Pyeonghaeng Segye.Korean for Parallel World The next Friday afternoon, when Adrienne got back from work, she found Justin sitting on his balcony. He had his back to her. He seemed lost in his thoughts. He was taking deep breaths and she realized that he was silently crying.As she watched him, she saw his pain. The pain that he refused to let her see. And her heart broke just a little bit more for him. She realized more than ever how selfish she had been. Justin had to make the tough choice because she refused to let him go. Because she had given him a choice. She fought for him. She could have made it easier for him, but she held on to her claim on him. He chose her. But it became evident that he wasn’t going to be the same man she loved. His happiness would never be complete.Tears rolled down her cheeks. She wiped them and then she went and knelt in front of him. She took his hands in hers.His face was tear-stricken, his ey

XiāoshīMandarin for, To Vanish “Are you all right?” Jin Starck asked Adrienne.She nodded slowly.Her hand went to her cheek, rubbing it to ease a little of the sting caused by her mother’s palm. Jill and Yuan now stood behind her, trying to give whatever comfort they could provide at that moment, both were throwing daggers at Kim and her mother with their eyes.Jin turned to look at her mother, her father and her sister. He stood in front of Adrienne, as if to shield her against her own family.The charming, mischievous and seemingly innocent aura that he usually possessed seemed to have evaporated instantly. Instead, her family faced a cold, murderous and scary man that even froze her mother in her place.Jin pointed a finger to her mother and said, “You touch her again, and you will find yourself with a sorry-ass lawsuit! And I will file a complaint with the state medical board to make sure yo

StjåletNorwegian for Stolen. Adrienne walked beside Jin Starck into the lavish mansion he called his home. Yuan and Jill trailed behind them.“You still live with your parents?” Adrienne asked.“In this house, yes,” he replied. “But I have apartments of my own. This is a ten-bedroom house. It gets a little lonely for Mom sometimes so I make it a point to spend time here to keep her company. She doesn’t work for our hotels. She spends a lot of time in her study. Writing.”Jin was greeted by their butler in French. He gave instructions to take Yuan and Jill to one of the waiting rooms and serve them refreshments.Then he turned to Adrienne. “Follow me.”They ascended the stairs to the second level of the house. Adrienne couldn’t help admiring how elegant and luxurious the house appeared. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that somebody related to h

Two days later, Yuan and Jill had to say goodbye to Adrienne. As much as they loved their week in Paris, they had to go back to reality. They still had jobs that required them to go back to New York.Adrienne decided to do what’s right. She sent Jada her resignation letter. She figured, she’d spent years working her ass off because she didn’t want to be a failure in her mother’s eyes. But she was never really her mother. She’s her stepmother. And her real mother would prefer she stayed in Paris, if not for good, then for a while longer.Although he partied like a kid at night time, Jin actually wore the Starck heir coat pretty well. He made a lot of progress managing their business. Little by little, her stepfather trusted him to take the reins of their empire.A week after Yuan and Jill left, Adrienne’s mother told her she would meet her at a coffee shop in one of their hotels and she will introduce her to some of her friends

Chịu được.Tolerance in Vietnamese. Her mother was ecstatic when she got back.            “So, how did it go?”            Adrienne just smiled. She wanted to be honest, but she didn’t really want to quash her mother’s hopes. Yes, her stepmom still had that effect on her that she couldn’t help. She just couldn’t stop pleasing people.“It’s…interesting. I haven’t met a guy like Justin before.” She tried to sound enthusiastic. But it is true. That guy was one of a kind.Her mother’s eyes widened. “Oh, sweetheart, I know. He is adorable. His parents are so proud of him. Handsome lad, too. I take it you would be having a date tonight again?”“Mom, it’s not a date,” she said.“But he asked you?”