I looked at him. His face is straight, with no emotion at all. He came near me; I straighten my back.
"I heard you, Aliyah. Why are you always saying that? If you don't want me, say it in front of me, in my face. Do you want me to believe what Sonia saying against you?" He was so frustrated.
I will feed him again with my lies, I don't want to, but I need to. This must stop, whatever is going on between us is very wrong.
"Believe to her, then. No one stopping you, in fact, that's what I wanted," I said.
He looked confused now. "What? Aliyah, what are you talking about?"
I looked him in his eyes. "I want you to hate me, I want you to be mad at me. I want to be bad in your eyes, I don't want you looking at me with love and kindness. I want you to look at me with hatred and disgust. Do you understand me, Henry? Hate me please, just hate me. Walk away from me from now on," I said then turned my back to him.
I am the one who walked away from him,
On the next day, I planned to stay in the house and share a story more to Cristel about my life. She was very interested in it. I don't want to go outside; I can't face Henry now. I need him to realize that I am very serious about what I just told him. My problem now is, how I will return this ring he gave to me?"Through Alfredo. You give it to him, and he will return it to Henry," Cristel suggested."Right, but I don't want to go out. How can I give it to him?" I asked her."He will visit me later, after lunch."I nodded, good thing Cristel has Alfredo, or else I have no choice but to face Henry and return this ring. I am very sure that if we meet again, I will fall into his charm again and just break what I just told him last night. His kisses will drown me again and I will forget what I need to do."Aliyah, are you alright? Why your face is so red? Are you having a fever?" Cristel touched my forehead.I dodged. "No, I am alright."
I need to say goodbye to him, right? I don't want to act bitter. I am better. I am Aliyah Arandia, I am a noble nurse, a fighter of diseases, I can face him.I keep saying that to myself for the nth time this day. I am going crazy. After hearing the news about him going on a military mission, I am kind of guilty of what I did to him. But after hearing news about him again, that he and Sonia are now in a romantic relationship, I am pissed! Don't get me wrong, I really want that to happen. But it looks like, he made Sonia a rebound. He was hurt yesterday because of me, yet now, he is dating a new girl that fast. I sighed, okay, whatever."Papa is okay now, Aliyah. No more threats, thank you so much," Cristel whispered."I am so sorry if you have to experience that. I promised that it will never happen again." We make a pinky promise."What are you doing?" Alfredo looked at us with a confused face."Making a pink promise." Cristel showed him our pinky
It was a big mistake of mine. For the nth time, I fell for him again. I shouldn't say that. I should not tell that I love him. I gave him again too much hope."He kissed you?!" Cristel exclaimed."And I kissed back." I was frustrated right now. What if someone saw us?"That was really dangerous, Aliyah. Sonia has many ears and hands on the town," she said."I know, I should have pushed him more. And I shouldn't kiss back!" I am a very problematic person. I push yet I pull."Let just pray that no one saw you. We are done if Sonia hears about what you did." Cristel was very calm but I know she's also worried about what will happen."What if something happened to your parents because of what I did? I know you will get mad at me, but can you forgive me?" I asked her in case something bad happen."I don't know, Aliyah. My family is my everything, if something happened to them, I don't what will I do," she answered.She will not forg
I am completely lost on this day. I waited for days to finally released the bodies of the two Dela Fuente. I used the money I found in their bedroom to give them a decent burial. I did my best to make everything settled for these two beautiful people.After the burial, the upper officials decided to hold all the Dela Fuente's property since their daughter, Criselda Dela Fuente, is nowhere to be found. Although I claimed that I am one of their trusted persons, they don't give me any permission to handle their properties.Upper officials also decided to give the full authority of the town to Sonia's father. They got what they wanted for a long time. They are happy now, but they killed people to be in that position. When I saw Sonia on the day of the declaration of his father's leadership, she was smiling but her eyes were scared. I know because she was the one who killed Cristel's parents. I can't accuse them of anything, I don't have any evidence. If Cristel shows up, t
I worked so hard for the past month. I need to because I need to feed myself. Although Edward is helping a lot, I want to don't abuse his kindness. I helped him manage the farm and the mansion. His daughter became very dependent on me, I liked that. She is always my stress-reliever. Behind the happiness and contentment, I am feeling right now, I still want to know what happened to Cristel and Alfredo. To Henry too.Did he come back already? Is he okay? Is he looking for me? Did he and Sonia already marry each other? I don't think so. If they did, I am in my time right now.Does he remember me? I missed him so much. Every night, I looked at the night sky to remember our first date on 'our' place. It's been a month, everything changed quickly. I don't what is happening now in the town I left."Aliyah, can you clean the bathroom?"I heard Edward called me, he is in the main bathroom of the mansion. I went there, he is on the door and looking at the dirty bat
"Why do you want me to quit my job?" I asked Henry when opened about it."You are not safe here. What did we find out about my parents?" he whispered."That they are part of a terrorist group," I answered."Exactly, and they are here to invest in the illegal business of the owner of this farm. All they know is that I am interested in their legal business that's why I want to come with them. They didn't know that I am here also to investigate them more. I didn't expect to see you here, I'm glad that I chose to come with them." He kissed my cheek.I smiled at him. "Thank you for finding me, but I can't just quit that fast. I didn't know that Edward is engaged in illegal activities, he has a daughter.""You are calling him in his first name," he said then narrowed his eyes at me."Why? He doesn't want me to call any names but his name only." I looked at her serious face."You are taking care of her daughter? Where is his wife?" he asked
"Aliyah, why are you wearing my shirt?"I just finished taking a bath before I go to sleep then I realized, I have nothing to wear. Then, I saw a bag with Henry's things in it."I don't have any clothes to wear. Sorry, I didn't ask for your permission. If you don't want, I can just take it off," I said.He shook his head then cleared his throat. "It's alright, I forgot to buy you a dress. Let's go to your bed."We walked first then I followed him. His shirt is big to me, so it looks like a mini dress on me, showing my legs. I forgot that it is not normal for a lady like me to show too much skin to a man. It's okay as long it was Henry.The house was small and looked very old. And I think this is on the isolated area of the town, far away from the central.He opened the door, a little bedroom with a sofa showed up."This is where you are sleeping," he said.I sat on the bed, showing more skin on my legs. I saw him looking away f
I bit my lower lip before answering him. I don't know what to say."Don't you want me to be your boyfriend?" he asked again.He was asking me that question since this morning before we go to the market to buy myself clothes. Now, we are on the market, Cristel and Alfredo are on the other side while I and Henry are in the clothes section."You are not courting me yet..." I shyly smile."I courted you, remember? But you just keep on resisting me. Come on, Aliyah." His tone was frustrated."Why are you forcing me? That's not right, Mr. Dizon." I chuckled. I picked one dress then faced the mirror."I am not forcing you. Why are you not answering my questions?" he asked, and I saw him pout on his reflection in the mirror. He is so cute."You don't have to tie me up, Henry. My eyes are just for you," I said."Just your eyes?" He smirked."And heart too. Don't you want that?" I gave him the dress I chose."But I want ass