Novels by Kraeces Pios

After the talk with my sister, she finally admitted that she wants the baby to be a surprise. Though, I told her that Ma would be sulking again if she doesn't tell her that she's pregnant. Just like when my sister and Kuya Nicolas, which by then was her secret fiancé, didn't tell our parents that they are already engaged. Pa was okay with it while Ma, on the other hand, freaked out big time. She even told my sister that she will never attend her wedding, but of course, she did come because Raegan did a lot of things to gain our Ma's favor again. That was a hell of a two months back then."I'm telling you, Ate. You don't have to hide things from Ma." I crossed my arms as I look at her sternly. "Let me ask you, does Auntie Adelina know that your pregnant?" I saw her nod. "See!" I stood up and put my hands on my waist as a walk back and forth in front of her.She has the audacity to hide, no, surprise our Ma with her being pregnant but she can't do

I was stuffing my duffel bag at the back of my car when I heard light footsteps approaching me. I turned around to see my Ma in her robe holding a paper bag which I looked into and saw jars of cookies."All of these for her?" I frowned at her while grabbing the paper bag she's giving over to me."Oh shush, Niane. It's been a while since your Ate didn't visit us. And as I told you last night, these are her favorites. You don't even like my baked cookies that much because you always want me to bake you brownies."I just rolled my eyes at her. "But then you don't. Now, it's very obvious that you are playing favourites here." I eyed the paper bag and back at my Ma.I heard her sigh and then hug me. " You know I don't do that. I love you both equally." She then put both of her hands on my shoulder and looked at me squarely on the eye. "It's just that I miss your Ate so much ever since she moved out of the house to be with your Kuya Nicolas."

"Okay, time to pack up guys. Good job for today. See you all on Monday." I gave them a big thumbs up after what I just said. I look at all of them and they just happily nod.It's been a week since my Pa told me to focus in here. I'm glad that I did obliged instead of reasoning out. It's only been, what? Seven days? But honestly, I enjoyed working and helping out these people. I got to know them all better. I didn't know they had a side like this. They treat each other like long time friends. Well, aside from this guy beside me.Julian never leave me unnoticed. His eyes always followed me. He seems to be my instant body guard. How did I know? Well, Siena * told me. One time, while I was helping out with the master's bedroom's layout, Siena slightly tap my shoulder to tell me that Julian is looking at me. I looked at Julian but he just averted his gaze. But sometimes, I really do caught him stealing glances at me. I don't what's up with him but I don't mind. I'm

We are on our way to see the Diva Manor. Pa told me that from now, my focus is on the manor. But I know why he's sending me off to supervise that project. He just said that I shouldn't let anything like the Ellis incident happen again and to prevent that, I should officially handle the Diva Manor project first hand in exchange of his temporary return in managing the business. That's fine by me. But, of course, I knew that it was all a cover up. He only said that so that my work at 360 Degrees would not add up to what I'm thinking. What am I really thinking? Well, to be honest. It has been two days since the night that Maverick and I met. And until then, all I think about was what happened and the words I said to him.It's as if the Niane, who begged in front of him just so he wouldn't leave me and the one I tried to set aside because it's affecting my performance at work, came back. It is not easy for me to move on and forget what happened. But I had to because a lot of p

I tugged at Julian's arm and told him to just go while my eyes are locked at Maverick's figure walking towards us. But Julian stayed like he didn't hear what I just said. "Listen, Davis. You need to go home now. Please." I pleadingly told him. He still stayed.I saw my best friend sprinting to catch up with Maverick but with my ex-boyfriend's long strides, he's in front of me in no time. I smelled liquor on him. Is he drunk? Jacqueline stopped on her tracks. "I told him to go home hours ago. I didn't know he stayed up waiting for you. I'm sorry Niane." She apologetically explained."Who is this guy? Huh?" I smelled the liquor in his breath as he speak to me. What the heck? "Am I that easy to replace, Niane?" He softly asked. I felt a sudden pang in my chest."She has the right to do anything she wants, Mav." Jacq said as she tried to pull Maverick away from us."Stay the hell out of this, Cassidy!" He angrily snapped at my best friend as h

I left for office early today. I can't wait for Jacq to wake up because stayed up all night watching romantic comedy movies. I also did not bother to eat breakfast because I still have to process the necessities for one of our projects. The one I assigned at our other project is having a problem about the house design. It is said that our client is having problems about choosing a design. We already sent him a number of layouts but our client is really picky. This incident is not new to us anymore.I decided to go to Unnamed to get a venti sized Iced Cinnamon Almondmilk Macchiato. One interesting fact about me is that I can't function well in the morning without coffee. That's why Miss Palmer made sure she always prepares coffee an hour after I arrived at the office or else, my mood will affect my work or how I treat my staff. Not that I'm treating bad, but sometimes I could get grumpy. No one wants that.I opened my car window to let the November air fill my l

