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We're picking up the pace.
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Days passed like in a flash. Like what Tyler said, he'll prove her wrong. So in a span of one month, Althea experienced countless of advancement from him.
Like today.
"Good morning," his voice resonated frim behind.
Even without looking back, Althea can smell the sweet scent of roses. She didn't look back, Kai, who was on her lap with a story book on hand raised his head to greet him.
"Hello!"
"Hello," Tyler greeted him back with a laugh. He went to the table and placed his flowers on there.
The rose was rich in color, it was clear that is was freshly picked.
Althea spared it a glance before feigning indifference. Of course, the other notice it too.
"You're no greeting me too?" He teased.
"I don't se
CHAPTER NINETY-THREE:Different--"What do you think of him?""Hm?""Tyler.""..." Kai paused. He turned to look at his mother, that was sitting on the sofa next to him.She was leaning at the armrest and resting her arms there. Her eyes were on him the whole time he was playing on the floor with the toys Tyler bought for him."He's nice." He answered.A silence of his mother followed it, like how silent the house is. It was morning, Tyler was already at work, leaving the two of them in the house together with the maids.But those women, Kai noticed, that they somehow disappear from the face of the earth unless you call them for something.It was a little different from Charlotte's house, from his father's house, but it's not that bad."H
CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR:--He didn't even bother waking her or Kai up before he went to Hawaii! That stupid! Ugly! Man!"Mother? What's wrong?""Kai...!" She heard Kai calling her from behind. The sleepiness is still in his voice and when she turned to look, her guilt bite her on her neck.The light of the sun was gently peeking through the small gaps of the curtain hanging on their room's window. It illuminated her son's pale face, but rosy cheeks and lips. The light also gently caressed his small bird nest sitting on his head.The boy scratched his eyes gently then looked at her with his eyes in slits.The boy was still obviously sleepy yet and she woke him up, again. What happened last night re-enter her mind again, making the guilt in her chest feels heavier."Good morning, Kai. Noth
CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE:--Althea's heart raced. It thumped against her chest like a running horse. A suddenly elation started to build up in her chest, it made her heart pound harder.'Wait- no,' she calmed herself. 'Why am I acting so-""Happy.""Pardon?" Althea was startled with Lina's interruption of her thoughts.Lina smiled at her mischievously. "You don't have to deny it, ma'am. If you're that happy, you can see him right away- oh, I forgot to tell you, he's still in a middle of taking a bath, I'll just warn you before hand. But if you want to see his delicious, delectable body, you can enter his room and take a bath with him if you want-""Sto- stop- what are you talking about...!" Althea hastily puts a plug in her mouth and cautiously look at her son. Relief washed over her when she saw that he wasn't listening to the co
It seems like he is really fine with this ending like this. Fine!'Let's end it!'They originally was here to just hide from those who are after them, but since its been weeks without anything happening, of course they have to go back to the city!They also have lives to live! There's no one interested about getting caged inside a house in the middle of nowhere!She's not even allowed to contact anyone, she's wondering how they're doing now and how worried they are because they can't contact her for almost two months now.They'll eventually leave here.They'll go back to the city and live their own lives. They have to separate ways again and not be bothered with the other's stuff.It seems like this was just nothing but a play for him all along.She was played, again.
CHAPTER NINETY-SIX:--A Week ago…The street was bustling with cars and people, it was lunch, they were either going out to buy some or getting their break after a hectic working hour. Everyone has the right to take a short break so they can remain productive all throughout the day. Some went out with groups, but some also ate alone at their cafeteria. They all took their time to enjoy the break and munched foods in their mouth with bliss.But that’s not the case with the CEO of the company.He remained in his office, accompanying the pile of papers on his office table. His hands were flipping on the pages of document on his hand and his eyes were scanning through it in a fast pace. It makes the outsiders wonders if he can still even understand the document he was reading.It was lunch, his secretary asked him what he wants to have,
“What I am trying to say is,” Dave sighed. “You cheated on her, remember? Now you have seen her for after seven years and had the nerve to ask for her hand again- even dragging her child on this. Isn’t that pure shamelessness?”“I do admit that I am shameless but… Is there a need for you to slap it down on my face that hard?”“It is.” Dave leaned on the backrest of the sofa. “I just want to remind you that it’s not wise to play somebody else’s feelings for the second time.”“I am not.”“You aren’t?”“I am serious.”“Really-““I am.”He wasn’t smiling, nor does his eyes. Dave instinctively closed his mouth and discontinued his question when he received his stares. He was familiar with it; this was a stare of someo
CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN:--Tyler had the thoughts of just burning the notebook down to ashes after he wrote those things on it. He was planning on just taking a pic of it or just write another one on his phone, but Dave insisted that he must use paper and pen to take notes. He said it’s better that way since paper notes are easy to remember than those written in the computers.He gave it a deep thought before agreeing. He wasn’t wrong, handwritten notes are better than those notes that were typed. Besides, nothing will happen that need to be anxious about, right? It’s not as if anyone will see the notes, right?Right?Fool.What a fool he is.His eyes caught the open notebook lying on his bed. Tyler feels like he had gone crazy as he was seeing a smirking face that emerged on the paper. The book looks like he was mocking him. It looks like enjoying the time of his misery. Tyler tried to igno
CHAPTER NINETY SEVEN (TWO)"Hey… are you kidding me?" Tyler almost choked on his words. He tried to yank the door again but it seems like Althea was stronger at him as he cannot pull it open.He tried again but failed. It felt like his energy was draining. They were slowly pouring out from their reserves like how sands pass through the small gaps of your palms.His handd were holding and pulling on the knob weakly."Let me open the door… please." He begged. He wanted to see, he wanted to confirm if he wasn't hallucinating, and to confirm if she really said those words.Althea answered the question, and what she said was like a bombshell falling from a fighter plane. It fell on the ground, then exploded. It shook the area, made people speechless and frozen in shock.Tyler has no idea what to say. All he knows is he wants to open this