Chapter 99: confusing situation
Damian had left after breakfast together, while Adriana and Eduardo were still at Valerie’s house.
Adriana approached Valerie, who was washing dishes at the sink. She leaned against the cupboard with her hands crossed.
"You two are getting intimate again," she said.
"How did you know?" Valerie asked with a smile, trying to hide her embarrassnt.
"I’m not blind, and my nose is still working!" exclaid Adriana with a smile. "After seeing your appearance, I understand why it took you so long to open the door."
Valerie chuckled, unable to et Adriana’s gaze.
"Honestly, I’m happy about this," said Adriana, reflexively helping Valerie put the dishes on the rack. "Finally, you’ve ended up with him again, which is good for Daniel. But I’m also worried because his father doesn’t like you now. Does his father know about your relationship?" she asked.
Valerie fell silent, rembering Daniel’s near kidnapping.
"Does his disapproval make it difficult for you two to openly reconcile?" Adriana asked again.
Valerie nodded slowly, then took a tissue to dry her hands. She walked towards the dining table, with Adriana following her.
"What happened?" Adriana asked, sitting in a corner of the table.
"It’s because of my mistake," Valerie replied anxiously, looking at her fingers on the table. "You rember, I once accepted Samuel’s proposal. Damian knew about it, then his father knew... Then he decided not to pursue
anymore, and his father closed the door for
to return to him," she continued, glancing at Adriana, who looked so curious.
"So... When I decided to leave Samuel, Damian ca back to . I told him... He was so happy and thought of getting back together with ... But then I found out that he had already accepted an arranged marriage with another girl, even his mother knew... Maybe it happened when she bought this house for Daniel," Valerie said again, unable to hide the sadness on her face. "So... his father ca back to , reminding
to stay away from him because he had already accepted that arrangent... That’s why I decided to hide here. I thought of staying away from Damian, but sohow he could find
here so quickly. It’s so hard to resist him, I couldn’t refuse... Finally, we decided to back into a relationship when we were in Korea."
"You went to Korea with him?" Adriana raised her eyebrows with widened eyes.
Valerie nodded. "It was unexpected. Suddenly, he was on the plane and upgraded my ticket."
Adriana laughed and shook her head, patting Valerie’s shoulder. "You can never run away from him when he can find you again. That’s sothing you should rember!"
"Yeah... That’s true. It’s like he doesn’t want to let
run and hide like before. Even though he has to maintain a relationship with that girl to keep his family’s business cooperation, he still keeps eting
and tries to make ti for
and Daniel... But I think his father knows about it and ordered soone to kidnap Daniel."
Adriana imdiately furrowed her brow. "Kidnap Daniel?"
Valerie nodded.
"Holy fuck!" she gritted her teeth. "How can a grandfather do that to his grandson, even his first grandson? How could he turn into such a demon?" She wondered in astonishnt, infuriated, her emotions boiling.
"I don’t know, I think he did it to make
afraid to reconcile with Damian. But... It didn’t stop Damian at all. He still couldn’t stay away from
and chose to pay Jerry to always be able to take care of Daniel, that’s why Jerry lives nearby with his wife. And I don’t know when this will happen," Valerie explained anxiously.
Adriana sighed. "Complicated!"
"Yes... Very complicated. If only I didn’t have so much drama and could just accept Damian right away, maybe his father wouldn’t hate ," said Valerie, leaning her body against the chair’s back. "Now I have to accept the reality of being in a relationship with high patience... I can’t force him to marry
quickly because he has to be free from that arranged marriage. And maybe make his father accept
again," she continued resignedly.
"You can’t bla yourself But this is all because of Samuel and Damian’s fault... I want to punch their faces!" Adriana replied angrily, then quickly got up from the chair and walked to the shelf to get a glass.
Valerie fell silent anxiously, thinking about Damian, who was still feverish but had to go back to work and even face his father, who might put a lot of pressure on him.
...
Arriving ho, Damian was imdiately surprised by the presence of Karina’s parents, Adam and Blake, waiting for him on the couch. Awkwardly, he approached them and sat on another sofa.
"You look so ssy," Elena said anxiously.
"Um... Sorry," Damian replied nervously. "I... I fell asleep at the bar."
"It’s okay, the most important thing is that you’re back now," Adam said calmly, smiling.
Damian nodded, glancing at Adam with curiosity and annoyance; ’why did he have to co so early? Doesn’t he know that I have to go to the office?’ he thought irritably.
"To be honest, I ca to talk about Karina," Adam said, his face turning worried. "Today she’s allowed to leave the hospital, and my wife and I also have to go back to Washington soon. Our work really can’t be left alone, but we want to leave Karina in your care," he continued.
"Why?" Damian asked, furrowing his brow. "Why didn’t you try to make ti for Karina when you knew that her condition could worsen at any ti? Why didn’t you show your concern for her and instead leave it to
to take care of her?"
"I’m not asking you to take care of her all the ti... And I will also co here often... I need to arrange when we can take ti off, as well as my wife," explained Adam, who looked handso with a slightly bulging belly and wearing a gray suit. "We want to spend ti with her, but we also need to consider the company... We have more than 1000 employees depending on us, so we can’t just leave..."
"We just want you to stay with her," said Blake, who looked glamorous with her flowing hair and red lipstick.
"Stay with her?" Damian was surprised.
"Yes..." Adam nodded. "She told
about your sadness because you didn’t get back together with Valerie. She feels sad for you, but she also hopes she can live longer to make you happy... I think she loves you. So, I think it’s okay if you stay with her. Maybe you could comfort each other... I just don’t want her to be alone... I want her to be with the man she likes during these difficult tis... At least if she doesn’t make it, she’ll go peacefully... but I hope she does make it and gets the donor in ti... I want the best for her... And when I co there, you can leave her just to get the entertainnt you like... It’s like... I want you to make her apartnt your ho, your destination to return to," he explained anxiously as if hesitating to express his desires.
Damian let out a rough breath and leaned his back against the sofa’s armrest, then held his head, which suddenly felt dizzy.
’What do I do? Should I comply with his request? What if Valerie finds out and gets angry or even distances herself from ?’
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