At the end, I surrendered and looked away, afraid to look at his eyes for too long.
"Can I go there?" Neil asked me, his eyes pointing the small house located in the right direction. The cute house was being surrounded by tall trees and huge hills in its back. "If you do not want me to--"
"You can," I replied, cutting him off. We both owned this land, so basically he had the right to go everywhere he wanted to go. "Besides, I am sure you would like this place."
"Yeah, it feels like I have been gone in this place. I am not sure," he manly laughed, attacking my heart again without him knowing. "But as far as I could remember, this is my first time to be here."
After talking, he turned around and started marching towards the cute house. A tear fall from my eye but I did not bother wiping it.
"Do you live here alone?" he asked again
He was now sitting in a single chair made by a bamboo tree. He looked so dashing still, his aura creating a picturesIt 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