“But right now, there are still no results regarding the condition of the King?” I asked Reagan. Reagan nodded his head before he took a deep sigh once more, “unfortunately, yes Ma’am. I don’t know what took them so long.” I only nodded my head as I diverted my attention towards the busy road of London. I was swallowing my own saliva as if it would help me ease the pain in my chest. Because practically right at that moment, it is easier for me to get eaten by my nervousness rather than to stay strong and hope for the best. But minutes came into a blur the moment we reached the Hospital. The Royal bodyguards were so quick to cover my face and body with black cloak until they led me towards the secret entrance of the Hospital. “Why do you need to do this?” I asked them while pointing my finger in the cloak that I am wearing. We are now inside the elevator. “There may be paparazzi roaming around this place. We heard that there was a snitch in our group of bodyguards because the medi
I tried to shove away all of my negative thoughts about the current father and daughter relationship of the King and Princess Catalina. I busied myself with fixing the blanket that is covering the body of the King. It is only then that I realized that his feet are not well-covered by the blanket. I wonder why Princess Catalina did not see it. Or the question must fall more into, did she check it? A deep and exasperated sigh was automatically released from my system. I held the hand of the King, then I gently pinch it in hopes of waking him up. Although the Doctors already assured me that it is nothing to be worried about, I will not be satisfied that he is safe if he never opens his eyes. “King… Dad, please wake up now.” I whispered to him with worry in my eyes. “I never want to see you like this.” It was just a few moments of hopeful murmurs and begging when all of a sudden, someone knocked from the door. And when it opened and spat out the person who knocked, I automatically smi
I arrived at the condominium late, around twelve o'clock. As soon as I opened the door, I was startled to see Bullet sitting on the sofa, looking at me. He seemed worried.I placed the key on top of the shoe cabinet and took off my shoes. "Where did you go? I asked Jack for your number. Why didn't you reply to my messages? I've been waiting for you since earlier. I even asked your friend where you were, but even they had no idea where you were." He asked me a series of questions, and I could see from my peripheral vision that he had stood up from the sofa and was facing me.Honestly, I wanted to answer him. I wanted to argue with him, like why I needed to update him on what I was doing. Couldn't we just mind our own business? And how did Jill even know? She didn't even know I had a father. But I didn't have the energy to argue with him. I was completely drained from everything that had happened. I just wanted to lie down on the bed and sleep, even though my stomach was empty.I ignore
I am still with an evil grin on my mind the moment we hopped inside my car. I was the one who told them to just use my car to travel. This is solely because I may look like a cold-hearted kind of friend but I also feel guilty. I am decreasing a huge chunk of Jill’s money. The least thing that I can do right now is for her not to pay for her fuel. I got this for her. “This is my first time eating King Crab!” Shane beamed with a wide smile on her face. She is sitting in the back seat. Because I am the one who is driving, I looked at her from the rear-view mirror. “Really? Is it your first time?” I asked her with a smile plastered on my face. Shane nodded her head, “and it is all thanks to you!”“I should not be the one you should be thanking, Shane! It should be Jill because she was the one who will pay for our food.” I beamed back. “Nah,” Shane replied with a yawn, “if it was not for you, this girl would never treat us for lunch.” Then she glanced at Jill with all her Sass. I jus
Enjoying the comfort of my soft and fluffy bed, I am biting my lips while preventing myself from smiling more like a hormonal teenager. Gosh Cassie… this is not like you.Well, I can’t help it. The voice of Gunner has been the soundtrack of my summer for the past few days. He made me believe with love again. He revived the dying interest of mine with guys. And now, I am here. Smiling wide while listening to his sweet but hoarse voice. I swear, guys with this voice are handsome. I have a hunch that he might be too tired to date those he knows personally because they will just end up admiring his physical appearance rather than loving him from the inside. He has this quiet confidence in his voice, that kind of an authority that is not forceful but will make you just listen to whatever he will try to say. God… I can’t wait to meet him finally.I can imagine myself right in his arms. While he is speaking with that sweet and gentle voice. I can no longer wait for the specific day where ev
I was too quick to pull the King inside the condo unit. But before I finally closed the door, I made sure no one outside ever saw him! “Father! What are you doing here? And why are you without a bodyguard?!” I frantically told him. But for Pete’s sake, he just laughed at me! “Can you just chill, my dearest Royal Princess Cassandra? I have a beard right now and I am sure no one will ever notice. My face is so common here in America.” He replied to me without any fear in his voice. This King is really fearless! “Let me reiterate, it is a fake beard and it is so obvious!” I exclaimed more while emphasizing the word “fake”. Because it was really the truth! It looks fake, and if someone is not going to see him as the Royal King, one can even suspect him as a spy or something! Worst case scenario, a criminal! “You are just so scared of the things you are not familiar with, my dearest,” King yawned and then gestured his hand towards the direction of the living room, “now, if you won’t mi
