Drop in the Ocean (Upper East Side Three)

Epilogue Part III

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Part III - Iridescent

My eyes watered when I saw her state.

"Kuya..." Ridge called me when he went back.

I glanced at him before turning to Kaela. I touched her face and immediately wiped her tears that kept on flowing from her eyes regardless of her sleep. I held her hand up and kissed it.

"Can you tell me what happened, Ridge?" I was so sure that he knew what I was talking about.

"We were drugged to sleep, Kuya. Those girls, Kenza and Mirella, liked Novel and Spiro. When they thought that my friends liked Kaela, that's what their hatred started. Ceres liked you too. The pictures were true. But nothing happened. I passed out, and I knew that I was still on the first floor when that happened. When I woke up, I was alone in bed on the second floor, that's why I looked for Kaela, but I didn't find her. Later on, I found out about what happened. I tried to talk to her about it and let me talk to you, but Kaela wanted to do it first. When Zavi talked to me after a long time, he found out the truth."

We talked about how Ridge found Kaela earlier, and it pained me too much hearing everything... hearing things that I knew I couldn't undo anymore, and all I could do was realize all my fucking mistakes.

When Kaela woke up again, I saw how she looked for Ridge. I saw how she cried, thinking what had happened to her. I saw the pain I overlooked before because I was too busy focusing on mine.

I asked Ridge to look for Kaela for a while before I went on my way with Kier. I asked Dashiel more and new bodyguards for Kaela in the hospital, and he provided them quickly.

"Where's Rex?!" My voice thundered. Kier mentioned that he was in Lolo's office. I went to Holdings immediately.

It was my priority to protect Kaela, all my life, from other people that would cause her harm. It will always be protecting Kaela. It was the only thing I only knew I was best at before.

But I never thought I should've also protected her from me. That I will also inflict harm on her, and I forgot that I stopped protecting her and more on hurting her in that process.

I forcefully went inside my office, and I went enraged as soon as I laid my eyes on Rex. I grabbed his collar and landed my fist on his face because of what he failed to do.

"Reizo!" I heard Lolo call me, but I was too angry to be stopped.

"Damn you! I told you to look and protect her! Fuck you!" I yelled while throwing punches at him. That's when the time when Lolo's bodyguards, including Kier, tried to stop me.

"Stop it, Reizo Aillard!" My eyes went in his direction. I fisted my knuckles as soon as I thought of something.

"You have something to do with this?!" I exclaimed angrily at Lolo.

He met my furious stares at him, and no doubt, being the ruthless man that he is, Alessio Saavedra never showed an ounce of expression looking at me.

Fuck!

Damn, my baby... I failed. I am so sorry.

I heard the others go out, and I was left here with Lolo inside, Zavi was at the farther corner. With my weakening body, remembering Kaela's situation ever since I turned my back on her made me knelt in front of Lolo.

"'Lo, what did you do?" My voice broke. My mind is still replaying Kaela's cries and pleas.

I am so sorry, baby. I am so sorry. I failed. I am so sorry.