Chapter 4

Alodia’s sister was buried in her grave without the priest’s blessing. It was the church’s rule that whoever died in suicide weren’t given the privilege to have a church mass and a grave blessing before the dead body was buried. That made her loss even worse. But what could she do? No one would bless her sister and guide her to the Purgatory for what she had done—killing herself. But she didn’t want to imagine that Alyanna was now straight in hell. She couldn’t take it!

Alodia was filled with hate for Emerson. She thought hard what she could do while she waited for her new two-year contract in Romania. She had at least two months of vacation in the Philippines. And not long afterward while grieving, she found this time to be of use to her as she thought about her sister’s death. She had to make it worthwhile even if it was the last thing she’d ever do.

She went to Greenhills, where there was a rich condo area that was famous in the country. She knew that her sister’s boyfriend was living there, since they talked about him whenever they had a chance. She could really tell Alyanna was so into him, so she thought he was perfect for her. But then now, it was all too different as her hear was full of hatred for this man. And she wanted to tell it to his face. Even his shadow wasn’t in her sister’s funeral. What kind of boyfriend was he? Didn’t he know of his girlfriend’s passing?

It had already been a few days since she stalked him and she learned of his daily routine. He was always out for a jog every six in the morning and would get back after an hour. He really took care of his body well, she observed.

“Are you going to do something to Emerson, Alodia?” her cousin Karen asked worriedly when she asked for Emerson’s address.

“I’ll just talk to him, Karen,” she assured her cousin.

“Do you need me to accompany you?” Karen cousin queried.

She readily shook her head. “No. I can do it myself and there’s no need for you to worry.” But still, Karen’s eyes were full of concern and worry of what she might do to Emerson. She knew that her cousin was only concerned about her.

Alodia blew her breath before she pressed the doorbell button of his condo unit at around eight in the evening.

“A-Alyanna?” Emerson’s face was surprised to see her there when he opened the blue-gray door. He wore a white sando and a pair of board shorts, revealing his well-built body. He was taller than she realized, when she was now close to him. Her height was just up to his shoulder.

Why did he call her by that name with those luscious red lips? Didn’t he recognize her? Didn’t he know that Alyanna had a twin sister and that his girlfriend just died?

Their eyes held for a few seconds. His eyes were light brown and beautiful, which was enhanced by a nearly perfect eyebrows, which was a bit thick though. His nose was straight that she thought he must have good genes.

Suddenly, an idea came up in her mind. She slowly pulled her lips into a sweet and sunny smile. So, there was a way that she could avenge her sister’s death while her sister was not resting in peace in her unblessed grave after all.

“Why? You didn’t expect me to come today, hon?” She learned about her twin sister’s endearment to him when he called while she was on Skype with Alyanna.

“I-I thought that…” he said haltingly.

She pushed him by his chest and went into his condo unit. It was quite cozy. The living room was clean and complete with appliance such as flat screen TV, VCD player and Xbox, among others. The window to the right had a thin curtain of light green, making the place look neater.

Just when she looked the left where a bedroom and a hallway were, a naked woman came out of the bathroom with her hair fresh from the shower. The latter was frozen to see her holding hands with Emerson and her eyes grew wide in fear and confusion.

“Hon, did you think I was already dead?” Alodia turned to look at Emerson and let go of his hand like she never saw the naked woman.

He blinked while looking at her. “A-Alyanna…I-I can explain,” he started.

“I was just so pissed off of you that’s why I spread out the news that I was already dead! I even anticipated that you would come to my funeral. But when you still didn’t come to our house, I decided to stop my prank and come to you instead. I want us to get back together, hon.” She even caressed his broad chest with what she considered was sensual enough to arouse him.

He blinked at her like he couldn’t believe his ears.

Alodia looked at him with sultry sherry brown eyes. He was quite a muscular man with a boyish-looking face, dark hair and fair skin. She thought he was just the right kind of man that her sister would like to have as a boyfriend. But this man, he wasn’t her type at all. She loved her man to be… well, basically manly, dark and oozing with sex appeal even if he wouldn’t be so handsome. That’s why until now, she hadn’t found the perfect man that would make her attracted to so much, to fall for head over heels.

And Emerson? He was just so boring for her taste. Not that she was putting her sister’s taste and standard in men so low, because Emerson could sure give someone a striking smile that could make women swoon.

But not her. Not Alodia.

“Alyanna, I thought that you don’t—” he started once again.

“What? Aren’t you going to chase this woman away or not?” It sounded like she threatened him, giving him a death glare.

The woman had her mouth hung open and Alodia just threw her a mocking smile while taking note of her sexy body. But her boobs were just so big that they were like a pair of papayas that were ready to fall from the tree. How could Emerson replace her sister with this kind of woman?

“Grace, can you leave us alone?” He looked at the other woman who was still standing there, listening and watching them, who didn’t seem to take notice of her nakedness.

“Emerson! Is it because of the…?” the other woman started to protest.

“Will you leave us now? I just want to talk to my girlfriend here,” he said in a firmer tone. His eyes warned the other woman not to argue.

The woman was clearly pissed, her face red and nostrils flaring. She took a white silk robe in the bathroom to cover her naked body. Then, she took her clothes with her as well as her purse and marched out of the condo unit, slamming the door behind her after giving Emerson a “go to hell” look.

Alodia turned to him when the other woman left angrily. He smiled at her and he embraced her small waist. She could feel his hard manhood that was rubbing against her abdomen. She wanted to cringe because of it. Although he smelled like conifer and citrus, she was sure that woman had already done more than sniffing this guy. And that disgusted her even more.

“I missed you so much, honey!” He started to kiss her cheek and neck.

Alodia let him while frowning. When he was about to kiss her mouth, she evaded it and pushed him toward the bed.

“Playing hard to get now, Alyanna?” He could almost not believe it.

Does this mean that something already happened between him and my sister? Could it be the reason why my sister wanted to die because he is a damn filthy player? But is this the reason as well that she couldn’t break their relationship because they already had sex? Maybe I’ll never know the reason why but you must pay, you shitty jerk!

Her hands balled into fists while thinking these questions. She hated this man more than ever. And she wanted to give him a lesson!

“Hon, just think of this like I am… playing with you,” he said with a sexy grin that he could ever make.

She blinked. And she had just devised a plan. “Well… okay. Besides, I… missed you already. But… I’ll play with you because you always give in to me anyway.”

Did she just say that in a sexy way?

Alright. She’d give him what he wants. She pushed him hard toward the bed when they entered his room, and he lay down there on the white covered mattress with an excited grin on his face. The jerk was already breathless. She watched him close his eyes, and he was indeed anticipating something like a naughty game she’d play with him. Deep inside her heart and on her mind, she was reaching out to strangle this man to death!