Nathan’s P.O.V“We should have collected more, I told you that girl has so much money, I wonder how she got it.” I rolled my eyes even as Norah complained, she had been complaining as we went to school and we were closed from school, and she was still complaining. Valentina might not say it but she cares so much about us and even though the family is like that and Norah keeps on stealing her money she has never taken anything to heart.So I feel Norah could cut Valentina some slacks.“That stingy bitch, she isn’t even grateful that our father lets her stay in our house for free.” She complained bitterly as we headed inside the city center, probably to spend some good time before we decided to go home. “What could we possibly get with this?”“Norah…” I called my twin softly, I wasn’t very angry at her, because I knew her reasoning wasn’t her fault, and up until some weeks back, I thought the same way, if I was going to blame anyone, I was going to blame our parents. “Do you have any
Nathan’s P.O.V Valentina’s face flushed red at the accusation; she took a few steps away from the gentle man in surprise. “N-Nathan? Why would you say something-g like that?” She stuttered as she spoke, I could tell she didn’t know how to talk to me, she was a bit hesitant, I understood why she did.It was still much of a surprise that I was talking to her and acting like normal, I turned towards the boy that was standing closer to her…Ethan… now I remember his name. He introduced himself as Ethan Lords, and I did a lot of searches about him since the time he turned up on our porch but I remember clearly the name of his father, because he was a fucking billionaire.Ethan glared down at us, since he was much taller, I could tell he wasn’t pleased to see us and I wonder why. “Are you my sister’s boyfriend?” I decided to ask, since Valentina wasn’t going to answer me, I needed something to ease the tension and make us have a natural conversation and if it was possible, this was the o
Valentina’s P.O.V I was lost in thoughts; I was unable to stop staring ahead at the now empty space where Norah and Nathan once occupied, As I suspected Nathan had changed, usually he would support his sister but today was the first time he was defending me.If you ask me, I think he is suffering from the same thing Ethan is suffering from. “Are you okay?” Ethan asked pulling me out of my thoughts, I blinked back the tears that had already gathered in my eyes and I nodded at him. “Is your sister always like that?”I didn’t know how to answer the question, I just looked away from him and it seemed like he got the message since he wasn’t bugging me about it anymore. “You still haven’t told me why you brought me here?” I decided to switch topics, he said we were going somewhere but he ended up bringing me to the city center. “If we are not going to do anything important then I would like to go home.” “I want to ride the ferry wheels,” He answered, slowing his pace to match mine, an
Valentina’s P.O.V Ethan would rarely talk about his family, even among his friends, that was just how secretive he was, but then again, why would he tell me everything? I can’t help but feel something was fishy, Ethan was onto something.He suddenly stopped and I stopped after him and then I realized we were already outside the city center; I was too deep in thought to realize that we were already done with our little visit. “I hope we get to meet up like this some other time,” Ethan said as he picked my hand from my sides, he was holding my hands for the seventh time that evening without my permission. “Just to have fun and do other things.” “You still haven’t told me what your intentions are,” I confronted as I pulled my hands out of his Ethan got the message because he slipped his hands in his pocket. “I’m not sure how I feel about your sudden change of attitude towards me and you have refused to give me a proper explanation which makes me even more suspicious of you.” “Friends
Nathan’s P.O.V Her voice was barely above a whisper, but due to the eerie silence of the night, I could hear her. “It’s Nathan,” I answered almost immediately. “Can I talk to you for a minute?” “Sure…” She answered as she opened the door slightly, revealing only her face, her eyes darted to the empty passage way fearfully, I could tell she was on the lookout for dad, then her eyes returned back to mine and she smiled softly. She opened the door wider to let me in. “Thank you.” I started, this was the first time I was ever coming to my elder sister to speak to her, Norah and I have always hated her right from the time we were born. Our parents have always made her seem insignificant, she was never allowed to join us during the family meal time, I had never once seen her hang around the living room. It was almost as though she wasn’t a member of the family, and we have never done anything about it. I also thought about it, and I am just as guilty as my father. “I waited for you bu
Nathan’s P.O.V “It’s quite late, don’t you want to go to your room?” Valentina asked as she glanced at the time from her worn-out alarm, my eyes went in the direction of the alarm as well. We have an hour and thirty minutes till the next day. “Can I stay with you tonight?” I offered pleadingly and Valentina blinked owlishly at me, she was suspicious of me. “I just want to sleep here.” “My bed is quite small and you might not be as comfortable as you would be in your room.” She began to adjust her bed, trying to get her clothes away from it. “Are you going to be, okay?” “Yes, I will be,” I answered confidently, climbing into the bed first even without asking for her permission, she didn’t seem offended. “Would you mind telling me about this Ethan?” “Uh?” She flushed turning her face away from me, I could tell they were more than friends as of now. “Why would you ask me that sort of question in front of him?” She then suddenly started scolding me, it took a while before I recalled
Valentina’s P.O.V A small smile reached my lips as I stepped out of the bathroom, I was in the middle of changing when my phone beeped. I slipped my panties on limping towards the bedside table to check my phone, the message was from Melissa. I just sent her an impromptu text telling her I was unable to come to work yesterday and I begged her to cover up for me. Another beep came and this time, the message was from Ethan. “What are you doing today?” I read the message out loud, I hadn’t finished mentally reacting to it when the phone beeped again. “I would like to meet up.” “What is wrong with this man?” I asked myself, at first, I threw the phone back to the table and turned away from it in an attempt to ignore the message. The phone beeped again and she could almost swear that the message was from Ethan and when she picked the phone, she was damned right. “If you don’t respond, then I will come find you at your place of work.” It was his audacity for her, he was so confident
Valentina’s P.O.VDaughter of a murderer? Who? Me?“Daddy what do you mean by the daughter of a murderer,” Norah asked curiously, as she inched forward towards me. “Dad please answer me.”“Right… you guys have the right to know what kind of beggar she is,” Ron said as he stared down at me condescendingly. “And about how ungrateful she has been to do something like this to you, Norah.”“Dad please stop.” Nathan inched towards us, but his father glared at him. “You have done enough.”“This is nothing compared to what she had done to me.” Ron kicked me again and a small scream escaped my parted lips. I was in blinding pain as I tried to shift away from them, Ron grabbed my hair hurling me to my knees. “And to your mother that I love even more than I love myself, all those wounds that wouldn’t heal.”Ron seemed to be crying, as heartless as he was… Ron cried.“Years, years ago your mother used to work in a bar, just to make ends meet, your grandparents are very poor and she was a very amb