The ride was a bit quiet until he broke the silence by asking how I had been all these years. I contemplated if the past is what I should discuss with him but concluded that talking would be better than the silence.“It wasn’t easy but I pulled through. I had to deal with so many things which you are also aware of some but in the end, here I am doing fine because they molded me into the woman I am today” I responded honestly and he paused for a while“Was I also a part of the painful past that you had to deal with?” he slowly proceededWith a deep sigh, I rested my head on the car’s header.“Well, I don’t know what to say concerning you. I think I had a lot going on for me that I couldn’t dwell on your own part of my life. I had to take care of myself and my sister so thinking about our past was not even in the top priorities. Things happened and we went our way, nothing to hold unto except regrets, guilt and other longing feelings but I overcame that as time went by” I responded onc

Embarrassment flushed through my entire system as he played my savior role right there. Why was he always popping up at the moment when I needed intervention? I knew I needed to be saved but not by him this time around.I was still lost in my maze when he marched forward and tipped the securities.“Could you please let them go? We came here together to have fun as you can see” he stated and walked closer to me.All of a sudden, he smacked the hands that were on my body off and dragged me over to his side by the waist. Gently caressing my hairline and setting the stray hair, he started to say things that almost made me drop my jaws.“Sweetie, how did you get caught up in their net? Since you are for me alone, I utterly detest how their hands are around me. Should I call for the closure of the club immediately?” he said, loud enough for them to hearI first wondered what kind of play or show he was putting on but I didn’t let those securities catch up before finally playing along.“Hone

PETALS’S POVEven though the conversation between Stanley and his girlfriend, Mimi was intense, I was not really interested. Others paused their works so they could pick the words they were saying clearly but I didn’t pay that much attention since it wasn’t my business in the first place and I wouldn’t want a situation where I would hear a word that would hurt me.When she finally mentioned the club and how he disappeared suddenly, I knew I was the cause. I began to felt bad that I was the reason why they were fighting that way until he mentioned that he was only there to honor her show off request and he was tired with everything that was happening in their relationship.“She’s a piece of work” I found myself mutter and continued with what I was doingI witnessed how she was badmouthing him to her friends and also pretending to care about him so I didn’t feel bad that he was behaving that way towards her.“He did know about it after all” I mumbled when I heard him mention her boyfrie

PETAL’S POVI rushed back to the office and filled Pamela in on what I found in the boy’s necklace. We both rushed to the rest room and locked the door before sticking the memory card into a reader.“There’s a video in there” Pamela pointed out and we clicked on it.The scene that graced our eyes was not what we had expected. The video contained a clear view of what the red room looked like and what was going on in there.“What in the world is this?” I gasped, my jaw dropping open at the outrageous sight in front of me“This is sick” Pamela whispered.We began to see familiar faces of the conglomerate’s sons and daughters in the red room. They were busy drinking away and puffing off drugs. Their wicked and intoxicated laughter filled the entire room.Some minutes into the video, some ladies that were scantily dressed were brought in and placed in their middle. They tossed bundles of money on the table for the man that brought them and he left.Immediately the door got closed, they rus

MEI’S POVI was so hyped for the weekend shoot that I did all my best to improve my skin and appearance so I would look beautiful to Ray but I was highly disappointed when I waited all day for him to show up and the producer announced that Ray wouldn’t be around for the day. “I cannot film this without Ray! How am I supposed to trust my life with someone I am not sure of his competence?” I whined and refused to start the shooting.“This is not right. You are keeping the whole crew waiting just because you are being unnecessarily stubborn. The trainer is fit for the shoot so let’s just do it and get done with it” my manager pleaded but I wouldn’t have it.When I realized that I might be overdoing things and Ray would not come anytime soon, I agreed to the shooting and we started even though my mind was not fixated at the instructions I was being given.Five minutes into the shoot, I lost my thinking and my feet intertwined on the treadmill making me fall and roll off the running machi