Love in the Shadows [Book 1]

Epilogue

Felix' POV

That hallucination that I had last night felt so real that I could not help but to believe it happened in reality. I know deep in my heart and soul that it was him who visited me last night. He told me that he needed to leave to heal his broken heart.

He also told me that I had hurt him greatly, and that his wound was so deep that words of apology and I love you will not be enough to mend it.

My heart clenched in pain while remembering his words and I could not do anything but to blame myself.

He was right. I did hurt him. I ignored his heart and threw it away. I took him for granted and I thought that he would never leave.

But now that he has left, all I can do is to hope and wait for his return. I promised to wait for him however long it would take for him to return. I will wait for him no matter what happens.

However, a person's heart is too fickle and weak. And I was not an exception to that. My heart longs for him and I felt like I could not survive without him. So, I shamelessly took back my own words and secretly searched for him.

Whenever I have the chance, I will go to places that he might possibly go to hide. Telvest men, who for some reason remained in my mansion and continued to serve me, always stopped me whenever they caught me sneaking out of the mansion. They always tell me that I am not allowed to come out of the mansion without their protection as per the order of their boss.

I know that they are following Telvest orders and maybe that is the reason why I always try to sneak out. I wanted to always be reminded that he still cares for me.

Despite their efforts in keeping me under radar, there are some days that I was successful in sneaking out. Then, I will roam around the country in search of him. I continued on doing this until I woke up one day and realized that a year has almost passed since he left.

My longing for him grew more and more until it was too much for me to handle. The coping method that I learned to do was to h*te everyone around me. I no longer smile. I often lash out with just a simple mistake and that causes my people to fear me.

I remember telling Telvest off whenever he used fear as the way of leading his people. But I ended up using the same way now that he is gone.

Now that a year is almost over, I started to panic. I started to search for him in the open and demanded for his people to join me in my search if they needed to keep me safe. They had no choice but to follow my orders and joined me whenever I went out of the mansion to search for him.

We went from island to island all around the country, spending a lot of money and time in the process.

My quest for retrieving my company had naturally been set aside because finding him was the most important thing for me at that moment.

I would continue spending my money on traveling if not only for Josh. He called me one day during my weekly meeting with my staff that I had incurred overtime. He told me that he unexpectedly found Telvest and his whereabouts.

He told me that he is on one of the beaches of Guimaras Island and he is now married with a woman named Camila and living with her and her son with them.

Camila? I asked inwardly as I remembered the woman.

I remember her as Telvest's ex-girlfriend. I also remember that Telvest is being tempted to get back with her because he loves her son and treats him as his own.

My heart sank on the news. I realized that this is the reason why he has not come back yet. It was because he is with her and is now happy. My hope of him returning slowly dissipated and it left me nothing but sorrow.