Chapter 1: part 1 :The beginning
11 pm October 15 2023 (present)
A rainy night.
Hellaine is on her way home from her company.
She just finished a video meeting with her subordinates for the new project her company will launch this year.
While she was driving her Ferrari 458 sports car.. she drove on a slippery and blurry road because of the heavy rain.
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Hellaine Veronica Maxwell, 23 years old ,
May 25, 2000,Born in U,S.
Half Korean,Australian and Russian. She is the second heir of the Maxwell family.
Her nose is small and pointed
and have a blue eyes, pale skin, long and wavy black hair below her waist,
her face shape is like the face of a goddess.
She is the second heir of the MXCORP, the top 2 corp. throughout Asia,
Because of this the Maxwell Family is known in the media and in the business world.
Hellaine and Hellus are 6 years old when they become orphans, their parents died in a car accident.
Hellaine’s mother’s name is VERONICA SAMANTHA MAXWEL, a Half Korean/ Australian. She died at the age of 29 years old.
Many say that hellaine looks like her late mother, because she got her mother’s blonde hair and blue eyes.
And ALEX JAVIER MAXWELL, Half Russian/Australian father of hellaine,
He looks like hellus,
He Died at the age of 31 years old.
And Hellus Alexander Maxwell is 25 years old his older brother,
and he is now the CEO of MX corp.
Hellaine’s parents dead when they were going to the airport for their business trip to Tokyo.
According to investigators, the car Hellaine’s parents were riding in lost its brakes.
This is a normal thing that happens on the road,
And When the car is forgotten to be maintained, according to the details of the accident,
after the car of Hellaine’s parents lost its brakes, they collided with a truck.
The Maxwell couple survived the crash, but their car exploded causing the couple to catch fire and die inside.
After the accident,
the police found it difficult to find the driver of the truck, because there was no CCTV camera at the scene of the accident,
Hellaine couldn’t accept it because it was impossible for her parents to have an accident.
She did not believe that her father’s car had lost its brakes,
Because her father always checks this before leaving and returing home.
That’s why it struck Hellaine’s mind that someone had sabotaged her parents’ car.
Someone wants to kill them.
After the accident appeared in the media, Maxwell’s company was in turmoil, because the heir is not old enough, and no one will run such a large corporation.
When their father’s grandfather found out about this,
he immediately went to his grandchildren and his son’s funeral.
After Hellaine’s parents were buried,
Their grandfather took them to live in his mansion and to protect the two from evil people who intend to exploit the orphanhood of two children.
Because of the death of hellaine’s father
His grandfather managed MXcorp,
And Because hellus is not old enough and it will be difficult to handle a big corporation and people might not respect it.
So Until hellus is not old enough, he going to manage the MXcorp.
When the siblings lived in their grandfather’s house, The two children gradually fell in love with him.
Even though their grandfather is grumpy and strict, Hellaine and Hellus still love him.
they know that even though their grandfather is like this to them, he is loving and they know that what their grandfather does is also for them.
There, hellaine and hellus met their family’s butler, Jose Manjero, and his wife, head maid Alicia Manjero, and their two children, Alexander and Marisa Manjero, twins, same age as Hellus.
The Manjiro family also lives in the mansion, because this is what his grandfather wanted,
he also considered his butler’s children as if they were his real grandchildren.
As the two Maxwell children grew up, they became close to the Manjero couple, the couple considered hellaine and hellus like their own children.
And Hellaine and Hellus treat Alexander and Marisa like their siblings.
Since then they have always been together. Went to school together, playing together and sometimes slept in the same bed.
Because of the love surrounding the siblings, they gradually forgot the pain of losing their parents.
At the age of 11 years old hellaine decided to study at Harvard University,
She took a computer engineering course. While his older brother studied in France,
While the two twins chose to study close to their parents, and because they are old.
And she meet Ruby emerald hilvern.
