Carnation's smile was bitter as she stared at the full length mirror in front of her. She caressed the dress she was wearing and felt its soft fabric. She no longer expected that she and Luca would meet again, but destiny could really be played.Who would have thought that the young man would be able to kidnap her just to be alone on this island.
"He's going crazy," Carnation exclaimed to herself while still staring at her own reflection in the mirror.
What's the use of all of this when he's going to marry another woman anyway? She didn’t really understand Luca’s goal here. Everyone knows about his engagement to the daughter of one of the board members in his father’s company, so what is his intention to her? She needed to know Luca's true purpose for all of this. It was impossible for him to just give up the two years he had spent in New York to get his father's company just to get back together with her.
A series of knocks on the door aroused Carnation's fly
"Did you like what I prepared?" Luca asked her immediately after they finished their lunch. He was cleaning up their mess on the kawayan table."Yes, the taste of food is delicious. I like ginataang alimango the most." Luca nodded. It continued to clean up."Are we leaving right away?"From what he was doing the young man looked up at her. "Why? Do you want us to just hang out here first?" Carnation shook her head, nope she doesn't want to. "It's okay with me if you want to stay here first. We can go anytime you want. This is your tour by the way.""No. Let's leave after you clean," she answered without emotion and stood up. She walked towards the cliff and looked out at the sea below her.The view is very beautiful. The scene in front of her eyes was breathtaking, but Carnation couldn't help but focus her gaze on another scene, on the man in the nipa house cleaning the bamboo table. They didn’t talk much while eating earlier. Luca just
Carnation was very exhausted when the rain began to fall. Even though her situation was difficult, she tried to be brave. She turned her gaze around, and saw a house made of nipa, it was old but she had no choice. They need shelter. Maybe it's still strong enough to cater to two people, they really need a shelter before the rain pours heavy."What are you doing?” Luca asked her after she helped him sit on the pallet."It looks like it's going to rain hard, let's take shelter here first. Are you okay? Is your wound too painful?"The young man shook his head. "I'm fine. I can handle it.""Are you sure? I'm worried, are you sure it wasn't a snake that bit you there under the water?" The water isn't particularly hot. If there are snakes living beneath the water, it is possible."No, snakes don't like hot places. Maybe fish or eels bit my foot. Don't worry, it didn't hurt.""Are you sure?""Yeah, come on, sit here," the young man sai
“Hey…” Carnation looked up at the person standing next to her. She smirked when she saw Lizette."Can I sit down?" her friend asked. She nodded in response and the woman immediately sat down on the sand, next to her."How is he?"“Luca? Tsh. Why don't you go to his room and ask him that? I'm not his nurse.” Carnation laughed at her friend's useless response. Lizette, on the other hand, had a point: if she wanted to know about Luca's condition, she had to do it herself."As for the idiot, for all the possible time; he got bitten by a snake in the spring?""Did the snake really bite him?" full of concern she asked. She really had no idea what kind of animal bit the young man."I'm not sure, but I believe the shiver was caused by tetanus; his fever was high, and his temperature dropped slightly this morning." Carnation let out a deep sigh. After telling her the story, Luca suddenly lost consciousness. Fortunately
"Where will you take that?" Carnation asked the maid. It was carrying a pitcher of water and an empty glass.“I will take this to Sir Luca's room. Why ma’am?”“Can I bring that to his room instead? I need to talk to him. ”"Of course, ma'am."Luca was asleep when Carnation entered the young man's room. She carefully placed the pitcher of water and empty glass on the center table, and walked over to the young man's bed and stood there to stare into the sleeping man's face.He looks so peaceful. It looks like there is no problem to take care of and the dream is just fun. Now, she's wondering. Could she be with him in the dream? Or maybe even in the young man's dream she has no space? It is so saddening because this happened to them."The moment he remembered you, he begged me to return to the Philippines right away." Carnation didn't look at the man who spoke, she just focused her gaze on Luca. "It's funny how he
"You're just kidding, aren't you?" Carnation asked, unable to believe what the young man said. She must have just misheard earlier."My fiancee is impotent. We both agreed that before we could set a wedding date, we needed to find a surrogate. It's good that I remember you, and that we used to date. I considered using you as our surrogate, and Armadyl agreed. She literally parted her lips at the young man's statement. Isn't this just a joke? Does Luca really offer her to be a surrogate? What kind of nonsense is this?"I don't know if you're just really numb or if your brain is broken because of the accident that happened to you." Carnation's jaw clenched. "I will not be your surrogate!! Never ever!! She firmly refused and turned her back on Luca, but the young man grabbed her arm to stop her from leaving. But since ten demons had already possessed Carnation, she violently splashed the wine in her goblet on his face, but she's not satisfied. She slapped hi
Carnation sighed deeply as she closed her eyes tightly. She didn't want to do it, but it was part of her job to fill in for his brother at work."There's no hocus-pocus," she reassured herself. It's just a casual dinner with their new business partner. "I'll kill him if someone I don't want to see shows up again," Carnation promised herself. She had little faith in this dinner, especially since Wren had organized it despite the fact that it wasn't his job."Are you going, ma'am?" inquired her secretary, who sat in the shotgun seat."It's best if you just return to the office; I'll handle this client," Carnation said, giving the secretary a critical look."But won't you need my assistance?" her secretary asks, concerned. She always attends dinner meetings with her."I'll be fine….""But ma'am—""I'll be fine, I can do it," Carnation's secretary nodded. She has no recourse; her decision is final. She must face the client al
Wregan's raucous laughter could be heard in Carnation's office, where they were drinking coffee in the lounge that afternoon. Wregan rushed over and invited her for a snack. Maybe he ran away from work again and just wanted to hide in her office."I can't believe you told him that? F*ck! I should have seen his reaction.""I just said that to get him to stop because I know he's not going to take that deal." They're discussing what happened last night at her dinner meeting with Luca. She also explained to Wregan how she ended up on Gregory's island. Wregan was furious at what Luca had done, but he was also relieved when she said she had slapped his friend before turning her back on him."What if he agrees? Can you do it? You've already had a deal, and you can't simply retract what you've said.""That's not a deal. I just offered him, and he's unlikely to agree. You know your friend, he's not for that matter," she said confidently. She was certain Luca would
"I can't see your friend," Wregan whispered in her ear as he got back to their table. Carnation nodded at the young man."Do you think she attended the party?""I'm not sure..." Wregan shrugged his shoulders. She's Wregan's date today, as they've already agreed, and she's wearing the red dress the young man bought her. Just like her, Wregan wore a red tuxedo with a floral pattern. She hadn't seen Luca and his fiancée yet because they had just arrived at the party. Carnation had earlier greeted Farkas, who was carrying his child and Lizette was beside him. Her friend no longer lives in her house. When Lizette came home from the island, she just took her belongings and said goodbye to her. Carnation suspects that Lizette lives in Farkas' house now."Look who's here..." Carnation turned to face the speaker. It was Primus and another of Wregan's friends. It appears she has met that man for the first time on Gregory's island. But she didn't see him very often