Lester City.Kimpiski Hotel
The flowers were in full bloom, and the breeze carried the floral fragrance with it. But Lucia Carlvastan was unable to admire its beauty, as the scene before her seemed to suffocate her. Warm light spilled on the ground as a couple of familiar yet unfamiliar silhouettes embraced each other under a tree.“Johnny…” The lady’s voice was gentle and soft. Her fair arms were wrapped around his neck as she rested her head on his chest affectionately. The man seemed to have other considerations. After some hesitation, he gently and slowly pushed her away. When Johnny Corona looked in Lucia's direction, she quickly hid behind the tree so that others would not notice them. She heard Johnny say, “Renata, you said you were going to give me a surprise. What is it?” Renata's voice was sweet and her tone a little shy as she quietly said, “ Johnny, I’m pregnant. " Pregnant! Lucia's face blanched as soon as she heard her. Her eyes widened in horror as her face turned pale.“What?!” Johnny appeared shocked, too.“ Johnny, I’m pregnant!” Renata threw herself into his arms and hugged him, her face filled with bliss. “I’m carrying our baby. You’ll be a father soon, are you happy?” Johnny lowered his head, his expression still stunned, and furrowed his brows slightly. “When was this?” “Three months ago .”With her body against his, Renata looked up slightly and glanced towards Lucia's direction. Her lips curled up, making her appear a little sly. Of course, she knew Lucia was standing behind that tree, watching them. Otherwise, why would she be putting on this show for her to watch? “ It was on the day Sister went for a shoot. I, I .... ” She hid her face in his embrace shyly. Three months ago, so .... it was at that time? Lucia was out of town three months ago. She didn't think that while she was away battling with her problems, her " fiance" and " sister" would be having fun behind her back. Ha... Renata said a lot of things after, but Lucia could not hear anything else as she stumbled out of her hiding place. As she walked away, she heard Johnny say, “Let’s go back. We’ve been out here too long, people will get suspicious.” Then they got up and started walking back into the hotel. Lucia walked listlessly out of the hotel. She definitely could not let them know she's seen them together. Of course, she was not aware that Renata had all this planned. Walking out of the hotel, she hailed a taxi. "Where to, ma'am? " the driver asked. "Please, just get me out of here. " The driver looked at her through the mirror and started moving away from the hotel. As they drove around, Lucia couldn't help but reminisce about how Johnny had wooed her back then. He did everything possible to make her his girlfriend. But now there he was, going out with her sister. A tear rolled down her face as she thought about these things. The driver kept looking at her through the rearview mirror. Seeing that she was shedding tears, he couldn't help but shake his head. After driving around for an hour, the driver stopped the car by the roadside and turned to look at her. "Ma'am, we've been driving for an hour. " Lucia looked up hearing him say that. Looking at her surrounding, she saw " club 50" written infront of an up scale building. " I'll drop off here. thank you. " The driver looked at her, wanting to say something, but she had already gotten out of the car. He shook his head and drove off. Lucia looked at the bustling Street in a daze. She couldn't even feel the cold, as she stood in the same place. She just couldn't figure out how and when Johnny got together with Renata. she took a deep breathe, and walked into the club. Looking around for a while, she went straight to the bar counter and sat on a high stool. She ordered a drink, sat down and sipped on it as she listened to the booming music in the background. She got tipsy as she continued to ask for bottle after bottle. The club got hyper as more and more people streamed in. Lucia who had her head on the counter started to doze off. In a closed cubicle on one of the floors of the building, a man clad in a black suit sat among a group of men and women. He had a wine glass in his hands, as he looked at the men and women play and drink. One of them suggested they play truth or dare and the rest of them agreed. Guston who was among the men turned to look at him and said; " big bro, you should join us. " The man glanced side ways at him. Guston shrank his neck as he was about to tell him it was fine if he didn't want to. But just then the man got up and went close to the table. Those watching were dumbfounded, as Mr Acosta isn't someone who would usually play this kind of games. It seems he's in a good mood today, some thought. Even Guston was astonished to see his big bro participate in this kind of game for the first time in two years. They started the game and it was getting very interesting as people spilled out truths and did dares that was unimaginable. As it went on, it finally got to Gustons turn. He did a dare which said he was to kiss the first lady that enters the room. While no one came they passed on to Leon Acosta's turn. The room suddenly became quiet, as everyone was wondering what he'll choose. Guston was waiting for this very opportunity. He was going make sure that Leon would do the most difficult dare today. " big bro truth or dare? " Leon looked at the lot in the room and raised his lips into a smirk. " Dare" he said. The room became quiet for a second. A dare! He chose a dare! The room started buzzing after they heard what he said. who has the courage to make this young master do a dare? With this thought they all turned to look at Guston. He was the one who made this big baby join the game anyway. With everyone's eyes on him, Guston rubbed his hand together and looked at Leon. " big bro, my men would go down to the pub and bring which ever lady they meet on the way. And you're going to spend the night with her in the same room. " Leon raised his brow when he finished. And everyone was looking at both of them, waiting for Leon to say that he'll take the punishment after hearing the dare. But.... " alright " That was what he said. The men in the room looked at him with a shocked expression. Leon was willing to spend the night with a woman? In the same room? It's not that he fit like women, but for the past two years now, he's been avoiding women like a plague. Guston was as fast as lighting as he bolted to the door to talk to his gaurds. After he came back, the game couldn't continue with the same enthusiasm. After all they were all looking forward to who would be brought in to spend the night with " prince charming" . The ladies started wisppering to each on how jealous they were of the woman who would get to spend the night with Leon. The game was thus stopped as everyone went back to drinking. The man in the limelight sat in the middle without caring for what was going on around him as he continued to sip on his wine. Soon, Guston's guards came to wispper something into his ears. He looked at the man beside him and smirked.