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Isabelle Arcadia’s P.O.V.
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Was it because Alex had nothing to do with life then?
Is it because of his friend who is a playboy too to bet me?
Is it because he’s just targeting to hurt me?
Whatever that reason was… I decided to forget how I felt about Alex.
I am very indebted to him, but my feelings are not enough to compensate. Maybe one day I will be able to repay my debt to him as well.
So the next day when Alex invited my classmate Patrice to have lunch, I couldn’t help but get into their conversation.
“Don’t talk to Patrice. Find another woman to date.” Brena said to Alex.
“Yeah right,” I interrupted and at once the three of them looked at me. “In this classroom are Brena and Patrice, who are the only ones you ha
- (Note: This chapter is the continuation of chapter 34) -.…........Patrice Mauricio P.O.V.-It didn’t at once sink in on me that Isabelle slapped me on. Why did she do that? Have I done anything wrong? Did I have to tell her how hurt she felt?When my spirit awoke to the slap Isabelle gave me, I immediately took my belongings and chased her down the hallway.“Isabelle!”Isabelle didn’t stop walking, so I ran towards her.When he was about to go down, she went down the stairs.“Isabelle, what’s the problem?” I asked directly.When I looked at her face, I let go of the arm I was holding on her.Her eyes are red from crying.“Isabelle, what’s the problem?” I calmly asked.“I do not know.” she calmly answered and then left me confused.What doe
Patrice's P.O.V.-I stick to the wall when the faculty teachers came out so they wouldn’t notice me. I don’t know if they didn’t really notice me or they just preferred to ignore me.After about two minutes of sticking to the wall, I decided to peek at the faculty room. There’s no more teacher inside of the faculty room and quiet inside, as well as the surroundings here, are quiet. It looks like everyone is in the cafeteria.It seems like it’s easier to get my cell phone than I didn’t expect it.I looked around first before entering the faculty. I just want to make sure that there is no one else here in the faculty and close to the faculty besides me.“Yes,” I happily whispered to myself when I was sure that there was no longer around here besides me.I slowly went inside the faculty and searched the teacher’s table to pick up my phone. As soon as I entered her
Patrice’s P. O.V.-I couldn’t speak after Andrew told me why he had the answer key in hand and at the same time, I was amazed by him.The answer key he held is not to him if it wasn’t for one of his friends, whose name was Gabriel Levious. And, if I’m not mistaken, Gabriel Levious, that Andrew’s friend, was already at rank number four in our entire batch.“He was under pressure. He was mentally blocked when he took the special exam during the last prelim exam, so now that our preliminary l exam is near, he is nervous. That’s why he thought of taking the answer key of their exam but I caught him… When I caught him, he was very scared and his whole body almost went cold. That’s why before he could use the answer key he stole and before he would be caught by others or anyone, I had the courage to return it.”“But what if someone else saw you there? What if I didn’t
Patrice’s P.O.V.-Why I suddenly felt an awkward atmosphere. I do not know why.I almost ran out of my frappe, even so, no one spoke to the three of us.After the class all day, Isabelle invited us to bond here at a milk tea shop or bubble tea shop that is her favourite and she said it’s her treat. I’m not that fond of milk so I just ordered frappe.But a few hours had passed, and I was about to finish my second frappe, but Isabelle was still not speaking. I should have spoken earlier, but Brena stopped me and whispered to let Isabelle speak first.I feel like they have something I’m hiding from the two of me.“Uhmm...”I adjusted my seat and smiled at Isabelle as she spoke.“Uhmm? What?” I ask.After about a minute, Isabelle stopped speaking. She just nodded as she slowly sipped his bubble tea.“I have something to say
Patrice’s P.O.V.-“Strawberry babe!” Shin shouted from the other end of the hallway.That is why it is not surprising that the other students here in the hallway also looked at him.“Strawberry babe!” Shin shouted happily.I rolled my eyeballs before continuing to walk. What was his problem or what did he eat and was he so energetic this morning?“Wait for me, my strawberry babe!”Arrgg! Shin’s voice was annoying to add to his calling me his invented endearment. Endearment that hurts the ears to hear.Entering the classroom, my eyes rolled in surprise as my classmates approached me at the same time until they cornered me in the middle of our whiteboard.“W-Why? Why?” I ask them all.Will they kick me out of this classroom? It’s not possible, and then I did nothing bad to them. I also don’t remembe
