By Books

A beautiful girl is walking at the hallway while reading her favorite book. Everyone looks at her, some are jealous but a lot of people adores her. By the way, she has a name, Xean Brituria. The daughter of the mighty business man that is known everywhere. What could go wrong right?

Her tracks stopped. A boy in front of her caused it. "Xean." The boy said, which made her close her book. "Why?" Xean coldly asked. The boy stretched his arms to hand her something.

"It has a great story." He said. The girl looked at his face and it's red. She accepted the book after that the boy suddenly walked away from her, which made her chuckle. "Cute." She whispered.

Arthur Reyes, the boy she likes. The boy who always gives her books. Xean keeps all the books Arthur gives her but she hides it. Her father shouldn't know about it.

One day she saw him, he has this big smile, the smile that makes her heart go fast. He was holding a book on his hand and he was walking to her way. But she was shocked when he just passed by her, Xean's eyes widened, she looked at the direction he was walking just stared at him until her eyes can't even see his shadow.

Then a question smack her head, "What happen to him, he seemed so eager before but now he can't even look at me in my eyes. What did I do? Did I say something wrong to him?"

Until the day Arthur stopped giving her books she decided not to read or collect any book.

Till she knew the real reason why he stopped and she didn't like that reason. He threatened him that he will imperil him and his family if he won't stop by what he was doing.

He succeeded on stopping Arthur to pursue Xean, but it made her enrage.

Xean went to him and accosted him. He didn't like the words and actions of her though.

"Why the hell did you threatened that boy?" She angrily asked. "I'm your father and you are in my office, inside my house, lower your voice little miss." Calmly he said and didn't even looked at her. He's way too focused of reading work related papers.

"Talk to me, Leandro!" With a high tone she uttered. Her father looked at her shocked. "My princess, is that the right way to talk to your father? Be respectful, please."

"Respect? Why should I, father?" Emphasizing the word 'father' she said, "You can't even respect other people. You scare them because you thought it makes me uncomfortable without even asking me if I really am uncomfortable." Angrily she said.

"Why do you like it when he gives you books that you probably have read already? Come on, darling. We don't have to fight just because of this low guy."

"Low guy? Do you even hear yourself, dad? He is not low. To be honest, I like to be just like him. Not rich and his parents have time to be with him whenever he wanted to." Xean reasoned to him.

"He is poor, Xean! He can't give you everything you wanted. You can't be happy with him! He's a vagrant, daughter!" Her father is at range when he heard the words he didn't expect from the mouth of his daughter.

"Yes, he's nothing like us because he lives a normal life. He don't have to sell illegal things and kill people to survive in this stinky world we live. He is a kind and thoughtful person, he is nothing like us because we are criminals." She said like she wanted to slap every word to his face. A devilish smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

"That work of mine made you live like a princess, and now you want to humiliate all of the things and attention you are receiving right now. Are you serious my dear Princess?" He said with a wide sarcastic smile plastered on his face and now I'm looking at it, I'm starting to hate it and just want to end that smile of him.

"Did you really love me or you just want to use me?" I asked. "I do love you a lot but it won't change my decision. I won't let that beggar go near you." He said.

"Then from now on consider your daughter dead. I won't let you control me anymore longer. I have my own life and own decisions to make for my own and that's what I will do from now on." I said proudly and as I turn my back to him and walked to the door.

But before I could leave the room he said something that made my body and soul cut into million pieces. My heart suddenly felt something, it was like a knife is plugged over and over in it.

"He's dead. I killed him while you're on the way here." A tear suddenly crawl on my cheeks.

"Why? Why can't you just let me be happy? Just for once. Why can't you give me that?" I asked as he went to me and hold my face. "I'm doing this because I want you to have a great future and I want to secure it even if you're against it. I will do everything I can for it not to be destroyed and I can kill a thousand people just to build it in peace. I'm sorry honey but you need to accept it." He said in a securing and low voice.

"Then I hate that future you are building. I hate it like hell." I said as I ran to my room.

I cried like there is no tomorrow. I cried and shout like it's the end. I wanted to execute that person a long time now but I can't. I can't kill him, I love him even if he can't give me the happiness that I think I deserve.

Suddenly I thought of something that could end my hardship, I went to my bathroom and get the knife that I was hiding there. I was about to put an end to my damn life but suddenly someone stopped me and it's my father. He hugged me and said, "I told you, I won't let anyone destroy what I'm building, even if it's you. I will protect you my Princess. I won't let you destroy your life and the future that I'm building for you." He said.

I cried in his arms and he kept on telling me to stop crying until I fell asleep because of tiredness. My eyes suddenly gave up and it closed without any warning then my brain followed, it calmed down and let my body rest.

"Ma'am?" I opened my eyes and the celling of my office greeted me. I looked at the person in front of me. "Ma'am, I'm here to give you the papers the finance gave for you to sign." She informed.

"Leave it on my table." I said dismissing her. After that she left my office. I sighed then closed my eyes again. "That dream, again."