KATE’s P.O.V.
Acceptance. That’s what I learned. Accept those people who love you for what you truly are and for those who put you on too much pressure, still accept them. I learned that we can’t please everyone by trying to change ourselves. We just need to be in the proper place and time to feel loved and accepted.
“Enjoy your honeymoon, Mom, Dad...” I laughed, talking to my parents through a video chat online.
Mom laughed, while I saw how Dad put his arms around her causing her to blushed even more. They look so cute together. It seems like they came back being a silly and in love teenagers again.
“Of course we will,” Dad stated, looking mischievously at Mom.
“Stop it, Armando. I don’t want our daughter to have a nightmare because of us.”
I laughed at Mom’s statement once again.
KATE’s P.O.V. I burst out into tears as I read the whole letter. Elijah’s Dad, Mr. Elijioh Ramirez, is one of Dad’s closest colleagues when our company was just starting. The letter said that Dad fired him for causing trouble to the name of the company, leading Mr. Ramirez to suffered in bankruptcy before he finds out that he has a cancer. He wrote this letter to inform Elijah of what happened and to make him take a revenge upon our family. And maybe, just maybe, he thought that I could be his way to get that revenge. I can’t help but to think that he just used me for his plan. I dropped the letter on the floor, my hands are now trembling so bad. Elijah... Did he really waited for me after eight fucking years or he doesn’t even care about me at all? Did he just said that thing so that I will trust him? Why is fate so cruel to
KATE’s P.O.V. I dropped my bag on my bed, my tears are still streaming down on my cheeks. I feel so empty, my mind couldn’t think of anything besides what Elijah has been keeping to me ever since. I know that there is still a probability that he really is in love with me, but I don’t know if I could live the rest of my life with someone who’s been keeping secrets to me and such. I don’t know if I could still trust someone. My mind is now flooded with those silly what ifs again. What if I didn’t saw that letter? Then I wouldn’t be able to find out the truth. And Elijah looked like he wasn’t planning on telling me about that thing either.“Ms. Kate, someone is waiting for you in front of our house,” one of our maids called me. She was in the other sid
KATE’s P.O.V. After I ate breakfast, I prepared myself to go to our company for my Mom and Dad are surely waiting for me in there. My maids are busy chattering to each other while they’re trying their best not to mind me and my drama last night. I hope that they already forgot about it, but that was impossible. Things don’t easily go in that way. I’m currently choosing a pair of shoes when one of our maids rushed towards me. I was stunned, same as her. Before she could open her mouth to speak, I already raised one of my brows while looking at her in confusion.“What’s wrong?” I asked.“Ms. Kate, the man yesterday... He’s...” My heart starting to thumped so bad, as I heard her stuttering statement. My curiosity was now replaced by worried, and guilt.“W-what? What about
KATE’s P.O.V.“So... Are you saying that...”“Yes, Kate. I had a relationship with that guy. He was my boyfriend before my Dad arranged my marriage to your father...”“So... He worked for our company just to get back at you?” I asked, confused now.“I don’t know that he will work under your Dad’s company. I mean, we had a nice closure before... And I thought that we are already in good terms but...”“He sabotage our company knowing that your Mom and I are having a child. And that was you...” Dad joined in.“What do you mean by sabotage, Dad? What did he do?” Dad took a deep breath, and Mom looked down, feeling uncomfortable at our conversation.“He stole our business plan and claim it as his... Then... He told everyone that your mother was impregnated by him, and not me.”“What?! T
KATE’s P.O.V. The next morning, I woke up early just to went to the hospital hoping that Elijah is still there. I wanted to see him for the last time, and bid my final goodbyes as well.“Good morning, sweetie,” my Mom greeted me as soon as I came downstairs.“Hey, Mom. Can I ask for your help later? I’ll start packing up my things for my flight the day after tomorrow.” She frowned, before coming towards my direction to give me a light hug.“Of course I’ll help you... But... You know, you can always change your mind, Kate.”“Mom... I chose this... Don’t worry, I know you’ll always visit me in Paris.”“I will. If only I could be there too... But your Dad needs me here...”“Mom, you don’t have to feel bad or anything. I’ll be fine there. I just needed some time an
