Paige stared at her Dad in surprise."But why, Dad?" she asked. "You both are good friends and..."He shook his head. "No, Paige, that can never happen.""Why? Is there someone else you like?" she asked him.He was silent for a while and finally said, "Listen, I understand that you're worried about me, but it's okay. I'm fine. You do not have to try and marry me off to someone."Paige chuckled. "I'm not trying to marry you off to anyone, Dad. It's just that I'm worried that you'll be lonely. You seemed happy with Miss Lilian around you."He shook his head. "No, you're wrong, Paige. How can I be lonely when you're here?""But I'm not going to always be here," she replied. "Dad, I'm going to get married someday, and I'd go live with Mr. Zach. Even Lina will leave someday. You'll be all alone.""No, I won't be all alone," her father said to her. "You're going to give me grandchildren, and they'll all keep me company."Paige sighed and placed her palm on her forehead in frustration."Ah,
Paige smiled. "Well, what can I say? I've always loved to sing. From when I was little, I would sing with my mom, but I lost her at an early age, and my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would for a while. But here I am. I guess I put in my best, and it turned out to be good enough.""Mmmm, okay, that's nice. You suddenly moved from Paige Summers to Paige Lawson. How have you been able to handle that?""Pretty well, I think. The thing is that while I lived as Paige Summers, I always wondered why I never had the relationship other kids had with their fathers. I mean, I'd see how close they were, how they did so many things together. I always wanted that. Eventually, when I was kicked out of the house, I ended up meeting my father, and meeting him is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I now know what it means to have the genuine love of a father. I feel loved every second of my life. We have such a good relationship and he has a good heart. He's an amazing man
Paige and Zach hugged each other before she finally got into his car."You did really well," he told her.Paige smiled, "Thank you, Mr. Zach." She recalled her conversation with Barbie and said, "I was thinking that.... I need to come up with a way to make Barbie and Williams meet, considering that we've planned it from the very beginning.""Of course... Of course," Zach said. "I actually have a plan in mind.""You do?""Yeah. You know I always got your back," Zach replied.She smiled at him. After listening to his idea, she exclaimed, "Wow! That's a really good idea. You're really so smart, Mr. Zach.""But of course. Do you think I got to where I am without being smart?" Zach asked while she laughed.After Paige got back home, she called Barbie and told her that she had a good plan."Oh really? That's nice," Barbie said. "Meanwhile, I saw your interview. It was really amazing, and I'm surprised you didn't mention Mr. Zach's name. I would have been so proud to show him off to the wor
Lina sat facing Daniel Adrian with a smile on her face."Why are you staring at me like that?" she asked when he kept looking at her."Well, it's because you're so beautiful," Daniel replied.She laughed, "Thank you.""We came here to eat, right? Then let's place our orders." He called the waiter to come closer and place his order before asking her to place hers as well.Afterward, he asked, "So tell me, do you have a boyfriend?"She smiled, "No, I'm very much single.""Really? Are you sure? How can a beautiful girl like you be very single?"Lina chuckled, "I guess, I haven't met the right one yet.""I heard a few rumors that you have something to do with Max, I don't know how true it is," Daniel told her as he wanted to see how good a liar she was."No, it's not true," Lina quickly denied it. "Max and I are very, very good friends. We are close, and he finds me adorable, but I'm single.""I guess that makes you available then.""Of course, I... I have always liked you, Daniel, that'
Zach stared at the drink in front of him for a while and finally poured it into a glass cup.A few minutes later, he called Paige's number again. Once again, the man who was holding the lighter showed it to Paige threateningly and said, "Go ahead and take the call; you should know the right words to say."At this point, Candy took the phone closer to Paige again and answered the call, putting it on speaker.Zach said over the phone, "Wow, Paige, this wine tastes amazingly delicious. Do you know why? It's because it's a gift from you. You really know what I love. Now tell me, when are you coming? I've almost emptied the bottle, and I feel really good." "I will be there soon," Paige replied."Okay, I will be waiting for you, Sunshine."After the call ended, Candy got up and smiled, "Wow! Everything has gone according to plan.""So, are we done here?" one of the men asked.She shook her head, "Not quite. Give me a second; I'll be right back."She went into one of the rooms with the dre
Barbie paced up and down her room, thinking about the conversation she had shared with Williams earlier.A few hours earlier, while driving her to her house, he had said, "I'm beginning to think that this plan to cause misunderstandings between Zach and Paige will not work.""Why do you think it would not work? I feel it's a very good plan." She had told him.But Williams shook his head, saying, "No, Zach and Paige seem to trust each other so much, haven't you noticed? I have never seen Zach so addicted to someone. No matter the misunderstanding with Paige, I'm sure he'd always trash it out.But the case would be different if he witnessed something with his eyes.""What do you mean by something with his eyes?" She had asked him."Well, what do you think will happen if Zach sees Paige in bed with someone else?""Someone else? And who would that be?" Barbie had asked."Me," Williams had replied."What? I thought you said Zach is like a brother to you. If he sees you in bed with Paige, w
Candy struggled for life as Zach continued to choke her. When he finally let go of her neck, she went on her knees and tried to catch her breath.At this time, Zach turned his back on her and went back to the bed to pick up his shirt and put it on. Candy took advantage of the opportunity and picked up her bra and pant.As she began to put them back on, Zach noticed the dress she had worn which was lying closer to the bed. He knew it was Paige's because she had worn it when he met her earlier and he had perceived her smell when Candy went closer to him earlier.He turned to face Candy after buttoning his shirt but she was no longer in the room. He smiled.Candy ran as fast as she could toward the exit door. She was putting on only a bra and her panties and had left her bag behind but all these did not matter to her. The only thing she wanted was to make it out and get away from Zach.However, the moment she opened the door and bolted out, she screamed in fright when she bumped into mo
Inside the dimly lit room Candy was locked in, she paced up and down anxiously as she never imagined that her plan would flop so badly.She had been so convinced that Zach drank all the wine in that bottle. It was evident from his wine glass which she saw when she came into his beach house and he also seemed intoxicated.Did he become sober by some stroke of luck or was he pretending all along? She looked around the room for any possible escape route but could not find any.All the windows had iron bars and the room had only one door which was locked from the outside. Even if it was open, there were so many men in the living room and they looked scary."What was I thinking? How could I have made such a dangerous plan?" She asked herself.She had thought she would capture a video of herself and Zach being intimate. She had planned to burn Paige's body into ashes and dump it into the ocean. Afterward, she would have blackmailed Zach with the sex video and have him return everything he t