CHAPTER 11.

MAEVE LILY...

"Theo..." My tongue rolled against my will. I wanted to get close to him but stopped in the next second,

"What are you doing here?" His tone filled with abhor.

I looked back at those brown orbs. His icy gaze shook me from the inside. The disdain he has for me still hurts like the first time. Years passed and my softness toward him never decreased though he hates me now.

But he wasn't like this from the beginning. We used to be friends during our childhood. The first time I stepped into this mansion, I was alone, distant from my father. Other people ignored my existence. However, Theodore didn't.

He came to me, played with me, and soon became my only wish. All I wanted was to be with him. Love knocked on my broken heart expectedly and I began to dream to fly with him.

Then a day came. A very unexpected and unpleasant day in my life when my dreams shattered in pieces. He came in front of me holding hands with Alyssa.

Alyssa, my stepsister. A year younger than me. Or