CHAPTER 1 She gives me a death stare.I try to look away from her but she's looking at me angrily. I don’t know why she seems so pissed at me whenever I’m around. It feels like she doesn’t even like the fact that I exist. I mean, I have not really done anything wrong, have I? What did I do now? I thought to myself and wondered why she is giving me the eye. "Will you move your shoulder away from me?" She pushes me away that almost made me hit my head against the window, when mom and dad weren't looking. Sometimes she acts like a child, I swear to God.I glanced at my sister, Avery Sophia Swanepoel, the ever beautiful Miss Popular in my high school. She rules our campus because students and teachers praises her. She’s like super perfect embodiment of student in school. Avery rolled her eyes at me and I can intensely feel her hatred towards me. Come to think of it, she's my sister and she treats me like I'm a less fortunate. She treats me like we don’t have the same blood running in o
2Avery and I never get along. Like ever.As much as they say twins are supposed to be close to each other and they're like best friends because they share things together and play together and do a lot of fun things together while growing up, that just didn’t happen in my childhood.Me and Avery?Total opposite.She hates the sight of me and it’s so stupid that she hates me when we have the same actual face. I am aware of the fact that she detests me because there's never been a day that she didn't make me feel her hatred. Finally, we reached the house and she ran up to her room first while pulling off the clip from her straight long blond hair as she holds out a small mirror."Oh god I look so stressed." She says.Trust me, she doesn't even look stressed. She just loves herself so much, it's annoying. She knows she is popular and lovely that's why she praises herself. She loves getting all the attention to herself and it makes her hydrocephalus. She doesn't wanna be in second plac
3MILO'S POV“She belongs to me!”Automatically, there would be deafening screams of women in big arenas that we have played numerous times after we finish a song. There’d be a big crowd and blinding lights from cameras and smart phones recording every bit of our moves. There’d be a lot of women crying because of happiness, women screaming like there’s no tomorrow and women a little seem to flirty on the audience which is really getting pretty normal to me now, I guess. But the audience we just sang to were children and God just these kids hate me because of what I wear, my long hair and my skinny jeans. Some kids said I dressed weird. They just bloody hate me because of my hair and mostly thinks I am a girl because of it. Lucius tries his best to talk to much kids and play with them, Jasper as usual makes these kids laugh, as for Silas. Well, Silas’ being Silas and for Rowan even if he is not doing anything funny or cute, he’s just immensely loved by the kids because he has always b
4MILO'S POV"Hey lads." Silas calls out and he sounded as if he had just a brilliant idea.All of us glanced at him as he adds, "Let's all go skating. Paul said he knows a good place to skate." Rowan’s face was quick to show disagreement with Silas’s suggestion and I don’t think Lucius liked his idea too but Jasper’ just busy texting on his phone.I do want to skate. “I’d skate with you Silas.”He smiles, “That’s really sweet of you Milo .”I smiled back."Well..” Rowan interrupts. “Hate to break it to you Mill but Jasper is a professional figure skater. Aren't you Jas?" He smirks at Jasper."I am?" Jasper asked curiously with his brows creasing together as he stopped himself from typing on his phone. “I don’t skate Rowan. If you’re forgetting, I am bad with shoes that has wheels.”All of us know Jasper don't skate and would never try to skate. He can't even balance himself well on roller blades, what more if it’s on ice.I laugh softly."You are.” Rowan insisted. “I mean have you s
5MILO'S POV"Lads aren’t you really up for the ice skating?" Silas asks out of the blue."You really wanna go ice skating so badly." I chuckled, he's not dropping it. I pity him. "Do you even know how to ice skate Silas?" Rowan asked."Well..." Silas pouts."Forget it Silas." Jasper shove his hand in front of Silas's face. "We'll go find some nice beach with perfect waves when come back here again. Surfing is for the big guys." Him and Lucius begins to act as if they were on top of a surfboard.Silas’s brows creasing, “You’re not a big guy Jasper.”I instantly laughed at Silas’s comeback and Jasper was quick enough to stare at me when I was not the only one who was laughing in here. “I’m 5’10.” Jasper says.“Since when did nine become a ten?” Silas asks.We laughed again.“Well you can get all the laugh you want to have Mr. Cohen because Lucy Jones and I are going surfing without you.” Jasper tells Silas before he gave a high five to Lucius . "Don't worry Silas. I'll go skating wi
6LINDY'S POV I was panting when I finally reached outside Nando’s and I honestly do not know how to tell my mom and dad that I lost my phone. I’ll be seriously grounded. I paused and took some deep breaths when suddenly this white van that was who was leaving accidentally splashed a whole lot of muddy water at my while it leaves Nando’s speedily. I gaped as I stare at myself looking all dirty and wet. Uck! This is so disgusting."Hey!" I called out to the speeding van but it didn’t bother stopping to even say sorry.Asshole. I see groups of photographers leaving the lot while they were talking to each other and some young girls crying saying that they lost the opportunity to capture him. Him? Who's him? What the hell just happened here? Was someone kidnapped in that van? I worried as I stare at everyone with terribly sad faces/ They looked like someone died.“Where you able to snag a photo?” A girl ask.“I was not able to. But did you see how he hugged that waitress? She’s so luck