KATE’s P.O.V. I sighed, looking at the wide airport where the largest plane in the county is currently at right now. Mom gripped in my arms tightly, looking at me with her teary eyes.“Mom, please don’t cry. You’re only making it hard for me to leave you two...”“Then I’ll cry a bucket of tears if that’s what will make you stop from leaving us...” I faced her, then reached for her shoulder. I looked straight into her eyes before saying another word.“This is for my own good, Mom. Think about this as my way of finding myself for a moment.”“I know, I know. But I couldn’t help myself. We will miss you so much...” Dad put his arms around Mom shoulder, before smiling at me.“Come on, Katheryn. Let’s not make this too hard for our daughter.&rd
KATE’s P.O.V. Five years had passed. I’m now a twenty nine years old commercial model and a fashion designer. I gained those titles in just five years in time, here, at the city of love. Paris is great. I thought I wouldn’t be able to reached my goals this far for it was almost impossible to compete with those high-quality business that’s always been here a long time ago even before I was born. There are times that I almost give up on my dreams, but thankfully, I didn’t. They say that new beginnings are always tough, and I know that even before I decided to leave the country. I know that everything is not going to be as easy as I thought. I know that my journey will be a bumpy and rough road ahead of me. But that doesn’t stop me from achieving my dreams. Instead, it inspires me to do more, and to become better each da
KATE’s P.O.V. “Why didn’t you accept the offer?” Fiona complained. I sighed, before facing her. We are now at our boarding house, and we just finished eating our dinner. Fiona didn’t stop bugging me about that deal that I refused to accept earlier. “Fiona, you know how much I really wanted to come back right there... But I couldn’t. I don’t know if I’m ready to face him again.” “That doesn’t matter! All that’s important right now is that you’ve promise to him that you’ll come back right after you find yourself... And now, fate is making your way back into his arms. Don’t you think it was pretty ironic? You already have a perfectly reason and chance to see him again.” “But how about Dom? Do you want him to be a broken hearted guy?” I asked her, and she suddenly shut her mouth up. I turned around, picking up the plates on our table just to wash the dishes. “If th
# ELIJAH’s P.O.V.Two years later... I waited for almost half of my life for this girl... I patiently waited for her to come back, right after she search for herself. I waited even though we’ve got a lot of doubts about ourselves... But in the end, we find it worth it. Kate and I... The two of us finally became an official couple. Today is the day that I have been waiting for. The day that I am going to ask her to marry me. And with the help of Darren and Claire, I know that everything will be alright. Nothing could go wrong, nor stop us anymore. From this day forward, Kate and I will be finally engaged, and I won’t hesitate to marry her right away if only that is possible.“So Cloey, when Kate arrived, I wanted you to tugged her until the other side o
# KATE’s P.O.V. Now that everything is going smooth and fine between me and Claire, I decided to mend the broken lines between me and Elijah as well so that I could finally have the peace of mind that I’ve always wanted to have ever since the beginning. I just hope that it was not too late for me to apologize to the one and only man that I truly love. It’s been three days since the night of Cloey’s birthday party, and so the next morning, I finally decided to come to his apartment, with my hands trembling out of too much nervousness. I can’t believe that I will be looking so dumb just like this in front of him... I never expected that this could happen, that I would be the one to hurt the person I love the most instead of the other way around, just like what usually happens before.
#KATE’s P.O.V. As we entered one fast food chain, the three of us, Claire, Cloey, and I, instantly search for a table before Claire decided that she should be the one to order in the counter. So I was left alone with Cloey, and I took the opportunity to talk to her and know more things about her parents relationship to Elijah. I know that Darren and Elijah are long time besties, but what I wanted to know is the relationship between Claire and my boyfriend. Call me a narrow minded person, but can you blame me? After all the things that I have been through... I just couldn’t trust anyone else anymore.“Hey, Cloey...” I trailed off, calling her name.“Yes, lady?” she asked me. I don’t want to take advantage of her innocence but I know to myself that I need to do this.“Your Mom and Elijah...