“I didn’t think that this cute little Lolita would be such a bully. As expected of a princess of a rich family. They always feel they’re above everyone else.” Jael lamented as they made their way downstairs.“Let’s just mind our business while we’re here. We only have six months to perfect our courses before we debut.”“Yeah, I’m aware of that.” Jael pouted.it’s not like we’ll be the ones looking for trouble anyway. I just hope some people won’t come looking for our trouble.”Going downstairs and out of the building, they walked towards the main building. Before they got to the main building, though, they had to pass by the male dormitory.As they turned into a corner facing the main building, they bumped into a teenage boy who was between fifteen and seventeen years old, trying to run away from some people.“I’m sorry… I’m really sorry.” He shouted as he left them and climbed up the window of the basement of the male dorm building. Just as Jael was about to shout after him, a group
Lucia entered Pablo’s room after taking a shower. Looking at the young boy snuggled under a blanket, a fleeting smile formed at the corners of her lips. She sat on a chair beside his bed and arranged his blanket, covering him properly.Thinking of what Johnny said today, she couldn’t be more grateful to Leon. There was no harm in moving on with her life. And in these past few months, Leon has always been around to keep things in order in her life. He has basically taken care of everything concerning both her and Pablo, even to the extent that all those around her who have been good to her are also secretly getting help from him. For instance, Auntie Pam’s grandson, who just finished college and was in search of work, suddenly got an appointment letter from a company in her hometown.She was ready to finally move on. She would no longer dwell on the past. With this thought in mind, she kissed Pablo good night and walked out, closing the door gently behind her.Very soon, a call came in
Sundown district… As the main gate opened, the car entered the drive way and drove towards the garage. As it passed by the fountain, the noticed two cars parked in the drive way. One was an unfamiliar car, but the other one even if burnt to ashes Leon would be able to identify it. The atmosphere immediately changed. His aura became so cold; you would think hades just descended from hell. Even the chauffeur could feel his bones tremble. He didn’t know why the old master was here, but it definitely wasn’t for something good. He parked the car in the garage and left as soon as he switched off the engine. He didn’t want to be at the cross fire of both masters. Though he wondered why the old master would go out of his way to come visit this grandson. It’s been close to eight years since he last met him. Of course it was the young master that refused to see him. After all, what happened back then was a very huge issue that cost the young master the life of a person he valued the most.
Lucia on the other hand walked towards Leon while everyone’s eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. Who is this lady that can just walk towards Leon without being pushed aside by his cold aura? As Lucia got closer, she couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. Especially after what happened between them the other night. They have actually not communicated since that night. She didn’t know how to face him. Leon stood up as Lucia approached. Everyone around them held their breathe when this happened. This young master was really pissed this time. He isn’t even giving his best friend face and is about to walk away. Even Lucia was baffled as to why he’s suddenly stood up. As everyone was thinking this, the man in question walked towards Lucia, and pulled her into his arms.The people in the room “……!!!?” What the h*ll just happened? What did they just witness?! Did Leon, who was as cold and emotionless as an ice mountain… did he just hug a woman in front of them? This was like a moun
Jael broke the silence by exclaiming “Is my male god here as well?” she turned to Lucia who looked more surprised than she was, judging from how red her face was at the moment.The other two girls looked at each other. From the conversation of these two, they could tell that Lucia’s boyfriend was here in this club as well. And was even seated in the VIP room. It just shows how influential this person was. They couldn’t help but be more curious as to who he really is. Lucia pushed her hair behind her ear, indicating that she was nervous and expectant as well. She hoped to see Leon, at the same time she was nervous of him entering their private room, with her friends around. “I don’t know. He didn’t say anything about coming here.” She replied Jael. Maybe he came here for business as well.” “Well, you may be right… But he could be here because a certain someone is here.” Jael smirked as she said mischievously. Lucia glared at her, abashed. She also wanted to know why Leon was there
These were their roommates and she thought to just invite them, since they didn’t have any more friends. Who would have thought that they were this brainless? Lucia ignored them. These girls were very superficial. They only cared about fancy cloths and big brands. She wasn’t very close with them, but just because they shared a room and the fact that they didn’t have anybody else to invite, she didn’t mind it when Jael wanted to invite them. Anyway, it’ll end after today. They walked into the pub. As they walked inside, Ronnie Ann gasped at the beautiful and luxurious decoration. It wasn’t too high profile, but you could see that a lot of effort had been put into making it this cool. No wonder a lot of bigshots come here for business purposes. It makes one feel comfortable. A bar hostess immediately led them to their private room as soon as Lucia gave her name. She took them to a private room on the second floor. After entering, Ronnie Ann and the other roommate started to order. Jael l