THALIAAt first, I was waiting for Leander to crack up, but seeing Cassie in front of me and my granduncle’s family glaring at her made me believe my twin brother's words. “Ho-How did it happen?”“Her mother and granduncle did something fun on the bed–” I slapped his mouth, causing him to glare at me. “What? You asked me how it happened.”I rolled my eyes in annoyance. “I mean…”“We only found out yesterday. She was in the company, looking for our granduncle.”Mom suddenly left the room with a dark aura lingering around her. She's scary when she's mad. So, it's better to stay away from her until her anger subsides.Why is she even mad about it? Because of Cassie? I firmly shut my eyes and realized that my current boyfriend has a past relationship with this so-called new family member.“I told you, I have a feeling that you and Damon won't fit with each other–”“Shut the hell up.” I gritted my teeth.What's wrong with Leander today? Why was he teasing me just as Frederick had been do
THALIAMy family went to the mansion of the Laverde to take a rest. My mom doesn't want to see Cassie’s face.I don't understand. If they dislike her presence, why are they letting an illegitimate daughter enter their life?Mom was fuming in madness, the same with Dad, whom I could not make eye contact with.I was so disappointed in him. He said it's alright to date Damon and now he wants me to end my relationship with him. Seriously? What's wrong with him?Of course, I don't want to break up with Damon. That's why Dad was angry at me for disobeying him and yelled 'No!’ in his face.I'm glad Mom and Leander were not there to teach me a lesson for disrespecting my Dad.As we arrived, I immediately pulled my brother to the corner beside the storage room without my parents knowing.“Bro, can I use your phone?” I whispered.“I thought you disliked the iPhone?”I rolled my eyes as I glared at his phone in his hand.“I forgot mine in L.A.--”“Buy your own.” He coldly responded and walked
THALIA Dad dragged me upstairs to my room and shut the closed door. He even turned off Leander's phone and hid inside his coat.“It's not your grand uncle.”My brows furrowed at his words.“What do you mean?”“Mr. Kane might just spouting nonsense–”I scoffed. “Are you saying Damon's deduction was wrong?”“Probably.” He gritted his teeth in irate. What's wrong with him? Why is he acting like this after saying that it's all right to have a relationship with Damon?I shook my head and turned my back on him. Yes, I am going to ignore his useless thoughts. “I just found out today that he has a spy in our company.”I stopped when I was about to open the door of the bathroom.“His ex-accounting manager? Yes, he is a spy, but he's not working with Damon. You already know that–”“Then what is this?” He threw his phone on the bed. As I was curious about what he meant, I checked his phone and saw pictures of Damon with a man I was not familiar with. I abruptly took the phone, and with tremb
THALIAI'm lying on the hammock in the garden, staring blankly at the gloomy sky, which seems like it is trying to console my almost-dying soul. Since my parents are not here, this gives me a chance to inhale fresh air just to stop myself from torturing my eyes.I felt dehydrated from crying last night. It feels like my chest will erupt from the pain I felt remembering Damon's eyes.It hurts me to see him pleading.I've never heard anything from my Mom since last night. I know she knew about it. But still, I don't want to see or talk with anyone.—--'I’m still learning to loveJust starting to crawl’—--Suddenly, I hear a song slowly getting closer that I don't want to hear. The familiar perfume of this jerk invaded my nostrils and tried to ruin my mood.Frustration delves into me."Stop it." I hissed."You should be crying."I rolled my eyes at his tone. "I did... last night."Through my peripheral vision, I saw Leander sitting opposite my swing. Does he not have anything else to d
THALIAMy rage towards Cassie was stronger than breaking up with Damon. Well, I'm not saying it's our end because I never said we're going to end our relationship. I cried because I hurt him with words and I miss him so damn much.If Damon didn't get that then… I'm doomed.I only made sure my father wouldn't pester me into breaking up with Damon. I end it right in front of his eyes to stop him from being such a weird Dad. It doesn't suit him.Our only problem was Cassie.Since she came into our life, she's not doing anything but she's already a nuisance. I entered my father's office with raging eyes.“Careful in opening the door, Thalia.” He warned but I ignored his scary tone.“Why is she here?”“Who?”“Cassie Miller.” His deep sigh indicates he's had enough of family issues. But I can't blame him. It's not even in our family but rather in my granduncle’s family.This is Laverde's problem but my father won't ignore the problems on my mother's side.It's really a pain in the ass.
THALIAI entered the office of Annabelle, I mean, Cassie, because she called me as if I owed her something. I was about to slam the door, but I noticed the eyes of the other employees on me. So, with a fake smile, I carefully close the door.They are always monitoring my movements, which I find annoying.As I turned around, I saw Annabe– Cassie sitting comfortably on her newly bought swivel chair while acting busy with her laptop.“You called me?”She lazily taps with her pen the documents on the table. “Send this to Mr. Cortez.”I scoffed as I crossed my arms.“I'm not your assistant or secretary. I have my own tasks to do as of now. And most of all, my job is not a courier. Thank you for understanding.”I walked back to the door.“I command you as your head.” She hissed in irritation.Command as her head… is she hearing herself? She's making me embarrassed at her ‘oh so mighty great manager’.I turned to her with a smirk. “I have my own head.” and knocked my skull lightly. “It's ha
THALIAMy heart was thumping violently as I stared at his appearance. He's smoking while leaning at his car while gazing at Carter's building.I noticed his lazy eyes were back when the first time I met him, he lost weight, his beard was now quite visible, and his hair grew into a mess.Is he not taking care of himself?"What are you doing?"I jump off my feet at Frederick's sudden appearance behind me with his face an inch apart from mine."You scared me!" I slapped his arm with a frown.His usual smirk plastered on his face before continuing to eye the person I was looking at through the enormous window."Who are you peeking-""No one, let's go."I hold his face to look away and push him lightly. If he sees Damon, he will tease me again, and he will tattle it to my twin brother, and then my twin brother will tattle to our father. I had already convinced my Dad about ending what I and Damon have before.But Fred pinned me at the wall with furrowed brows.I rolled my eyes, hearing his
73THALIAThe ride in going to Scott's ancestral mansion was in total silence. I admit… I felt hurt seeing someone clinging onto him. And the worst was his ex-wife.Why did he decide to get back with her? Am I really a rebound?I tightly close my eyes in frustration. I don't want to think about it anymore.It feels like I made a wrong decision. I thought he would understand me and still choose to wait for me until the issue with Cassie will slowly fade.But… I think highly about myself. I was too confident that Damon was serious about us.“Are you still mad at me?”I abruptly opened my eyes when I heard Frederick's voice.I shook my head. “No.”“Do you want to skip the party?” He sounds convincing.I don't want to see anyone as of now. I don't want to smile and pretend I'm okay in front of my family, to my father.I bit my lip because in my mind… I blame him, which is not supposed to.“My father will kill me.” I only said and went back to close my eyes.I want to escape just for a f