# KATE’s P.O.V. The next morning, nobody came to talk to me, nor bother to text me something... Or even a simple greeting. There is no one’s name registered on my phone, or anything. Maybe Elijah is indeed really mad at me. But why? I’m only trying to protect myself from being hurt once again. I took a deep breath, before deciding that I should probably go to some place that could make me happy... A place where I could temporary forget about everything, including all of our problems. I didn’t want to hurt Elijah that way, it’s just that I’m having a hard time to give my complete trust to someone for I know that it could ruin me once again. And so after preparing myself, I grabbed my purse as I decided to come to the mall and treat myself for apparently no reason at all.&nbs
KATE’s P.O.V.“A journal?” Elijah asked.“Yeah... I told you, you wouldn’t like it,” I said, looking at Cloey’s direction.“I do like it’s color, Aunt Kate. It matches the dress of my Barbie dolls that Uncle Elijah gave to me... But what is this?” she curiously asked.“Uhm... That was a journal, baby. Your personal diary... I mean, if you grow old someday, you will realize things... Things that you couldn’t ask to another person because you will be afraid or scared to make them think that you are weird or something... So if ever that you have some questions about yourself and you don’t know whom to ask it, you can write it down in here...”“Really? Will I be able to find the answer then?”“Maybe... As time passes by, if you read the first pages of this diary, you will finally be able to answer that question all by yourself. It’s
KATE’s P.O.V.“Tomorrow is Cloey’s birthday. Darren and Claire are inviting us to have a dinner with them.” I stopped for a moment, thinking about that invitation. Would I allow past to prevent me from leaving a normal and happy life? Of course not. I will try my best to beat that horrifying history of mine. Maybe in that way, Claire and I could finally have a closure... Or maybe reconcile, even better.“Hey...” I felt Elijah’s hands on both of my shoulders.“Y-Yeah?”“Would you come there with me? I promise I will be there... I won’t leave your side, Kate... Never again.” I smiled at him, before tiptoeing to give him a quick smack on his lips. He chuckled, before pinching my nose.“So, would you come with me then, Ms. Frias?”“Sure, Elij. I will come with you.&rdqu
KATE’s P.O.V. Elijah take me in his small apartment, and it feel great, being in this place once again. I look around the inner part of his home. It’s so good to know that he didn’t even thought about changing his address for the past few years of his life. Because if he did, I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t be able to find him anymore if ever that I did came back here myself.“What are you thinking?” I nearly squeal as I suddenly feel his lips on my temple.“Shit! You startled me!” I complained.“Sorry,” was his short response. Though he managed to wrapped his hands around my waist.“Elijah?” I called him, badly wanting to tell him something that is been bothering my mind ever since we became an official couple... Which is one thing that I didn’t expect to happen. Who would have thought that my friend way back in high school would
KATE’s P.O.V. Elijah asked me to go out with him, as we officially started counting our precious exchanges of smiles. He said that he will take me anywhere that I wanted, in any places that will make me smile. And so, I requested him to bring me to our old high school building... The tallest building in our campus, to be specific. While driving, Elijah often glance at my direction for I can’t stop myself from staring at his handsome face. I mean, how could the world be so unfair sometimes? He’s too cute for a guy. I hope I can have even just twenty-five percent of his looks.“Will you stop drooling over me? It kind of starting to freak the hell out of me...” He laughed.“Sorry.” I blushed out of embarrassment. “I just... I couldn’t help it,” I shamelessly admitted.“That’s cute,” he stated, his eyes stil
KATE’s P.O.V. I woke up having a wide smile plastered upon my face. It felt nice, having someone who could give you that peace of mind. I know Elijah wouldn’t cheated on me. I trust him enough... And even though he didn’t promised, I know he wouldn’t. Even though Elijah and I haven’t talk about anything to do for today, I feel the need to prepare myself before going down to our dining room, where my Mom is currently preparing our breakfast.“Hey, you’re looking good, sweetie. How’s your sleep?” she asked me.“It’s... Great, Mom. I think it is.”“Well that was good to hear. Come then, I prepared something for you.” She took out a plate for me before putting a cup of garlic fried rice onto it. She added some bacons and fried eggs, and I instantly felt the hun