"This time, I will not allow you to run away from me again."
I feel my heart pounding hard. Am I hearing it right? I don't want to assume anything but I also don't want to play dumb.
I saw Andrew looking at Lance. They don't utter any words but their eyes are talking.
Lance nodded. "Guys I think the lunch is ready, let's head to the dining area." He said while giving people a knowing look.
"Great idea! Let's go!" Mike said to support Lance's excuse.
All of them agreed and went ahead to the dining area. They are all acting weird. It was as if they all planned this.
"What are you saying?!" Andrew went closer to me. "We never broke up baby. I gave you the time and space that you need to think. But I will never agree with the breakup."I glared at him and started to punch his chest. "You are telling me that we never broke up but you let me suffer for two years thinking that you and Anne are together! You never made an effort to explain to me and clear the issue!" Andrew hugs me while I was punching him. "I just did."The hug was so tight that I can't raise my arms to punch him. "I hate you!" "I know you don't mean that. I miss you, baby." He said then he kissed me on my forehead.
I could see the disappointment in them and I understand. Andrew was never in my plan when I went back to the Philippines. I thought that what we had is already over. But now that everything is clear, I don't want to lose him again but I can't be selfish. I should think about the people around me who will be affected if the public will know about my romantic relationship with Andrew."Are you serious?" I could see pain and disappointment in his eyes."You are a celebrity now my love. Imagine the reaction of your fans if they found out that you are already taken? Look at Anne. She was bashed by your fans thinking that she is your girlfriend. What more if it's me?" I explained to him."Alli has a point bro. Most of your fans are shipping you with other singers.
"Allison band?!" All of them asked in sync.I can't help but chuckle at their reaction."Allison is the name of the band of Andrew and his friends, including my cousin when they were in college," I told them."I think I read about that from Twitter." Freya one from the marketing team commented."You are right Freya. Since we want to take advantage of the noise that the fans created yesterday, we should make the most of it." This is what I came up with. I know that this band name will be revealed at any moment. It's best to be the one who tells them about the name of Andrew's band in college than to an unknown source. In this
"Did I hear it right? You don't want me to be too close to Lieo?" I asked to hope that I really heard it wrong.Andrew looks at me intently. His intense looks make me feel nervous. What happens? Why is he asking me not to be too close with Lieo? Is he jealous or what?"You heard it right. I don't want you to be too close to him." He said more clearly this time.My eyes widen a fraction from the shock of his frankness. "But why? What did he do to you? Or are you jealous? You know that I'm always close to him but we are just friends.""I know you only see him as a friend but not Lieo. He doesn't see you as one." My brow furrowe
"No, not now."Andrew's lips settled in a thin line before he pursed it. He looks displeased with my answer. He didn't say anything. I sighed and shooked my head. "I want to talk first with Lieo. I want to hear that from him.""Why do you need to hear it from him? Don't you trust me?" Andrew asked a bit offended.I held his hand and caress it. "Of course not! I trust you, baby."He still looks pissed with me."I trust you but I still need to hear his side before I act. Baby, please try to understand that Lieo is a good friend of mine. He was there with me when
I don't know where this kind of resentment towards Anne started. I should have reconciled with her after Andrew explain everything to me, but I can't find myself to do so.The fondness I felt for her before is gone.I know for certain that we will never go back to the way we used to be. I know that I am being unfair to her, but I can't ignore my gut feel towards her. Something is wrong, I can feel it."Yes, Auntie that's why people think that she is my uncle's girlfriend." Liah's answer made me back to reality.I nodded and smile at her. "She was your uncle's manager that's why
"Wait, so you are going back to America?"The crowd becomes quiet. They pretend that they are busy with something but it was so obvious that they are waiting for a possible couple fight to happen.I shook my head. "Baby, I have commitments in the US that I can't cancel. I was thankful for them for allowing me to reschedule my appointment with them because of dad.""But you didn't tell me that you will go back there," Andrew said in a serious voice."Didn't I?" I asked innocently.His eyes widened a fraction. "Stop playing innocent, baby." He said in a warning voice.
