After the night that they escape to the party, Ellie seems not in herself and she was holding her lips where Arthur kiss her. The sun had already risen in the sky, but she was still in her bed, stunned by the absence. She can't believe they kissed, and she even responded to it, which puzzled her. It's driving her insane, along with the fact that they're arguing again before she gets home alone. Everything it seems to be her fault from the start, which is why Arthur continues to pressurize her because he blames her.
Flashbacks..."How are we going to get out of here?" Ellie asked, wondering when they intended to leave.Arthur ignored her and went to the balcony of the guess room. He's been in this room before, when Dominick and him were in college. The balcony faced the gate, and the room was on the second floor. He returns to Ellie, who is watching what he is doing, after measuring the high of the ground from where they are."We'll jump," he said as they walked through the balcony together. "I'll go first, and I'll catch you—""Wait a second!" She cut him off and looked down at the ground where they were going to jump. "You want us to jump there? Are you that insane? Let's just get out of here and walk safely without getting hurt," she contradicted, about to leave him when he grabbed her hand again."There's a chance they see us, so while everyone's in the back, let's jump over here; the gate is already close, and we can get out of here without them noticing," he tried to persuade her to reconsider."But, it is too high.""Don't worry, I won't leave any scars on your skin because I will catch you.""How about your hand?" Ellie takes his hand, and the bruises are still visible. "You might get hurt again," she said quietly, looking at him with gentle eyes."I'm already used with so much pain, Ellie," he replied solemnly with double meaning on his words, and they exchanged stares, where Ellie averting first her gaze away."You better make sure that you will catch me." She changed back the subject and look down for the second time to measure the high where they will going to jump."You got me, okay?"Like what they have plan, Arthur is the who take the first jump where in he almost slumped his face on the ground if he didn't control his balance. Ellie is a little bit nervous as she wear off her transparent stiletto and looked down for a second where Arthur is waiting for her to jump the balcony. She close her eyes, silently prayer in her mind before she jump off as she pull all her courage."You can now open your eyes," Arthur said while carrying her in a bridal style.Ellie slowly opened her eyes and the thing that she saw was their face that is almost near to each other. She immediately get down on her arms and fix herself out her embarrassment. "You really catch me. Thank you.""I told you, you got me; let's go now before someone else sees us here," he said, grabbing her hand as he prepared to leave."Wait, I'm going to put on my stiletto first," she said, immediately putting it back on."Why do you women like to wear such dangerous shoes like that? Are you not afraid of losing your balance and falling on the ground?" he irritably asked, looking at what she was doing."This is a woman thing that a man wouldn't understand, so shut up!" She stood confidently in front of him where her height increased by her four-inch stiletto."Tss."The two successfully escape at Yuzon's residence without being noticed by the people they left behind. They didn't care what they left in the party as long as they got out with it somewhere they weren't both having fun. It's been almost an hour since they left, and Arthur is driving his car while Ellie sits in the passenger seat. They are both in silence, thinking about different things."Where do you want us to go? Do you want to go out of town or out of country? We can book a ticket right now-""What?" Ellie asked as he broke the silence."We are going to leave and never return to them, right?" He caught a glimpse of his side before returning his gaze to the road."Stop the car!" she yelled, realizing what was going on and do what she said."Why are you shouting?" he asked calmly."I think you misunderstood me," she said quietly, "Or did you plan this after all? I thought you were just going to get me out of the party, but it appears you are going to take me away from them!" she unbuckled her seatbelt and get out to the car."Ellie! Argh damn it!" Arthur shook his head and followed her outside. "Please get back in the car.""No! I will never go with you again!" she exclaimed, her eyes filled with rage. "You just planned this all along, and I despise you!""What difference does it make when you want to go out in the party and never come back to them? I know you don't want to do what they're asking you to do, and I can see it in your eyes, Ellie; why are you so naive and keeping your pride out of it?""I don't have anything to explain to you anymore, and I'm sick of having these arguments with you! If you want to go, don't involve me and leave me alone, Arthur! It's already ten years pass after we have the same arguments but you still didn't change." She bited her lower lip as she tried to hold back her tears. "You already have Rebecca and Andy but you still keep clinging on me. Stop this nonsense because there is no way we can be together now that we are both engaged.""It's just easy for you to say change because you're the one who changed after all..." He paused, looking at her as if this was the last time he'd see her. "I agreed on what you wanted before we entered the orphanage and you promised me. I kept the agreement and forgot my pride, but you forgot to keep your promises. I shouldn't have agreed on the first place with your ideas because it changed you!" He didn't stop raising his voice and sounded like he was regretting everything.Ellie clenched her fist and walked towards him, enraged by what she had heard. "You're the one who