A sweet smile flashed on Miracle's lips when she heard the main door opened. She knew that Trigger is already home. She quickly wiped her wet hand on the apron before exiting the kitchen.

She was about to approach her husband when she saw a woman beside him. Miracle was immediately stunned as she watched the two.

"Trigger," she called his name softly.

There was no reaction as the wife turned to him. "Prepare lunch for us."

The woman next to it smiled. "Is she your maid? She's too pretty to be your maid."

Miracle bit her lower lip when she heard what he said. She doesn't even know that Trigger has a wife. Great. This is the first time that Trigger brought a woman inside their house, first time. And it hurts her so much.

"What the hell are you doing? I said prepare food for us!" Miracle was startled by her husband's shout.

When the two passed him, he quickly grabbed Trigger's arm to stop him from walking. "Trigger, who is she?"

The man angrily pushed his hand away. "You don't care. And I won't tell you. You don't have any rights to question me so fuck off."

"I am your wife, so why are you bringing another woman to our house?" sobbing Miracle asked causing the woman's eyes to widen with her husband.

Trigger massaged his nape, anger filled his whole system. Miracle immediately closed her eyes when the man violently grabbed her arm.

"You are my wife? Since when? I never love you, Miracle. You're just a whore for me, a con-artist, the woman who ruined my life. No matter where you look I won't consider you a wife." Next the woman sobbed while still bowing. "You should be happy that I am your husband. 'Diba't pera lang naman ang habol mo? How I wanted to slap your pretty face with million dollars so you can get out of my life. But I rather see you suffering."

After saying that, the husband went upstairs with the woman who was watching him. Miracle wanted to hate that woman, but when she saw it look at him, it was just pity for her situation. She has no reason to hate that stranger at all.

She's not like her husband, she doesn't have any rights to hate someone without knowing that person personally. She will never be like her husband.

Miracle sat on the sofa while crying silently. She wiped her face to wipe the tears from her cheeks. She can't handle these things easily. She could bear her husband's pain, her saying things. But to see that it brings a woman to their house, it doesn't make sense at all.

Though discouraged Miracle tried to step up. She heard a noise coming inside their bedroom so she slowly approached there.

The objects he was holding finally collapsed when he heard the woman's growl from inside.

Miracle covered her mouth to stop herself from sobbing.

Great. Her husband is having sex with someone. Inside their own bedroom. On that bed where they used to sleep together.

Miracle walked quickly to enter the guest room. When she locked the door, there poured out the pain and tears she was hiding. She moaned as she covered both ears.

He could hear nothing but the woman's growl, the hurtful words her husband uttered, and her father's hurt for her.

"You will marry Trigger, Miracle. That's all you have to say about your mother's life so you can't do anything!"

"D-Dad. I don't get it. Why do I have to marry someone I don't know?"

"I said stop asking!"

Miracle's sobs grew louder when she remembered how her own father would lay his hand on her after he tried to confront her. He could not forget the pain every time his heavy hand slapped his cheek and arms.

Her own father locked her inside a room with no bed at all. Her parents starved her for 1 week. He slept on the cold and hard floor for a week. He endured all that just to keep her from complaining.

In all of that, he said nothing. She accepted her fate, she accepted all of it. He is just a toy that his parents will use to grow their business. She's a puppet. She's never been their daughter. She's only a gem when she become useful.

He did not know where the anger of these people against him came from. She never tried hurting them. She never breaks any of their rules. All she ever did was to love her parents and Trigger, to understand them. Even if it takes a few more years, he is willing to endure until they accept that he is also important.

But little by little he was getting tired.

Now his wife brought the woman and had sex with her. It's as if Miracle is just being made to look like she's just a design in the lives of rich people. Miracle's just a small diamond compare to these big golden people.

She'll never be a gold. She'll never be someone's treasure.

That's the fate she need to accept.

Miracle bit her lower lip when she felt her stomach ache. She pulled herself together as she remembered the child in her womb.

He should not be debilitating, he should not be affected. There was a little baby in her womb and she needed to be taken care of.

"Maybe if they won't treat me like a human at all, maybe they'll admire you, baby. I can't wait to see you face this world. I'm sure everyone will like you," she whispered softly while caressing her tummy.

Miracle closed her eyes as the sunlight hit her face.

"When will these people I love treat me like a human?" she whispered. "I'm waiting for the sign. I'm patiently waiting. If not because of my baby, I would give up already. But I can't. I need to hold on. This baby deserves to see the world, this baby deserves to live. So I'll be patient. Even though I'm so tired. " She cried silently as she prayed inside her mind.

"Hi." Miracle looked up when someone spoke in front of her.

She immediately wiped her wet hands before smiling at the girl. "Hello." He still greeted her even though he knew what had happened inside his room with his wife.

"You're Trigger's wife, am I right?" awkward maiden question to him.