One of the disadvantages of being a public figure is that people expect us to share everything about ourselves. Sharing our activities is like a responsibility that we need to comply with for their satisfaction.Knowing all that, I still chose to keep my relationship with Andrew a secret. One of the reasons is the possible effect on my vlog and magazine if we announced our relationship. I wanted to protect my vlog and magazine, not for myself but the people working under me. They will be the ones who will be greatly affected if people will start targeting my vlog and magazine. The other reason is that I want our relationship to last. I want him to be my last.Announcing our relationship will receive a lot of attention from the public eye. Every move will become an issue until it becomes toxic. &nbs
"OMG! Are you sure you want me to join your agency?!" We asked everyone if they can free their schedule today because we have something to discuss with them. When I said we, it composes of Iya, Anne, Lance, Mike, Lieo, Vince, Andrew, and yours truly. And yes, Anne is part again of our group. I told them about my plan of launching Stellar Artist, an agency for promising artists. And I want Iya to be one of our pioneer artists along with Andrew of course, the cousin duo."Of course, you have so much potential Iya. Aside from your beautiful face that your job as a radio DJ is wasting, your way of connecting to people and giving them your advice is on a different level. You deserve more spotlight, my dear." I sincerely said to her. She looks at me teary-eyed and then she hugs me."Wait, are you only getting Iya and Andrew? What about me?" Vince asked. I just rolled my eyes. "As if I can sign you in my agency. Your network will surely help me if that happens." I said as a matter of fac
Anne keeps sending me tweets and messages from fans. I know what she is doing. She is lowkey convincing me of changing my decision to retire. One thing I like about Anne as my manager is that she's also very accommodating to my fans. She made sure to update them on all my events and plans. She always tells me that fans nowadays are like the artist's PR. They are the ones who are more eager to promote my concert and other events. They made sure that I will always in the top trending list. They even bought air-time ads to promote my album and concerts. I am feeling sorry for them because I was not able to bring back the love and support that they are giving me. "Anne I know what you are doing. But it's too late now. I already announced it and you will be leaving for Paris next month, I will have no manager even if I go back." I reasoned with her. "Alli can be your manager. I know that she will be very willing to be Anne." Anne said sounded like it was not a big deal. "Alli is too
Our names are once again on the top list of Twitter and even in the news. Andrew is more eager now to retire because of this. He wants his peaceful life to be back. Showbiz is too chaotic for him. Most Belle fans stop bashing, especially those who have big followers because Anne release a statement from Andrew's side that they will not tolerate any bashing for me. And they will surely take legal action against those who insult or threaten me. But of course, there are still a few who will bash and we can't control it anymore.I told Anne just let those bashers be. "I'm sorry, Alli but Andrew wants to sue those fans who didn't listen. He said that if we let them be, some fans will follow. It's better to give some of the bashers a lesson so that others won't follow." Anne said.Anne and I are now in her office. I visited Andrew but he was still in a meeting so I visit Anne as I wait for him. "Well, you guys have a point. People nowadays are becoming irresponsible. They are just saying
"I hear from Andrew that you are behind all this." Anne was the one who broke the silence. We are in the lounge for almost thirty minutes but no one is talking. Andrew left after Anne and I settle in the lounge area. Andrew hasn't shared with me what happened during his talk with Anne. I was hoping the whole day that he will share it with me, but it didn't come. I guess this is the reason why he did not share anything with me yet."What do you mean?" I asked so she can elaborate. "You found out the truth about my past, and you plan all this to help me." Anne's voice began to break. She looks at me, biting her lips to stop herself from sobbing. "Thank you, Alli," She said then she began to sob.I went near her to hug and comfort her. "I'm sorry for all the things I did to you. I even tried to ruin your relationship with Andrew. I am the worst person in the world." She said while sobbing. I hug her tighter and caress her back. "I understand. You are hurt that is why you got lost.
