It took me minutes to process the words he'd said to me. And before I could respond, he hurriedly stood up -- looking so dangerously handsome using only his wet body -- and step backward then jumped into the pools. While I was still here trying to calm my own breathing.
What the hell had just happened? How could he say those words?!
"He's going to be my death," I murmured and pouted. A maid came to give me a juice, but my head creased when she stopped while looking at the balcony. Her weird reaction beckoned me to follow her stares, only to find my mother in the balcony giving the maid a signal. A warning, precisely.
Her expression didn't change still when she noticed me viewing her. When in fact, it seemed like her main goal was to victimize me with me knowing that she's the villain.
I knew she saw me and Neil being so close to each other earlier that's why she got irritated even more.
"Then what? Why aren't you standing on your words? You promise, Cal. You supposed to be making your promise true."You even forgot your bows you said in our wedding day, so don't you dare forget also your little promise that you'd give me a stable job. Because, man, that's the only way for me to be close to you. Please, let me enter your life again."It's just that," he started again, "I was shocked earlier when I found out I have already my secretary."My brows rose.I knew. He already had one before. Her name was Vanessa, a thirty-year old woman who had four kids. She was serving my husband for almost two years so I could say her loyalty to him was priceless."So, you are rejecting me now?" My voice was sarcastic. "Okay. I am fine with that. After all..." After all I was nothing but a mere stranger to you. "After all, your current secretary don't deserves to be fired ju
Frustrated, I tossed my head, causing me to face the soft bed, but its softness didn't calm me down. I stood up again like a crazy woman wanting to make a ramble. I could not just believe it! Felicia nominated herself and she immediately got Neil's approval. How 'bout me? And mostly, what were they planning to do there that he almost glared at me earlier when he rejected me?"Brecken, please, can I come there? Don't worry because I'll behave," I pleaded because I was now phone calling Neil's best friend.From the other line, he sighed for I didn't know what reason, but when he said 'yes', I gasped in happiness, and my body automatically landed in my closet to find a sexy dress.I went to my makeup table to beautify myself. I was used to do this eversince I was a juvenile so this would not take so long. I highlighted my cheeks by putting red blushes. My pouted lips were now covered with velvet lipstick and my hair was in a
I stared at him to make sure I wasn't misheard his words. I waited for him to say he didn't say those words, or he really did but it was unintentional."You shouldn't be like that," I said using my broken voice. "You'll regret telling those words once you remember me. You really will, Neil, I am warning you."He did not answer, he just massaged the bridge of his nose and ruined the style of his hair. He again let out a frustrated sigh and started driving again.Silence fell again.And this time, I did not bother him.How dare him to say that he wanted to unmarry me?! We both wished to be married, and so I also had the right to disagree with his decision. He probably liked that Felicia that much to the point that he wished to cut the only tie between us. But too bad I would not let that to happen."Good night," I said and went outside the car without waiting h
I was frustrated. To say that I really was would be an understatement. What should I do for me to forget his effects on me?"I am getting fuzzy just seeing you walking around. You've been like that for almost an hour!" Mom scolded me, but my body could not just stop from moving around. I wished to call Daniel and asked for an advice from him on how to abandon someone who's very close to my heart, but asking him for one was not a good idea for he liked me. If he knew I liked somebody else, our friendship might be damaged.And I did not want that to happen."Mom, what did you do before when daddy approached you in a very romantic manner?" I asked my mom, who's now shocked at my sudden question. "I.. I actually like someone now... And--""Why are you asking me like that? By the way, prepare yourself because we're having a lunch date with my friend. She is so excited to meet you," she answered, not mindi
The sun rays were already working to make the universe beautiful when I woke up. Mumbling, I hugged my pillow and imagined that it's Neil who I was hugging now. After, I fixed myself inside the bathroom and threw some unwanted pukes. My head was still aching because of the hard liquor I took last night.Grr, could someone hand a medicine to me?"Ma'am, here is your foods," a maid put the tray she's holding in my bed. She immediately left without saying any words. My eyes dropped on the paper pasted in my night table.I prepare foods for you. I don't know your favorite ones but I guess soup will lessen your hangoverNeil.I slept again after finishing the foods, and even in my dream I saw myself hugging Neil tightly. It's better to be there than to face the reality knowing I would wake up feeling so down again. But for Neil, for the sake of our love for each other, I stood straigh
