"Just leave him, Stella. Stay with me and Mia. Why stay with someone as temperamental as him? You'll only suffer emotionally if you stay with him."Stella quickly shook her head. "No, I'll never leave my husband. I love him, and I believe that someday he will change."Damian paused for a moment upon hearing Stella's words. After a while, he finally spoke, "In the past... you loved me very much, didn't you?""Tch!" Stella scoffed, "Haven't my sincere words been enough to convince you that I loved you deeply back then? I even trusted you to the point where my father's wealth became yours. And now you're still asking? Your question is ridiculous.""What if you tried to fall in love with me again," Damian said, ignoring Stella's words.Stella immediately looked at Damian with a shocked expression. "What did you say? Fall in love with you again?"Damian nodded immediately. "Come back to me, Stella.""Are you out of your mind? You should already know what my answer is. You shattered my hear
"Oh my goodness, Madam, where have you been? Why are you only just now coming back?"Stella furrowed her brow seeing Miss Bertha looking worried and slightly scared. "Why?" she asked. "Is there a problem?""Of course there is, Madam. If there weren't, I wouldn't be this frightened."Stella's brow furrowed further. "Why?""Mr. Marvin, Madam. He's been furious, he even fired Mr. Halbert.""What?" Stella looked at Miss Bertha in shock. "Mr. Halbert was fired?"Miss Bertha nodded. "I've never seen Mr. Marvin this angry before. It's the first time he's been this furious.""But why was he so angry? There must be a reason, right? He wouldn't get angry for no reason.""Mr. Halbert was fired because he was deemed unable to look after you, Madam.""Huh? Because of me?" Stella asked, pointing to herself."Yes, Madam. Mr. Halbert was fired because he couldn't prevent you from leaving the house. It seems Mr. Marvin was afraid something bad might happen to you because your leg is still hurt.""Oh m
"Next time, I won't be careless about charging my phone. I'm sorry for making you worry," Stella said.Marvin nodded. He kissed Stella's forehead and hugged her again. A smile appeared on Stella's lips as he kissed her forehead. She pulled away from the hug and looked back at Marvin.As they stared into each other’s eyes for a while, Marvin bravely kissed Stella's lips. Stella wrapped her arms around Marvin's neck.Marvin, growing bolder, began to unzip Stella's dress from the back. He continued lowering it without any resistance from his wife. He laid Stella down on the bed, positioning himself above her, and they looked into each other’s eyes again.“Is it… okay if I…?”“Yes,” Stella answered quickly.Marvin smiled back, kissing Stella's forehead, then her cheeks, showering her face with kisses.“This is your first time, right? I'll be gentle. Let me know if I'm too rough or if it hurts. This might hurt a little.”Stella swallowed and nodded. Her heart pounded as Marvin spoke. Howev
"DON'T RUN AWAY!""Damn it!"Stella escaped from two burly men who were chasing her. She ran into an alley and hid in the neighborhood's public bathroom. Quickly, she took the cell phone and called someone."Leave the house now. Wait for me at the red light intersection near the bakery. Bring our clothes too!"Without waiting for her sister Mia's response, she immediately switched off the phone. The draining incident made her lean her head against the door while catching her breath.After feeling that it was safe, she opened the door slowly while peeking out. She stepped slowly, observing the surroundings warily."Looks like I'm safe," she muttered, then walked quickly to meet her sister at the place she had mentioned earlier."HEY! DON'T RUN AWAY!"She immediately looked back, saw the people who had been chasing her coming out of another alley and running towards her."Damn it!" she shouted, then ran again as fast as she could to avoid them.After running for quite some distance, her
"Damian! Stop!" said Stella as she crossed the street.Damian immediately stopped walking, turning his head to the woman who was walking towards him."Uh, sweetheart? Why are you here?" He smiled.She looked at him sarcastically."Why, darling? Did you change your mind about my offer yesterday?" He asked."Yuck!" She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him roughly.Instead of being angry and upset, he smiled sweetly."Give me back all of my father's possessions!" she said through gritted teeth.He gently removed her hand from his collar. "Something that already belongs to someone else can't be given back to its owner, sweetheart. Don't blame me, blame your father. Why was he foolish enough to trust me with all his business," he said, still smiling sweetly.Her hands were clenched tightly, the sight of Damian smiling disgusted her even more, and the fire of hatred grew."Or put it this way, accept my offer to be my wife. Give your body to me. I'll give ten percent of treasure to you a
Marvin, who was sitting with his eyes looking straight at the laptop screen, immediately raised his gaze when he heard the sound of the door being opened. He saw Dariel approaching him with hurriedly."Couldn't you have knocked first? Just startled me!" Marvin said."I'm sorry, sir. I have news for you, either good news or bad news." Dariel said. He sat on the chair opposite Marvin.Marvin, who was sitting back, frowned. He straightened his back, put his hands on the table and looked at Dariel in confusion."What's wrong?" Marvin asked."It's about Lily."Marvin immediately swallowed his saliva when Dariel mentioned a woman's name. "Wh-why?"Dariel got up from his seat and walked over to Marvin, then whispered in Marvin's ear."...""What?!" Marvin got up from his seat and stood straight, looking at Dariel with a very surprised look. "Are you serious?""More than serious." Dariel replied."How did you find out? Did you find out the truth?"Dariel shook his head. "It happened a long ti
A secretary escorted Stella to her boss's room, then knocked on the door."Come in." A man said from inside the room.A secretary finally opened the door and entered after getting approval.As Stella entered, she saw a man sitting on a chair with his back turned to her."Sir? Miss Stella-""You may come out.""Yes, sir." A secretary smiled at Stella and then left the room.The man turned his chair around and looked at Stella. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw who was sitting there. Yesterday at an inopportune time, they were brought together."You... I-i mean, Mr... who helped me yesterday, right?" she asked."You have a good memory," said the man who was none other than Marvin.Stella swallowed her saliva. "For yesterday, I-i apologize, sir. I swear to God, I didn't mean to say anything to you," said Stella as she pointed her index and middle fingers until they looked like the letter V, "That remark yesterday was directed at someone else and not you. Also, I'd like to apologi
"Wait, so one of the Jaffin daughters is Mr. Marvin's lover?" William said, the 35-year-old man who had been hiring people to go after Stella and Mia."Yes, Boss. It appears that way. We overheard the man addressing the woman with affection. He also mentioned that Stella should have disclosed her debt, so he could settle it without causing embarrassment.""Why don't you find out first! You should have—""Our job is to collect debts, not look for information!" The man interjected. "Now, hurry up and pay for our work, so we can leave this place!""Damn it!" William exclaimed, his fists clenched tightly. He walk over to the desk, opened the drawer, and retrieved a brown envelope to give to the men."Mr. Marvin also mentioned, if you want to take the blame, just blame Damian.""Damian?"Without hesitation, William grabbed the cell phone lying on the table and dialed Damian's number.***"What is the meaning of this? Why did you unilaterally cancel our partnership?" Damian demanded angrily