Patrice’s P.O.V.- “Shin isn’t my boyfriend, so I have no right to be angry for that reason.”I was stunned at chewing as well as in action when I realized what I said.“What did you say, Patrice?” Brena and Isabelle asked at the same time.“Alex, isn’t your boyfriend?” Isabelle asked.“What do you mean by that?” Brena asked.They heard it well. What will I do? What will I say?I looked around. Others had heard what I said and seemed to be waiting for what I had to say.I was swallowed.“Uhm...”What should I do? I don’t know how to lie in this situation.“What’s going on here?” Shin asked after arriving while carrying his tray of food. He looked around and seemed to notice that most of the peo
Patrice’s P.O.V.-AFTER, Shin and I talked in their previous classroom in grade 10, we went straight to the cafeteria and just bought snacks and food and then ran back to the classroom. It’s almost the end of the lunch break and we haven’t eaten Shin’s lunch yet.When we entered the classroom, we didn’t even care about our classmates looking at us. I didn’t care about them at first. I’m hungry.Shin and I set up a table and at the same time opened the bread, junk foods, and bottled juice we had bought. And, we ate all the food in front of us at once. Earlier I was really hungry. If only Shin hadn’t really pulled me to this. I hope I won’t be eating like this now, eating as if I just ate now after ten years.While we were eating I could hear the rest of our classmates talking to the two of us Shin, just like, “They don’t fight?”, “Maybe?”, “How many year
Patrice's P.O.V.-When Auntie Beatrice, Shin's mother, went upstairs, Shin and I went straight to their kitchen."Your mother is beautiful, Shin.""Of course, will a very handsome person like me give birth to a mother if she's ugly?"I smiled at what he said. Very windy, he wasn't the one who was told to be beautiful."Your father?" I asked as the two of us walked into their kitchen."Still at work.""I saw a picture of your father in your living room. Your father is
Diana Rose POV-I want to hide my tears. I want to bring my tears back to my eyes but I can’t.“Diana, don’t cry anymore.” Isabelle said to me.“I can’t help it.” I said, still crying. “Hold it as long as you can—no until we finish putting all the makeup on your face.” All the makeup that will be used on you is waterproof, so once the makeup is done, you can cry and cry until your eyes will be swollen.”I was crying like crazy and laughed at Isabelle’s words.“This is what we’ve all been waiting for. This is the day that will happen, so your beauty should dominate. So stop crying.”“But—”“No buts, Diana. Will you stop or I will slap all the makeup in front of you?”I stopped crying and nodded before hitting all the makeup.THIS IS THE DAY.We waited one year and nine months before this special day, Alex and I’s wedding, will happen. The process took a long time after what happened before.Miracle was a bit traumatized by what had happened then, especially the loss of Ronald. Mirac
Diana Rose POV-“Miracle!”Before I could run to Miracle, I saw Ronald was hugging Miracle to protect Miracle from the gun bullets.The rain of gunfire stopped at the same time as Ronald fell to the floor while bathing himself in blood.“Ronald! Miracle!” I was full of worry and shouted as I ran towards them.“Mommy, Papa doesn’t want to get up!” Miracle said, crying. “We’re still going to eat, aren’t we?”After I made sure that there was not even a single shot of Miracle from the gun, I first shifted my other attention to Ronald.I gently tap Ronald’s face. “Ronald, please open your eyes. Please.”I smiled when Ronald’s eyes slowly opened.“How to stop the bomb in Miracle’s body? Where is the remote to stop the time bomb in Miracle’s body?”“Do you think that I can hurt my daughter?” he said faintly.I stopped for a moment and shifted my gaze to Miracle who continued to cry because of Ronald’s condition.“No,” I looked back at Ronald. “I think I was scared.” I also looked back at th
Diana Rose POV-We heard a police siren.“Dammit, how did they track it down?”“Ronald, please. Stop this. I’m sure Alex didn’t like what happened to your sibling.”I have to make a way for us to stay here until the police find us in this room.“Shut up! Whether or not Alex likes it, it’s still Alex’s fault!”“But, Ronald...”My lips twitched when Ronald pointed a gun at me.“Will you keep quiet or will I fire the first bullet of this gun at Miracle?” Then he pointed his gun at Miracle.I shook my head. “No, please. I will shut up. If you want, I will go with you now, just don’t hurt Miracle. Please.”Ronald punched my stomach twice, causing me to feel weak. I felt him loosen my handcuffs, but my stomach felt an unfamiliar pain.I want to fight this time, but my stomach is in so much pain that my whole body is almost numb.“Let’s see who is more important t