"An email has been sent to you, Sir."An employee said through the intercom. Fixing my neck tie, I sighed and got my signature pen to sign the documents in my front now. I was planning to focus as what as I did minutes ago but here I was thinking about her again.She's my wife. And there were documents and files that proved our secret but legit marriage. Funny how I could not remember her but still felt shaken everytime I saw her with another man.I just hoped that she would take the foods I specially prepared for her. It's not my thing to cook before going to work, but because of her, I felt like she's my beautiful responsibility."Is she really my wife?" I again asked myself, confused, and hurt.I got hurt because I had said the words that made her disappointed. The night that I plead for her to unmarry me was the night that I considered as one of the darkest moment in my entir
I was roaming my head around the place when everyone gave a knowing look at me. They knew already that I was the former Vice President in this company that's why they bowed their heads to respect me. What I found a little bit disturbing was that they seemed afraid as if they had been waiting for my presence for a long time."Good morning, ma'am, you look so lovely as usual," a receptionist greeted me for the second time. "Sir Neil, I mean Cal, has waited for you. He said you should come to his office to discuss some matter together.""Okay, by the way, how everything's going here?" I asked them. I was not one of their bosses anymore but they were part of my memory as a VP. "How's the maintenance? Are they giving you enough salary?"It's been years since I asked like this."Sir Cal is a great leader. All departments' liders are responsible as well. They give us salary appositely, ma'am. But the problem is that Sir Cal forgets some of the names of his emplo
"What happened to your face?!"I yelled in shock when Neil revealed his face full of bruises. I was torn between getting the medicine kit and asking him where did he get so much aches. At the end, I ran with all my best to get the kit so that I could help him. Once the kit was finally on my hand, I sat next to him and held his jaw.Regardless, he still looked like a demigod. No one could ever change my mind.When in fact, the blood in his face made him look like a bad boy who came from a ramble."You're so stubborn. Why are not you answering my question, hmm? What happened? I thought you were just going to your friend's house but look at you now," I mumbled, a cotton in my hand, and so I pressed it in his right cheek. "You need to talk or else I find a way for me to know what has happened to you.""You sounded like a mother. These bruises were just nothing but bruises. Stop worrying, can you?"
Mom and I were finally okay. She asked for my forgiveness even though I never loathed her. For all the bad things she had done to me, I still loved her. Nothing could change that fact."What is the name of this place once again, Mom?" Kyra asked curiously as she roamed her eyes around the place.A smile touched my lips. "Azucalda."We were safe to live not worrying about anything. Ambrosia's family were now settled in jail. Daniel, also, already found his life, the woman who would change the fake romantic love he felt towards me. "This is where we belong, Kyra. Be comfortable in this place, because starting from now, we will leave here, we will start new memories," I hugged her."When Dad will come back?" she asked me out of the blue. "I mean, we have been already waiting for years! Last night, Dad and I talked, but since this morning, he never texted me anymore. I am worrying, Mom! What if he alread
"If I could just turn back the time."I was used to say that statement to myself. Days and years without Sydney, I realized life was hard without her. Though I had no choice, I could not get her back because I had no right. I hurt her. I should face the consequences of my actions."Sydney has a daughter, Auntie. And she is now currently studying. She is an academic achiever," Marcus informed me. Marcus was one of my enemy before even though we were blood related, but as time gone by, we became close and decided to help each other."I have a granddaughter, then..." I whispered using my weak voice. That meant that Sydney was pregnant during the moments she was not in this country. That meant she lived without my guide. That meant she raised my grandaughter alone. "I have remembered what you told me before. You told me she has a business in this country, right?"He nodded. "She owns a grocery."&
We still lived in the same house, and I witnessed how they both loved each other. But I never liked that."Auntie Trinidad, I successfully closed the deal," Neil announced to me. To my delight, I smiled. "Thanks to Sydney, though. He pushed me to work hard."I heard a lot of news from work, especially from company employees. Because Sydney and Neil worked often at the same time... they also went home together so that caused surprise to others."I know they are both married," Marcus threatened me. This businessman had never really changed. Still ruthless. There was no sanctification. Even so, I still treated him well because we were just relatives. I know he was not gay to spread the word."Just do not let them know." I got up. I would have planned to build a boutique. Because since I was a child, that was really what I wanted to have. Now that Neil was taking care of the company, maybe
