I arrived in front of our house's gate with a disheveled appearance. I can see my reflection from the mirrors on the street before, and now I regret crying like that.
If my parents are home, they'll make a big deal out of this and try to force me to go homeschooling again like before. I don't want that. I took a deep breath as I opened our gate and went inside.
Before getting inside the door, I notice the orange-ray coming from the sun already ready to set. It's almost dismissal. Would everything be fine there? It will be since I'm not there anymore. No one could ruin everything there anymore. I opened the door and went inside, hoping that no one was home.
"Ion? Is that you?"
Hearing Alina's voice made my eyes brimmed with tears. No. I can't let Alina see me like this. She'll worry about me again. I swallowed the lump in my throat. "Yeah, it's m
“Shall we go now?” I nodded as Lean opened the van’s door, making me go inside. Kim wasn’t available for today since it was too sudden and she had other works to do. Along with being my manager, she also works for Lean’s fashion shop, which is also DIAMOND, where they sell their newest designs of clothing, shoes, and accessories. “You can take a nap if you want. I’ll wake you up as soon as we arrive.” I accepted that and closed my eyes to take some rest. My work hasn’t even started yet, but why do I feel exhausted? As if something’s pulling my energy out of my body. I shouldn’t feel like this; Lia should become everyone’s ray of sunshine, and that won’t happen if I look tired. Lia’s the reason some other people are still holding on with their life, and I belong to those people. “Ion— I mean Lia, we’re here.” I opened my eye
After getting my makeup done and my hair styled with how Gina wanted, she told me that I should go to the meeting room first, where they’ll be waiting. Gina went out first while I got my things; I stopped seeing my reflection in the mirror. It’s Lia. I smiled to see Lia smile as I grew closer to the mirror, and I touched my reflection; it’s cold. “Pretty.” This is how things should be. I need this to stay. All I need to do for that to happen is to be Lia, and everything will be fine. “Let’s do this.” I went out of the room holding my purse, and I could feel the cold air coming from the air-conditioner touching my bare skin. It’s colder outside my dressing room, and it made me stop from where I was standing. I closed my eyes for a moment to let the cold air get into me and let my body get used to it. After doing that, I took a deep breath as I made my way towards the me
I froze after hearing Gina say that.Lost my glow? Was I glowing before?"It's not my position to say this, but if you're having trouble about something, we're all here to listen. Since you're our precious Lia, after all."Gina pats my shoulder, but instead of feeling comfort, I feel jealous. They're all here for Lia, but not for me. This all belongs to Lia and not mine.It added such dirty feelings inside me, and it couldn't beat the emptiness still.I'm already looking at Lia's reflection, but I can't seem to feel happy about it. She's the only one I need, but why am I acting as if I'm tired of hiding from her shadow? And this thing called jealousy, I shouldn't feel such ugly feelings even though I know that I'm already ugly.There's no way I would feel like that if I'm still the same person I was before; that's why I can't understand this. Am I not in the
It’s a man with ebony black hair wearing black sunglasses. He’s also wearing black pants, a black turtleneck shirt, and a gray cardigan with black leather shoes. When he removed his sunglasses, I saw his deep black eyes looking straight at me. Who is this guy? Is he Jasper’s new chauffeur? But why is he so fashionable? “It’s me.” That guy pulled me into the car before saying that. What does he mean with ‘me’? “It’s me, Jasper. I dyed my hair black, although it’s not permanent and could be washed off. I also wore some black contacts. Isn’t it awesome? You almost didn’t recognize me, didn’t you?” Jasper said proudly while having this grin on his face. He does all of that just for this hangout? “I actually have a natural blonde hair, but I dyed it brown since it caused too much attention before when I first got here in this country.” That reminds me
Jasper and I arrived at the restaurant he talked about, and there were no other people except for the two of us. I don't know if this is a coincidence, but I feel like Jasper must have rented the whole restaurant, and now he's acting as if he doesn't know anything about it. "Isn't this great? There are no people other than us. You can remove that cap and face mask too." He said as a staff guided us to their VIP room. Why bother renting the whole restaurant if they already have VIP rooms? "What do you like to eat? I love their pasta here, but they also have dishes with rice." I couldn't care less, and I couldn't answer either. Since I was feeling nauseous before, I don't think I could eat that well. There are tons of mirrors surrounding us. I wonder why Jasper decided to use this room instead of the normal one? "I'll get what you suggest." Jasper'
I could feel my legs wobbling as I struggled to stand up on the ice rink. How come figure skaters could stand here as if it’s nothing? What kind of sorcery is that? “I-I don’t think I can do this,” I said while holding onto Jasper’s hands. Jasper chuckled and said, “It’s fine. I’m here to help you.” He moved back, slowly pulling me into the middle of the rink. “You’ll love this.” He said, but all I could feel was my wobbly legs and the anxiety that made me think like I’m going to fall if Jasper let go of me. “Don’t leave me,” I said without even thinking, which made Jasper stop from letting go of my hand. “I-I’m sorry for saying something like that, but this is scary.” I tried to cover up what I’d said, but Jasper grabbed my hand tight as if reassuring me that he wouldn’t let go. I looked up at his face and saw him smile. “I won’t let go until you can stand on your own,” Jasper said as he continue
Ezra’s POVI yawned as I opened my eyes. Another day with another responsibility with the committee. "Let's get into it." I got out of bed and started the day with my usual morning routine. However, I am still wondering if Alexis got home fine yesterday. He didn't want me to accompany him, but I was too worried about him. He didn't look fine yesterday."Zee!"I heard Eyen's voice outside calling for me. "Yeah, I'm coming." As soon as I finished taking a bath, I went outside, where Eyen was waiting patiently. Not that patient because he's already screaming my name. I ruffled his hair and held his hand; we both made our way downstairs. "Where's mom?"Eyen shrugged. Right, he's my younger brother, he's now 6 years old, but he would still knock on my room's door and would want to eat breakfast with me. "Did you have a good night's sleep?" He nodded with my question as he aske
"That's what I've wanted to say. Don't start avoiding me now just because you know I like you." Irish waved me goodbye and left after saying what she wanted to say. What? Leaving me just like that?How should I absorb all those things she said? It's too shocking! How could Irish like me? She doesn't like men before, I think? So how come she ended up falling for me? I don't remember doing something that could make her like me.No, wait! Let's stop thinking about that for now, and let's send Alexis another message. He wouldn't hate it, wouldn't he? I hope it won't come out clingy or annoying for him. It's just messages. I took a deep breath before typing again on my phone. What should I say? Ugh! I'm just going to write what I feel!Hey, this is Ezra again. I'm worried about you. I hope you're doing fine. You can talk to me about it, okay? ^-^Hmm, should I remove the emoji thing