Silence filled the whole dining room, maybe even our breathing was too shy to disturb the profound silence, that's why I couldn't hear it. My gaze kept shifting between the engagement ring and.. Kent. NO! What I mean is.. uhh.. to.. to Aria and the engagement ring, I sighed, and then returned to my seat.
"So you're engaged?" Jiro was the first to break the silence. I nodded.
"Is she?" Aria asked, this time directing her attention to Kenzo. She immediately caught my irritation. I felt a surge of annoyance within me. It seemed like she wanted to take Kenzo away from me as well. I gripped my spoon and fork tighter, and without thinking twice--
"Why? Do you also want to steal him from me?" I asked her without any concern. I met her gaze, and I clearly saw the surprise in her eyes. She quickly looked away and focused on her food.
"Kylie," Dad called me. Maybe he's trying to stop me from whatever--
"I am just asking.." she replied softly.
"Kylie, my dear, why didn't you even tell us, Daddy and me, that you're already engaged? Since when?" Mommy asked me with excitement and joy. She smiled at both of us, Kenzo and me.
"Before anything else, Jiro, Aria.. uhhmmm, K-Kent, this is Kenzo, my fiancé." Jiro and Kenzo nodded while Aria smiled at Kenzo and said, "Nice to meet you." I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
"And Mom, about me getting engaged, it just happened last night." I continued eating, but I couldn't help but roll my eyes again at Aria's interview with Kenzo.
"So, Kenzo, where did you and sissy meet?" Aria asked.
"At the Spade Club's parking lot." I saw Aria's smile widen, indicating that she wanted this topic to continue.
"How?" she eagerly asked.
"Uhh.." Kenzo looked at me. I knew that look! He's asking me if he should tell them how we met.
"Kenzo thought that Kylie stole his wallet that night. Kylie got jailed, and we bailed her out." Dad said seriously. All eyes were on him. I didn't know he still remembered it. It's been two years, though. Aria nodded and continued with her questioning.
"That's cool! It's like a scene from one of those teleseryes that I dream of happening in real life. It's exciting and not cliché. If only Kent and I weren't married yet, I wanted to be in your shoes, sissy. I wanted to get jailed and meet someone like Kenzo. I saw a photo you posted before on I*******m. Was that the time you got arrested? I really wanted to like it, but I was shy, since, you know, we weren't on good terms at that time." Aria continued to talk.
I forcefully dropped the spoon and fork I was holding. One landed on the table while the other fell on the floor. I glared at Aria, unable to hide the anger I felt towards her. She was showing everyone that everything was fine, especially between the two of us! I am not as fake as her, and I can never pretend that everything is fine, especially when it's not!
"First of all, Aria, I don't need your freakin' like! I have plenty of people who like me, and even if I lose all my likers, I still wouldn't accept your like! I'd rather delete my I*******m account. Second, you wanted to be in my shoes? Are you sure?! You want Dad's attention, right? And you also want to be Mommy's daughter, right? You already have Daddy's attention, that's enough! You don't need to become Mommy's daughter! She's mine! You've always wanted to take everything from me! First, it was Jiro, then Kent! And then Daddy, and now you want Kenzo too, right? Really? Aren't you tired of always trying to snatch everything I have? Kent is already your husband!"
And then I stood up, I'm leaving! I don't want to be here. This dinner with them is such a fvcking disaster! I saw in my peripheral vision Kenzo standing up and saying, "Excuse me." But before I could completely leave the dining room, I heard Aria speak again.
"I admit, I was childish before, and I really wanted to take everything you had because I was jealous of you. Everything I wanted was with you. Daddy, and you even had Mommy while I had no one, just Grandma and Grandpa. I also wanted a complete family, but I knew you didn't want me. I felt it the moment we first met. I was really jealous of you, you have friends who clearly adore you and would never leave you, unlike me. If I don't include them in my getaways and buy them what I have, they would leave me. I also want real friends, I envy you, Kylie."
"And I loathe you, Aria."
