Elyana's POV Pretzel held me on the wrist and guided me to the side of the house where nobody could see us. There were tall fortune plants where she took me. I was covering my mouth to hide my shaking chin when I suddenly thought she might harm me. I did something to her and Felix back then and she might use that moment to take revenge. She halted. "What's wrong?" she asked as she faced me. My tears were right in the corners of my eyes, and I was waiting for something to trigger them to fall. The time had come. The tears freely went down my cheeks. She repeated the question, but I was so embarrassed to tell her what I was crying about. I cried. Pretzel unexpectedly pulled me close to her and hugged me. She kept silent for a moment. Her gesture made me cry even more because she was still kind, even though I was a witch to her before. I even felt her hand tapping my back gently. I must say how comforting that was. I didn't know for how many minutes I was crying. When I loosen
Elyana's POV I woke up early the next morning because my mind couldn't stop giving me so many things to think about. It was disturbing, I admit, but I wanted to respect Felicity's decision to make the distance even though I still didn't know the reason behind it. Furthermore, Pretzel promised to keep me updated if she learned anything from Felicity and I wanted to wait rather than disturb that silly gay. It was a good thing there were some other things I wanted to focus on. That was more important than wasting time chasing him with reasons he seemed he wouldn't even care to tell me. I decided to text Quintin that morning. I told him to meet me at the popular ice cream parlor, just not far from the subdivision where I lived. It would not be a good idea to ask him to just come to the mansion because my mother would surely ask him many questions. "Mom, I'm going to the mall. I need shoes to pair with the dress I will wear at the New Year's Eve party." I used an excuse. "Do you w
Elyana's POV I woke up early and didn't tell anyone where I would be heading. My parents were both still sleeping and it was still dark around six in the morning. It was cloudy at that time and the wind was cold. I knew I was earlier than the time Doctor Chelsea told us to come, but I was beyond excited and at the same time nervous. I couldn't even sleep long enough, but I felt I had enough energy to go on from that day onward. I left the house wearing an outfit that anyone would think I went for a jog in so that, in case they became suspicious of where I went, I could easily prove where I went. The clinic was still closed when I came. Doctor Chelsea's secretary arrived around seven and she immediately let me in. I sent Florentin a message to inform him I was already there, and he replied twenty minutes later, telling me he was on his way. After a few minutes, the secretary received a call. She turned to me when she put the phone down. "The doctor told me to prepare you now,
"I called to say I'm sorry. I received a call this morning from my secretary that a big client came to the office early. I immediately left the clinic," he said and that explained the reason why I couldn't find it when the procedure was over. "It's okay. You did your assignment before you left, so thank you very much for that," I replied calmly. I heard Quintin laugh, but it sounded awkward to me. "Y-you're right." I seemed to notice something strange when he paused. There were some noises in his background but I couldn't distinguish what exactly those were. "What was that, Quintin? Are you alright?" I immediately asked out of curiosity and concern. "What do you mean?" he returned. "There's something noisy. Did you fall on your seat?" I tried focusing my ears on the noise, which surprisingly suddenly disappeared. "There is nothing noisy here," he said, which surprised me even more. "O-okay, maybe I'm just imagining things," I said as an excuse, but I was certain I
Third-person's POV When Elyana pressed the red button on her cellular phone, the call to Quintin's phone remained ongoing. Felicity was on the other line, listening to the conversation between the two, quietly thinking and feeling guilty about what he did without his best friend's consent. The rustling and strange noises that Elyana heard came from Felicity's side. Fortunately, she was not too curious about it and didn't ask so much. They would have been interrupted by chance if she found out the call was a conference call and it was him who was eavesdropping. "You must have heard everything," Quintin uttered when Elyana was no longer in the other line. "Obvious enough," he said sarcastically to hide what he felt at that time. The matchmaker sighed. He knew it would make her extremely mad once she found out and that scared him so much. … As the days walked by, Elyana always checked herself in the mirror. Checking any chances in her body that could be a sign she woul
Elyana's POV I went back to the mansion after going to the clinic. I was grateful for the good news I was carrying that day, but my tears wouldn't stop falling from my eyes. Those tears blurred my vision while driving, yet I did my best to drive safely until I reached home. 'I am no longer alone,' I thought. I finally had one precious gift inside my womb at the time so I needed to be careful with everything I did. I won't let that opportunity to be a mother slide into my palm. When she reached the mansion, I saw one servant walking down the stairs. She was holding a duster and smiling brightly at me. "Good morning, Miss Elyana!" She greeted me. I greeted her back with a smile. She moved on the side of the stairs to give me way, but I intended to force her to stop midway. She moved to the other side again so I could pass by, but I blocked her again. Her eyes widened when I suddenly hugged her. I saw those big eyes when I let go of her. I didn't say anything after and
Elyana's Point of View Two weeks after I found out I was pregnant, I started feeling some pregnancy symptoms. It was shocking but normal, according to Dr. Chelsea, because the precious angel inside my womb was only a few weeks old. She said it might go away eventually, but I was uncomfortable with what I was feeling every day, making me go back and forth to her clinic whenever there was something because I was afraid of what was going on. A slight pain alarmed me. Everyone in the house felt the same way, making the mansion like a war zone every time I mentioned I was in pain. The doctor was laughing at me, but she claimed to understand me perfectly. After all, it was my first baby, so I was being overprotective of him or her. Aside from the morning sickness and unexpected pains, I recently noticed countless things around. Even with food, I became picky, disliking the smell of garlic and onions, which suddenly seemed to have a strong smell. My senses of smell, taste, and h
Elyana's POV Felicity went back to the nuns he was talking to and later on, a priest came closer to them. I wasn't meant to wait, but I did stay because he told me to. I didn't expect I wouldn't be seeing him that day, but I had silent hopes that we could stumble in places and he would talk to me normally. I missed him. Yes, I do, but just like what I said before, I tried to focus my mind on staying healthy and growing the child inside my womb without thinking of anything that would stress me; however, it was such a great coincidence to see him at that church—-in all places. I didn't know what got into his head to smile at me after we hadn't seen each other for more than a month. That gay was indeed unpredictable as if he were a real woman. I sighed and just looked around the church while waiting for them to finish whatever they were discussing. As I examined the small church, I saw a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary carrying a baby Jesus. On the foot of the statue, there