To Love A Maiden: An Enemies To Friends To Lovers Romance ✓

Chapter 20 - Into The Woods

Celeste was furious.

As she stormed back into the house, she overheard some maids talking. She quieted down and leaned closer.

"And did you see the way he ignored her and went with Angel? Oh my God, I could tell she was really pissed." The one whom Celeste recognized as Dayna said before bursting out laughing.

"Oh please, she was more than pissed. I hate Angel but that bitch called Celeste definitely gets on my nerves more." Dēdē said. And before they could say anything more, Celeste stormed into the living room.

"Get out!"

Dayna and Dēdē exchanged looks in disbelief.

Dēdē made a face. "I know you ain't talking to me."

"What?" Celeste narrowed her gaze. "How dare you?!" She walked towards Dēdē, raising her hand up at her when Dēdē held her hand and forcefully pushed it back down.

"Girl you better figure out what the hell wrong withchyu before you come around here raising your hands at somebody. Dayna, you ready?" 

Dēdē asked, scoffing slightly before pulling Dayna as the two left the living room.

Celeste stared after them, breathing hard in anger, trying to control her rage. She gritted her teeth, hating that Cristiano had made her a laughing stock. But that Angel? Something needed to be done.

With that in mind, she slowly began to smile at herself before pulling out her phone to dial the only other person she could confide in.

A few seconds later, a voice sounded on the phone.

"Hey, Cel. What's up?"

"Gigi, we need to talk."

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Angel had never felt so different. And as she signaled to Mel to do her thing so she could sneak off to go meet Cristiano in the woods, Mel gave her a knowing smile before stepping forward to finish off the food. Naomi and Claire were the only other maids in the kitchen, but neither one knew what was going on.

A few minutes later, Angel was making her way into the woods, but there was no sign of Cristiano.

Confused and disappointed, she began looking around. Perhaps he was running just a little bit late. After quickly scanning the area to also make sure he wasn't trying to play some funny hide and seek game, she decided to sit down and wait for him for a couple of minutes.

Trying to make herself comfortable on the bench across from some olive trees, she busied herself with counting how many leaves she could see on an olive tree, but the task was making her feel a little dizzy. 

She stopped and began blowing air from her mouth while scanning around. A while later, she checked the time on her phone and saw that she probably had about ten minutes before she would need to head back to the mansion to help prep the table for dinner.

Wondering what to do, she stood up to stretch her legs, but the sudden ruffling of leaves caused her to turn around, her heart thumping in her chest. 

She swallowed a lump and decided to leave instead. 

No use waiting for Cristiano if he was just not planning on showing up. 

Trying to mask her disappointment, she bit her lower lip and began making her way out of the woods when suddenly she heard her name.

"Angel!"

Startled, she turned around to find Cristiano making his way towards her, almost breathless.