THE ACCIDENT

Duchess

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" I asked Travis, trying to stay calm as possible. Travis, who's seating behind his desk placed the documents down on the desk before looking up at me, and smirked, "Why does it even matter to you? Remember, you're the one who said that none of this is real. Aren't you happy that my parents found out about this fake engagement shit? Now you can be with any guy you want. Or you can be with that guy you were with the other day" He said, and my eyebrows furrowed. What the hell is he talking about?

"What are you talking about, Travis?" I asked him, genuinely confused. I wasn't with anyone this whole week. I was too busy with the job that my mother left me. I didn't have the time to go out with someone.

Travis lets out a sarcastic chuckle, "Stop acting, Duchess. I'm not stupid. I saw you with that one guy the day you told me that you're with your brother. You even used Daegan as an excuse to be with your other guy, huh?" He said. I stopped at my tracks when he called me Duchess. He never called me Duchess before.

I opened my mouth, but ended up closing it because I can't form a right sentence to defend myself. Is he really serious? Doesn't he trust me?

"I never thought that you're that type of person" He scoffed and grabbed the document from the table before turning his back on me.

Tears pooled in my eyes as I continued to stare at the back of his head. Is he really being serious? Why... Why can't I form a sentence? I have to defend myself. I need to. A Hawking like me should never be treated like this.

I stopped thinking when the door of Travis' office opened. I turned around and Empress' smirk greeted me. Her smirk grew wider when she saw me standing there while Travis has his back turned on me.

She cocked a brow at me, "So? What are you still doing here, Hawking? Shouldn't you be running back to your other guy? You fucking slut" She said in a sarcastic tone. My fists curled into a ball, "What did you do?" I asked her through gritted teeth.

She raised her eyebrows and faked a surprised look on her face, "What are you talking about, Hawking?" This bitch.

My eyebrows furrowed, "What did you tell him!? Why is he acting like this!?" I yelled, making her chuckle.

"Oh, I just exposed you. Ya know, it was quite simple actually. So, Methuselah Kheaze Altarejos huh? I never thought that you were into criminals" She said. I dig my nails into my palm as I took a deep breath.

"Tease is not a criminal" I said.

She grinned at me, "See? You're defending him. Now, it's quite impossible to believe that the two of you aren't having an affair" She said, making me chuckle.

"That doesn't even make sense, Empress. Are you stupid or what?" I said, and her smirk disappeared. She quickly walked towards me and raised her hand to slap me but before she can, I held her wrist — preventing her from slapping me.

I tightened my grip on her wrist when she tried to pull away. I raised my free hand to slap her, but I stopped when Travis appeared beside me and held it. His red eyes glared right into mine, "Stop it, Duchess!" He yelled and pushed me away.

I let go of Empress' wrist as I fell down on the cold floor. I gasped and looked up at him in disbelief. He... He just pushed me away.

Travis' attention was on Empress. He held her wrist and examined it before looking down at me, "Leave. Leave before I do something to you" He coldy said.

Despite the pain I'm feeling, I stood up and purposely bumped my shoulder into Empress. I heard her scoff behind me, and I tried my best to stop myself from looking back.

I tried to blink my tears away while I was alone in the elevator. But I failed miserably. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I thought of what just happened.

I used to love looking into Travis' red eyes. But now... I don't anymore. He changed. I just don't get what he's saying. I was only with Tease. It's impossible that he doesn't know who Tease is. Langston Altarejos, Tease's father is Mr. Ezarald's friend. 

I didn't expect that more people would enter the elevator with me. I looked down to hide my eyes, but it seems like they could see that I was crying. One of the girls started to whisper to the person she's standing beside while looking at me.

Luckily, I was only a floor away from the lobby. Once the elevator stopped, I went out. I walked towards the doors, still avoiding people's eyes. I was going to find my car when I realized that I took a taxi when I went here.

Well, shit.

I bit my bottom lip as I waited for a taxi to pass by but out of my luck, the road was fucking empty. I looked at my wrist watch and saw that it was only eight in the evening. Why aren't there any taxi?

"**** this" I groaned as I started to walk away from that building. Staying there only made my heart ache even more.

While walking away from that building, I started to have flashbacks of what just happened inside of Travis' office. I don't know what did I do wrong.

Falling in love with Travis wasn't part of my plan and I planned to finish this fake engagement but I lost interest in continuing the plan since I did fall in love with him. I fucking fell in love with a jerk like him. And I thought that he also fell in love with me.

