Shanon narrowed her eyes; she clearly recognized him. The man was ...."Ian?" Shanon's voice caught, as there was someone else standing beside Ian. The woman was very familiar to Shanon. "Miriam? So ... it's all your doing?" Shanon screamed. Angry. But Ian quickly darted towards her and hit the back of her neck.Shanon passed out.In the darkness. She could still imagine her lover's face. Darren. Oh, if only the figure welcoming her behind the darkness was her husband. Miriam would be very happy.Sadly, it's not him.Darren would never be there. Not anymore.***"Urgh...." Shanon groaned. She was awake now. It seemed she had been unconscious for several hours. Her hands couldn't move, nor could her feet. Even the sound that came out was just a whimper. She couldn't speak. Black tape bound her perfectly."You're awake, it seems," Miriam exclaimed from behind the door, which now gave Shanon some clues about her whereabouts. She was in the back warehouse, near the stairs. Why were they k
Shanon collapsed with a bloody leg. Miriam immediately grabbed her hair and dragged her out of the warehouse to get to a brighter light. Shanon's blood smelled metallic and scattered along the floor as Miriam changed the location of her torture."Let me go!!" Shanon screamed in pain. The stinging sensation and anger piled up inside her. How could she be tortured in her own home?"I already told you, didn't I? Stop acting up! It will only hurt you even more," Miriam scolded. Ian staggered behind them. After successfully removing the bloody pen, he quickly wrapped the wound with a scarf he took from the warehouse."Bastard!" he cursed, groaning in pain as the burning sensation pierced his skin. Shanon's stab wounds were deep, but he didn't have time to treat it. They needed to get that signature quickly."Get it done real quick! Sign that fucking document and we will call an ambulance to take care of you! We don't want your life. What's so hard about it?!" Ian shouted, and Shanon now tr
"Darling!" Darren shot forward, embracing Shanon whom sprawled on the carpet. Ian and Miriam watched from behind the door. The threat wasn't over."Hand over your car keys!" Ian barked. Darren didn't even hear the thin man's shout. He was busy checking Shanon's pulse and breathing. Every vital area he could ensure to make sure Shanon was still alive."Call an ambulance!" Darren yelled while carrying Shanon in his arms."We're not your maids. Can't you see? We're the villains here." Ian scoffed, making Darren's anger reach its boiling point."What have you done to her?!""We were just playing around with her a bit. Not our fault if she struggled and ended up like that."Darren's eyes reddened. He immediately dashed towards the door to take Shanon to the nearest hospital, but Ian stopped him."Hey! You can't go anywhere!" Ian grabbed Darren's collar and pulled him back."I need to get to the hospital! Shanon is dying!""Hey, where do you think you're going? Aren't you leaving her behind
Shanon still lay weakly, Mia and Tomi were already in the waiting room. The doctor still couldn't allow them to visit because they weren't family members."How's the director?" Mia asked as Darren finally emerged from the inpatient room. "She's recovering, although she's still unconscious," he said softly. His eyes looked weary, very different from when they met before this tragic incident occurred."Mia, tell me anything I might have missed," Darren asked for clues. He would soon get Ian and Miriam arrested, but Darren wanted to uncover the truth that had been hidden all this time."Ian and Miriam have been playing both of you. We only found out after catching Alice," Mia said, with Tomi nodding in agreement."Their internal lackeys are being interrogated by investigators. We've reported Ian and Miriam, but it seems they've already fled, Sir," Tomi sighed. It seemed their actions were too late. Somehow, Ian and Miriam had managed to escape so quickly."So, what did they take?""For n
Crash! "How could you, Seno!" Lara never expected that marriage would only bring pain to her heart. After she and her driver broke into the director's room—which was said to be having an important meeting—they were immediately presented with the disgusting sight of her half-naked husband. He was there, cheating, with his secretary, Olivia. Initially, they were forbidden to enter. However, Lara insisted, and ordered her driver to follow her. Sure enough, her husband's room was locked. Lara instructed the big man to break it down and ... her suspicion was confirmed. She had long had a bad feeling ever since her husband opened a new business that boosted their economic situation. Seno, who used to be just an employee, had now become a big boss. Everything changed for the better, but not his behavior. Seno came home less frequently and often got angry when Lara asked where he had been and why he didn't come home. He said there was a lot of work. Isn't this what you wanted? he said.
The yellowing dusk bestowed a natural beauty that should have been enjoyed, but not by Lara. Olivia's sudden appearance, after the confrontation she had, was the biggest insult to her. "That woman! How dare she!" Lara slumped weakly after the series of events she experienced felt like shaking her world. Suddenly, her stomach felt painful, her muscles tensed again. Yet, she had just promised the doctor to take care of this nearly 6-month-old pregnancy well, after almost experiencing a miscarriage before. Seno hadn't come home for several days, claiming overtime, over and over again. Now she knew why there were some properties held in his name, secretly. Did Seno buy Olivia an apartment or a house? Imagining that, her head started to ache. How dare they play with fire behind her back! "Madam!" Bi Yani called out, Lara could hear her voice faintly. But, she was still struggling to breathe. Seno's drastic increase in wealth prevented her from interrogating him like at the beginning of
The ambulance arrived promptly with its sirens blaring. Bi Yani panicked as she opened the door and showed them the sofa where Ms. Lara was lying. "Move the patient!" one of the paramedics shouted to his colleague. Bi Yani cried and felt anxious, fearing that Ms. Lara might miscarry. "Ma'am, come with us, okay?" one of the paramedics said, and she nodded. They immediately headed to the hospital, which was not far from Ms. Lara's residence. There, Ms. Lara was already awaited by the attending doctors. *** "Where's the operating room?" "Down the second hallway, follow me!" A nurse quickly led the medical team to the operating room. Their footsteps echoed alternately, creating a tense atmosphere in the hallway. "Be careful!" The hospital nurse and the medical team on duty pushed the stretcher at a controlled speed. They looked calm even though their steps were heavy, moving with the precision of cavalry on a battlefield. The nurse and medical team made their way through the quiet
Andre never imagined that the patient on the operating table was Lara."Doctor, I ho-hope... my baby survives," she said with a trembling voice.Andre was stunned. What had happened to her? And the baby... Lara was already married?"Doctor!""Ah!"For a moment, Andre froze, unable to act. Childhood memories of Lara Selene, his long-lost friend, flooded his mind. How had they ended up meeting again in such a tragic situation?"Surgery, begin."He quickly returned to his main task. The skilled medical team assisted him in starting the critical rescue procedure. They began the surgery, which could last for hours, with tension palpable in the room.The operating room was filled with the sounds of medical equipment, blinding surgical lights, and the fast movements of the surgical team. Lara's life and that of her unborn child were at stake. Andre struggled to grasp the reality that Lara was pregnant."Now, we need to stop this bleeding. Suction, please," he commanded the surgical assistant