Todos los capítulos de Rebirth; Falling for my father's friend: Capítulo 31 - Capítulo 40

/-Miray-/By the time I arrived at the mansion, the sky had already begun to darken. The moment the car came to a stop, I caught sight of Aunt Lucia at the entrance of the mansion, pacing back and forth anxiously.As I approached, she saw me and rushed over, her expression tensed and worried as she spoke before I could even open my mouth.“Young miss! Are you okay? Are you injured?” She asked, her hands immediately moving over my arms as she inspected me. When she saw the smear of blood on my neck and shirt, a hint of heartache and remorse flashed in her eyes. “I’m fine, Aunt. They are just surface wounds.” “Fine?” Her voice trembled slightly. “How are you fine like this? This is my fault. None of this would have happened if not because of me, I should have known what kind of man he was.”I reached out and gently patted her arm. “He has been pretending all along, so how could you know he was capable of doing something like this?”Seeing that she still planned on beating herself up f

/-Miray-/What was happening to me?That was a question I asked myself and urgently needed an answer for. I touched my lips, my heart beating erratically in my chest, so loud that I was afraid he would hear it. “Go back to your room, Miray.” I heard him say to me, his voice lower and somewhat resigned.I fell silent, not knowing what to say for the first time that night. We had kissed and I was unable to get that moment out of my head. It wasn’t the usual accidental or brief kiss we’ve exchanged in the past, it was a real kiss, one where our tongues were involved.“What happened is a mistake, so don’t think too much into it.” He added again, his voice as cold as I could remember.A mistake?He had kissed me like a starved man who came across a delicacy and now, he was claiming that it was a mistake? Was I supposed to believe that?A sudden wave of annoyance swept through me, making me momentarily forget about my previous confused thoughts.“A mistake? I let out a short, humorless l

/-Miray-/For a moment, I simply stood there, staring at the man who walked across the lobby like my eyes were playing tricks on me. It was almost as though he was a shadow who kept following me everywhere. I had barely left his room just this morning and now, he was standing in front of me.Was this some kind of joke? Because if it was not, then this was some sick coincidence.He didn’t see me. His attention remained focused ahead as he walked towards the elevator, tightly surrounded by his bodyguards.And when the elevator closed with him in it, I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding, watching as the receptionist and the second woman also heaved in relief as though they'd just escaped some disaster.I turned towards the receptionist and asked, pretending to be merely curious, “Who is that man? He seems to have quite a high status in the company.”The woman glanced at me with a strange expression coupled with a hint of disdain and mockery.“Don’t even think about it. If you

/-Miray-/Lysander glanced at me with a raise of his eyebrow before averting his gaze.I sneered, “What, can’t bear to even look at me now?”I watched him for a moment and the next words I was about to say got stuck in my throat.The morning light fell across his features, outlining the sharp angles of his face. A cigarette rested in between his index and middle fingers, its faint trail of smoke curling lazily into the air.The smoke partially obscured his features, giving his otherwise expressionless face an air of mystery that made him look even more dangerously handsome.No, he looked maddening handsome.I hated how easily he could look so good while doing something as simple as smoking. Was there something he could do that would make him ugly?And I hated his attribute even more.D*mn it!“Do you have another reason to be here?” He asked again, staring calmly ahead like there was something better looking than me outside.I clenched my fist in annoyance, my gaze falling on the ciga

/-Miray-/After convincing myself, confusion and hesitation slowly crept in. Should I go ahead with my plan for Lysander or forget about it?But if I don’t, wouldn’t everything I have done all along be in vain?I stood still, not completely sure of what to do. And that was the first time something like that would happen since my rebirth. I always had everything planned out, even to the smallest details.But whenever it comes to Lysander, nothing goes according to my plan at all. So even as I left the restroom, I remained confused.…For the past two days, I have been doing everything possible to avoid Lysander. I avoided his office, took different routes whenever I heard his voice and made sure not to take the elevator when there was a high chance of running into him.It was exhausting.Not because avoiding him was particularly difficult, but because the more I avoided him, the more I was unable to stop thinking about him.How ridiculous was that?At this point, wasn’t I gradually tu