I guess I was just assuming things. Why would he even fall in love with me? Empress is there. I'm just this stupid Hawking princess who did something stupid inside of that cosmetics store. And I dragged the both of us into this mess.

You're so stupid, Duchess Aurora Hawking. I can't believe you. Damn it.

All of this is fake. He's right. I was the one who kept saying that all of this is fake. But I was also the one who ate the words that I said because even if I knew that this was fake, I still fell in love with him.

But it's also his fault. The night we had dinner with his parents, he kissed me. It wasn't just a peck. It was a kiss that... That made me feel so weird and giddy whenever I think about it.

Damn you, Travis Samuel Ezarald. I hate you. And I also hate the fact that I love you.

I hate him so much, but there's a part of me who's hoping that he also fell in love with me. Or maybe at least he just felt something for me. And it just faded away when Empress came back.

I stopped walking and forced a chuckle, "You're so desperate, Duchess. I can't believe that you're being so desperate right now" I said to myself.

I looked up at the sky as tears continued to roll down my cheeks. **** this. **** all of this.

I let out a frustrated scream as I collapsed on my knees. I don't even give a damn that I'm in the middle of the road.

I don't care. I wouldn't even care if I die right now. I give up. I'm so foolish. And I can never look into his eyes again. I can never stand in front of him ever again.

I can never be the same anymore.

My heart started to beat faster when I heard a car honking from the distance. I looked at my side, and covered my eyes by blocking the headlights of that car using my hand.

The honks coming from that car became louder as it went closer and closer to me. I let out a chuckle, before looking away from that car.

Maybe this is the end of Duchess Aurora Hawking. The end of her foolishness. The end of everything. No more Travis Samuel Ezarald. No more Empress Diana Martin-Ezarald. No more of the pain.

I closed my eyes, as I felt my body flying in the air. I groaned as the pain immediately hits me. ****, I never thought that getting hit by a car is this painful.

I tried to open my eyes, but my cheeks hurts so bad. I could smell blood, and the smell of it makes me wanna gag. I've always hated the smell of blood.

I let out a chuckle again once I guess the driver of that car went out of his car. He knelt in front of me, calling out for me but I didn't bother to respond. "Just leave me alone to die here. I don't wanna live anymore" I mumbled, eyes still closed.

"What are you talking about? I won't just leave you in the middle of the road" That person said. I hear some shuffling noises beside me, so I opened my eyes in curiousity.

The driver of that car looks so familiar. But I don't know who to point at. It seems like I've met him before. But I'm not that sure.

He pulled out his phone with his shaky hands. It seems like he was going to call for help. I held his hand, stopping him from doing so. He looked at me, confused. "Yah. I'm gonna call for help" He said, and I smiled.

"Just let me die. Calling for help would just make me suffer even more" I answered him.

His eyebrows furrowed, "I can't let you die" He said. I frowned at him and raised an eyebrow at him, "Why not?"

"Imagine having a surgery that you don't even want to have. Then you asked the surgeon to let you die. To... To kill you. And that surgeon did what you asked him to do. Now, who do you think would your family blame for your death?" He asked, making me groan.

"Ang dami mo namang sinasabi (You're talking too much). You're making my head hurt" I complained, and he scoffed as he looked down at me.

"I'm not the one who's making your head hurt. Your stupidity is. If you weren't being stupid, you wouldn't be laying on the ground like this. I wouldn't have crashed into you. You wouldn't be in pain if you weren't being stupid" He said, well, more like he nagged me.

I smiled bitterly, "I was already in pain before this happened. But you're right. If I wasn't being stupid... I wouldn't be in pain right now. I wouldn't have let you crash into me" I said.

He took a deep breath and smiled at me, "It seems like you're going through a lot huh. But let me tell you this. You should never give up just like that. Giving up means showing to everyone who had hurt you, you're weak. That'll give them the advantage to hurt you even more" He said as he dialed a number on his phone.

I slowly looked away from him and looked up at the sky, "My name is Duchess Aurora Hawking," I said and looked back at him, "Tell my parents that if I'm not gonna die, I want Travis to be gone out of my life. I don't want to see him anymore. And... I-I don't want to love him anymore so please. Do everything that you can just to make me forget about him..." I added as I tried to fight back my tears.

"Irreantum. My name is Irreantum. And don't worry, I'll do what you asked me to" With that being said, I smiled at him before closing my eyes. Welp, this is the most dramatic shit I have ever done.