Weeks ago, Shane and I were busy looking for a shipping company. It got to the point where the three of us were helping each other find one instead of just Shane. We really needed to find one as soon as possible. It wasn't until after a few days of intense teamwork that we finally found a shortlist of three companies with affordable contract prices.We decided to meet with them for the rest of the day. We met with multiple companies, and this one was the cheapest. The first meeting of the day was with an old man. We visited the ships they owned, but they looked dilapidated and old. We decided to pass on this one because even though it was cheap, our products would be at risk. The second one was with a beautiful woman. The price was actually okay, but Shane spotted a red flag in the contract—they had no visibility on where our products were. This meant that for the days we were sending our products, we wouldn't be able to locate them, except when they arrived at their destination, our
I swallowed hard. My heart beat raced so fast that I am so afraid it is going to cause me a heart attack. It is pounding against my chest and I know– and I am aware that I am going to lose my sanity now. Bullet is right in front of me. With those haughty and cold stares as if he never pestered me for the last few days in our condo unit. As if he is not the same person who always smiles and laughs at me whenever I am rolling my eyes at him. Or wait, by chance… is he not the same Bullet that I know? Maybe, this is just his look alike? But it is really weird! They are so much the same! Those thick eyebrows. Those pink lips. And those sharp jaws. I have been living with Bullet for a couple of days for me to confirm that this man right in front of me is, in fact, Bullet. “Oh, you already know each other?” Lilih asked while looking back and forth at me and Bullet. I blinked and I swallowed hard once again before I decided to recover because right now, I looked like a prey under surveill
“Why?” Bullet laughed, and he is still smiling as if he just won the most valued lottery of all time, “What can I do? I can’t help it.” I scowled at him as I shook my head, this is what I feared when I started cooking. Him, smiling like this as if this is his very last meal in his life. I don’t like to see him smile because his smile is infectious. It makes me smile too and that was the least thing that I want him to see towards me, that he has an effect on my system. “Let’s just eat!” I pouted as I initially started to dig on my food. I am glad that he also did the same and he stopped smiling. It was a long moment of silence that won between us. No one dared to speak. The both of us are only just munching our food. But not until he was the one who broke it like he always does. “How was your sleep?” He asked me as he munched his food. I am trying hard to avoid the thoughts of him judging me because he is eating burned ham because I am not just great in the kitchen. “I am okay, it
“So, how are you? I heard from Jill that someone followed you all the way to the hallway inside the condominium. Did they catch that creep?” It was Shane. She called me while I was cooking breakfast. Yes, our breakfast. This is the first time I’m cooking for someone else. I don’t know why. Maybe I just feel sorry for what happened last night. I just want to make him breakfast as a way of thanking him for saving me from danger.I took a deep breath as I put down the fork I was holding. I can’t scramble eggs with one hand holding my phone pressed against my ear. “Yeah. The cops called earlier. After they treated him at the hospital, they immediately took him to jail,” I said, flipping the ham I was cooking.I heard Shane gasp on the other line. “That’s good to hear! Now you don’t have to worry about your safety anymore. You know what, Cassie, I think you should take a leave today,” she changed the topic.I just shook my head and leaned against the island bar. “What? Why?” I asked confus
Swear, it all came back to me. The thing that happened today with James just came and went straight to my head. Now, I am defenseless as I tried to muster all my strength in order for me to get past this hallway. I don’t know but it is really weird. It is not dark as it always used to be. Right now, some of the lights are closed. Only the dim lights of the emergency exit can be seen here right. By chance, was there an electricity breakout on this floor? But only on this floor only? All the lights in the lobby area are working and if there really is an electricity breakout, the elevator should not be working. This is where I started to feel something bad… As I continued to walk towards the door of our condo unit, I started to hear someone walking from behind. At first, I tried to avoid thinking about negative thoughts. Instead, I continued to just walk but my feet seemed to have their own mind, I started to walk past as if someone was chasing me. But the weird part is everytime my pac
