Phyllis smiled at her brother. Her thin lips were elegantly curved into her usual smile. However, her smile never reached her eyes. Her almond eyes with perfectly drawn eyeliner stared straight at her brother who kept feeding weird stuff to the kids. A sudden thought crossed her mind. “Eon, your mommy is calling for you,” she gently uttered without taking her eyes away from her brother. “Oki! Ceci and I will go ahead now. Bye-bye ~” he said as he walk away. Phyllis turned to his quiet and well-behaved brother. To other people, this was the usual Phylian. He looks dignified and trustworthy. His serious features that take after their father made him look credible. Compared to her innocent and cute look, her brother looks more reliable. To outsiders, Phylian can never be associated with the word 'annoying'. But not for her. Phyllis knows him like the back of her hand. Oh, she knows him very well. Though Phylian is not moving, Phyllis raised her arm to stop her brother f
The twins went back inside to eat with their in-laws. Winston Lohr, Zacharias' father cheerfully invited them to their dining room. “Aiya~ my only son is now married, of course, we need to celebrate!” he said as he patted Harold Lu's shoulder. Harold laughed. “Well, you have to bring out your finest wine!” “I hope you like Chardonnays!” “Oh, I most certainly do!” The two old men continued to the dining room while talking about wines. This scene is not new to the bunch. Harold and Winston had a good relationship since they were young. Winston's sister, Margaret is best friends with Hillary, who married Harold. Naturally, their children all played together. Rui, Margaret's daughter, became best friends with Phyllis, Hillary's daughter, and Leila, daughter of Laura Ning. The daughters of their circle of friends became best friends, but the sons did not. Zacharias and Phylian never got along with each other. Phylian's overprotective attitude drew him away from the men w
Rui continued to coax Phyllis to calm her down. But no matter how patient she usually is, Phyllis' disheveled look made her scrunch her nose. “Stop crying, girl. Your mascara is smudging already. It's not cute.” “Really? I used waterproof mascara today…” “Girl, use sex-proof mascara next time. It's proven and tested,” Rui casually suggested. “What the hell, you filthy woman! If you're going to brag about your sex life, then go away!” Rui shrugged her shoulders. “I'm just suggesting useful tips to you, but can you fix yourself first? You don't want to let them see this kind of look, right?” Phyllis dejectedly wiped her tears. “Yeah... Go get your makeup kit.” Her bossy attitude made Rui's eyebrows arch. “Excuse me? My husband doesn't even let me do chores in the house. How can you boss me around?” Phyllis pouted as she tapped Rui's shoulder. “He's your husband. He's supposed to serve you. But I am your bestie, you're supposed to support me.” “You're too much! I don't underst
Inside Zacharias' room, the dejected Phyllis lay down on the bed with a blanket covering her entire body and face. She did not even bother looking at the music albums that were displayed in her idol's room. All the rare Luna albums are displayed neatly inside a glass cabinet. If she was feeling okay, she would have a look at all these. But with the shock that she just received, she doesn't have the energy to do so. Zacharias went inside his room with a medicine kit and a glass of water in his hands. “Lis, how are you feeling?” He took out the thermometer from the kit to take her temperature. When he touched her earlier, he felt that her body was so hot. He slightly lifted the blanket to check on Phyllis’ condition since she wasn't responding. Phyllis, whom he thought was still awake, fell asleep with a fever. Her face was flushed red and her body was burning from fever. “What the hell, Lis?” he helplessly muttered as he rummaged through the kit for a fever patch. He doesn't ev
'Three PM sharp and she's still not here, huh? I guess I'll start without her.'1 “Engineer Lu? We will proceed with the presentation now,” said the head of Design and Manufacturing. Phyllis just nodded and gestured for him to go on. Halfway through the meeting, everyone was carefully taking notes and involved in serious discussion, when the door suddenly opened. A woman in a red dress entered the room with her sunglasses on. “How come you guys started without me?” Phyllis gave her a quick glance before turning her gaze to the reports that were scattered in front of her. “I thought I told you guys to lock the door?” Her assistant felt shivers run down her spine. Phyllis has always been friendly and easy to approach even if she's the precious daughter of the chairman. However, when it comes to a meeting with the finance department, she becomes cold. Sophia Martinez, the woman who entered, was the deputy of the finance department. She is hailed as the beautiful young geniu
“Tsk, tsk. Girlie is trying to piss me off when I can uncover her secrets in a few clicks,” Phyllis murmured as she watched the door slam shut. She gathered her things before going out of the conference room. “Engineer Lu, when are you going to visit the office again so we can arrange a dinner with you,” one of the senior engineers asked. “Aiya, engineer, I'll go here tomorrow so we can eat out! It's been a while since our last gathering. So please invite everyone so I can treat them as well!” she responded in a cheerful manner. The senior engineer just chuckled after seeing Phyllis go back to her usual sunny self. “Okay, okay! But Phyllis, don't worry about the bout that you had with the finance deputy. Even if our project gets delayed, you don't have to worry since it will eventually come.” “I understand, engineer... I just don't want to waste everyone's efforts by delaying it for a few days.” In the engineering department, Phyllis is considered the baby. None of the engin
Angela's face flushed as soon as she saw Phylian standing behind her. “P-phylian!” “Who are you?” he indifferently asked. “I-I'm Angela! We were classmates in high school!” “Really? I don't remember you.” He then turned to his sister, who was holding multiple clothing articles. “Sis, are you still not done?” “Nope, not yet. Why?” “...” Phylian was about to say something, but he hesitated because Angela was still not leaving them alone. “Do you mind leaving us alone, miss?” Still, with her head in the air, Angela's eyes twinkled as she stared at Phylian's almond eyes. “But I wanted to catch up with my old classmates. Is that not allowed?” she meekly asked with a soft voice. And with her fake angelic voice, Phyllis felt irritated. She knew that Angela had a crush on her brother back in high school. However, she did not expect that she would still feel the same for Phylian. If she was a little bit friendly, Phyllis would have helped her get to know her brother. But,
The next day, Phyllis woke up late again. This is something that she's slowly getting used to. Zacharias would go to bed late, so it doesn't really bother her at all. Besides, the bed is big and wide for the two of them. There's no need to fear ever getting entangled with each other. He was right, she did not even feel his presence whenever they were sleeping on the same bed. As usual, she lazed around the bed while scrolling through her phone. She was quite active on social media. She usually shares photos and videos based on her mood. And by just casually posting stuff online, she gathered a few followers. Her NikNok account has 150k followers to this date. She would always post a short recording of her gameplay on this account. And she posted her photos on her Ninstagram account, which has 10k followers. Most of the notifications she saw were from her NikNok account. Lots of her followers frantically commented on the new video that she posted. [Woah! What?! You're this pret