7LINDYI quickly stopped myself from yawning when I heard a man’s voice on the other line who spoke to me with really thick accent. It was a guy with a very deep and manly voice that almost sounded as if he was sleepy or just woke up from his sleep. I don't know anyone, moreover any man, by this voice because not much men would even call me this late nor would just call me on my phone. The male's voice was deep, raspy and sort of a little bit familiar that I might have heard it somewhere before. In the first place, why would he call me this late?"Yeah. Obviously." I answered angrily with a low voice. I yawned for more but silently as I wait for him to say anything else. "Well…” He trails off and his tone of voice was almost auto-erotic to listen to. “I'm most definitely sorry for that." He speaks a longer sentence and I have never heard any man’s voice this sexy.Shit. That was hot. No doubt about it and his thick accent just makes him sound more soothing to listen to. Is he Briti
8NARRATOR'S POV "How in the world did we swap phones?" Lindy exclaims over the line sounding like it was the end of the world when she does not even have any single idea how many girls would want to be in her shoes right now. Firstly, Milo Beckett called her. Secondly, she is talking to Milo Beckett. Thirdly, she swapped phones with Milo Beckett. And most importantly, she is still going to be talking more often with Milo freaking Beckett.She pulled herself out from her bed rapidly and begins to walk to and fro across her bedroom with her palm pressed against her forehead. She kept on thinking of ways on how the hell they swapped phones but she could only think about Nando’s. “Nando’s is the root of all evil.” She says over the phone making Milo laugh. “This is seriously not a funny thing to laugh about!”Milo presses his lips together as he push his hair off his forehead, “I’m sorry. It’s just that you sound...” He trailed off.“I sound what?” Lindy quickly asked snappily.“You s
E P I L O G U E "Em, just stop screaming, please." Lindy begs. "Think of it as a vacation."VACATION?! Then why can not I use the private jet?! Why do I have to ride a plane in eco... e... Ugh! I do not even want to say the word!""Stop being so overdramatic, Em. We all started somewhere." Milo mocks."I started rich and popular, I am keeping that title." She stood her ground.Milo tilts his head, "Not unless I take that away from you."She gapes.Ezekiel pulled up his pad as soon as he finished writing the words, “Cheer up Em. It is not so bad.” with a smiley face next to the sentence.It annoyed her even more. She loves her twin brother, but she hates the situation that she was in.“Not so bad for you!!” She screams at her brother before she groans. “You can not do this to me!!” Emerald screams like the drama queen she is.Days passed, Emerald found herself arriving in Aidenwoods, New Zealand with two big pieces of luggage and only a hundred pounds in her wallet and the other hund
70‘The famous Beckett duo called EZME called it quits after five years of singing together to their millions of fans due to personal issues, scandals, and health conditions that needed to be taken more seriously. Ezekiel Beckett has been suffering from Muscle Tension Dysphonia which causes the sound and feel of his voice to change due to extreme muscle tension in and around his voice box. As a result, it causes his voice to regularly stop performing more efficiently which broke a lot of his female fans' hearts. The 21-year-old heartthrob and crooner recently lost his voice due to stress, tension, overuse, and overwork and is now going through therapy doing various exercises.On the other hand, Emerald Beckett, who is no longer new to scandals and issues, has gotten some pretty bad press every now and then. The 21-year-old pop star and the other half of the duo called EZME have been known for her horrific diva behavior since her rise in popularity. It has always been rumored that she
69L I N D Y After the honeymoon, I bravely decided to go back to college and finish where I left off. Milo has been very supportive of my decisions and he has been my confidante in almost anything that I do and I want to do. He would confront me about what would be the best and would advise me when things get harder or more confusing. He is just there constantly supporting me which means so much to me after everything.When he asked me if I would move in with him to London, I did not hesitate to agree with him because all my life anywhere with him, whether it is in London, Peru, Spain, South Africa, the Philippines, or anywhere around the world, I would want to be with him. Always. Mom and dad felt sad when they found out that I was moving to another continent which made them feel a little bit emotional before we parted ways. Although they understand that things are going to be different now that I am getting older and wiser and have plans set on ahead of me with Milo. Yet, my paren
