Chapter 25
Mia's POV
I stood in the garden glaring at Seraphine as she left.
'Why not find out' she say? I repeated recalling what she said to me earlier. "She doesn't know who she's dealing with".
I was about taking my leave when I came across Damien,apparently he had been listening to our conversation.
"How long have you been there?,how much of our conversation did you hear" I asked.
"Does that even matter?. How shameless can you be?" He replied.
"Geez.... you have really changed,the old Damien would have taught me a lesson without even speaking to me first" I said trying to taunt him.
"Why would you do such a thing,I didn't even punish you for deceiving me for months while we were dating. I left you because I didn't want to harm you,then why would you show your face to me again?" He said with notes of frustration in his voice as he spoke.
"Why did you take that picture,you and I know you suddenly hugged me without my consent so why would you lie about it and show Seraphine?" He added
"Do you love her?, I mean how come you are so concerned about what she thinks of you. She said she doesn't care about our relationship so why do you even care?" I asked.
"Yes I do,I love her if that is what you want to hear. So why won't you just leave" He said.
I wasn't shocked at his reply but I earnestly wished he would give me a negative every time I ask him that question. I cleared my throat and said
"I already told you i am here because I want you,ever since you left I couldn't move on with my life. I tried looking for you to apologize but I couldn't get hold of you,your numbers were not reachable ,I met your friends to ask about you but none of them had an idea where you were. I then got your father's contact,I told him we were lovers and he invited me over"
"Now I understand how you got here and why father wouldn't let me send you off,this was planned by you both. I should have known " He said putting his hands on his waists pacing around in anger.
"Why were you looking for me after all you did" He asked as soon as he stopped. I move closer to him,'I've so missed seeing these beautiful eyes' I thought as I looked at them.
"Because I love you" I said not taking my eyes of him.
He sighed "What was I even expecting from someone like you except deceit?" He said and left angrily.
I sat on the bench and sobbed,'Someone like me?'. I regret ever letting him go.
I couldn't help but feel hurt whenever I see him with Seraphine,the way he looks at her as if the whole world is within her is divine.
The original plan was to separate them,that was the deal I had with his father,
How did I get myself swayed? Or were those feelings buried somewhere in my heart before but I was so blinded by the bet so I didn't see them?
I felt raindrops on my hair as it started to rain. I sat there on the bench and I drowned in my sorrow.
I remembered growing up was tough, I lost my parents to a ghastly motor accident when I was just 10. I feel so guilty for their death every time I remember that day. They were on their way from a trip that lasted for about 3 months. All through those months they were away,I stayed with my grandma, she would bathe me,cook my meals and walk me to school everyday before heading to her jewelry stop in the mall.
As soon as I heard they would be coming that day, I told them I wanted my favorite ice cream as my birthday gift because they missed it. They couldn't book a flight back to Montana where my grandma stayed.
"Oh baby,can't we get the ice cream tomorrow?. What if we all go out to have it with grandma tomorrow,it's pretty late now and the route to the ice care shop is at the end of the town" Mum said.
"But I really want them tonight" I insisted.
Dad agreed to get them for me,he said he would get anything his little princess asked for. They had to turn around and go through another route to get to the ice cream shop,they couldn't make it back home.
They wouldn't have gotten killed by that bastard drunk driver who ran into them. if I never insisted of having the ice cream that night.
The worst part of it was that the case was closed due to lack of evidence even though there was a witness. The accused was acquitted. Grandma was threatened so she had to drop the case as well,we think the witness might have been threatened by those corrupt officers just like grandma.
Living without my parents was like the worst nightmare for me. I had to struggle with my grandma to make ends meet ,those years were tough for us,especially when thief broke into grandma's shop and carted away all her jewelries and the insurance company refused to cover the damages.
I accepted Olivia's dare to date and dump Damien just to get money for my tuition and relief grandma of the workload and did part time jobs too. I didn't know that I will end up falling for him,I realized that late when he left the city.
I thought I have forgotten all about it and moved on until I laid my eyes on him again on his birthday but now he is married and I was contracted to destroy the marriage.
"I'm sorry Damien,I'm sorry" I said as I continued to sob.