LIE.

CHAPTER 11

APOLLO STRAKOVSKI

I was finally going to propose to her. I couldn't believe the fact that I could love  somebody as much as I love her.  

She came into the room, as stunning as ever but her eyes were swollen from crying. Oh no. What's  wrong? Was my cover blown? Did she know that I was going to propose and cried because she didn't  want to? Oh no. What was I gonna do?

 "What is it, Veronica? What's wrong?" I asked, hugging her. That was the least that I can do to show that  I cared and that I was worried.

 "I found out that you were going to propose." she said, crying. Oh no. So that was the problem.

 "If you want, I wouldn't propose now. We can take things slow--" she interrupted me.

 "I'm Athena."

 "What?" I was confused. I moved away from her.

 "I'm Athena Smith, your former agent." She took out her French accent.

 "No. Smith is dead. One of my  agents shot her in the heart. She couldn't survive that."

 "You're wrong. Your agent killed my twin sister Veronica, not me. I came here to take my revenge."

 "What? You lied to me? You made me fall in love with you so I could trust you and not notice you  stabbing my back?"

 "That was the plan."

“You’re a very good actress, Athena. You should try being a real actress sometime.” I sneered.

“Not everything was a lie, Apollo. You know that.”

“Do I? What about the part where you said that you wanted to avenge your sister?”

“At first, I was so angry because I was supposed to be one who died, not my sister.” She started. “When I fell in love with you, everything changed. I wanted to stop lying, Apollo. I really did.”

“For one year, Athena, you lied to me. Now you’re saying that you didn’t want to?”

“That was a very hard decision for me, Apollo. However, when I found out that you were gong to propose, I wanted to tell you immediately. I didn’t want you to marry Veronica Lepierre. I want you to marry Athena Bennet.” She said, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Do you, at least, regret lying to me?"

 "If I didn't lie to you, I wouldn't be able to let go of my sister. If I didn't lie, I wouldn't be able to realize  that I'm in love with you. If I didn't lie, you wouldn't be able to fall in love with me. If I didn't lie, I would  spend my whole life blaming myself for  what happened to Veronica and the worse thing is, I might have  blamed you too. So, no, I don't regret it."

That was a good answer.

"Stop making me want to forgive you all the time!" I exclaimed. I had already forgiven her that very  second.

 "Then, don't.  Don't forgive me. I cannot forgive myself either." she said, pointing her at her own head.

She didn't get it. I had already forgiven her. Why was she pointing her gun at her herself? No. I couldn't  bear to see her do it. I was scared. I was scared because I loved her. I loved her even though she lied to  me two times. I loved her even though she wanted to kill herself. I love her. Because of that, I couldn't  let her do it.

"No! Athena, don't do it!" I yelled, running towards her and said, "No, Athena. Don't leave me. I forgive  you... I still love you..." I hugged her. She cried into my arms and finally dropped the gun.

Love is something a person cannot fully understand but that day made me realize love can do. I realized that love could change people. Love could die for a person. But sometimes, for love, all you have to do is lie.

END

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