BRITTANY'S POV
"Drive faster, Wade."
I'm praying hard while we're on our way to Selena. I keep on telling myself that nothing bad will happen to her, nothing. She'll be safe while waiting for us.
Wade tried to overtake from the cars in front of us. We both became annoyed when the red light appeared in the traffic lights. This shit, we need to get there faster, we don't know what things can Jacob do to Selena.
"Jaxon is here already," Haru said when we saw men that are lying on the ground unconscious. I'm a bit amazed on how Jaxon did this all by himself, he's an ace.
We followed Haxilla when she suddenly run at the warehouse. We saw that Jacob hitting Jaxon at the other side, while Selena almost lost her voice because of her screaming. I immediately run to her while our other friends trying to stop the men of Jacob.
"Get away of here with Jaxon," I said to her while trying to cut the surrounding chains.
She successfully run to Jaxon. I almost bump my head at the wall when someone threw me there, a man is standing at my front and about to hit me using a baseball bat. He screamed and fell down when I hit his center using the large chains that I'm holding.
"That's funny, hon." Wade joked while helping me to stand up.
My eyes widened when Jacob pulled the trigger of his gun and point it to Jaxon and Selena.
"Selena!"
I felt that my soul left my body when the bullet hit at Selena's back. Everyone panicked, except to me and Haxilla that only stared to Selena's blood flowing from her body.
My mind is so clouded that I didn't know that we're already at the hospital. Wade hugged me tightly, caressing the back of my head.
HARU'S POV
It's already been ten hours since Selena entered the operating room, we're all praying in silence that both of them can survive. Jacob is already at the custody of the police and being investigated now in layers of crime that he committed. Jaxon is still in the ICU because of what Jacob did to him, everyone is in pain and no one dares to talk because of shock.
Haxilla is on my side, sleeping at his husband's shoulder while waiting for the doctor to come out after the operation. Wade is with Britanny to take care of her, she's the weakest among of us, and she's the one who is more affected to what happened now.
We all stand up when the doctor get out of the operating room, by looking on his face, there's an enough reason to feel this nervous and fear.
"How's the operation, Doc?" I asked.
He sighed and looked each one of us, "There's a bad and good news. The good one is, we did save the mother," he paused for a moment, my heart can't stop on beating hard, "But, the baby can't make it. He was the one who received the bullet for her mother, it directly hits his heart, causing it to stop on beating. I'm sorry."
"Oh God," Haxilla exclaimed and cried. I sat down quietly while trying to sink in all the things that happened today. This will cause the worst trauma to Selena, we don't even know if she can accept this all, again.
Raven put a cup of coffee on my front. After we heard the news about Selena, he calmed down his wife first and let her rest. We're just quiet while watching all the people that passing by at the cafeteria.
"You should be strong in front of Selena when she wakes up," Raven started. I just looked at him, he didn't cry or anything after what happened, like it didn't affect him.
"Until when you can be strong like that?" I asked that him puzzeled, after a moment, he nods his head and leaned.
"Until everyone can get back to their normal selves." He looked away from me, "Selena has nothing left except for us. This is the time that you can prove yourself to her."
I shook my head, "Jaxon will do everything just to get her back."
"And you think Selena wants the same?" he asked that made me to look at him, "She loved him, but not to the point that she will sacrifice herself again. Maxine is still waiting for Jaxon at the other country."
"What if Jaxon chose to stay here for good and—"
"He can't do that. Maxine's family is more powerful now than you think, in just a snap, she can turn the world upside down." He said. How can he even know about this?
JAXON'S POV
"Where's Selena? How is she?" I asked immediately when I woke up at the hospital room.
"She's still in the ICU."
I felt relieved that she made it. They told me that she was the one who protected me from bullet, she's also undergone a ten hours operation. It's really complicated since she's pregnant.
"But," Haxilla suddenly said, all of us looked at her except for Haru and Raven, "The baby is dead."
"What?!" Britanny shouted in shock. I'm just staring at her while wishing at the back of my head that she's just pranking us.
She bowed her head, indicating that she's telling the truth. My chest tightened, blaming myself from what happened. If it's not because of my parents, everything will be perfect.
The whole room covered in silence and crying, it's too much for Selena.
SELENA'S POV
"What are you doing here?" I asked when Jaxon entered my room.
It's been a week since I woke up and knew everything that happened, I know I lost my baby while trying to save his father. Jaxon sat at the chair beside me and holds my hand.
"I'm sorry. I know it's not enough to ease all the pain that I've caused to you, but I'm really sorry."
How many times do I need to hear that word? Ever since I opened my eyes, that's the only word they told me like it'll bring back the precious life of my baby. They're sorry, but they keep on doing the same mistakes, does it make sense?
I get the divorce papers and pen, he looked puzzled when I throw the envelope to him.
He shook his head while reading what it says, "N-no, I don't want this—"
"You're going to marry Maxine any moment now, and it's not good to get married while you're still married to an other woman by papers. Let's just accept the consequences that we made, we can't do anything about it."
He's just looking at me, his eyes are asking for another chance, but everything ends here for us.
"But, I still love you—"
"And it's not a valid reason to escape her. You already have responsibilities to her that you can't run off anytime you want."
He signed the paper against his will. I felt a thorn removed from my heart while watching him doing it, it's not that I don't want him, but there's another family that is waiting for him.
"Thank you." I said when he gives back the papers, "The attorney will back for this to process it already," I noticed our engagement and wedding ring on my finger, his lips parted when I put it on his palm, "Keep it or throw it, it's your choice. Be a responsible and good father to your child, Jaxon."
