“Ms. McKenna will be mine for that night.” “Ms. McKenna will be mine for that night.” “Ms. McKenna will be mine for that night.” I don't know how many times I've been stunned by this while Grandma Briella led me on a walk to the restaurant where we were going to eat for dinner. I honestly wanted to refuse her offer but I was too deaf to the repeated echoes of Bryce saying that. Mine? What does he mean by mine? He likes messing up with my mind! "Dear, what do you want to eat?" Does he even know what a woman can think when he uses such terms? "Gia, what's your order?" Maybe he's just used to using that term. "Gia?" Wait. Used to? So with all the women he talks to, is he like that? Am I assuming? Damn! “Gia Blythe?” My vision returned to the present when I felt Grandma Briella holding my hand at the same time she called me. "Are you s-saying something, G-Grandma?" Full of shame and doubt I asked Grandma who suddenly grinned at me and then looked back at the menu in her hand.
We have already finished arranging the things we will need for this day and Braylon still can't think of a way to get Saighna to agree to be his partner in the upcoming anniversary party of Grandma Briella and Grandpa Elizalde although he helped first. He was earlier in the arrangement until we were finally done. Some time passed when the residents of the island came here again to take a look. "Come on. Cheer up.” I encouraged him when I saw him stunned while sitting next to my desk while arranging the files on top. "I don't know what to do to at least melt her rock heart." He said with a frown as he was thinking deeply about the way he could do for the girl. “Shh. Ask first if there is a heart or not." I was about to break a trip to him, causing him to suddenly look at me and give me an evil look. I just laughed because of his behavior. To be honest, I have only recently seen a man like him who will make an effort to think of a way just for the woman he likes at a time when most o
I felt lost when I remembered something and then I looked at Braylon again. "At home, you cook there," I said as he immediately turned to me. After a few seconds passed that he didn't move, I approached him myself and slightly pushed him out of the tent. On the way to the house, he was quiet so I'm not used to it. "Wow." I grabbed his attention but he didn't even look at me. I grimaced and then thought of a way to talk to him until an idea came to my mind. "You didn't say that you just knew how to cook. Where did you learn that?” I heard him sigh so I turned to him again. He brushes his long fingers to his hair that's moving with the air. "My Mom loves to cook and I always watch her when she cooks Daddy and I's favorite dish." “Whoa,” I exclaimed in amazement not only because he knows how to cook but also because he and his Mommy are close. I hope so. When we got to the house, he immediately looked for ingredients for what he was going to cook and it was good because everything h
I still can't get it out of my mind why Bryce suddenly appeared here on the medical mission that day. To this day, the events that happened are still bothering me even after several days have passed. "W-What are you d-doing here?" I pinched myself hard for not being able to avoid stuttering after straightening up. A few seconds passed and he just agreed and looked at me and as usual, I still didn't see any reaction on his face. I couldn't stand his looks so I decided to turn away from him when suddenly he touched my wrist. It was like I was nailed to where I was standing when our two skins touched so it was easy for him to pull me towards him again. "There." My vision returned to the present when he suddenly spoke and when I saw that he was looking at my wrist, I also looked at it. I couldn't help but gasp when I saw that there was already a bracelet on there. "What is this?" "Bracelet." He answered innocently as he let go of my hand but agreed and it remained in the air. I felt
I snorted and avoided looking at him and then leaned my head on the back of the chair and just focused my attention on the road we were taking. The moon was round and full today so the darkness was not a hindrance for me to see the beauty of the place at night. I smiled when I also saw how many stars were in the sky but I immediately turned to Bryce when I felt the car stop. "Why?" I asked the man but just like that, I squeezed myself into the seat when suddenly Bryce came up to me and he didn't even take his eyes off me! "You're not wearing your seatbelt," he replied and then I heard him lock my seatbelt and then return to his seat and drive again. A few more minutes passed and I was speechless as my attention was forced to be focused outside because I might not be able to stop myself from focusing my full attention on the person next to me. I can't help but compare the beauty of the moon and stars to how God made the man next to me which is so detailed. But in an instant, the scar
Earlier we were sitting here on the bench where Braylon was with me earlier. Now, I can still feel the redness on my face because of our closeness to each other earlier. I sighed and tried to calm myself and then looked up at the stars in the sky while I saw in my peripheral vision that my companion was also looking up there. "Are you okay?" I couldn't help but ask because of the tension I felt between him and his Daddy earlier. "Are you asking me or are you asking the moon?" My forehead furrowed when he asked that so I turned to him and I didn't expect that when I turned back his eyes were on me. “There. Look at me when you want to ask or say something." I was tormented by the loss because of his tactfulness which he frowned and met with his two eyebrows. "What?" he asked while looking at me darkly. "Your art." I don't know where I got the nerve to say that. Add to that how casually I said that to him. I feel like applauding myself for saying that. "Me? Am I artistic?” It was ob