Ruby Emerald Hilvern is half American, Russian Korean ,
Born in America, 24 years old ,
Only child, no mother,
Her mother died while giving birth to Ruby,
She wanted to take up fashion design. But because she is an only child
Ruby took a business management course, Because she wanted to help her father, she put her father ahead of her own wishes,
The hellaine at Ruby met because they shared a dorm,
Hellaine chose to live in a dorm rather than buying an apartment because she also wanted to find a friend.
And their dorm is also big enough ,
Its like an apartment. They have their own private room,
Even though the courses taken by the two are different,
they are always together every lunch and when they go home,
Ruby is kind, smart, talkative and gentle,
many people like her because Of attitude and
Her appearance,
She have angelic face, and green eyes, and blonde white hair
After 3 months they meet Stella Ruiz,
they shared her dorm and the three of them started to become close.
Stella Ruiz is a Korean/American Second child,
daughter of a businessman in Korea.
Hellaine and Stella are the same child
Ruby became an older sister when she was with the two,.
Since then the three have always been together,
wherever they went they were together, stella and ruby were treated like hellaine’s sisters.
But after 5 years they together .
Ruby suddenly says goodbye to leave because she has a family problem and she need to go back in her father’s place.
Even though the two are far apart, they still always talk on the cellphone,
After Ruby left, hellaine and stella became closer,
But sometimes hellaine felt sad, because Ruby was not there.
Even so, Hellaine still doesn’t forget Ruby, when Hellaine goes home or goes on vacation, she always gives Stella a gift,
She also sends a gift to Ruby,
But a year passed and Ruby and Hellaine rarely talked,
And After 2 years
Because of the intelligence Hellaine has, she graduated early at the age of 17 years old.
After Hellaine graduated,
she went home and Stella was left behind because it was still 2 years before she graduated.
After a year hellaine build the HV tech.corp.
And less than 2 years it became the Top 2 most powerful company in the U.S and Saudi Arabia in the field of technology,
And All websites have been filled with information about HVtech.corp,
Not because it’s famous because of its mysterious CEO.
Nicknamed “the Mysterious lady Ceo”
Because it has never been seen in public and no one knows what the face of the mysterious lady CEO of HVtech is.
Hellaine did not do this because of her own interest
This is because Hellaine doesn’t want people to know about her.
She also doesn’t want to get the attention of the media,
She find It so hard to live when everyone is focused on you, every move is watched by someone.
And maybe when people find out the second heir of MX corp and the CEO of HV tech are the same.
Reporters will feast on her and their family.
And because Hellaine’s grandfather doesn’t want Hellaine to go into business,
So hellaine used a fake name to hide her true identity. She used the name “hella Zu” half Chinese/American.
And when she attends the meeting hellaine uses a blonde wig, And only half of her face is visible on the screen,
she also uses a voice changer when she talks to people.
Even her investors and subordinates did not see her face.
And even those who work in her own company have not seen her even once,
because whenever her company has a meeting or greetings, her secretary always the one faces them,
the real face of the CEO of HV tech has become a puzzle to the media.
The only one who knows Hellaine’s secret is her secretary, Marisa Manjero, the daughter of their butler,
Her friend Ruby and her older brother hellus.
Ruby finds out about Hellaine's secret.
After Ruby left,
Ruby’s father’s company facing financial problems.
Ruby’s father couldn’t cope with the problems and pressure on him,
he got sick and hospitalized,
And Ruby took over her father’s company,
Since then, communication between Ruby and Hellaine has been rare,
and Ruby also doesn’t want Hellaine to know about her suffering.
But every time the month nears the end,
Ruby is always cheerful because hellaine always gives her a gift, and Ruby hides all of that.
And She treasure all of it ,like a priceless object.
Somehow Ruby forgets the pressure of her problems.
But after 2 years Ruby’s company became more and more unprofitable,
They always lose the investor and end up with its rival company
their new products and designs will always be copied
Hellaine almost lost hope,
because she couldn’t find out who took her files, inside her company.
