IT hasn’t even been an hour since Cath officially becomes the nanny of the twins. Yet, Sam is acting like she is his servant and just to get her attention all to him. “The twins’ class will end at 11.” He started, and once more all after the little things that he made Cath do which are all the basic stuff that she already knew. “It’s better that you will stay at the academy until that time. There are designated places for the student’s guardian, so you do not need to worry about where you’ll be staying.” Irritated, but she needed to keep her cool now that the second phase of her plan is already complete. “I will and you do not need to worry about anything ‘SIR’ Lawrence.” She teases, emphasizing the honorific of the word ‘SIR’. Which took Sam aback with the kick of nuisance and offended by her word. “Sam.” He immediately corrected, somewhat snapped and emphasizing his name. with the steps close to Cath, by which Cath in return is stepping back and supposedly evading him. “You
“I WILL be coming for you later to fetch you up.” HEY, WAIT WHAT? The surprised thoughts of Cath, upon hearing those words from Sam. A gesture that he never usually does and has somewhat forgotten ever since his wife left him. “You would? You really would do that daddy?” Monique squeals in delight hearing those words from him. “I will, and after which we will go to the amusement park.” Giving his daughter a slight pinch in the cheek and his son a fist bump. The twins are all excited and even couldn’t wait for the time to turn fast. “You heard that Cole? We are going to the amusement park.” Melted by the twins' smiles and taken by Sam’s words. Cath is reminded of the vice-principal's concern. A fact that lightens up somehow as Sam took the promise she made with the kids if circumstances weren’t changed the last time. “Then, I’ll be seeing you later?” Immediately fading her smile because she doesn’t want him to misunderstand her expression. She instead asks, curious about thi
“CANCEL everything of my appointment today.” Sam informs and quickly hangs up on Brian, knowing that he doesn’t need to explain further for there is only one reason for his sudden absences for this past week. Brian’s step-sister Cath. “Tsk!” He smirks, as he couldn’t help it with his oozing confidence and on the roll not just to continue teasing Cath for the day, but to make sure that he will have the advance progress for the plan that he’s been cooking. “Right.” Parking the car is not that far from the guardian’s waiting area. His presence surely is known when the ladies single or not turns their head to look at him. “Isn’t that?’ “It’s Samuel Lawrence.” “Woah!” They gossip behind his back and are all in awe of his presence that he hardly made anyone see. Added by his natural Casanova presence that’s leaving a trace of swoon woman behind his track. “How was the wedding?” Sam stops on his track and just in the corner after those words caught his attention. “Mia, don’t
“HOW can you tame the heart of the person who is long been tame by you?” The innocent thought of the ten years old Sam. Asking his best friend and little target to be bullied by him, Cath. “Is that even a question?” Cath asks back wondering as she couldn’t understand his thoughts. “Just where have you heard such words? Movies, TV shows, or from some random person?” She asks, somewhat mocking him with those words and thoughts that Cath thinks to be too deep for their current age. “You know Sam, sometimes you are kind of silly.” She then teases which didn’t annoy Sam like he always does. But instead, he stands and opens his arms wide. Looking at the green meadow before turning back to her and declaring. “In the future, I will build a grand restaurant in this place and name it after your favorite flower. In that way, I can secretly tell everyone that it is meant for you.” SWEETLY remembered those words and the past. Cath couldn’t help smiling at the fact that Sam didn’t f
FRIEND. The word that keeps on repeating inside Cath’s mind. Making her frustrated for the reasons that she couldn’t accept and never will be. “Sir, ma’am. Your orders.” The food starts to arrive with the people around them with wide eyes and couldn’t believe what they are seeing. “I can finish this, all of it.” She firmly stood with what she had said with a bit of irritated and angered tone upon Sam’s expression that is doubting her. “You said it.” Sam just agrees, didn’t want to argue with her noticing her frustration that he had no idea why. “Friend.” She whispers to herself and just enough for her to hear. The same word that she couldn’t let go, of and is making her frustrated and irritated by Sam by the minute. “Come on Cath, get your head in the game.” Once more reminding herself of her little ritual at hand. That honestly amuses Sam while pretending that he is not hearing her say a thing. “Okay.” Cath t
FINALLY calming herself, but decided to do the thing that she initially came from in this place. Cath fixed her face and calm her heart. Went back to their table like nothing ever happened. “I’m sorry about that.” Noticing the change, but not the change that everyone will initially think. Sam ignored it for a while and was somehow glad that she isn’t intoxicated anymore. The best part was he made everyone shut their mouth to gossip about them. “Aren’t you hungry?” Cath’s question and offer for him to join her, made him smile yet, is doubting her attitude. For suddenly throwing her upset mood that he is glad about, but then, on the other hand, is kind of disappointing him. Knowing that is something wrong that he doesn’t like. “Cath---” He wanted to ask, he was supposed to ask her about what’s bothering her, yet he is cut off when Cath’s phone rings. “Lindsey?” A bit alarmed as Sam doesn’t want to be dis
“ONCE I’ll tell you, then it means that you cannot escape from me anymore.” A threat? But more like a confession. Two things are running immediately inside Cath’s mind after being pinned and cornered once more by Sam. “Just what do you think you are doing?” She is left with that thought and quickly asks Sam about it. While she is trying to make sense of his previous words she is screaming to herself that it wasn’t like what she is thinking about as a confession. “You sure become an expert in hiding and denying. Aren’t you, Cath?” Caught her red-handed, and Sam just brutally slap her with the fact that she is running away from the very start. She is tongue-tied by the moment and worse with her wild heart that is once more shaking all her revolve out the window. “De-denying? W-what! Just what are you talking about?” She stutters before stepping on with her right foot forward, yet Sam only sees it as her another way of being in denial. “Tsk!” Smirking where he finds her cute
“SO, you are the twins’ new nanny?”Erika asks, not to clarify that fact that she already knows but to warn her about her certain position in the family. “I am.”Cath casually replied with a smile and doesn’t mean any war or to start a heated argument. But with Erika’s disappointed tone and piss expression behind her fake smile. It is not that hard to notice and read that she is angry about what Monique just told her a while back. “The kids like you very much, and I do not see why?”Her critic, Erika started to critique. Trying to go under her skin, but Cath knew otherwise how to distance herself against the kind of entitled girlfriend like her.“Tell me Cath, how did you know Sam?”Intrigued but in truth is just buying some time after Sam and the twins left the two of them for a while and went to buy some food. Before they start to went all over the amusement park with Erika who literary insisted to tag along. “We are childhood friends.”Cath once more casually answer her question