My Insomnia President

"Are you returning home, Vernice?" Mercy inquired of her friend as she saw her leave her office, clutching her handbag.

"Yes," she quickly answered, having seen her friends with Mercy and seemed to be waiting for her.

"Greetings, President Vernice! Why not join us tonight, as it's the weekend?" Clarisse cheerfully recommended it.

"No," she says coldly, declining her invitation. "Why don't you accompany us tonight, Vern?" Mercy stood next to her. "What do you plan to accomplish at home?" She was attempting to get her to join them in their nightlife.

Vernice Keith Castro is the sole heir and dominant President of VKC Broadcasting Firm, a well-known company in the Philippines. She is known for being an ace of the company for closing many deals in a day; she is brilliant, beautiful, talented, and an amazing president that VKD has; however, despite her flawless character she can't deny that she has an imperfection for she is suffering from insomnia for seven years. She has been living a lucrative life but she can't deny that she was lonely for her heart has been broken many times by the same person who she once trusted.

"Sleep," she simply muttered.

Mercy chuckled at her reason for she know her sleep condition, "you must be kidding me, Vernice! We both know that you have a problem in sleeping so how can you sleep?"

"It's not your problem," she casually stated. She passes by them and walks which makes her friends drop their jaws because of how she acted. They had no idea she would turn out to be a cold tigress ready to attack everyone who stood in her way.

Brielle was raking her hair with her fingers and teasing her, "I am quite curious why I ended up befriending a president who's always wearing a deadpan face?"

And that comment causes her to halt in her stride, "It's a shame you became my buddy," she says as she walks away forcefully.

"Wait, what did you say?! Brielle was offended by the way she replied to her but Mercy and Clarisse stops her from fighting with her.

"Don't do it, Brielle," Clarisse said. They all knew Vernice wasn't like this; she used to be effervescent and carefree, but she's changed into someone else.

Vernice arrives in her four-story Caribbean-style home, which includes a fountain in the front yard, a large garage, and a pool in the backyard.

She changes into her pajamas and performs her nighttime skincare; she lies down on the bed and closes her eyes, attempting to go asleep. She's been lying in her bed for hours, tossing and turning, but she can't sleep.

She gets out of bed exasperatedly and changes into a turtle neck black athletic jacket, black jogging trousers, and shoes. She stepped outdoors after tying her hair up.

Vernice is jogging by the roadway every night when she can't sleep and stops at the 7-11 shop eight kilometers away, from her residence and this... became her habit every day.

She stands in front of the counter and pays for the snacks she bought, "can't you sleep again?" Lucy, the storekeeper asks.

"Yes," she shortly replied. She turns around, holding the snacks she bought when a tall man behind her accidentally bumps her.

"I'm sorry," the man said.

She didn't bother looking at the man's face as she normally does since she was heartbroken, oblivious to the fact that this man is her ex-boyfriend.

Connor Jayden Eusebio is Vernice's ex-lover, he was the hottest man in town and a well-known Cassanova! Because of his good looks, a lot of girls are chasing him and wished to be his lover but the relationship didn't last long. He was never been serious aside from being a lawyer, he owns a law firm that helps a lot of people. All he wanted was to be the number 1 lawyer in the world.

He became Vernice's lover when they were still studying in college but she suddenly disappear from his life and up to now he has no idea why she left.

She lowered her upper body to pick up a bottle of water that had fallen, "you don't need to waste your time, I can do it," she mentioned when she saw the man's hand attempting to pick up the bottle for her.

Connor was stunned and couldn't believe that he can still be able to hear that angelic voice that he always missed after a long seven years, he was amazed by her beauty when she stand after picking up the bottle, he didn't expect that he will meet her again.

His gaze followed her till she sat on the stool chair in the store's corner, "sir, sir," the storekeeper was trying to get his attention.

Connor glance at the cashier and give the snack he wants to buy to Lucy and quietly continued staring at his ex-girlfriend.

"She is the President of VKC broadcasting company," Lucy informed him while she was scanning the bar code of the snacks he bought.

He smiled hearing the news from her, "I didn't expect that she really excels well..."

"Sir, one hundred five pesos only," Lucy mentioned. He gives the payment to her and asks, "how did you know her?"

"Because she usually came here during this time, every night." She replied.

"Why? Is she meeting someone here?" he was curious as to what she is doing here at this time.

"No," she shortly replied.

"But why?" Connor was eager to know the reason.

"I'm sorry but I am not in the position to disclose anything about her," she said. "You can ask her if you want to know," she added.

Connor took the paper bag of snacks he bought and nodded at the cashier, his heart was throbbing fast while he was taking a step closer to her but he paused when he saw her rise to her feet as if he was suddenly lost his courage to talk to her.

Vernice keeps her phone inside her pocket as she throws the trash inside the bin. She was taken aback when she look up and spotted the man who broke her heart into million pieces.

"V-Vernice..." he uttered softly.