"Dear Sis, guess who's graduating from college real soon... ME!!" Dexter said to Anne Immediately after she got inside the house.
"Congratulations," Anne said in a low tone trying to cheer herself up. She saw how overjoyed Dexter was and she didn't want to spoil his good mood with her sadness.
"is something wrong? Did someone die?" Dexter asked Anne because it was obvious she was feeling devastated no matter how hard she tried to cover up.
"I caught Carlos cheating on me" she opened up to him.
"Is that why you're sad?" Dexter said
"Dexter, I know you've been giving me clues already about Carlos and I'm…,"
"…Clues??" Dexter interrupted Anne "I didn't give you clues. As a matter of fact, I wanted to tell you last night that I know about Carlos seeing someone else,"
"What!?! So I'm the only one in the whole world who doesn't know about Carlos cheating on me. How did you know and why didn't you tell me?" she said in a husky tone
"Anne, what did you just say?" Dexter looked at her with squinted eyes.
"Do you know how many times I've tried to warn you about your stupid boyfriend but you never listen to me? Just like last night, I wanted to tell you the truth but you shut me up as usual. You always try to justify Carlos for all his wrong actions.
Anastasia, you saw all the clues and the red flags yourself but you chose to ignore them." Dexter stated.
"you won't understand Dexter,... It's because I love him" Anne said in a shaky voice with teary eyes.
Dexter walked closer to Anne and wiped the tears that were lingering under her eyes.
"Anne, it's okay. I know I told you not to come to me when Carlos breaks your heart but you're my sister and the only family I have. You have me as a shoulder to cry on when everyone else leaves" Dexter said and hugged her.
Those words from her brother made her feel a little comforted.
"Dexter, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you…" Anne mumbled
"shhh… it's okay" he muttered and just then there was a knock on the door which made them disengage from the hug.
"I'll get it," Dexter said as he walked to the door to open it.
Dexter opened the door and saw Carlos, standing on the doorstep. He got angry and immediately slammed the door to his face but Carlos held the door from outside, pushing the door to open.
"Dexter, I need to speak with Anne," Carlos said and Anne could hear his voice from inside.
"No! she doesn't want to see you. Now get lost" Dexter said to Carlos as he was trying to push the door close.
"let him in," Anne said to Dexter amidst their argument.
"Are you sure about this?" Dexter said and Carlos walked inside the house.
"yes. I don't want my door to break" Anne said.
"I'm in my room in case you need me or he tries to do anything stupid," he said pointing at Carlos because he knew Carlos won't give up on Anne easily.
However, Carlos was staring at Anne with regrets in his eyes, feeling ashamed of himself for what he did.
"sweetheart…" Carlos said softly
"don't call me that!" Anne said aggressively.
Carlos sighed. He knew in his heart that he might lose her forever.
"Anne, I know I've messed up big time and whatever you saw back there was a terrible mistake"
"You sleeping with your cousin??" she interrupted him
"she's not my cousin!" he said
"So you've been lying to me?" Anne said in a high-pitched voice.
"Anne that woman you saw meant nothing to me, you're my world and you're all I think of every single day…" He pleaded like he was about to cry.
"…oh just stop it!!," Anne cuts in
"I am completely fed up with all of your lies. If I am your world and I meant something to you, you wouldn't have cheated on me" she said vehemently.
"Now I understand why you weren't returning any of my calls, nor responding to my texts… gosh! everything makes sense to me now. All this time you weren't busy with your work, you were busy fucking around!" Anne said in pain, looking at Carlos with so much disgust.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I lied, I'm sorry I cheated... please find it in your heart to forgive me" Carlos begged.
He felt his heart tighten as Anne was looking at him with disgust like he was the worst person to ever exist.
"No, don't apologize, there's no need for that. Sorry isn't going to heal my broken heart," she said wiping her tears.
"Please give me a chance to fix this. I can fix this" Carlos continued pleading.
"Fix what huh? I don't think you understand how hurt I am. You know, I've always thought you loved me the way I loved you, I thought I was enough for you" Anne said.
"…Sweetheart, I love you and you're enough for me." he sobbed walking close to her.
"Just stay where you are, don't come any closer," she said, gesturing her hand to stop him from getting close to her.
Anne knew she might be weak in the knees once he touches her because sadly, she still love him.
"Anne please don't push me away, are you forgetting about the good memories we've shared? I can be a better man for you… I don't want you to give up on me" Carlos said.
"Carlos, don't say that, you know that I've been patient with you. My family never liked you but I accepted you into my life despite how difficult it was for me.
I do everything you ask, I gave you my body, and I try to please you but it turns out that you never cared about me. If I had never caught you cheating, I wouldn't have known you were only toying with my feelings." Anne said.
Carlos sighed. He felt Anne's hurt and there was nothing he could do about it. He knew how much Anne loved him and he was scared that she was going to end their relationship because of his mistake.
Carlos brought out the small red case and opened it revealing the flashy diamond ring.
"Anastasia, believe it or not, I was going to propose to you tonight. I know I'm not worthy of you right now but please don't reject me. I honestly wanted to settle down with you and make you my wife." Carlos sniffled.
"You're the only woman after my heart and no one else. I might lose it if you reject me" Carlos said to Anne with his eyes red.
Anne was dumbfounded seeing the ring in Carlos's hands. She had no idea that Carlos was planning on proposing to her. His love speech was enough to make her forgive him and accept his proposal.