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Chapter 72Ren POVI stalked Lilian earlier and it dawned on me that she was going to Nate's company, so I just left there. Staying here was only going to complicate things for me, so I'll leave soon. Like real soon.After I left there, I drove back to my apartment to get some rest, but barely ten minutes after I drove in, I got a call from Tracy, asking me to come over to the hospital which I had no idea why she wanted to see me.The drive to the hospital, but I soon got there and went to see her in the ward. She finally agreed to take the chemotherapy, and the doctor said that the treatment will start immediately, but she wouldn't necessarily need to be in the hospital while receiving it, so apparently, she was discharged.As I drove back home, I felt her gaze on me since she was sitting in the backseat, and it made me a bit uncomfortable, but I let her be."Can you take me to the cafe shop, please? I want coffee," She requested, and I turned the car when I got to the junction, not
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Chapter 73Lilian POV"Ugh! I think I lost my mind for a second, because what the fuck is going on?" I cursed loudly as I sank into the bed, sinking my fingers into my hair and scratching my scalp slowly, grabbing a handful of my hair and pulling it slowly."Have I lost it? What was that?" I stopped to ask myself again, and I whined when things weren't summing up for me. Thought about the anger I felt back at the cafe shop today, how hurt I felt, and the feeling I couldn't deny being jealousy. Thinking about everything was draining my brain and driving me nuts. "I don't even have feelings for her, so why the heck was I like that?" I asked myself again, but the more I tried to think about it, the more it seemed to me that I was the one losing my mind."Wait... Are they dating now?" I stopped to ask myself."What do you care if they are dating? You said you don't love him, remember?" My subconscious reminded me, and I sighed."That's true. I said I don't love him. Not that it has chang
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Chapter 74Nate POV"Is she going to be fine, doc?" I asked the doctor worriedly as I sat in his office, and he smiled."Yes, she will. She was just stressed out, so she will definitely be fine. It's not something to worry about. There was no need to bring her to the hospital in the first place, but I guess you were freaked out," He teased me, and I smiled at him."Thank you, doc. I will take my leave now," I said to him and left his office, heading to the ward where she was. I stopped in front of the ward and took a deep breath, pushing the door open and walking in. She was standing close to the window and staring out of it keenly like there was something interesting that got her attention. I couldn't help the smile that laced up my lips as I stared at her, admiring everything about her. "You're here?" She finally turned to face me, a warm smile laced up her beautiful space, her pair of blue eyes piercing into mine and enchanting me. How could one woman be this beautiful?"Hey," I f
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Chapter 75Ren POV"I will ask you this just once. Who the heck was that?" I asked Nate angrily, glaring hard at him. "What do you mean? Come on, don't tell me it's still about the call from days ago...""I saw you with her at the restaurant. Who is she? Your girlfriend?" I asked him, and he raised his eyebrows for a few seconds then sighed. I happened to have seen him with a lady yesterday, and with the way they were acting it didn't seem like they were just friends, and even though I wanted to ignore him because it was none of my business, I still couldn't do it knowing Lilian's heart is at stake. "Are you stalking me?" She scoffed and threw her head back."I'm not in the mood for that, so just answer my question and don't waste my time, Nate. Is she your girlfriend?" I asked him again like a cop interrogating a criminal. He stared at me wordlessly for a few seconds before he nodded his head, and my heart almost exploded."She's your girlfriend?" I asked to be sure I didn't see wr
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Chapter 76Ren POV"Stop this car, Ren! Fucking stop the car," Lilian kept screaming in the backseat as I sped down the road, but I paid no attention to her even as she was desperately trying to stop me from driving."Stop this, Lilian. You are going to get us both killed if you continue like this," I said to her when she tried to force me to stop the car, but instead, she bit my shoulder so hard and even though it was hurting me, I tried not to pay attention to it. I was trying to protect her from crying later. I didn't want her to come back crying her eyes out after finding out that her sweet crush has a girlfriend. I understand the feeling, but does she understand that I was trying to save her the pain?"I'm going to call the cops on you if you don't stop the car, Ren!" She threatened me again, throwing herself on the seat when biting me didn't work, so I took my phone and passed it to her."You should use my phone to make the call. My password is 050693," I said to her, and she sc
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Chapter 77Lilian POV'Are you going to beg for his love like I'm begging you now if he doesn't reciprocate the feeling? Are you this dumb or what?' Those words replayed in my head for the fifth time as the cabby I boarded drove down the road, and as much as I wanted to push the words away, I knew he was right so I couldn't just do it. What if he doesn't end up reciprocating the feeling? What if he tells me he doesn't love me? Will I really be begging for his love and look pathetic to him? I asked myself those questions, but on second thought, I concluded that it won't ever be possible that he doesn't have feelings for me. He wouldn't have been treating me like that if he never likes me, right?"What if Ren is right?" My subconscious mind asked me."That's not true. Nate loves me. He has feelings for me," I thought I only mumbled those words, but I blurted them out and the driver was forced to glance back at me with an expression on his face that doubted my sanity."I'm sorry..." I sm