Miracle nodded her head. "He doesn't love me. We're just married on paper," he replied immediately.

The girl in front of her smiled a little. "I wonder what's wrong with you. You're a very beautiful woman. You look so nice too. Why does Trigger seem mad at you?" it adds even more calmly.

The woman swallowed at the question heard. She doesn't know how to answer that one.

"Maybe he wanted to be free but I'm a big obstacle in his life. Who wouldn't want to get out of a forced marriage anyway?" she uttered.

The one in front of him smiled. "I am Enica by the way. I'll be glad if we end up being friends--"

"You had sex with the man who has a wife, and that woman is me. You still want to be friends with me?" Miracle asked.

"Had sex?" its question. Eventually he hesitated to laugh before looking back in the direction of the stairs. "About that. It's--"

"It's okay. It's not your fault. You also didn't know he was married." Miracle accepted the maiden's hand. "I'll gladly be your friend, Enica."

The person in front of him was about to smile when he suddenly looked down at her arms. Enica's eyes widened when she saw so many bruises there.

"Oh gosh." The girl suddenly approached Miracle to take a closer look at his arms.

"What the hell happened to your arms? Why so many bruises?" shocked and mixed with concern in its question voice.

Miracle awkwardly avoided Enica's gaze.

"I'm s-still learning how to cook, sometimes I clap k-so I pass--" Enica stretched her arm even more.

"Tell me the truth, Miracle. Is Trigger beating you up?" its angry curiosity.

"No!" Miracle immediately answered. "My husband isn't that kind of person--"

"He killed many drug lords in front of us and you'll tell me he can't hurt? You knew that aside from being a CEO, your husband has a business underground. And don't blame me for that. You're just sneaking in. "Miracle, are you crazy? Why are you letting that idiot hurt you?" Enica's irritated rebuke.

She took a deep breathe. "When he's just angry, he's hot-headed sometimes so he hurts me."

"Even though! That fucking devil. I'll teach him a fucking lesson." Miracle immediately stopped the girl when she tried to rush to the room where her husband was.

"Don't. Please. He'll hurt me when he finds out I'm complaining. Please, don't be Enica," she pleaded.

Enica immediately faced her. "He's my friend, Miracle. Maybe he'll listen to me. He's not doing it right. He never told us that he has a wife, that's why he's hiding it because he's making you a punching bag ?!"

"He'll never listen to anyone, Enica. P-Please. Just let us go. I'll handle this situation by my own. I'm begging you. Don't cut ties with Trigger because of this. He ' I'll lose a friend and I don't want that to happen, so just forget about my situation. " Full of pleading promise of the woman.

Enica took a deep breathe.

"I need to go. If I stay here any longer, I might throw your wife into the abyss." It angrily grabbed the shoulder bag from the counter before walking away.

Later, Enica immediately turned in his direction.

"You, stay away from him whenever he's angry. Don't show your face. If I come back here and you still have bruises on your arms, I'll beat him to death even if it's impossible. And here." The girl approached him and handed him a calling card.

"If you need my help, call me. If you want to get out of this house, call me. I'll take you away and I'll burn down this house afterwards. Got it?" this question is artistic.

Miracle just nodded her head in surprise.

"Good. Bye, pretty. I'll be back soon." He kissed her cheek before finally leaving the house.

She just stood there, shocked and speechless.

Miracle didn't expect that Enica will be her friend.

Enica just had sex with her husband. He must be angry about it. But the girl also didn't know that Trigger was married, she can't blame Enica either.

But she has the rights to be mad, the case is, she can't get mad at that girl. Enica is just like Shanelle.

Smiling Miracle looked at the calling card he was holding. She met another friend. She's so happy.

"Where's Enica?"

Fear immediately engulfed Miracle's system when her husband's voice was heard in the background.

She faced him. "He's just leaving."

There was no emotion that Trigger passed him, but it suddenly stopped walking in the middle. He faced her with a blank expression. "There will be a party here in my mansion next week. I want you to do your fucking best not to show your face in front of my guests. I'm sure your parents will lock you up inside a room so you wouldn't give us a hard time. But I'm fucking warning you, if you try to tell this to mom and dad, I'll drag your dead body in a river. "

The man quickly left in front of her after threatening her. Miracle just stood there, she can't move a muscle because of what she heard.

Trigger can really kill her if he wanted to.

"Starve that fucking brat and don't let her step outside that room!"

Miracle immediately sat down on the floor and covered both of her ears when she heard her father's voice again.

Afraid he hid in the corner while forcibly dismissing what had happened in the past.

"I said I can fucking handle those stuffs, attorney. I'll let my secretary talk to you. He'll discuss important matters about that partnership." Miracle stopped going downstairs when she heard her husband's angry voice in the living room.