I decided to just head straight outside of James’ hospital room to give him and his family a time to talk to each other. I really do hope that this time, everything must be fine now. That James may finally open up about his feelings towards them. And also for them to know that behind the sweetest smile of James hides the most painful battle that he keeps on fighting against for the last decades of his life. He already suffered and the incident that happened here must be enough for his family to realize that this is the result of their expectations towards him. Life is beautiful when you remove the dark past that is distorting your view to how beautiful the world is. I know soon, James will finally find his way back to loving his own life and I hope that if that time comes, I am around him because I really do want to be his friend. I feel like there is a beautiful soul within him. Like, pure and genuine. I just walked towards the bus terminal. I have no car with me because I left it
“Sorry for interrupting you,” I laughed at James while I am still sitting on his side, “please continue with your story. I am dying to know the truth on why you did what you did.” “Alright,” he smiled at me, still boyish and still weak. But his looks never ruined how weak he is right now. He still looks dashing and ravishing. “So, to continue the story. I became a boy toy and it took a toll on me when I graduated and started my own career as a lawyer. This is where I met my girlfriend… I mean, ex-girlfriend,” there was a sad manner by how that word escaped from his mouth. From the expression that I saw from his face, it seemed like it tasted sour and bitter to him. I continued to just listen. I prevented myself from asking follow up questions because it would ruin his momentum. I just stayed silent and listened to him the best that I could. Because listening to him made me feel so giddy to know the ending of his story. Just like a reader who always skipped the story and went straig
When the authority was gone out of my sight, I decided to just talk with the dog. I examined if it is a he or a she and then I confirmed that she’s a she. I was actually surprised that there is also a side of me who loves dogs. I grew up without any other animal in my life. It was just me and my own fantasy of having my freedom out of the suffocating reality of the Royal Palace.Seeing the dog scoot her body closer to mine is melting my heart. She really likes me, that was for sure. “What is your name?” I asked her and she just stared at me as if I am a mad woman, I laughed hard. “Yeah, why the hell did I ask you? Maybe I was really a mad woman,” I facepalm as I chuckled.During the day, I waited for a couple of hours. I even brought the dog to a nearby veterinary to grab some food. When I made sure that she was already satisfied with what she had consumed, we went back to the hospital only to find out that the nurses were looking for me. “Are you the girlfriend of the patient?” Th
It was a very memorable morning for the four of us. None of us ever expected it, nor even thought that we will welcome our morning with so much emotion in our heart. That morning, we just continued listening to Becca. With one thing on my mind, I promised to myself that the family of Jefferson will never be left behind as long as I am alive. I will make sure that they will thrive under my watch just like how Jefferson probably would want to see in his young family. “We are glad to see that now, you are trying hard to come back by redeeming all of the days that were stolen from you because of that incident,” I told Becca while staring right into her eyes. She nodded her head, “you know what? Most of the time, it still haunts me. His face was always playing on my mind,” Becca wiped the tears from her eyes, “it never stopped and I always avoided reminding myself that I am alone now. That my ride or die is now gone. There was always something so cruel about how my mind works. Because no
Here we go again at this dangerous scenario with the most dangerous man in this condo unit. His crotch was grazing against my behind… and the more I wanted to avoid it, the more my body was casually betraying me. I was just here… letting Bullet to just tease me with his thing. Externally, I am trying hard to act as if nothing is storming in my mind. That I don’t feel the heat on my core everytime he grazes his crotch against my behind. But deep inside, there is this inferior side of me that urged me to just touch it… to fumble it. Just like how I did last night. But I swallowed hard. Even though it is hard, I knock myself out internally. Screaming at myself that it should not happen again! That I should not give in easily for the fourth because I know that if I do, Bullet and I will not going to be just condo mates but f*ck buddy… One deep sigh and then I gravitated my feet away from Bullet. I can see how hard he is right now, we just did it last night but why does he still have th
Before I can even stop myself from allowing Bullet to just enjoy my body, it already happened. Worst thing? We did it at the dining table… now I don’t know what I would feel and imagine if I eat here again with him!“Did you enjoy it?” He asked while wiping all of his liquid from my tummy. I looked away like a little girl that is so shy in front of her crush, but I nodded my head. Yes, I freaking admit it right in front of his face!Bullet chuckled and then he helped me wear my underwear and pajamas again, “let’s do this again tomorrow night?” That was the point where my cheeks burned red again. I know I should be strongly disapproving. That by now, I should be scowling and cursing at him. But I just can’t dare myself to say a single word that will disappoint him. Because truth be told, I really enjoyed what we did just like I have been craving for it for a long time. He already memorized the parts where he should touch me or kiss me. He already knows my sweetest and weakest point.