"A great marriage is not the union of the perfect couple, but an imperfect couple who accepts and embraces each other''s flaws."— Anonymous

    As the car entered the Chen Villa, Louie is very nervous when he saw it. He wants to know if the job he tasks his lawyer was a success; he wants to know if he will get his freedom before Christmas, and maybe on the 24th he can have some time alone with Autumn, and by that time he will confess to her.??

    When Yuan and Rebecca got off the car, Louie, Ethan, Harry, and Kim were all waiting at the living room; Louie was so restless on his chair where he sits and waits for the two to enter the house, he almost runs towards them to see the results.

    Yuan and Rebecca are silent when they both entered the house, "What''s the result? Is it a success? What are her other demands?" Louie showered them with questions. "Could you please let us sit for a while and offer us something to drink Mr. Louie Chen! Your task for me is not that easy, your wife is so stubborn and it''s so hard for her to accept the consequences of her wrongdoings" Rebecca told her boss.

    Yuan chuckled: "I''ll go to the kitchen and ask the servants to prepare something for us Atty. Alberts. It seems that Louie can''t wait to hear your report."

    Yuan volunteered to go to the kitchen not only because he will ask the servants to prepare something for him and Atty. Alberts, but his purpose was to send a message to Isabele and Dimitri about the divorce of Louie and Sofia. He was aware of the motives of Louie regarding this situation. He knew that Louie will start his way of investigating Autumns'' and the twins'' real identity and about their real relationship to the Vallini and Vendari''s.

    Atty. Alberts: "Okay Yuan, I think I feel dizzy because of starvation."

    The four good looking men who are patiently waiting for them for hours are staring at them, Rebecca looks at them and sigh; "Boss Louie, you must give me a huge amount of bonus, and a month of vacation all-expense paid by you" Rebecca demanded to Louie.

    Louie frowns to her, "Atty. Alberts, does that mean that your task is a success?" Ethan was the person breaks the ice of nervousness for all of them. Rebecca nods her head, she handed to Louie the Divorce papers, NDA (nondisclosure agreement), and the family heirloom which is the engagement ring. Louie''s hands were shaking when he receives the doc.u.ments and the ring from his lawyer, he can''t believe that Sofia does sign it in a snap of a finger.

    "Boss, I will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau later so that I can process the legality of your divorce, and I will also file to the court about the NDA between the two of you. But Boss, Ms. Sofia has some request that she wants you to fulfill" Rebecca informed Louie; Louie frown upon hearing his lawyer avowal, "And what is her request?" he asked her.

    "Her request was, you have to act as a couple on the 24th, she must be your date on that day and pretend to be happy….a happy couple in front of all who is attending the Charity Gala. She also said that you are pursuing the matters of the divorce because of Ma. Autumn Vallini who resembles Ms. Luna your ex-wife. She also said that you must not do anything that will make her sad" Rebecca reported to him every word that Sofia has told her.

    Ethan: "Her request is absurd!

    Kim: "Sofia is so pathetic."

    Harry: "Louie you must be careful, Sofia is fixated to you, and it may cause a crazy kind of feelings to you."

    Atty. Alberts: "Yeah you are right Dr. Si, she is not like Luna."

    Louie: "Why did you compare her to Luna?"

    Atty. Alberts: "Look, Boss, Sofia demands something impossible for a newly divorced couple to do…. To be happy in front of everyone….. It seems that she wants to hide what she was or her true intentions or her true feelings. Not like Luna, Luna Su is a strong woman from the inside as soft to the outside. Boss Louie, when she asked me to make the divorce paper that year; I didn''t see any single tear from her, it seems that she conceals herself from her true and real feelings for you."

    Louie silently listening to his lawyer, he knew that Luna didn''t ask for any alimony; she just asks for his signature about not getting something from her whether it is living or non-living. That''s the reason also why he wants to find out where she is the day they told him that she left for City D. He still wants to provide her with everything…..he even wants her to be his mistress at that time.

    Yuan heard their conversation, he recalled that it was also December 20 that time…..a few days before Christmas when Luna signed the doc.u.ments and he was the person assigned to do the task because of Atty. Alberts is already on vacation and he volunteers to do it. He wants to see Luna for the last time because he knew that Luna will leave the Chen Villa after Christmas Day. He remembers that Luna requested Louie if she can stay until the 24th for she needs to pack everything that she owns; the only thing that he and Louie didn''t realize nor called their attention was, Luna already planned to throw everything that can become her memory. Her clothes, shoes, and some pieces of jewelry are donated at the Wu orphanage, her paintings were sold and the money from it was given equally divided to all the servants of the Villa and lastly, her pictures with and without Louie were burned to ashes.