Even a well-known hackers could not trace an intruder into Ruby’s company’s system.
Hellaine almost lost hope, because she couldn’t find out who took her files.
Even its well-known hackers could not trace an intruder into Ruby’s company’s system.
SHe asked for help from her mother’s siblings but none of them helped her,
And they pretended they didn’t know Ruby and her father.
Due to stress and fatigue, Ruby collapsed and she was admitted to the hospital.
When Hellaine’s brother found out about this, he immediately went to Saudi where Ruby’s main company is.
And Hellus meet Ruby at the hospital,
he immediately saw the tiredness and stress on her face,
he felt so sad to see her in this state.
Because of what happened, Hellaine’s older brother took Ruby’s company for a awhile so she could rest well.
At first Ruby don’t what it, but Hellus’s insistence and threat to tell Hellaine about this.
Ruby no choice but to agreed to let Hellus share her company’s job.
But on one condition,
She tell Hellus don’t invest in on her company because she doesn’t want them to empathize with Ruby’s problem,
even though Ruby knew it wasn’t just nothing for Maxwell ,
Hellus take care of Ruby and he also do Ruby’s works. Since then ruby and hellus got closer and closer..,
While Hellus was in Saudi, Alexander managed MXcorp for a while,
When hellaine found out about what happened to Ruby with her older brother.
she immediately talked to his older brother to invest in Ruby’s company,
but when Ruby find out about what Hellaine going to do.,She reject it.
No matter what Hellaine does to force Ruby, she still reject it.
So hellaine had no choice but to find another way to help her friend.
when Ruby returns to her company,
Ruby was very surprised when she received an investment from the mysterious CEO of HV CORP,
When the media found out about this,
many international companies suddenly appeared and invested in Ruby’s company.
Ruby accept it surprisingly.
And when Ruby’s company had a meeting between HVcorp and Emerald corp.
She was surprised ,
When she faced the CEO of HVtech on the vediocall
She have 3 moles on her neck,in form of a triangle, the same as hellaine’s.
At first Hellaine denied it because she didn’t want her friend to know that she helped her secretly.
Because Ruby has a strong hunch that hellaine and hella are one and the same.
She immediately went to the U.S where hellaine lives,
When Ruby entered Hellaine’s penthouse, one owned by Maxwell,
her eyes widened when she caught Hellaine wearing a blonde wig and in a formal clothes.
Her hair is like the hair of Hvtech ,CEO.
And that’s when Ruby found out, her hunch was right.
Hellaine thought that Ruby going to get angry but she was surprised when Ruby quickly hugged hellaine and started crying.
Because on the day Ruby was left in air ,
Hellus and Hellaine the one who helped her, And even Ruby said not to help her.
She still found a way to help her friend.
When Ruby’s company became strong again
her fake friends also returned and her mother’s siblings trying to communicating her.
but Ruby preferred to let go of her fake friends and she ignored her mother’s siblings
And chose her only friend and that was
hellaine and focused on her father.
Because of what happened to Ruby,
She realized that her so called friends only befriended her when her father’s company was doing well, so her family..
and left her when Ruby needed them.
since then every time Ruby is free she always goes to hellaine’s penthouse.
Sometimes Ruby lives in Hellaine’s penthouse.
And the two are always together, watching kdramas together, went in vacation together and etc …
Sometimes Ruby was asked by Hellaine if there was news about their friend Stella,
But even Hellaine doesn’t know where Stella is.
She disappeared like a bubble.
She has been missing for 4 years, even her father does not know where she is.
The only thing they know is that stella was inlove with a man,
her father didn’t like the man,
so the two elope,
Since then Stella has not been found.
*******
As Hellaine drove on the slippery and vague road..
hellaine felt inexplicably nervous,
“why I felt nervous?”
She touched her chest with her right hand and felt the strong beating of her heart.
“Maybe it’s just tired? “sHe said to herself.
SHe just ignored it ..
and just focused on driving
When suddenly her phone rang.
She looked at it.
