Being on top is second nature for the renowned supermodel, Mireia Aguero. She literally needed to be on top to get where she is now. On top of a bed? Sports car? Billiard table? Kitchen counter? Mini bar? Name it.
Her world expanded in the same way...
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CHAPTER 29: GRANDEUR
MIREIA'S POV
When I thought of him, it had always been filled with terror. May it be from a dream that will wake me up gasping for breath, or a trigger in the middle of the day that will leave me shaking. Kahit alam kong wala na siya. Kahit na alam kong wala na siyang magagawa para saktan ako.
That's the hardest part. He made a decision that night that hurt me, and I made a decision that saved me. Sa kabila ng katotohanan na iyon ay pareho kong dala ang bigat ng mga iyon. I'm carrying the weight of the horror he left me, and the burden of the choice I made that night; the choice of defending myself at the expense of his life. His claws still mark me. He still haunts me up to this day.
I can still remember his screams as blood pooled from his member. I remember tightening my hold on the scissors as I scrambled to pull the blanket to cover my body, knowing that my torn clothes would be useless, and then I ran out of the room.
I remember him not letting me get away.
I can remember my own voice as I screamed when he caught up to me. I can remember the crazed look in his eyes, and I know... I just know that he will hurt me more than he already did. He tried to grab me... to touch me again, and I reacted instinctively. I struck him, and he fell.
I can see it clearly even now. The way red painted the floor of the Castañeda's mansion... and how his eyes rolled back, his chest heaving rapidly... until it just stopped.
Now he's in front of me. Back in the place where everything started. The room that witnessed the most horrendous part of my life. And here... Earl Alleza is in front of me again. Breathing. Alive.
He didn't need to speak for me to hear his laughter. He didn't need to touch me for me to feel the pain I once felt because of him.
I closed my eyes again for a moment as cold seep right through my bones. My heart thumped loudly, but I forced myself to breathe slowly. If there's one thing I'm sure of through all these years is that I never stopped trying. It has always been like this. Like a constant battle to wake up from the nightmare. And I always did... eventually. Kahit gaano kahirap. Kahit na kailangan kong lumaban na mag-isa dahil ayokong pasanin ng iba ang bigat na dala ko na sa loob ng matagal na panahon.
"Even if your world ends, you will always have mine."
My eyelids opened, and the direction of my gaze went to my hands that are bound in front of me. Sa kaliwa ay suot ko ang singsing ng ina ni Axel. Sa kanan naman ay ang binigay niya sa akin noong nag-aaral pa kami.
A sense of calmness embraced me, and it was surprisingly all it needed to take for my heart to slow back down into its natural rhythm. My own body struggled to protect myself from the cause of unpleasant emotions that I was used to experiencing, but I found the strength to look him in the eyes. Something I promised that I wouldn't do.
