Chapter One

Chapter One

I don't want to go home because for sure our helpers will be surprised if they see this. My eyes are puffy and my make-up is scattered. And for sure, they will inform Dad about this as soon as possible. Maybe this will be another way for Dad to know what's going on with Kayden and me.

"Uhmm Sir can you take me to..." And then I said the location where I would like him to take me. The driver nodded and waited for the green light to change into red. It was almost a twenty minutes drive before we arrived at the Memorial park.

"Just keep the change, Sir. Thank you." I told the driver and then I thanked him. And it looks like it's my lucky day! Insert sarcasm! When I checked my bag, I couldn't find any tissue! So, I had no other option but to wipe my face with the sleeves of my jacket, who cares anyway.

"Good evening Ma'am!" The guard greeted me warmly. I cleared my throat before I smiled and then greeted him back.

"It's getting late Ma'am..." The guard started another conversation and I nodded.

"Yes indeed ..." And then I looked around hoping to see someone selling flowers but I didn't see anyone else aside from him. Until I just gave up because the guard also said,

"Oh, Ma'am, those flower sellers have already gone home, you know we'll be closing in an hour and it's getting dark." I nodded one after another at what the guard said.

"I'll make my visit as soon as I can, Sir. Is that okay with you?" He smiled and advise me to watch my step and be back before the sky completely got dark.

In my first year in college, Mom got an infection from a virus that spread not only all over the Philippines but all over the world. The virus that spreads cannot be noticed easily, you might have thought you were just having a normal fever, however, you won't be aware you were already affected by the virus and that's what happened to Mom.

The Doctor advises us that there might be a change, Mom got infected while she was travelling since she had a flight from the US going home to the Philippines and there is a chance that she got the disease there on the way home.

Also with old age, her immune system weakened while in the quarantine facility until her body could no longer handle it.

As I was walking to Mom's grave, I saw small yellow and white flowers in the grass field. So I took three pieces to bring for Mom.

"Mom ..." I sat down next to Mom's grave and then I caressed her name engraved there and then I started talking to her.

"I wish you were here... I miss you so much." I said in a weeping voice.

"I'm sorry if this is all I brought for you, I didn't plan to visit you today but things happen... so, I'm here." And then I put on those three little flowers on her thumb. Whenever I feel bad, like when Zach and I have a fight or fight with Dad, I go here to tell her my side and what happened.

"Promise next time I come here I'll bring more beautiful flowers." And then I lay for a while next to Mom's grave, while looking up at the sky where those colours are already scrambling, there is a little sky blue colour, then there's another colour mixture of orange and pink. And it's also a sign it will be dark soon.

And as I stare at the beautiful sky, another memory from that night flashes back again in my mind.

Urgh! I don't understand why it's so damn easy for me to give in to this stranger. However, the rants on my mind immediately disappeared especially when he kissed me again, he brought my body even closer to his, and then I felt that 'hard thing' in between his legs when he pressed it in one of my legs.

"Hmm..." I moaned again as we kissed while my hips were glued to his hard manhood.

From my lips his kisses went on my jawline to my neck, I bit my lower lip when I felt his gentle bite on the skin of my neck and he filled my neck with a kiss as he whispered,

"Let's go somewhere private babe...." He said sweetly to me and it feels like my head got its mind because I voluntarily nodded to what he wanted to happen.

I don't know where we were going when we left the club. He's a stranger but I don't feel any danger at all.  We went straight to the elevator but instead of the parking lot to get rid of us, he took me to my elevator and then he pushed the top floor.

As soon as the elevator closed, he attacked me again with a kiss, I just leaned against my wall and accompanied him in kissing. The taste of his kiss really made me feel the wetness of the middle part of my panties! Damn this guy! What's wrong with him? Why does my body react like this?

It's like the speed we get to the top floor because I'm not even out of breath kissing him when the elevator sign sounds that we're on the right floor.

He folded our hands again and then we walked down the hallway unoccupied, until we stopped in front of a door.

With one of his free hands, he took something from his pocket, a black card that he used to swipe at my door.

The door rang and then opened, he pulled me in and when we entered I could not even see the whole pent house that we entered again he attacked me with a kiss but this time his kiss became more inquisitive, he even grabbed two hands and with one of his hands he placed two hands on my head without interrupting our kissing scene.

Our kiss was also so long that I could hardly keep up, when he let go of my mouth I was gasping for breath while he seemed to be alone.

Once again, when his kisses went, it was as if he didn't miss a spot on my neck when he kissed me down the middle of my breasts that were exposed due to the shallow v-line of wearing a crop top.

"It's just too much of a hindrance." He said out of the blue and then he released those two hands if they were staring at my head, that's when I also felt the hooking of my hands. I wasn't even surprised over his kisses, I suddenly heard the tearing of something and I looked down as I split into two of the crop tops I was wearing.

"Much better!" She said smiling as she gave a malicious look to both my breasts that were scratched by those hard nipples.

He would have just brought his mouth closer so that one of my nipples could be sucked, when I stopped him.

It was as if I realized what had happened, apart from me, it was the first time that other people could see naked bodies.

