
Grace wakes up with a broken body. His job at the casino was exhausting as he had to climb up and down stairs wearing high heels. Since then his phone has sounded indicating incoming messages. Ethan invites himself to meet at lunchtime at Terres de Cafe, a coffee shop not far from Grace's apartment.
Grace rattles her hair dizzy, does she have to lower her self-esteem by borrowing money on Ethan? But he was ashamed, all this time Ethan was good to him.
"Sorry, I just woke up." Grace sat down in front of Ethan who had ordered a hot americano for her. "No problem, I just arrived." Ethan answered with a sweet smile. "So, do you want to explain something? " Our heart Ethan asks about Grace's new job. "I'm sorry Ethan maybe I won't work with you anymore." Grace said with a tone of regret. "But why, what salary do I give less? " Ethan still doesn't understand Grace's thinking.
"No, because you've been so good to me. You gave me more than I should have. I'm just tired of doing two jobs in a day." There is a sense of disappointment in Ethan's heart when Grace resigns.
"Alright, but you should be able to take good care of yourself. The world that night was very harsh. Don't lose anything valuable there." Grace gulps at Ethan's advice from his former boss. So far Grace can take care of herself but she does not know in the future how.
"Thanks Ethan's. You're the best friend I have." Rania clasps Ethan's hand in a brief sign of deep gratitude.
"Ethan I have to go see my daddy." Before leaving, Grace sips a drink that Ethan bought for her. He doesn't want Ethan to be offended.
"I'm taking you how? " Tawar Ethan wants to take the only woman close to him for the last three years.
"Thank you, Ethan, but you have to attend the seminar, right? " Grace does know Ethan's schedule over the next few days. The two hugged warmly as if understanding will not meet in the near future because of their respective activities.
"Take care Grace. " Clear Ethan let go of their embrace.
Grace takes a bus to Hauts-de-Seine where her father lives in the Nanterre area. It took forty-five minutes to reach the stop. After that he will take a taxi for about fifteen minutes. Today Grace is not strong to walk.
Staring at her family home at the gate, Grace had not expected to return home after running away for three years. The housekeeper lowered his head to greet the young lady of the house owner's child. "Good day, Miss Gracia." Grace just smiled bitterly in response.
"Is daddy inside? " Grace kept asking even though he knew the answer. "Please miss, Mr. Rodrigo is waiting for the arrival of the lady." The guards opened the gate for Grace to go inside.
The Grace family home is so beautiful with trees around the yard. Cream-colored two-story house looks sturdy and majestic in view.
A few female servants greeted Grace. Grace Mr. Rodrigo's favorite daughter is back. Maybe he finally gave up because he was not as independent as he had once been.
"Oh my lil girl, welcome back Gracia..." Mr. Rodrigo spread his arms asking Grace to give him a hug.
"I miss you dad, to the moon and back." Because of Grace's professional demeanor, she didn't even get to say hello to her father at the casino. Grace misses her father's love.
"Have you had lunch? " Task Mr. Rodrigo reluctantly to let go of his embrace. "I'm so hungry dad, I purposely didn't eat so I could have lunch with you." As if the inner bond spoke, his father was not tasteful to eat the dishes that the cook had prepared.
"You know, the man you rejected still holds a grudge against me. Looks like she's traumatized in a relationship because your matchmaking just broke down." Since it was already in the closing menu the chat turned into more serious.
"Dad, I was still eighteen back then. Where to think about marriage. Anyway it's his fault why he told his assistant to come." Grace sneered at her former husband's behavior in the past. Her father just laughed off feeling his son's adorable attitude.
"Do you want to know who he is? Maybe daddy can still arrange a rematch." Mr. Rodrigo suspects that Grace does not know that her boss is the man who almost became her husband. He deliberately did not intend to tell them both. Their relationship was long over. Even Sir Arthur may be busy preparing some candidates to become his son-in-law.
"Never dad, I'm gonna find a partner who loves me for who I am without caring about my family's social status." Grace replied steadily and confidently.
Grace's father was a businessman in the field of diamonds and watches. Who does not know the football lunge in raking in net profit many times over. But even so, Grace did not immediately boast. He even insecure when hanging out with his schoolmates. Grace chooses to keep the very identity of the father of the people.
"Come, daddy, there's one gift for you." Mr. Rodrigo pulls Grace's hand into his study. There Grace watched her father open a secret safe behind a fur rug just under the couch. Grace was not surprised at all, her house even had a high level of security system. Because at home that's some diamond collection is done by his own father.
"Here it is... " Grace took over a flower-shaped pendant with a small blue sapphire in the middle. "That's your mommy's legacy, daddy wants you to start wearing it Grace. For the necklace you can choose in the gallery." Mr. Rodrigo asks him to come home to give his late wife's last memories for Grace. Before Grace was born their life was quite heavy, buying and selling gold in Mr. Rodrigo many times fell awake and almost bankrupt. But after the presence of his daughter seemed to give endless luck. Eighteen years into the diamond business, Rodrigo made him the richest man in Nanterre.
"It's so pretty dad, I think mommy's so pretty when she's wearing it." No tears Grace fell considering the figure of her mother that can only be seen through photos. Alice died when Grace was in elementary school due to complications. The father immediately grabbed Grace's shoulder to hug her giving her warmth. "I miss her so much dad. " Lirih Grace has no power to hold him anymore. "Sychlating is easy, but forgetting her difficult memories." And because of his love to this day his father Grace does not intend to marry again. Actually Grace does not forbid only Mr. Rodrigo reluctant to be in a relationship.
Grace walked for a while to her father's gallery. He wants to find a partner from the beautiful pendant Mr. Rodrigo gave him. Humming ria Grace let go for a moment of her life's burden. Grace will borrow money from her father to repay the loan Liam gave her. He did not want to see the man again. Ethan's words always haunt him.
"Gosh, I forgot to clean the apartment." Grace's move came to a standstill as her job was still five times. "Ah leave it alone, I'll return the money anyway. " Grace shrugged both of her shoulders indifferently not wanting to take a headache.
suddenly the voice of Grace's phone rang a sign of an incoming call. she reached into her pants pocket then received a call from her boss. Has her salary been liquid? guess Grace was curious.
"Hello boss, is there any good news? " Sapa Grace was excited.
"bad news Grace, since the boss was angry in broad daylight even when the casino was still not clean.he asked me to contact you, quickly you meet him in his apartment. looks like you've made a big mistake to anger him." the casino manager Grace knew named Adam spoke very quickly without a point and a coma.
Grace bit her lips worried.the reason the distance from the residence to Liam's house is not close.the harm is also to forget the time. "i'm far away boss, I will try to meet him." Grace disconnected unilaterally, rushing to the gallery to quickly return to Le marais.
the feeling of fear came back to haunt her, Grace remembered Liam's narrow eyes when angry. "I need five thousand, my dad will pay later." there is no time to meet Mr. Rodrigo now Grace is like a robber alone.The store employees do memorize who Grace is but it is against the rules of course. after the manager called his boss he was forced to give Grace what she wanted.
"please tell him I'll pay my debt later, but I don't know when. " Grace grinnedly displaying his neat and white teeth.The female employees only shook their heads in disbelief if the rich man's son was beyond estimate.
Grace waited for her destination. He was worried that he did not have enough time, what's more tidying up Liam's house was not an easy thing. Even after that Grace had to go back to work at her casino. "finish your history Grace." Grace bit her nails impatiently wanting to leave.