"Hey. Flirt again later." I looked up when I suddenly heard Braylon's familiar voice again. I immediately looked away because of the shame I felt and the heat on my face, I was sure it was red because of the looks and grin of Braylon who was teasing again. Shame because he saw us in that situation with Bryce! Maybe later something will come to his mind! Argh! "Shut up, Braylon. Mind your own business," Bryce ordered him then he adjusted his seat but instead of leaving, Braylon sat next to me so now I'm between the two of them. I can see in my peripheral vision how Bryce's gaze followed Braylon's walk until he sat next to me. While Braylon was sitting next to me and was spinning a glass of wine in his hand and was just looking in front of him as if he was thinking deeply. But when he felt Bryce's gaze on him, he frowned and then turned to his friend. "Why are you still here?" Braylon asked his friend full of surprise while I leaned on the back of the chair so they could see each othe
I don't know what his reason is for hurting himself and I don't have the right to interfere with whatever is troubling his mind so he did it but I can't leave him alone here in that situation. I'm a nurse and I have to treat people. I walked closer to him but he immediately stood up and was about to turn his back on me but I pulled him hard and pushed him back to where he was sitting. "What do you think you're doing?" When our two eyes met, I was immediately met by his shining eyes but I did not lose him. I raised an eyebrow at him and then picked up my purse that had fallen earlier because of the small knife I fought with him earlier. When I looked up at him again, he was looking in a different direction and I couldn't figure out why his cheeks suddenly turned red. I approached him and because I was not taking my eyes off him, I saw how he swallowed hard. I felt my brow furrow but I chose to ignore it and then placed my purse on top of the sofa. I left his presence and using my ce
"Are you sure you want to take me?" I asked Bryce while we were on the yacht going to the other island where we were supposed to buy clothes that I would wear on the day of the prayer for his brother's death anniversary. I didn't have any clothes that would fit in such a gathering, so I was having second thoughts about going along, and another thing is that I'm still not that close to his family. I am only close to his grandparents and I feel comfortable only with them. Because it is certain that on the day of the prayer, many of his relatives will go there. "Yes. You looked restless a while ago. Are you okay?" he asked me. I couldn't avoid my two cheeks getting puffy as he gently pressed them so I gasped. I heard him laugh. "You're really cute, Gia." His compliment to me immediately caused my face to blush which I avoided by stroking him. "I can't help but be nervous because I'll see almost your whole family there," I said while bowing down but my forehead was wrinkled like that an
"Braylon," I called the man one morning when I saw him just finishing helping to organize the things that would be needed that day. "Gia," he also called me and then approached me. He took my medical bag and then we walked to the tent where I was assigned that morning. "Aren't you going to ask where Bryce is?" he suddenly asked and then placed the medical bag on the nearest chair. I smiled and then shook my head. "I already know that he is on the other island to accompany some of their investors." I can't help but be confident as I answer those words. I couldn't stop biting my lips either. Braylon suddenly winced. "Tss. I hope everyone is updated with each other," he promised and then sat in the seat next to the one where he placed the medical bag. "Yours, even if I try to update every minute with everything I've done, I'm doing and I've done, there's still nothing and I don't think there's any hope of being cared about anymore." There are traces of sullenness and sadness in his vo
"Hi." There was an immediate smile on his lips when I faced him. Like the moonlight it was dazzling. Honestly speaking, his good looks are always dazzling. Damn it, Gia. If Bryce came to read your mind, I swear you'll be digging your own grave because of embarrassment. I was exhausted. "What trip did you and Braylon have, hmm?" I kept asking to somehow get rid of the reddening of my face. "What do you mean trip?" His forehead immediately wrinkled when I raised my forehead because I couldn't help but smile. I like it every time his blank face gets different expressions when he talks to me. It makes me feel special because he becomes like that only to me. "This is not a trip, Gia. This is what you called a date." I couldn't help but feel sorry for him confirming that. I know what it is. I already have an idea but I'm preventing myself from assuming anything about this and the fact that he confirmed what brings butterflies into my stomach. When he guided me to sit down, I just let hi
