Josephine released her hand from his grip and took a step back before looking up to meet his eyes. Those eyes reminded her of the warmth she always felt whenever she looks into it, but now, it has returned back to its usual coldness. “Do you want to see me?”Josephine didn’t answer. She just stood there staring at him.“If you have something to say, say it to me,” Lucas said.Josephine scoffed inwardly, not believing that it has come to this. He didn’t even ask if she was okay or where she was staying after leaving his apartment. Did he not even care about her at all? Or maybe she has been a burden and he was finally relieved that she was gone. Her presence must have irked him. At least, that was what she thought.“I have nothing to say to you and I didn’t come here to see you,” she said in a firm voice and blinked almost immediately, half-regretting that she had to say that to him. Taking in a breath, she said, “I came to pack some of my stuffs—or yours which belongs to me. The next
Josephine blinked back at his words as she stared at him, not sure of what to say or how to react. When Lucas took a step closer to her, she took a step backwards and he heard the hitch in her breath.“Are you scared of me now?” he asked, not taking his eyes off hers and there was a hint of sadness in it. “You know I can’t hurt you.” Josephine stared into his green eyes and saw how serious he was. Some part of her wanted to tell him no, that she knows he cannot hurt her and she wanted to hold him, but instead, she found herself asking him, “You don’t want me to leave, why?” her voice was calm this time...but broken. “You pushed me away that night, remember? You didn’t stop me from leaving and so I thought you want me gone. But now you want me to stay? Why Lucas? Am I just a pushover to you?”“I never said that,” Lucas said and took another step. “I am sorry if I hurt you by pushing you away. I never meant to do that.” And it was the truth. He had no intention of letting her leave jus
Things went smoothly for a week and Josephine was already getting used to Lucas around her. It was like he wasn’t giving her any moment to mope around as he would always find her wherever she is. He doesn’t even goes to his room to sleep as he prefers her room. When she asked him, he replied that he sleeps better in her room than when he sleeps in his room and she left him that way. He would always do things to make her happy and give her a reason to smile. He would pick her up after she finishes work in the evening and treat her to dinner at a restaurant. Yes, he already knows she works with Candice. To her, he was like the older brother she never had, the one her mother said will look out for her and won’t make her feel her absence, the one who would stay with her and make the days of her absence look like a twinkle of an eye...the one she failed to give her. Or maybe she did give her.When she got out of bed that morning, Lucas was not beside her. Normally, he would stay till she a
An hour to evening, Josephine was on the couch, staring out of the large glass which divided the sitting room from the patio. Her eyes were on none other than Gabriel and Lucas who sat on the pool chair, chatting away. After all the fun they had, they were finally resting and even Candice was taking a nap. “They both look cool together,” Matilda suddenly said beside her and she moved her gaze away from them to look at her.Smiling at her, she said, “I know right,” and then she returned her gaze back.“Earlier today,” Matilda said and Josephine turned her body, giving her attention, “I saw the way the both of you looked at each other.”“It’s just a normal stare, Matilda,” Josephine quickly said before she would get the wrong idea. “There is really nothing going on between us and I will like to keep it that way.”“You said that the last time we met.” They had met two days after she went back to Lucas apartment and she had explained all that was there to her best friend including the me
Josephine typed on the phone, her finger hitting at the screen and she would smile occasionally. Her friends had left not long ago and now she was left with Lucas who sat at the other side, his eyes on the television screen.Noticing her, he placed his hand on the armrest and asked her, “What is making you smile like a maniac?”Josephine took her eyes away from the phone and looked at him, still smiling. “You can’t understand,” she said and giggled before resuming with her phone again.Just then, the doorbell rang and they both snapped their heads at the direction. Josephine looked at Lucas who also looked at her. “Do you think they came back? Or they forgot something?” she asked, unsure.“I don’t...think so,” he said and it rang again.“I’ll go check who it is,” Josephine said and stood up, moving her feet in a hurry towards the door. Opening it, she raised her eyes to see who it was and the excitement in her died down almost immediately. “Elena?” she called her name and was surprise
When morning arrived, Josephine walked out of her room and went downstairs, heading to the kitchen to get a glass of water and it was when she got there that she met Elena who seem to be busy. “Elena?” she called her and Elena turned to face her with a smile. Josephine sniffed the air and peeped at what she was doing. “Huh? You are making breakfast?” she asked in surprise.Elena nodded and said, “I did not know how to thank you for yesterday so I thought of making this for you before leaving.”The other time she cooked, Lucas had scolded her and in the end, threw the food away and Josephine was just realizing how she must have felt back then. She smiled back at her and felt happy that she has changed as she expected unlike the last time where they both had an argument over her junks.“I don’t know if Mr. Gray will allow this, but I really want to appreciate all that the two of you have done by making this breakfast for you. I may not be good at everything, but I can assure you that I
Maybe she should have just listened to Lucas and not allow Elena stay the night and bring this chaos upon them. But how would she ever know that she has something evil against them? Her compassion had moved her and she had thought Elena was gradually changing and won’t end up like Maya, but that was only a bad lie. Now she does not know if he is fine or if he is dying. Who coughs out black blood and pretends to be fine anyway? Only Lucas would do that.“Why would you do this Elena? Just why?” Josephine shot at her, feeling helpless in the situation and her eyes started to brim.“I did this because of you,” she shot back while pointing her fingers at her. “Don’t you see you are the cause of all this? Everything would have turned out the way I want if only he never met you. I did everything for him and yet, he doesn’t even look at me the way he does to you. Always treating you as if you are more important while I am only seen as a maid. Is that fair?”Josephine did not want to believe w
“Nicholas turned recently and I just found out a week ago,” Lucas explained when they were all seated after coming to an understanding. “I had Sullivan monitor him and Trisha to see which one of them would betray me. That night I found you among those two people sent to kill you, the boy whispered Elena’s name to my ear and I knew she had something to do with it. To tell you the fact, Elena was never an honest person. She lied about her mother being sick all the time just so she can make an excuse to get money from me. But I never for once confronted her about it because like you, I also thought she would change. Or maybe she would have if she never met Patton.” And then he also went ahead to explain who Patton was and all that she might need to know. “So you never trusted me all along?” Trisha said, feeling hurt. “If you can be trusted, would you have kept Nicholas secret hidden from me? “How is that my fault? I did that only because he begged me to and because I know what you mig