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Chapter 78Nate POVI wanted to ask her about what Ren said to me earlier and make things clear to her that I have a girlfriend, but I didn't have the courage to, especially with the thoughts that kept lingering in my mind. What if Ren was just mistaken? What if she doesn't have feelings for me? That is going to make everything awkward so isn't it just fine that I let things be and pretend I didn't hear anything from Ren?"Is there something bothering you?" She asked me, but I quickly shook my head because I didn't even know how I was going to put it to her and she will understand me."Nothing. Enjoy your meal," I said to her, and she slowly nodded her head. I watched as she eat her food peacefully and I asked myself again if Ren was saying the truth because I couldn't figure anything off about her. I mean, she didn't look like someone in love with me. Am I clueless or stupid? I asked myself, but dismissed the thoughts. "It's not meant to disturb you," I said to myself even though it
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Chapter 79Ren POV'I'm going to stay away from you' "Ugh! Why the hell did I say that? Why did I say those shit knowing that I can't do it?" I cursed angrily, running my fingers through my hair.I reached out for my phone to call her and maybe tell her that I was joking around when I said those words, but fuck it! That'll only make me look stupid, and that was the last thing I wanted. I didn't want to care about whatever happened to her there, I didn't want to think about how hurt she would be upon finding out that her sweet crush has a girlfriend. It would be a disaster, but still, I couldn't help but feel worried about her."Maybe I should just call her and make sure she's safe," I muttered, picking up my phone, and just when I was about to dial her number, light footsteps accompanied by a familiar perfume disrupted me, and I sighed knowing that it was Tracy. What does she want now?"Hey..." I raised my gaze and found her wearing lingerie. A see-through one at that. She wasn't wea
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Chapter 89Lilian POV"Babe, are you ready?" Ren's voice sounded from outside the room before the door opened, revealing him. He was graced in a pair of black trousers and, a purple button-up shirt that had the sleeves folded up to his elbow. His hair was styled beautifully in a wavy style, and all I could say was admit that he looked cute."Why are you staring at me like that?" He asked after he walked inside the room and covered the distance between us. He pulled me close and, our bodies pressed hard against each other, and my heart fluttered. It had been two weeks since we started dating, and those days had been the best of my life so far. I couldn't pray for any life happier and sweeter than this."You look cute," I admitted, and he raised his eyebrows as he pouted his lips."Feels good to hear that from you. You look gorgeous too, my love," He smiled at me heartily as he tucked the strands of hair on my forehead, behind my ear. Furthermore, he wrapped his arms around my waist and
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Chapter 88Ren stared back at her wordlessly, not knowing what to say. This was something he had waited almost all his life for, something he had always daydreamed about... The day he had wished and prayed for every time. It was finally here, and everything still felt like a dream to him."Lil...ian?" He called to be sure this wasn't a dream. Slowly, he touched his lips and blinked his eyes."I love you, Ren," Lilian said again, and this time, he pulled her into his arms and claimed her lips. It was literally their first proper kiss together, and he felt like never stopping this. The way her body made him feel, the way his heart beat rapidly, he knew that yes, this was love. He was finally experiencing love. Although he had been with women in the past and even with Tracy, none of them ever made him feel the way this lady was making him feel. None of them had ever made him so helpless the way Lilian had made him. He kissed her slowly and tenderly until they were breathless, and when he
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Chapter 87Lilian POVRen had been there for me since the last two weeks that my Dad had been buried, and although the pain is still there, Ren was there to fill up the space, and denying the fact that I felt something for him now was the last thing I would do. Even if I did, deep inside me, I knew that I was just deceiving myself.We would be leaving for LA first thing tomorrow morning, and our things were ready, but deep inside me, I wasn't ready to leave this place. I still wanted to stay back here and spend some time with Ren.It was night already and Ren had not yet returned home after he left three hours earlier, and I was worried about him. For the fifth time, I dialed his number as I sat on the couch in the living room, but just like every other time that I dialed his number earlier, it never went through, and it got me scarier as many thoughts came parading my mind. What if something bad had happened to him out there? What if he got into an accident and his phone stopped work