"Starting today, you are the only one I will love. Expect me to love you every day."I closed my eyes when Zimon, my husband, gently gave his tender kisses to me. To this day, I still could not believe it. We were married. We were officially legal.Our family welcomed us as well. Nothing could stop us from being together. We would also be able to form our dreams together, and one of them was having a child, or if possible ‘children’. We even wanted a girl to be our first child. But what the Lord gave us, we would wholeheartedly accept it."Zimon, here is your lunchbox. Please, do not stay up too late at work. I know you want to give us a very good future but we are already rich. I am not proud of our living condition, but I just hope you learn how to rest, okay?"That was really what I kelt reminding him of. Health was important so I wanted him to take care of himself. We would have a chi
How many times had I tried to love my child as much as many mothers like me love. But even so, I still could not bear to look at her without remembering what his Dad did to me and how he hurt me until I was exhausted.I could say that me giving her birth was the most important event in my life, but like I said, I could not... I could not afford to love her, because whenever I smiled at her, I felt like I just forgave her Dad right away. And for me, that shoul not have happened. No one could stop me...I did not know if my own child hated me. If she wanted to hate me until she voluntarily gave up, go on! I did not care. Even if it was bad in the eyes of others, I would do what I thought was good for me, for the comfort of my chest."Is the average yourself from studying? How dare you smile at me while you were showing this shit to me? How many times have I told you that this grade is not enough for me? You are stupid, really. I am still wondering why you ev
When we were at the venue, we looked around. Until the woman who invited us to be in here acknowledged us with a big smile. I immediately recognized her because of the sweetness of her smile. She talked to us and the other guests. I could say the event was really social and prepared for elites because you could just see from the guests' gowns that they were really expensive. Not to mention that Neil Sandoval was admired by many."Hi, there is still an empty table near the long table. Other guests also want to meet you. Because you know how much everyone admires you, Neil Sandoval," the woman praised him again.Neil was really grabbing attention now, not only because he was handsome in what he was wearing, but also because he looked like the girl he was holding so tightly. Just a look at them and you would know that they were blood related - the way they walked was similar.Anyway, he was no longer wearing jogging pants. Before we finally went here we also reserv
"Thank you, Sydney," said the one in front of me. Because of the bonfire, his eyes seemed to be on fire as well. You could even mirror yourself through those orbs. "I will be back. I will be back safe. I am not going to hurt myself."I knew. Because of Kyra, you would have even more reason to be safe forever. We both knew we could not afford to see Kyra struggling, so that was enough reason for both of us to make sure we were safe."Are you cold already? Do you want us to go inside?" he asked me."You? Do you want to?""Yeah, so that Kyra can lie down properly."I laughed and immediately stood up. We entered the house, and I helped him put Kyra to bed. Even though I was just helping, I could already feel the weight of my daughter."I'm leaving--"I stopped him."Just sleep here. It's okay with me."He was shocked. He looked at me with indescribable amazement in his eyes. "All right. But I will just sleep on the sofa so y
"You are really sweet, Dad! Mama must have sweetly answered you so you prepared all of these!" Kyra shouted happily at Neil. Neil, on the other hand, still looked serious, who also seemed to just chose to smile even though the truth was, just like me, he also felt a lot of embarrassment right now.Soon, the cold wind blew, and we all sat down to begin what had to begin."Kyra, darling, don't be surprised by what we are going to say but ..." Neil took a deep breath, and in the depth of it, I almost drowned. "I'm doing this for you, for your future and for your mommy's. I can't just be here forever and happy without worrying about of our business."Kyra fell silent. Her smile faded. She turned to me, and I averted my eyes. I had tears in my eyes now, and I did not want them to see me being emotional.Maybe it was just because I was so tired. Tomorrow, I would definitely okay again."Are you leaving?" My daughter's voice was full of fear. I also rarel
I almost kissed him. I meant, I almost kissed him! Marcus' appearance was really right so that Neil wouldn't think that only Azucalda would soften my heart and push me to kiss him. Goodness, I still had to control myself. It was not because I was happy with what he said that I would tolerate it. You were indeed a great fool, self."Oh, why did you two stop? Go on with what you were supposed to do and I will just quietly watch it." And as expected, Marcus never left us again. He would really use what he saw to make me die of nervousness. "It's a pity that Kyra did not see you almost kissing. I hope I was able to take a picture too!"Neil picked up some sand and threw it towards my cousin's face. I also wanted to keep laughing at him because his cheeks were red like a ripe tomato."Jerk! Get out of here! You have a business problem so prioritize that over messing with us here!" I told him. Really, right? His business was also in danger so that was what he should f