, and had some lies to it.” Bastian disclosed.“Let me see it.” She requested.Bastian took his phone out and unlocked it. He stretched the phone to her, and as she lengthened her hand to collect it, Bastian moved his hand back a bit, preventing her hand from touching it.“What’s it?” She questioned.“Patricia, you already know what this is all about, and without seeing it yet, you are feeling down already,” he let out. “Must
"To all men in the world… Think twice before you break a promise with a woman. Never hurt a woman because you never know what she may become, “Their hearts are fragile. Treat them like eggs. They care a lot about a man they love. Once you are off the list, your living and death have nothing to do with them anymore. They won't care, “If a broken woman wants revenge, prepare to face the worst fate from her. They are the salt of the earth. They are sweeteners of the universe. Once they set out to something, they are unstoppable unless they decide to show mercy, “They are nice and can be brutal within a blink of an eye. With women's involvement, almost everything is possible. They are flowers. Do your best to treat them right. If you hurt them, whether or not they want revenge, karma is real, and woman’s tear rapidly trigger it, “Man, be careful out there.” Cohen listened to the radio presenter’s warning, which was used to round up the program. He reduced the radio volume and dis
“Sir, the account is untraceable. It was posted anonymously and the original post has been taken down.” The tracker report kept coming up in Cohen’s head.He summed up Patricia’s accusation with the tracker report and started to believe his family was involved, making him drive recklessly so he could get home early and clear his mind.He zoomed into the compound at a high speed and rushed down from the car. He ran into the house in a flash and abruptly opened the door.He banged on the door behind him, and walked closer to her mother and Elsie, who were already standing on their feet, shocked at the manner he opened and shut the door.He arrived before them, and eyed them without saying a word.Seeing a plaster on Cohen’s forehead, Charlotte’s eyes widened, and she stepped closer to him, touching his head. “My son, what’s wrong with you?” She asked. The worry in her voice matched the concern on her face.Cohen gently took her mother’s hand away from his head and helped put it beside h
“Oh! This is her past she is hiding?”“It’s truly dark!”“She divorced for cheating in their marriage!”“She didn’t divorce her husband, her husband divorce her!”“She doesn’t know the father of her child!”“She is a disgrace to the organization!”“She will tarnish this organization's image!”“She is a whore! A bad person!”“No wonder she is a single mother. No man will want someone like her!”“Fuck her!” “Remove her from her position!”Warm tears welled in Patricia's eyes and overflowed like a river, reading hateful comments under posts about her.She sniffed and breathed out. “Patricia, you are strong. Remember, you promised Bastian not to cry again,” she said to herself, but couldn't stop the tears from flowing out. “Stop crying. Just stop.”She wanted to continue scrolling through the comments sections, but stopped to pay attention to the sound she heard.She confirmed it was Bastian's footsteps and quickly pressed the back button. She turned on the mobile data and hid the phone
Patricia slowly opened her eyes till they fully opened. She raised her head and sat up on the bed.She felt a slight pain in her head, causing her to wither her face and touched her forehead, moaning, “uhm”She crawled her bottom backward and rested her back and head on the wall.After relaxing for a few minutes, she raised her head from the wall and turned her face to the right side to pick up her phone. She picked up her phone and a small paper fell on the floor. “What’s that?” She wondered. She wanted to ignore it, but couldn't. She moved a bit and lengthened her hand till it reached the paper.She picked the wrapped paper and slowly unfolded it.“Hey sister! Remember, you are stronger than you think, braver than you feel, and capable of overcoming anything that comes your way. Right now, it may seem like the darkness is closing in, but know that the sun is still shining, and its light will soon break through the clouds.”She smiled and continued reading.“Every storm will pass, a
“No!”“Please!”“Stop!”“I am sorry!”“This is painful!”Anna heard voices climbing the stairs. She halted and frowned her forehead, trying to pay attention to the noise.“Who is that?” She wondered and listened to the noises attentively.“Forgive me, please. This is so painful.”She continued to hear the noise till the voice sounded familiar, and figuring who it was, her eyes widened in shock. “Is that-” she let out, but couldn't complete her statement before she picked up her speed and ascended the stairs faster.She opened the door abruptly and barged into the room to see Cohen rapidly shaking his head with tears streaming out of his closed eyes.She stood at a spot for a minute, eyeing her from a little this. “Wh… what’s going on?” She raised a question in a low voice. Her voice shaking in fear mixed with confusion.“Please, save me. You're my only savior. I need your help. Please don't leave me. Don't hate me.” Cohen spoke again, but in a lower voice.Anna swallowed her saliva d