Euphoria

Chapter 18: Beautiful Serendipity

Endlessly, the image of Heather kept on disturbing his night. Malcolm Hendrix was losing himself as he felt so regretful for abandoning Heather while she needed him, and now she has become a wife to someone else. As a man with principle, Malcolm did not want to ruin her newly establish marriage as being a homewrecker never existed inside his life dictionary. At that time, he was at the bar; drinking a lot of vodkas to ease down his sorrowfulness.

"Hey, you should stop yourself from weeping about her." Out of a sudden, Bianca came and gave her boring lecture to the man that has become the candy of her heart. She knew that Malcolm always comes here whenever he has a problem, and thanks to her lawyer instinct – she got to meet him in the pub nearby their places.

"Why do you bother to come here, Bianca?" He asked, whining to her busybody adopted sister that has a crush on him. How could he love her when all the attention he gave her was purely based on siblinghood instead of romance? Somehow, it would be awkward for him to change the facts of it.

"Because I care for you, Malcolm Hendrix. Yes, I was the one that ruining your relationship with Heather as I could not stand the fact, she was your fiancée. I truly love you, and I want us to be together. Can't you see how sincere my heart is towards you?" And the heartless Bianca started to cry while thinking about her unrequited love. Yes, he used the siblinghood advantage to win over Malcolm and made Heather think otherwise – and she felt guilty for it now.

"Why Bianca?" Malcolm stared at the woman he just assumed as his sister since they were at a tender age, and did not blink his eyes even for a second.

Instead of answering him, she landed her lips on him passionately. Malcolm was shocked, but he felt something sparks within his heart. 

In the meantime, both Philip and Heather were having a great day in Oxford Circus – a major road inside Westminster city as well as one of the busiest Europe's shopping streets. To experience life as a Londoner, Philip insisted Heather take the tube as their main transportation and she seems to enjoy it. London Underground has become a part of Londoners and it served as the main public transportations so the people can move from one place to another easily.

"Anyway, thank you for buying me the beautiful dresses from Dorothy Perkins. And I mean it." Heather said thankfully, did not expect Philip would be paying for her belonging as he insisted to do so.

He was beaming delightedly, walking side by side with her on the pedestrian lane in the Oxford Circus. Living up in London for almost a decade, Philip was yearning for the old times when he was still young and carefree – travelling all around the places with a spirit to learn something from the trip. At this time, he wanted to expose the culture of Great Britain to his American wife.

During lunchtime, both of them were dining in one of the best yet most authentic restaurants that served fish & chips as their main menu. Located in Fulham, London; Fishers is a great place for those who want to experience the local delicacy in this monarchy country. Heather and Philip sat at the table nearby with the window, waiting passionately for the foods that have been ordered before.

"So, tell me more about your life in London. I am so curious to know why you brought me here when Fulham, I think is pretty far from LSE." She furrowed her brows, demanding an answer from her husband. Then, she sipped the sky juice slowly to quench her thirst as the weather outside was quite sunny.

"Well, you know me, right? I love travelling and going to a place I've never been before." He answered it honestly but the way he responded to her question did not convince her as she had a thought that this successful man in front of her partially told the truth about his old life.