It turned out that the one who called her older brother Helluss,
she immediately answered it….
*beep*
Hellus: where are you?
Hellaine: on the way home, why?
Hellus: ooh.. I want to remind you again, grandfather’s 73rd birthday is on next day, no more emergency!
Hellaine: yes, I know brother, you have reminded me 20 times about grandpa’s birthday. Don’t be paranoid , I already clear all my schedule for the next day..
Hellus: good. By the way, will Ruby also attend?
Hellaine: hahah are you going to confess?
Hellus: no!!!. Im just asking..
Hellaine: by the way bro, do you know the tears of love necklace?.
Hellus: yes, why do you want me to buy it?
Hellaine: no, Ruby mentioned it.
Hellus: ha! Really?. I’ll hang up now, take care my little sister.
Hellaine: okay. You too brother.
_beep_
Gushy, my brother is really paranoid, he already called me 21 times,
just to remind me about grandpa’s birthday, hahaha,
he’s so excited.
But now his in France ,
he building a new company building of Mxcorp there.
My brother has been there for almost 2 months with Alexander.
Hahahah maybe he’s excited because I’m going to bring Ruby with me , when will he have the courage to confess his feelings for Ruby,
I already knew that my brother have feelings for Ruby , but he keeps denying it,
one time I brought Ruby and Stella to my brother’s 13th birthday.
When giving gifts,
Ruby approached my brother to give her gift, when the two got close,
my brother was stunned,
Maybe cupid shot his heart,
And he fell for Ruby,
Who wouldn’t be mesmerized by Ruby’s beautiful angelic face, her white skin,
The color of her hair is blonde white,
the color of her eyes is blue, her nose is sharp and small, And red heart-shaped lips
She really like an angel.
After brother’s my birthday, he immediately opened Ruby’s gift.
Ruby gave him a necklace of pure gold,
its pendant is in it shape of a star in the middle is a small ruby.
Since then, my brother has always worn it.
One time my brother and I had a fight over that necklace ..
Because I almost stepped on it,
when Marisa and I were playing in his room.
When he saw that, my brother got angry and he ignored me ,
We didn’t talk for almost 4 days,
when grandpa know it ,
he was angry
and he locked us in one room to get along,
When we greeted each other,
my brother always teased me about Ruby,
What it wants in a man, what it wants food, things, and what else.
So when my brother found out that Ruby left, he was hurt and sad.
And when he found out that Ruby’s company was losing money and facing crisis.
He sent an email that he would invest in Ruby’s company but Ruby rejected it.
So he secretly helped Ruby.
He bought 100 pieces of expensive jewelry from Ruby’s company,
As well as jewelry that Ruby designed,
He also used different names because he didn’t want Ruby to know.
But within 2 and a half years,
Ruby can no longer afford to grow her company,
Many investors have disappeared and Ruby still doesn’t want to accept brother’s help,
So when my brother found out that Ruby had collapsed, he immediately went to Saudi and left the company to Alexander.
My brother took all of Ruby’s work even though Ruby didn’t want it.
He also take care of Ruby, sometimes I help him take care of Ruby,
I also learned from my brother that Ruby’s company is about to go bankrupt in half year.
I want to invest in ruby’s company but she doesn’t want to accept it,
so I invested using my second identity as hella zu
Even now, Ruby doesn’t know my brother is their mysterious buyer.
But Ruby’s company fell further, Ruby was accused of plagiarism.
My brother immediately found a way.
The crazy thing he did,
My crazy brother posted a photo of him on social media, which went viral.
Because that crazy person took a picture of him in front of a big mirror while sitting like a model and with seductive look and while biting his lips .
And his not wearing clothes!!
It’s not about being proud ,
But brother’s body is really good, it always in good shape.
Many people stumble upon him.
When I saw this on intragram,
I spit out and almost choke from drinking my coffee..
Because the towel in the picture is about to fall off,
This is the first time he posted such a photo, all he posts on social media is sunset, sunrise, and food
..ohh isn’t he cool hahaha.
