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Lily’s POV
I was surprised when Derek called me and asked about my whereabouts. I’d been home all day. After he left angrily this morning, I went up to bed and refused to attend college or even leave the room, some of his words hurt me and they brought back dark and horrible memories. Instead of crying, I slept throughout the day, hoping by the time I woke up the next morning, I would’ve forgotten everything that happened the previous day. I didn’t expect it’ll be Derek’s call that’ll wake me up.
The door of my room was suddenly opened and I sat up on the bed, shocked at the intrusion and wondering who could’ve entered without knocking. I didn’t get to wonder for too long before the sailor started his favorite occupation.
“Why the fuck is this place dark?” Derek spat. I put on the flashlight so he could put on the light.
“You didn’t
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Lily’s POVThroughout the rest of the week, Derek dropped me off at school in the morning, while I find my way home together with Scarlet in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. It was peaceful that way since I would be asleep before Derek gets back from work and the ride was usually occupied with a business conversation between Derek and someone on the phone or Q. I and Scarlet usually stay behind sometime after classes to tour around the college or get Lunch at a fancy restaurant a few meters away from college.Bad enough, I was still living off the Millers’ credit card.The best part was, Scarlet lived on the same street as I did. She had invited me over to her place on Friday but I lied that I had something to do. I felt it was too early for such an invitation, we’ve barely known each other for three days.I didn’t have any classes on Friday so I d
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LILYS POVAfter I woke up the next morning, I did some laundry, made myself some toasted bread and a cup of coffee. As I sat on the dining table, eating, Derek walked out of his room, shirtless again with black loose pants.I quickly looked away from him and focused on my phone as I absentmindedly read through the banter going on in the class study group that was created. Someone had called the other a dummy and they were busy assessing how stupid they were in their respective families. He walked past me into the kitchen and a few minutes later, came back with his own cup of coffee. I was surprised to see him sit opposite me.I quickly stood up, washed my plate in the kitchen, and took my mug of coffee to the living room. I still had some assignments to fix. So I sat in front of the center table and opened my laptop. The mug was beside me while I searched through my bag for a pen and paper.
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Derek’s POV Caster is my younger brother, the middle child of the family, my parent’s favorite son, and our last-child favorite sibling. I mean, he’s an embodiment of perfection and it has always been like that from the start. We were particularly close at some point until I discovered that our parents were trying to stop the budding friendship between us because they thought I would badly influence him. I didn’t wait for them to say it to my face, I changed college since we attended the same college just to let him live his life the way they wanted. He’s a top lawyer at one of the biggest firms in the state and also one of dad’s legal representatives. My parents wouldn’t stop singing his praises every day and I haven’t been to my parents’ home in years because of that shit. Now, I’m surprised why he left their home for mine. “What the hell are you doing in my house, Caster?” I asked him, turning away from Lily.
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LILY’s POVI’ve always seen Derek as a handsome devil but seeing his brother, Caster almost made me change my perception of Derek. He was a better version of his brother in terms of looks and I hope it was the same in terms of attitude. A family doesn’t deserve to have two sons with the same attitude as Derek. One cursing sailor is enough!Avoiding Derek and his brother for the rest of Sunday was easy since they both mostly stayed in their rooms while I stayed in mine. I could only hear the doors being closed and opened at intervals. I only sneaked down at midnight to get some snacks when hunger almost crippled me.Monday mornings were the worst, not totally my best day but it’s a reminder that I have to get up and sma
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“Derek Miller!”I almost melted as I turned to see Derek leaning against a car, wearing a casual outfit and a sunshade in front of my department building. He was busy doing something on his phone. A thousand questions ran through my head as I tried to reason why Derek will show up in my department without notifying me. Did something happen? Did someone die? I know Derek wasn’t nice enough to pick me up at school.Some girls were waving at him but he ignored them. I never knew Derek was that popular until today, even Scarlet had stood rooted at a spot as she continued staring at Derek with her mouth hanging open.As soon as his eyes landed on me, he signaled. I swallowed hard as beads of sweat appeared on my face. I w
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We ended up going to the restaurant that he had mentioned and true to his words, it was close to the roadside but I haven’t seen any sane person taking a deserted road just because he wanted to mess up with me. I agree he hates my guts but at the expense of our lives is unbelievable.“Come on, get out of the car,” He instructed, opening the door on his side. I looked at him, with a question dancing at the tip of my tongue.“I thought you said you were picking up something. Would it be necessary for me to go with you?” I asked, hoping he’ll say no and I would happily wait behind.He clicked his tongue. “Did I say that? When did I say that?” he squeezed his eyes. I blinked as I took in his lies and deceit.“You said so just now, Derek. You said…” He interrupted me.“Get down and let’s have lunch. I don’t want mom on my case asking me why I d
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Derek’s POVThe terrible beeping of my phone woke me up and grudgingly, I removed the phone from the table stand beside the bed and picked up the call without checking it twice.“Good morning, sleeping beauty,” Henry sang into my ear. I removed the phone to see that he was actually calling with Sebastian’s phone.“What the fuck do you want?” I snapped.He laughed. “He’s awake. The demon is awake,” I could hear Sebastian saying something to him on the other end of the line.“Yeah, that’s what happens when you wake people up so early in the morning,” I nagged. I sat up on the bed and became transfixed at a spot when I saw who was beside me. I closed my eyes in utter embarrassment when I remembered I’d brought her to my bed last night. I had wanted to avoid a situation where she would hurt her neck and my mom will have to come dow
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LILY’S POV My eyes widened as I realized where I was. Derek was not in sight and I was grateful for that one thing. I stood up from the bed as if it was on fire and walked towards the door. On a second note, I turned back to where Derek’s laptop was and I was surprised to still find it there. I quickly ran towards the desk and took a seat, tried logging into the laptop but then, I remembered I didn’t know the password.How was I supposed to submit the assignment if I didn’t even know his password? I ran my hand through my hair, scattering it in the process. My head was in a mess. I stood up, ready to run into my room, get my phone and call Derek. Just as I turned, the wall clock, glared at me. I almost dropped to the floor out of shock. It was almost past eleven in the morning, classes start by ten and the assignment was supposed to be submitted by 12.I turned back, picked up the laptop, and
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