SELENA'S POV
"Are you okay, Selena?"
I nod at her, "Yes... I'm just thinking, what did we forget to put in our cart."
"Ahh, wait. Ahm we already have..."
I looked again at the door where Haxilla left with that old woman. Before, I already noticed something strange about their moves, especially to Haxilla, she's the most suspicious one. Ignoring it is the only thing that came to my mind that time, because I always think that I'm just overt thinking things.
But, the thing that made me so confused is Raven's mother. We all thought—or I'm just the only one—that her biological mother was already dead. Base on their actions earlier, it seems that they are already living to each other for a long time already, but what is their reason from keeping it to us? To me?
If there's a truth that they are keeping away from me, why? What's their reason? Did they hide that truths for their own sake or to protect me? It made my head to hurt like it's going to explode any moment. I'm not done thinking who could be the possible culprit on those death threats, they added another problem to me now, argh gosh!
"Are you listening to me?" Alexa asked that made me back to reality.
"Yes, of course."
"Then, what did I just say?"
I looked around to make excuses, I'm doomed, "Ah, we... are going now to... counter."
"You're not listening."
"Hmm? I'm listening."
She sighed while pushing the cart, "Sir Jaxon called, he's asking where are you now."
"Why did he call to you? He can call me."
"He can't reach your phone. I think Haru didn't meet him this day," she said while looking for something.
"It's impossible, Haru needs to show him the next part models of the robots."
"Why don't you just tell him about your death threats?" she asked out of nowhere.
"I don't think that he's going to believe me. Let it pass, those people who sent me those threats will stop if I show them that I'm not scared to them."
She rolled her eyes, "Stop being delusional. They will kill you no matter what."
I stopped walking, and she stopped too, "Stop scaring me! You should cheer me up, but you're just making the things worse." I rolled my eyes on her.
"And stop being childish, you should be alert and careful every time. We already talked about this earlier."
I didn't answer her and pushed the cart to counter, we paid all the groceries that we bought. Because we purchased so many groceries, the two baggers helped us to put our groceries at the car.
We're walking in the parking lot when Jaxon walked towards us and get the bags from the baggers.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, but he ignored me. I tried to catch his attention, but I'm just wasting my strength.
"I'll go with Alexa—"
He pulled me back, "No, you're going with me."
"What? Hey!"
He dragged me to the passenger's seat of his car. I tried to escape, but he already locked all the doors. He talked to Alexa before he hopped in the car.
"Why you didn't tell me?" he asked in a solemn voice.
"Didn't tell you, what?" I ask back because I don't have any idea what he's talking about.
"Stop pretending that you didn't know what I mean!" he shouted, that made me flinch.
"But, I really don't know what you're up to!"
He sighed and punched the steer wheel. Maybe he already knows about the death threats, did Alexa tell him about it?
"The death threats. Why you're keeping this from me? Why you didn't tell me since the first, even we're not yet couples that time?! Are you insane?"
"Did Alexa told you about this?"
"No, no one told me about this. I went to your office because I'm going to ask you about the shipment, so I tried to scroll in your mails—"
"WHO TOLD YOU TO OPEN THAT FUCKING MAILS?!" I shouted furiously. He knows how much I despise when someone meddled in my privacy, but he did it. I clenched my fist to stop myself to hurt him.
"I'm your fiancée—"
"I don't care if you're my fiancée or anything, you meddled with my privacy and that's a different case here, Jaxon."
He leaned and punch the steer wheel multiple times, "So what do you me to do, huh? Watching you dying in my front, and I'm still clueless from what's going on? Do you think I can handle everything when you disappear right in my front without doing anything?!"
'Do you think I can handle everything when you disappear right in my front without doing anything?!'
'Do you think I can handle everything when you disappear right in my front without doing anything?!'
'Do you think I can handle everything when you disappear right in my front without doing anything?!'
'Do you think I can handle everything when you disappear right in my front without doing anything?!'
The last sentence, he uttered, stabbed my heart multiple times. I don't know why do I feel this so much hurt, it felt like I already heard from someone else in the darkest time.
He's saying something to me, but I can't understand a thing. My mind went blank after everything, it's so hard to predict what kind of emotions I have right now. Confused, hurt, anger... it's all mixed up in my system, and it made me feel like everyone surrounds me, will hurt me quietly.