doesn't want to separate from me, and I did you a favor, and now you're blaming me because it changed me!" she pushed him."Stop!" Arthur grabbed her arms and held them tightly, but she fought him."Get off me!" she yelled, about to push him again when he caught her in his arms. "Get off me," she said, tears welling up in her eyes as she felt his warm hugs."I never blame you, Ellie, it's just this life that prevents us from being together-""Enough, I don't want to hear anything from you!" She didn't wait for him to finish what he was saying before walking away from him. "Whatever you said, it was still the same; you're blaming me for putting you in this situation, so stop changing the fact!" She wiped her tears where her make-up had already been destroyed. "I'll just take a taxi home, and don't worry, I won't tell them I escaped with you at the party.""What about the kiss? You responded to it, and I know you want me too; you're just holding it back," he said before she could turn her back."That kiss? You only manipulated me, and I fell into your trap."Present...(Knock on the door)"Ellie?" Her adoptive mother interrupted her thoughts when she heard a knock outside her room."Yes, Mom?" Ellie quickly wiped her teats away, which she hadn't noticed while recalling her conversation with Arthur the night before."Can I come in?" Anecita asked."The door is unlocked, Mom, and you may enter." Her room door opened, and she smiled immediately when her adoptive mother entered so she wouldn't notice that she was upset about what happened to her with her adoptive brother. "Mom, good morning.""Good morning," Anecita said as she sat next to her bedside. "How was your stomachache? Is it still bothering you?""I-it's already gone, Mom, and I feel better now. I'm sorry again if I didn't let you know everything before I left. I really can't bear my stomachache, so I went to the hospital right away," she apologized, but it was all a lie and didn't involve Arthur because they might start doubting them."It's okay, we understand, but you should know that we are all disappointed, especially your father, who felt embarrassed in front of the reporters who kept asking about you; we just paid them not to include your sudden absence in the party so it won't affect our family and the company," her adoptive mother explained, where her calm tone had earlier changed to strict, "And don't ever do it again, Ellie. Try to remember the good things we have done to you and your brother if you will put again us in shame. We can take the name we gave you and everything you have right now, even if you are an adult. Your future children would suffer as you did on the street."Ellie's heart raced quickly as she heard what she said because it sounded like a threat. She was now regretting what she had done, and she had no idea how he had persuaded her to come with him. "I'm sorry, Mom, please forgive me; I promise I will never do it again." She bowed her head in shame for herself."It should be," Anecita says and get out of her bed. "And, before I forget, Dominick's mother asked a favor, and we already agreed on it, which means it's already settled," she added, and it seems she has no right to have a second demotion to it."What did you agree on?" her brow furrowed as she looked up at her. Hearing that it came from Dominick's mother gave her goosebumps because she thought of her as a witch. She can't forget the conversation she had with his mother out of her head.Anecita gave her a hard stare before answering her question. "We agreed that you'll stay with them on weekdays so you and Dominick can get to know each other while your wedding is on its way next month before your brother's wedding, and you can only come home here on weekends and you'll be permanently staying with them after your wedding," she explained. "Dominick will going to pick you here tomorrow, so start packing your belongings now.""O-okay, Mom," she replied in a lower voice and sighed when her adoptive mother had already left her room, "Great, Ellie. You'll have to live in a house with a maniac and a witch. Aish!Ellie was completely lost while playing with the pencil in her hand. She was now at her workstation, trying to decide what she should draw for Rebecca's wedding gown. She didn't even bother to come out of her room after her conversation with her adoptive mother. She doesn't feel eating also even the maid brought a food in her room that's why the breakfast on her bed is already cold."What should I sketch? I feel like every idea left in my head," she grumbled as she looked at the sketch pad, where she had only drawn a line. "This is annoying; he really thought he was going to succeed with what he's planning, huh?" She begins a monologue with herself, holding the pencils as if they were a knife. "Arthur was a real pain in the ass, and I hate him! Wahh! I hate him! I hate him!"(Phone ringing)When her phone at the top of the table begins to ring with an unregistered number, her frustration comes to an end. "Hello, who is this?" she asked as she answered the phone, wondering who it could
It's already late at night where Ellie left alone in the bar area, doing her assignment about Rebecca's wedding gown. She already have an idea right now what to sketch since the bride gave an idea to her. While holding her pencil smudging it to the paper, her other hand is holding the wine glass where she simply sipping on it. The one bottle of Golden Grain 190 they had earlier is now three bottles which Rebecca only the one who's really drinking. Ellie only had a two shots when they were starting and since Rebecca is already out, there are still half alcohol remaining in the last bottle that she needs to finish.Thirty minutes ago...Rebecca revealed a lot about her relationship with her fiancée. Hearing how difficult it is for her to win his heart makes Ellie feel bad, as if it is all her fault. She has no idea what to advise and can only listen to her problems."Can I tell you something, Ellie?" Rebecca pouted on her, her eyes alread