And on the photo he was wearing one of the necklaces that Ruby had designed,
the hidden love,
and the necklace that Ruby gave..
And its caption, “my hidden love, is my northern star.” – Emerald.
After the picture is uploaded, in less than 24 hours it it spread on of all website platforms.
It went crazy viral and many people noticed the necklace he was wearing,
many bought it and many invested in Ruby’s company,
Ruby almost fell to her knees when answering the investors,
She didn’t know anything about what my brother posted,
Hellus made sure that Ruby wouldn’t know about it..
***
Hellaine looked at the road and the dark clouds in the sky ,
even the moon could not stand out because of the thick clouds surrounding it.
. “Gush, it’s raining really hard today, is there a storm?”. SHe said to herself and continued driving.
After 25 minutes---
Hellaine reached the tunnel.where She always passes when she going home.
As it neared the entrance of the tunnel,
hellaine noticed that all the tunnel lights were off,
“Is the electrical connection here broken? It was fine last night. Never mind that it might be damaged due to the force of the rain. “
SHe just ignored it and turned on the light of her car.
Without hesitation and fear, hellaine entered the dark tunnel with only the light of her car.
While she was far away from where she entered earlier,
she gradually saw the light of the exit of the tunnel.
The tunnel Is not that long, you can get out of it in just 4 minutes.
When she saw the light at the exit of the tunnel,
Hellaine sped up her car .
When hellaine finally got out of the tunnel,
A wide light greeted her, because of its excessive light,
Hellaine closed her eyes and bowed her head ,
When she looked at it again.
Hellaine’s eyes widened,
It was too late ,
She realize that it was not a simple light.
It turned out to be a big truck and it was close to her.
Because of the shock,
Its too late to avoid it and she crashed the front of her car into the front of the truck.
*Bugshhhh*
A loud sound was released from the crash of the cars.
Due to the intensity of the crash, hellaine’s car rolled 3 times.
and splashed Not far away.
Almost half of the front of hellaine’s car was damaged.
The roof of her car was also damaged as well as the two front doors of the car
. The broken glass of her car littered the road. Her car is almost beyond repair because of the damage .
While Hellaine suffered many wounds all over her body due to the broken windows of her car that hit her.
After the accident,
the truck that hit Hellaine left immediately.
They left hellaine without mercy.
“Argghh” Hellaine said in extreme pain,
SHe survived the accident but she suffered many injuries all over her body.
It’s like She going to faint.
.
Hellaine gradually opened her eyes, she felt dizzy,
When she opened her eyes, her vision is blurry,
Little by little, her sight returned.
When her sight returned
sHe looked around , and she saw what happened to her car and to her.
Hellaine notices that the truck that collided with her is gone, and she was the only one left.
My god, Hellaine said
It was a miracle that she survived.
Hellaine felt a liquid running down her face from her head.
When it dripped there, She found out that it was her own blood,
it came from her head,
Hellaine moved her right arm, to wipe it.
“Ouch!!!” she screamed in pain. When she move it.
When she looked at it,
it turned out that she bone broke in her right arm.
.
She moved her left arm, when didn’t felt the pain.
She immediately lifted to touch her wound..
“f**k!” she curse
When she felt that the cut on her head was big and the blood keeps flowing.
It Cause her to felt dizzy and pain.
_
“I need to ask for help,” she said to itself,
Hellaine turned her eyes to look for her cellphone,
when she saw it in her cellphone holder.
She moved her left arm to she reached for her phone.
“arggghhh please!!!!” she said while enduring the pain.
When she reached it she immediately touch it to open,
But hellaine was depressed when she saw that her cellphone’s LCD was wet and broken.
“s**t!!” she curse in anger because it was the only thing that would help him ask for help from the police.
She threw it aside and burst into tears,
Little by little hellaine loses hope,
Because of the heavy rain ,
noone passed in her way.
