Nicholas touched the green telephone icon on the screen, ready to curse any man who dared to call Josephine at a time like this."Hello?"Who is the voice of the person calling? Nicholas's brow furrowed. The caller was a man, that's true, but why did his voice sound like a child's?"Hello," replied Nicholas.For a moment, there was no sound, then, "Hey, who are you? Why did you take Ms. Joy's call?" asked the voice of the caller with exasperation.Nicholas's brow furrowed. "Ms. Joy? Ah, you must mean Josephine. And who am I talking to? Rain?" asked Nicholas lightly.He was holding back a smile, feeling that he could guess that the caller was one of Josephine's children. The child calls his mother as Ms. Joy. Could it be part of their attempt to hide their identity?Nicholas thought, he might be able to win Josephine's heart or at least it would be easier to approach Josephine if he could win over her three children.After all, seeing their resemblance to him, the feeling that he was t
Josephine's hold on Nicholas was so tight, that it was hard for him to move. Josephine looked so comfortable leaning on him that Nicholas didn't have the heart to move her.Nicholas wanted to know what Josephine was dreaming of, until she cried in her sleep like that. Does she miss her mother? Nicholas stroked Josephine's hair gently.One thing that Nicholas missed, was about Josephine's biological mother and what happened to her. Nicholas sighed. How much suffering has Josephine been through so far?Very slowly and carefully, Nicholas took his phone from his trouser pocket, then he adjusted himself so he could shift and change into a sitting position leaning against the head of the bed, so that finally Josephine, with her arms still hugging Nicholas' waist, this time lay down comfortably, with Nicholas' stomach as her pillow.Josephine shifted to find a comfortable position and Nicholas realized that her belt was bothering Josephine. He unbuckled his belt and jacket and simply droppe
Josephine sat silently on the dining chair, looking at all the food that was served on the table with mixed feelings. She thought, while he had been waiting for her sleep, Nicholas had been looking around her kitchen. It seemed the man had the intention of cooking something beforehand, because Josephine saw a pot half filled with water on the stove and a knife on the cutting board. Josephine felt embarrassed, realizing that before that her fridge had been empty, only three eggs, a glass of orange juice, half a watermelon, half a purple cabbage and two carrots in it. Nicholas must have been confused about what to cook with those limited ingredients, so he finally decided to order food from a restaurant. However, everything that was served on the table clearly came from a five-star restaurant and there were so many varieties, that even Josephine was confused about which one she would eat first. After some thought, Josephine decided to put some of the food in the fridge. She could r
"What are you doing, Lindsay!" Josephine hissed angrily to Lindsay. She turn to Miriam. "Ma'am, are you all right?"The man who came with Thomas quickly knelt beside Josephine who was embracing Miriam who looked surprised, sitting on the floor."Sir, can you look after grandmother Miriam for a moment? I will call the doctor," Josephine said to the man.The man nodded and Josephine immediately ran to the duty counter and borrowed the phone."Doctor Intochar, can you come to the infusion room now? It's about a patient called Mrs. Miriam. It was time she received her infusion of medicine but there was no one in the infusion room and she fell. I was worried for her and thought she should receive a checkup from and first, in case there is a problem with the heart organ," said Josephine at length.Doctor Intochar, the doctor who has treated and cared Miriam Kane, sounded surprised. "What? Fell? How did it happen? Were you with her, nurse Josephine? Wait there, I'll be right over. Keep her s
Josephine looked at Thomas in disbelief. Thomas is a true opportunist. He will not hesitate to throw away anything he feels is not profitable for him, but will not hesitate to lick his spit back if he feels there is an advantage to be gained. Jeremiah's eyebrows rose. "Nurse Josephine is your daughter?" asked Jeremiah in a skeptical tone. "Why didn't you say so earlier?" Thomas smiled nervously. "Err... I just don't want to burden you because your mother is being cared for by my daughter." Josephine snorted harshly. "A burden? I am, a professional nurse, is a burden? I'm a nurse and it's my job to look after anyone who comes to this hospital for treatment. Don't make excuses for me, Mr. Jade. That's ridiculous! Mrs. Miriam has been my patient for a long time," Josephine said annoyed. Jeremiah looked at Josephine and Thomas questioningly. He felt that there was something unnatural between the three people in front of him. Josephine, Thomas and Lindsay are not like family. They dis
Nicholas' hands held Josephine's body so she wouldn't fall into the pool."Nicholas, why did you appear all of a sudden like that," Josephine protested as she sat on the side of the pool, holding her chest breathlessly.Her heart was beating really fast, not only because of Nicholas' sudden appearance from under the water, but also because Nicholas' nose was touching hers at that moment.Nicholas' face was very close to hers, their noses touching, and Josephine could smell cinnamon mingling with the scent of pine forest on a rainy day from Nicholas.She looked into Nicholas' sharp, deep, dark eyes staring into his eyes, as if they penetrated into his thoughts and Nicholas seemed to be reading what she was thinking. Josephine suddenly felt dejavu. She had experienced a sensation like this before, but not as intense as now.For a moment Josephine's world stopped moving, until she forgot to breathe and then choked when Nicholas smiled and kissed her nose."What? You're disturbing my medi
Nicholas smiled mysteriously. Again, his face was very close to Josephine's. He stared into Josephine's eyes sharply, then his hand reached out to caress Josephine's cheeks which were reddish because they were blushing."Don't worry about the Jade Property. I'll take good care of it. Actually, even before we met, I had already taken care of starting the acquisition process. A few distractions hindered me, but currently the person I entrusted to take care of it has sped up the process."Josephine trembled. Nicholas' hand on her cheek felt cold, but Josephine's heart felt strangely warm."F-Fine," muttered Josephine.Nicholas kissed Josephine's forehead quickly and distanced himself from Josephine."Now go home. Sorry I can't accompany you this time because I have work to finish. I will have one of my men escort you home."A sudden feeling of emptiness hit Josephine, when Nicholas turned and walked to his desk, then called someone, telling the person to take Josephine home.Josephine to
Lindsay and Lucas were unhappy. Lindsay felt angry because Josephine always got the better of her, even though she didn't seem to be trying too much.There are always people who protect and look after her and it just so happens that those people are clearly more powerful than Jade family.Secretly, deep down, Lindsay was also jealous of Josephine's luck with being with the president of the Genesis Group, who was unexpectedly handsome--more handsome and dashing than Lucas, a man who was extremely rich and powerful, despite there was a dark, cold aura around him, but it was clear that Nicholas Adams adored Josephine a lot.On the other hand, Lucas was not happybecause he always hoped that one day Josephine would see him and they could be together.Actually he was ready to leave Lindsay, if Josephine wanted to be with him. Nicholas' presence made it difficult for Lucas to approach Josephine and unfortunately for the sake of maintaining his relationship with Lindsay before he could attra