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JAXON'S POV

Maxine pushed an envelope on my front, I just looked at her, "That's the contract for Kassio Musical Theatre."

"How many years before the contract last?"

"Five years."

I smirked, she's doing everything just make me to stay with her longer, "You didn't let me go home with my wife after my first month here, then you're giving me a contract that lasts for five years?"

"You have no reason to go home that time," she stood up and get her bag, "Sign it, 100M euros can be turned into stone if you ignore it. I'm going to my ob-gyne."

She left me in the room, I was about to read the contract when my phone suddenly rang, it's Haru.

[I finally talked to you. What happened to you?]

"I'm just really busy here, how are you?"

[You still didn't talk to your wife, don't you?]

I became quiet for a second, she didn't lose at my mind, but thinking that she's already happy with Jacob, making my heart crushed into pieces.

"I told you, I'm busy."

[Selena passed out last time—]

My eyes widened, "Why? What happened?"

[I'm the one who should ask you that, what happened to your talk that time that made her passed out like that?]

"Talk? We never talked since I got here—"

[Your phone number registered on her phone. You talked for a second.]

"I didn't..."

' "Where's your phone, hmm?" Maxine asked me while I'm sucking her breast, I gave her my phone.

I ignored what she's doing at my phone and enjoying her body. She pulled me up to kiss her lips, "Enter me now, honey—aahhh hmm Jaxon..."

"You don't need to say that me aahh hmm..." '

"Oh shit!"

[You remember now?]

"She would've heard something, what am I going to do now? Argh."

[Go home now, she's waiting for you.]

"I can't."

[Why not? Go ho—]

"Maxine is pregnant, and I'm the father."

[You're a jerk, Jaxon. Selena is also pregnant to your child.]

I felt a bucket of ice showered on my whole body when I heard that. She's pregnant? No, maybe it's Jacob's.

"It's Jacob's, not mine."

[What the hell are you saying?! Selena is already pregnant before you leave the country.]

SELENA'S POV

"You're enjoying it, and also you're good at painting," Jacob praised me while staring at the portrait that I made.

"Hm, but I only discovered it now."

He laughed and sat, still holding the portrait, "But, what is your inspiration of this painting?"

It's a painting of a couple standing under the fall of snows, staring at each other with full of love and happiness, but the snows are not white.

"Why the snow is red? It suddenly gave me chills," he added.

I smiled at him, "Betrayal."

He looked at me with, his brows are furrowed and waiting me to explain the whole thing. I moved closer to him, pointing pieces of snow that has sharp edges.

"This shows how the beautiful snow killed the couple. It's always showing up in my dreams, I'm with a guy, after saying those sweet words, he stabbed me in my back while hugging me tightly," I looked back at him, when he's just staring at me, I assumed that he didn't understand any of it, "Ah, it's just a scene on my dream."

He chuckled and looked back at the painting, "That was a deep reference for a painting. You saw the guy's face in your dream?"

"No, it's still blurry and that same situation just keep on repeating."

"I see." He's nodding his head and displayed the painting at the table.

"By the way, you should go back to your company now. I'm fine here alone," I said while cleaning up my room.

He stood at my front, giving me a card, "Use this."

"What is this?" I asked while looking at the card back to back. It's just having a huge letter 'M' on it, nothing making it special, to be honest.

"You'll need it tomorrow. I'll go now, take care!"

He left me staring on his back, what's going on? I sat down and looked at the card, the design of it looks luxury because of black and golden theme. My phone suddenly rang, and it flashed Haru's name.

"Hey, how are you?"

[I-I'm fine...]

"You don't sound like it, did something happen?"

[Selena, I don't know if I'm the one who should tell you this...]

"About what?"

[Are you still at the hospital?]

"Oum, I'll be discharged by tomorrow. Why? What are you going to say?"

[It's nothing. Never mind, just take a good care of yourself, huh?]

"What do—"

What happened to him? Why did he hang up the call already? My heart beat raced while I'm trying to call him again, but he's not picking up his phone.

Since I finished cleaning up my room, I decided to walk out again for fresh air. While walking at the garden, two girls in my front mentioned my name that pushed me to eavesdrop at their conversation.

"Selena Silvenia is the name of the wife of CEO of Silvenia company, right?"

"Yeah, but I saw her with the CEO of Morelli's company, as far as I know, the two companies are always competing for the sales of their technologies. Don't you find it odd?"

"Maybe, Selena is having an affair with Jacob Morelli while her husband is out of the country to work. How dare is she to do that!?"

Calm yourself, Selena. They didn't know anything, calm down.

"She's also pregnant now, I bet it's Jacob's child—"

"How can you be so sure?" They both looked at me with shock in their eyes. I don't want to meddle with their conversation, but it offended me, I'm not a push over. "Did you take a DNA test to my child and Jacob to say it with too much confidence?" I asked them.

