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Sunlight was hitting her face, which made her eyes starting to flutter open. Her head was pounding heavily. Groaning, she grabbed her head and felt a weight over her. Opening her eyes after much difficulty, she noticed an arm draped over her bare waist. Bare? Celeste's eyes shot open, as the memories from last night started to pour down in her mind. She jerked up and looked behind her, finding Dylan's sleeping face.It felt like the world was crashing down on her. What did she do? She felt tears pricking her eyes, as her hand shot over to cover her mouth.Tears started streaming down her face, realizing what she really had done being drunk. It felt like she forgot all about her headache and she couldAUTHOR'S POVGuilt and Misery can make you sick, Celeste experienced this for the second time in her life. She fainted because she had high fever that didn't leave her for a whole week. She was bed ridden and Tobias was by her side adding fuel to the fire of guilt that burned through her veins, stronger than ever.When they all accused her of drunk driving and killing Aurora, she was not that heartbroken because she knew it was a lie. She never drank and she didn't kill her but in this case, she was really guilty. She ruined everything on her own and it was all her mistake. Just to feel less lonely and a little happy, she made friends with Dylan when she shouldn't have. She should have waited for Tobias all alone and she should have thought about him and only him through all that time. She should have understood that Responsibility
AUTHOR'S POVUnconsiously, her feets took her to this place again. She found herself standing in front of the wall of paint. Everyone was allowed to paint whatever they wanted on the wall in this area. Without having to care about the judgement, without having to care about anything else, she could paint here.She reached forward and grabbed the spray can, finding an empty space in the corner. To her relief, there was no one there. Gulping down the tears, she started to make whatever came to her mind. Eventually, tears started falling out again, remembering everything that happened.Her mother's words ringed in her ears and she found her eyesight becoming blurry. Then it was Edward. Then it was Carl. Then it was all thos
AUTHOR'S POVShe came back home and found all the lights turned off in the penthouse which made her gulp. Was he not home? She really lashed out on him and she regretted it deeply.Walking ahead, she almost stumbled over something and yelped out, but when she looked down her eyes softened unconsciously.She sat down on her knees and stared up at his sleeping face. Why was he sleeping sitting with his back against the wall? Frowning, she reached forward to push his hairs away, but hesitated feeling the guilt drowning her again.Before she could pull her hand back, his hand shot up and grabbed her hand making Celeste sigh out.“ I thought you were not coming back. ” H
AUTHOR'S POVSitting on the footpath in the middle of nowhere after rushing out of the office without her bag, Celeste was laughing with her head placed on her knees.People passing by were giving her odd looks which she looked oblivious to. They thought of her as a madwoman. Tears fell from her eyes and she kept laughing along with them which made her really look mad.She laughed out again as the same thought appeared in her mind. Life was so funny! Tears kept streaming down her eyes with her heart tearing apart after listening the name. The gallery owner was talking to Tobias and he bribed all of them to reject her, this thought sounded so funny to her. She didn't wanted to believe it and that was even more funny.
AUTHOR'S POVCeleste was standing in front of the mirror of the dressing table. She had been standing just like that for almost ten minutes now.“ Cel. Hurry up. They all must be waiting for us. ” Tobias shouted from outside and Celeste felt heart starting to beat faster once again.Daniel had called them for dinner along with Dylan and Cole as he wanted to finally introduce Caterina as his girlfriend. Celeste was actually so happy that he got the girl he loved but what made her so anxious was the fact that Dylan was going to be there too. She didn't know how she was even supposed to face him after everything that happened between them.Sighing for the nth time, she shooked her head and de
AUTHOR'S POV' It's because I love you. I always have. ' His words from that day were echoing in Celeste's mind even after a week.Confessing his love and conveying his sincerity from his eyes, he detached himself from her and left Daniel's house as Celeste found herself rooted on the same place until Daniel came to get her so she could go home with Tobias.Her feets didn't feel like her own and her heart was drowning even more. When she knew he didn't love, she was still a little at peace because she was the only one hurting but he loved her too. How was she supposed to make him suffer along with her? Sighing for nth time, she pushed all thoughts at the back of her head and checked her cell phone. It was her birthda
AUTHOR'S POVCeleste stood in front of the cafe comtemplating if she should really go inside or not. She was holding a gift box along with her portfolio as she planned on directly going to the gallery after meeting him.Mustering up all the courage left in her body, she went inside the cafe and noticed him on the table beside the window. Sighing, she approached him and he turned his head to look at her.His palms started to sweat as she slowed down beside him. Her heart was beating faster than ever as his words echoed in her ears again.“ Hey! ” He greeted her with a blank face as Celeste gulped down her saliva.“ Hi! ” Celeste placed down the things
AUTHOR'S POVTime passed by so quickly and with each passing day, Celeste found the void in her heart becoming bigger and darker. She missed him everyday even if she didn't wanted to. During this time, she had realized how much he really meant to her. He was not a habit or a drug like Tobias, he was a part of her heart. A part that was missing.She was falling in an abyss and her relationship with Tobias became weird. They didn't used to talk to each other that much now. It felt like there was a huge wall separating them. With each day, they kept falling apart but they were still holding onto each other.The only thing that happened good in her life was that Tyler accepted her paintings and he even asked her to display them in the next exhibition which was just