Love in Darkness

Chapter 18: Ghost of first love

Selena spends all of her time studying and distracting herself by reading medical books she could find. Instead of stressing over nonsense things, she will put everything into achieving her dreams. It has been a week since Selena starts sleeping in the library. She always falls asleep with a book on her stomach or on her face. Miss Luna takes such good care of her, supporting her all the way. One night when Miss Luna is bringing Selena a nutritious meal, Selena is almost falling asleep.

"Selena, dear, why don't you head to your bedroom and sleep properly? It has been days and I know you are not getting better sleep here.".

Selena smiles, "I am okay, Nana. And it would be the last day because tomorrow is our exam so, after that, I will be sleeping in a real bed.". Miss Luna sighs, "Guess I can't persuade you. Okay then, well eat this to boost your energy. I will let you continue your work. Do not stay up all night or else your brain will malfunction tomorrow.". And she laughs.

Selena also laughs but still responds, "Yes, Nana, got it. Do not worry.". It is almost midnight when she decides to stop and closes all of her notes and books. Minutes later while Selene is sleeping soundly, the door opens. It is Magnus. He came home late and goes to the library to check on Selena. It has been days when Selena has not been sleeping in their bedroom. His grandmother told her that she is preparing for a major exam so decides to camp in the library.

Magnus sees Selena sleeping on the couch. He slowly approaches, careful not to make any noise. He goes on the side and stares at her. Magnus misses the days when he and Selena have a casual conversation but everything changes since the meeting with Alvira. He sighs and mutters to himself, "I try reaching out to you but you just keep on avoiding me. Did it hurt that much or there is something else?". He stares at her again for a moment and sneakily leaves the library.

The next morning, Selena wakes up feeling confident about her exam. She eats breakfast happily and is only thinking about acing the examination. But when she goes to the front porch, Magnus is there. All Selena can see is his back and his phone in his ear.

"Okay, okay. I will you take out for lunch today, I promise. Okay, bye. Love you too.".

Hearing this, Selena's mood shifts. She thought, "Why do I need to hear that?!".

Magnus turns around and sees Selena standing by the door. "Oh, you are done. I will take you to school if it is okay with you.". Magnus is smiling, hoping Selena would say yes. But his smile immediately disappears when she responds instantly with a serious face, "No. I will take the car. I do not want you to be late to your appointments.". Then Selena rushes to the car behind Magnus' car.

During the trip, Magnus cannot stop thinking if Selena has heard him on the phone. Thinking that she might have heard him, Magnus cannot contain his annoyance. "This is Alvira's fault.", he thought. He arrives at the office with a bad aura. When he enters his office, his blood boils out of anger. Alvira is in his office, smiling widely at him, then greets him, "Hi, honey, good morning.".

Magnus holds Alvira's shoulders tightly that made Alvira flinch in pain, "You are hurting me! What are you doing?". He grits his teeth in anger, "I told you not to call me when I am at home! I will be the one to call you! And you dare to order me around?!". Then he pushes Alvira to the side which makes her almost fall down to the ground.

"I did nothing wrong! And what? Ordering you? You mean commanding you say you love me? That is not supposed to be demanded!". Alvira's eyes start to tear up. She comes closer to Magnus and hugs him from behind. "You love me, right? We are even going to get married soon.".

Magnus removes Alvira's arms wrapping around him and turns around to face her. "We are getting married soon? What are you talking about?"

A tear falls down from Alvira's left eye. She is stunned hearing it but manages to speak, "The... We are going to... I mean, we have been dating for two years. Don't you have any plans on marrying me?".