"Excuse me, I'm looking for Dr. Peck."Rowena had just finished her shift and was going to head back home when she heard someone asking for her. She looked over and saw a middle-aged couple walking towards her."Hi, I'm Rowena. Are you looking for—""Ah!"Rowena was going to introduce herself. Before she could finish her sentence, the lady slapped her. She then tried to grab her hair and continued to hurt her.Of course, now that Rowena knew the couple was up to no good, she was not going to let them do whatever they wanted. She had been slapped because she had not been anticipating the attack. Now, she put her guard up and swiftly did a taekwondo move to free herself.The fierce woman fell to the ground. The moment she realized she was no match for Rowena, she started crying.As she cried, she shouted at the top of her lungs, "This woman is having an affair with my daughter's husband, and now, she is hitting me! Anyone, please help!""I don't know who you are." Rowena was baff
As Rowena expected, Randall was unable to cut off ties with Lola. Now Lola was using Ethan to stop Randall from leaving her. Although Ethan was adopted, he had always thought of Randall as his father.How to handle Ethan was, indeed, a tricky question. Ethan was a sensitive boy. When he realized Randall was breaking up with Lola, he threw tantrums and cried non-stop until he developed a high fever.When Ethan was sent to the hospital again, Rowena gave Randall a look as if she was saying, 'I told you so.'When the other doctor arrived to check on Ethan, Rowena was just finishing her shift and was ready to leave.Randall walked with her and pulled Rowena aside when no one else was around."Rowena, please give me two more days. I'll find a way to settle Ethan so he won't be hurt or feel deserted," Randall said."How are you going to do that? He was an orphan. Are you thinking about sending him back to the orphanage? I already told you that he is a bit paranoid and is a very sensiti
Randall did try to force Rowena to have sex with him again. However, Rowena was never going to let him have his way. She defended herself. Although she knew she was no match for him, she also knew Randall would not hurt her.Both of them fought violently in the bedroom, and her neighbor, who was also her colleague, hit the wall to warn them to keep it down.Finally, Rowena decided to call the police."I didn't call the police because you are a father. But I'm not going to go easy on you this time!" Rowena threatened.Mysteriously, Randall nodded and let her call the police.When the police arrived, he did not fight and admitted that he was trying to rape Rowena. The police took him away. Everyone was curious as to why the police were there and watched the scene unfold.By then, Rowena knew what Randall was up to. His purpose was not to force her to sleep with him. He had wanted the police to take him away. He was trying to use this to make up for the trouble he had caused her.'
Desperately, Johnny tried to hint to Rowena that this was their chance to ruin Randall. He had been waiting for this. Now that revenge was within his reach, why would he squander the opportunity?However, Rowena furrowed her brow as she listened to him."I won't frame him or accuse him of anything he hasn't done," Rowena stated."Why do you think you are framing him? He broke us up, and the law couldn't do anything about that. Have you forgotten that he nearly beat me to death?" Johnny asked."If he really wanted you dead, you wouldn't be standing here now," Rowena said."Why do you keep defending him?" Johnny asked."I'm not defending him. I'm just telling the truth," Rowena replied.She loathed Randall for what he had done, but that was that. Although the law could not punish him then, Rowena had gotten revenge her own way. Now, they were even.However, Johnny was not satisfied."Then you can just tell the truth by saying Randall is a bad guy. What's wrong with us teaching h
Rowena had thought that excuse would let her escape. However, all Randall did was carry her into the bathroom and turn on the shower. Water sprayed out of the showerhead while they were both constrained in the small space where they could hear and see each other.Once again, Randall pinned Rowena to the wall and kissed her."Rowena." He called out her name affectionately.This time, he kissed her softly and gently, as if Rowena's lips were as soft as marshmallows. He was not great at kissing. At age thirty, he finally understood why men liked to indulge in kissing. Before that, he had had no interest in women.Perhaps, it had been his environment. Witnessing men waste their time indulging in a decadent and messy lifestyle to satisfy their own pleasure had turned him against that sort of life.He had only experienced that sort of joy after sleeping with Rowena. No wonder so many people were into it. Sexual intercourse had the ability to bring people to heaven when both parties enjo
The next day, Rowena woke up feeling sore and like her bones had been dismantled and reattached. Recalling what had happened last night, she had the urge to curse.Especially when she woke up to see Randall's face!Randall had placed his arm underneath Rowena's pillow and was using his other arm to tightly hold her waist. He had been cuddling her the whole night.Rowena felt awkward and uneasy. She was not used to being so close and intimate with him — even though they had done the most intimate of acts last night.She tried to move, but suddenly, something was revived. 'He hasn't had enough?' she thought.When Rowena moved, Randall woke up because they were sleeping so close. He looked at her sleepily. His exhaustion did not stop him from feeling happy and smiling."Rowena, good morning," Randall said."I'm getting out of bed!" Rowena told him."All right." Randall nodded and continued smiling ambiguously at her. It felt like he was teasing her and wondering why she had not le
Breaking up was normal, and men were not obliged to offer compensation. However, rich and generous men often did it in Athenapolis.Randall and Lola were not really a couple.When they had gotten together, Lola had had no one and had begged Randall to be with and support her. Randall had accepted because he had wanted a companion.Therefore, their relationship was one where they both took what they wanted from each other. Now that he was properly breaking things off with Lola, he thought he should bear a little responsibility and make it a clean separation and ending.He had not realized Rowena would mind.Rowena also stated her view: "If you feel sorry or even the slightest bit of regret about breaking up with her, you should let it go. If you don't sever this cleanly, you'll face more trouble in the future. I don't want another woman to disturb me or us when you are trying to pursue me.""Then, what do you want me to do?" Randall asked."I'm giving you today to settle it. If y
Randall had been inseparable from Rowena recently. He had made up his mind to stick around until Rowena agreed to move back in with him.Not only did he hire a nanny to take care of Ethan, but he also left his company unattended. He even ignored the scandal that caused his company's stock price to fall.As long as he had Rowena, he could not care less about anything else.On the other hand, Yaacob, who helped Randall to win back Rowena, was not as lucky as him.While in the midst of the Harrison scandal, someone gave him bad news. Julian was back. Since Yaacob became the rightful heir of Getson Corporation, Julian had left Olumphia and started his own business abroad.Rumor had it his business had been doing well. He was placed in the ranks of world-renowned businessmen, one whose business spanned multiple countries within a short period of time.However, Julian expanded his business empire rapidly for a personal reason. That reason was so it would be easier for him to look for N