The woman immediately walked towards the direction of her husband who was talking on the phone. It looks troubled and busy.

"I wonder what's happening," she whispered while hiding through the wall.

His wife swallowed her own sense. "Yeah. And those people who kept on badmouthing me behind my back, inside my own company, tell them that I'll be there. I'll attend the meeting after lunch time."

When Trigger put down the cellphone he was holding, there was no sound as the woman walked towards the man.

"Is there a p-problem with the company?" she asked him with a soft tone.

There was no answer as Trigger stood up to pass him.

"Is it about the investors? I h-heard from your secretary last night that many pulled out of your project today?" he added.

The man stopped walking and faced her. "Stop sticking your nose in everybody's business, Miracle. You don't--"

"But I am your wife legally. I n-need to make sure that you're doing well. Trigger, I also have a right to the company because my parents are your business partners," Miracle replied.

Trigger stood there, he didn't say anything. He just threw the cellphone on the sofa and looked up again to watch her.

"What can your questioning do? Even if you're aware that the company is facing a big dilemma right now, you won't even help. You can't. So stay the fuck out of my business."

"It's not easy for you to accept other people's suggestions so the board members are angry with you, Trigger. I'm not talking to you as your wife right now, I'm worried about you. You need to listen to their suggestions "The project you are planning now, if you continue that demolition, people will lose their houses. You'll even ruin the environment. If you really want to continue your project, listen to the board members' suggestion. solve what you want without affecting people. Or, maybe they have another place to suggest to you that won't have that much of an impact. They're not just investors, Trigger. of the company so listen to them, "Miracle said in her professional tone.

She wanted to tell this to Trigger so badly. He knows how nasty the wife is, it doesn't listen to the suggestion of others.

"Who are you to tell me those things?" the man's question expression was dark.

"Do I have to be an important person in your life for you to listen to me? It's the best you can do, Trigger. So they pull out of the company because they don't like the plan you're laying out. You'll lose a big amount of money once they quit, "she explained even though she was nervous. Later, her husband may become angry and hurt her again.

"Fucking money, I don't need their money for my company to be successful. I can even buy their lives." Trigger was about to turn around again but Miracle answered immediately.

"It's not their money that you need. It's their knowledge and power, they're experts in this field. They've been handling companies for a long time so you need them. You'll have a hard time finding a good airline if Mr. Freli pulled out of our company. You will lose a lot. Including the connections they have. Those people are kind and genius ones so it will be difficult for the company to find their replacements. Just this time, Trigger. Listen to their suggestions , "he said calmly.

Trigger clenched his jaw. "No," she said sternly in an angry and raging tone.

Frustrated, Miracle looked after her husband as he rushed up the stairs. She didn't say anything, she just let it act like that. Maybe his head was hot so he would just let the man cool down.

That's the problem with Trigger. He's a good CEO, a very clever one. But he doesn't listen to other people's suggestion. It wants him to follow only his plan, and let others just agree with him.

He doesn't accept suggestions because he always thinks that his plans are the best.

Miracle knew that his plans are really good and outstanding, but for this project, he also disagreed.

Her husband intends to demolish a community because there is too much land there. In addition, they are close to the forest and there are many establishments that can be built. But many people will lose their home.

Yes and the company will refund the price of the damaged materials. But the work of those people is right there on the spot. If they need to leave, they'll have a hard time for sure.

Miracle took a deep breathe. She doesn't know where she got the courage to counsel her husband.

She really hates it when Trigger's company is facing a big problem. Especially and with regard to the course he completed sa such field.

She's known to be the most professional dean lister in her university back then. She's perfectionist when it comes to business. So maybe he suddenly visited and told his wife.

Miracle suddenly missed those old days. Everyone in that university loves her. Those professors are really nice. The people there have a lot of trust in her, they always see her as a woman who will become successful in the near future.

But look where she is now. Caged inside a life she never wished for.

Miracle shook her head and quickly climbed to the second floor. Quickly with feet he walked into the room in the far corner.

A smile immediately appeared on her lips when she saw the painting she was currently finishing.

Her works are scattered around the whole room. He intends to sell his works but he regrets losing them in his hands.

She sat down in front of the painting she's working on. She smiled and caressed her own stomach as she watched the work in front of her.

"I'm excited to see you, baby."

Miracle's hand stopped from painting when one thing struck her mind. He lowered his hand before smiling sweetly.

She hurriedly went outside the room before closing it. He next walked closer to the digital calendar taped to the wall. A smile immediately crept across her lips when she saw the date.

She felt so stupid that she just realized it now. It's October 12, and Trigger's birthday is in October 13. It's his wife's birthday tomorrow but he forgot!

She walked towards their room to see if Trigger's there, but she found no traces of her husband.

"Maybe it's in the company. I'm so tired, I don't want to rest," she softly murmured to herself.

