Leap OF Fate

The mountain of work that her father left occupied Serene’s time for the past months. There had been a lot of things she needed to learn and do in a short amount of time. She’s thankful that Albert had been there to assist her. Subconsciously, she thought of Justin. His business acumen would really help her this time, but just like the previous times she thought of him, she immediately buried the thought down. As much as she could, she did not want to remember him.

She massaged her back as she took a quick breather from all the documents in front of her. Albert convinced Conrad to put up a canning business as a contingency. That way, their harvest would always have a consumer and would not depend heavily on the orders from hotels and restaurants.

Since the canning business is still in its infancy, there are a lot of things that need to be established. They’re laying down the foundations, and so they needed to roll up their sleeves and work harder. Feeling a throbbing pain in her temples, Serene massaged the area with her fingers.

A gentle knock made her open her eyes. “Come in, please” she said. Mary entered and closed the door behind her.

She raised her brow at her best friend. “What brought you here?” she asked curiously.

“I have something to propose to you,” she said, looking at her with her clear round eyes. When they were children, every time Mary looked at her that way, it would involve sneaking out, or doing something they should not be doing, which is why her brows hitched higher when she asked the question.

Mary swallowed her saliva and continued, “Since you’ve moved back here, I thought it would be a good idea to open up a studio or gallery here. What do you think?” Her kilowatt smile made Serene more suspicious.

“Hmmmn…”

“I found a perfect place for you in Hyacinth Bay. It’s near the shopping district ---”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Did you forget Justin is in Hyacinth Bay? I do not want to risk the chance of bumping into him.”

won’t. I mean, it’s not like you’re going to show yourself to the public, right? Besides, Shen, it’s been so long since you two broke up and he did not even know

wrong. The Rains practically is Hyacinth Bay. Let’s just say he did not know that I was pregnant then, but it does not require

they’re his? Didn’t he say he got nothing to do with you and wanted you out of his life? Come on, Shen, don’t cage yourself. Don’t be afraid of

just me. But my kids’ lives are at stake. What if he takes

right, the children’s safety is their utmost priority. Didn’t she give up her love just to

Pax except our families. We’ll keep it that way.

“I don’t know, Sis.”

as you normally would. Give it a

City? I mean, I can continue working

work closely together, but she did not consider the twins when the idea came to her. Serene’s suggestion

you, Shen! I promise you won’t regret it. I’ll take care of the logistics. Don’t worry. Focus on Ellis Inc. I’ll just work with Viv.” Vivienne,

wanted, Mary left to ‘make things happen’. Left alone, she attended to the documents she had before her until it was almost 6 PM. No matter how busy she was, she made sure she had dinner with the twins. The work could always wait,

the exhaustion and soreness of her muscles eased at the sight of

gave her cheeks tiny kisses. Felicity responded by

son’s eye level. Pax then threw himself on her, hugging her neck and kissed

man,” she lovingly said and gave her son’s cheeks a

the house hand in hand. Her children told her

said we’d go fishing tomorrow,” Pax shared, his eyes beaming

are? Wow, that would

Mommy, I’ll catch you a pretty fish!”

thing as pretty fish, Lizzy!” rebuffed Pax. Serene groaned inwardly.