The Billionaire's Love Conquest [UNEDITED]

Chapter 14: The CEO

My cousin Derrick promised to help me get into the hospital he was working as a family doctor in London, where his mom, my aunt used to work.

Dad was begging me to come and live with him, but I was still mad at him. For cheating on mom. Although, mom had forgiven him and he did his best to help and attended mom during her battle with Cancer, but the pain of knowing he betrayed us, and not knowing about mom's illness, it made me more furious of him.

I declined all his help during those years, until now.

I know if I will leave the Philippines, this house be will abandon. And it seems pointless of saving it, but it's only the property that reminds me of my late mother. This is her very first investment. I remember how proud she is whenever she told me the story of this house.

Losing her was like losing half of me. The pain is unbearable. I was hysterical and was like crazy the whole month after her burial. My cousin Kelly has to stay in my side and comfort me the whole time.

I felt the tears starting to stream down my cheeks. It's been nine long years and I still can't move on. I know the brightness of my eyes is gone. I felt like there's no reason to live. I stop doing all the things my mom hated me to do. And started doing those things she begged me to do like acting, modeling, dancing, and always the fancy socialite. For the past five years, I had come to like it and live with it.

Reviving the lifestyle of my mom, at least, in a simple thing, I felt like she's with me. I know wherever she is, she is happy.

I wipe the tears as I tried to stop from pouring. I felt the stone of the ring, rub in my cheek.

I unconsciously stare at the beautiful ring. With a blurry vision, I saw the ring shined as the sun reflects on the big stone. Before my Mom passed away she gave it to me. It was the ring dad gave it to her on their engagement day. Although the ring was in my middle finger nobody noticed it. The impression of being engaged was more noticeable and interesting than where the ring was worn. The ring was a bit bigger, it only fit in my middle finger.

I thought wearing it, would always remind me of her. I was mistakenly engaged but I didn't bother to correct it. Even Michael was furious and the reason we broke up.

I knew after a month he'll come back and woo me again. It's always like that. We've been dating for almost four years and our relationship was up and down. I thought through him I could completely forget him, but I was wrong. He was still there, engraved.

Although, being with Michael help me recovered from the pain of losing my mother and he was there too when I struggled in getting back on my feet.

The very reason why I never broke up with him. He always broke up with me whenever there's things we never agreed upon, and then he'll come back with flowers after several days. I knew he only does that because he can't bed any girl when he is in a relationship with me, I made sure of that. But now, it's almost four years and I never felt that love for him, I had felt with Alex. It's always him.

I leaned on the armchair and closed my eyes. Feeling the warm breeze of summer, stroking my face.

It's really hot here, especially summer.

"Ms. Nicki, me tawag po kayo!" (Ms. Nicki, you have a call!) Maridel said as she hand me the phone which I gladly took and thank her.

I put the phone close to my ear. "Nicki Speaking," I started.

"Hello Nicki, this is Atty. Augusto Marquez." I remember him. He is my father's Attorney.

"What do I owe you for this call, Attorney!" I bitterly asked.