He looked at the digital calendar again. She's so excited for Trigger. She wants her husband to feel happy on her birthday. He only saw Trigger celebrate his own birthday once, and no one else greeted him.

Even Trigger's brothers and parents are mad at him. The Knights family knew what Trigger's doing to her so the whole Knights were wild with the man. Maybe that's one of the reasons why her husband is so mad at her.

Maybe Trigger's blaming her about it.

That's why Miracle never wanted her husband to lose some friends, to lose Enica. He must be so lonely in his life.

In her situation, her parents are also mad at her for unknown reasons. But he was used to such a situation. Even when he was young, he only received beatings and anger from them so it was not new.

But Trigger, the situation is different. He used to be close to his brothers until she came and ruined his life.

Miracle sighed when she remembered that she didn't have a gift for her husband yet. The woman's eyes rolled quickly, wondering what she would give her as a gift.

Trigger has everything, so when he gives material things to it. It doesn't have a pack, and it can't even be excited.

She bit her lower lip before running towards the room where she was. Maybe if she'll paint Trigger's portrait, he'll get excited since it's not something that a person will expect.

Her heart almost jumped with joy as she carefully painted her husband's face. After all, he was always frowning and she had never seen him smile in front of her, she painted Trigger's portrait where he's smiling sweetly.

"I hope he'll like this one," she whispered to herself.

THE woman was tired of lying on the bed when she felt pain in her arms. It took him four hours to paint a picture of the wife.

In the end, her struggles are worth it. Trigger's portrait is the one of the most beautiful piece she ever painted.

He stood up on the bed and set aside the portrait of his wife and her baby. She giggled softly while staring at the two most important people in her life.

"Your father will like you for sure, baby. I hope everything will be okay once he found out about your existence," she whispered while staring at her child's image.

She went down to the kitchen to cook for her husband. Shanelle told her that whenever her husband is tired and stressed, she cooks it. That's why Miracle wanted to that also.

He knew that his wife would come home later. Trigger usually comes home between 12 AM to 2 AM around weekends. It is true that he wanted to greet it at the drop of twelve o'clock.

Seeing how Trigger acted a while ago, it feels like he forgot about his birthday also.

Miracle rolled her eyes when she heard the crackle from the living room. He hurriedly got out of bed and put on the house slippers.

She got out from their bedroom to confirm if her husband is already home. When she peeked from above, she saw Trigger sitting on the sofa while massaging his own forehead.

Miracle hurriedly took the portrait she painted and carry it as she went downstairs. Trigger hadn't noticed his presence yet so he carefully laid the painting on the side.

Before he approached it he felt the cellphone vibrate from inside the pocket. She quickly opened the message from an unknown number.

Hey, pretty! I took your number from Trigger's phone a while ago so don't ask me where I got it. This is Enica. But look at this. Your husband's with someone else a while ago. I wanted to punch him straight on the face but I didn't want to lead you. Do you know this girl, by chance? If not, I'll beat her to death.

After Miracle read Enica's message, she then opened the picture she sent.

She saw Trigger's picture accompanying another woman. And they look sweet.

Miracle smiled bitterly. What else has changed?

She approached Trigger who immediately looked up when she noticed his presence.

"Why are you still awake?" its a cold question.

Miracle felt Trigger's aura in an instant. She knew that he's having a big problem right now. Maybe another issue happened to the company. So even he was lethargic because of the message he received from Enica, instead of wishing her 'Happy birthday', other words came out of his mouth.

"What happened?" she worriedly asked him.

Trigger didn't answer her. She was about to open the lights but Trigger stopped her by grabbing her wrist. "Go to sleep. Don't mind me."

Miracle sluggishly grabbed her hand before staring at her husband.

"You look bothered. Tell me, what happened to you? Is it about the board members?" he asked weakly and cautiously.

The asswa's temper may get worse and he may feel angry. She doesn't want to give Trigger a stressful birthday.

The man averted his eyes. "All of the investors pulled out their investments from the company," it replied weakly.

Miracle's eyes widened. He immediately sat down next to the man. "What? Why? What happened? Did you have a fight?"

Trigger clenched his jaw. "You don't care. Stop asking me."

He got up from his seat but Miracle quickly pulled his wife's arm and made him sit down again. "Trigger tell me what happened. I don't want to be clueless about what's happening to you because you're still my wife."

It snatched the arm from his grasp. "Those jerks pulled out their investments because of my project. There, I said it! That's not my fucking problem here. I called my brothers to help me but they never answered me back. I'm fucking tired of all these bullshits that happened to me in this day, so stop asking me! "

Miracle didn't flinch when Trigger burst out in anger.

All she can see right now is not her husband who's very independent and strong. All she can see right now is her vulnerable husband who's seeking for someone's attention and care. And even his own family can't give that when he's facing a big problem like this.