  "ARE you now happy?" Janice said while laughing about how their parents are arguing.
  "Very happy!" Nica's smile widened.
  "That's certainly just for now, things won't go your way forever! You will end up the same way as your mom!" Janice stated, fearless.
  Nica's smile turned into a grin as she glared at her half-sister.
  "Don't trust your assumptions yet," Nica smirked. "Who knows, right?"
  "Don't assume that Chrismith will be yours, I know he is just granting his ill father's wish." Janice will not let Nica win the argument.
  "Really?" Nica grinned at Janice. "I'm not as bad as you and your mother, so I will give you a chance to prove that Chrismith loves you."
  Janice is displeased with what is on Nica's mind.
  "I will give you two weeks to make him fall for you. If you succeed before we get married, then he is all yours." Nica challenged Janice.
  "I don't need to seduce h

  JANICE is not used to drinking alcohol that is why she immediately felt tipsy even though she only drank two glasses of wine. She took her phone out of her bag, then checked the call history, it was full of her mom's number. There are many unread messages as well, but she did not bother to read those. Janice has a smile on her face as she dialed Chrismith's number.
  "Hello?" A baritone voice greeted her.
  "I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Janice asked, shy.
  Chrismith's forehead furrowed. He stared at the phone like he sees the person that he is talking to there. He could hear the background noises and the voice of the woman that he assumes to be drunk.
  "Are you okay?" He asked the lady while fixing the papers he was reading just before. He always brings those papers with him even at home.
  "I'm not." She denied.
  "Where are you?" He worriedly asked Janice as he hears the backgrou

  "Leave us alone first." Alfonso commanded his wife and his first daughter.
  "Honey, don't agree to&mdash;"
  "Margaret, this is a serious matter!" Alfonso stopped his wife from speaking.
  Margaret could not control her husband when he just said her name. She left furiously along with her daughter.
  Chrismith is just calm and let Nica give him a look of analysation. He secretly smiled when he saw how her reaction changed to a calm one when Janice and her mother went out.
  "Are you really sure with your decision?" Alfonso asked his daughter.
  Nica did not know what to answer. She suddenly felt scared for herself because she is not ready to have a more complicated and messy life yet. Her mother came to her mind. She does not want to become like her mother, the legal wife, but she was never loved by her father.
  "This marriage is just on paper." Chris explained when he felt that the 

"ARE you now happy?" Janice said while laughing about how their parents are arguing.
  "Very happy!" Nica's smile widened.
  "That's certainly just for now, things won't go your way forever! You will end up the same way as your mom!" Janice stated, fearless.
  Nica's smile turned into a grin as she glared at her half-sister.
  "Don't trust your assumptions yet," Nica smirked. "Who knows, right?"
  "Don't assume that Chrismith will be yours, I know he is just granting his ill father's wish." Janice will not let Nica win the argument.
  "Really?" Nica grinned at Janice. "I'm not as bad as you and your mother, so I will give you a chance to prove that Chrismith loves you."
  Janice is displeased with what is on Nica's mind.
  "I will give you two weeks to make him fall for you. If you succeed before we get married, then he is all yours." Nica challenged Janice.
  "I don't need to seduce him, he is mine to begin with!" she is fuming.
  "Then," Nica raise her eyebrow. "Why is he o

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