Leo
Flashback: Leo found out that Seira is not her father's daughter.
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I don't know what I am doing in a bar.
My dad just dropped a massive bomb on me and I don't know what to think.
I feel so confused and shocked that I lost will on my legs until I came to a stop at a bar's doorstep.
I debated whether or not I should enter the bar because I got low tolerance against alcohol intake.
As much as I want to forget, getting drunk just means a lot of trouble for me afterwards.
I turned my back on the bar only to be face to face with an old friend.
Jake Douglas. Six feet and five inches tall, muscular, eyes and skin like chocolate. And I would admit he was hot if I was a girl.
We stared at each other for a minute before he spoke.
"Man, I haven't seen you in ages! How are you!" he fist bumped my shoulder.
I laughed nervously and scratched the back of my head searching for a reply.
I don't know how I ended up seated in the chair beside the counter.
Damn Jake and his persuasion skills. Jake is actually a business major like me but we're on different schools.
Jake downed his shot glass. "I hear you're now working for your dad?"
I came back from a trance. "Yeah, I guess I am."
I looked at my phone and found out I got 20 missed calls.
I remembered what my dad said and hesitated to call her back. How should I tell Seira? Is it even my business to talk about?
Then she sent me a text message telling me to come pick her up.
I don't know how to face her. Should I tell her?
I decided to reply to her text message because it was unfair if I don't.
Jack stared at me.
"Come on man, is that how you say hello to an old friend?"
I sighed, "I'm sorry, I just don't know what to say. I just feel so out of it today."
He fist bumped my shoulder again. "It's Seira isn't it? Well I'll be damned. Congratulations! Sorry, I saw the caller ID."
I winced. "We're not dating Jake."
He looked like somebody doused cold water on his head.
"What the heck man? You've been all over this girl since the day I met you! How are you two not dating by now?"
I groaned. "I really don't want to talk about this now. Can we talk about something else instead?"
He gave me a shot glass.
"Oh no, you know I don't..."
He pushed the shot glass to my chest. "You know you need it."
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I woke up in the wrong side of the bed.
By that I mean, wrong bed.
I couldn't figure out how I ended up in this unidentified house with only my boxers on.
My head throbs like crazy and my stomach feels crazy into which seconds later I emptied it on a sink in a bathroom across the room.
I looked at my disheveled face and hair on the mirror when the events from yesterday slapped me awake.
I scrambled through the room to look for my clothes when the door opened and revealed a topless-Jack!
"What the fuck! Did we--?" I gestured from me to him.
He burst out laughing. "Pft, no!"
I sighed in relief.
He continued to laugh. "Oh my God! You should have seen your face!"
"Well, ha ha to you too, now give me my clothes!" I demanded.
"I'm deeply offended," he said in between laughs but pointed me to the direction of my clothes.
And like the idiot that I am, I went to Seira's house.
I completely forgot that we have work in the office today out of panic and arrived late for the first time in the whole span of me working here.
My day must have started out badly but I know it's not as bad as Seira's day yesterday since I freaking got drunk and left her to wait all night.
God! I can feel the guilt eating me up from the inside.
I speed walked my way to Seira's table and immediately fell on my knees in front of her table.
"Forgive me oh sweet, oh holy, Seraphim, for I have greatly sinned," I pleaded with my arms spread above me.
Seira stood from her chair and flicked my forehead.
"You idiot! Stand up before somebody sees you!" she ordered me as she guards the left and right hallways for onlookers with her eyes.
"You know they'll still see me in the CCTV cameras," I replied.
She cleared her throat. "If this is about yesterday, explain yourself," she sat herself back down her chair, arms crossed.
I stood up, "I got drunk."
"That's it?" she pressed, waiting for me to continue.
I scratched my neck, "That's it. I think it all stems from 'I got drunk' so I don't need anything else to blame."
She sighed, "You know you suck at drinking don't you?"
I nodded.
"And you know I waited for you all night do you?" she continued.
I nodded again and brought my hands together on my face.
She groaned. "Alright, I forgive you. Now please get out of my workspace, I need to get all my work done and you're not helping."
"Yes!"
"But don't you call me."
I narrowed my eyes. "Okay, I'll call you later when you're home then."
"No, I mean it. Don't call me," she stared at me.
Hurt crossed my features. "Why not? Did I do something wrong?"
My heart slowly thumped faster. Did she find out?
"Seira, I..." I began to speak.
"No, no, no! You can't call me," she repeated with her hands hiding her face.
Dread and panic filled my veins and I slammed the table. "Seira, you didn't do anything wrong! You don't deserve all of this!"
She peered behind her fingers. "You think so?"
I pried her hands away from her face and stared at her eyes.
"You deserve all the good things in the world. You are worth it," I poured everything I felt into the words I uttered.
She started to bawl and I held her face in my hands.
"Leo," she sniffled. "You're so nice."
I smiled.
"Even though I broke my phone again you're still not mad at me."
My smile faltered and I closed my eyes, "What?"
She covered her face again with her hands but I can see her nodding her head.
I run my thumb and forefinger across my temples seething frustration.
All the panic and worry I felt for nothing?
"Wow, how unfortunate," I grumbled.
A/N
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