"I know. I know.." I heard Aria's voice break, indicating that she was crying. But what surprised me was her next move—she hugged me tightly.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry.. I'm really, really sorry.. sorry, Kylie." She kept repeating her apologies as she embraced me. I could feel her tears continuously soaking my shoulder.
Without hesitation, I pushed her away. I saw Kent's swift movement as he caught her. I immediately felt a knife repeatedly stabbing my heart, the pain, so intense.
All the pain I had felt in the past two years and up until now came rushing back, and I had no idea how to get rid of it.
"Kylie.." Kenzo called me and offered his support. I felt like I was about to collapse, but he held me up.
It hurts to see the person you love, from then until now, comforting someone else.
I bit my lower lip, trying to hold back my tears, but I couldn't. The pain I felt now overwhelmed me, so in the end, I faced Kenzo and cried on his chest. I felt his arms wrap around me.
"You don't have to push her away, Kylie. You can tell her straight to her face that you can't forgive her, not like this, that you don't have to fvcking hurt her."
I stopped crying and met the person who owned that voice. He was holding Aria tightly while she cried on his chest.
Cool. So, I'm the bad one here again, and Aria is the damsel in distress. Fvck this life!
"Baby, enough. I am here.. for you," Kenzo said to me as he handed me a glass of water, but I just shook my head and looked down at my feet."Come on, it'll help you feel better. You've been crying for so long. Look at how small your eyes have become," he remarked, wiping away my tears. I hugged him tightly."Why is it like this.. why, Kenzo? Just a few simple words from her and it hurts so much?" He cupped my face and pressed our foreheads together."Baby, because we both know that you still love her deeply." Kenzo said sadly."It's tiring to love her. I'm so tired of getting hurt.""But I'm here for you. Just love me instead." And then Kenzo's voice cracked. "I will never leave you, and I will never marry anyone else. I'll only marry you.""If only.. if only I could have loved you a long time ago. Maybe I wouldn't have just asked for an engagement ring from you, but we would have been married already. But, Kenzo, he left me and took everything, including my heart, when he left with
"Kylie, my child.." Mommy greeted me as she saw us entering the entrance with Kenzo. It's already eight-thirty in the evening, and we're thirty minutes late."Thank goodness you're here. Daddy and I have been waiting for you." She kissed my cheek and greeted Kenzo as well. We both smiled at Mommy.There were many guests, and everyone seemed busy chatting with one another. I only knew a few people, the three witches Ariana, Selena, and Samantha, accompanied by three guys. They're probably on a date. Well, "landi-landi din pag my time" seems to be their motto.Mommy led us to the table where Kent and Daddy were sitting, but Jiro and Aria were not there. I didn't bother asking where they were. It's better that they're not here. At least I don't have to interact with Aria.Both Daddy and Kenzo nodded at each other, and of course, being the kind person he is, Kenzo greeted Kent as well, to which Kent simply nodded in response. Soon, the waiter arrived and served wine in Kenzo's glass and t
Beginning"Oh my goodness! This is exactly what I've been saying!" Mikan said, annoyed. "Why do you still refuse to break up with that Jiro? What does he have?""M, it's normal for lovers to have disagreements," I replied calmly."K, he's always the one causing issues. Aren't you tired of it?" Selena asked me. I shook my head. "I understand him, girls. Sometimes I'm moody too. Maybe his temper just flared up at the wrong time."I've been defending Jiro to them since we started dating in my second year of high school, and now we're in our fourth year of college. We had another argument recently, and I've been apologizing to him since the other day, even though I didn't know what I did wrong. But he hasn't been answering any of my texts or calls.So tonight, even though I didn't want to go with them to the Spade Club, I had no choice because they dragged me along. I just hope Jiro doesn't find out about this because he doesn't like it when I go clubbing without him. It might make him ev
