SQUAD

Chapter 7 Squad

Clear pale skin, long eyelashes covering a glass like turquoise eyes that look like it's about to suck in those who dare stare at it. Thin rosy lips, a pair of deep dimples that show whenever he smiles, tall stature that stands between 6’1 or 6’2. Wearing long-sleeved white polo and slick black slacks that highlights his long attractive legs even more. His pale slender fingers made its way to her head and pats it gently.

“I’m sorry it took me this long, I almost lost you there.” he said while brushing her hair with his fingers.

“Augustine” Yana uttered, still surprised by the sudden appearance of a man that she can never forget.

“Now, now let us not get dramatic here honey, I was supposed to meet you later at our place to surprise you, but the situation calls for me. Your choice for men has gotten bad Yana. Bad is not even a word to describe him, he was undeniably rotten. I must wash your eyes with holy water.” hearing him nag, Yana loosened up and immediately forgot about what happened earlier.

“So, I heard you're getting divorced? Do you need my ‘help’?” shaking her head, Yana immediately rejected his suggestion, she knew better what help is for him. Last thing she wants to happen is finding Xuan dead at home.

“Yes, he agreed with it immediately, he must've been itching to marry his woman” Yana answered and glanced at the handsome man beside her, Augustine Kings, her childhood best friend and somehow was her first love. The man as a child was and is still as handsome as ever, a genius and undeniably talented at that. Ever since they were young children, Augustine already earned the title as the prince charming of young girls like her. And as they grew up, the young prince bloomed as the ‘his highness the king’, not only their personalities bloomed, but her feelings as well. It was a pity that her unrequited love was forgotten after he moved overseas to study.

Her choice for men really was bad, her first love was a prince that never belonged to her and her second was a rotten boy pretending to be a man. How tragic, she thought and smiled stupidly which earned her a knock on her head.

“How about you Aus.? You must be married now.”

“Aah, years ago, I was supposed to get married, but the woman was terrified of me that she married a bastard.”

“She must be blind to reject his highness Augustine” she mocked and also felt annoyed at the woman, how stupid.

Seeing her scrunched up brows Augustine chuckled and thought about how naive and numb she is. It seems that he has to step up his game, he will surely have a hard time with this wonderful naive woman.

Arriving at the nightclub that they used to go to, Augustine opened the door for her and guided her with his hand on her waist. Sighing at herself, this man will surely be the death of every woman, his chivalrous attitude will swoop a woman's heart as easily as anyone could ever do.

Walking inside a silent room, Yana felt a little nervous, she had made a bad decision and she does not know if they are still willing to treat her as their friend after she casted them off for a man who ended up hurting her. Sensing that her hands are getting cold, Yana subconsciously reached for something, anything that will ease her emotions. And it happened that Augustine removed his hands from his pocket so it brushed Yana’s in which she quickly grasped. Glancing at her pale face Augustine just let her be, besides it will be a good one for him to hold her hands. Drawing circles on the back of her hand with his thumb, Yana’s nervous face now eased unaware that she was slowly relying on him.

Inside the room are her friends who were by her side for years, each of them eagerly looking at her, seeing them again, Yana felt all the sadness she had to endure for years rushed into her. In this squad that they have in here, she was the youngest and the most treasured. So, after seeing their faces again felt like she is a child waiting for her parents’ permission to come over.

Biting her lower lip to hide the embarrassment she felt, Yana really wanted to hug them and whine about all of her pain, but she won’t. It’s better for her to just suck it all in by herself, she caused this pain so she has to face it alone.

“What are you standing there for! Come here and cry, don’t hold it in idiot!” a loud nagging voice from the eldest among the women in their group, Traci Norris, the frank and feisty woman in their group. At the age of 29, the woman has already become a very successful psychologist, whenever the group needs someone to talk to, she is the person that they run to.

“Do you want us to drag you from the door to here? Hey Augustine, are you sure that's our Allana the great? “Maisie Watson, the ultimate its girl of the group, everyone is charmed by her looks and smooth talks, whatever the person’s orientation is, Maisie will always have a way to bend them over and answer to her calls.

“Go, even if you ignore us for a couple more years, we will still be here dummy.” hearing such assurance from Augustine broke her barriers which quickly caused her tears to fall one after the other. Holding Augustine’s shirt with her one hand and the other covering her red and tear streaked face, crying like a young child in front of the people who filled the empty feeling she had since her family died. If she can’t face her friends, what more to the only living blood relative she had, her grandfather whom she always disappointed.

Feeling the slight tug and an arm embracing her tightly as if protecting her from the world, the comfortable feeling it gave her made her cry even harder. Are this the people she disposed of for a guy who knows nothing about her worth? How stupid was she?

After she calmed down a little Yana sat on the couch and started telling them all the things she experienced, but of course she did not tell them what triggered her to leave him, in which they did not pry anymore, they knew that she was not ready to tell yet.

The whole time that she was crying and whining, her friends just listened to her and chimed whenever it's possible not to forget to curse and despise Xuan every single second that passed. Travis and Leerion would just stay silent but they were already ready to kill Xuan.

Augustine wiped her now swollen eyes and handed her a glass of cold water before going back to typing a series of words to his laptop. This act repeated as if a cycle and the others could only shake their head, a naive girl and an uptight man, ahh Augustine really had it coming. They thought as they silently prayed for his pitiful heart.

…

Midnight passed and Augustine told them to stop drinking and go home in which they immediately obeyed. Travis assisted Leerion who had drunk quite a lot, while Jordi Norris, Traci’s younger cousin. Took care of his girlfriend who was long passed out on the chair with swollen eyes after listening to Allana, while Maisie is at the comfort room with Connor Tamzin who likes the woman a lot but was always rejected. While Traci was sober enough to call a chauffeur to drive her home.

Seeing that everyone is being taken care of, Augustine then told them they were leaving. Wiping Allana’s face Augustine scooped her in his arms and made his way out of the nightclub after telling his assistant to fetch their belongings inside. Dropping her on the passenger seat of his car, Augustine helplessly laughed and tucked the strand of her hair to her ear to show her sleeping face. ‘Beautiful’ he thought.

“Help me Yana, I’m stuck with you. Go ahead and push me away, drive me insane, I still wouldn't change, all this love I feel for you, hate that I felt, but I am still wanting you. I guess I'm stuck with you and I don’t even have anything against loving you, I willingly imprisoned myself for you.” Augustine whispered as he kissed her forehead before securing her seatbelt and starting the engine.

Arriving at the small condo that Allana rented, Augustine moved towards the passenger door and tried to wake her up. Gently tapping her cheeks, Augustine smiled and felt a little content to stay by her side for now.

“Aus.? Are you really back? No fair.” Allana mumbled clearly still not fully sober, wanting to answer her question Augustine caressed her back to bring back her senses. “I hate you” she added which stopped him from his tracks. “Why did you come so late? If you had come back sooner, maybe I won’t meet that jerk nor even think of marrying him. Aus., it hurts.” tears fell as she held unto him. Seeing her this vulnerable made his anger towards Xuan reach unimaginable heights. He gave the man a chance thinking that Allana would be happier with him but to see her this broken made him guilty.

TBC

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