KYLIE'S POV"Lame," commented Thurstin after drinking the Margarita from the glass. "Like juice."Arrogant ah."Bartender, you're going to drink gasoline here. They say your drinks are lame!"The Bartender laughed, and so is Thurstin. He was laughing lightly."Do you have a problem, Mister? You seem to want to drown yourself in alcohol. Mind to tell?" I have a simple question.Thurstin's flush face suddenly turns darker, I was shocked. "Nah. It's nothing. Just a simple man problem," he answered."Oh sorry," I pretended to be concerned about him. "Your parents fought?" I will ask.The man's aura grew darker. "Parents? My mom died a long time ago. And I have no news of my dad!" he answered sharply as if not wanting to remember any memories of his parents.Yay. You are great Kylie. First question and you'll be blinded right away. When that gets mad at you and punches you, it's up to you."I'm sorry to hear that," I said sadly.I heard Thurstin sigh loudly. He paced upward and gulped some
Thurstin's POV"EJ, do you remember what the woman looks like?" I will ask. I sat up straight and looked at the man.EJ stared at me. Somehow his expressionless face grew a bit brighter than usual."Of course I do," he answered. "Long black hair, dark brown eyes, pale skin, with big eyeglasses---""With eyeglasses?" I weaned. "Is she a nerd?""Not all nerds wear eyeglasses," Eiji replied. "But yeah, she looked nerdy. Seemed like a first-timer on this bar but clearly not a first-timer on this kind of bar.""Oh.""She looked pretty since she wears no makeup. And probably, she smells good. If you smell it, it makes you want to sniff everything---""Oy! Oy! Hold up! Hold up! What are you saying you brat?!" I shouted. I looked around. Maybe someone will hear and think I'm a womanizer.EJ shrugged. "I'm telling the truth. You laid your head on her shoulder comfortably.""Jesus!!"What I did was shameful."I even took photos of you two on my phone...""HUWAAAAAT??!" I shouted. I stood up fro
Kylie's POVIn the end, I gave up too.I'm sorry but I can't stand sitting on Thurstin's lap. It's like I'm being scolded. Even if I wanted to claim the seat, I just gave up.Maybe we're not meant for each other, the seat and I.Buhisit as Thurstin to eh. It's like she's him that I'm sitting on her, I'm not even burdened by her.I let it go because... it's dangerous.Because my heart is beating fast lol maybe I'm just nervous hahaha maybe nothing will happen.. you know??The position is not good for me because I think that boy is dangerous.I just fit myself to sit next to the man. Business class seats are for Artists or models anyway. I wish I just went VIP. Pissed off.When the plane took off, I was busy listening to the music of the band Ben&Ben. I drown myself in deep music even though I'm not really interested in loved music person.I peek at Thurstin next to me and see him flipping through a magazine. At first I thought it was a fashion magazine, I expected to see myself on the
Kylie's POVI was distracted from falling asleep. I felt like there's something bright flashed before my eyes. My forehead was wrinkled and I forced myself to open my eyes. My butt is numb from sitting for too long. my god!"Thurstin... the light. Did you turn it on?" I will ask.I could see the man through the blinding light. When my vision adjusted, I saw the man standing there who seemed to be rummaging through his bag."Did I wake you up?" asked the man without looking back."Ah no. I'm still sleeping, you see. I'm just sleep-talking!" I whine.I straightened my back. It felt like there was a hot ember on my hip. This is why I hated traveling in long hours. It's boring, it's boring. Not to mention, the person next to you is still sick."Sorry. Just go back to sleep. I just looked for something in my bag," I heard Thurstin reply."What time is it?" I will ask."I'm not sure. We'll arrive in Madrid late at night. Maybe in three or four hours."Far away. I yawned. I see that the curt
Kylie's POV'Why are you giving me trouble when you are nothing?'Yes. Why though?'You're not even my friend!'I know. I know.'I'm just doing it, for Bennet. Because you are his cousin. And Cole is her husband! I don't want my best friend to hear I'd let you die knowing you're her husband's cousin.'Those words. Those He said, they punched me back into reality. Where its clear that Thurstin and I... are still strangers to each other.I just looked at Thurstin as he walked away. The darkness slowly engulfed him. He was really angry. And I don't know if I should follow him or what. A big part of my brain said I should follow him, because he is the only one who can help me. But it was like there were hands that stopped me from doing that.He is not my friend, he said it himself. So where else will I follow him?Was it my fault? Want to know what's happening? For godsake, I just want to know what's going on. I'm afraid And what's scarier is that I don't know. I don't want to run there i
Kylie's POVI woke up to the rustling of something next to me. I didn't open my eyes right away because I felt a pain in my side."Ouch!"My muscles are stiff. Why? Is it because of the cold bedrock? Well, I'm in a desert. I don't have a choice.I opened my one eye. And the blue sky greeted me. Wow! It's morning! We woke up in the desert.I grimaced and turned to my side while trying to move my stiff legs and back. The fast asleep Thurstin appeared to me.I stopped trying to stretch. Whoa! He's sleeping. He's really sleeping. I thought he couldn't sleep because his face didn't look tired and sleepy. I thought he would just sit down and think of a survival plan.Well I guessed, he's a human being like me. Tired and sleepy.Thurstin was sleeping peacefully. When he fell asleep in class, you'd think he was sleeping on a soft bed instead of on a rock.I slowly got up and slipped on my thigh and a black jacket. Jacket belonging to Thurstin. Wow! Did he use his jacket to cover me as a blank
Thurstin's POVI thought it was just a house. One house, but it turned out, there were three or more behind it. He's not really home if you look closely. It was shabby as you can see with no proper roofs.Plus, it was located out of nowhere so I was pretty suspicious.As Kylie and I approached the house, I was a little nervous that I couldn't figure it out.I got this uneasy feeling lingering inside me, I must be paranoid because of our situation.I can't get Mike's words about the Vuldus out of my head. They were in Sahara, he said. And I'm pretty sure we're in the Sahara. I'm just not sure if Flavia is far or near here. I need a map to be able to know where we are.Kylie and I, we've been walking for miles now. I'm about to feel sorry for the woman. Although his complaints are constant, his walk is also constant. And now that we found a house, I didn't want to tell him that we should just leave and continue walking.The square house 'coz it has a square shape like most Arabic houses
Thurstin's PoVThe road upward is hard. The terrain is rocky and there are times when we pass between cliffs. The place reminds me of Grand Canyon in USAnd I am tired as hell but I can't stop. I know the Vuldus members are still after us. From the distance there's the roaring sound of engines and gunfire.I was thinking of Norudint. I am hoping that he is okay and that he was not hurt and I hope that he knows that one of them is his son and that he will not kill his own father. Although I know that when you are a member of such a group, you prioritize the group over your family.Thank you"Thurstin..." I heard Kylie say behind me."Hmmm?""Can we rest a bit? Can we stop?" he said. The woman's voice was tinged with fatigue."Wait..." I said.I looked around and looked for a place to hide."There..." I saw on the left side a small path between two large rocks.I turned the motorcycle there. The road is downhill and still rocky.We ran a few more meters before I saw what seemed to be a