Chapter Thirty Nine
"Jaguar..." I breathed.
What is he doing here? Is this even true? Am I really seeing his face again?
He carefully shut the door and walked towards my side while I'm just watching his every move and I spotted some changes in his physical features. I can still remember the last time I saw him... with his new girl.
I didn't expect I will see him again, and it's funny how it should be in this kind of situation where I'm looking so weak.
His face became more matured. His disheveled long hair before is now on a clean cut. His brooding dark eyes that were used to give me chills and I used to adore seems brighter, more expressive.
"Good thing Innov let me visit you. Here, I bought you fruits and cereals." Even his voice changed a lot. It's now manly and deep.
I didn't talk back, I just watched him put those things he brought on
Chapter Fourty I shook my head dismissively after I chewed the food Innov have gave me."I'm full," I told him.But he's still giving me another one."This one's healthy...""I said, I'm already full. Come on, stop babying me." I crossed my arms as my brows formed in one line.He made a short laugh before he put down the tray."Alright, alright. Drink your water now," he commanded. I frowned and took the glass of water on the tray and drank it."Happy now?" I asked in sarcasm."Very," he started cleaning the side of my hospital bed."What are you still doing here? Don't you have a class?" I asked and rested my back at the headboard.He gave me a look."I just recently went here but you're already shooing me away. Anyway, yeah. I have a class right now but it's still seven in the morning. It
Chapter Fourty OneI chose to be alone. I successfully controlled myself from crying again, but I didn't save my sore eyes. If I just have sticks here, just a single one, I will just calm myself down.I'm not expecting another visitor anymore so I started peeling the orange on the bedside table. I was in the middle of munching it when a knock interrupted me. My mouth left hanging, my brows arrowed.What the hell? Who is it this time? I wasn't expecting anyone and I already told the nurses to not let anybody enter my room because I'm not accepting another visitors!I'm so much stressed because of my previous visitors, then here's another---oh my goodness!"Vannnn!"I almost lost my grip on the orange when Rocelia suddenly appeared. It's was too late for me to react because she immediately jumped here to hug me. I just pushed her a little bit when I felt tha
Chapter Fourty Two"Say, ahhh..."My face palmed while looking at the spoon right in front of my closed mouth."Lia, I'm not a baby anymore..." I told her with my annoyed tone.She's being like this since earlier. Even the two boys can't control what she's doing. She's impossible!She pouted."Just a piece, pretty please?"She keeps feeding me a soup like I'm sort of an infant or more like a bedridden. I shook my head and waved my hands dismissively."I don't wanna really, Lia. I've lost my appetite," my stomach says it's already full, full of fruits I have eaten.She pouted more.When someone suddenly took the cup of soup from her."Let me," my eyes narrowed at Yukenzo who's now holding the soup.What is he doing?Lia's pouting face slowly back to its norm
Chapter Fourty Three"Van, what do you think?"I felt a poke on my side but I ignored it."Van?"Another poke and I ignored it once again."Van!"This time, I shifted on my seat. I almost choke on the milkshake I'm sipping. I saw Lia's concerned face and that's when I realized I have been spacing out for so long."Hey, what's the matter? Is there a problem, Van? I've been calling you for three times but you're being preoccupied!" She pouted and crossed her arms.I took a deep breath and sipped on my milkshake."I'm sorry. What are you saying again?" I requested her to repeat what she's saying earlier.She frowned but didn't complain."I'm asking you... what should I order today since I've already ordered sauteed pork yesterday? I gave you choices which are; grilled cheeseb
Chapter Fourty Four"From the word itself, it defines all of the operational elements...""If f(x)=9x-3, find the value of x...""Arnaez? Are you even listening?"I blinked twice after hearing him calling my name. I saw his furrowed eyebrows and firm pressed thin lips, his forehead even creased.Oh, I almost forgot. I'm with him here inside the library and yeah, he's been teaching me some mathematical equations that I loathe the most. That time when he offered himself as my tutor without any of his condition? True enough, he did. And I'm still wondering until now why would he do that. For what fucking reason?For goodness' sake I have sleepless night thinking about him, being this weird.And I don't know with myself anymore. Because the first thing I should do is to decline and turn him down in a savage way, alright? But suddenly, to my su
Chapter Fourty FiveMy eyes surveyed my whole reflection on the standing mirror. I took the hairbrush on the drawer and started brushing my gray hair. I watched as it flows down naturally, touching my bare back slightly. I then, turned around and looked at my exposed back.I never thought this day would come, that I would wear this kind of cloth.A freaking long backless gown, with its glistening crimson red color, it has sweetheart neckline and a slit on the right side, causing my thigh there to expose. I paired it with classic crimson heels Lia have given to me.After a couple of minutes, I'm finally finished. I can feel my heart on its racing beats. I'm so much of a nervous freak.I wonder what would be the brotherhood's reaction if they will see me like this...Speaking of the brotherhood... we're meeting each other so rarely. True enough, after I disc
Chapter Fourty SixI thanked heavens that I still managed to get a hold of myself.We are still dancing in the midst of other pairs. The spotlight is ours, and I still can't get how did it go like that. I felt my body tensed up the moment he held my waist tightly as the mellow music began making its own way to sway our body."W-what did you just say?" And why I'm stuttering? Come on, Vanez Amelia!He look a bit tensed, too, as if he didn't intentionally say that, like he didn't expect it'll come out of his mouth, like he realized what he said just by now."I-I... just forget about it." I can't caught his gaze anymore.I raised my brow and stopped moving, he stopped, too. Now, he's telling me to just forget about it, huh? I want to wrapped his neck!He just started it and then now, he's taking it back? Like what the heck?"
