When Adrianna arrived at the airport on Kashre Island, she ran into Tony Tamano. Initially Adrianna was supposed to take the Reyes plane back to the capital, but when she saw Tony she decided to take the sa trip as him.
Tony didn't ask where Cedric was. He was just a silent companion to Adrianna the whole ride back to the capital.
"Tony, thanks for not asking." Adrianna said as they were about to deplane.
"Well, you don't want to talk about it. But if you do and you don't have anyone, you can just give a call." Tony shrugged.
"I'll take you up on that." Adrianna said with a smile.
"Do you need a ride?" Tony asked.
"No. Soone is picking up." Adrianna said with a smile. Aside from it being inappropriate for her to accept a ride from Tony, Ayanna had already sent her a ssage that she had arranged for Cedric's driver to pick Adrianna up and take her ho. She might be fighting with Cedric, but he was still her husband.
When Adrianna arrived ho without Cedric, Gracia began to pester her with questions. Adrianna only told her that they had fought and that Cedric wouldn't be coming ho for a while and that she wouldn't be annulling their marriage.
Adrianna actually waited everyday if Cedric would co ho. He sent her ssages daily, but he never showed up at the Hernandez ho. Adrianna already had dinner twice in the week with Ayanna. She ranted to her sister in law on how daft her husband was for not doing anything.
On Thursday Adrianna was in Elisia Mall buying Christmas presents, when she bumped into Tony Tamano.
"Hey Adrianna." Tony said with a smile.
"Oh hey. I thought you would have gone ho by now." Adrianna assud Tony would be spending Christmas and New Year's with his family in their province.
"My family decided to spend the holidays in the capital, so we're all checked into Constellations Resort. I'm planning to buy a place here too since my dad wants to be closer to Ray Laurence. Is your ummm… problem fixed?" Tony asked Adrianna.
"My problem is in the process of getting fixed, but it's not quite there yet." Adrianna admitted.
"Would it be inappropriate for us to have dinner?" Tony asked.
"I don't think so. I an we did just bump into each other, and eating alone is awkward." Adrianna said.
"Hey, I actually enjoy eating alone at restaurants. I can order whatever I want without being judged." Tony laughed.
"Co on. I know a place." Adrianna said walking towards the direction of a famous Japanese restaurant in Elisia Mall.
When they were seated Tony and Adrianna began to chat awkwardly.
"I'm sorry I can't exactly tell you what's bothering ." Adrianna said.
"It's okay. They're private matters so I shouldn't ddle." Tony explained.
"Well let's just say that I might not have earned everything I thought I had accomplished." Adrianna told Tony.
"I'm pretty sure you are quite the capable woman Adrianna." Tony said as he looked through the nu.
"Well, you see, I've always been the type that didn't want to depend on my family na or my family connections to achieve things. I also refused to enter into a traditional marriage so that I would earn my achievents." Adrianna said opening up to Tony.
"I'm pretty sure you made the 30 won under 30 all on your own Adri. The Hernandez family and the Lobo family don't have the power to put you in that list." Tony said with a nervous laugh.
"Oh, no. It's not them. They could never do what I'm referring to." Adrianna laughed.
"Is it the Reyes Heir? I an I heard the rumors, but didn't the Reyes Group deny those rumors?" Tony asked.
"Well it's kind of that and also not that. Sorry I'm being so cryptic." Adrianna apologized.
"If it has anything to do with the Reyes Heir I would expect it to be a secret." Tony teased.
"That's kind of the thing. Soone may have been pulling strings and lying about it. I really thought I was becoming soone in my own right." Adrianna sighed.
"How sure are you that soone was pulling the strings?" Tony asked.
"They are all connected to him, and it's in his power to do it." Adrianna shrugged. She was feeling more and more comfortable around Tony.
"Shouldn't you be flattered that a guy is willing to use his power to help you?" Tony asked.
"I lived my life trying to escape that." Adrianna hissed.
"Why? Aren't all won drawn to powerful n?" Tony asked Adrianna.
"I want to succeed in my own right. Not because I'm so CEOs wife!" Adrianna was already quite mad at this point. She was mad at Cedric for making her think that she had gotten everything because of her own skills when he had made things go her way.
"But you aren't so CEO's wife." Tony pointed out.
"Yeah, I��m not. Look I've lost my appetite. I'll just see you around. Thanks for being a listening ear." Adrianna smiled and left so money to pay for what she had ordered and not eaten.
Tony was left alone at the restaurant, confused at what happened.
Adrianna drove ho with mixed feelings, she was mad at Cedric and she also missed him at the sa ti.
She had fallen in love with him because he was different, because he didn't see her based on her last na. She chose him because with Cedric she felt that she was her own woman and she was free of all the expectations for her to marry rich.
She married Cedric because he looked beyond her pretty face and flashy last na. She married him because she didn't need to achieve less to make him feel more accomplished. Everything she thought was the reason why she married him changed.
Now even every reason she thought was the reason she had succeeded changed as well. As the Reyes heir, Cedric had the power to move companies, he could have easily told Elisia Corp. to cooperate with her no matter what the plan was. He must have asked Ray to get Breeze Air to approach Adrianna, the sa went with Nicole offering a partnership with Saints Hospitals and Veronica doing all the designs for Island's Inc. Arranging for all of these were in Cedric's power as the Reyes heir, and he let her think she did it on her own.
Adrianna thought back to the timing of the 30 won under 30 shoot. She had barely taken her new role in Island's Inc. when Abad TV approached her. Another company clearly owned by one of Cedric's friends, and a company he clearly had influence over as well.
Cedric knew how important creating her own identity was to Adrianna, and he completely disregarded that by throwing everything to the wind, including her trust.
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