Evina was gleefully finishing the tasks that she left yesterday when the Chairman's assistant approached her. Her eyebrows crumpled up in surprise as she knew that the Chairman does not visit The Elysian Inc. building often. Still, she obliged and immediately came with her. She knows why the whole building was in an uproar as she investigated on The Elysian’s Inc’s internal website. It was also the talk of the day in the chat rooms. She learned that the stocks of The Elysian Inc’s stocks drop drastically just as of today. “No wonder the Chairman was here today,” Evina thought while she clamped her lips. “But why would he call me to the board meeting? Am I involved with this?” Evina contemplated. “Was this about her having a relationship with its CEO, Gabriel Yang?” She hoped not, as she crossed her fingers. They were about to enter the building. But Gabriel, with his angry demeanor, stopped her from her tracks. “You will not get inside,” he ordered her and dr

Evina didn’t know how she got to the park from the Elysian Inc Building with her heart being torn to pieces. She knew how Gabriel could have been affected deeply, knowing about his past and all. She would have reappeared and helped him decide to choose his father.“Still, this is so painful,” Evina clutched on her chest as she inhaled a lungful of air. Her knees finally gave way, making her slump at the chair, which was at a picnic table. She wanted to cry, but she didn’t know why tears were not coming out of her tear ducts.“Come on,” She laughed pitifully as she poked on her eyelids, trying to make light of the situation. As she did so, raindrops started to fall, making the people in the park run for cover.However, Evina remained in her seat, mindless of the dark clouds forming above her. “Don’t you dare do this to me!” She yelled at the sky, pointing at the clouds like a crazed woman. “The last time

“Answer the phone, Evina,” Gabriel grunted as he paced back and forth. He was already in front of Evina’s house. After the director’s meeting, he quickly called her, so he could talk to her personally. However, Evina wasn’t answering her phone.Fretful and perturbed, he quickly went out of The Elysian Inc. building and searched for her. But he couldn’t find her. With the negative turn of events against her, he was apprehensive about what could have happened to her. He wanted to bang his head to the nearest wall for not following her at once.“There was no one inside that house,” An old lady interrupted her thoughts. She had a bag of groceries in her hands and was about to go into her residence, which was just adjacent to the house where Evina was staying.He knew about it since he has driven her there a lot of times. But the old lady’s question bothered him. “What do you mean there was no one inside her

Warning: This chapter has a steamy scene. Please don't read if you're underage or if you're uncomfortable. :)Evina wanted to talk to Gabriel. But Maria has a point. There is no way they could be together after everything that happened. They would just hurt each other by insisting on their ridiculous love affair.Evina already agreed to go with Maria outside the country. With that, she believed she would have a clearer head, and she could go back to her plans of establishing her own business and her future.However, she couldn’t help but long for Gabriel and feel sympathetic with him. She has been seeing his car every night in front of their house. It seemed like he would go there immediately after work and wait for a chance for them to talk things out.Still, she decided to be firm on standing up on her ground. She doesn’t want him to be torn between her and his father. Or between her and his company that he has built his entire life.

After five years…Evina drew in a deep breath. This was her first time to encounter The Elysian Inc. people again. As she stayed abroad, she tried to focus her mind on achieving her dream. She ventured into her own business. It was wiggling at first. But eventually, it stabilized and grew.It was her passion, and she was skillful as well. Her business developed until she can finally invest in other countries. Seeing there was an open opportunity back in her hometown that will increase her new company’s potential, she decided to come back and pursue it.The only downside was she had to meet with the people that disowned her again. Fortunately, it was a masquerade party, there is no way they could know it was her. She accepted the invitation and went to the place wearing a black mini dress with a black mask. She also dyed her long wavy hair black.Her heart was banging wildly against her chest as she walked inside the function room. Beads of sw