Chapter 1"Kylie, will you stop crying?! You know it wasn't intentional, and nobody else knows about it except the four of us!" Selena shouted at me. We were in my room, and I had just told them about my mistake with Jiro.Remember last night, I kissed a guy that I just met, and I don't know him, I don't even remember his face! Because I was so drunk, the only thing I remember is that kiss with the mystery guy. I feel so guilty because I cheated on Jiro.Speaking of him, I've been trying to call him since this morning, but he hasn't been answering. It's been four days. Could my mistake really be that significant to cause him to ignore me for this long?"We were also drunk last night, and Troy just told me that he saw me twerking, and he thought it was so sexy. So I called him and yelled at him." Mikan held her head while saying that. I wanted to tell her that I just found out about her wild side last night, but I wasn't in the mood."I wasn't even that drunk last night, but I can't be
Chapter 2"Hey! What are you daydreaming about? Are you reminiscing about your kiss with the mystery guy?" I pinched Selena's side when she said that, and she winced in pain. "You really have a big mouth!" I told her and linked my arm with A, who just smiled and shrugged.We sat on the same sofa where we were sitting last night, and Mikan signaled the waiter to give us the menu. "Oh, girls! I don't want to try all the drinks anymore. My mom scolded me this morning because of the huge credit card bill!" Selena exclaimed loudly since it was noisy inside.As usual, there were a lot of people on the dance floor, each doing their own moves. "And you know what? He took away two of my credit cards, so I'm left with only two now.""Haha! Poor thing! Luckily, I'm still okay with my mom," Mikan said. We ordered Jack Daniels, and we talked about not getting too drunk, but... "Sh.it! I'm feeling nauseous!" Mikan suddenly stood up and hurriedly went to the restroom.Even though my vision was becom
Chapter 3I don't know what to do. Should I go back there? And just like what I've seen in teleseryes (Filipino TV dramas), should I grab that girl by the hair and confront Jiro? But I can't do that! I'm not the type who likes to fight! What if I just tell Mikan, Selena, and Ariana about this? I'm sure they will look for Jiro and that girl and confront them.But knowing Mikan and Selena, they're too hot-headed. They might even end up hurting them and we might end up in jail. But maybe they deserve it, they cheated on me. Jiro broke my heart, and thinking about them right now just makes my broken heart even worse. He didn't even try to chase after me.I kept walking back and forth until Mikan saw me. My heart pounded even harder, and she pulled me to our table. They all know me so well, and among all of us, I'm the easiest to read."What's wrong, Kylie? You look tense?" Selena asked, still with a drunken tone. I shook my head because seeing what I saw made me sober up. I quickly grabbe
Chapter 4"Kylie.. calm down." Is it just me or did Jiro's voice really change? Or maybe it's because I'm drunk that I'm hearing different voices. Psh. I swear this is the last time I'll get drunk.I moved closer to Jiro and kissed him again, unbuttoning his shirt one by one, but I just couldn't remove it! Why is it so difficult to take off? What kind of buttons does Jiro's shirt have? Jiro held my hand and told me to calm down again.He slowly laid me down on the bed while we were kissing. I moaned when he suddenly lifted my bra and exposed my full breasts. I was about to cover myself when he held both of my hands and placed them on either side of me.He looked into my eyes as if he was asking for permission, so I nodded, and he leaned down to kiss one of my breasts, making me moan again. It felt so foreign but I liked it. I was getting even hotter. After a while, he focused his attention on my other breast.He then moved away from me for a moment, and I was about to ask where he was
Chapter 5"Kylie, my child?" I heard Mommy's voice, so I slowly opened my eyes and immediately recognized the familiar scent of my room. I sat up on the headboard of my bed, and Mommy helped me."Are you okay, my child?" Mommy asked me. I nodded and then held my head. It was strange because I remembered having a headache, but now it's gone."Kent brought you here, you were unconscious, so I asked him to bring you up to your room. He took care of you while you were unconscious and gave you some medicine to relieve your hangover."My heart started beating faster upon hearing what Mommy said, and the memories from last night flashed back into my mind. The pain hit my heart instantly, and I couldn't help but clutch my chest.Mommy must not find out that I caught Jiro with another woman last night, and she must never find out that... I had to hold back my tears, not to cry in front of her.I gave in... I gave in to Kent because I thought he was Jiro! What a dumb move! What a dumb move, Kyl