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STELLA's POV
I didn't see Tyler the next day at school. I didn't hear from him in the slightest and it got me worried. Had something happened? Was Jennie okay? Was she in trouble again?
Dino's doctor called me this morning to tell me that Dino's operation will perform tomorrow and Dr. Park said they're expecting me to be there.
I also tried calling Tyler to ask him why he's not at school but I got no answer, and I didn't want to bombard him messages like a creep in fear I'd annoy him away further. Or maybe he's not picking up because I didn't answer his calls after I left him with Maxine the other day. But Tyler wasn't like that.
I used to think that someone ignoring your calls was because you were the problem. Now, it's a half split because sometimes you could be the problem still, or the other person could.
I tried to do my own thing for a while, keep up with homework, finish early assignments, read more than I ever have, but some thin
***STELLA's POV"Tyler…" I don't know how to tell him. How would I tell him that I was Red, the girl whom he had a one-night stand and whom he took my virginity that night?But what came out of my mouth was not the words I wanted to tell him."Then tell me, what should I do?"He swallowed and lifted my chin up with his thumb. "Can you…Can you suck my—"He didn't get to finish his sentence as I stalked towards him and cupped his face between my hands, smashing my lips into his.He staggered back at the rough contact but ultimately melted in as he took my breath away by running his tongue along with the seal of my lips, parting them, nudging his tongue against mine.I opened my mouth fully and let him explore again as his lips kissed in a ravage of hunger. I pulled away and I held my breath as his thumb delicately traveled from my cheek to my lips that were already subconsciously parted. He rested the pad of his thumb on my bottom lip and studied my mouth with his striking gaze.I gulp
***STELLA's POVTo say the last two classes went slowly was an understatement, but luckily I saw Vince and we're in the same class in last period and I noticed him staring so intensely at me, I was surprised my face wasn't burning holes by now.I rolled my eyes and looked away from him. Our teacher was off sick and so Mr. Sandler had to substitute which was alright, he was one of the rare teachers who teach really well.I stared blankly down at the textbook as Mr. Sandler walked around the class. It wasn't dead silent, but it wasn't noisy either, people only muttered in small groups to gossip or share answers.Unfortunately for me, Vince was on the other side of the classroom because, in this class, we had a seating plan and Mr. Sandler made us stick to that seating plan for today.I huffed blowing a strand of hair away from my face as my mind subconsciously flickered to Tyler. After our intimate session this morning, he said he won't go to class. He only came here to see me and he w
***STELLA's POVVince grabbed my arm as if to bring me out of my thoughts and I knew he saw the havoc reeking inside my head."Don't go there…" he whispered to me. "Not just yet." He smiled softly and pulled me over to the front desk."I'm here to see my brother Dino Chavez," I stated as the girl behind the desk looked me up and down.I have a different surname as Dino because we have different fathers. And I told the girl that I was here to see my brother because only family was allowed to visit patients here, so it means I was not allowed to see Jennie."Excuse me, Miss? We're here to see Dino Chavez," Vince gritted through his teeth when the girl wasn't moving. He stared back at her slightly surprised by his bitter tone."Your names?" she then drawled."Stella Hemmings and Vince Reid," Vince answered quickly as he impatiently tapped his fingers on the desk. We anxiously waited as the girl typed something on her computer before happily turning to us."Unfortunately, only family can
***STELLA's POV"Mom!" Maxine exclaimed and Mrs. Lewis approached her with her wide arms open. "What happened to Jennie?""She collapsed…" she said and cracked a sad, hopeful smile before pulling her into a hug. "Thank you for being here with Tyler." She whispered in her ear and I heard her voice crack as she did so."It's okay mom, everything will be alright." Maxine smiled back and pulled away. Her eyes shifted from Tyler to me and jumped back to Tyler. "Tyler…"Tyler ignored her and moved closer to me, his arm wrapped around my shoulder. "Mom, Dad, this is Stella, my girlfriend." He introduced, and it surprised me.Mrs. Lewis and Maxine's eyes widened while Mr. Lewis' narrowed. I bowed down my head but they ignored me. I saw how Maxine's lips curved into a victorious smirk."Do you know where your sister is?" Mr. Lewis asked instead. My heart broke into pieces and I felt so small right now. Tyler squeezed me closer to him, reassuring me that it would be alright.I tried to underst
***STELLA's POV"T-Tyler…"I whispered as he held my hand and we walked down the hallways with Vince following us behind."What?"he asked, his face still frowning in irritation maybe to his parents and Maxine."I want to check on Dino first, before going home,"I said, hoping he would change his mind and get back to the waiting room with his parents. I don't want him to know where I live. I wasn't ready to tell him yet."Then, I'll go with you,"he cracked a small smile. "I think it's time for me to meet your brother."I looked back to Vince who was still following us. He looked at me too and our eyes met. I knew he heard our conversation and I knew he was smart enough to know that I don't want Tyler to drive me home. He would know that I was living with Cheol.Vince cleared his throat before he spoke. "Tyler, I think you have to get back to your parents and follow their orders.""And why is that?"