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Chapter 86 Lilian POV I waited along the hallway after Ren went to speak with the doctor about the arrangement to deposit Dad's body in the morgue. I couldn't deny the excitement I felt even amid the pain when I heard he was coming over. We hadn't talked in a week after the incident at the hotel, and since he said he was going to give up, I thought he already went back. I thought I was going to wallow in pain alone without anyone there for me, but when I realized that he was still here, I was elated. I sat on the bench in the walkway and buried my face between my palms. My eyes were dry of tears, so I just sat doing nothing. I thought my Dad was going to be fine, I thought he was going to come out strong, but I was mistaken. I sat there for thirty minutes before he finally showed up, and I stood up as soon as I smelt his familiar cologne. He walked up to me gracefully. "His body has been deposited in the morgue, and the preparation for his burial will begin shortly," "Thank you,
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Chapter 85"I'm sorry, Ms Sanchez, but we lost him," Lilian froze on the spot as she stared at her dad, who had been covered with a blanket. Her head was numb for the next few minutes, unable to process everything that was happening because it wasn't all adding up no matter how much she tried to think it through. Her Dad dying? That was the last thing she would ever accept.Her heartbeat slowed down until she could barely feel it. Her body went cold, so cold that she could barely feel any part of her body. Slowly, she dragged her feet toward the bed, her body trembling fearfully. She finally stopped beside the bed, and her hand trembled as she reached for the blanket and removed it from her Dad's face, revealing the poor man's pale face."Da..." Her voice trailed off as her lips quivered. She swallowed the lump that formed in her throat. Her eyes glistened with tears and in no time they streamed down her cheeks freely.Again, she swallowed nothing and finally turned to the doctor who
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Chapter 84One week laterLilian stood in front of Nate's office, her heart pounding hard against her chest. Again, she asked herself if this was what she really wanted, but after giving it thorough thought although it was a difficult decision, she knew that this was the only way out of all the mess. Turning in her resignation was the only way she could get herself out of this mess. The last one week have been filled with her brooding over what happened, and she needed to get herself out of the mess at this point.She breathed in and out, then knocked on the door and waited for him to usher her in. "Come in," Came his calm voice from inside the room. She swallowed nothing as she pushed the door open and peeped inside to see him seated behind the desktop on the desk in front of him. She finally walked in fully and counted her steps toward him."Oh, Lilian, it's you?" Nate looked from his desktop and smiled at her."Good morning," He uttered, and she just nodded, looking everywhere els
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Chapter 83Ren stared at the screen of his phone, contemplating whether to call Lilian or not. As much as he didn't want to care about her or worry about her, he couldn't help but worry about how she would be feeling after what happened yesterday.His thumb trembled as he held himself back from calling to check on her, and he eventually tossed his phone on the bed. He was supposed to leave for LA this morning, but he had canceled the flight for no reason. How was he supposed to leave here when Lilian was still here? Even though he said he was going to give up, it was difficult to do."Ugh! This is crazy," He ran his fingers through his hair as he sat up on the bed. He breathed out, then stood up from the bed and dragged his feet into the bathroom where he had a long and relaxing bath, and by the time he walked back into his room, he realized he'd spent an hour and a few minutes back in the bathroom. Not that he had anything to do that morning, anyway.His phone beeped just when he was
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Chapter 82Lilian POVI tossed on the bed for the umpteenth time, finding it hard to get some sleep no matter how I tried to force myself to. Staying up for the whole night was the last thing I wanted, but nothing was working out no matter how hard I forced it. How was I supposed to sleep when I just realized that I'd been a fool all along? 'I have a girlfriend' she scoffed and sat up on the bed when she recalled those words. This was all her fault, and not Nate's. She was the one who assumed he had feelings for her, but why did he give her so much hope with his actions if he never liked her?"You have no right to blame him. It was still your fault," Her subconscious mind reminded her, no matter from which angle she tried to look at it from.The long-awaited time was finally here. The next morning Lilian had been looking forward to. She could barely get a good sleep last night, and here she was, awake at 5am for no reason.'Let's meet and talk tomorrow' Just before she was getting re
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Chapter 81Ren drove the road, his eyes vision blurred by the tears that brimmed in his eyes. It hurt! No matter how much he tried to pretend that everything was fine, it wasn't just working out."Why can't I just stop loving her? Why do I have to be a pathetic loser?" He pulled over at the side of the road and slammed his hand on the steering wheel, venting out all his anger, but his heart didn't stop burning. Thinking about how obsessed Lilian is with Nate made him feel like he was losing his mind."Don't think about it. She doesn't want you, so you should fucking move on and stop brooding over her," He whispered as he rested his head on the steering wheel, but if only it could be possible to do, he wouldn't have hesitated to.His phone beeped and he checked to see that it was a text from Tracy.'Where are you, Ren? Are you safe? Why are you not answering my calls? I'm going crazy here' he tossed his phone back on the seat next to him after he read through the text that had just pop
