The next morning was when Manuel woke up, when he did, he got to realize that he'd slept for so long. He also noticed Vanessa's absence in the room.He cursed his sleeping disorder for getting the best of him!. Adrian soon came to attend to his calls, Manuel asked about Vanessa. "Sir, Mrs Howells…" Adrian looked around the room. He didn't realize that Vanessa had left the mansion."She isn't here!"After Adrian made a search, they finally realized that Vanessa had left the mansion.Manuel was enraged, he angrily punched Adrian. Sending him to the floor in one hit.He picked the man up again and hit him. "Where is she?" He yelled, the other guards in the room were also frightened by his anger. It's been a long time since they've seen him in this mood.Manuel almost went crazy, he'd sent his mind to find her at the company but she wasn't there. Adrian also did some research, she wasn't at her old apartment and they didn't know any friends of hers. Vanessa had always been a reserved wom

Vanessa reached the lobby, she soon noticed that the place was filled with men in black suits. She recognized them anywhere that they were Manuel's bodyguards.Why were they here? She asked herself rhetorically as she continued to walk towards the exit. As Vanessa already reached the door she saw that Manuel entered with Adrian and a few more bodyguards behind him. She immediately hid herself in a corner to avoid him. Manuel and his men matched towards the elevator, they were obviously heading to her mum's room. Vanessa wanted to escape but she noticed that he purposely had the guards surround the place so that she wouldn't escape.She was stuck and nowhere to escape to. Vanessa tried to follow the crowd of people who were heading outside, one of the guards grabbed her arms all of a sudden. Vanessa looked at him, he surveyed her face, she looked familiar."Let go!" Vanessa demanded, pulling her arms from his grip. That action caused her face cap to fall from her head, her long hair i

Marina instantly grabbed the gun from Mara and pointed it at Vanessa, she was about to shoot but. "Boom" Vanessa made the noise with her mouth. Trying to mock Vanessa who she noticed was frightened."Surprised to see me?" She asked Vanessa, laughing hysterically at her.Mara took the gun from Marina. "You promised not to come to Mariana. Why are you trying to steal my moment?" Mara asked Marina.The woman only walked to the other end of the room and switched on the lights. She then took a wooden chair and sat down on it. "I couldn't miss the show for anything" She said, folding her arms across her chest.Mara turned her gaze back to Vanessa, she didn't want Marina to interrupt her. "You should've killed her already," Marina suggested to her. "I want to, badly. But I have some questions to ask her" she said.Vanessa understood the situation she was in currently. Mara had been brainwashed by Marina and nothing she would tell the young actress that she would believe.Despite that, Vaness

"How are you feeling now?" Manuel asked Vanessa curiously as they ate breakfast together the next morning. He couldn't stop looking at the bandage on her neck, and it triggered his anger the more he looked at it. He wanted to make Marina pay for it, he swore to give her similar scars once he laid his hands on her.Manuel couldn't imagine how much pain Vanessa must be feeling at the moment.Including her face which had a slight cut on it, he couldn't forgive Marina for it."I feel much better now." Vanessa answered him briefly then she resumed munching on her food. She is still trying to get rid of the thoughts of Mara dying yesterday because of Marina and her.Vanessa felt like she needed to take a break from everything, including acting for a while but she couldn't.It was hard for her to do so.She continued to eat while Manuel excused himself to do something. Soon, Vanessa's mobile phone rang and she picked up the call from her best friend, Cia."Hello Cia" she greeted her.Vane

The door of his master bedroom was kicked open by Manuel and he took Vanessa straight to his bed and he placed her gently on it.Afterwards, Manuel went to his drawer, pulled out a small first aid kit and came back to attend to her wounds. Vanessa was hesitant to allow him touch her leg but after a few minutes of thoughts, and his persistence, she finally allowed him to touch her.Manuel took her leg out gently, and after opening the balm he applied it slowly on her. He rubbed his hand on it in a circular motion, he didn't want to hurt her with the application.Manuel was soon done, Vanessa wished that he didn't stop. She loved how his hands felt on her skin, it was driving her crazy. She couldn't believe that his small touch on her brought greater effects on her body. She continued to watch him move around the room after he went to put the box back to its place. "You have to rest after this," he suggested. When Vanessa tried to stand up, he insisted that she rested inside his room u