“You want Angela's permission?”Lia asked with a questioning brow, her magic ward pointing at Angela.“I know why, she's the Queen!”Liya gasped.“Isn’t the king superior to the queen?”Her sister whispered back.“That's true”.Liya agreed.Antonio eyes were on Angela, trying to lead her body language, but it wasn't clear whether she wanted him to stay or not. He wondered if she was still angry, she didn't give him a reply.Then Angela said slowly and stood up to her feet.“I will go make lunch”.Angela tried not to meet his eyes.“Can you please stay with the twins while I make lunch, Mr. Antonio?”Antonio felt more uncertain after that statement. He was too busy calculating, so he didn't reply as soon as she asked.“I think it will be more encouraging if you don't use his name, he is your fiancé, be more sweet”.Lia said cutely, hugging her magic ward as an expression.Angela was stunned by that statement and extremely embarrassed, while Antonio was trying not to laugh out loud.“We
“Angela! Your phone is ringing!” She heard one of the twins yell out from the living room. Angela dropped the vegetables she was chopping and dried her hands with a kitchen towel before heading to the living room. The phone rang again and Lia gave it to her. “Thanks honey”. Angela smiled at her little niece before she answered the phone. Although she wasn't looking at him, she was sure that Antonio was paying attention to her call. “What! You are here at my place?” Angela panicked. Antonio glanced at her, wondering if the caller was Damon. Doris opened the door the same minute and screamed in a deafening high pitch loudly as soon as she sighted Antonio. “Doris?” Angela called surprised to see her before she could say another word. Doris's cousin sister Patra peeked into the room like a shy kid peeking at a visitor, then she went into a crazy high note with her scream. The fan girl was putting on a crop top with Antonio's face boldly printed on it, exposing her tummy with th
A few minutes laterThe trio entered the house, each of them smiling awkwardly.Antonio walked back to the couch, while Jace stood at the same spot, drying his face.Angela wondered what happened between the two. She knows quite well that Antonio also had interest in men, but he is in love with her now, should she be concerned?“So Mr. Antonio, I have this for your autograph”.Patra interrupted her thoughts and handed a package over to Antonio.Angela walked over to her brother Jace.“Jace, are you alright?”“I'm good”.Jace replied with a smile.Antonio signed his autographs on the new set of underwear and gave them back.Jace couldn’t hide his shock.“Why does she need his autographs on those?” Jace whispered to Angela.“Well, let's say, Patra is wild like Kerry, she enjoys things that are very uncomfortable”.Angela replied with an eye roll.“But look, your friend is giving him hers too”.Angela turned and found Doris, she slapped her forehead in frustration.I am so done with the
Antonio was silent for a while, then he blinked and met her eyes filled with anticipation and expectation.“Nothing happened okay, it's a choice I made and that's it”.Angela sighed deeply.“I truly wish you could be more open to me” she said slowly, looking down nervously about how he would react to her request.“Something must have happened, Antonio, and I care about you…I really do, just tell me please, I will understand”."You don't need to understand because there's nothing”.He smiled at her and the next second, his face went back to cold, he was definitely trying hard not to get mad at her for asking those questions.His face was actually sad and hurt.She felt he was not as perfect as she had thought,maybe his appearance is but undoubtedly not his life, that reminded her of how he randomly broke down in tears the night he was drunk and even last night. Why is he punishing himself?Something must have happened.Why is he being so secretive about it?She took a quick glance at
“I am sorry I scared you with that..(scoff) I never thought I would be missed by anyone”.Antonio said with a shrug, and took out a cigar to light.“What do you mean… Grandma and your siblings will miss you”.Angela turned to look at him.Antonio stole a glance at her then looked up.“Grandma will probably die from heart attack so she will be missed too, and I don't have siblings”.Angela's eyes widened.“Of Course you do…Damon…”She paused abruptly seeing his eyes changed to a cold one after she mentioned that name. She wondered about the origin of their grudge.“I was the only one born by my mother”.Antonio cuts into her thoughts as though he heard her mind.“Oh… I see”.Angela said absentmindedly.She looked down wondering about the relationship between the Montero children,are they even related by blood?Suddenly, she felt cold chills when his hand touched the soft spot on her cheeks, then he used his thumb to dry her tears.She watched his smokey eyes,then down to her full lips
An hour laterAngela walked to the living room and found Antonio being a model for the girl's makeup artist's role-play.His hair was tied into a little pony and his face painted with lots of red…he looked like a vampire.She tried not to laugh out loud.“What do you think, Angela?”Antonio was frowning.“Smile Uncle Charming, feel Bonita”.Antonio forced a wide teeth smile, that was when Angela lost it.“Oh my gosh… I can't with the face” he paused, seeing the look on the twin's faces.“It's so beautiful I want one too, you guys did a wonderful job. This is so professional!”She hyped them up.The twins giggled loudly.“You have to pay, though, we are not cheap”.Lia replied, applying blush on Antonio's forehead.“Pay? How much did Antonio pay?”“He is pretty already, so he can't pay”.“Oh, poor ugly me”.Angela said with a dramatic expression.“We can make you pretty like him too”.“Alright girls, you all should move over here, food is ready and set, or else you eat them cold” She a
Liya and Lia were done eating. They pecked Angela on the cheeks in appreciation and left the dining room to their rooms.Immediately they were gone, it was just like a whole new world.Angela noticed Antonio’s mischievous smirk returned to his lips and he chewed slowly, staring at her.It seems as if he hid this side of him just to blend in with the kids. For some reason, she was grateful he tried to adjust his personality for the sake of the kids. The old Antonio would always say perverted words in front of them, not minding their age.Angela scratched her neck, uncomfortable by his stare.“I never knew you were good at cooking, they certainly taste as delicious as you”.Angela coughed and took a glass of water, trying not to look up at his face. That reaction made him smile. He certainly enjoyed messing with her.Afterwards, she stood up.“Where do you think you are going?”Antonio grabbed her arm.“To the kitchen?”Angela replied slowly.“Then I shall go with you”.Antonio said an
Angela frowned and pulled away.“That’s nonsense, you can’t change for me, I loved you for you, that’s all that matters”.She replied, turning back to washing the dishes.There was a long awkward silence afterwards.Finally, he spoke,“You love me? You don’t even know me, Angela”.That statement made her freeze.She paused, her heart racing.“I want to know…”Then she heard the sound of a door slammed shut, it was Antonio, he went out of the kitchen.Angela sighed heavily.“I had my chance to get him to open up, and I was so nervous around him”.“You love me? You don’t even know me, Angela”.Antonio’s words rang in her head.“She quickly dried her hands on the kitchen towel and rushed out the kitchen. The living room was empty, no sign of Antonio. She rushed out of their apartment, but he was nowhere to be seen.“He left?”Angela muttered to herself sadly.“Did I hurt his feelings unknowingly, I only said I don’t need him to change to anybody”.She told herself and walked back into t