Arthur get home safely where he notice that Ellie's car are still parked outside the gate. He looks in his watch and it's already late that's why he start thinking what is she still doing. To find out the answer he headed inside with his laptop and headed straight first upstairs to check his daughter. Andy was peacefully sleeping in her bed with her nanny and he didn't take a step inside so he wouldn't wake them up but instead he goes in the next door where he found his fiancee already sleeping in their bed."Babe, is that you?" Rebecca asked between her sleep when she heard a little noise."Yes and where is Ellie?" He placed his laptop on the side table of the bed and cover her with their blanket. "Where is she?" He asked again in his calm voice."Maybe she's still in the basement. Hmmm.""Okay I will comeback," he replied and didn't get anymore response when Rebecca got back in her deep sleep.Before Arthur could go out in the room, he
The sun rise is already in the sky when Ellie stop her car in front of their huge garage. There was a black Mercedes parked outside their gate which wonder her who is the owner of it. It wasn't them after all because their cars are always parked inside. In order for her to find out, she walk inside their house and everything was answered when she stop on the living room."Dominick?" It seems like she saw a ghost when she called him."Finally, my fiancee is already here!" Dominick was in his business attire and about to go in their company when he decide to pick Ellie first. It already six thirty in the morning and he arrives thirty minutes ago. "Good morning, Love." He kiss her on the cheek as he walk closer."G-Good morning," she replied, didn't know what to do, "You're re early as I expected.""Dominick decided to pick you first before heading at the company," Luisito answered her question while having his coffee on the couch."But I d
Dominick and Ellie headed on their way at Yuzon's residence driving in different cars as she requested to bring it along with them. At first, he didn't agree to bring her car because they are going to separate while they are on the way but he didn't have a choice at the end just to agree. It took them, almost an hour before they arrived and the gate automatically opened where they both entered inside instead parking it in the outside."Let me help you on that." Dominick insisted and brought her luggages as they entered inside the house."Welcome to our home, Ellie dear!" Lovelyn welcomed her with a warm hug who is been waiting for them in the couch."Thank you, Mrs. Yuzon," Ellie replied with a little bit nervous in her heart when she face the witch mother of her fiancee."I'm sorry if Dominick's father wasn't around because he's in an important gathering since last night but you'll see him later as he came back," she explained and only received a nod on her, "M
Dominick and Ellie are having dinner together in the dining table. They are the only one in the house with the maids because his mother has an important errands to attend after going out with her daughter-in-law. As usual, the atmosphere between them is in silence where Ellie feel a little tense while being with him in the table. She can't even raise her head to see him, having a feeling that he was staring on her."So, how was your day while I'm gone?" Dominick opened a conversation to break the silence between them."It's fine," Ellie only replied while her eyes are only on her plate while she was eating, "How about yours?" She glimpsed a second on him and averted her eyes quick as if he was a curse to take a look."It's fine and thanks for asking." He grimaced, holding his temper on what she was doing. "Since I'm already here, do you want to discuss now the condition in our relationship?" He stop eating where his plate is already empty."Okay let's discuss it now." She stop also ea
It was six o'clock in the morning, and Arthur was inside his car, which he had parked not far from Yuzon's house, where he would not be able to notice. He is driving a different car today because everyone knows what he usually drives and it would be obvious if he drove his Lamborghini. The first thing that came to mind when he awoke was Ellie, and something compelled him to go to the location to see her, even though she had already told him to leave her alone, but he couldn't. He just can't let her go easily, even if they've argued a thousand times, and it won't make him give up on her.Flashbacks..."You can tell me now, Arthur, what is that important matter you are talking about earlier," Luisito said when he take a seat on the swivel chair of his mini office. "Is it about the issue that I told you to work on?" He added, guessing the reason when he didn't respond yet."Yes, Dad, but I couldn't catch yet who is the thief in our hotel," Arthur replied and he was surrounded with dark a
Ellie was wearing an off shoulder top which she paired with her trouser and sneakers. This is more likely more comfortable for her than wearing a dress in her normal days. As usual, her hair was tied up from her back and put a little light make up before she left in the room with the Gucci bag. As she goes downstairs, she saw her soon mother-in-law still in her sleep robe where she seemed not herself while stirring the coffee on the cup. Even she hates the conversation they had yesterday, she still come closer to check her because she's concern after all."Good morning, Mom," she greeted, standing on her side, "You seemed not in yourself."Lovelyn tilted her head to her side which she firstly notice the outfit she's wearing. "Good morning, Ellie dear. I'm just having a hangover that is why." She simple replied and quickly changed the subject asking her, "Where are you going?""I'm going to the company," she answered, "Mom and dad just called me and they want to see me before lunch." sh