Chapter 67

Chapter 67

“Then I wouldn't mind killing people,” his eyes were glued to me the moment he said that. We exchanged tough stares together, and he was reading me like a damn book. I didn't back down as I was trying to examine every reaction from him.

He wouldn't mind killing people? I suddenly remember how I found out that he has feelings for me. It was the day Elijah and Lucas fought that they almost killed each other. He had feelings for me and Lucas knew all my life that my parents didn't treat me right as they always had their eyes on Freya.

“Really?” I asked, trying to catch him. The side of his lips moved and nodded.

“Yeah, of course. I mean, that's how I love. I don't want my woman getting hurt,”

Tension—that was what filled the entire room. It felt like there were only the two of us and Lily and Brian were not there at all. He remained looking at me and I didn't back down. But inside me, I was terrified. Not with the fact that he might hurt me, but the fact that if he's really the culprit, I don't know what to do.

I couldn't imagine how I would react. He is important to me—the two of them are important in my life. I wouldn't like to lose one of them again after losing Freya.

“You're damn crazy,” Lily commented and shook her head.

“Brian might do the same for Faith,” Lily added and chuckled. Silence invaded all of us again. They were really clueless about everything. I didn't bother to glance at Brian. Instead, I acted fine, as if nothing happened at all. I don't want that to come out from my own mouth.

“She rejected me,” I was not surprised when he said that. I was kinda expecting that he would announce it, too. I chose not to look at Lucas and Lily and still acted normally. I don't want to ruin this night but it was already ruined from the beginning.

“What?” Lily was the one who broke the ice.

“You're kidding,” she added and tried to laugh. But none of us laugh. Brian stayed silent.

“Faith,” Lucas called when Brian didn't say a thing anymore.

I didn't plan to answer them, but they still asked me. I took a heavy breath before I finally glanced back at them. The two of them locked me from their eyes while Brian beside me was trying to act cool as well.

“It's true,” I replied, confirming everything.

“You don't have feelings for him?” Lily asked, looking so stunned about it.

“She never told us that she's in love with him,” Lucas said, and he got a point with that.

“What now?” Lily asked, still confused. It seems like she couldn't absorb everything in her head yet.

“We're friends,” I said and eyed Brian. He eyed me back and that was when I noticed that his eyes were swollen and yet that small smile managed to protrude.

“Kind of,” he heaved a heavy sigh. “I'll move on,” he just nodded, trying to avoid making them feel worried about him. I looked away as my guilt was knocking on my chest again.

The dinner ended not so well. I drove back to the hotel with Lily and the two men separated ways.

“Why did you reject him? I mean, it's not like you cannot, but I thought you have feelings for Brian already,” she asked the moment we entered the hotel room. I was kinda expecting her to ask more about me and Brian.

“I don't have feelings for him. It took me a long time before realizing it,” I replied and threw myself on the sofa. Now, I feel so damn tired.

“Damn. He's probably hurt,” she commented while already worried about him. This is the hardest part in rejecting someone. Even though it is not my fault that I wasn't able to reciprocate his feelings, I felt like I'm the one to blame as if I am obligated to like him back.

“Let's not talk about it,” I said before I left her there alone before she could ask more questions.

The next day, I headed straight to the construction of my house just to check everything.

“Are you gonna live here alone?” Engr. Calvera asked.

“Yeah. What's the problem with that?” I eyed him with my sharp eyes, trying to read his mind.

“Nothing. It's just that, this house is damn big,” he chuckled beyond his confusion.

The truth is, I don't even know if I will live. I don't have any idea what to do with this house. I somehow think that this is just a waste of money, but I needed this to pull my enemies closer to me.

“Architect Elijah was your ex-husband, right?” He asked with curiosity. The video probably reached him, too.

“Yeah, why?” I still acted unaffected with that question.

“Is it true that he cheated?” I can't believe he still wants a confirmation from me beyond the exposure of Elijah's doings in the past.

“Everything that the woman said on the video is true. I just don't remember her anymore,” I confirmed. We were both watching Elijah from afar, working with the men.

After how I trampled his image, I can't believe that he's still working fine as if it didn't even pull him down.

“You're a martyr woman,” he shook his head unbelievably.

“I didn't believe the video at first,” that captured my eyes. I didn't know that there was someone who didn't believe the video and didn't side with me that quickly.

“And why?”

“Because I've been friends with Elijah, he has been mentioning a woman. He said she got everything from a woman. The problem is, he was a jerk and lost that woman. Now, I think he was actually pertaining to you. I just didn't expect that he had done so much,” my eyes remained at Elijah.

“Do you know how miserable that man is? Damn, he was the most wasted man I knew.” He chuckled. I didn't bother to ask him for more details of that, and instead, I kept my silence.

“It's not like I'm siding with Elijah, Faith. It's just that, I know that he's sorry and he has changed. I think he waited for you for so many years and he did everything he could to fix himself to prepare for your come back,”

“Why are you telling me this?” I don't need to hear all these things from him.

“Because you need to know the other side of the story. I don't know what happened between you, but you are both in love with each other. Don't make things hard for the two of y—”

“The night I lost our child, did you know that Elijah just stood up there, watching me with my mother hurting me so much?” That made him pause.

“You don't know that, right?” He looks really stunned.

“You’re my Engineer, but I am not paying you to stick your nose into my business,” I said before I turned my back to her. I should just leave before I could even lose my temper.

I worked all day just like usual. The news about the issue between me and Elijah is dying slowly, just like what it always has been.

“You're home,” the food that Lily was cooking invaded my nose immediately.

“What are you cooking?” I asked.

“Some veggies and meat. We will eat in a few minutes,” she replied while looking so busy in the kitchen; the entire kitchen is a mess.

“Lucas might come. He's not doing anything as of now,” she mentioned.

“I see,” but inside me, I was really nervous. I can't imagine myself being in the same room with the two of them, especially now that they are one of our suspects.

“Don't expect Brian, he's heartbroken,” she now chuckled.

“Anyway, what's your plan now?” She glanced at me for a moment before going back to cooking. Before, when she normally asked me this, I was really comfortable. But right now? I felt like I should be careful with every word that I will let go.

“I don't know yet,” I replied. It was a lie, though. Because the truth is, I plan to unravel the death of my sister. Once I found that culprit, maybe I should think of my next step in ruining Elijah and my parents.

“Where was the last time you went to our house with the car we were using during the accident?” That captured her eyes. She looked at me with confusion. Did I jump to that conversation too fast?

“Why are you asking?”

“Nothing, just got me thinking.” I reasoned out. I'm just trying to catch her.

“Well, I think the day before the accident?” I stopped. The day before the accident?

“What? Are you sure?”

“Yeah, it was that day. I was there before the accident. I even went on the car,”

The question is, why was she there before the accident?

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