"Where is that cousin of yours, Braylon?" I asked because we had just moved and everyone was on the yacht I still couldn't see him. I think I've been all over this yacht and I still can't see Bryce even though his shadow is gone. Braylon watched me laughing. "Are you so in love with my cousin and you can't be bothered by that? Can't you first be satisfied with the idea and the fact that we are going to see him?" I sighed and then leaned back in my seat. Here we are now in the cockpit. This yacht is not that big compared to the one Bryce and I was on. "Do you think I am in love with him already?" I couldn't avoid being asked although I couldn't look straight at Braylon who did nothing but eat and eat gummies. Suddenly I heard him sigh causing me to look up at him. His face became serious and it immediately gave me a strange feeling of nervousness. "You are in love, Gia." That's how seriously he said those words. "I don't have anything against what you're feeling towards my cousin bu
"Oh? What happened to your face? Why does it look like heaven and earth have fallen?" I asked Braylon one day when he suddenly appeared here again on a medical mission. He snorted and sat in front of my table where sat the patients we see every day. "Include hell as well," he promised. I grimaced and then pinched his forehead causing him to moan, hold him there and give me a bad look. "Get settled. What happened again, huh? Did Saighna ignore you again?" I asked even though I knew Saighna always did that to him. "Is that even a question up until now?" Sadness can be seen in his voice but if I let him feel more and more that the woman doesn't like him, he will only get sadder. I just shook my head and then took a jar of gummy worms from the bag at my side. "Here. Just eat those gummy worms," I promised, and then immediately gave him three. Suddenly, when I looked up at him, he was glaring at me. "Oh why?", "Why three?" he asked and then motioned to me the gummy worms that were a
During the trip back to the medical mission, Bryce still didn't release his grip on my hand. But that's how quickly I let him go when I saw a commotion in the area. We immediately got out of the car when we saw that everyone was in trouble. "What happened?" I asked when I saw Braylon helping the rioters and taking care of the nurses and doctors for the injured residents of the island. "I don't know. Suddenly, something exploded in a house at the far end of the island. When we got there and looked, the whole house was on fire. Fortunately, the people who lived there were outside when it exploded, but because due to the force caused by the explosion, materials from the house were thrown, causing injuries to people close to the area," Braylon explained at length before again supporting the nurses who were just approaching us who had their lead too. I started to act. I went to the tent where the other patients were. Compared to the tents we have been using for the past few days, this o
"Hey.." His voice was very soft. It's like his tone is holding me back. It's too light, the opposite of what I'm feeling now. "Hush now, baby. Shh. I'm here. I won't leave you," he promised as I felt him kiss my hair. We both let each other sit on the grass facing the sea while my tears continued to fall. "I lose my younger sister.." I promised he stopped him even though he hugged me tighter. "I lose her and I blame my parents for so long without thinking that they are also hurt by what happened." I stopped when I felt something start to block my throat. "I blamed them. I blame them and because of that, I become selfish. I didn't think that if I lost my brother, they lost too." I felt even more the tightening of his hug on me even as he kissed my hair again. "I let them feel that they lose both of me and my sister. I failed them. I failed them, Bryce. I failed my parents. I let them feel those things just because I became selfish. I only thought about myself. I'm just thinking about
I don't know what time I fell asleep again this morning. I just woke up when I heard someone talking to Mommy outside. I was going to leave the room. When I woke up and the morning stars were slightly removed from my eyes, I was immediately greeted by a very fragrant and masculine man who smelled like the person who had his back on me now. He was wearing a black suit and from where I was I could see how broad his shoulders were. You wouldn't think there was a wound behind the expensive clothes she was wearing. When Mommy noticed me, her smile widened. They were so beautiful that I almost forgot that he cried last night. "Gia is already awake-" Mommy interrupted what she was about to say when I quickly entered my room again. I remembered that I didn't even have anything in order with my face. Shame! Her perfume was wafting and I didn't even have a toothbrush! Shame on you, Gia! "I guess he will fix it," I heard Mommy promise followed by laughter. I acted quickly and did everything I
I woke up one night when I suddenly heard crying from the other room. I immediately got up and checked what time it was. One o'clock in the morning… I quickly went to my mother's room. It was dark there so I stumbled before finally sitting on the edge of her bed. I felt the lampshade and turned on its light. I immediately got nervous when I saw my mother crying. "Mom," I called her while squeezing her cold and trembling hand. "Mommy, wake up," I said while caressing her cheek. I wiped her tears even though they continued. "Mom. Mommy, wake up." She tossed back and looked like she was catching her breath when she finally woke up. She continued to cry until she turned to me. That's how she whined when she saw me. She hugged both her knees and headed there. She let her crying continue again while I didn't know what to do. "Mom..." I called her. "Mom, you're having a nightmare.." I said and then guided her head to rest on my shoulder so that she could cry there as long as she wanted