Alex POV-Dammit.I miss Diana and Miracle so much. I shouldn’t have returned to New York, especially if I knew I would be stranded at the airport for two days because of the typhoon, and if I wasn’t required in that emergency meeting, I wouldn’t have come back without Diana and Miracle.“I’m sorry, but could you please hurry?” I said to Paulo, Isabelle’s husband.I asked Paulo to pick me up because I know how fast he can drive. He is a doctor and once he drove an ambulance in which I was also riding and how he drove, he even beat the one in the race car.“I’ve already maxed the speed limit, Alex. If I speed up, I might be over-speeding. This is not an ambulance.”He is right.“One more thing, calm down. I will have delivered you in less than thirty minutes.”“Fine.”I tried to contact Diana’s phone number, but I still can’t contact her. When I landed here around seven in the evening
Diana Rose POV - While I was getting my jacket and my bag, I still tried to contact Ronald’s number but I couldn’t call his phone number even though I couldn’t count the number of times I tried to contact him. I couldn’t think of anything other than going to see Miracle right away. That’s why after I got my bag and jacket, I left the house, just in time for a taxi to pass by, so I stopped it right away. I didn’t waste a single second and told the taxi driver the address that Ronald sent me. “Ma’am, it’s farther and then it’s late—” “I will pay any amount as long as you take me to this address.” I beg in desperation. I understand why the taxi driver almost refused. It’s a bit late at night and maybe he still has something to go to but at this time I’m desperate and willing to give all the money I have just to go to Miracle right away. “You look in
Diana Rose POV-After I finished meeting Ronald, he insisted on taking me to Isabelle’s house. Ronald also told me that is why there was no one at the cafe where we met because he rented it for the entire day.“Oh, my gosh, Diana Rose Soleta, we met!” Isabelle shouted as I entered their house. “I’ve been waiting for you. Why did you just visit me now?”The weather was hot, so we just stayed inside their house.“Because l met Ronald.”“I see. I understand.”Like Ronald, I just met Isabelle again and just now I could contact her.“I thought you forgot about me.”“Sorry, if I just contacted you now. I’ve been busy these past few weeks.”“I’m just kidding. I understand. Are you and Alex getting along?”“Yes,” I said with a smile. “Our family is complete now. We’ve been together these past weeks.”Isabelle’s jaw dropped. In joyful surprise, Isabelle’s jaw dropped, and then she hug
Diana Rose POV-Three weeks had passed, but it was still like a dream come true that we have now completed as a family.We did nothing for three weeks except bond after taking Miracle from school. But every Friday night, Alex returns to New York and then returns Monday morning, but often when an emergency in the company he needs it, Alex is back in New York to take care of his work. “Mommy, when is daddy coming home?” Miracle asked me as we were cooking breakfast.“Tomorrow morning, baby.”“By the way, do you want to go to school anymore?”“Yes, mommy. I want to say goodbye to everyone.”“Okay, I’ll take you later. Then that’s the last time you attend that school.”Alex has taken care of all the documents for our departure back to New York. It is a good thing Miracle agreed to return to New York because she said she liked it because his grandparents and his favorite is Uncle Darryl.
Diana Rose POV-“You two finally made up!” Darryl said when Alex and I visited him in his hotel room. “I’m sorry if I told Diana what I know.”“I think that’s fine.”“Of course!” I said. “You should have told me everything before.”“Calm down, Diana. Let’s not bring up the past.” Darryl said teasingly.“I’ll just get Miracle and I’s stuff, then we’ll move to Alex’s house—”“Our home, Diana. That’s our home,” Alex corrected me. “Our home. Miracle and I are moving there.”“Moving house?” Darryl asked in surprise.“Yes, why?” I ask.“That’s all you’re going to do? I mean, what do you plan to do now that you’ve settled? Other than that, I think you’re going to tell Miracle the truth. What else do you plan to do?”Alex and I looked at each other at Darryl’s question.“You don’t have any other plans?” Darryl asked, out of concern. “Hey Alex, what are you up to?”
Diana Rose POV-STRAWBERRY SCENT scented my sense of smell when my spirit woke up. At the same, time I felt a lot of pain in my, body especially in the lower part of it.For a few moments, I felt the edge of the bed I was lying on sink a little and I smelled strawberry scent even more.“Good morning, my SB.”Then I thought of opening my eyes after I heard Alex’s voice.“Good morning—why are you naked in front of me?”Alex was wearing nothing but a white towel for his lower body while he was wiping his wet hair with a white small towel.“It’s like you didn’t touch my whole body, you didn’t lick my man—”“Stop it!” I held my breath, cutting off the teasing Alex said to me.Every time I remember what I did last night with Alex, I feel like my whole body is burning with the shame of what I did. I didn’t mean it, I was just carried away by my emotions from what we were doing last night.