Chapter Fourty SevenWhat does it really mean? When one's heart beating so loud aside from being nervous?Am I nervous?But I can feel an emotion other than that feeling. An emotion that I cannot name. An emotion that this guy in front of me made me feel right at this moment.It took me a lot of courage to compose myself."C-come again?" I badly want to punch my own face for fucking stuttering."I said... I want to court you because I like you," the beat of my heart turned louder that it keeps on echoing in my ears."I like you, Arnaez." He said it firmly.I don't know what to react. What should I react? Do I need to react? Is this some kind of talk shit again? Is this a prank? Because if this is then, I might kill them right here, right now.But the more I look for a hint on his eyes where I could find some sort of bluffing, the more I'm se
Final Chapter[A year later...]I put down the flowers on his grave, wiped out some bits of soil covering his name engraved on it.Innov Ymerson Kastle Consuelo"It's been a year. I missed you, my annoying brother." I said, smiling."And you missed some ice cream here..." I felt a hand wrapped around my waist.I chuckled at what Yukenzo said. He's standing beside me, hands inside his pockets. He looked breathtakingly handsome in his dark blue v-neck shirt and faded jeans by the way, and he become taller than me, like way too tall than before. While I'm here, seemed stuck with my previous height those past years."We missed you, Innov. I hope you're happy there..." I looked down and sighed.Because I know your life here isn't that happy at all. Days after he died, we discovered that he fai
Chapter Sixty Nine"Innovvvv! No! My son doesn't deserve this! He's not dead! No!"I was just staring blankly at the coffin in front of us. Only Aunt Sharon's voice full of misery keeps on echoing in the whole corner of the funeral room. She's been crying since yesterday, Dad remained quiet while comforting him but his eyes says it all. I'm beside Yukenzo, behind us are Lia and Vencie, Yukenzo's mother and grandma. She never stopped asking me how am I feeling and I keep saying I'm okay, my body is but not my heart.Everyone's quiet. No one intended to talk. The pain keeps on lingering inside me and my tears seems too shallow to fall in just a matter of seconds. I wiped it eventually but another batch replaced it. I sighed heavily."You can cry..." Yukenzo said and wiped it for me.I nodded and those tears seemed to hear it because right fucking then, they fell continuously
Chapter Sixty Eight|Vanez's POV|My muscles tensed up and my body never stopped trembling because of the cold. I can already taste the blood, it tastes like a metal. I remained lying on the ground but I didn't move even an inch, I didn't crawl. Hell, I won't.I'd rather die than crawl and beg for my life.Akira and Azelyn were now talking after she called the people in the mansion. Up until now, I still can't believe they can do such thing like this. How did they go this far? Are my father's love for Akira's still not enough? What about Yukenzo's genuine treatment to Azelyn? Was it still not enough? What is enough then? What would make it enough?I wonder how will I escape this. For me, they're just weak but their plan is well than what I expected. And... I cannot fight anymore.I'm loosing my strength, slowly..."They ar
Chapter Sixty SevenTwo of them ran to me first. One has a dagger so I needed to avoid it properly, another one is determined to punch me but I ducked and jumped to avoid all their attacks. Another batch ran to join them. I kicked the ass of the two and others' chests. I'm panting after I gave half of my strength. Azelyn and Akira were just watching me fight their men.All of them are fighting me now. They're surrounding me, I jumped and kicked their chest one by one in a circular motion. Groans and growls echoed. I kicked one's face and hit another one's 'down there'. I turned around to punch the one behind me in the face and give him a headbutt. I took the dagger from the one holding it the moment I turned him down, I threw it to the four. Bullseye.I was busy catching my breath, I bit distracted by the fast beat of my heart when I felt a huge impact on my head. I knelt, face crumpled because of the sudd
