[COMPLETED] ---------- "For ten years, I have loved you in vain. Now, my love has withered." Liliana Xin was treated like wallpaper in her four years of marriage with her CEO husband Asher Shen, despite her best efforts to build a happy home. She thought she could endure his neglect, but when a miscarriage got her nothing but a cold shoulder from her husband, Liliana decided enough was enough! "Divorce me this instant." What's the use of wallowing in self-pity? Shouldn't she be her own boss and lead a life without begging for a man's love anymore? It was time for her to squeeze out massive alimony from this apathetic man and leave to become a successful woman on her own! On her healing journey, Liliana crossed paths with Lucas Liu. The younger man had the same forlorn look in his eyes, reminding Liliana of her misery. "Join me. I'll make you more powerful." She promised, wanting to save him to repay him for his kindness. He was there for her at her lowest. With Lucas and her friends, Liliana continued moving forward. She didn't look back at the people who had never cherished her. They were no longer important to her. But there's someone that wasn't happy with this new development. Asher reappeared, his frosty cold mask was replaced with deep regret and longing. "I was wrong. Please, come back! I'll do anything!" Liliana scoffed, turning her back on her first love. She won't repeat the same mistake of loving him ever again. ------------ WSA 2023 Entry: Billionaire/CEO/Mafia Exclusive cover by @khaizusan (Instagram) Tags: slowburn, weaktostrong, boss-subordinate, divorce Please note that the characters are not OP from the start. They will undergo character development and even make good/bad decisions during the period.
Cassia finally talked!
Accompanying her mother alone in the bedroom, a relieved Liliana was glad to be able to talk to Cassia again. She let her mother express her confusion, disappointment and exasperation.
"I feel terrible... even until... now..."
Liliana understood the reason for Cassia feeling disarrayed. Her mother was presented with the cold and hard truth behind her parents' untimely demise decades ago.
Still, Liliana genuinely thought Cassia's strength and determination pushed her mother to discuss this issue earlier than expected.
"Have you thought what you want to do, Mom?"
Liliana's voice was low in the quiet bedroom, barely audible to Cassia. She held her mother's hands as they sat on the two-seater couch. Her eyes never left the older lady's pallid face.
'What do I want to do? I want...'
Cassia bit her lower lip. She silently recalled everything she pondered during her sleepless night yesterday.