The Elysian Inc. seemed to absorb the critical tension that the Yang family, its owner and founder, was experiencing. Gabriel felt it as soon as he came inside the majestic building. His presence commanded the hush of the gossiping employees, like God separating the Red Sea. Gabriel ignored the small talks. He knew it would die down eventually. What he was concerned was Evina. She didn't show up to work yesterday. He wouldn’t be surprised. After what occurred the other night, anyone would not come to work anymore. He merely wondered if she was alright. The CEO continued to walk towards the elevator going to his special space at the top floor of the building. To his delightful surprise, he saw Evina at her executive desk. He rubbed his brilliant eyes, making sure that he was not hallucinating. As Gabriel uncovered them, Evina was presently standing in front of him. Her shapely head was bowed down, and she greeted him formally. “Good morning, sir.” Evina’s

Meanwhile, Evina tried to work on her tasks at hand. She refused to listen to her inner voice telling her to quit and just move on to another job. This time she wanted to face the situation upfront, hoping that she would not experience relapse again in her life.Her head felt dizzy as she was having problems sleeping at night. She felt like she would fall down anytime, with stress and depression overlapping in her mind every second. She was struggling to be as quick and efficient as she used to be so she could go home early and rest from the malicious eyes of her colleagues.It was still early, so every minute seemed like a day to her. Even Gabriel seemed cold to her. She didn't know how long she would stay like this before she ran away again.As she was sulking, a cup of coffee landed on her table. It was from Cynthia. “I hope this helps give you energy somehow,” she smiled at her as she lifted her eyeglasses closer to her eyes.Evina genuine

“Miss Chen was misinterpreted,” Gabriel stated during the interview.With his desire to make Evina’s situation easier for her, he decided not to go to work the next day. He went to meet a famous journalist of a famous newspaper company, hoping to clear her name. He made sure that if another article would be published, there would be a rebuttal for her side.“The reason why she was fired was because she defended her colleagues and herself from abusive authorities,” Gabriel explained to the journalist. He cast his hands together and placed them on his lap.They were at an exclusive room that he rented that was far from the public eye. He made it sure that no one would know what he was doing for her sake.Gabriel twisted his watch as he felt uncomfortable doing the interview. He wasn't used to doing things manually for other people. But Evina was not just another person for him.He thought that if he would talk to someone

Warning: This is a steamy scene. Please don't read if you're under aged, or you're uncomfortable with it. ;)Evina swallowed as she stared at Gabriel. She wasn’t hesitant at first. But now that Gabriel was asking her to do it, a feeling of uneasiness crept back to her mind.She has not given her himself to others, not only because he does not trust men completely. It’s because she wanted to give herself to the man that she would marry and be with for the rest of her life. Evina stared at Gabriel and wondered if he was the one.At first, she thought that he might be her future husband. But now, after everything that happened, she wasn’t so sure anymore.She withdrew and stopped. Then she took a deep breath because she had actually been short of breath for a while. She noticed that Gabriel was still staring at her.The sky thundered loudly, followed by a strike of lightning. The sudden flash of light exposed the glamorous physiq

Meanwhile, at Maria’s gate…"You don't have to do this," Maria said in a worried tone.Her brown eyes anxiously darted to the left and right of their garage, wondering if there was someone who was watching them.Paul has just driven her home after their date. Her mother-in-law was still living with them at that time. She was not aware of what was going on between her and Paul.Maria has no plans of opening it up. Not unless she was ready to face her fury."It's not safe for you. It's already late at night,” Paul answered her in a hush. His forehead was creased as he also looked sideways. But he was not wary about her mother-in-law. He was more worried about other drunk men who might be on their way home. Just like what Maria had told her before.Maria nodded as she understood it perfectly. She has told Paul how she felt gratified by his initiative to drive her home in the past few weeks. There was one time when she got hom