He hugged me tightly, and that's only the time I knew that I'm already crying, "I'm sorry. I'm just worried about you, I didn't mean to hurt you."
We already arrived in the company and I told Jaxon that I'm so tired to do more conversations, so he let me rest at my office. When I got there, my head automatically banged at the desk to wake me up.
"What happened to you, Selena?" I asked myself while banging my head repeatedly.
'... I'm her Nanny Karen...'
Argh! It's there again. Where did I hear that name? Why does it feel so familiar to me? Is she related to me or something? But, all I can remember is, except for Haxilla and Britanny, the persons from my past are already gone. My mom and dad are on the other country.
Should I search our family history? No, there's no article about us, for sure. We're not that famous and controversial family to be put in the articles in the internet.
"Argh, my head hurts so much!"
I get up and fixed myself to continue my work. It's only my way to forget anything that happened today.
I should have refused Alexa earlier to go with her to the supermarket, my mind is still on peace right now.
"Selena, are you okay now?" Jaxon ask me as he walks towards me. I nod at him, he put down a two cup of coffee.
"Thank you," I said as I sip the coffee.
"What happened to you earlier? Why did you cry that much?"
I sighed, "I don't know. It's like a déjà vu feeling, the last sentence that you said is a knife that stabbed me multiple times."
He holds my hand and smiled, "I'm sorry to made you feel like that. Worries really eat me that time, and I'm not aware of your feelings."
"That's fine, it's not your fault."
His phone beeped, and his forehead creased when he reads what's written in the message.
"What happened?" I ask.
"It's from Morelli's, it's look like that they're moving again to shadow our company."
"What's your plan then?"
He shrugged and pats my head, "I don't have any plans as of now, but maybe on the next day, we will start to stay the company on its place."
I nod at him, he said that he needs to go back to his office because there's so much documents that needed to work on.
"Ah, my parents will go home from Bahrain, and I'm planning to introduce you to them formally," he said before he touches the doorknob.
My heart thumping hardly, I felt nervous and scared at the same time. What if they didn't want me to be their son's wife? What if they knew Maxine and they want her more than me? Tsk, I hate this.
"Selena?"
"Hmm? Ah yeah, it's fine with me. It's better, so we can start the planning of our wedding day."
"You're excited about our wedding, huh? Don't worry, my parents will surely like you," he chuckled and get out of my office.
My body became weak and my chest suddenly tightened. Why do I feel scared for too much? Is it normal to feel this? Argh, I don't know.
HAXILLA'S POV
"What are we going to do now? They met already," Britanny said with full of worries.
We can't convince Nanny Karen that the girl she saw in the supermarket is not Serena, it's hard, especially she knows every flow of Serena. Nanny Karen is on her room and repeatedly pleasing us to get back to the supermarket, so she can talk to Selena.
"But, I find weird how Selena reacts while Nanny Karen is on her front. It looks like she didn't know Nanny Karen at all, is it a side effect of that medicine you give to her to forget things?" Wade said that also piqued my interest.
He's right, if Selena remembers even just a little memory with Nanny Karen, she should loathe and asked us many questions, but she didn't.
"Yes, that's the side effect of the supplements that she's taking before. I already told you before that if we continue giving them that kind of medicine for a long time, it can barely damage her memories." Raven suddenly explained when he gets out from his mother's room to calm her.
"How is she?" I asked.
He sat down and taps the cup of coffee, "She's fine now, I'm just worried what might happen to her tomorrow since she already saw Serena."
"Maybe, we should say to them the truth—"
"No," I cut Britanny's word, "Since Selena's curiosity will slowly eat her system, let her find it all by herself."
"Wait, Jaxon texted me," Wade said while tapping on his phone. "We have another problem now."
"Why? What happened?" Brittany asked.
"Jaxon said that he's going to introduce Selena to his parents since they're going back home from Bahrain. It's a chaos now."
Shit, this is what I fear of. If Jaxon's parents will meet Selena, it's not impossible that she'll be familiar to them. Argh, I must prepare myself from what might happen after this all, there is no way to get out of this situation.
"Hax, what are we going to do now? We're already cornered now." Britanny holds tight my hand because of fear.
"We can't do anything about this anymore. Let's just hope that Selena can handle herself once she knows already everything about her past, including Jaxon."
SOMEONE'S POV
"Any updates?"
"Selena is going to meet Jaxon's parents tomorrow."