As soon as you covered one arm with both bare chests, Mr stranger lifted his gaze to me again so we made eye to eye contact and I didn't say anything on my own,

"It's like I saw those eyes from somewhere." It's exhausting to tell him but no matter how hard I try I can't remember where I looked him eye to eye. He smiled at me.

"I want you ..." He said softly and then he slowly removed my hand that was covered on my chest when naked. Again I felt the cold air of the aircon on my skin but it didn't make me cold because the heat of my body prevailed.

"Where have you been?" I was about to climb the grand staircase going up to my room when I heard Dad's strict voice. I turned my attention to him.

"Good evening, Dad. I didn't know you were back.” I answered him and then I went down again to get close to him and kiss his cheek to welcome him back.

Since Mom's passing, Dad has become more workaholic as if he has forgotten the word day off. Even if it's a weekend and he shouldn't have work, he prefers to lock himself in the library of our mansion to review proposals for the company.

"Where have you been?" Dad asked me again using this cold tone of voice and even before I could answer his question, he asked me another question.

"Zach called me and he was looking for you. He said you were going to meet at his condo but you didn't come. So, where have you been?" I wanted to frown in front of Dad but I chose to sigh.

"Dad..." "You didn't take an engineering or Architect course even though you knew from the start I'd be disappointed, and now it seems like even my simple request from you can't be granted. You never failed to disappoint me." I immediately felt sad, because even though I was about to graduate, Dad still couldn't move on about the career I want to pursue. 

How many times do I have to explain to him that I enjoy teaching, that's my passion but Dad is really close minded.

"It's really good that Anya is there to follow in my footsteps as an Engineer."

Anya is my half-sister, Dad's daughter in his youth but he only found out recently. When Anya's Mom died, Anya made a way to find out who her father was, she had a difficult life in a very far province and we thought at first, she was an opportunist but when Dad and she did a DNA test, they got a positive result. Dad immediately took her to be with us. She's okay but we're not close, because her interest is different from mine.

She is the life of the party while I am the kind of person who prefers to do a movie marathon or read books.

"You know what my answer is, Dad." I wanted to end this conversation with Dad. This is going nowhere so I excused myself to end the conversation. My earlier plan to go up to my room suddenly changed immediately.

"Where are you going in Cali?" Dad asked after me but I ignored him and went straight out of our house.

When I went to the garage where our cars were parked, I caught up with Anya who had just gotten out of her car, as usual, she looked like she had just come from a party with her extremely short dress, boots with high heels, handbags and thick makeup. Yeah, that's Aria, my half-sister.

She is two years older than me, and even though she enrolled in college late, she was still able to graduate last year with honours and now she is working for our company as of the Engineers in the engineering department.

She looked at me from head to toe before she asked me where I was going.

"Just there, I need to check something," I answered her casually and then I got in my car. I can feel how drained my energy is, whether it's emotional or physical strength.

I shook my head one after another while driving away from the mansion, just for once I want to forget all this mess, since it was already seven PM, for sure there is an open club where I can get drunk.

"Ma'am, can I have your ID, please?" I was trying to get inside the club when the bouncer asked for my ID and that's when I realized that I was still in my school uniform! I scratched my forehead and then looked at my watch, it turned out that my trip was only about thirty minutes. Since the malls will close at ten pm, I still have time to go shopping for clothes before going to a party.

"Oh, I left it there in my car." The bouncer shook his head and then said,

"Teenagers these days!" I just smiled at what he said as I turned my back on him so I could get back in my car. Since it's still early and I've been able to relax somehow and clear my mind from what happened earlier, my mood is a bit, okay but I still want to chill later at the club.

However, since I'm not a party girl I don't know what to exactly wear if I go to a party. Should I call Stormi, to go with me and help me choose clothes that I can wear for the party?

I went inside H & M to check if I could find something that I could wear, because I remembered that Stormi often mentioned her clothes, mostly from H & M.

While I was walking on the wide walkway, I looked around to check where part of the store I can go to check the clothes I am looking for at the same time. Until I got to the section of crop tops, shorts and moreover mini-skirts.

Mostly see-through crop tops are here, I hardly wear clothes like this so I went around more, until I saw one last piece of a beige spaghetti crop top.

What to wear? What to wear? I keep asking myself as I check more crop tops in this area, I look at the shorts and then I look in the wall size mirror to see if the top I took together with the shorts I pick will go at me.

Until I see a green miniskirt like Aria's, this skirt is already short however there is still almost a one-inch slit on the left side that makes it look sexier.

A sales clerk approached me and then offered a basket that I could use to put on the clothes I wanted to try.

Of course, it's better if I fit it first before buying. I also plan to change my clothes now after picking what's the best outfit I can wear. I think this spaghetti strap crop top is okay together with this mint green skirt.

"Ma'am we have other trendier sexy aesthetic outfits over there. You might want to see them."

"Those clothes over there are better Ma'am, and in my personal opinion since your body type is slim surely the designs, we have there will look so good on you. 

However, the ones we have here are a little cheaper because we designed them three months ago." She added.

That made me think twice about the clothes I have here in my hand right now, it's my first-time partying and I am looking forward to a very good experience, even though I plan to party alone.