&
***STELLA's POV"She's going to."I proclaimed adamantly. ‘She's going to fight and she's going to get out of here. She's going to live by the beach and have her own art gallery.""How did you know all of these?"he asked and I froze. Why did I tell him what Dino told me about Jennie before?"Well, you don't know but Dino became Jennie's friend and he told me a lot about her.""Oh, that's nice."He cracked a smile and leaned back on the bench. "And she'll paint the whole thing from head to toe.""Yes,"I smiled. "Dozens of butterflies everywhere."He laughed. "She'll teach our kids to paint."I laughed too, but then I was stunned. Our kids?"And she'll teach our kids how to draw a rose."I went with the flow, teary-eyed, and Tyler laughed again, oblivious of what I was feeling right now. "She's going to fight, Tyler."I then whispered as I secretly wiped the tear that escaped from the
***STELLA's POVI saw the tears rolling down Mr. Lewis' cheeks, but his expression stayed stern. I wondered how long it took him to perfect that, how much training it took to be that way."I want her to live. I want her to live more than fucking anything and it…it kills me to go in there and see my baby girl wrapped up in tubes and machines. I want her to have a life, and your mom and I will fight to the ends of this earth to make sure she has a good one. A healthy one, where one day she can see the world at its fullest and not be pestered by hospitals and fears of fainting—dying. Jennie is going to London and as much as we all fucking hate it, she is going. And that, Tyler, is final!"Tyler stood completely still as his dad walked away and pulled his mom into his chest who was in tears. I felt so useless as I stood there and watched them walk back into Jennie's room.Tyler looked down at the floor, tears staining his cheeks. He turned and began stalking down the halls, anger and sad
***STELLA's POVI squeezed my eyes shut as I heard dad's voice before he died, telling me how much he loved me. I think dad knew that Aunt Lucy killed him because he seemed like he wanted to tell me something before he died.My feet moved on their own and I was lucky that a cab just stopped in front of me. I knew where I was heading and was too angry to care. Rage pumped in my veins as I slammed the car door shut.After everything I've lived with, I had never felt such a white-hot fury. It was like all my suppressed rage and hatred had finally burst through the cracking dam along with all of my memories that I tried so hard to hide.Tears fell down my cheeks, but I didn't care to wipe them away.When the cab stopped in front of the house where I grew up, I stepped out of it. I made my way towards the house in a hurry. I pulled out the keys inside my bag and opened the house, slammed it wide open effectively startling Aunt Lucy who was sipping her wine in the living room."What do you
***STELLA's POV"Have you seen the new girl?""Oh my God, she's hot!""She's going to be my girlfriend!""That's not a new girl, that's Stella Hemmings!""Who's Stella Hemmings?""God, isn't she gorgeous?""I will make her mine!"It was all I had been hearing for the last three days at school. Constant gossip about a new girl, people shocked at my transformation, rumors of me doing plastic surgery. At some of them, I rolled my eyes and at others, I couldn't help but get a little tinge of proudness and annoyanceI heard a bunch of football players chatting in their lockers about if I was foreign or not and I had to hold in my laughter, but I was annoyed when they started discussing my chest size and I wanted to slap them all. Like, they were Tyler's teammates and they knew I was his girlfriend yet I seemed to have caught their eyes. I seemed to have caught everyone's eyes.Speaking of Tyler, I haven't seen
***STELLA's POVI was on my bed, staring at the white ceiling, my hands clasping my chest. I still love Tyler, but we can't be together anymore because he already made a decision and that was to marry Maxine. But I could still remember the words he told me before we parted ways. He said I have to wait for him. he said he'd do everything to get out of that marriage. But how? When?I sighed as I think about Cheol. He was so good to me. He treated me like his princess, like he doesn't want to hurt me. He doesn't want to see me crying. Am I ready to take chances with him?"When we're together, I felt so alive…I forget Tyler when I was with him. I wanted to spend every moment with him. Was that a bad thing? What do you think, Coco?"I looked at Coco whose head jerked up at the mention of his name, and I smiled. I was glad he was used to his name now.I sat up and stared at the wall as I could not stop myself from pondering. Everything happe
***CHEOL's POVWhen we reached my room, I immediately pulled Stella to the bed and she straddled her legs around my waist, sitting on my lap.I kissed her lips and thrusted my tongue inside her mouth and she suckled it. I could not help but smile. Stella was very responsive.My hands went inside her shirt and settled on her behind, squeezing, kneading her butt cheeks. I held her eyes as I jerked my hips upward bumping my erection against her center."Do you trust me?" I asked her and she nodded."Yes, Cheol…" she whispered into my ear. "I turst you…"I looked down and saw her wetness mark my jeans. I pulled her closer and laid her down on the bed as I settled between her legs and kissed her again with greediness.I jerked when I felt her hand touch my manhood. Fuck!I groaned as she rubbed it up and down. I've been too hard and aroused for days already, wanting her so badly and I was dying for release.Her hand transferred to my abdomen, going down inside my jeans."Stella, are you s
***CHEOL's POVThe next morning, I woke up without Stella by my side. I sighed and got up before I ran