"It's my fault," Josephine kept repeating in her mind as Sullivan drove. She blames herself for everything. If only she had listened to him. If only he never ate that food, all these wouldn't have happened to him. And it was her fault. She did that to him, and now, she is not so sure anymore. The evening is already setting in and Sullivan drove into a narrow way which had trees surrounding every path. The ride was rough but no one cares as they just have to keep going. At a point, they got lost, not knowing the right path, but Sullivan was able to get back on track but it’s just that, they were a little too late.The evening before, when Sullivan saw the necklace Josephine held, he suddenly had a memory recollection. He has seen it somewhere before, just exactly the way it is. It was part of Mathian Gray’s collection back when he was still alive. When young Sullivan had questioned him on why he kept those things and pointed to that particular necklace, Mathian had said that he wants
Josephine_So much has happened in a year when I met Lucas and so much has changed after a year he left. I still remember that night, losing the grasp of his hand and watching him die right in front of my eyes. That memory still haunts me. I keep telling myself he should not have been the one to die, but, I can never change what fate has in store for us. If I could, then I would have wished we never met. It is sad, but maybe it would have hurt less. Maybe we wouldn’t have gone through a pain like this. Maybe our lives would have been better. Maybe no one would have had to die.Matilda just got married to her long boyfriend, Gabriel, and nothing can describe the happiness I have for the both of them. It was a double celebration because she is expecting, very soon. But one would think I have no happiness at all. It was the kind where i was rejoicing inside me but my face holds no emotions at all. I guess I already turned cold myself. Even my smile does not believe I am happy when I indee
The cold night breeze swept past Josephine Jenkins and she shivered, but that did not stop her from walking. She didn’t know for how long she had been walking and her legs were already starting to ache but she does not seem to care as her only goal was to just keep walking, to wherever her legs would take her.As she continued to walk, her legs wobbled till the heel of one of the shoes she was wearing finally broke off but that was not enough to stop her from walking either. Instead, she let the shoe slip away from her foot and then, she eventually let the other one go. Now, she walked barefooted and ignored the stares of the people on the streets, staring at her.She did not care what they may think of her and did not care about what they say. Right now, her greatest concern was that, she had been betrayed, not only by her best friend. Maya, but by her fiancé and others who she thought were her friends, not until this evening.She loved Brian and they got engaged a month ago. She rem
By the time Josephine woke up from her unconscious state, it was morning already. She groaned and managed to sit up on the bed before noticing that she was in an unfamiliar room.“Where is this place?” she muttered to herself and rubbed her eyes to have a proper view of where she was and that was when her eyes fell on a glass with red liquid inside.The scene of yesterday suddenly flashed in her mind and she immediately got out of bed, flinging the sheet out of her body. Her eyes scanned the room again to make sure no one was there with her and she walked to the table where the glass was placed. She bent her upper body and placed her nose next to the glass to perceive it before dipping one finger inside. She brought the finger to her eye level to have a proper look at it.“Did the bartender drug me?” she asked herself with a slight frown on her face and as she stared at the red liquid on her finger, the image of red eyes flashed across her mind and she gasped almost immediately.Josep
Josephine walked out of the bathroom and moved slowly to stand in the center of the room. She was putting on a short white gown with collar and a black heel and then she stared at Lucas. She noticed his eyes on her body and saw him brought his finger to his lips before standing from the chair. He moved towards the standing mirror and stretched his hand forward.“Come here,” he ordered and Josephine went stiff before moving her feet towards him sluggishly.When she reached his side, he grabbed her arm and made her stand in front of the mirror properly, her heart jumping at the same time at the sudden pull. Josephine stared at her reflection in the mirror and shifted her eyes to look at the vampire behind her. Their eyes met and she quickly looked away.“Your face doesn’t look so bad without makeup,” he said in his deep voice and Josephine felt his breath on her skin. Cold shiver ran down her spine immediately and she tried to steady her breathing.“I’m not used to wearing makeup on my
Josephine stared at her small bag with her eyes dull. There were lots of things going on through her mind and they were things like; what could he possibly be doing right now? What happened after she left the party? Did it end or...did it continue? Did everyone pretend not to care or they didn’t really care? What would happen to her wedding? And then she blamed herself. She blamed herself for walking out of the house, for not querying Brian. Why did he do what he did? Was there a fault he saw in her or was she not attracted to him enough? Were all the years they have both spent together a lie? Did he never love her? But then, she should have known Maya better. She is a traitor and she should have known that she was always attracted to Brian for some reasons she didn’t know but had decided to ignore it since she was confident that she would get married to Brian. But that confidence broke when she saw them in bed together.She opened her bag and brought out her phone. She stared at the
Josephine knew he was daring her and she knows that he would not hand it over to her easily. She just has to play along and then when she gets her hand on the ring, she would escape and go far away, where he would not be able to reach her.She turned her head away and stared ahead of her. They soon arrived at their destination and the driver stopped the car. He got down from it and went to open the door for Lucas.“Don’t step out of the car,” he said while staring into her eyes. It was more like a warning and Josephine found herself nodding.She watched him step out of the car and then the door was shut. From the inside, she could see through the glass, a lady who appeared from inside the house and she saw Lucas walk up to her before giving her a kiss on the cheek.She looks too young to be his girlfriend, Josephine thought as she watch them and then she saw him give her the parcel. The lady jumped on him, hugging him and then they had small talks before she waved at him and walked ba
Thirty minutes had passed since Josephine walked inside Lucas office with Michael and she now sit on a chair with her back leaned against it and her legs crossed. Opposite to where she was sitting was Michael, his eyes on her and Josephine felt uncomfortable. She had adjusted herself so many times within those minutes and she can’t seem to stop moving her body from time to time as wild thoughts crossed her mind.She heard her stomach grumble and she groaned, rubbing it with a tired expression on her face. Raising her eyes to look at Michael, she deliberated on either to ask him if there was anything she could eat or not and she set her lips into a thin line.Seeing her expression, Michael asked, “Is there anything you want to ask me?”“Huh?” Josephine raised her eyes and said, “Oh that, I was just wondering if you could please order something for me?” she said with doubts in her voice. “As you can see, I am very hungry and your boss hasn’t been kind enough to even offer me water. He wo