EP. 9- How much I need him
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Louise POV
Am I only a piece of baggage? Did he leave me here for... for another woman? Well, it's freaking obvious! Why do I have to ask?
My hands can't help but tremble in anger... and pain. I don't want to admit it but it f*****g hurts. I hate it. I hate it very much. I'm still his fiance, and he left me here in favor of another woman?
Why? Because he loves Miranda? I laugh out loud. I can't help myself; I'm going crazy here.
"Ms. Archer? Ms. Archer? Are you okay? Do you need help? Do I have to call Sir Axel? Please follow me to your room."
"No need to inform Axel. Please lead me to my room," I shake my head vehemently. I don't want him to see my pathetic self. I don't want him to see how much I hurt.
Most of all... I don't want him to see how much I need him.
I feel like my heart is tearing apart as I see him walk away with another woman, so affectionately holding her hand.
It's like a hammer's smashing my fragile heart.
Acid pouring over it.
Knife plunging in it. Imagine all this pain mix into one? I don't even know how I can still stand. Damn, it hurts so f*****g much that if I knew it's going to be like this, I'd never think of him as more than my enemy.
My feeling should have stayed this way. I should continue to hate him. But look what happened?
I loved him throughout the years, and the passage of time only strengthens it. As they say, hate and love have only a fragile barrier, and I happen to fall to the latter.
"Ms. Archer, this is your room," the butler opens a large door in front of me. "This is the third floor. Sir Axel's room is also on this level, but it's in the left-wing. You're in the right-wing, opposite his room."
"I see," my lips curve in a sneer. Axel puts me to a room very far from his. Is he scared that I'm going to disrupt his happy time? I'll probably do it, but I'm so f*****g tired right now. I'm beat body, heart, and soul.
What to do? Let him go?
Bah! I, Louise Archer, don't go down without a f*****g, crazy fight! And one more thing, I don't believe he's truly in love with her. Miranda Gale... she's a supermodel, but I don't know her before this.
But her name seems really familiar to me. I don't know where I heard it. I jump on my bed, trying to wrack my brain. I'm not into models, but I heard her name somewhere.
I have to remember it and use my f*****g brain. I think I heard it... from Thea! Yes, I heard it from her.
Theo, Thea's brother, was in a relationship with Miranda Gale but broke up without publicizing the reason. What could it be? I'm really curious. I don't like the woman at first sight. She's my rival, and this might be natural, but there's something wrong with that woman.
I trust my instincts; I've been saved so many times because of it.
I have to call Thea. I grab my phone and dial her number.
It rings five times before she answers.
"Hello?" Thea answers my call. I can hear piano music in the background.
"Going to sleep?" I ask her. She hasn't changed and still likes listening to piano music when she goes to sleep. I check the clock; it's almost 1:00 am.
"Yeah, I was just about to go to sleep. What's up?" I can hear the shuffling of the covers. "Where are you?"
"I'm in the country," I answer her. Thea's a good friend of mine and one of the rare people that know what I do. She's supportive of me but also admonished me when I go over the line sometimes.
"You didn't call me!" Thea sounds angry. "You should have called me, and I would have picked you up at the airport. Who picked you up?"
"No one, I arrived on my own. But the girls and I have a get-together. You weren't around, so we didn't call you earlier," I reply to her. From what I know, Julie said that Thea's out of town.
"Okay, anyway, what do you need for you to call me this time? I hope you didn't get in trouble," Thea sighs as she speaks. Looks like she knows the answer to her question. I grimace, I guess my friends always expect me to get into trouble.
"Actually, I did... but it's not the point why I'm calling," I say to her.
"What do you need? I don't sell weapons, for your information," Thea says to me seriously. "But I know someone; I can hook you up!"
"Thea! Why would you think I'll ask for a weapon?" I ask her, rolling my eyes.
Thea chuckles.
"Weren't you fascinated by it these past few weeks? You even told me that you went to shooting lessons. Maybe your robotic brother has it," I can hear the anger in her voice. "Ask him!"
I laugh. Damn, Thea and my fourth brother have an irreconcilable rift between them, well, according to Thea.
"Hey, by the way, let's get to the point. I have a question; you know Miranda Gale, right? I heard before that she's your brother's ex-girlfriend?" I ask her curiously.
There's silence, followed by curses on the other line.
"f**k that girl! Don't talk about her to me, I swear, if I see her, I'm going to strangle her!" Thea curses. "You ruined my good sleep for this?"
Thea hates Miranda? Why?
"Why do you hate her?" I question her.
"And why are you asking?" Thea asks me. "Wait. Don't answer that! I know it! it's Axel, right?"
"Yes. Axel... he... uh... she's his girlfriend." It's like someone's strangling me. I don't even want to say the word; it's like I'm affirming their relationship.
"Girlfriend? f**k! That woman is bad news!" Thea curses and sighs after it. "Tell me, are you in love with him? You don't talk about it, but it's obvious."
"It's not the question! Why do you think she's bad news?" I zone in her words.
"Damn, that woman is f*****g crazy," Thea says to her. "She's very... weird."
"Weird? Why?"
"It's a very long story, let's talk about it tomorrow. Go to sleep," Thea hangs up just like that.
How can I possibly sleep tonight?!
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