I leaned and hold my chin while nodding, so they're serious to each other, huh? That's good.
"Is she responding to all of our messages to her?"
"No, the last message that we received from her was two years ago. She only reads our messages."
"She's ignoring it. Send her more messages tomorrow, also surprise her before the grand meeting."
He bowed and left the room, I turned around and saw Jaxon's picture hanging in my wall with darts.
"She's your weakness, Jaxon. It's so fun to watch you tomorrow going crazy from finding her, protect your princess at all costs," I laughed and throw a dart piece in his forehead.
"What now?" I answered her call.
[How's the plan?]
"Don't worry about it, everything is under control."
[Make sure that you wouldn't mess up. I need him back.]
"So corny."
[You're just jealous.]
"Shut up."
[Alright, bye bye.]
That bitch. I shouldn't say yes to her, she's just a headache to me, tsk.
SELENA'S POV Only the two of us stood beneath the frigid sky on a snowy December night. He grabs my hands and pulls me in closer. His eyes, like mine, are full of bliss, which I believed could only happen in movies. The butterflies in my stomach began to tickle my entire body. For me, it's a lovely night, and I'm feeling like a princess. He's speaking with his heart rather than his words when he says, "Thank you for coming into my life, Selena." My shaking hands smiled at him as they touched his face. "Thank you for always making my heart warm, even when the weather was so chilly." My eyes immediately closed to his lips' every contact on mine, it was so lovely and pure, as he pushed me closer and grabbed my lips. I felt a searing stab in my back, and my eyes were shaking as I stared at him in shock tha
JAXON'S POV "Oh, you're his secretary?" Mom asked Selena, she just nods. She doesn't seem comfortable around my parents. "Maxine is better and prettier than you, but what can we do? Our son chose you." "Mom!" I yelled at her. She just shrugged while munching her food, Maxine is already like her daughter that's why she's like this, but it's too much. I introduced Selena to them, not to insult her. Selena hold pats my thighs under the table, "I know, many people already said that. But, Maxine and I are totally different, we have different personality and life. So please, stop connecting my name to hers." It's obvious on her voice that she is hurt, but she still managed to smile. Mom ignored her like she didn't hear anything, I hate her for being like this. Dad cleared his throat, "I heard that the company win the last bidding because of you?" he loo
SELENA'S POV "Where's Jaxon Silvenia? T-the victim... of a car accident?" I asked the nurses. My whole body is trembling of fear that he might not be able to make it. "He's in room 526. Second floor, left wing." We run to the room that nurse pointed, "Jaxon..." I whispered as I opened the door, he is lying down with a bandage on his head. I walked slowly, closer to him. My tears can't stop from falling because relief and nervousness, this kind of situation never pass on my mind before, I'm not mentally prepared for this. "Jax... you need to wake up, huh? You need to wake up," I cried on his hand. Britanny rubbed my back to comfort me, we almost got also in an accident while driving to here. "Jaxon?! Oh my God! My son!" Aunt Seriana suddenly pushed me away from his son, Uncle Lerion catched me and assisted me to stand up. Bri
TWO MONTHS LATERSELENA'S POV"What happened?" I asked Jaxon.He's fully recovered now after almost two months of staying in the hospital. He get back his strength and the doctor said that he can go home in two days from now, they still need to check him.He shook his head, "Someone destroyed my breaks, but I don't know who it is.""The police said that your car is too far away from the cctv cameras, they can't saw the face of the culprit clearly.""They'll find him sooner. By the way, did my parents visited me even once while I'm asleep?""Hm, we fought that time, after that they didn't visit you again. I'm sorry," I said while staring at my hands. He holds it and rubbed his thumb on it."That's fine, I didn't want to see them either," he smiled, but I can see the sadness in his eyes. If I controlled myself that time
SELENA'S POV"Do you really need to go?" I asked Jaxon, he stopped putting his clothes on his luggage and caressed my face while smiling, it's a fake smile."We already talked about this. I also need this for our own business, remember?" he moved closer and kissed my forehead, "Just trust me, everything will be fine."I nod, "Hmm, take care there, okay? Don't be so close to Maxine, if you do, you won't see me again."He laughed and mess my hair, "Silly, you're the only girl who owns my heart.""Err, gross. Finish that up," I said and stood up to help him because he will be late at his flight."Selena?" he addressed."Hmm?""Where have you gone this past few weeks? I seldomly saw you here."I stopped for a second, "Ah, I'm winding down to stop the stress. You know? Too much stress could kill me."
