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A Fragile Reunion

Brittany was such a lucky girl at 18 years old, she had loving parents, and a cute best friend she was harbouring feelings for when something happened, she got acquainted with Lucas the son of her mother’s employer. Naive, they became friends and had unprotected sex and Brittany had to have an abortion since Lucas's father and family members threatened to harm her if she proceeded with the pregnancy. This left Lucas, who is now 30, to join the Marines after obtaining a law degree as well as running away from a dominating father. In the military, he suffers a traumatic event which leaves him with PTSD, then has to go back to his father’s business where he is pressured to marry and produce an heir. Later on, Brittany starts working on the Interior design of Lucas’s family mansion and they again meet each other. Lucas does not remember being with Brittany, but he later still feels the suffering caused by his family to her. Brittany and Lucas have a fake marriage to have control of the family business, but at the same time, Lucas fights with his PTSD and Brittany is devastated by the loss of her mother and betrayal by her family. They have to unmask Lucas’s cunning stepmother and demanding father to regain the title they both deserve and rediscover the bond they lost long ago.

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A Storm of Regrets

"Brand, what is going on? I didn't tell you this to ruin her day!" Silva said.

"You claim that I started cheating by texting that girl. Look at you, doing the same thing!" Silva's boyfriend said to Silva who was facing Brand and apologizing to Brittany. 

"I can explain, Brittany. I am so sorry" she pleaded.

"If I walk out-

" Shut up!" Brand, Silva and I said at the same time. 

I had bigger problems than listening to a gas-lighting boyfriend. 

"I will leave," he said.

The three of us barely paid attention to him as he banged the door on his way out. I even tried to look at Silva who was giving me sorry eyes beside Brand but all I saw was the disappointed look on Brand's face. My brother was never an angry person but then, he looked ready to kill something.

"Brand, I can explain. It's…it's…not what you think-"

"You have no idea what I think right now, Brittany. How could you forget so soon? How could you?!"