Chapter 2

• The night ended so fast. Well, at least for me. I knew that I am the only one who doesn't belong to that dinner.
• After we ate, I abruptly went to my room and lay down on the bed. I thought so many things that I couldn't undo.
• My heart kept on bleeding because of those memories from the past. It was still inside of my heart.
• I asked myself,why I was not like those people who forget easily? Why was I still holding those memories?
• I really admired those kinds of people. Taking everything as a challenge and new beginnings though it hurts them big time.
• But, I was not like them. People were different. Maybe, I was still stuck to those memories because it was special to me. But, I am tired. My heart and my soul were tired.
• When I looked at Zeus a while ago, I saw how meaningless I am to him. It seemed that he didn't care for me at all. It seemed that my presence wasn't important for him anymore. But still, I wanted to know why. Why did he leave? Why did he break me into pieces and treat me like trash? Why did he hurt me?
• I am sad and broken. I pitied myself so much and blamed myself for ending like this but, I couldn't turn back time.
• If I could only bring back time, I wouldn't do the same. I could only be the same girl liked before. I knew it was impossible. I couldn't undo things. I could only remember those memories and get hurt again. Memories that brought so much pain in me.
• December 2013 (Flashback)
• "What happened to you? Why are you so dirty?" My Nanny Bellen asked as I entered the kitchen. She was busy preparing for food but she managed to look at me. She said that Hacienda Vergara was expecting a visitor, the child of Don Fausto from America.
• I licked my lower lip and pout lips when Nanny Belen pinched me in my waist. I sighed and continued my pace. I sat down in the vacant chair in front of her abruptly.
• I am not that dirty, actually. My hair was disheveled and my uniform creased because of a fight with Helga, but I still looked fine.
• Helga was getting on my nerves. Her boyfriend courted me when they broke up but she got mad. She said things out of the blue that fueled my anger. In the end, I punched her. I also punched her boyfriend slash cheater Joshua.
• "Got a fight from school, Nanny. They're the once that approached me first," I lied. I also made my face pitiful to convince her. Sometimes, it was better to lie because explaining was hard for me.
• I pouted my lips once more and looked at Nanny again. I knew she wasn't convinced. She just looked at me unbelievably and shook her head. I even heard her heavy sigh but I knew she loved me. I am spoiled to her from the start.
• "I don't really know about you, Sofia. You act like an Amazona. Your mom wasn't like that. She was kind and polite and very outspoken," she stated.
• I rolled my eyes to Nanny. It was my habit but it doesn't mean I disrespected her. "So, why is it that I was born without a father, Nanny? What am I, a gift from heaven?" I asked sarcastically.
• I chuckled lightly when I saw Nanny Belen's eyes widened. I abruptly got out of the chair and ran as fast as I could. I knew I hit the boundary. I knew I shouldn't have said things like that but I just couldn't help it.
• I went to our barn directly. It was located at the back of the mansion. Nanny and I lived in the barn for many years now and it was fine. Don Fausto allowed us to use the barn while he sent me to school. I am his scholar and I am thankful because of that. Sometimes, he was acting weird but it was fine for me.
• I was walking into the barn when I bumped a stranger. My forehead creased and looked at him directly. He wasn't familiar to me and I am to him either. He gave me a confused look while scanning me from head to foot.
• "What's with that look?" I asked. I didn't feel anything for him. I wasn't afraid either.
• He smiled that made me caught off guard. Right there and then, I admit that he was handsome. Pointed nose with a white complexion. Slim but not too thin. He actually looked like Korean actors.
• "What are you saying?" he asked and looked at me intently while I was looking at him too. "You looked gross. But, you're still cute," he added. He even patted my head and exited himself away from me.
• I was in total shock to think about what he does. I lost words. When I got back my senses, I acted like I punched him from the back. I didn't know who he was but he made me stunned for a moment. My heart was also beating fast. I couldn't explain anything for the reason that it was new to me.
• I let out a heavy sigh and shrugged my thoughts off. I continued my pace and entered directly to our house. I changed and fixed myself before I went back to the mansion. I wanted to help Nanny to fix the table for dinner later.
• "Nanny? Is Don Fausto's child already here?" I stated, curiously. I was helping her out in putting plates on the table when I asked.
• Nanny Belen nodded and continued her works. I pouted my lips. Nanny was always quite about the issues. He didn't want to mingle others business.
• At exactly six in the evening, Don Fausto arrived in the mansion. As usual, he looked tired. Nanny Belen and I were at the side of the door to greet him. Don Fausto scanned the place and when his eyes pointed directly to me, I'm sure I saw a flicker of emotion in it. He then smiled at me that made me uneasy. He looked creepy.
• "Is my son already here, Belen?" he asked and continued walking inside the house. He stopped midway and looked at me. "Sofia, how was your school?" he added.
• "F-Fine Sir," I replied.
• "Good." he commented and continued walking.
• I felt odd. I was nervous as fuck. My heart was beating fast too, and I felt scared for no reason. Don Fausto acted strange when it was all about me.
• I shook my head and shrugged the thoughts off. Maybe, it was nothing to him. Maybe, he cared for me that much that it bothered me.
• I looked at Don Fausto again. He stopped and made my forehead creased. I looked up to the staircase and realized why.
• The sound of the footsteps were clear. The image of the man was also clear that it shocked me the most.
• How could I be so dumbed to realize it a while ago?
• "Why are you looking at Don Fausto's son like that?"
• I shook my head and didn't budge to answer Nanny Belen. I was just looking at Don Fausto's son and it made me feel odd. It made me feel uneasy. He irritates my sight.
• (End of Flashback)