'What im going to do?” she asked herself,
because She couldn’t focus on thinking
Hellaine is confused about what she should do
. No.. no I shouldn’t give up,
I need to get out of here.
I need to get help.
Hellaine examined her legs
She saw that there was a large piece of her car glass window stuck in her thigh..
It looks so deep.
SHe moved her left hand and removed her necktie from her neck.
and rolled it and bite it .
After that,
She slowly move her hand closer to the mirror on that stuck in her thigh,
Hellaine grabbed it and immediately pulled it out.
The blood flow from her wound.
“Hngghhhhhh” She cried while biting the cloth in her mouth.
Hellaine’s breathing quickened due to the intense pain.
She focused and immediately took the necktie from her mouth and wrapped it around her wound
She make sure it blocked her wound and stop it from bleeding.
.
And she tightened the tie.
“ahh hmmmm”. .when She finished it
Hellaine moved her left hand to unbuckle her Seatbelt to get out of the car.
When he pressed the lock,
when her seatbelt unlock
it automatically returned to its position.
And she quickly opened the broken door of her car.
When it opened she moved her left leg,
even though it was painful,
Hellaine endured it to be able to move it and step on it
..
“Argghh” hellaine could cry as she felt the pain.
when she put it down, she felt the pain
And the raindrops on her wound.
It mixed with her blood and flowed down the road.
Hellaine moved her body to bring out her right leg.
When hellaine got her two legs out.
She used her left hand to hold the door of her car.
And gradually forced to stand up but because of its wound and it lost its grip and hellaine fell down.
*Bugshhh*
“Ahhh f**k!”
Hellaine bit her lips hard and she felt the pain.
Because of the raindrops she felt the pain of her wounds all over her body.
And Due to the force of the rain and Hellaine’s wounds,
the place where Hellaine was lying on,
was filled with a mixture of her blood and water of raindrops
Shit, I need to survive.
She wants to stand but she couldn’t feel her left leg.
Hellaine endured the pain and crawl on the wet road to get away from her car,
While crawling,
vision blurred but she still continued to get away from her car.
She prayed that at least one car would pass by to help her.
But because of the heavy rain it was impossible.
As soon as Hellaine got away from her car
She Felt very tired,
She stop for awhile and faced her body to catch the rain.
– please don’t let me die, not now I have so many things to do.
SHe said and tears fell from her eyes
She felt that she couldn’t do anything ..
Little by little,
Hellaine felt like she was going to pass out.
Suddenly there was a car coming,
Hellaine tries to open her eyes
.
“H-help” she cried softly.
It turned out to be a van.
Hellaine seemed to live in hope because there might be many people riding here who would be able to help her.
As it approached, it stopped in front of hellaine’s car.
.
Hellaine’s eyes widened when she saw two masked men come out of the van,
Hellaine felt so nervous,
She forced her body to move and slowly crawled.
SHe couldn’t believe that someone would try to harm her,
Because she has never had an enemy either in business or in her personal life.
When the two men got close to Hellaine’s car,
they saw that it was empty, and hellaine is not there.
The two were about to leave when a man noticed the blood on the road.
She followed it with his gaze
And not far away he saw hellaine crawling.
They immediately walked closer to Hellaine’s place.
When Hellaine noticed the two men approaching her,
she forced herself to stand up even though she felt pain her feet,
she forced herself to walk to get away from the approaching masked man.
But no matter how fast hellaine walked
They still catching up.
As they approached, they immediately grabbed both of Hellaine’s hands.
“s**t!!! Let me go!” Hellaine shouted and struggled.
Hellaine didn’t have the strength to knock down the two men, because she was tired and because of the wounds on her body.
A man took out a handkerchief and put it on hellaine’s nose,
“Mmmmm”
Hellaine tried to struggle but gradually she felt drowsy because of the medicine placed in that handkerchief and she fainted.
When Hellaine lost consciousness, they picked her up and put her in the van.
The two immediately got into the driver’s seat And they quickly started the van and drove away from the accident site.