We've been busy cleaning up the mess Jacq made. She almost burned the whole house down. Ugh. Her reason was that she just wanted to suprise me after my meeting with the applicant, which happens to be our neighbor, by cooking my favorite food, but then she forgot to put the timer on and got distracted by the cat videos she was obsessing on some mobile app. She said that she did not realize the time and her attention only returned to what she was cooking when she smelled like something was burning. She already panicked so she quickly opened the oven door and saw that the pan inside was already on fire. She just pulled out the burning lasagna, not minding whether she would get burned or not. Unfortunately, she was burnt. I wish I had pity but in my case, my worries over the disaster that occurred were greater.And now the two of us are relaxing here on our patio. The two of us are still a bit in shock. Well, me most of all. What if he did not immediately remove the pan from

"So..." I trailed off. "Why are you here?" I calmly asked while seated adjacent to this guy. This guy that bumped onto me causing my drink to be spilled over my dress earlier. This guy who I never thought I'd be seeing again. This guy who, surprisingly, is my neighbor's son, and the one that Jacq and I saw outside my bedroom window which by the way I didn't see his facial features so basically I didn't know it was him. And, this guy, whom Miss Palmer found to be interested in our job hiring which in fact is wrong because Pa already hired him and I think he just told Miss Palmer to tell me that she is the one who found him so that I could do a formal meet-up. This guy... Julian Caleb Davis."I'm here because I'm interested in your job hiring, and it suits what I took for 5 years in college. Besides, your Pa basically phoned my father about this." He casually said. Ugh! Pa never told me he had a plan! That man!I cleared my throat. "I'll look into your r

I thought this day would turn out great. I guess wrong, then. I was shocked at the sudden impact and more so with my stained white dress. Fortunately, I ordered a cold drink, otherwise my chest might have burned. Wow. Just great. When I am really happy and excited to meet my day, there is another gimmick like this that suddenly comes. You can never be too happy in life, really."I'm really sorry, Miss. I admit, I really wasn't looking to where I'm walking. Don't worry, I'll buy you a new drink." Said the guy I bumped into. Wow. It's my first time to hear someone admitting their faults.I raised my left eyebrow and looked at him. Shocked is still evident on my face. Well, I'm not the only one who's surprised. Everyone here, are. Thanks to this, I eyed him from head to foot, guy. "Your reason is not a good excuse to compensate with the trouble you've caused." The barista earlier excused himself to give me a bunch of tissue paper. I nodded at him then I wiped my c

"Jacq! Oh my gosh!" I frantically got up and started jumping. I can't literally believe this. From all the bad news that happened this is the best news so far. Shoot!"I'm getting dizzy with what you're doing Niane! What is that? Can you sit down first?" She grabbed me by the arm and pulled me down. "What is it? Are you getting a new boyfriend? Wait. Is it a new admirer? Tell me." Wow. Overexaggerate? I pulled my left arm from her excitedly hard grip. Sheesh! This movie is getting into her. I searched for the remote and turned off the TV. Seriously, she should stop watching romcoms!"What are you saying, Jacq? That's always what you say." I rolled my eyes at her. She started pouting. "Stop that. You look ugly." Then I laughed at her. Yuck! "Anyway, Miss Palmer sent me a message. Jacq ..." I grabbed both of her hands. "She has found a replacement for Mr. Ellis!" I waved our hand. I'm getting excited. This is literally good news. "Wait! I need to call Ma and Pa,

After my visit at Aroma's and the unexpected gift from the Davises, Jacq called me out for lunch. She told me to prepare a honey lemon iced tea and my famous salad. Ha! Someone's been preparing a best friend date and truth be told, we haven't had it since after college graduation. I guess being adult sucks at some point."We never have these kinds of occasions since after college. I miss this. I think we should make it a tradition to do this even after marriage and kids. Or make this a way for both of our future families to get together and know each other better. That would be great, right? Specially for the kids!" She said while we prepare the table for our late lunch date here at the gazebo.I told her that we shouldn't get excited about the future. I mean, we have our whole lives ahead of us. We can enjoy it every day. "Well, I guess you are right. But hey, I'm excited to whom I'm going to get married with. I just hope he's handsome so that we could have ad

3 days after knowing that Maverick is dating another woman, I made up my mind to make myself better. Something that will make him regret leaving me. But before doing that I have to do my job at 360 Degrees*. I signed the approved designs and kept my tabs at Ellis the scammer's replacement. Jacq is always at our house and decided to stay over until Ma and Pa comes back home. It's never an issue for me since we are best friends, and we are practically siblings from another womb. Things are going great. And now, for my plan.I'm about to exit the office when my phone vibrated. I got a text saying that my scheduled appointment is today at 1535H. I looked at my watch and it's 1057H. I still have enough time to go home and have lunch with Jacq. I entered my car and started the engine. "This is going to be a wonderful day." I told myself. Indeed.I drove past the beautiful fields of Fremlin. It's filled with beautiful shades of flowers. I guess flower farms are a busy