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Chapter 20CAELUM The vinyl recording played a melancholy song, a wine glass stood on the table, half full as the fire merrily crackled on the fireplace. I paced next to it, a bit twitchy and anxious. I am waiting for her to call, to ask for me and beg for me to take her back. Yet she didn’t.I know that I have refused her a couple of times but I couldn’t help but hope. I can’t believe that she was as stubborn as Aeon and that’s the trait I hated the most. I chose not to be bothered as I raise the wine glass to my lips and take a sip. I swirled the wine round my mouth and watched the fire. I wonder how she is doing outside in the real world. Will she be able to adapt?It’s a good thing that she has taken my advice and not call me when it is not necessary. Though, I wonder if she’s not using it because she has no purpose of calling me, or because she doesn’t know how to use the phone. Oh well, it doesn’t matter now. She is not a responsibility to me. We just brushed at each other’s
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Chapter 20CAELUM The vinyl recording played a melancholy song, a wine glass stood on the table, half full as the fire merrily crackled on the fireplace. I paced next to it, a bit twitchy and anxious. I am waiting for her to call, to ask for me and beg for me to take her back. Yet she didn’t.I know that I have refused her a couple of times but I couldn’t help but hope. I can’t believe that she was as stubborn as Aeon and that’s the trait I hated the most. I chose not to be bothered as I raise the wine glass to my lips and take a sip. I swirled the wine round my mouth and watched the fire. I wonder how she is doing outside in the real world. Will she be able to adapt?It’s a good thing that she has taken my advice and not call me when it is not necessary. Though, I wonder if she’s not using it because she has no purpose of calling me, or because she doesn’t know how to use the phone. Oh well, it doesn’t matter now. She is not a responsibility to me. We just brushed at each other’s
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Chapter 22RUBINThe bell rings as I pushed open the door, the smell of flowers overwhelming me instantly. Vivian looks up to me and smiled “There you are–I thought I would never see you again.” I shrugged my shoulder and leaned across the counter, staring at her, “Seems like life on earth is never easy, Vi. This past two days happened so fast and in the most unfortunate way–I have suffered, greatly.” she holds a rose on her hand and pointed it at me, “I beg to disagree with what you say,” she smiled before she puts the rose on the basket, “I have the most magical weekend–I mean, I met Viktor and he is so hot and handsome, too. I’ve been so lucky ever since I met you.” I gave her a tiny smile and ran my hand on the papers on the counter. “Really? Well, I’m happy for you,” she looks up from the flower and directed her eyes at me, “ Why? Did you not enjoy Paris for the last two days?”“It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it, it’s just,” I sighed and gave her a lopsided smile, “I want to ask y
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Chapter 23RUBINWe spent the rest of the day, arranging flowers and sorting out the roses and the other flowers for a wedding. Vivian offered me meal after meal and I couldn’t refuse her offer for I am famish–having to suffer no lunch and dinner yesterday. Twice I volunteered to deliver flowers at The Chateau, hoping to catch a glimpse of Caelum but he is nowhere. I wondered the streets , walked down the park and even asked Vivian to let me buy food at Tres Bien Pastry shop but he isn’t there either. The week was done and before I knew it, only a couple of arrows remains inside my quiver. Thoughts of him occasionally slips in my mind and it’s the reason why I’m having trouble focusing on my job. I just like to drift off and imagine how the days would go if I spent everyday with him. Will he take me to the plaza and eat some pasta again? Maybe we will go places too…My thoughts drifted back to the incident and unwillingly, I touched my lips – his lips are so soft and gentle when h
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Chapter 24CAELUM“I don’t understand!” I rolled my eyes at Aeon as he throws the book down on the table, lying down on the earth–his platinum blond hair in contrast with the dark soil, his purple eyes squinted as he looks up at the cloudless sky. Birds squawked as they fly up the clouds, startled of Aeon’s loud voice as he disturbed the silence only the field can provide for me. I continued harvesting the roses I will place next to the lilies, choosing a light blue porcelain vase to put it in. “There ought to be something–anything! I mean, there should be a connection, a clue as to why this is all happening, I can’t–”“Aeon, don’t you have anything in mind that you should do rather than pestering me? I am pretty sure there is more things that could entertain you rather than- ”“I am not pestering you, I am merely pointing out certain things that I consider–dodgy...”“Aeon, you are delving into things that are ought to not be thought so much about, get on with it already and have yo
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Chapter 25CAELUMBut I didn’t hear what he has to say as I stepped back, bumping into someone. Blinking, I turn around, noticing my front door at The Chateau as it remain wide open while someone is crouched next to it, screaming, “No please, don’t!”The red hair is noticeable anywhere she opted to appear. I take a tentative step and ask, “Rubin?”Rubin looks up from her crouched form and pushed her bushy red hair back, making it even more wilder than before. She stands up, “Oh, Caelum!” she rushes at me, hands outstretched. Before I notice what she is doing, her hands were around my neck and she is holding to me tightly, shaking like a leaf. I let her cling unto me, her feet high up as she straddled my waist. “Rubin–”“Oh! Sorry...” She lets go of my neck and stand on her feet. Staring down on my hands, her eyes zeroed at the flowers I am still holding. “Is that for me?” I glared at her, my lips forming into a frown as I listened to her next words, “It doesn’t suit you, give it to m
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Chapter 26RUBINMy lips tingled as I glared at his back, pulling my robes. I raised my hand only to stop–Nope! I won’t wipe it. I smiled and tried to stop myself from giggling. “Oi!”Caelum turns at me and I hide my smile with the flower, making him frown. He takes my arm and dragged me up the hill, revealing the beautiful view of the field around us, “Wow!” Caelum’s lips pull from the side as he smirked, letting go of my arm as he shuffled back at the table, snatching some scissors and gloves, “Who plant all these flowers?”He raised a delicate eyebrow at my question before smirking once again, “No one but I, silly. Do you expect anyone else?” He boasted, snapping the glove on his hand. “That’s impossible. I mean, how can you plant all these flowers? There is so many of them!” “Years and years of cultivating, and a lot of patience, of course.” “This is majestic, even grander than any of the garden I saw. I mean, it’s a field of flowers with different variations! How is that pos
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Chapter 27“Then why did you egged him on if you knew he’s bound to act like that?” I asked, swiftly avoiding the glare directed on my way as I explored my new surroundings, not waiting for his reply. The fountain was consisted of hundred little cherubim placed next to each other, arrows in their hands and at their point, water flows out creating little splashes on the pond below. I slowly walked around the fountain and came face to face with an ancient wooden door, intricate design and symbols surrounding the golden knocker which was also fashioned into a little cherubim whose hands are bound; Wide windows framed the front while the russet tiles on the floor reflected the harsh sunlight. “This is like a castle,”“It is, but we call it, Autahvuwns Manor,” Aeon mused before marching up the door. He motioned for me and I followed him, a step away. Aeon’s hands lingered over the golden handles, his hands skimming the cherubim as he hesitated. “Why are you not opening it?“I am afraid o
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