Chapter 253 - Giving you full encouragement...

Closing her eyes for the last time, she took a long deep breath and with her shivering hand, she turned the doorknob to finally open it wide..

As soon as the door got opened, Myra's eyes fell on the two figures who had hurt her the most in her life..

Regina was wearing a wine colored skimpy revealing knee length dress which was designed in mermaid shape with a low V cut sleeveless pattern..

Her face was painted with thick makeup like always. She was looking at Myra with a smirk on her face which Myra returned it with a roll of her eyes..

On the other side, Cole was looking as handsome as ever with a navy blue suit with his hair gelled up.

His eyes was only gaping at the perfect face of Myra who had not even looked at Cole's face for even once till now, which made him feel really hurt..

Without looking at them, Myra just uttered two words at them, "Come in.."

"Huh!! Don't you even know how to welcome a guest?" Regina mocked.

Myra just glared at her and said, "I'm letting you enter in my house, it's enough for you to have a good luck.. Don't expect more from me.."

Regina's anger built up high in her head as she shouted, "What do you think of yourself? How can you insult your would be sister-in-law like this? It seems like I have to complain about you to your brother."

Hearing it, Myra just gave a low chuckle and snorted back, "First of all, I think myself as the only heiress of the Brown family.

Secondly, as you said that you are my 'would be sister-in-law', that means.. it's still a future tense and there is no guarantee that you are ultimately going to by sister-in-law. So just back off..

And last but not least, Go and complain to my brother. I'm giving you full encouragement. Then let's see whose side my brother will take and certainly it's not gonna be yours.."

Regina huffed in anger and pointed a finger towards her before yelling, "You.."

"Yeah.. It's me who is saying all this. So if you don't want me to shut the door on your face then just enter without anymore words." Myra smirked and said.

Before Regina could say anything, Cole just held her wrist and pulled her into the apartment whereas Myra just locked the door and slowly entered the living room behind them..

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On the same night...

Love-Paradise…

"Yes Dad, I'll come and visit your office soon. I'll be almost free in the end of this week. So I'll be able to come on next week probably." Veronica said to her father on the phone.

"Okay... Then I'll be waiting for you. Inform me before you come so that I could prepare your favorite pastries." Mr. Lopez said with a smile on his face.

Veronica grinned and replied, "For my favorite pastries, I can do everything. Pack a full box for me dad because I'm gonna eat all of those.."

Mr. Lopez heartily smiled before saying, "Anything for my little princess."

Smiling at him, Veronica asked suddenly, "So dad... How is the new designer? Is she coping up with everything well?"

"Yes.. She is doing really great. Though she had joined our company for few days, yet she already managed to assemble her group properly...

She even distributed everyone's work and position according to their capabilities.." Mr. Lopez said.

Veronica was happy that the girl Louis started to like slowly, was also good at work when she remembered her friend Diana who was also a fashion designer...

She pondered where was she right now and what was she exactly doing..??

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Five years ago...

After Veronica came back to City S, she called Diana many times but she never picked up. But she never stopped calling her. She also thought of searching for her but she knew nothing about her. She only knew the name of her friend was Diana Miller.

So she talked to Reuben if he could find her and he agreed to do this but before he could process, Veronica's call had been received by Diana after three long months..

"Hello??" Diana's voice bloomed up in Veronica's ear.

"Hey Diana, how are you? I was calling you for so many days but you never picked up.. What happened to you? Is there any problem?" Veronica asked.

Diana's voice seemed to crook when she said, "I'm fine Vero. Nothing happened to me. How are you?"

Veronica felt relieved hearing that her friend is okay so she said, "I'm also good. I have many things to tell you. Do you have time?"

She expected Diana to agree with her but what she says shocked her the most, "Vero.. I'm sorry, I can't talk to you. Please don't call me ever. I don't want to be your friend anymore."

Veronica was shocked to hear it but she still composed herself and asked, "Why Diana?"

"There is no particular reason for everything. Just don't call me ever. I want to focus on my career right now...

So I don't want any disruption. If you ever thought of me as your friend then please don't contact me ever." Diana said in a stern voice.

Veronica felt like another thunderbolt fell on her but she still smiled and said, "Okay.. I'll not bother you anymore. Take care of yourself and good luck with your future."

After that day, Veronica never called her and also told Reuben to not launch his search mission. 

From that day onwards, Veronica promised to herself that she would never let any of her new friends come close to her heart...

She would be happy with her only friends who loved her and treated her with their best who were none other than – Neil, Willa, Henry, Lucinda, Louis and Reuben...

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Back to present...

"Princess, are you listening?" Mr. Lopez asked when he didn't get answer from Veronica.

Veronica came out of her past and said, "Yes. Dad I'm listening. I'll call you later as it's already late at night. Take your medicine timely and sleep well.

And I love you Dad..."

Mr. Lopez smiled and said, "I love you too Princess. Now you too sleep. Good night."

"Good night Dad." Veronica hung up the call and took a big sigh..

"Is everything alright honey?" Reuben's voice entered Veronica's eardrum and she saw him standing at the door of their bedroom...