Older sister

Lucia buried her head in between her knees. Sobbing. She started to become uncomfortable.

"Lucia, are you alright?" Ricardo asked.

She was surprised, he didn't call her to miss. instead, he called her by her name. He did the same last night when he looked for her. It seems he becomes considerate whenever he feared something that happened to her.

She looked up at him.

"we..We're going to die here right?" she trembled.

"No, we are not going to die. Why do you think so?"

"There's no fucking ventilation in here, we'll die once the Little air runs out."

"Don't worry, someone will get out soon."

"How soon? we've been here for almost an hour, besides there's no signal." She yelled out, crying loudly.

This time, he sits close to her and hugged her.

He admits caring for her at that moment and didn't want to see her crying.

He used his thumb to wipe the tears off her eyes slowly. Let's just sleep till they come.

They were still in the dark, elevator for a while.

Lucia woke up from her nap and stared at Ricardo who was still sleeping.

she wondered what was going through his mind. How did he manage to remain calm in this situation? "Are all bodyguards trained this way? Hard-hearted and fearless?" She mumbled to herself.

"If we're going to die, I would love to have my first kiss with you." She said and kissed him deeply. He didn't push her, instead, he returned the kiss and held her head for support.

They were still in the kiss and didn't notice when the elevator opened. Many people stared at them.

Ricardo quickly pushed her off, breaking the kiss, and stood up immediately. He turned to look at the people then he helped her up. The four bodyguards with them stood amongst the people who saw them kissing.

Immediately Lucia covered her mouth and ran toward the bathroom in the lobby, she looked irritated and was about to vomit.

Ricardo saw the people turn to him.

"Was my kiss that bad she wanted to vomit?" He asked himself. He was angry and at the same time embarrassed. A woman vomited after kissing him.

He then goes on to blame the manager of the hotel for the elevator incident.

In the speeding car, Lucia was quiet and embarrassed.

She had vomited immediately after they kissed and she knew he wasn't happy with it.

She stared at him through the mirror for a while. His gazes were focused on the road.

when they arrived at the villa, it was already evening. "Ricardo." She called out and was about to talk. Then he interrupted her.

"Miss, if you don't need anything else. I'll have the car parked and join you inside," he said briefly, without turning to look at her. Ricardo was purposely avoiding Lucia.

immediately after Lucia entered the mansion, two maids approached her. "Welcome young mistress." and Collected her luggage.

"The mansion changed a lot," she mumbled. It's been ten years. She left and now she was here again. 

They walked through the hallway and headed for the living room.

The maids directed her to the dining room, it was evening and they were having dinner already.

She sees aunt Claudia who used to be her mum's best friend. All over her dad.

She smiled and thought to herself.

"Who knew this sly fox had eyes for my dad years ago?." 

They noticed her presence and Claudia shifted from Mr. Roberto.

"Lucia, when did you arrive?" Claudia asked politely, She looked really happy but she wasn't.

rather, she wished Lucia had died on the way.

Lucia didn't smile or plan to pretend.

"Hi." She answered back.

"Lucia, how are you?" Mr. Roberto's bold voice sounded. 

"I'm fine dad." Lucia didn't look happy, everything reminded her of her mother. How Claudia who is now Mrs. Roberto used to come over and was seen as her mum's best friend.

"The table turns right?" She said out and they understood what she meant.

She watched a lady who looked a bit like her age than her walk down the stairs. She wore a simple black gown but still looked very beautiful. She had her short blonde hair packed halfway and the rest brushing against her shoulders.

The lady frowned immediately after she saw Lucia. Lucia also gave an unpleasant facial expression.

"Dad." The girl goes to hug Mr. Roberto and peck Claudia. Ignoring Lucia.

Lucia gave her dad the who is she? looks.

She heard very well the girl call her father dad.

But she didn't understand, the girl was about her age, if not older. As far as she knew, Aunt Claudia was single and didn't tell her mother about her having a child.

"Lucia, she's your older sister Maria. pay your respect." Roberto said.

"older sister? I don't remember my mother telling me that, where did she come from?" She asked. provoked.

"Lucia," Claudia called out.

"What the fuck? Dad, I deserve an explanation." She almost flared up.

"We had her before I married your mother," Roberto explained briefly.

"Lucia, we didn't mean to hide it from you. we had her even before he met your mother. Situations didn't allow us to get married and we got separated and met again after he had already married your mother." Claudia explained, looking sorry and apologetic.

Lucia didn't buy her pretense, Claudia had always wanted her mother's husband to herself. Maybe she came up with the child story to have him marry her.

"Dad, do you believe she is your child?" She asked.

"Lucia, don't insult me by calling me an illegitimate child." Maria finally spoke and Lucia gave her a Stern look.

Claudia pinched Maria's thighs slowly. Gesturing to her not to talk and she understood immediately.

Lucia who noticed smiled and said.

"like mother like daughter, An apple doesn't fall far from its tree."

"Mind your language young woman." Immediately after he said that Ricardo walked into them arguing.

"I don't care where you came from or who you are, my dad has only one child, which is me." She turned and she left them.

I Roberto gave Ricardo a go-ahead to follow her upstairs and he did.