    Harry: "Louie, do you have any pictures of Luna, you see I didn''t meet her before and I am curious what she looks like. Remember I didn''t attend your wedding with her, not like Sofia."

    Louie: "I don''t have any memory of her except for what is inside my mind. She burned everything that will be a reminder of her inside this Villa."

    Ethan: "Her image is imprinted to our minds Harry, that''s why when we saw Autumn Vallini; we assume that she is Luna. You can ask Yuan for confirmation."

    Louie: "The Wu triplets don''t want to give us any pictures of her, they said that what''s the use of it for me, I already hurt their friend and I am in love with Sofia. So they didn''t even give me a single picture of her that they kept."

    Harry: "So Luna is not important to you? She is like a puppet to you at that time when you married her? For What Louie…..For the inheritance of the Chen Family? For the position of CEO and President of the company?"

    Louie: "Yes, and I regret it...I regret that I didn''t take good care of her at that time... I just only realize that I am wrong when the Wu triplets came to me and went ballistic especially when the news about the riot at the train station and it cost her, her life. But my heart tells me that she is still alive. She is just somewhere out there, and that''s why for 5 years I keep on hiring private investigators just to look and search for her."

    Yuan walks to them, "Atty. Alberts, the servants will inform us about our meal little while." Rebecca nods her head; "Yuan do you have any pictures of Luna? I mean do you keep something that may remind us of her?" Louie asks him. "Louie, I don''t have any pictures of Luna. Her image is imprinted on my heart and mind. All I can say is that she is a great artist; all servants who used to work here adores her because an hour before she left this house she gave them their self-portrait which she drew, you can ask Old Driver Lu" Yuan replied.

    Ethan: "Are your grandparents to your paternal side will be attending the Charity Gala?"

    Louie: "I don''t know but what my father told me is that they also got an invitation to the said gala. My grandmother loves parties like that, but ever since I divorce Luna and the time that the maternal grandparents of Luna cut their ties with us…..my grandparents didn''t talk to us especially to me."

    Yuan: "The Elder Cheung''s talk to your grandparents before, they got the news and all details about what happened to Ms. Luna through them that''s why they treat you and Ms. Sofia as an outcast in the Chen Clan Louie."

    Louie: "That''s why they didn''t want to see me in all of our family gatherings and my name becomes a taboo to my paternal side."

    Harry: "Do they have a picture of her? You see Louie, how can we

    how can we compare Luna to Autumn even in facial features if we do not have any pictures on hand so we can say they are just one person.

    They are all serious when the servant calls unto to them and told them that their meals are ready and now they can all eat.

    Villa 8

    Dimitri and Ryder read the message that was sent by Yuan, while Isabele informs the Knights, Audrey, Wu triplets, and their assistants and the Balania siblings about the message sent by her Peaches. Luna and the twins'' are busy taking care of the Elder Cheung''s and Lily Cheung.

    Francois: "Are the preparations for the wedding have finalized already?"

    Scarlet: "Yes my dear brother, everything is finalized and well prepared."

    Dimitri: "You don''t have to worry about Luna''s feelings Francois, she already has moved on with him."

    Francois: "I am not worried about Luna, I know her feelings for me DJ, and it is that Louie Chen that I am worried about….. He may cause chaos in our wedding."

    Sapphire: "Why don''t you two-register your wedding tomorrow at the Civil Affairs Bureau, for that no one can snatch her from you."

    Samantha: "Why you wait for tomorrow? We can arrange it today… I have connections at the Bureau, they will accommodate us…all we need is your registration card Viscount….. Luna''s registration card is in my hands so you don''t have to worry about her."

    Ryder: "And even her registration card as Autumn-Jade Vallini is in our hands Francois, so all we need to do is we go there right now."

    "No need to go there, all we need is to call Samantha''s connections, Luke and Ray can pick them at the Bureau and we can do it here" Jessica suggested to them. Francois''s eyes brighten as he smiled to his friends, all of them are very supportive of their relationship. "We can do it right now, especially that Luna''s mother and her Elders are here…..it will be a good point to you Francois….. You will prove to them that your intentions to our Moon are pure" Jamil told them.

    "I''ll go talk to the twins'' and I''ll inform the servants and the Old Lee couple for a simple wedding right now" Amber informs them; "I''ll prepare a simple but elegant meal for us, Xavier and Rosela please help me to this," said Marco and for the two names, he called nods their head and all three of them went to the kitchen.

    Samantha called her contact at the Bureau and rely on her request to them about the said silent wedding, Luke and Ray went out to fetch the people whom will officiate the wedding.