[Ring!][Ring!!][Ring!!!]Selene’s phone continued to ring for the ninth time, yet, she didn’t bother to pick it up. She had been downcast since the day Declan broke up with her. It’s been six days, and she still didn’t know why things turned out this way. When Manager Brent noticed how downcast she was, he tried everything possible to get her to say something, but she wouldn’t.After requesting a three-day leave to see to some personal issues, she ended up taking seven, further pissing off the manager. [Knock!][Knock!!][Knock!!!]An urgent knock on the door compelled her to finally get out of bed and check who it was that came to interrupt her sleep at nine-thirty in the morning. “Chloe…”Selene called out in surprise. She didn’t expect her friend would be able to find her this early.She has moved into the house her father gifted her at Peak Grooves, but she told no one about it.“Wipe that look offf your face.I’m your assistant after all.”She invited herself in after making
“Selene, we both know his intentions are no good. So why are you entertaining him? Besides…” Chloe clammed up when she noticed how disinterested her friend was about everything she was saying. It was as if Selene didn’t care about her observations, and it was getting her worried. “You want to remind me that I already have a man in my life, right?” Selene’s gaze was fixed on her phone when she made the statement. “Well then… Spoiler alert, my dear friend… I’m as single as it gets.” Selene winked at her friend before offering, “You might want to follow me for the rehearsal. I wouldn’t stay here all alone if I were you.” … “Now that the event is over, I believe you won’t be leaving anytime soon, right?” Louis gently tucked a strand of loose hair behind Selene’s ear, being overly suggestive with his actions as usual. Selene also felt his hand brazenly brushing her elbow, before he went ahead to close the gap between them. She remained silent, as though oblivious to what h
“Dad, if you want to get Selene back, I think you need to act now.” Doctor Leonardo read out Chloe’s tet message to Declan, who lay on the sofa as if he wasn’t bothered. His eyes were tightly drawn together, his jaw looking tense, and that was all he needed to know his friend was only pretending not to care. Doctor Leonardo then continued reading without knowing the bomb he was about to drop. After all, it was Declan himself that threw his phone at his friend to take a look at the message Chloe sent him earlier. “I think she wouldn’t be single by the time she returned to Bloomsbay. I’m not joking, Dad. Whatever differences you have need to be sorted out as soon as possible. Are you there?” Leo quickly dropped Declan’s phone and stepped away, doing everything possible to remain invincible. His friend had been in a terrible mood for a while now, and he knew it was time for him to stop reading whatever it was that Chloe sent to him. He suddenly turned into a babysitter, thorou
“You’re awake. I never knew I could live to see you looking like a battered chicken.It’s such a sight to behold.” Declan mocked his friend while fixing his gaze on the scar on his forehead. He was doing everything possible to keep his anger in check, and Leonardo could tell his friend's true feelings, despite the relaxed front he was portraying. “Good to see you too.” He responded in a faint voice, his head resting on the pillow. The anesthesia he was administered was still affecting him, and his head ached so badly, despite all the painkillers he was given. Earlier on, Leonardo was driving to Elite Touch Medical Centre when a black minivan crossed him from nowhere and crashed directly into the driver’s side of his vehicle. The impact was so strong that if it had been an ordinary vehicle, he wouldn’t have lived to tell the story.However, he was lucky to have been driving one of Declan’s custom-made vehicles that had an extra layer of security, including bulletproof protection
“Hi, Lulu.” A familiar, yet unfamiliar voice sounded in Lulu’s ears, causing her to turn around abruptly, dropping the cup in her hands with a clutter. She was so shocked to hear that voice, and was right to feel that way. After all, it’s not everyday that one’s boss visited the shared cafeteria for staff. “H… Hello Sir.” She responded in a meek voice, her gaze fixed on the ground. Seeing the man before her, Lulu couldn’t understand why he was there at the moment. “Do you need anything, Sir?” Lulu asked in a an unsure voice. She was uncomfortable about being in the same space with the man, and even if anyone walked in on them right now, they could get the wrong idea about the two of them. It was the last thing Lulu wanted right now. “Eeerrrm, Sir?” The man’s gaze remained fixed on Lulu, a small smile tugging at his lips. “It’s been a while since I last saw you. I only came around to say hi.” He said smilingly, his tender gaze still fixed on her, making her skin crawl with an
“You took long enough, Lulu.” Boss Vicker acknowledged her as soon as she stepped into his office. On the day she was interviewed for the job, he happened to chance upon the application in the Human Resource Director’s office. Captivated by her pure smile, he requested the man to employ the young lady because she had a beautiful and contagious smile. However, the person standing before him didn’t have as much as a figment of the smile that drew him to her. After suffering a mild stroke, the forty-five-year-old man had to travel outside the country, away from the prying eyes of his children and other stressful factors that could hinder his full recovery. Boss Vicker was able to sail through the sickness in an unknown land because his mind was filled with the beautiful smile of a young lady. Now, he returned and rushed over to Hidden Gem Entertainment, only for the reason for his smile to be completely downcast and sad. Gone were the beautiful smiles that made his days. “Lulu?...
“Why would you make such a decision, Selene? What changed? I thought you came all the way to inform me you had accepted my offer.” Celeste couldn’t fathom what could have made Selene change her mind. When the young lady called her earlier, she concluded that she had finally made up her mind to join Glitz Entertainment. However, she got the shock of her life when she dropped the bomb just now. She looked toward Chloe, then at Selene, and back to Chloe. She had a hunch that the young lady changing her mind had something to do with Chloe’s persuasion. After all, Selene’s exit from Golden Age Entertainment wouldn’t make her happy either. “Aunt Celeste, don’t look at me like that. I didn’t do anything. Ask her if you want.” Chloe pointed toward Selene and the two followed her direction with their gazes. If anyone was so shocked at Selene’s sudden declaration, it was Chloe. She was ready to hear her friend throw herself at the feet of Celeste, but what she didn’t expect was her utt
“Isn’t it so convenient?Celeste, your shamelessness is truly unprecedented.” Christopher’s words made no sense to Celeste, as she was convinced that she was the victim in this case, and not him. She believed she might have committed her own sins in the past, but she didn’t deserve to be treated the way Christopher did to her.“Why am I suddenly shameless?Chris, don’t tell me I’m just supposed to suck it up because you say so.You took my daughter away from me.And, for twenty straight years, I was mourning my loss, while you and your freaking wife enjoyed your life as if Celeste didn’t exist. Must you punish me in this way?Doesn’t bearing you a child earn me forgiveness after everything that happened?Would you be this way if I had aborted the baby?”Celeste kept throwing question after question, but Christopher didn’t respond to a single one of them.“Shut the fu*k up, you bit*h!How dare you use that tone on me. Or, Are you still delusional enough to think that the fourteen-ye