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CHAPTER 97
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Daniella had no choice but to stop her heart from beating toward Marcus and she should focus on something else. She must let go of her feelings and move forward because letting her emotions take over would be simply dangerous! In the morning, she woke up with a bright smile on her lips and Lilian looked at her as if she has gone crazy for always smiling when she was nursing a broken heart. At the breakfast table, she informed Paloma that she would take over overseeing the resort’s construction. She took a deep breath and took the chance, to be honest with her family members about another issue and said, “Marcus and I have broken up.” “Ella, what are you talking about?” Paloma was knocked for six at Daniella’s announcement and she refused to believe it when they looked good together. “I said, he and I broke up…and this time it’s for good.” She repeated her statement and she emphasized each word so that her mother wouldn’t misunderstand it. “This time it’s for good?
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Daniella was aware that at least three of Ortega’s men were following them from a distance, but she choose to ignore the security people when they were just doing their job. Somehow, she was already used to having a shadow wherever she would go. After her three days vacation on the island, she returned home feeling refreshed and renewed. She and AJ had a blast on the island and she played with her like a kid. “Hello Simon, it’s been a while.” She greeted the youngest of Ortega’s men as if she had no idea that he was also on the island. “Hello Miss Ella, I’ll help you with your luggage.” Simon offered to take her luggage upstairs. Unknown to the woman, Marcus contacted him to watch over his family and he should report everything to him. “Thank you,” she was grateful for his help. As much as she wanted to check on her mother and report to her that they already arrived, she was tired and want to rest. Tomorrow, her life would be back to normal. Occupied with work and str
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Arianna’s birthday was the biggest event in their small community. It was a grand celebration for his daughter’s first birthday. In fact, Marcus hired a photographer to document every happening during the event. Veronica and Arianna were smiling happily as they were about to blow out the candles in the fondant cake. Guests were singing a happy birthday song as they waited for the celebrant to blow out the candle when suddenly…gunshots were fired. People screamed. Veronica cried, and Arianna was scared. Marcus was quick to react but he was unarmed, and those men disabled him first before they aimed their guns at his wife and daughter. He witnessed how Veronica tried to protect Arianna but a bullet hit her head just before their daughter was murdered brutally. He couldn’t move and just cried as Arianna’s small body was shredded by the multiple bullets that hit her. His friend was able to exchange bullets with the assailants and killed one of them but the others managed to r
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Marcus Madrigal was blessed with exceptional wealth and good looks and he knew how to spend his father’s money. He chose to live lavishly with fast cars, private jets, all-night partying, and uncomplicated sex with several women. Even prostitutes were also welcome to satisfy his unusual fantasies in bed. Everywhere he went, women would swarm over to him like flies and he enjoyed the attention he would get from them. From paragliding, skydiving, water rafting, cliff diving, and car racing, he just couldn’t get enough of these thrills and he has mastered how to be a daredevil! Last year, he went to Switzerland to fly an Albatros, a fighter jet, for an hour. Then he flew to China to hike at the majestic South Peak of Mount Hua. Although it was famous for tourists, it was also considered one of the world’s most dangerous places to hike. There were a few who wanted to climb and reached the peak of Mount Everest. But Marcus spared himself from the long preparation and other po
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“What did you say?” She raised her voice when she couldn’t believe what the solicitor had read from her father’s last will and testament. There’s no way, it was legal what her father asked of her, to claim her rightful inheritance. She was the only daughter for god sake! “You heard me, hija. It was written on the last will, here, take a look.” “But that was ridiculous! How could I find a man at this rate?” She yelled, while completely losing her calm even if Paloma was there when the solicitor informed her that she could only touch her inheritance once she has a child before her age exceeded the dates in a calendar. Two months ago, she just turned thirty, which means that she only has ten months left to comply with her father’s wishes! But no matter how she thinks about it, it was totally absurd and crazy! Last week, they laid her father’s body into his final resting place. Gregory Reyes was still young at sixty-five but there was a complication in his heart that caused
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After their stint in Bohol where they rescued Alexander’s girlfriend from her sexually crazed uncle, Samuel convinced Marcus to try working as a detective for the agency owned by one of his friends, Ortega. Although Marcus was a good-for-nothing bastard in his younger years, he was a licensed criminologist who topped the board exam back then. When he came to live with Samuel in Cebu, Marcus decided to keep himself in shape, to look formidable enough, and to learn self-defense. He was hungry for revenge, and Samuel helped him to train. It wasn’t known by everyone but Samuel has worked with covert operations before. “So, what do you think? Will you join Ortega’s team?” Samuel wanted to confirm if Marcus was interested in the job. “But how about the farm?” He asked. For years that he has been in Hacienda Velasquez, the farm has become a part of him. “Don’t worry about it. Just do it as a sideline,” Samuel added. Being a true detective didn’t mean that Marcus had to rep
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Her last overseas trip happened when she was only ten years old and her mother was still alive. But it wasn’t a pleasant experience for Daniella. Her parents wanted to celebrate her birthday at Disneyland, but all day long, they just quarreled, and she ended up staying in her room…crying and disappointed. Now, she wanted to replace that memory with something good or even funny. Who knew what was in store for her? From the airport, she took a taxi to her hotel, then she checked in, and paid the room‘s security deposit. A minute later, she strolled towards the elevator that would take her to the nineteenth floor where her room was located. She was not fond of elevators after watching a lot of Asian horror movies where a ghost or supernatural beings showed themselves in the lift. She tried to calm herself down when there were a lot of guests in the elevator. She listened to their conversations and was glad that there were Filipinos too. But on the fifteenth floor, everyone exited
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Daniella was just supposed to take pleasure in her trip to HK but when she came to know Mr. Blue Eyes, she had to revise her plan. She had a brilliant idea of how Marcus Madrigal would become useful to her. Anyway, the man was a flirt and he liked to dally, so he wouldn’t mind being used that way. She believed that everyone has a price, and whatever it takes, she would do anything to have him. “Hmmm, Marcus suits you. You look like a gladiator from the past and I like your eyes. They are blue and soulful,” she declared without holding back any reservation that a proper woman should possess. Marcus was not surprised at her bluntness. Well, he would be shocked if she pretended to be someone she was not. “You’re blunt and honest…and I like it,” he replied, but the woman’s ingenious way of speaking alarmed him. “I know. So, I assumed that we are friends now.” She said after their handshake. “If you need a friend while you are in HK, call me.” She gave him her calling card and sm
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