[The medicine and mental illness mentioned in this chapter are not honored or prescribed by a medical professionals. It's only work of fiction.] ONE WEEK AGO SELENA'S POV 31-A... 31-B... "Got you!" I immediately pressed the doorbell. An old woman, like she's in the mid-sixties, opened the gate with a creased forehead. "Who are you?" she asked. I smiled at her with hesitation and nervousness. "Someone told me that you're the Aunt of Raven Deme—" "What do you need?" I cleared my throat and looked at her, "The truth." "What things you're curious about?" she asked as she placed my coffee in my front. "About her mother, your sister. I'm curious about her life." She stared at me for a second and slowly put down the co
HAXILLA'S POV "Where the hell is Selena? She really didn't call you?" "I'm trying to reach her out, but I can't," Britanny answered, I sat at the couch while my hands are covering my mouth. Where is she? "Mommy, are you okay?" Hershey asked as she run to my front. I smiled at her and caress her hair, "I'm fine, baby. Go to your room now, grandma will go with you." Nanny Karen bring Hershey to her room, Raven get back from a call, he looked at me with his eyes that are full of worries. "Someone saw her at the hospital three days ago. I contacted the president on that hospital—" "Just be on the point, please?" "She conducted a CT scan and knew that we're giving her a wrong pills instead of headache pills," Raven explained, that made my whole system to panic and nervous. I looked at Haru, "You're the last
SELENA'S POV "W-who are they?" I asked when we saw a two corpse in the lab. My heart beat raced and hoping that they are not my parents, maybe, these two are just an employee here before. "I don't know... oh, it really stinks." Jacob covered his nose and walked away from the bodies. My heart can't stop on thumping while I'm walking closer to the bodies, it felt really different. You know that feeling that you found the thing you're looking for a long time, I don't want this feeling, like it saying that they are really my parents. "W-we can know who they are by DNA, right?" He shook his head, "We can, but someone will be here any hour from now." My frows burrowed, "Someone knows this place, I mean, what's inside this house?" "Hmm," he nods, "Someone that you can't see each other." "Why?" I asked, but he
"Wylow! Come here, baby." I wiped Wylow's mouth that is full of chocolate, Haru gave me an extra tissue. "Britanny should be the one who is doing that." He said, I threw the used tissue on his face. "She's busy on preparing the foods." He sat down at my side while fixing Wylow's hair, "If we ever have a baby, she will be beautiful like you or he will be more handsome than me?" I pushed him with all my strength, "Stop that nonsense. I didn't even give you a permission to court me again." "I can court you in bed," he said while twitching his eyebrows up and down. Yuck, he's so disgusting. We left him there, I heard him calling my name, but I ignored it. While waiting for Britanny and Haxilla, I scrolled at my feed. "Their baby is so cute." Maxine posted their family picture for the
BRITTANY'S POV "Drive faster, Wade." I'm praying hard while we're on our way to Selena. I keep on telling myself that nothing bad will happen to her, nothing. She'll be safe while waiting for us. Wade tried to overtake from the cars in front of us. We both became annoyed when the red light appeared in the traffic lights. This shit, we need to get there faster, we don't know what things can Jacob do to Selena. "Jaxon is here already," Haru said when we saw men that are lying on the ground unconscious. I'm a bit amazed on how Jaxon did this all by himself, he's an ace. We followed Haxilla when she suddenly run at the warehouse. We saw that Jacob hitting Jaxon at the other side, while Selena almost lost her voice because of her screaming. I immediately run to her while our other friends trying to stop the men of Jacob. "Get away of here with Jaxon,"
SELENA'S POV "Do you want to have a wine?" Jacob asked me while holding a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. I smiled at him and get one wine glass. We are quiet while appreciating the beauty of the stars at night and a tasty wine. It's been a while since I felt this kind of peace, it is so satisfying. "Are you feeling well now?" he asked after a long silence. I nod, "Hm, thanks to you." "That's nothing—oh, wait, someone is calling." When he gets out of the room, I immediately tapped the recording app on my phone and checked the other phone if it's already linked to the other one. Since I found the GPS device at my bracelet, something unsual starting to bother me. His footsteps are getting closer and louder, that's why I just kicked my other phone under the bed because I panicked. "Did you wait for l
