All Chapters of My secret lover: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

12 - Apollo Castiello You meet thousands of people, and none of them touch you, and then you meet one person, and your life changes. Forever.- Love and Other DrugsOkay, insomnia ended up becoming my best friend. Once again, I was wide awake, and that was starting to scare me. Another night awake, and... Mia. All my thoughts revolved around her, and I didn't avoid it. I needed to talk to her and hear her bold comments about me. And she replied... And I had never felt so powerful in my life. My father was the first to notice those reactions in me. I had spent the day uneasy, staring at my phone, and now and then, he caught me smiling. As the night approached, my nervousness became evident. "Are you going to tell me her name?" my father asked as I got out of the shower. He was passing by the hallway when he decided to stop in front of my room. "Who is she?" I kept a serious tone as I opened the wardrobe. The night was cold. "I've known her even before you were born," he crossed

14 - Apollo Castiello "Don’t stop. Kiss me."- Fifty Shades DarkerIt was obvious that my plan to keep my distance from Mia had gone down the drain. Just like her plan to stay away from me. And once again, we were alone in a car, heading toward the least crowded part of the city. "So you're not going to teach me to drive," Mia said as she looked out the window. "You're going to chop me up and hide my remains in these woods." Her voice was playful, and I laughed as I slowed down the car. "To avoid accidents or even stress," I began, "let's start by practicing on less busy roads." I stopped the car. "But Apollo, this is the middle of a forest." Her forehead wrinkled. I chuckled again as I unbuckled my seatbelt. "Actually, this road leads to my father’s farm. We’re just surrounded by plants and trees, and we still have a nice road." Mia lifted her huge blue eyes at me, searching for some argument, but stayed silent. I smiled victoriously. "Get out of the car," I warned, as I opened

16 - Apollo CastielloThere are few things sadder in this life than watching someone leave after they’ve just walked away, and seeing the distance between your bodies expand until there's nothing left... but empty space and silence.- Someone Like YouI had been feeling perplexed for the last few days, as if I were trapped in an emotional maze I couldn't understand. Every thought about Mia felt like a distant echo, reverberating in my mind, revealing layers of feelings I didn't know existed. I remained surprised by the revelations of everything I felt, something I was also fleeing from, as if the fog of confusion was dissipating, but revealing a truth I wasn't ready to face. And I was weak enough to fall back into this confusion of feelings, but deep down, I had no regrets.Mia arrived like a cool breeze on a stuffy day, bringing the lightness that was missing from my life. She seemed capable of dissolving the last pains lodged in my chest, the burdens I carried: the loss of my mother,

18 - Mia Lauren HudsonHe saved me in every way a woman can be saved.- TitanicApollo guided me through the garden of his house until he opened a door to our right. He left a space for me to pass first, and he followed. Everything was dark, and I couldn't see anything until Apollo turned on the lights. It wasn't a fluorescent light, but a lamp that cast an orange hue over the room, almost like candlelight. I dared to take a step forward and look around; it seemed to be Apollo's room.The walls were made of small reddish brick blocks, and several movie posters—what I assumed were his favorites—hung on the walls. I looked at each one and paid attention to a specific picture. It was my mother and Apollo's father, in a not-so-well-known photo from their first movie together. I felt Apollo move closer to me, and he smiled, looking at the picture too.I observed my mother's youthful face, her blue eyes and blonde, wavy hair in all her youthful beauty. She wouldn't have changed much if she

20 - Apollo CastielloHow will this end? How stories end when love is denied: with tears and a journey.Shakespeare in LoveI was in disbelief, completely untrusting of everything my life had become in less than 24 hours. And it was all because of one person, always the same reason, and I no longer knew what to think. Especially at that moment, especially when she wasn't with me. Because then I became an irrational being. Mia helped me be a better person, to think better, to breathe better. Without her, everything was too heavy, too arduous.And how did all this have to do with revenge? I was completely confused, scared, and deep down, I was hurt. And totally out of control.I pressed the accelerator hard, the engine roaring like my own despair. I needed to catch up with her. She couldn’t just leave like that, not after the last night we spent together. Not after surrendering to me, after I tasted her, felt her skin against mine. For God's sake, I couldn't walk away from that. I could