"You guys should stop saying that. Cristiano and I are not," I clarified to them.I only had a quick make-up done there, and I wore simple clothes. Mommy is not in the room where I am, and I know that until now she and Cristiano were still together outside. I want to know what they're talking about, so I'm anxious to get out there, even though I'm not sure I'll know what it is.A few moments later, Janeth came to call me because the press conference was about to start. When I heard that, I started to get nervous because it was my first time. As far as I know, it doesn't last long, so that's all I'm holding on to. As long as I clear my name, that's fine with me.I went out of the room and found Mommy there, who was no longer with Cristiano, so I slightly opened my eyes to look for him, only to find that Mommy immediately asked me."Are you ready?" Mommy asked me.She looked at me and saw what I was wearing. I took a deep breath so Mommy wouldn't notice that I was nervous before answeri
I was still nervous even though the interview was about to end, especially when it was about my love life with Cristiano. There is a part of me that wants us to ask about that because even I am curious about his love life. "Are you single now, Mr. Cristiano?" asked an interviewer there. I kept looking at them in front of me and preparing myself for the audible answer from Cristiano. I also smiled when I remembered what Liam and Lucas told me—that they had been with his girlfriend for a long time. I'm sure they know the girl, and they just don't want to introduce her to me because they still think I still like Cristiano to this day. "Yes," Cristiano answered sparingly. The smile on my lips gradually disappeared when I heard that from him; that's why I looked at him in surprise because he mentioned to me earlier that he has a girlfriend. When he saw my reaction, he also looked at me with a frown. My eyes widened slightly, and I immediately looked away from him. "But you had a girlf
It took a while to get there, so I quietly continued eating there. "It's alright, Hijo. You're not forced to tell your story. I'm just curious!" Mommy laughed and said. "No, Tita. It's fine. I'm about to share that with Mom and Dad," Cristiano replied. "Yeah, we don't know the reason either. They're also our family, Cristiano, so maybe it's fine if they find out, right?" Aunt Lisette said one after the other. I took a deep breath and put down my fork before speaking. "No. I'm sorry, Tita, but I don't agree with that. It's fine, Cristiano. We don't need to hear that. It's your right to have privacy. I interrupted the conversation there. "Yes, Lily is right. Maybe it's up to you and the family if you're not comfortable with us hearing that," Sabrina added. I nodded and breathed a sigh of relief because she helped me there. "It's okay, Lily and Sabrina. Thanks for that, but yeah, I can also share it with you. You're family to me," answered Cristiano. I nodded and just shrugged m
I went outside of that room. We're upstairs, so I can't come down right away. I just walked quickly there, even though I didn't know where I was going. My feet took me to the outdoor restaurant in that hotel. No one eats much there because it's too windy and cold. The strong wind hit my face, and I savored the fresh air while closing my eyes. As time goes on, I feel that my life is becoming more complicated. First, I had a one-night stand with Cristiano without knowing that he was the older brother of one of my best friends; second, Mr. Reyes and I even had an issue with the fact that I was his mistress. Now it was Liam who suddenly confessed to me in front of our parents. I stayed there for a while with my eyes closed and thought about what I should fix first. I saw that Liam was sincere in what he said earlier. I didn't know that since we've been friends for so long, he has developed more feelings for me. I couldn't believe it because, since we were children, we treated each other
To this day, I still can't believe what Cristiano said. I feel like it's just a dream to have someone like him tell you that you're beautiful. I don't know if it's right for me to be thrilled with him at those points because of the number of problems I have. "Maybe Liam just got used to me being with him all the time. He was just shocked," I said. I'm ashamed now, especially when I remember how Liam confessed in front of our parents and how I ran away from him earlier in front of Cristiano because I didn't know what my answer would be. I was also shocked by the events. Cristiano laughed a little again, so I looked at him with a frown. I also looked at how he drives effortlessly while just chilling, leaning on the driver's seat, and looking straight at the road. He shook his head before speaking. "My two brothers are fighting because of you. Did Lucas also confess to you?" he asked. I quickly shook my head because I was confident that no matter what happened, Lucas would never lik
I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that there was still a bottle of Chateau Margaux wine there. I remembered that it was a gift from Marcus, and I really didn't drink it because it was quite expensive. Now I can open it and drink it because it would be a shame if I had a Christianous Smith drink ordinary wine. "You saved me tonight," I whispered into the wine. Feeling so relieved, I hugged it, but when I remembered that Cristiano was with me in the condo, my heart started pounding again. I took a deep breath before taking two wine glasses from there and returning to the living room, where I left Cristiano. When I saw Cristiano sitting quietly on the sofa where I left him earlier, I felt my cheeks heat up. His back was leaning there while one of his thighs rested on his knee. He wasn't doing anything else there, and it was as if he were just bent over, as if he were deep in thought. "I'm sorry. Did I take too long?" I asked him. I don't even know what to say to break our silen
"Alright, Lily. Let's not talk about it. I want to rest my mind even just tonight," Cristiano told me. I nodded and poured wine into my glass again. I was suddenly embarrassed because maybe he really didn't want to talk about it, and I opened the topic about it. "I'm sorry if I gave an opinion, but you're right. Let's not talk about it. We're here to relax and chill," I replied to him. He didn't speak, so I drank wine again. I also just realized that the wine that Marcus gave me as a gift was delicious. When we meet again, I will request that he buy me something like that again. "It's alright, Lily. I also asked about your love life, so it's fine that we talked about mine," said Cristiano. He came to the table and poured wine into his glass, so I just watched him while thinking about what could be our new topic. I can't tell him to go home because I don't know anything we can talk about there. "Does the wine taste good?" I asked him. "Yeah, yeah! Actually, it tastes good. Your
When I called Stella and Marcus, I said there was an emergency and they needed to come to my condo. They didn't ask for anything else because they quickly left their house. "Maybe those two will hate us when they find out that we just pranked them!" Caroline said, laughing. She's starting to drink now, so I'm not in the mood to drink hard drinks. That's why I'm drinking the wine that Cristiano and I have left over now. "If I don't say it's an emergency, they won't come here," I said. "That's right. It's still hard to invite those two, especially when it's this late," Caroline answered. The two of us just drank there while waiting for our two friends, and I told her everything that happened to me that whole week. At first, I was too shy to tell her what happened to me and Cristiano, but when she opened up about it, I just followed her. I just can't believe that the world is really so small. Can you believe it? That the man that Stella's dad was dating for her also had a one-night