Valentine's Day had finally arrived.Daniel was a bundle of nerves, and spending the day helping him clean his house and prepare the dinner for the evening was getting on my nerves too.I didn't want to prepare anything for that day with Ethan because I knew, thanks to my brother-in-law, that he was planning a surprise for me, a surprise that I hadn't discovered yet.When we finished the preparations, Daniel accompanied me back home. Upon arriving, I saw that Ethan was at home.That surprised me."What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at work?" I looked at him in doubt."Today is a special day. Did you really think I'd forget it and work until so late?" He put his hands on my waist to pull me closer."No, you never forget this day, and you always have some surprise for me." I hugged him, resting my head on his shoulder."Do you want to know your surprise?" Our gazes connected."I should be the one surprising you." I hesitated.Ethan gave me a sly smile and retraced his steps to re
"You shouldn't let anger get the best of you, brother," I tried to advise him."Oh, of course not, that's not going to happen," he murmured, sipping the remnants of his drink."The point is, you should calm down, go and expand your social networks just like she...""She doesn't expand her social networks; she's known him since she was seventeen!" he shouted in frustration, but I continued to look at him impassively."You should relax," I said with a shrug, finding it impossible to understand his nervous breakdown.Wasn't it his idea? He should just speak the truth, express his true feelings, and that's it.I know it's easier said than done, but it was the best way out instead of going around throwing punches."Is he holding her hand?" he asked through gritted teeth. "This is over."I sighed and decided to get him out of there before the situation turned into a bloody and unpleasant scene.I took care of dragging him out of the café and then let him run free, like a caged animal."Just
My father is Horatio Finn. He is one of the most important businessmen in the world today, he's an important CEO and I am his only daughter.Everyone is after him, although they always respect his privacy since the accident with my mother. She died in a car accident when I was 7 years old. All 3 of us were there, so my father and I, surviving, had to go to a lot of therapies and support each other all this time, for that reason, we are so close. He is my best friend. My name is Minerva Finn, I'm 19 years old and a freshman in college majoring in Mass Communications. My dream has always been to become the best and most well-known film and television editor... and to win an Oscar.“Where are we going this summer?,” I said with a little more obviousness and enthusiasm, When I greeted him with a kiss on the cheek, before having breakfast.I thought today would be a great day, as the vacations were approaching and so was our outing together. Every year after my mother died, my father wo
“Oh, yeah? This from someone who will be babysitting a 19-year-old girl.” I looked at him defiantly. He turned and gave me an ugly look. We weren't that far away so we were able to have a staring battle.“It's sad that you are 19 years old and need one, don't you think?,” he smiled superiorly at me and all I did was look at him angrily. It couldn't be that we barely spoke for 10 minutes and he already seemed like the most arrogant person in the world. I tried to think of my mother and her rule of being nice to everyone, but he was so arrogant that it was impossible. Our gazes were still sparking. After a few seconds I heard my father's voice calling us. I stopped looking at him and peeked over the railing in the hallway and could see the entire downstairs.“You were calling me, father?” I said sweetly.“Where have you been? Come on down. I'm almost leaving and I want to give you one last hug.”Without answering him, I went down the stairs and swung towards him. I felt someone c
It had been about 45 minutes when I got home from the coffee shop. I had my headphones on, so I was in a good mood. When I got to the front door of my house, I took out my keys and inserted the key, but something was wrong. It wouldn't go all the way in, there was something blocking the way. I took off my headphones and struggled with the door to open it. Nothing was happening. I knocked hard on the door to open it."Who is it?," I heard Ethan's voice on the other side of the door."Don't be an idiot, open the door," I said annoyedly, but with a moderate tone."You didn't identify yourself"."I'm Minerva, you asshole. Open the door to MY house," I emphasized my words."I don't know, I don't know. Who gave you permission to leave YOUR house without me?"I massaged my temples lightly, my patience was wearing thin with this guy. "I'm 19 years old, I don't have to ask anyone's permission to go out. Least of all from an idiot who thinks he has control over me," I said leaning against
"Mom, you always told me to be nice to everyone, I failed you. I'm so sorry. I'll try to make it up to him, he's not to blame. What a fool, Minerva."I sighed and stood up. When I realized, my cheeks were wet. I wiped myself with my shirt and opened the refrigerator again. I looked for something to make something to eat, it was the least I could do. I found meat and spaghetti. I made a tomato sauce and cooked the meat into meatballs, when it was all ready, I put the pasta on to cook. When I looked at the clock it was 8pm. I set the table for two and took a Coke out of the fridge. I looked for some bread in the pantry and cut several pieces and put them on a plate. As I was about to take them to the table, I met Ethan at the door. I almost dropped my plate from the fright he gave me."Ethan, I didn't hear you. Dinner will be ready in a few minutes". I smiled kindly and spoke in a rather calm tone of voice.He didn't answer and helped me, taking the dishes out of the pantry to eat.
He looked at me confused and realized I was in my underwear. He grabbed the sheet and covered himself with it. I felt something inside me wanted to take it off and he had been saddened because he covered his body.Why the hell was she having so many sinful thoughts? God, I needed a priest right now."No, wait, I can explain. It's not what you think"."Ah, no? Then WHY ARE YOU SEMI-NUDGED? DID YOU RAPE ME?!," I quickly grabbed another pillow and kept hitting him with the pillow while practically cursing him.He got up from the bed to stop the blows, but I followed him without stopping hitting him."Shit, but if you stop hitting me, I could explain," he said, trying to grab my arms to make me stop, but I fought him off. I wasn't going to stop hitting him. He deserved it, I was starting to trust him, to like him, to make peace, but I got careless for a second and he took me to his room. ASLEEP, DAMMIT! "You took advantage of me while I was asleep!," I was getting tired, but I wasn'
Since that incident, Ethan had been much nicer and at the same time distant with me, we were getting along a little better, but not like the day we both apologized to each other. He didn't accompany me when I went to the GYM or shopping with some of my girlfriends, but he was almost always stuck in my house. We didn't talk much, just trivial things like what he thought of what was on TV at the time or how was the food that night, totally impersonal and banal things.My friend Amy called me to confirm going to the beach in 2 weeks, I had already spent half a month on vacation and I hadn't realized what I had used it up on. Amy and Isabela since I told them about my "babysitter" always asked me about him, they even threatened me that if they didn't meet him soon, they were going to call him and meet him somewhere to get to know him for themselves. I couldn't allow that, so I said I would take him and clarified "as a babysitter" to the beach. They were excited and I was really nervous