Chapter_3

Tanya's POV

After I ate my lunch I told manang Leticia that I'll go out for a while, that I'd be late to come home. After that I made my way back to my room to change my clothes. I only wore a simple blue dress and partnered it with nude stilettos. I fixed my long straight hair, let it cascade down my back. I put on some light make up, just to highlight my features.

I looked at the mirror once I'm done fixing myself. My eyes narrowed when I realized how beautiful I fixed myself.

"It's not as if I'm fixing myself for him. I just wanted to look presentable, that's all. Yeah, that's all."

I said it all to myself as if I was making myself believe.

"I look ok. Maybe that's enough."

I washed away all those unwanted thoughts while I make my way out.

I was all ok all the way out of the mansion when it hit me that I'm actually going to meet him again for the second time of the day. It makes me feel a little bit uncomfortable. Does it look weird? Or am I just thinking too much? And besides, I'm going to see him for business, it's not as if I'm going to see him because I want too. So why the hell am I being so paranoid?

I shook my head out of  frustration, "Come on Tanya! The hell are you thinking?"

I hopped on my car and stayed there for about a minute gathering myself up so that I won't mess this up again.

I can't mess things up. I just received another e-mail from that same enterprises we have debts about. I can't just ignore it. Not now that all my e-mails are all about problems about my company. I even got one from my secretary, and it's her fucking resignation letter.

Everything is getting worst, I am left with no choice. I can't be too prideful now, I can't loose my company, I can't let my people down. It's the only choice in the deck, the only choice to make me win again. The only choice that could save me from falling down the pavements.

I breath one last time before stepping on the gas and make my way to THE WALTER EMPIRE.

I drive slowly making other cars honk behind. Well I don't care, as long as I buy myself some time before meeting him again.

After all the pain I've been through I have never dreamed in my entire life to cross destiny with him again. I have planned to stay away from him till the day that I die. But fate seems to have eyes on us again to play with. But I'm making sure this time, it's not gonna be me who'll be hurt again, this time, I'll make sure to make him pay for all the pain he made me feel. This time, I'll get the upper hand.

After 30 minutes, I now arrived at his skyscraper. Making me lift my head up again just to have a sight of his territory. I gasp some air, I just think I need some since I'm feeling out of breath just by thinking of seeing him again. I never thought after all this years he's still have the same effect on me. I thought that feeling was gone, but I guess....it never did

With a cold expression I made my way inside his building. The same young lady assisted me up to his office, leaving me alone again inside his majestic den. Now, I got the chance to see the picture in his desk. It is still facing down and when I lifted it up my hand became weak that the picture frame slipped out of my hands. I was so glad that it only fell from about inches away from the desk, or worst it could've been broken.

I tried to restrain my tears, I tried so hard to compose myself. Is it why he faced it down this morning? To hide me that old photograph of me and his twin.

Why do he even have this photo? Why on top of his desk!? To what? remind him of the past?

Before I could even react he already pinned me on the glass wall. I didn't even noticed him enter his office, nor him walking towards me.

Now his intense eyes are glaring at me. His jaw tightening, greeting his teeth like an angry beast. I returned the same glare he's giving me, I gave him the same intense eyes, I gave him everything that has been hiding from my heart for a very long time.

"Who told you to touch my things? This is my office Tanya, I can report you for trespassing on my private things."

I didn't care about what he said. I don't care if he report me to the police and get me in jail. I don't care about his private things. I don't care at him at all! All I want to know is that, why the hell is he hiding that photo!? Even display it on his freaking desk!

"Throw that picture away."

I commanded. I never wanted to remember everything, I never wanted to reminisce that memory anymore. I want it gone. That's why I have been keeping my distance to all the family of Cohen. But as if fate won't allow me to. And I just hate the man in front of me. All of him...reminds me of Zage....

I looked away, unable to stare at his face for all I see is my beloved Zage...

All the pain of the past crashed in my heart. Squeezing, breaking it into pieces, pieces I have been trying to fix for the past two years. All came crashing in just by seeing his mare face. How can I marry a man who's face is so similar with my late lover?

"Who are you to tell me what to do? Stop this Tanya. Just tell me what you want."

I want you gone....

" Let me go," is all I was able to say.

I want him gone. I want him out of my life. I want him to stay away. But I need his connections! I need him to save our company damn it!

"Then stop scattering around my office, stop invading my personal things. May I remind you Ms. Lopez, you are inside my territory. You can't just do what you want to do, I didn't gave you the rights to. Unless you want to have rights with me, I won't argue with that."

How is it invading personal things when I'm also in that picture? Of course it concerns me!

"That's the very last picture of me and Zage. Why do you have it?"

"You're talking nonsense. It wasn't me who put that picture in there. It was mom."

Tita Talitha? Why would she do that? Or was it that he's lying!?

"Liar..."

I moved backwards. Squeezing myself to the glass wall just to add space between us but he keeps on coming forward, closing all the gap between the two of us. I can now feel his breath against my lips.

My heart throb, beating so rapidly because of his closeness. I can't, I am starting to suffocate. I hate him..

"Throw it then. Throw the very last memory you have with Zage...my late brother..."

Before I could think straight, a slap landed on his cheek. My tears couldn't stop falling. How could he say those words with full of malice!?

How could he say those words to Zage!?

"He's your brother! how could you!"

Lifting his eyes on me, his eyes are now dark with anger. And so am I!!

"He stopped being my brother the moment he stole you from me..."

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