"What are you going to do, Trey! I'm warning you not to do anything stupid or you're going to regret it for the rest of your life!"But he turned a blind eye to me and continued with his actions.I was even more afraid as he completely removed his polo, leaving his body totally topless in front of me! And then he started unbuckling the belt of his pants, too!Panicking, I helped myself get up from the bed and run but as soon as he got rid of his belt, he immediately blocked my way to no escape and he held my wrist firmly."Where do you think you're going? You think I'll let you get away with it? Remember, you started this, Camila, and I'm just giving you the proof that you want! You want to prove if your ex-lover and I are the same? Then I'm gonna prove to you that I am not that idiot who left you this miserable and lonely for years—"My palm successfully landed in his face this time. My body was even shaking in pure anger. He just called Noah an idiot when he was never even able meet

"Pass your assignments forward," the professor instructed.Since I was absent for two days, I had nothing to pass. Still, I was responsible for getting the paper of my classmate sitting at my back to relay them forward until they reached the teacher's hand.Without saying anything, when Trey passed his paper to me since he was sitting at my back, I accepted it without a word, too, and I even avoided looking at him. If only I had a choice, I wouldn't want any interaction with him. But I didn't have, and it was my responsibility to get his paper and pass it forward because his seat was behind me.I could almost thank the heavens that I survived the whole period without having to talk to him or to even meet eyes with him. I, or should I say both of us, pretended to be back to zero, as if we never knew each other and being complete strangers to each one.Gratefully, weekend came and I finally had a break from the stressful and exhausting school works.I went on a jog early in the morning.

I wasn't really able to sleep well that night after hearing those exchanges of conversations, so when the next day came, early in the morning, I packed my things, and mom was taken aback to see me in the living room with my luggage, fully clothed and ready to leave…"Camila, where are you going, my dear!" she asked."I have decided to go back to dad's house, mom.""But why, Camila? Aren't you happy being here?"I looked away from that. I always felt like I didn't belong here, who would be happy with that kind of feeling?"Uhm, mom, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but last night, I overheard you and uncle Raul arguing about my stay here.""Oh!" She was genuinely apologetic. "Camila, I'm so sorry."I shook my head understandingly. "It's alright, mom. I understand. And I'm not even mad about it. Uncle Raul actually has a point. I don't belong here, I don't belong to this family…" My heart stung with those words."Camila, don't say that! You're my daughter!" And she embraced me.I responded t

I couldn't really be wrong!I saw them with my own two eyes! Her eyes quickly changed color! From the very flaming pupils to the normal colors I usually see around!"Barbara, it's you!"My gaze also caught those long nails that seemed like they were animal claws! I couldn't see it wrongly, I really saw them raw! But she seemed so quick to hide her hands on her back."What happened to you? Are you alright?" I checked on her, back into looking at her seemed-tired and anxious face.She nodded as if she wasn't in her senses, and she couldn't directly look into my eyes. "Yeah.""Are you sure? You wanna go to the clinic? I can assist you going there—""No!" she quickly cut me off, but immediately realized, too, that she was reacting a bit strangely. She sighed and gathered herself together. "I mean, I'm alright. No harm, Camila. Just the usual digestive issues, but I'd be all fine later on. No worries."I was still not convinced. The excessive sweating on her forehead couldn't really agree

He looked at me with a soft expression and nodded. "I'm a vet med student. Of course, I have knowledge of attending to them, forget about that?"I watched him as he turned around on the cabinets and shelves and he seemed to be looking for some things there."Exactly. You're still in college and studying your field but the way you performed showed that you already knew so well what you were doing."His passion and penchat to veterinary practice is truly radiating. I witness how he seems to love the path he's taking, and I'm actually happy to see that he enjoys what he does and he has his heart in it.It never seems like he is only forced to do this just because of his family's bloodline in veterinary medicine but he's doing this because this is what he truly wants.He stopped for a while and glanced at me. "Maybe because since we were young we were already trained to do things like these. During weekends, our aunties and uncles would want us to join them and be their practicing assista