Episode 5

We went downstairs while Ella was clinging at my arms like a cute koala. She's a sweet little girl and a little clingy but I like it nonetheless.

I suddenly had the feeling of retreating back to my room, I felt something was up. I remembered the scene in the living room and the conversation I heard when I was passing by, on my way to my room. I felt anxious, and had a bad premonition to what's coming to me.

I halted on my steps.

Ella looked up at me worriedly.

"What is it ate?"

"I think I'm not feeling well." I lied. Sorry Ella... Sorry mama Claire...

"What's wrong ate do you want to go back to your room and rest?" She said worriedly. "I'll just bring you food. I'll tell papa that you're not feeling well so don't push yourself, okay?" She continued thoughtfully.

Before I could bob my head up and down vigorously we were spotted by Mansueto.

"Come and have your seats..."

I uttered the swear word I once heared from Mama Claire and shut my eyes tightly.

"Come here, come here."

I look over the dining table where Mansueto, smiling fatherly like; sitting at the head chair, his wife sitting at his left and their daughter, Isabela at her right, the obedient and filial daughter. The two are giving me meaningful look. I made eye contact with them and never wavered like a shy wallflower that I was. I smirked at them and felt delighted when I saw the pure shock on my half-sister's face. My step mother, Eleonora, on the other hand, only raised an eyebrow.

They were facing our way except for the two heads peaking at the chairs to Mansueto's right, both belong to two men. They stood up from sitting and looked our way. Ella pulled me to the dining table my little sister innocent as ever didn't sense the gloomy atmosphere the people in present are producing, well, except for Masueto and... Vinceso? What is he doing here? Don't tell me...

"Son, meet Adriana, your fiance." Vinceso announced the words took long to process on my mind, and when it did I almost fell.

My eyes went from Vinceso and to the man probably at my age or a little older than me looking at me with expressionless eyes.

My mind slowly registered the handsome man next to Vinceso. My eyes went wide not just because of his handsomeness but rather the familiar face. years had passed but that familiar face, that face that looked at me gently and dotingly in the past is him. And I think he remembered me too, because his eyes narrowed and look like he was stunned. I saw his thin pink as mine- Ahem- lips open as if to say something but I was faster to react than him, and before he knew it I was already at him engulfing him to a familiar hug.

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