68L I N D Y “Welcome home Lindy!!!” I was taken aback as soon as the party poppers popped that came out of nowhere and I see everyone in this house greeting me with smiles on their faces. I see Lucius, Jasper, Silas, and Rowan who came all the way to celebrate this day with me which really means so much to me after what I have been through. It was the kind of support system that I needed after what happened to me and how these people are showing me an unconditional kind of love. These guys, whom I have always considered as my older brothers from other mothers, are all here and this means the world to me. I see Martha who ran towards me in a split second and hugged me tightly with tears flooding in her eyes which made me cry too because this scene is very much making me so emotional. She hugs me tight as she says the words, "I am so glad to see you again. I have missed you. I have missed you so much. I missed you a lot."She makes me bawl my eyes out as I hug onto her tighter, "I m
67L I N D YSaint Francis Sanitarium had a different way of treatment which had been pretty much helpful for my recovery. They also had strict rules about visitors, no one was really allowed to see the patients who are under treatments like me to avoid problems, complications, and miscalculations. There were no cellphones allowed inside and Wi-Fi as well to avoid any social media. Although they allowed gifts from the outside, it was still hard not to be able to see everyone. I didn’t let my negative emotions get the worst of me because I had to be strong for myself and my kids and for everyone else who is waiting for me to head out of this mental facility. I faced this battle head on and even though it was hard for me to accept the changes that I have had, emotionally and mentally, I am still very thankful for the support that I am getting from my family, friends, and of course Milo.Milo has been sending me hand written letters every day which is something I always look forward to
66M I L OWhat did she mean by that?Did she mean it literally?Silence, there was silence between us and I was just utterly and indescribably confused. She didn’t answer while her eyes were looking all over the entire house. Her eyes looked like she was searching for something inside the house and at the same time, she looked like she was in distraught. She looked so lost, sad, and completely puzzled by her own thoughts inside her head.“Are you alright baby?” I holler.She nods and looks back at me, “Yes. Just…. Just a little… awake.”I tried to ignore what I heard from her about hearing them in her head and just walked towards her, “I thought you fell asleep?”She shakes her head, “I can’t.”“Did you even try?”She nods. “Yes. These days it’s just hard for me to sleep.”“Should we visit the doctor?”“No.” Her voice was firm. “No need for that.”I take her hand to mine, “Hey, let’s go back to sleep. Shall we?”She nods and smiles before we walked up to the bedroom.I still hear the
65M I L OThey were so tiny.Very tiny.So fragile. So delicately adorable. I stare at them from outside the glass window and my heart swells with these crazy emotions that are building up inside me the more I stare at how tiny and angelic they looked. Staring at them, I did not know that I could love more my sweet Lindy for carrying my little soldiers who are now battling with their own lives. I had no idea that these tiny creatures would actually make me feel much more whole in some way. I glance at the tubes and machines that were surrounding them to help them survive and grow and I know they are fighters and that they will grow stronger. I know. I know they will. I watch as their chests go up and down while they were breathing as they were moving their tiny hands around and subtly kicked their small feet. It was amazing how they looked and how their tiny movements could actually surprise me and amaze me at the same time. Absentmindedly, I am staring at them with a smile on m
64M I L OI laugh humorlessly as I shake my head sideways, not wanting to believe what I have just heard. No, this cannot be possible. There is absolutely no way. No. I had no idea that Ricky was this selfish and this heartless with everything that had happened. He is and has always been only thinking about himself and no other else. He only and always wants to save himself from everything when the going gets rough then runs away and hides like a frightful little child and pass the blame onto others so he can clear his name.This man is despicable, absolutely and horrifyingly greedy.“I am so sorry.” Ricky apologizes but the more he says it the more it makes me angry.“Ricky! How could you so selfish?!” Gwyneth screams at him..“Of course!” I exclaimed. “Of course you would say it’s me! You freaking asshole!” I pressed my clenched fist against the center of my forehead. I groan in frustration and in anger because I want to hit this person so badly. I want to hurt him as hard as I ca
63M I L OEver since my argument with Gwyneth, we never really talked as much as we used to. I understand why she was feeling that way and I understand why she had avoided me since she hated what I have done. Of all people, I thought she would be the one who would understand me because she is my sibling, but then I was wrong.She made me feel even worst. I tried to understand where her anger was coming from and obviously, she was gutted that I said and did those things to Jolene. I know she could not believe me that I treated Jolene that way because she has always hated it when I do things that hurt women since I was brought up by women too.I wish my words could change anything to what she sees me now but then I know I can never take back the things I did and the things I said to her.Sometimes I wish she could have understood me and why I had to do it. The night before the band’s world tour started, someone came to my house late at night and rang the doorbell many times which woke