my fingers over my hair. I walked towards the bathroom lazily to wash my face and brush my teeth.I went down the stairs and saw Stella in the kitchen preparing breakfast. She was chopping carrots on the chopping board like a pro. She seemed to really enjoy cooking. The food she made yesterday was actually delicious."Hi, good morning," I greeted her and she looked at me with a bright smile."Good morning…Umm, are you hungry?" she asked. I did not miss the blush creeping on her cheek.It depends on the hunger she was referring to. If she was asking if I was hungry with her, that would be a yes. But it was about the food? No, I don't think so."I'm good," I went beside her and observed her cutting the carrots. "Can I help?""Uh, sure!" she exclaimed and stopped cutting.I smiled and went behind her, putting my hands over hers. I felt her stiffen and immediately, the fire ignited insi
***CHEOL's POVI fought hard the overwhelming need to get close to Stella. And now, I didn't care anymore. This breathless urgency I felt for her was too much to bear.And I don't want to think about Tyler right now because I really need Stella this much.I kissed her harder to get my fill of her sweetness, drawing her as close as I could get without breaking her soft bones. I wanted to absorb the feel of her, so badly like a carnal craving.My mouth went to the slender column of her throat, then transferred to the area behind her ear making her moan as my tongue licked the sensitive spot. I smiled as she tilted her head to give me more access.I pushed her on the tiled wall gently and admired the full length of her beautiful physique as I raked my eyes on her from head to toe. I saw how her cheeks turned to cherries as I looked at her perfect body—deep curves in all the right places. The scars were finally gone.Her breasts were so lovely with pink pointed crowns that I could not wa
***STELLA's POVMy senses reeled as if it was short-circuited as Cheol kissed me devouringly, bringing me to euphoria. I parted my lips welcoming every thrust of his tongue. The taste of him was so sweet and intoxicating, making my mind spin, and almost forgot about Tyler.Tyler?He might be busy preparing for his wedding with Maxine.I returned Cheol's kisses with reckless abandon. I didn't want him to stop this time. His lips transferred to my jaw, trailing down my throat and on the spot behind my ear. I moaned as intense pleasure surged deep inside me.His mouth and tongue did amazingly delicious sensations that made me gasp especially when his hand went under my sweater and slid across my belly moving up."Cheol…" a moan of ecstasy slipped through my lips as his hand fondled one of my breasts."Shit, Stella… You're driving me crazy." he groaned sexily.I knew what he meant. I was not wearing any bra because of my thick sweater.His hand transferred to my left breast, gently cares
***CHEOL's POVI woke up early and went for a jog. I could not sleep well last night, I kept on thinking about Stella and the plan I have made up before I finally closed my eyes to sleep. I'm going back to Australia. There's no need to be here anymore. There's no reason to stay here anymore.Coco was curled on the couch when I entered the house. His head came up, slightly cocked when he saw me. He started to growl angrily but I ignored him.What the hell was wrong with this dog?I went directly to the kitchen where I saw Stella was. She was facing the wall making breakfast.Amy called last night and she asked for another day off because she wasn't feeling well."Good morning…" I greeted Stella.She immediately turned around. Her face looked so freshly young, flawless, and radiant without any makeup on. Actually, she didn't need any cosmetics, she was naturally beautiful. But her eyes were swollen. She might have cried hard last night thinking about Tyler."Good morning…" she greeted
***STELLA's POVTyler drove me home tonight, and when the car stopped in front of Choi's mansion, I was still feeling flustered because of what we did at the beach. I couldn't believe I did it again with him.I don't think that I would be able to sleep tonight. All I would be able to think of, were his touch, his voice, his kisses...However, now that I looked at the house in front of me, my heart felt heavy. I wish I wouldn't have to deal with Cheol because I don't know what to tell him. I don't know how will I show my face to him after everything that happened between me and Tyler. I don't know if I can still agree in marrying him.The atmosphere in the car suddenly tensed, and Tyler turned silent too.I turned to look at him, who has his eyes on the road ahead, his hands on the steering wheel."Tyler…" I called out.He looked surprised when I called him, as though he was deep in thought and I just snapped him back. He looked tense, bothered, while sadness was evident in his eyes.
***STELLA's POVMy nails sank into Tyler's shoulders for support, my ragged breath was so close to his ears."Fuck, baby, I almost forgot how good you feel," he rasped, and soon my moans filled the air.Tyler continued sliding in and out of me, moving his hips up and down slowly and deeply. The sound of the waves crashing through the shore echoed in the background.The pain I felt gradually subsided until there was only pleasure. He still maintained a slow pace, and when he felt that I clenched around him, he knew that I was about to reach my orgasm. I couldn't help it. Taking all of him every time he thrust into me while he spread my ass cheeks like this was too much."Tyler…" I whimpered softly."You're going to come already, baby?" he chuckled. "Look at me when you come. I want to see your beautiful face."Before I could adjust my trembling hands on his shoulders so that I could push myself up and look him in the eyes, Tyler grabbed the back of my neck so that he could see my face