Nika pulled over in front of the hospital's parking lot and then the two of us sat in complete silence for a few seconds after she turned off the music that was playing on her car. I glanced at her, her eyes were glued straight in front even when she could feel that I was staring in her direction. She kept staring at the windshield ignoring me. I unbuckled my seatbelt and my bag was already hanging at my shoulder all that I needed to do now was open the door to my side and get out of the car, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't move away from her after she revealed the truth.Holding the door, I only need to open it and even if I am already pushing myself to do it, I can't. It feels like I need to comfort her because for the first time, she showed me her vulnerable side and I feel like she isn't the type of person who always does this thing.I must have earned her trust and she is probably telling me the truth when she told me that I am now her best friend for her to be so comfortable t
"Baby?" I wasn't sleeping so heavily so when I felt Kairos move and then he started to whisper things in my ears. I am already up but I pretend as if I am still sleeping just because I don't feel like opening my eyes for him yet.He leaned closer and kissed the side of my head, but that wasn't enough to make me open my eyes, we both knew that I was already awake. "When are you getting discharged? Nika told me to text her if we were about to leave the hospital so she could go and pick us up," I told him when I finally opened my eyes. I planned to immediately sit up, but Kairos wrapped his leg around my body, seizing my incoming moves. "Let's not bother her anymore. She is in Bali to have fun. How about we just call Dino to pick us up?" Hearing Mang Dino's name is all that I need to hear for me to find the strength to push Kairos away from me."Speaking of Mang Dino... are you going to apologize to him? You have to," I said to him. Kairos nodded his head. He reached for me and tried to
"I already knew about it, Nika. Long before you do and our father knows about it too as well as the father that you grew up with." Hearing that caught me and Nika off-guard. My head started to spin with all these secrets that they were dropping on me the way the Americans dropped those bombs in Hiroshima. Nika told me last night that the father she grew up with doesn't know that she is Kairos' father-daughter as well and now Kairos is telling us that all along they knew. They knew and yet her mother's husband didn't say a thing. "What do you mean my Papa knew? He won't. If he knows then it means he will hate me forever, but he doesn't. He loves me as if I am his real daughter because he thinks that I am!" She said, trying to control the cracking of her voice. There was no trace of extreme changes in Kairos expression. He was just standing there, watching his half-sister figure out things on her own, and then soon she was going to believe her. "Is this why up until now our family do
Rory rolled her eyes as soon as she heard a rattling at the doorknob. It only meant one thing. Someone is trying to unlock the door of the room where she is held captive. She glanced at the small window that barely fit her head. The sun was shining so bright outside. The rattling of the doorknob and the sound of keys as well as the full-on brightness that can be seen through the small window on the wall only meant one thing. It's lunchtime and whoever it is that is trying to open the door is here to deliver her food placed on a plastic tray. Her eyes waited for a familiar but to her disappointment. Only Kairos's right-hand man showed up. It wasn't a tray of food that he had in his hand but a newspaper and that made her eyebrows shoot up.Their stomach growled because she didn't even taste the food that was served to her right now as a form of protest. Rory had made up her mind that she would eat her meal today, but much to her horror, there was none. "Where is my food? I am starving
Flashback. This night is one of the most important evenings in my life. I am expecting that everything will be perfect but these people. They are giving me nightmares and not sweet lavender dreams like I expected. "I want you to look at this and tell me that this looks like a pair of pink diamond studs to you, Peachy?" With my brows arching, I glare at my stylist. Her eyes widened and she immediately panicked. She turned to my jewelry box to go get the pink diamond studs that I had asked her for earlier.I shut my eyes and patiently waited for her to give it to me. What a fucking incompetent freak? Fuck! Why are they even working for me in the first place?Lily Sage extended her hand to me and although irritated, I carefully placed the white diamond studs handed to me by Peachy earlier and the sole reason as to why I was annoyed all of a sudden. "I thought I told you to hire people who know what they should be doing? If only you listened to me. I am sure that none of this would have
I held onto his coat tightly. I couldn't even hide from him that my hand was shaking with fear because of what happened. When we walked into my dressing room, he went straight to the dresser and got wet wipes that he used to clean the tomato stains on my arms, clothes, and face. My lips quivered. "What a fucking fiasco! What happened earlier was embarrassing," I said as I finally recovered. I pushed his hand who was still busy removing the tomato stain from my clothes. I pulled away from his arms to get the alcohol that I almost poured into my body just so I could be clean again. "How dare them ruin my show. Where the fuck did they get the audacity to show up in my show and ruin it? I will make sure that they'll go to jail for what they did. There they will be free to demand diversity. Why do I have to adjust to them? If they want to wear clothes, underwear, and lingerie that Bella Donna offers then they should go ahead and lose their weight!" I was almost out of breath when I fin
"Rory." My feet automatically turned around to face the one who called me. Unlike before, Kairos was no longer wearing his coat. The first two buttons of his button-down were undone and his sleeves were folded up to his elbows. My eyes roll on their own. "Kairos, how about you go home? You won't get anything from me." I even shove my hands before I turn back just so he'd get what I've been trying to say since the first time I saw him tonight. I grabbed the handle of the car's door. When I opened it, I went straight inside. I was about to close it when Kairos used his arm to stop me from closing the door. It felt like cold water was poured on me. I opened the door again and grabbed his stricken arm to see if there was any injury that I must worry about, it turned out that his arm was just swelling a bit but it was fine. "You are from from being the nicest person alive but you are considerate of the person you love and value. It is one of the many things that I miss about you." Becau
The calming aroma of coffee wakes me up from my sleep. Everything about this day feels perfect. I finally opened my eyes and the first thing my hand looked for was the cell phone I put on the nightstand before I went to sleep last night. After I pressed the button on the side of the phone, the time of the day appeared. It's 6:32. I closed my eyes. I covered my mouth with my hands and yawned. I still feel sleepy and all but I can't sleep like the sleeping beauty now because Kairos might do something. I'd rather be suspicious of him than trust him completely. My eyes were fixated on the phone after it lit up. From: Lily Sage Good morning, Ms. Rory. I'm on my way to Manhattan now. I have also brought the clothes you asked for as well as everything that you will need for your work trip. I had just finished reading that when another message came in, still from her. From: Lily Sage By the way, Ms. Rory we need to be in the airport by 8:00 am because our flight leaves at 9 am. "Your