All Chapters of WHEN HIS HEART GOES WRONG: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Unwinding

LEONARD: “Had a good day?” Seriously? That was what she could say after all that happened—everything still happening? She’d called our kiss an abuse, asked to postpone our wedding, demanded a breakup, then returned to ask if I had a good day. Why didn’t I realise Erica was a weird woman until now? And to spice it up, she even offered to make dinner. After weeks of living together and now that we are about to go our separate ways, she wants to play the doting partner? Or was that her attempt at friendship? “Good luck with that,” I muttered and retreated to my room. She had no idea there was nothing in the kitchen. Nothing. She never bothered to cook, so she wouldn’t know. I could have told her, but the idea of knowing she would be disappointed, knowing she would give up… was oddly satisfying. So I let it be. But hours later, a smell drifted into my room—rich, fragrant, irresistible. Sweet garlic. Spiced butter. Grilled beef. Even from behind closed doors, the scent made my mo

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My Call. Her Choice

LEONARD: The door cracked open. “Mr. Hays?” Erica said groggily. I stared at her. Once again, I was met by those lifeless eyes—not the ones that happily served me dinner, or the ones that quietly admired me afterwards. I am not insane. I am not stupid. “Where is she?” I asked. I stormed past her and yanked the wardrobe. It was filled with nothing but clothes. I ducked under the bed. No one. In the bathroom, the same. “What is the meaning of this?” she barked, all traces of fake sleep gone. “Where is who?” I gripped her jaw and pulled her close. “I don’t like to be made a fool of, Erica. Erica 1 or 2?” I said, barely keeping it together. “Where is she?” She shoved my hand off her face. “What the hell are you talking about? Are you drunk, Mr. Hays?” See? Dâmn it! I should have known! One Erica calls me Mr. Hays. The other calls me Leonard. And last night? I almost got chills hearing her say my name. Fine. Let’s see how they want to play me. I reached for the cup of ice crea

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Paused Life

ERIC: Erica and I froze. Leonard kept banging on the door nonstop. “What should we do?” I mouthed at her, trembling. Seeing that I had become useless and Lucas wasn’t picking up, Erica’s brain kicked into action. She grabbed the cup of ice cream, stormed into the bathroom, washed off the leftover bits, filled it with some of my liquid shower soap, and marched back to me. “You can’t…” I shook my head. Sure, my shower gel smells like sweet vanilla, but that doesn’t make it edible. “What choice do we have?” she whispered. “This little can't kill me.” “Erica!” Leonard barked from the door, making me flinch. “Open the door!” “Now what?” I asked my new professor in panic. “Hide…” she scanned the room, but we both knew there was nowhere to hide. Our eyes landed on the window. “No!” I refused. Thankfully, she nodded, but that didn’t solve the problem. “I will break down this door, Erica!” “There!” Erica pointed to the wardrobe. I jumped in instantly, but she pulled me out just a

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Diversion

ERIC:Clubbing is life.The loud music, the alcohol, the lustrous stares darting from one body to another— that’s the real essence of living.Too bad Lucas didn’t join me tonight. He refused to take part in my little diversion, claiming he needed to rest after the exhausting days of apartment haunting. A lie, but I let him think he fooled me.It felt weird clubbing without him for the first time, and weirder wearing plain trousers, a shirt and a cap, looking like I’d wandered in from a church picnic. But the bubbling atmosphere was enough to drown that discomfort.That’s when I saw him. Another fallen archangel after Leonard, walking past my booth toward the counter, bringing with him a rush of air scented like trouble I wanted to taste.I downed my drink in one gulp and followed.This wasn’t like me. Chasing after men was never my style. But when you cross paths with an extraordinary being, you improvise.“One piece of ice in it, and the taste hits differently,” I said, sliding in be

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Something is Wrong With Me

ERIC: It’s Friday night, and Erica’s intentions are obvious. She wants me at Leonard’s so she doesn’t have to spend the long weekend with him. Leonard rarely goes to the office on Saturdays. Never on Sundays. And Erica? She doesn’t work on weekends either—their company only opens on unavoidable occasions. Still, I preferred Leonard to be home. I’d be over the moon if he stayed indoors instead of disappearing like he did last week when Erica was at his place. She told us about it and had asked if she could come home, but Lucas told her to stay put. Leonard might have gone to his mother’s, or somewhere else entirely. Either way, he would be watching or plotting to lure the other Erica in. My shower started and ended in a millisecond. Trust me, it is possible—when you’ve got somewhere exciting to be, you can be faster than a kid running off to Grandma’s for the summer. I reached Leonard’s house, heart hammering with anticipation to see him. The living room was empty. He was nowhere

