WL #2: Braelynn Leonor Walter (COMPLETED)

Chapter 08

Braelynn's POV:

I spent my whole afternoon with Zephyr, and I won't lie, he's really fun to be with, although he keeps teasing me about what happened between us. I never expected that he had this side of him because he's a professor, and I thought he'd be cold and snobby. I also thought that if I talked to him, he'd make me solve a math equation.

"Zephyr, stop. I already forgot everything that happened that night! I hate you!" I rolled my eyes and ate a piece of the strawberry slice he bought me.

"Why? Are you denying that I made you scream with pleasure?" He said and I felt a rush of blood in my cheeks and I closed my eyes in irritation. Gosh, I swear I'm this close to punching his perfect face.

Oh, so that's how he wants to play?

"I'm not denying it, and in fact, I want to experience that again." I smirked and teasingly touched his hand that was under the table, and I saw how he panicked and I licked my lower lip and chuckled at his reaction.

Well, he started it.

"What? You don't want to do it again with me? I recall you moaned my name several times that night." I teased and I licked my lower lip and he suddenly looked away and his ears were turning red again.

"Braelynn, what the fuck?" He said and chuckled and shook his head. 

"I can play that game too, you know." I shrugged and smirked and I took a sip of my coffee.

My phone suddenly rang and I didn't noticed the time! Shit, my lunch break is over!

 "I have to go now. The next time you'll see me I wish that you'll think of another topic." I rolled my eyes and chuckled.

I was about to stand up when he suddenly called me. "Wait, can I get your number?" He said and I wrote my number in a sticky note and placed it on his chest and smirked.

"Why? Are we fuck buddies now?" I teased and he shook his head.

"Why? Do you want us to be fuck buddies?" He teased and I just rolled my eyes and didn't answer and took my purse and walked to the exit of the coffee shop.

I massaged my neck because it was hurting while I was reading papers. I just finished a meeting, and I have one later. It's hard when you don't have a secretary. It's my fault that I hated having someone take over as my secretary today because I thought I could do it alone.

"I'm so tired as fuck." I said and I put my face down on my desk and I accidentally hit my forehead with it and I took my mirror and I saw a light bruise.

"Damn it! I look like I have a large pimple on my forehead!" I said frustratingly.

I noticed that it's already twelve midnight so I've arranged my things so I can get off work now and my secretary will be able to come in tomorrow so I can finally rest and it's her turn to suffer from all the workloads.

I went straight to the elevator and there weren't many people there anymore, the other employees here were already going home because it was already late and I almost fell asleep from exhaustion inside the elevator just then the elevator door opened and I met some people who also did overtime on their work and they greeted me and I just nodded at them.

I just left my car in the parking lot and there are no thieves here because this building is surrounded by security. I'm going to take a taxi because I'm really tired and my eyes are closing due to sleepiness and while inside the taxi my head was leaning against the window and I didn't realize that I fell asleep and the driver woke me up.

I entered our gate and our maid greeted me so I tried to smile at her and the whole house was already dark because my parents were already asleep and my sister. I went straight to my room and I forced my eyes to be awake so I can remove my makeup.

"Madam? It's time for breakfast." I woke up when manang knocked on my door and I'm still sleep deprived.

I took a bath and I'm not going to go down there looking like a dried vegetable. I looked at myself in the mirror and I still looked so tired. A lot of people say that I look like my mom and she's my exact replica and we look like sisters and I didn't get any features from my dad.

"Braelynn! I missed you so much." Mom stood up from her seat and kissed me on the cheek and I smiled.

"Hey, dad. Good morning." Bati ko at umupo na para makakain.

"Good morning, Leonor." Dad greeted me back. He likes my second name more.

"Where's Viola?" I asked and they both sighed.

"She didn't go home yesterday and I've been waiting for her to go home last night, but Manang said that she didn't go home and I don't know where she is." Mom sadly said and I sighed. That kid is so hard-headed!

"She's so stubborn and she's giving everyone a headache." I shook my head and Mom suddenly chuckled and my forehead creased.

"Your sister is just like you and you also gave us headaches back then, and to be honest, you're worse than her because you often ran away from home back then." Mom said and I just chuckled while eating and shook my head.

"By the way, when I spoke with her professor, he mentioned that Viola has numerous records and extremely poor grades. But she accepted the tutoring offer from her professor, and let's just hope that she will now be able to concentrate on her studies." I said and they both nodded.

"That's great." Tipid na sabi ni dad.

While I was eating, I was glancing at them because I noticed that they were exchanging bad looks and it seemed that they were trying to stop fighting in front of me and that was good because I wanted to enjoy my food.

When I look at my parents, I wonder if they ever truly loved each other.

Don't get me wrong: I genuinely love my parents. They're wonderful parents to me and my sister, and they've shown us both unconditional love, but seeing them argue every day hurts me because how can I believe in love when my parents can't even look each other in the eyes and never say I love you to each other?

But whenever they argue, I can see pain in both of their eyes, and their arguments end with my mother crying and my father walking out.

And I remember one time I followed my dad after he walked out and I saw her outside and I saw tears streaming down his face and looking at the sky and I just could not even hug him that night and it felt like I couldn't move my own body and I just watched him there crying his eyes out.

"Today is your day-off right? Do you mind accompanying me today?" My mom asked and I smiled and nodded.

"Sure." I said and I saw my dad looking at my mom, and I frowned when he suddenly stood up and left the table.

Mom and I looked at each other and she looked down on her food and bit her lower lip and continued eating and I didn't speak because mom suddenly seemed sad and until we finished eating.

My mother was waiting for me in the living room, dressed in a Gucci ribbon-detailed tweed gown, Christian Louboutin Loubigirl 100 leather sandals, and a Louis Vitton 2015 pre-owned debossed monogram Montaigne MM two-way bag.

"Let's go?" I said.

We drove for an hour and I was surprised that we were going to Tagaytay. When we got out of the car, I noticed pain in my mother's eyes and she noticed that I was looking at her and she forced a smile while I frowned.

It's surprising that we traveled for an hour just to get here in Tagaytay. But not gonna lie it looks so beautiful here and I can fully see the beautiful view of Taal Volcano.

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