"I will fire Anne." Iya's eyes widen. "What the heck Andrew?! Don't you have any compassion in your heart? Plus, Anne was closest to you!" I chuckled. I will also be reacted like that if I didn't know the reason behind firing Anne. "Alli, how can you laugh in a situation like this?" Iya said in disbelief. Andrew and I burst out laughing. Iya is just so cute. I look at everyone and they are all confused by our reactions. "Chill guys, there is the reason why Andrew is firing her," I said."Is it because she's the one who exposes your relationship?" Mike asked still confused. "No. I would want to promote her because I always wanted my relationship with Alli to be exposed in public." Andrew said and I just rolled my eyes. "Then what's the real reason?" Iya asked a bit impatient. I took my bag and took out a calling card. Lance took the card to check on it. "What is this for?""Claire Chiuri is a known fashion designer in Paris. She works in one of the luxury brands in Paris. I me
"Here's the journalist that Anne met last night." I look at the picture that Liam showed me. I took it and smirked. I know this guy. He works at Vince's company. He is a known and credible showbiz journalist, he also has his showbiz talk show. I met him at some of the events. "I'll take it from here," I said with full confidence. "I am now convinced that you know how Anne works. All your predictions were accurate, even this." I added. Aside from Anne, he also predicted his family's move. The reason why we have paparazzi when we are in the US. He feeds them of his plan of getting back with Anne. He also made his assistant act like he is on the side of the family, but the truth is, all his assistant's information came from Liam. His assistant was the one who suggested the paparazzi to his family and sent the photos to Anne and the media. Now that Liam's family role is done. We are now focusing on how Anne will act. And true enough, Anne is planning to expose my relationship wit
Andrew and I check our phones at once. And just like what Liam said, our "relationship" is now going on the public from the so-called paparazzi. I check my Twitter and saw that my name and Liam's names are on the trend list not only in the Philippine trend list but also worldwide. I instantly check the newly uploaded video of Stellar and just as I predicted the views went up to fifty million views. This is insane! So many marites(gossipers) all around the world!"They really went all out!" I can't help but react. "We already expected this, my love. And also, this." Andrew said while showing me his phone where Anne's name was on the screen. Just as we predicted, Anne will surely react. Andrew accepts her call and put it on speaker mode."Have you seen the news today?!" Anne said without saying hello. "Hello to you, Anne." Andrew greeted her instead. We heard her fake cough. "Hello." She greeted back. "So, have you seen the news?" Anne asked again. "Yes, Liam called Alli and told
"Interview with Mr. Valencia has been uploaded."I nodded at my assistant. "I got it! Thanks, Isabel." It's been a week since Liam and I went back to Manila. We both agreed to meet every other day for a quick meeting. The agenda of our meeting is not about business but the development of our plan with Anne. Also, we are still being followed by Liam's family. We have to make it looks like we have a special relationship, in that way Anne will be triggered by the relationship that I have with Liam. I open my laptop to check the video and to check some of the comments from netizens. As expected, some trolls are commenting about our chemistry. 'These two look good together. I heard that they are already dating.''My friends in the US saw these two going out. I guess they are already in a relationship."'I saw them having dinner in BGC. They look so sweet. I think they are already dating.''I think this guy is the one for Ms. Allison. Can't wait for them to announce their relationship.'
“I know that you are angry and I know it’s valid, but promise me that you will stay calm tomorrow.” It was Andrew. Since I was having a hard time sleeping, I texted Andrew after I called Alexa. I asked him if he was busy because I want to call him. Good thing his meeting got canceled so I am free to call him. I told him everything that has happened to Noah, even the proposal. He was a bit pissed with Noah and he wanted to call him but I manage to stop and calm him down.“I can’t promise that. I still can’t over the fact that Alexa made Noah her mistress. My best friend doesn’t deserve that! She took advantage of the love that Noah has for her! I’m not even sure if I can forgive her!” I honestly said. “I know, baby. Again, I understand. But I don’t want you to say anything to her when you are at the peak of your emotion. You might say something that you will regret in the future.” Andrew calmly said.I get Andrew’s point. It’s not right to let your emotion control you. You might do