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Tempted

LEONARD:The exact explosive rush I’d felt the day we kissed in front of the reporters surged through me again as I kissed her in my bedroom.Breathing into her mouth, my gaze locked on those tender, lively eyes I had come to recognise. “Am I taking advantage of you? Abusing you like I did the first time we kissed?” I whispered.“Never took it as an abuse,” she murmured.I smiled.I knew it was the lifeless Erica who had considered our first kiss an abuse. If only she knew…“I am glad to hear that. Because it was my first kiss.”“What?” She gasped, shock flashing in her eyes.…If only she knew that was my first kiss, she wouldn’t have labelled it so.I’d never felt the urge to kiss anyone before. But with her, Erica 2, around me, all the emotions I’d lacked for years crash in forcefully, stripping me of my ability to think. Just as I’d boldly walked out of the bathroom unclad. Although I heard her calling, I overlooked my towel hanging on the pole and entered completely naked. I was

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Overblown

LEONARD:I’d checked the footage a dozen times, and not a single frame showed the lifeless Erica switching places. Yet here she was, appearing in my house, in the same outfit, trying to make another fool out of me. Not this time. If they had discovered the cameras and played smart to manoeuvre around them, I would have to play smarter.“Leo?” Jimmy’s voice came over the phone.“Let’s meet up,” I said.Jimmy is my assistant. We share a mutual friend from the States. While our friend stayed back, Jimmy and I returned to the country together.He got a job with the Federal as a field technologist—at least, that’s what he told me. Worked for the government for six years until last year, when he called me, sounding regretful.“It’s happened, Leo…” he’d said. “I’m finished.”I had warned him about working under the ridiculous rules he’d described. It was an open trap for anyone. But Jimmy has always loved serving more than himself. Then, just when he’d grown comfortable, the scandal hit him

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Insufferable

ERICA:Ever since I returned from Panila, Nathan had been cold, different. It was in his eyes, in his actions…a quiet, deliberate distance. I wasn’t expecting a huge hug, but his frosty demeanour was far from what I’d hoped for. He wasn’t happy to see me again, though I was too in love to admit it. I told myself he was just being careful, avoiding being seen with me so rumours wouldn’t stir Leonard’s anger.I wanted to tell him about Eric. I knew it would make him less fearful about our relationship, give him hope. If Eric officially became family, I’d have no reason to marry Leonard. Juana would crumble at the sudden appearance of my father’s long-lost son, and every plot she’s made for the Gerux inheritance would collapse. My father’s attention would shift entirely to Eric, someone he might see as the capable heir Pedro never was, and he wouldn’t care if I married Leonard or not.In his greed and selfishness, I still believed my father would let me off the hook if a son emerged who

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Broken Piece

ERICA:I knew the risk of going to Nathan. He lived in the Hays mansion with his mother and a cousin who had recently moved out after getting a job outside the city.There would be security guards, housekeepers, and people everywhere. But seeing Nathan was worth it. If anyone from the Hays household spotted me, I’d pretend I was there to visit Leonard’s mother… then somehow end up in Nathan’s room.The Hays home was practically an estate—thirty-eight separate buildings, each belonging to a different branch of family; families under Mr. Hays’s generosity. Nathan’s father had been given one when he was alive, and even after his death, Nathan’s family stayed.I’d begged him to move. He could afford a nice apartment for himself. I could support him. But serving the Hays had become his family’s purpose and passion.I’d planned it out. Yet, I preferred to slip into Nathan’s detached building without being seen. Heaven was on my side. My cab had barely stopped near the gate when his car roll

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Odd Beginning

ERICA:I stayed in bed for two days—crying, swaying into shallow sleep, waking up only to cry again. The ache was constant, like a sickness in my bones. I half-hoped I’d fall asleep one night and never wake up. But morning always came, cruel and steady.Leonard never knocked. Never came to ask about Nathan, not that I thought he cared about Nathan, but he had been worried about me that night. Part of me had expected him to at least try. Maybe even mention the kiss. He let it sit, unspoken…after all, we’d kissed once…in the shadow of my brother.I managed to connect my phone to a charger, but I didn’t take any calls. Lucas and Eric called over and over, and when I didn’t answer, they left me be.Nathan didn’t call either. I hadn’t expected him to. Still, the silence cut deeper than seeing him with his cousin.By Monday morning, I’d run out of tears, but I had no strength to go to work. I couldn’t risk seeing him—not when I might crumble like the fool I’d always been for him.I got up e

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