A girl walked closer to me with a fake braveness, her hands are shaking, "W-Why do we need to do it? The f-fact that you're a-always with him can be already an enough e-evidence." and she can't even speak straightly.

"If you're going to prove something," I hold her shoulder that made her flinch, "You need to state your reason straightly and not in a shaky voice."

Her friend pulled her back and ran away. I sighed while watching them running away from me, they've such a huge mouth. It's better for them to clean it, they're lucky because I'm the one who they're mocking, and not the other bad people. Their bodies are already cold bodies if I'm like that, bad peoples.

A family passed on my front, their daughter is obviously ill, but her smiles and laughs are so sweet. Her parents are laughing with her, buy her a sandwich while playing with her. I wonder if my parents are just like them, maybe I'm living a different life now if they have not killed.

I wiped my tears and smiled to the little girl when she looked at me all of a sudden. She waved at me, her parents looked at me, they also did what their daughter does. I waved back to them, but they suddenly disappeared from my sight.

"Am I seeing things right now?"

My soul almost left my body when a hand touched my shoulder. An old woman is smiling at me—wait, she's the old woman who helped me when I passed out on our house.

"It seems like you already know everything," she said, and sat at the bench that I'm sitting earlier. I sat beside her, she looked at me, "Karen and Haxilla's family raised you well."

I nod, looking from afar, "Yes, they are. How did you know that I'm here?"

"Someone told me. Who's that guy that you're always with?"

"It's Jacob Morelli—"

She holds my hand suddenly, "You should be aware of the persons surround you."

"What do you mean? Jacob is not a bad person."

She sighed, "I'm not saying that he is a bad person. I'm just bothered that you're so soft to trust anyone."

I'm just looking at her, she didn't say that I should stay away from Jacob, but there's something on her words. Does she know something? Is she also hiding the truth from me?

"Who are you for me to listen?" I asked, she smiled at me

"Don't be so stubborn. You can kill yourself."

"Can you enlighten me? I don't understand it."

She kissed my forehead that made me shocked, she looked at me and caressed my face, "You've been through a lot already to save yourself. Don't make any stupid decisions that can ruin your life."

"You're not threatening me, right?"

"Silly, why would I? I'm just giving you a warning."

I sighed and nod my head, "Alright, I'll be more careful now. But—"

My words cut off when she's not already at my side, where did she go? I stood up to look for her, but she's nowhere to be found. A wind suddenly blown at my body, it made me comfortable and safe at the same time. Should I follow her? There's really something on her words, argh!

Did my trust issue got worst now? Aish, it's so frustrating.

SOMEONE'S POV

He throws the glass on my front and pulled me up using my collar, his range is obvious on his face, "Do it quickly. The party will be held one month from now. I can't face them with this!"

I smirked, removed his hands from my collar, "Then do it by yourself," he is glaring at me, but who cares if he's angry now? "I'm just doing this because of the money that I can get from it. I don't care about you at all."

"What?! Did you forget how much money I spent to raise your company?!"

I sat down and pour my glass of beer, "It's mom's, not yours. Don't act like you did anything for the company, maybe stealing our money."

"Shut your mouth. So, why did it take for so long? Don't tell me—"

"She's not that easy," I rolled my eyes on him, "I need to move neatly and careful, so that she won't suspect me or something."

He sat at the couch at my front, "You can kill her immediately, but you're wasting time on her."

"Everything will be so satisfying if it'll be, hmm, a little dramatic."

"Oh right, Maxine is pregnant now."

My hand slowly put down the glass that I'm holding, "Pregnant? By whom?"

"Jaxon, of course. She must've lost her mind.

Ha, she's really serious about it. Ahh, when love eat your heart as a whole, it can control your whole body and system.

"Her obsession just make my work less difficult. I didn't know that Maxine is such a genius, huh?"

He looked at me while his forehead is creased, "Are you crazy? Do you know how shameful it is?"

"No," I laughed, "Who cares about her dignity if she's already made herself as a mistress. I'm the one who benefits her stupid decision."

"I thought you already talked to her?"

"About what?"

"Your engagement party?"

The corner of my lip lifted upward, "Why do I need to continue it if she's already pregnant? I won't humiliate myself in front of the other people."

"You're so selfish, I like it."

I throw the leftover beer at my glass on his face, "Do your job properly. Stop rushing things, it annoys me."

While I'm walking in the corridor, my phone rang, "Yeah?"

[I wonder if you have some time to meet me tomorrow?]

I looked at my wristwatch, "I'm busy tomorrow. You can say what you wanted to say now."

[Never mind.]

"Is she crazy?" I asked myself while tapping my phone.

Ahhh, it feels so good when the luck is siding on you. I should call Maxine later, and thank her for making my job so easy. Money, money, come to me.