Artemis' POVAfter the funeral, we went back immediately to the hospital. I wasn't myself on the way back there. The nurses already said that Zelo was already awake."Daddy!" It seems that the tears are not really drying from the eyes of the two because after seeing their father, they couldn't stop crying. Only the four of us are here now because Ares is still taking care of Macoy's belongings.I feel numb. I felt bad that we went out immediately but I mostly felt bad that Zelo woke up without anyone beside him. It was as if something heavy was in my chest and it was making it hard to breathe."Every day, I overthink a lot that you won't come back to us… That you won't wake up anymore... You rested for so long, Daddy..." Athena cried and said to him while Zelo smiled just before he wiped away Athena's tears."Of course, I'll come back for the three of you. I still owe you three a lot..." Zelo said who also brought Hades close to him. He is quietly crying on another side of Zelo.I jus
Artemis' POV"Mama... When Daddy's already fine, we are going to Cebu, right?" Hades asked waking up from a dream. He immediately attended to me crying when he woke up. He woke up from a nightmare while I also woke up from a bad dream."I don't feel safe here... I felt like any time, there's someone who will take us again... And we will experience that scary stuff once again..." he said with a trace of fear on his face. I just stroked his hair.I have something I want to do but I want to talk to Zelo first. He has a lot of things to do here. He still has people who need him. He's still the president of the country. Even just now that he is resting, his work is piling up, especially since the vice president is now in jail.His cabinets are not publicizing his condition at the moment but it often seems that they want him to return to work."You are safe now, Baby... You are safe with us..." I whispered while comforting Hades. Sometimes it's their father who does this. They are undergoin
Artemis' POVWe'll just ruin each other. That's the only thing that goes on my mind for days. I'm going to mess with his life again. I'm just a poisonous person in his life. Someone who he will forgive even if I do something worse. It's always like that. And I don't want it. I don't want to see him that way. I can't forgive anyone who's ruining him and I'm not exempt at all."Umbrielle." I almost jumped in shock when someone spoke behind me."You're staring at nowhere again. You're thinking about him again," Ares said to me. I can see his worried eyes as he looks at me now. I just bit my lip."It's nothing," I said before smiling at him."Who are you fooling again? I'm your brother, Artemis," he said, still shaking his head at me.“Even with your therapist, you don't talk. You just choose the words that you wanted to say..." he said, staring again."I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me, Ares. Zelo has been waiting for you for a while. I'll go inside first," I said. Zelo is alrea
Artemis' POVI looked at her with a confused face."He doesn't really care at all if he gets hurt again. That one is always high blood to me when I do something bad to you, so I like to annoy you even more. What they said is really true, when you're smart, you're a fool in love," she said, still shaking her head."He was so in love with you that I doubt if he'll still be the same when you slip away from him again," she said. Those lines linger on my mind all day. Even when me and Ms. Yu part ways. I was still thinking about it.I fucking felt so bad thinking that Zelo was just acting like something didn't happen between us at all on that day just because he loves me. He loves me so he doesn't care anymore. As if he will forgive all my sins just because he doesn't want me to leave. That he'll settle for less just because he has feelings for me."Are the kids sleeping now?" Zelo asked when he entered the room a few days later. I nodded and gave him space to look at Athena and Hades."Ze
Artemis' POV"The only thing I don't understand is why you're overworking yourself when your husband is supporting you and your kids," Seb said to me.“Let her be. That girl has high pride. She's still being stubborn," Ares said, shaking his head at me. I just rolled my eyes at him before I stretched."Zelo's giving money for the kids. Not for me. I don't take my expenses from his money," I said, which is the reason why my brother's eyebrows raised."Wow, you still know Zelo? Whenever he is here, you are not at home. You may have forgotten your husband's face. Also, what if you spend his money? You two are still married?” he asked me so Seb just laughed at both of us because this is what we were arguing about again."I also don't fully understand why you seem to be more on Zelo's side? Maybe you're forgetting that I'm your sister, Ares.” He shrugged his shoulders at that."It's not like that. It's just that, how long will you stay like that? You two haven't spoken in almost a year and
Artemis' POV"But he left a bunch of things for you too, Mama!" Hades said to me with a smile so I gave back his energy before I pinched his cheek at the cuteness of how he talks in Tagalog.“So that's why there's a lot of boxes here again. Your Daddy spoils you two so much," I said, laughing before I carried him up and took him inside."That's just Daddy's love language, Mama... Especially when he misses us," he said, making me smile before agreeing. I feel that the five love languages are his too. He always do all of that."Don't you miss Daddy, Mama?" Hades asked me."I miss him too, Baby..." I said, just smiling at Hades."Then why—" He couldn't continue what he was going to say when I was immediately hugged by Athena's warm body."Mama! You weren't able to see Daddy again," she said so I didn't know if I should laugh or what."It's okay, Baby. We'll just go to Manila to visit him," I said, so Athena immediately relayed that to her brother so he could understand it better."Really
Artemis' POV"The kids wanted to visit. If it's fine with you, we'll go…” I said, not knowing how to look at him. And you really even used the children, Artemis."Of course, the kids can," he said, making me pout. Just kids? How about me?"And you can too if you don't have any work that day," he said casually. He even shrugged his shoulders at me so I couldn't help but pout. I just nodded there. His eyes stayed on me while I pretended to help our kids open the toys and their books. I can't look at him now. It's alright, I'll just let myself for now. During the weekend, I will finally say my true feelings."You just gave them new books and toys last week, you don't have to give them a lot..." I said, looking at him. I can see the frown on his face. He sighed because of that."I just miss—Them… Let me just spoil them for a while," he casually said as if he didn't want to argue with me while we were here in front of Athena and Hades today. I couldn't stop nodding there. I also know that
Artemis' POVHe was right about all of that. Even when we get back together. He was the one who kept on chasing after me however it would be different this time... If he doesn't have a girlfriend.I was just stunned in Hades' room for a while but soon after, I came out. Zelo didn't go home but he looked like he wasn't on his usual self while our kids were talking to him. I just cleared my throat before I went to their place. Zelo didn't seem to notice my arrival and the questions our kids were asking him.His lips parted when he saw me but he didn't say anything. He just stared at me.We were both absent-minded while taking care of our children. Both were in deep thought when we started eating. I felt everything he said. It was as if I was slapped by every word he uttered.Even when he left the next day, I didn't talk to him because he wasn't himself either."What's wrong with you?" Ares asked when I was in Seb's office again walking back and forth."How did you court Seb? How did you