"Selena, are you sure about this?"
I nod, "Yes, you may get out of here now."
I motioned my hand to the door, he stared at me for a minute before he stood up and shut the door when he walked out. My tears suddenly fell like a river while staring at the door.
This is not the best decision that I've made, but it's not also the worst. I just don't want their family will be ruined just because of me.
We met and also end by tragedy.
That's how the destiny played with us, it's a huge mess game, but I learned many lessons while playing this game.
"Wylow! Come here, baby." I wiped Wylow's mouth that is full of chocolate, Haru gave me an extra tissue. "Britanny should be the one who is doing that." He said, I threw the used tissue on his face. "She's busy on preparing the foods." He sat down at my side while fixing Wylow's hair, "If we ever have a baby, she will be beautiful like you or he will be more handsome than me?" I pushed him with all my strength, "Stop that nonsense. I didn't even give you a permission to court me again." "I can court you in bed," he said while twitching his eyebrows up and down. Yuck, he's so disgusting. We left him there, I heard him calling my name, but I ignored it. While waiting for Britanny and Haxilla, I scrolled at my feed. "Their baby is so cute." Maxine posted their family picture for the
My hands are encircled by a chain. My waking body was greeted by a cold and cement odor; this place is a shambles."You're awake, Selena."That familiar voice made me raise my head."Jacob? All of this was done by you?"He gets down on his knees and looks me in the eyes. I could see how much rage was now residing in his heart and spirit. His fingers twirled in my hair and brushed against my face."I apologize for using you, Selena. You're Jax's priceless jewel, which he can't afford to lose" with every point he makes, he says.I cocked my head and smirked. He didn't know anything, and my eyes are fixed on him, like if my death is a long distance off."You're wasting your time; Jax won't show up—"Because of a gunshot from elsewhere, my word is cut short."Get away from my wife, Jacob,"
THREE YEARS AGO Only the two of us stood beneath the frigid sky on a snowy December night. He grabs my hands and pulls me in closer. His eyes, like mine, are full of bliss, which I believed could only happen in movies. The butterflies in my stomach began to tickle my entire body. For me, it's a lovely night, and I'm feeling like a princess. He's speaking with his heart rather than his words when he says, "Thank you for coming into my life, Selena." My shaking hands smiled at him as they touched his face. "Thank you for always making my heart warm, even when the weather was so chilly." My eyes immediately closed
My headache caused me to wake up. What a shame that I was a complete mess last night.When a man approached from outside the room, I was going to get out of bed. He has a platter of food and soup in his hands.He pushed the meal to the side and said, "You're awake." I have a puzzled expression on my face as I stare at him.He's a baritone - a particularly attractive one, to be sure – but I remembered something."Yes, I'm the man in the café," he says, cutting off my words."You didn't hurt me in any way, did you?" I inquired, cautiously. He just sat on the couch and laughed at me."Why? Did you have a strange sensation in your body?"What? What exactly does he mean?"What exactly do you mean?" I inquired."Every time you're devirginized for the first time, it's unpleasant, so did you
I awoke with a big grin on my face. I need to start my day off on a good note-"AHHHH!"When I heard Haxilla cry in the living room, I bolted."Can you tell me what happened?" Brittany was the one who asked."A cockroach flew on her body, and you know how much Hax despises cockroaches," she explained as she stood there watching Haxilla jump and roll around the room."Did you simply stand there like that? Oh, please help me-ah!" Hax had fallen on the couch.With a shake of my head, I returned to my room. Later, when she realizes the cockroach has gone away from her, she will be fine.I can still hear her yells, but I choose to ignore them and prepare for my interview.Sel, be courageous and confident. You've got this!Haxilla stopped whining and began preparing breakfast as if nothing had happened
I was in a rush because I had gotten up late yet again. I've never gotten up on time, geez. When the bus came to a halt in front of me, there were a lot of people going inside, and I couldn't get in because of the crowd. With a frown on my face, I walk backwards to allow them to pass. Why did I get terrible luck when I was born? I checked my watch and realized that waiting for another bus would make it difficult for me to make it to the interview on time. Running is easy for me because I wear flat sandals. People who bumped into me were ignored as I ran. A number of individuals have voiced their displeasure with my actions, but I haven't had the opportunity to apologize to them yet.
"Finally, we met," Ma'am Perfiana said as we exchanged handshakes. "Yes, I'm really apologetic for the previous day; my documents got bogged down in a muddy puddle," I stated. Her face was filled with both confusion and worry. "Why? What went wrong? "She inquired as she prepared her laptop for the interview. "I got bumped by a jackass, grr nevermind," I joked, and she laughed as well. We're seated on a bench outside the company, which is unusual for a job interview. "By the way, ma'am, does the job interview have to take place within the company?" I inquired. "Look at the spot where we are," she replied with a smile. Only a few folks were walking there when I looked around. Unlike outside of a company, there is a low population count here. "All I see are people walking by..." "The company was l
"You're wearing that outfit again," Haxilla said as I walked out to my room."What?! Today is my actual interview," I said and sat down for breakfast.Britanny was preparing the food on the table, and my brow furrowed when I noticed a cake that was unusual on our breakfast table."Why are we having a cake? Today is none of our birthdays.""That's our good luck gift for you," Britanny said, smiling as she sat down.I'm not sure what happened, but my heart began to skip a beat."Thank you for being so sweet." I was about to hug them when they backed away.I came to a halt and gave them a cold stare. They didn't love me, hmp! I sat down in my chair with a betrayed expression on my face.