In Bryce's eyes, having a man as your best friend is not suitable if you were a woman--he always tell that to his girlfriend Maristal Chavez.
He actually dislikes seeing her best friend Dylan around them during their outdoor dates. Maristal always argue that its better for them to have her best friend accompany in exchange of having a good public image. And he disapproved of it but she is always the one who wins the argument in the end.
Why? Because he loves her so much. She was his world. She accept him wholeheartedly when he needs someone beside him. She made her feel loved and let him believe that they will be the one for each other forever.
Bryce is a field journalist and he has his own office in the publication company--even though he's mostly out for field reports--where he met Maristal being the Editor-in-Chief's secretary.
Maristal is very defensive, always rude when he talks to her but when he got into her submissive side, they unexpectedly clicked.<
Nia felt like she was in a deep slumber for a long time and she just woke up with ease.She tried to remember what had happen but she can't. She had no memory but she's happy.Without thinking anything, she get up from the bed only to be surprised. Her body remains on the bed but when she double checked, she's also standing straight next to her body!When her eyes roam around, there are other patients lying on the beds nearby and her bed is near the glass window.The room has a light coming from the fluorescent light on the ceiling and there are two doctors and three nurses around her bed. One of the doctors is currently pumping her heart, the two nurses are checking her vital signs and putting some liquid medicine from the vials to her dextrose using a long syringe.She cringed. If she's conscious right now, she won't let them stung her with that.She's the type of pers
Surprisingly, Nia noticed that Bryce do all the things to make her comfortable on her stay in the hospital. Bryce didn't say anything after she woke up the following day. He volunteered to help her get up, to guide her in going to the bathroom and even feed her. Nia is very touched by his gestures and realized he's a warm, loving and caring person although he say otherwise. It's her third day in the hospital and still waiting for other examination test results. Bryce did all the walking and talking with the doctors the whole day and at night, he will stay awake until the last doctor's visit to check if her vital signs are stable. Nia smiled at the thought of having him as her boyfriend. She can imagine his pale lips twitching when he will talk back at her every whims but he will give up on the end and he will still give what she wants. She sigh and silently pray that she can stay
Nia is clueless as to how Bryce manage to bring her home with a wheelchair. She's very uncomfortable sitting on it while all the passersby judgemental eyes were on her until they reached the parking lot. The doctor recommended for her not to think deeply of anything for two whole weeks to avoid stress and not to wash her hair because the fresh wound might open up--the water may came inside her brain and it will decay in less than a year that can cause her death. She still wants to live. She wants to explore, experience adventure and travel--with Bryce if possible. "Why are you smiling while staring at your hands? Care to tell me what is interesting there?", his brows were in a thin line together while his eyes shows he's oblivious of her thoughts. Nia rolled her eyes and murmured to herself, "I thought women are the only busybody." The wheelchair stopped in front of the elevator abruptly. "What? I heard something about busybody
Bryce was left slumped on the tiled floor while staring at his bleeding wound on his palm. When Nia left him, he tighten the small piece of cloth around his hand and since he cannot tie it, he just told the excess inside the other roll. He knew that it was his fault. He shouldn't blame her to what happen on him. It was not her fault that his past is now backfiring. He glance at the messy house. All the things he managed to buy using his own money by earning a living is now a waste. The white antic jar with bulge flowering design that he purchased from his friend--that came from thailand--was shattered into tiny pieces. All the kitchen utensils were cut into half and thrown into a nearby garbage. The couch cushions and pillows were sliced in half. Most of his electric gadgets looks like it was hammered merciless into thin soda cans.
Nia nearly crumble down on the busy high way when the window she leaned on suddenly burst open. Her right foot slide down and she lost her balance. She got scared thinking that she will fell off face first on the cold pavement down the busy street without even saying anything to her mother for the past few days! Her heart sank when she didn't even hold on to the window pane! Nia closed her eyes to think straight--to clear the anxiety that is starting to build up--when a hand grabs her before she could go down further. "Jeez, woman! What are you thinking when you decide to hang out here? It's very dangerous when it's twenty floors downwards!" She abruptly hold on to the man's hand for her to survive. The man instantaneously tighten the grip on her knuckles and pull her up the window. She careen on the floor after touching the other unit's floor. Her breathing
Nia let herself enjoy the companion of Dylan and Wade even if its a little uncomfortable for her. She didn't know why she felt that way when the two of them seems to be friendly. After the early dinner they had, Dylan ask her to come with them in a nearby resto bar and she was obliged to come since they didn't take no as her answer. She didn't regret agreeing with them, this she enjoyed every minute of it. Though Wade and Dylan seem to be drown to the crowd and they left her for a few times in the bar counter, she let them be. Its like one of those night where she partied all night in New York with her friends in the Restaurant she works with before. She smiled at the thought of how she dance with everybody last night while enjoying every drink everyone offered for her. She didn't even had the guts to let the two know when she came back to Bryce unit after three hours. She needed
Nia woke up with a headache. She tend to forget what she do when she reached her alcohol limit. She cannot sit up because when she tried to, her vision is spinning like crazy. In addition to that, there is heavy thing slammed at the lower part of her right thigh. Its as heavy as a hollow blocks and her whole body is aching like she got into a fight! She decided to just close her eyes and let herself sleep some more. Maybe after an hour or so, she can have a late breakfast. Nia clasp the other pillow she remembered that she put on the other side of the bed. To her surprise, what she had touched is something hairy. Did I get a furry cushion from the couch last night? She cradle on it, give a pinch a little bit--which is on of her habits in bed--before he mindlessly hug it. "Ouch!" "Why did it feels weird and yet so comfortable?" She murmure
A/n: The said location on this chapter is purely based on research. I didn't include the entrance fee and the exact place but its somewhere in Antipolo, Rizal, Manila.***When Bryce hit the road with his silver BMW 7 Series Sedan, he knew that their short trip would be fun.He can't help but stare at Nia that has sun reflections all over her face. The dashing smile on her lips makes her look more innocent and naive.She didn't even notice that their hands were still intertwined and that he is using only one hand while driving.He's grinning from ear to ear while sometimes, he's kissing the back of her hand.Nia play her favorite music playlist on her phone--mostly ballad songs--that can hear all over the car. They sang together On the songs while waiting for the traffic until they got on their destination which is in Antipolo, Rizal.Their first sto