The next morning, she woke up with a splitting headache.
She doesn’t remember most of what happened.
Good thing she went out with Aaron, at least she was sure he sent her home.
Everything was still blurry as she tried to open her eyes again.
She dashed to the toilet when she felt her stomach rumbling and vomited inside.
She hated that feeling.
It was very painful to feel the acid coming up to your throat after being wasted the night before.
She must have drunk a lot.
She usually stops after a glass. She will have another if Linda is around.
She looked at the mirror but she didn’t like what she saw.
Just when she allowed herself to feel, all the feelings came in at once.
She washed her face and brushed her teeth but tears kept on flowing.
No matter how many times she splashed water on her face, the tears kept on coming.
She closed her eyes and dry her face one last time.
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“Miss Grant, do you want to press charges?” the social services officer asked her.“No need, officer. I just want it to be documented just in case it happens again”“I was still a minor when it last happened and I failed to report it. I just want to make sure that I’m doing the right thing now” she said to the officer sincerely then signed her written statement.After she finished at the hospital, she decided to check-in in a hotel.She decided to sleep again.What else can she do?She’s hung-over, she’s broken-hearted, she got slapped and she’s rich.She has all the reasons to laze around.She slept the whole afternoon and when she woke up, she requested for a breakfast meal.The kitchen staff wanted to curse the guest at the VIP room.They were busy preparing for dinner and some rich guest wanted to have waffle and bacon.After filling her tummy,
She spent the whole week in the hotel trying to break her habit.After Aaron provided her with security, she felt more at ease.She tried to be more selective and filtered her friend’s list further.Her team has been calling her regarding their project and she’s been communicating with them online.But her team doesn’t want to believe that she’s sick anymore.As Nadia put it, ‘who goes on one-week medical leave without going to the hospital and without dying’?Arrggghhhh.She wanted to scratch the woman’s face.Being a smart ass is not always good.Especially when that someone is outsmarting her.She hated it.After her meeting with the team, she found out, they just wanted to brag that they completed the project ahead of schedule.She wanted to slam her laptop on their heads one by one.They forced her out of her hotel room just to brag about their br
The next day, she noticed a blanket covering her body.Did she oversleep again?When she checked on Daniel, he was still sleeping.Maybe Tiff dropped by early in the morning to check on them.Just in time, the food was delivered in the food trolley.When she checked the food, she wanted to file a complaint.She composed herself and calmly called the nurse station.“Can you connect me to the kitchen staff please” she asked politely.As soon as her call connected, she was not able to control herself.“How can my husband recover properly if you will feed him processed foods?”“I’m not a nutritionist, but even I know that waffle and bacon is not good for a patient”“Have you shifted from being a hospital kitchen to a hotel kitchen?” she berated the staff who answered her call.She did not let the other party to reply and hung up the phone.Then
Oscar felt the side of his head pulsing.The boss said ‘don’t do anything’ while the lady boss says ‘do everything’.When can he do what he wants?Maybe never, since he’s not the boss.But right now, he wanted to blow some steam.“Get up” he commanded.“Please, I’ve done everything you asked” the man said.“You haven’t told me who asked you to stalk Ms. Yates’ account” Oscar said in his cold voice.“I don’t know. I just received a call and the payment was transferred to my account” the man explained in desperation.“Actually, I don’t really care about that. I’m here for the entertainment” Oscar chuckled.“So, who’s on the roster now?” he asked around.He is in an abandoned building in an unknown location far away from the city.This is where Danie
Celine looked at Daniel with wide eyes.“What?”“Overseas. Hasn’t come back” he said casually.Celine was filled with relief.She knew Daniel could not do what Minerva is accusing him.“My people saw him went to the airport and there’s no record of him coming back”“Don’t worry about them. How are you feeling?” she asked in concern.“It’s nothing” he said dismissively.Celine just rolled her eyes.Daniel Grant and his pride.She prepared their lunch then cleaned his wounds.“The doctor said you need to sleep more for faster recovery” she said while fixing his pillows and blanket.“Will you still be here when I wake up?” Daniel asked weakly.She was taken aback by his question.Does he think she was that heartless?“Of course” she smiled sweetly then tucked him i
She cannot remember how and when did they become like that.At first, she just wanted to get her inheritance.Now she’s worrying where Linda is, where Uncle Clint is, Daniel’s relationship with her father, her mother’s alcohol problems and the list goes on and on.And as if that’s not troublesome enough, she brilliantly introduced Anne Yates to the world.She needed a diversion.Otherwise, she won’t be able to think clearly.She opened her laptop again and edited her profile.As Daniel suggested or ordered, she removed the ‘frustrated stripper’.Maybe that’s one of the reasons she has attracted those perverts.As much as she hates to admit it, Daniel always makes sense.Deep inside she knows following his orders is the best way to go.‘Roses can withstand air travel better than your orchids’ she replied to FlowerMan after she finished updating her
She dismissed the idea as soon as it came to her mind.She couldn’t add stress to Daniel right now.Anyway, only a handful knows about them, it wouldn’t make a difference if they divorce now or next month or next year.She needed to clear her mind.Diversion.Diversion.She opened her laptop and checked her work email.Wow, he was really fast.It hasn’t been 10 minutes when he left the room but she already received a couple of emails from Daniel.One email stood out.REJECTED.She let out a wry smile.That was her resignation email.Arrrgghhhh.Okay, it’s not urgent.She tried to calm herself.She can still handle a few more months.Anyway, her team is very self-sustaining, she just needs to make sure they have food in their pantry and they will work on their own.She was reading the rest of her emails when her chat box popped up.
“Why can’t I keep my medicines?” Celine complained to Daniel when they went back to their car after her check-up.She went on and on about how incompetent the doctor was and how she wanted to have a second opinion.The man just waited patiently until she has released her steam.Most of the time, she just wants to run her mouth.It would be a mortal sin to give her advice or answer her questions.“I think I want burger, or if you prefer something else –“ he suggested when she took a breather.“Ohh Daniel, you’re the best. I’m starving” she said expectantly.She has completely forgotten about the incompetent doctor.Daniel only smiled.And people said she was impossible to deal with?They just didn’t know how to read her signs.“Are you happy with your food, Daniel? You said you wanted burger” she reminded him.There’s