HARU'S POV "What is she doing there?" I asked myself when the GPS was at the empty lot, a bit far away from their house. Did Jacob just... Oh, shit! No, it can't be! I immediately get my keys and jackets, rushed to get to my car to go where Selena is. While driving, my heart beating so fast that it can go out of my ribs at any moment, the cold sweats also covered my forehead and palms. "What?" I answered Haxilla call. [Where are you going? Why you're so in rush?] I'm biting now my nails because of anxiety, "How did you know?" [I'm about to go to your house and saw you that you're in rush. I'm actually behind your car now.] A red car is tailing me, that's Haxilla. She shouldn't follow me, she can't see the body of her sister if ever that Jacob did something brutal. That bastard, I should have killed him
SELENA'S POV "You don't need to do that." Jacob appeared at my side and took away the dishes from my hands. He smiled at me that made me pout, he is always smiling at me like it will convince me to do whatever he says to me. I rolled my eyes and continue washing the dishes," I'm fine, okay? It's not that hard." His stares are making hole to my soul, it made me look back at him while my brows are furrowed. "What's the thing with that stare?" I asked him. "What if Jaxon didn't do that thing? Do you think you will be in this kind of situation?" He asked me back that made me shocked and get hit by realization. I smiled, "No one wants it to happen, and he's not the one to blame why my life became like this. It's his parents." Even though my heart literally crushed into pieces when I knew the news about him
HARU'S POV "Where are you going?" Jacob asked as he stopped at my front. I ignored him and continue my walk to Selena's house, he suddenly pulled my arm to stop me again. "What's your problem?! I just want to check if Selena is fine," I shouted at him. He smirked, "She's not that well, so please, go back wherever you're from because any moment now, Selena will wake up." And motioned the way out of this house. I put my hands at my pocket and directly looked at his eyes, "What's your plan?" "What do you mean?" "I know you're planning something, that's why you keep on getting close with Selena." He laughed and tapped my shoulder, "You're so observant, Haru. That's right, I'm doing this to get her trust and my business will run smoothly." "What?!" My forehead creased, my fist clenched and any moment from n
ALEXA'S POV "Alexa! Alexa!" I looked at Haven, who is running hurriedly towards me, "What's the matter?" I asked. She showed me her phone, an article is there, Sir Jaxon and Ms. Maxine are the thumbnail of that article, "Read it." She let me get her phone, so I can read properly the article. My eyes widened while reading it, this must be a fake news, there's no way that Sir Jaxon will do it to his wife. "That's fake news for sure," I said and give her back her phone. She stomped her feet while shaking my shoulder, insisting that it's real. "Haven, please, we have so much to do here to believe that kind of shit." "It's real." Konrad suddenly appeared at her back. He told Haven to leave my office, he looked at me while dropping off the documents that I asked him. "Don't tell that you believe it—" "Sir Ja
SELENA'S POV "Nanny Karen? Can you help us—" my words cut when her room is empty. Where did she go? I walked downstairs to ask Haxilla. "Where's Nanny Karen? I can't find her," I asked Haxilla while looking around the house. She throws me a balloons and tapes, instead of answering my questions. "Put some air for that and put it around the banner." "I'm asking you if you know where Nanny Karen go," I repeat my question. "She picked up the others on the airport. Hurry, they'll be here any minute," she said and run to Hershey when she heard it cry. I shrugged and fix the other decorations, while doing it, someone knocks on the door. "Please open the door, Sel. Maybe it's the cake I ordered." As I finished tying up the balloons, I walked quickly to the door, a delivery man holding a box of cake smiled at me, "Delivery for Haxill
THREE WEEKS LATER SELENA'S POV Haxilla runs towards me while holding a bouquet, "I bought you your favorite flowers! Coral roses." "Thank you," I looked at her and smiled, "Do you want to go to Bay Area with me?" She shook her head that made my shoulder to fall, "I'm busy for Raven's surprise party," she whispered and shake my shoulders. "All right, all right, stop it. What are your plans now?" "I'm planning to tell Wade and Haru to come over, a little reunion to be precise. What do you think?" she excitedly asked. "Hmm," I hold my chin and acts that her idea is bad. She holds my arm and pouted at me, she's so cute. No wonder we're siblings. "You don't like it?" "Did I say something?" She throws a tantrum, "Just tell me if it's good or bad!" "It's g