I'll be Home [On Going]

Chapter 27

Aga took some deep breaths with his hands in fist trying to subside his anger. Now he's not sure anymore if he did the right thing. It didn't go the way as planned. He supposed to open the topic gradually, where she wouldn't get overwhelmed. But he failed. He let his emotion prevailed, he just can't control it. Good thing, he was quick enough to ask her to leave before he could make something out of temper that he might regret in the end. He has to think how to approach her again. They haven't had a good talk about their issue. He drank an iced water hastily before taking a cold shower.

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Lea left his unit and ran in a hurry to the next door. Her bodyguard opened the door and attended to her immediately. She quickly gripped on his arm for support, she can feel her legs shaking. Her face is soaking wet with tears.

"Votre Altesse Royale. (Your Royal Highness.)" her bodyguard said while guiding her to sit on the couch. He left for a while to get her a warm glass of water. She gladly took it to calm herself and she did a couple of breaths before speaking up.

"Est-ce que je peux rester ici un moment? Ne t'inquiète pas je peux gérer ça. S'il te plait, prends soin de mon fils, je reviens dans une minute. (C-can I stay here for a while? Don't worry I can handle this. Please look after my son, I'll be back any minute.)" her voice was shaking. The man bowed his head and gave her a moment alone.

This is what she's been afraid of to happen. Anytime he will confront her and she knows she's unable to give him answers he deserves. And today is that time after nearly nine months of staying here. Ever since she discovered about them, she readied herself for such confrontation but the actual still surprised her that she couldn't bear herself. The plate was too full for her to take. She drank the remaining water and fixed herself before heading back to their unit, her eyes darted on his unit once more before she reached hers.

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That night, Aga went home and headed to his room right away. He turned his gaze on a bookshelf and walked in there. He opened the lower cabinet and removed some books covering the button behind. A moment after, the shelf moved counter clockwise and he immediately followed it so he could enter in another room. He roamed his eyes around the area and walked to the center to removed the white cloth covering an old painting. He then stared at every corner of it.

'What did I ever do to you?' asking himself while touching the lower part of the frame. He smirked and later on heaved a sigh.

'What a nice encounter.'

He went on the right corner of the room and took an old parcel. It's dusty so he wiped it with the cloth that covers it. These are the letters he had sent her ten years ago, he opened one and read it. He almost crumpled it when that memory flashed on his mind, it's too vivid to forget.

" 'Sir Aga? May sulat po para sa inyo.' Nana handed the letter to him. He was so excited but he went inside his room before he opened it. To his surprise, it was the same letter he sent to his wife a month ago. It was his, he then searched the parcel for there must be another letter. A letter from Lea. He was hoping to find one but it only disappointed him. He smirked and threw the letter away.' "

That didn't happen only once but everytime he sends her a letter during their anniversary, their daughter's birthday, christmas day, her birthday or whenever he just wanted to. There was also a time he thought she just had no time yet to respond since he never received anything from her after several letters for a span of one year, but to his indignant protest, he received all his letters after a year on the exact date of their wedding anniversary, her birthday. He felt his world crushed into pieces at that moment.

What a great way to greet him a happy anniversary?

That didn't stop him though from sending her letters. At first, he made himself believed that it might be a prank or something. He won't stop unless he received a letter from her. Unless it will come under her name that she wanted to end their relationship. He knows she receives the letters because he was so certain of the address he was putting was correct. He even tried coming back to her house in Los Angeles, he saw her parents one time but they totally ignored him and even told that Lea never been there. It was no surprise that Lea's parents don't seem to care at all since he's aware of the rival between them. They never liked him for their daughter and so they disowned Lea when she married him, and since they are one of the influential people in their town, he kept silent and did not argue anymore to avoid any trouble.