Keep Holding On (Complete)

Chapter 41

Rosé kissed Lisa's lips. Lisa tried to kiss her back but pulled herself away. "I can't, I can't," Lisa said shaking her head and left Rosé. "Lisa," Rosé uttered while sobbing.

Lisa went to the living room and sat as she contemplated. Rosé followed her and knelt in front of her. "Why can't you? Why? Tell me. Tell me why!" Rosé pleaded while holding Lisa's arms. "Because all I see...is you with him Rosé. I can see your lips touching him. I can see how he is touching all over your body. It's killing me Rosé. So could you please leave me alone?!" Lisa angrily said. 

"I won't give up. You said that you still love me, right?" Rosé said while crying as she put Lisa's hand in her cheeks. "Yes I do. I still love you Rosé but whatever I do, I can't forget that you cheated on me!!" Lisa yelled. "I'm sorry," Rosé softly said. "I will help you forget," she uttered and started to kiss Lisa all over her face. "Please let me," she added and started to unbutton Lisa's polo. Lisa held Rosé's hand to stop her from what she's doing and then Lisa initiated to kiss her in the lips hungrily. 

Lisa was sitting on the floor. She looked behind her and talked to Rosé. "Were you okay?" Lisa flatly asked Rosé who was also sitting on the floor covering her naked body with a cloth.

"I'm fine," Rosé replied stuttering as she stood up and walked slowly towards her room. She then remembered what happened between her and Lisa awhile ago. "Lis, please," Rosé said in pain when Lisa pushed her in the couch while holding her face so tight. "Tell me, did you do it in the couch?!" Lisa asked and Rosé shook her head. "Did you do it hard?" She asked as she flipped Rosé over and pounded her hard and deep from behind while holding Rosé's hair. "Did he touched you here?" Lisa asked annoyingly as her hand touched all over Rosé's body. "Tell me how you kiss Kai. Answer me! Do it correctly!!" Lisa angrily demanded. 

Lisa looked at her hands. She felt guilty and cried. 

Irene saw Lisa arrived at the restaurant. "Rough night? It seems you didn't sleep," Irene told her.

"Jennie isn't here yet?" Lisa asked curiously. "I texted her and told her to have the delivery tomorrow," Irene answered.

"Why?" Lisa asked. "She's not doing well. I went to their house last night and she had a meltdown," Irene explained.

"Could it be because of what happened?" Lisa asked. "She didn't say but, what else could it be?" Irene replied. 

Jennie's phone kept on ringing in the living room. Her mom noticed and checked it. She found out that it's Lisa who was calling. She ended the call twice but Lisa kept on calling so she decided to answer it.

"The number you have dialed is out of coverage area. Please try again later...or never!" Jennie's mom stated and ended the call. Lisa texted after the call. "How are you? I'm here if you need me. Call me anytime," is the message that Jennie's mom read. She grabbed her bag and angrily left the house. 

"Does Jennie mentioned to you any problem?" Lisa asked Irene. "No," Irene replied.

Suddenly, Lisa and Irene smelled something. "Did you smelled that?" Irene asked. "Yeah, it's like..." Lisa responded when a staff called their attention.

"Chef Lisa, Ma'am Irene, you need to see this. We have a problem," the staff nervously said pointing to the kitchen and covered his nose. Lisa and Irene quickly followed him. 

"I already turned off all of the valves but it still smells gas. Probably it's the tank," Lisa stated. "I was searching for it too chef, but I can't find it. Its smell is so strong," he replied. "Let's not stay here," Lisa said and they left. 

"The repairman will be here after lunch. What are we going to do?" Irene asked. "We have to close. We have to get this fixed just in time for lunch," Lisa uttered. "No! We have lunch reservation from the insurance company," Irene argued. "Oh yes, I forget it," Lisa replied. "Is there no way we can fix this? As in like temporarily?" Irene asked. "No. I don't want to risk the safety of our customers. Let's just refer them to another restaurant. We'll offer the reservation. We have no choice Irene," Lisa insisted. "Okay," Irene replied. "I"ll just be outside," Lisa uttered. 

Irene followed Lisa outside the restaurant.
"We need someone to fix that. It could be an online service," Lisa told Irene. "Yeah," Irene replied while still busy with her phone.

"Lis," Rosé called her softly. "What are you doing here?" Lisa curiously asked when she saw Rosé arrived.

"We have therapy today, right? Let's go together," Rosé answered. "Yeah. I'm sorry I forgot about that. Can we cancel? We have a gas leak inside and we need to fix that. I can't leave unless this is fixed," Lisa explained. "Sure, I'll just call the doctor," Rosé responded. 

"We got this. You should go," Irene told Lisa. "Okay. I'll just get my stuff," Lisa said and went to her office followed by Rosé.

"Lis, about what happened last night," Rosé uttered. "Last night Rosé...was a mistake. I wasn't thinking straight. I shouldn't have treated you like that," Lisa stated.

"It's fine. I understand why you did it," Rosé replied. "No, no. It's not fine Rosé. Despite everything, you still don't deserve to be treated that way and I felt sick thinking that I, I was capable of doing that to you because I was angry!" Lisa argued.

"Hey, hey! Don't blame yourself. I know you didn't mean to do it, right? You said you weren't thinking straight. I understand," Rosé said while holding on Lisa's arm.

"Rosé I...I don't like the person I'm turning into. Everytime I'm with you, I'm so angry with you. I've always been resentful towards you. I don't want to be like that but I can't control myself," Lisa said as she removed Rosés hand. "Lisa I'm sorry," Rosé softly said as she held Lisa's face.

"You know, let's just...let's just go to therapy and get this over with," Lisa said and went out of the office followed by Rosé. 

"Perfect!! The culprits are here!!" Jennie's mom stated. "Who is she?" Rosé curiously asked. "Who am I? I'm just the mother of Jennie! You know, the woman whose life you ruined because of your itchiness!!" She yelled. "You know what? I wanted to skin you from head to foot, boil you in the boiling arnibal, and throw you among the crocodiles!!!" Jennie's mom yelled again. "Ma'am, that's enough," Lisa pleaded.

"And you, if you have plans on taking revenge, don't use my daughter!" She angrily told Lisa. "And both of you, even your shadows, I don't want to see you near Jennie!!!" She said fuming.

"Ma'am, I think there's a misunderstanding. Lisa just wanted to help Jennie," Irene defensively said. "Don't you see it? They're too close. That's why I'm doing it in my own ways because I know my daughter too well. She's falling for Lisa," Jennie's mom asserted.

"What?!!" Irene asked in disbelief. "I already told her many times but she's still stubborn that's why I'm here!! I'm finding ways!!!" Jennie's mom said and left. Irene can't believe on what she heard.