Chapter 32 Know your placeThis is not the first time that Gabe told her that. The first time was when she picked him up in the same bar, drunk. It's almost like a deja vu. Why does he have to keep uttering words that she should not hear when he's drunk? I love you.That's exactly what he said last night. Do you know what she did right after Gabe told her that? She left them all there and came back home by herself. Now, she's stuck in her room, thinking of everything. Does he know how much he bothers her with those words? But then, she hates herself when she feels like she was only waiting for Gabe to confess what he feels—when he's not drunk and in his right mind to say those words. Why does his words when he's drunk keep dismaying her?"Estevan asked us to drink last night," Annalise said while talking to Candice on the phone."Okay, so what happened?" She asked."They got drunk," she simply replied. "Hmmm, what about you?" Candice asked."I didn't drink. I left them all there af
Chapter 33Shattered"Will you really allow her to invest?" Leo asked while they were having their breakfast with Gabe and David. It's the first time that Gabe was not in a hurry to leave. They still have a chance to eat."Yeah," he simply said. It annoys Annalise even more. She just has to hide it. "I mean, you have a lot of investors. The company doesn't even need her. Besides, when you get married in the future you will inherit all the businesses of your parents. You don't need her," Leo discussed. He was also against her. If he will allow her to invest, it only means that she will have the chance to leech around him and seduce him all the time. Annalise kept her silence, pretending that it was nothing for her when she was already crushing that woman in her mind. "Well, she knows her place now. Let's let her roam around," Gabe said before her eyes landed to Annalise who was not looking at them. "You can walk properly now?" David asked."A bit," she replied. "That's good," he
Chapter 34The CastellanShe rushed through the comfort room and almost drowned herself by washing her face with the water on the sink in front of the mirror. Hatred, jealousy, and pain. It was all sinking in that it felt like bursting on her. Their image was stuck in her head. She wants to make a fuss. She wants to throw a fit so bad. But then, she can't. All she can do is to hold herself back. "He's an enemy," she mumbled while staring at herself in the mirror. He's an enemy. They do not have any relationship to be jealous. But why does it pains her to see them kissing in his office? Why does it shatter her the moment her eyes witness everything? It feels like she was stabbed endlessly. "Fvck," she cursed and shut her eyes emphatically. She should not feel any of this. Why is she hurt? Why does she want to slap the girl? But then, how did she react earlier? She came in like she was just nothing to Gabe. Like they didn't share a kiss twice. As if they didn't sleep together for h
Chapter 35Only herIt was the Castellan clan who had been visiting her in her dreams. Those faces with their widest smiles in their lips were flashing back in her mind. She couldn't move and pulled herself back to her senses. Why would they appear in her dreams? Then, she remembered what Leo told her. People appear in your dreams when they have a connection to you. The only connection they have is that it was her family who erased them in the Mafia world. But why do they call her name multiple times? Why were they telling her to avenge them when she's a Valestine. She felt like she was about to lose her mind. "What? Is there something wrong?" Candice asked over the phone."I've been dreaming about the Castellan, Candice…it's creepy. Are they chasing me?" She asked and threw herself now on her bed. "What the hell?" Candice asked after absorbing what she just said."They keep calling my name, d*mn it. Why do I dream about them? I wasn't even in my mind that night they were killed. I
Chapter 36Under the rain“Do you have a family, Leo?” Annalise asked out of the blue while they were both in the living room, waiting for Gabe.“Me? I can’t say a family. Maybe relatives?” He replied, unsure about it. Annalise never had a chance to ask him about that. “What do you mean?” Annalise asked with confusion. Leo sighed heavily. “I have siblings. But they have their own lives now. After our parents died we all separated lives. I was only 15 years old back then,” he discussed with a weak smile. She couldn’t take her eyes off him.“How did you live alone?” She asked. Leo chuckled bitterly. “I was starving myself, Annalise…just to continue my studies. My siblings abandoned me. Thankfully, Gabe came into my life. We met in highschool and he told me back then to be his secretary. That’s why I was able to live until he told me to live in his house and then I was able to graduate because of him.” She was lost for words. Why is she hearing another good side of Gabe? From David,
Chapter 37Untie "Where's Gabe?" Gavin asked when he just went to his room and he was not there. "They are still not here," David answered while cooking for dinner."But they should be home now," he uttered while checking the time in his wrist watch. "Maybe they overtime again," David commented, telling him what possibly happened."Why is it raining so heavy? Goodness," they both looked at Leo who was walking towards them, soaked from the rain. Both of them stopped as their brows met while staring at him."Why are you alone?" Gavin asked."Where's Gabe and Annalise?" David asked as well. Leo now stopped and checked the time on his wrist watch. Now, his brows met as well as he looked back at them."They are not here yet?" He asked with confusion."Yes, I was looking for Gabe." Gavin replied."But I left first because I went somewhere. They should be here by now," Leo explained. The three of them were stuck with each other's eyes, thinking where did the two go right now. "Where ar
Chapter 38Mistake"You went to your sister?" David asked. They were all talking in the office. David just came here because he ran some errands and decided to wait for them to pack up so he can go home with them. He didn't bring the car. That means, they are going home with the car they brought here. "Yes. That's why I didn't go home with them that night," Leo answered.Gabe couldn't even focus on the last sheet of paper that he had to review. It's because Annalise looks absently-minded. Earlier in the morning, she kept looking out of nowhere, pondering about something. He knows one thing. Something's weighing her mind. It bothers him a lot. Up until now, she was only looking at the wall. "So, what did you do there?" David asked."I just visited. It's my nephew's birthday," Leo replied. "I should have brought Annalise. But good thing I didn't. Right, Annalise?" Leo asked before all their eyes shifted at her. She didn't respond. She was completely agitated that she didn't even hea
Chapter 39You have no rightAnnalise just added fuel to the fire that makes it burn even more. The fire that they were playing with became huge because of what happened between them last night. Her eyes began to open the next day as she woke up. Headache greeted her immediately early in the morning. "Sh*t," she mumbled. This is now the consequence of getting wasted last night—the hangover. That's why she doesn't want to drink. Headaches the next day are the worst. "Hmmm," she froze as soon as she heard that. Everything now flashed back in her head. All she could remember was kissing Gabe last night when they were both drunk. Her heart began to pound so fast when her eyes shifted down on Gabe's hand wrapped on her waist. She was too stunned and stiff. Slowly, she looked at him behind her and confirmed that it was him. Gabe Clyborne was sleeping so tight beside her. She began to panic. Until her eyes went down on her body under the comforter that was covering their bodies. What s