EPISODE TENSTEFANO.I scrolled through my phone as I strolled into the company.Nothing interesting. Just the cops daily brouhahas and the celebrities.Luca managed to keep me mysterious from the public to avoid controversies. I'm grateful for that."Look who's coming to the office regularly these days."Luca teases. He grabbed the phone from my hand and stuff it with a stack of documents instead."You got through him already?"I asked, scrolling through the papers not understanding a damn about it.Fuck. I really need to start taking office ethics classes."He's not replying. I'm sure the fucker is somewhere looking for a puppy to pull some strings for him first.""Tell Marcos to keep tabs on him,His activities and everything.""Marcos went for vacation"He says.Vacation?That rascal takes breaks?"And who gave him the permission to go for a vacation?"I yell.I attracted the other workers passing by,They ignored me to avoid them being sacked.Luca sighs softly before patting my chest.
EPISODE ELEVENHAZELLuca blocked my ears till we got into the car. He doesn't want me to hear any of the conversations.Will Stefano be safe? What if the men are dangerous?One of his men is sitting in the driver seat,ready to take us home. I sighted a black pistol on his lap.My body stiffened.Luca notices immediately since he's holding me."Hide your fucking gun you bastard!"He cursed trying not to raise his voice at him.The guy quickly pushed the gun into the safe and shut it."Hazel,are you okay?"Stefano's Mom asked the moment I entered the car.I nodded, holding her hands immediately. "I'm fine."I stutter with fear clearly written all over my face."Are you not going with us?"I ask Luca after he closes the door."I will be right behind you. Don't worry.""Lu...""We will handle it. Princess."He coos."Mom,will Stefano be fine?"I ask during the ride.I couldn't help but be worried about him.What if he's hurt?"He will be fine,"She assures.STEFANO."Who's that bitch?Your new ch
EPISODE TWELVESTEFANO.I hissed painfully the moment the methylated ointment touched the wound.Mom mopped the surface well ,After stitching,She dressed the wound carefully.I waited for her to step down the bed but she didn't.Soon,I started hearing whimpering from no other person than her.Shit. This is why I don't want to kill Chad. She will be heartbroken."Mom."I called, holding my hands on my shoulders.She withdrew her hands slowly from mine and stepped down the bed."I'm sorry,Mom. I didn't want to,But Luca was too mad to listen to me. He tried to kill me,Mom.""I feel so sorry for putting you into such misery. I'm a bad mother."She cried."It isn't your fault,Mom.""You got hurt because of me,I should have let you do this before now. Amanda would have forgot about it.""I had to put you first. Amanda understood my decisions. I'm sorry it happened this way."I held her hands,comforting her."Amanda never understood. She cut us off for a whole year. I'm a bad mother.""You aren
EPISODE THIRTEEN"Is that the reasons why you're uncomfortable?"I ask harshly.She nodded slowly,clutching to her shirt."I feel pains. I...""Do you have the necessary kits?Or whatever you use to take the shit?""I don't. It was unexpected."She answered in a soft voice.Her cheeks were so red from embarrassment,She pressed her lips tighter before answering my questions."Why can't you order for them?You have the credit card. You should have ordered everything you want."I yelled angrily.Christ. I hate shouting at her. But she's always getting on my nerves. She's been avoiding me lately after I took her back to the house.She now spends all her time in the room doing only what God knows."Give me some minutes. I will be back soon."I say frustrated.HAZEL.I feel so guilty for stressing him. He rarely talks to me these days. He avoids me like I'm a plague.I decided to be myself ever since we came back from his mom's house.I shouldn't bother him again. I really don't know how my mense
EPISODE FOURTEENSATURDAY.HAZEL.Today is Saturday and Stefano's friends are coming to visit him.He's been home since this week,working from his room.After the little 'romance' we had,He stopped talking to me. He came downstairs to eat breakfast and returned to his room after he's done.I couldn't even thank him properly for what he did,He shuns me off everytime I want to start a conversation.What his mother said about him is really true. He hates having people around him,That's why he stayed alone with no one around him for years.I shouldn't have pestered him to let me return to the mansion. I should have stayed with his mom.The house is just too boring and lonely for me. My phone went blank completely days ago,I could only receive calls by using the fingerprint sensor but mom hasn't been calling since.Josh became more worried about me,I don't know how to ask Stefano to get a new laptop for me,I feel like I've stressed him enough.I shouldn't bother him with my life again.I f
EPISODE FIFTEEN.They didn't see me enter. Stefano wasn't reacting to it,He didn't rebuff her or told her to move.How could Stefano be this cruel to me?Even if he doesn't like me,Why did he call me here to witness what he's doing?"Stef."I call. I was already close to tears,I hated this emotional part of me. I cried easily and gets easily affected by things.He sigh the moment he saw me. Nora was bouncing on him,moaning loudly as if she was making extra effort to taunt me."I will meet you in your room."He say in a harsh tone to me.Tears rolled down my eyes immediately,I couldn't stop them from flowing. My chest tightens in pain as I leave the room.I'm really unlucky,I shouldn't have made myself a sacrifice. Knowing well that I'm already falling for him annoys me so much.I ran to my room and locked myself in for the rest of the day.STEFANO."Get your lame body off me,Bitch."I cursed angrily the moment Hazel left the room.I push Nora off my body and drag the duvet off mine.She
EPISODE SIXTEENHAZEL.My feelings for Stefano developed in the past three months. After the argument we had about Nora He stopped talking to me. I don't get to see him these days because he's always busy which I don't mind.But him calling me here tonight just for us to talk about the marriage made me happy. At least,he still has a thought about marriage. He cares about me.This is what I really want to believe,I don't know how it will happen but I hope Stefano becomes nicer to me. I need lots of things these days but I've been walking on eggshells around him,I don't know how to ask.New dresses,A new laptop,Phone and other necessities.Even though the credit card he gave me is still stacked with money,I don't want to spend it. What if he's not buoyant enough to get them for me?I really don't want to annoy him.Stefano's Mom welcomed me warmly. We haven't been talking frequently ever since the incident happened. She feels so guilty for putting me in such a tight position.She believ
EPISODE SEVENTEEN."A ball?He didn't tell me anything about it."I stutter dropping the turning spoon.Stefano is taking me to a party?Me?What came over him?He clearly told me that I'm not attractive enough."I know. We need to get you dress up. The code is blue.""I...I...I don't have any dresses.""I'm taking you out to get them. He booked a reservation for you already. Go wash yourself up."She hasten me up.It's almost 5PM. I turn off the gas and report to Stefano's Mom. She seems delighted that I'm following her son to a party.I still don't know the reasons why he chose me.I'm not good enough for him.Labrinth took me to the most popular store. The best fashion designer there was the one who attended to me.We tried lots of dresses but they couldn't fit into my hips. I was already getting tired when she brought the most beautiful dress I've ever seen. It's stoned with pure diamond and extremely short.It's a sleeveless dress,I collect it from her and walk to the mirror to chec