All the cameras were focused on us as he opened the car, revealing me and Leira. This night seems magical for we are like a complete family everyone could wish to have. I fixed my hair before attempting to walk towards Leira, trying to hold her hands, but Steffano instantly carried her and left my hand hanging in the air. I just sighed and diverted my gaze to the crowds ahead of us, and to my surprise, they were smiling at us, thinking that the scene Steffano made recently is the cutest for a small family like I have. My eyes then landed on Leira who’s innocently staring at her feet while still in her Dada’s embrace. I then remembered how she complained about her feet lately. I took a deep breath and went stood straight with poise in front of them, waiting for Steffano to step his feet first before me. I diverted my attention to the opposite side of the crowd when the spotlight is now on us, and the cameras are now spreading like wildfire. I started to get irritated by the flashes of
I instantly stood up and moved my body between them when they were both in the state of almost having a fight. Their eyes were now in a flare, and even their lips were being pressed like madmen. This is so freaking insane. I should do something!“Honey, let’s go,” I said in monotone and clutched my hand to Steffano’s arms to stop him from coming over Freion. I can feel his veins strengthen so that I can’t even make him move in his place. Damn, he’s too strong!I tried not to take a glimpse at Freion for I am fully aware Steffano is just observing my every action. I couldn’t take the risk. This is not what I expected. I don’t know if Steffano knew about me having a past relationship with Freion but I guess he knew that there was something between us, for his senses are too strong to hide even my fear or nervousness.Coming here is really not a good idea. The emcee in front is still busy welcoming the guests, and the program has now started. We can’t make a scene tonight... My hands ar
It’s been so long since I last felt this foreign feeling, I couldn’t even blink normally due to what my heart feels right now. All I could do is to stare at the wall, like what I always do when my mind is in a state of being in turmoil. Breath in, breath out. “He’s your husband, Euphoria. Your husband, okay? Not a high school crush or something,” I reminded myself while my feet is on the wall while my hands were playing with something on the floor of the rooftop. I chuckled upon saying that thought in a whisper. Yes, he is my husband, but I still, feel like I am living with a stranger on whom I have a crush. The last thing I felt about this one is way back in college. When our parents forced us to live under the same roof for us to be so closed since we were about to marry each other when the time comes. Well, we still ended up together, but not in a situation I expected back then. We ended way far from that situation.I can’t help but stare at the millions of stars, shining so brig
The “I miss you...Selina,” he uttered in an instant, making my smile fades away just like that. My lips got pressed together upon trying to control my sudden emotions from its explosion. Damn this feeling of mine. I should not assume in the first place. I shouldn’t have expected it.“I am not Selina,” I said bitterly in a whisper and took his hand away from my wounded finger to mend it myself. My heart began to pound abnormally as his every breath got heavier, and so as his body that is currently laying on my back. He’s so heavy to handle.I sighed in disbelief and tried to lift his body using my bare arms but I failed for he is three times bigger and heavier than me. I took a deep breath as a sign of giving up when I couldn’t even lift his head. I can’t carry him to his bed myself, and can’t leave him in this state either. I have no choice but to sleep with him tonight... with this position? I chuckled in incredulity upon thinking about our situation. The thought of him waking up w
I can’t help but stare at him with tightly pressed lips for the rest of being in silence with him. My fingers were clutched by each other while waiting for our food to be served, fighting with time. We’ve been like this for almost half an hour, and no one would ever dare to talk. Like, who would start an awkward conversation if you’re both born with pride?I sighed with a semi-rolled eye and sat straight in my seat as a sign of giving up. Nothing will happen if I’ll let ourselves be like this the whole time.“Since when did you come back?” I asked bluntly and drank the liquid on the glass before diverting my gaze in his direction. I roamed my eyes around his face, down to his body, and nodded under my head upon realizing that he changed...a lot. He loses his weight but is still one of the most handsome men I know.“Yesterday. Mom’s asking if you’re alright...” he replied while giving me a gaze. I sarcastically chuckled and glance at him straight to his eyes upon hearing that from his
I immediately bid a proper goodbye to my brother and drove fast when I received Steffano’s call. His blazing voice echoed in my mind and all I could distinguish right now is the fact that Leira is currently not in a good condition. I tried not to tremble, but I couldn’t help it since I heard the doctors oozing from the other line. What the hell just happened?It is Elander’s birthday, yet I left him hanging, didn’t even give him any explanations, and just left him just like that. But my priority right now is Leira. I can no longer control the rapid release of air from my lungs, mixed with the abnormal beating of my heart. Damn this.This is all my fault. I shouldn’t have left her alone. I shouldn’t be complacent just because I knew she can now handle herself. She’s still a kid who needs to be watched.I bit my lips upon controlling the steering wheel, my eyes were being focused on the road but my mind is nowhere to be found. I gathered myself together and took a tight grip on the ste
My lips were tightly pressed while staring at Leira who was sleeping in peace. My eyes landed on her thick brows down to her lips and a smile painted on my lips when she ceased her brows. All I could do is pray, hoping for her recovery very soon. I don’t know what happened, but I knew this thing happened due to my carelessness. I will never erase that in my mind, will be carved again and again. I bit my lips upon holding her little hands, pressing them like fragile precious stuff.She fell off the stairs while waiting for her playmate almost an hour before I left the mansion, that is what Steffano said, but I can sense something is off. Well, if there is one person who should be responsible for this matter, it should be nothing but me. I should have known. Leira is still a little kid who needs to be protected with so much care. I am all at fault for I am too complacent that she’ll be okay to be left alone.I sighed upon playing with her small fingers and stood up when someone knocke
If I am in a normal situation, I will surely be nervous with his presence, but since I saw his mistress clinging her arms on his today, all I could do is to roll my eyes with disgust and irritation, but I know, from the deepest part of my heart, I’ve been enduring this so much pain. It is so hard to accept that he had gone this far—disrespecting me. I stood straight while still holding Lebanon’s right arm, didn’t even surprise with Steffano’s presence. I could barely see his reaction, for I am looking opposite to his direction. I tried not to be affected for I don’t want to feed his satisfaction. He don’t deserve it and I don’t deserve to be treated this way. As I slightly diverted my gaze to them, I have noticed Steffano’s fist got tightened upon staring at me slowly loosen my grip on Lebanon’s arm. His jaw clenched with his intersected brows and eyes were now in flare, ready to give Lebanon the taste of its own blood. He really is so aggressive. He then diverted his gaze to me wit