Before I Love You

"SELENE!" Someone in the kitchen yelled. Her name has been called dozens of times, but she refuses to answer and instead struggles with her favorite red fleece blanket.The girl shifted her sleeping position to the right side, pulling the pillow behind her and covering her left ear with the soft object. She is hoping not to hear her mother's angry yells."Selene!"A middle-aged woman pried open the child's room door. She carried her legs with her hips towards Selene, who was suffocating a pair of ears with a pillow."Can't you be a helpful kid?"The woman became enraged. She yanked and tossed the lavender-covered pillow around before grabbing the brown mane of the girl who was lying on her back at the time.The girl sat on the edge of the bed, her head raised, staring at her mother with all her rage."You did manage to squander thousands of dollars that would have gone into my pocket, you son of a b*tch!"After successfully venting her r

"Morning, baby girl?" Jamie's greeting managed to stop Selene who was settling like she wanted to escape and avoided the host who was enjoying a healthy breakfast. The blonde turned around —throwing her knot smile at Jamie who was staring at her expressionlessly. Selene rushed to bring her legs to the dinner table, then chose to sit on an empty chair on Jamie's right side. "Never skip breakfast." messaged Jamie. Both corners of Jamie's lips lifted up as Selene gave a nod. The girl hurriedly grabbed a glass of milk in front of him, then gulped it down until it ran out of flavorless. Jamie's smile expanded after watching Selene who managed to gulp down her homemade almond milk. Although Jamie can even order anyone to make,

It is six o'clock in the morning. From behind the thin pillow, the metal body phone with the rose gold plate around it vibrates loudly. The flat object continued to roar, pleading with its owner to calm him down — at least according to the time displayed on the screen at the time.A young woman squirmed as she moaned. She carefully lifted some of the thin pillows she was wearing as a head support, then took out her cell phone, which had been screaming for a few minutes to be noticed even for a few seconds.After catching sight of the number printed on the digital clock on the screen, the girl with long hair immediately turned off her smartphone. 6:00 a.m. That is, the object has been flailing around for 16 minutes.She slowly yanked away the white blanket she'd been wearing since last night, when she'd managed

"Hey?" Eric and Daniele swiftly approached Zoe who had just opened her eyes —unconscious after battling her panic attack. Zoe frowned when she found herself in a hospital room with an IV tube connected to her left hand. Eric and Daniele stared at her uncertainly, worried and curious into one. "You okay?" Eric was the first to voice his concern for Zoe. "How are you feeling, hmm?" said Daniele spontaneously. Zoe shrugged. Three seconds later she rolled her eyes when Eric and Daniele were still staring at her with all the doubts that never faded. "Hey! I'm okay, I'm just... I don't know. I'm just fine, okay?" Zoe tried to convince her two best friends with all the words that d