Chapter Sixty SixIn a slow manner, I opened my eyes. My vision was blurry as I saw a glistening light above me. It took seconds before I finally adjusted it and the unfamiliar surroundings is what I have seen.My brows furrowed and was about to move but then, I realized, I'm being tied up to the chair I'm sitting on."W-what the actual fuck?!"I roamed my eyes around, there's only one light bulb and it's directly on me. Everything is all dark, messy and unpleasant. I can smell disgusting scent that making me want to vomit. I continued moving and shouting."Can someone hear me? Is there anyone here?!" Then, I remembered the last person I saw before I lost my conciousness. I gritted my teeth."Akira! Bitch, show yourself! I know you did this! Don't hide your ass and show me what you got, freaking biatch!"I knew it! She didn't change after all. She's still t
Chapter Sixty FiveHappiness comes in the right time. We just have to wait for it. We need to be patient to feel the content. Because believe me, if you wait patiently, it would be worth it in the end."Happy birthday, my princess..." Dad kissed me on my forehead, he's the first one who greeted me the moment sun rose.I smiled."Thanks, Dad." I hugged him."Where's my gift?" I wiggled my brows and joked.He laughed shortly and handed me a..."A key?!" I shouted in so much shock."Yup. I know you want a car. You can have it now. I won't control you anymore." He said.I'm teary-eyed as I'm staring at the key he gave me. Then, I jumped to hug him, this time, tighter. I'm so happy!"Thank you so much, Dad! I love you!""Anything for you, my princess."I had a literally good morning. I received co
Chapter Sixty FourIt's true that even how much we want to forget those people who did something bad to us, we ended up forgiving them and forgetting the pain they have caused to us instead.Two days after, we got back together. I forgave them and he forgave me. He waited and I took the risk again. I realized that after all we've been through, he's still the only guy who can make my heart beats fast, the only guy who dislikes my bad habits but wiling to embrace those. How ironic right? Years ago, I hated him for being a meddler and he dislikes me for being a bad girl but now..."I'm sorry for the trouble, Martin. Believe me, I didn't know. I didn't know it's your wife he accidentally killed. If I just knew it then, I would give her the justice, immediately and willingly." Yukenzo's mother, Sierra, said to Dad one time he set dinner for all of us.We're sitting in the long table, beside me
Chapter Sixty Three"Is that all?""Yup." I nodded at grandma after she asked few questions about what happened earlier.She loosened her apron and faced me."Hmm, why did you not forgive him?""Huh? I already forgave my father, grandma." I reasoned out, a bit confused.She chuckled and shook her head."Silly. I'm not pertaining to Martin, I mean, your ex-boyfriend. That... what's his name again? Lorenzo?"I put down the bowl I'm holding."Yukenzo." I corrected her."Oh, yeah! I'm happy you can now forgive the people around you. You have learned not to get stuck in the past. But why can't you do the same to this particular boy..." she trailed off.I sighed heavily. I know where this will go. I get her point, too. It's just that... I can take all the risk so fast, like before. I can't be impulsive again. I ne
Chapter Sixty Two"Oh. I gotta leave now..." Innov whistled and tapped my shoulder.I blinked, realizing what he's doing."H-hey!" I tried to stop him and make him stay here but the jerk just waved his hand on me along with his smirking face.Grr! Damn, Innov! I thought we're allies here? Annoying!I slowly faced Yukenzo. His hands were inside his pocket, he didn't even blink after meeting my gaze. Now, how will I deal with this? I need to act calm and still. Things have changed already. It's all different now."What are you doing here?" Thank God, my voice agreed with my terms."I was about to meet Mr. Martin Arnaez..." Oh. I looked away and cleared my throat.Shit! I thought... I just thought...That's so assuming of me. Stupid! Stupid! Of course, you're not the reason of his appearance here! Idiot self,