All Chapters of Love You As You Are : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Before everything. When it was just Indra and I. Before Cody and the crew. Before the bullying started, I didn’t know much about the world. I didn’t know anything beyond what my father wanted me to know. He’d made certain that I’m kept in the dark about some things. I was always a curious person. The first people I’d befriend were Samantha E’Toole and Wesley Garraway. They came in pair and were inseparable. There was something different about them. The way they held themselves. Even when Sam had lost her memory in an ‘accident’, she never strayed from her old way. Their fear was like no other. Whilst humanity is usually scared of things likes crime, weapons, violent and all things frightening, they never feared. They always held themselves with such a poise, I’d mistaken them for some high-class people. Due to Sam’s memory loss and Wesley losing his voice from said ‘accident’, we didn’t know much about them. Nevertheless, I chose to trust

Miles is daring. He’s so fucking daring that it both scares me and pisses me off. He could have handled that differently. Now we have a whole new enemy on our tail. I want to actually be mad at him, but a huge part of me is filled with pride. He knows how to put up a fight. He’s fearless. He know when he’s being played. I couldn’t be more impressed and prouder. I know he can handle his own. I don’t like that he made me leave him. I know he means well, but fuck, I had no intentions of leaving his side. I’ve probably been staring at my phone for the past four hours. I haven’t heard from him. “Have they called yet?” I turn to Wesley. The man is mute, but his attitude is louder than anything I’ve ever known. He doesn’t even look bothered that his best friends are left behind. He eyes me with the same bored look he gave me minutes ago. Admittedly, I’ve been pestering him, but what could I possibly do right now? He shook his head, going back to whatever he’s

It is day three of me going through my recovery journey and I hate every minute of it. I’m more or less being babied and everyone’s in my face. Oh and did I mention, I’m still fucking weak? It couldn’t be fever or dehydration. Maybe I’m being a baby. Aside from all that, everyone’s walking on eggshells around me. I haven’t seen my brother because apparently he’s sick too. It might have been a lie, but there was a time when we both got sick at the same time. It’d freaked my mom out because according to her, it was some ‘voodoo’ shit, considering we’re born on the same day as well. We were like twins with an age gap between us. So I can’t rule out his sickness as yet. Just like mom, I can’t bring myself to see him. after my outburst, I don’t think I’m ready to open that can of worms again. I’m not ready to see the look on my little brother’s face. It could be pity. Or pain. Ludo’s sensitive, hence, why I was reluctant about telling him every

‘Hey baby…if you get this…voicemail, I want you to know that…that, uhm…I love you and I’ll always love you my baby. I just…come home. Please. We can fix this, okay? I love you,’ Beep. ‘Hey sweetie, mom tells me you just did your surgery. I mean…your top surgery. Congratulations. I hope you’re okay,’ silence. ‘I’m happy for you…Miles.’ Beep. ‘Hi baby…’ silence. Sniffle. ‘Uhm…I’m really sorry. I am so…sorry my baby. I’m sorry that things turned out this way. I’m sorry that you had to leave your home. I’m sorry that I’m not with you right now. I wish I could, but…things are complicated. But uhm…I love you,’ Beep. ‘Hi baby. Happy Birthday. Ludo says hi. He’s grown taller. Almost taller than me. He misses you,’ pause. ‘We all miss you baby. I got you a present. Well…there are three of them now, but…it doesn’t matter. You can always get them whenever you want. I l

I slowly begin to wake up, feeling hands roaming my body and warmth on my forehead. I found myself smiling while nuzzling further into the warm touches. “Good afternoon,” “I think it’s morning, Mr Stark,” I said quietly, peeling one eye open to look at him. He stole a quick kiss. “It’s just after twelve, sweet boy,” raising my head to look at the time on the nightstand, I groaned, my head dropping on his naked chest.“Why did you let me sleep this long?” I asked groggily, yawning a second later. “Do you have anything to do today?” “Yeah, I need to speak to my aunt,” I said stretching my limbs that happened to be tangled with Mr Stark’s. “We need to discuss the way forward…about Sirenio. I don’t know what she plans to do,” I shuffled around until I’m lying on my back. “She might want to give it a chance or…I can just distribute the remaining money to the employees, whilst they pretty much look for another job,”“You know, I have ab