LOGIN“I don’t want to,” Aviannah replied simply to Andrei.“What?” Andrei asked, frowning at her.“Why would I even follow you? And besides, did I ever tell you to prepare lunch for me? Also, what are you doing here? Why are you even here?”Even though Aviannah was shocked to see Andrei — and to find out he was staying in the unit next to hers — she didn’t let it show. She kept her sassy, intimidating aura in front of him.Andrei took a slow, deep breath while staring at her seriously. Then he crossed his arms.“Okay, fine. Let’s go through this one by one. First, why should you follow me? Because I’m your big brother.’”Aviannah’s brows immediately furrowed at what he said. “What?” She gasped. “You really feel that big-brother role, huh?”“It’s not really like that. But… what exactly do you want me to be to you then?” Andrei asked teasingly.“What?”“Second, you didn’t tell me to prepare lunch for you, that’s true — but I still made you some. Shouldn’t you be at least happy or appreciativ
“If you want me to cook for you, the only thing I can serve is fried eggs,” Aviannah teased Andrei when they arrived back at her unit.“Add some hotdogs too. I bought some,” Andrei simply replied while arranging and setting aside their groceries.Aviannah expected him to get annoyed, but it seemed he didn’t mind at all—even if she could only cook fried eggs for him.“Are you serious?” she asked, sounding more irritated than he was.“Huh?” Andrei turned to look at her.“If you leave now and eat outside, you’ll get something way better than fried eggs and hotdogs.”“At least you cooked it. So I’d still choose fried eggs and hotdogs,” Andrei replied, flashing her a sweet smile.“What’s your deal?” Aviannah asked, exasperated.“Huh? I don’t have any ‘deal.’ I’m serious.”“Oh really? You’re serious, huh?”“I’m always serious when it comes to you,” Andrei added, making Aviannah pause for a moment.She swallowed hard and eventually gave in. She quickly turned her back on him and started prep
It was never Aviannah’s intention to lock Andrei inside her unit. She immediately checked the smart lock feature and saw that the child lock had been activated, causing the door to automatically lock when she closed it from the outside earlier.“Why is this even activated…” she murmured to herself before pressing the deactivate button on the child lock settings.“See? I wasn’t lying. I really was locked in here,” Andrei said.Aviannah cleared her throat. “I-I didn’t mean to lock you in. It’s your fault too—you just show up out of nowhere. And then you suddenly came inside earlier. So that happened.”“You know, maybe you should just say sorry instead of talking so much,” Andrei shot back.“Why would I say sorry? I didn’t do it on purpose.”“But you’re still responsible for me getting locked inside,” he argued.“Pero it’s still your fault because in the first place, you wouldn’t have been locked in if you didn’t barge into my unit,” Aviannah reasoned. She had no intention of losing the
“What are you doing here?!” Aviannah exclaimed in shock when she saw Andrei standing calmly in front of her.“It’s time for dinner,” was all the man said.“What?” she asked, frowning in confusion before gasping. “I’m asking what you’re doing here. Why are you here?”“Why? Am I not allowed to be here?” Andrei shot back, his tone making it sound like he was deliberately trying to annoy her.“If you’re not going to answer properly, get lost,” she snapped, attempting to close the door—but Andrei quickly stopped it.“Fine. I’m here to watch over you,” he said, which made her freeze for a moment.“What?” she asked again, brows furrowed.“That’s what Uncle wants.”“Really?” she asked in disbelief, unable to hide her irritation.“Yes,” Andrei replied simply, then suddenly stepped closer to her—forcing her to instinctively step back. The next thing she knew, he was already walking straight into her unit.“Wait—why did you come in here?” she protested, following after him as he continued to wal
“Where are they?” Alfred asked Jamie worriedly as soon as he got out of his car, scanning the area as if trying to find Aviannah and Sandra, who, according to Jamie, were both drunk.“I’m really sorry, Alfred, but Andrei already took them home,” Jamie replied, embarrassed.“What?” Alfred’s brows furrowed. Truthfully, he hadn’t even known that Andrei was with them. He had only called Aviannah earlier to ask about their trip to Mindoro the next day. He had no idea why they were in a place like this or what they were doing here.“Andrei insisted on taking them. I couldn’t really do anything, even though I told him you were already on your way to pick us up. I’m really sorry for the trouble. I didn’t have your number either—I was going to call to tell you not to come anymore, but I couldn’t get your number from Avie’s phone. So, I'm really sorry,” Jamie explained at length.Alfred took a deep breath. “It’s okay, Jamie. What matters is that they’re safe. I’m sure Andrei will take good care
“Avie, you’ve had quite a lot to drink already. Remember, you’re leaving for Mindoro tomorrow,” Jamie gently reminded Aviannah, who was still drinking.“It’s okay, Jamie. Aviannah can handle it. Just let her have fun tonight,” Sandra chimed in, who, like Aviannah, was also drinking.“Oh, there you go again—always encouraging her to drink,” Jamie scolded Sandra.“Oh, come on, Jamie! We’re grown-ups now—we can drink as much and as long as we want!” Sandra retorted.The two continued to argue while Aviannah quietly kept drinking. She had already lost count of how many glasses of tequila sunrise she’d had. She could feel the dizziness creeping in, yet she didn’t know why she couldn’t stop herself from drinking. She knew that no matter how drunk she got, it wouldn’t help her forget the things she desperately wanted to forget.A few moments later, her phone suddenly rang—it was an incoming call. When she glanced at the screen, she saw Alfred’s name flashing on it.“Why is Alfred calling you







