“A trip? That sounds fun!” Ana, Hans’ little sister, exclaimed. “Where are we going?” We are currently eating at a five-star restaurant, and it is my treat. I decided to take all of them out, including Hans's cousin, named Ash, who is an engineer.
“Mom always told me how much she likes to go to the beach. So we will be heading to the beach!” Hans answered. “It would be a family vacation, and Sasha will be paying for it.”
I stopped slicing the meat when Hans uttered those words. I glanced at him and furrowed my brows. Everyone celebrated, making me feel bad.
“Huh? We haven’t talked about it?” I whispered to him. “Why are you doing this? You should have told me in advance.”
“Love, you told me before that you are willing to cover the expenses on our vacation trips. Now you are taking it back? Look, they are all now excited!” Hans replied and pointed at some of his family members. “Don’t kill their happiness, love.”
We were taken aback when Ash, who was beside me, suddenly coughed. We both looked at him and continued eating.
“Wait, is that Tina?” I felt my blood boil the moment Cecilia uttered her name. “Yeah, I am pretty sure it is her! She is looking dashing as ever!”
When I looked at the corner, I saw a woman walking towards our area, with a wide smile on her face. She waved at us, the reason why some of Hans’ family stood up to greet her. When our eyes met, she initiated to kiss me on the cheeks. I inspected her lips and at that moment, I knew that my suspicion was true. It has the same color as the lipstick Hans gave me.
“Your lip color is so pretty, where did you buy the lipstick?” I asked and smiled. She giggled.
“I am happy to hear that! Thank you! I have an extra actually, you can have this.” She told me and took out a lipstick from her purse. “Sir Hans told me how you help him in any way!” She inserted the lipstick inside my hand and smiled.
“She’s good, except in being a housewife. She sucks at cooking and doing the laundry.” Ana interfered. Ash immediately raised his left eyebrow. Everyone started laughing, which made the atmosphere weird for Ash.
“Ana, do you think it is a nice thing to do?” Ash told his cousin. “How about you? Do you know how to do house chores? You can’t even clean your room.” I expected Hans to scold his sister, but it made me baffled that he was one of those people who laughed.
“Come on, you can’t have it all. Everyone has flaws. It is okay!” Tina explained and sat beside Hans. “By the way, Sir Hans told me we will be having a family trip! I am so excited! He planned it for two months!”
I raised my eyebrows at that moment. So they already planned about it for two months without asking for what I might feel?
“Omg! You will be joining us?! That’s a relief!” Ana exclaimed. “Can we sit together?!”
“Apparently, we have to fix some documents while we are inside the airplane, so no. I will be sitting with Sir Hans.” everything is moving too fast. I am getting overwhelmed.
“Excuse me, I just want to get some fresh air.” I stood up and went outside the restaurant. I took a deep sigh and touched my forehead.
“What the hell was that..” I whispered. “Why is he deciding on his own? What is going on?”
“Hey..” I looked back and saw a tall guy holding a soda. He extended his hand and smiled. “You seem stressed out. Have a cold soda.”
I looked at the soda and glanced at the face of the guy in front of me.
“Thank you..” I uttered and accepted the soda. “Maybe the happenings are just too much for me. Maybe I was just overreacting.”
“Well, I would react like that too. No worries,” he uttered and took out a cigarette. “My cousin is an asshole, and if I told you now to run, would you run?”
“Too late, I buried myself deep in his arms,” I uttered and laughed. “I love him, and no one could replace him in my heart.”
“Even if I tell you something?” I heard my heart pound loudly, afraid of the words that might come out of his mouth. “Are you willing to listen?”
“No…” I uttered while shaking my head. “I am not interested to know about it, thank you,” I added and started walking away. Out of the blue, he grabbed my arm, making me look back.
“Ash, I said no. Do you know the word No?” I uttered. “I will shout right now if you don’t let go of my hand.”
“He is fucking her inside the house you bought.” I felt my knees weaken, making me fall to the ground. “Did you know that?”
“Stop saying nonsense…” I was trying my best not to break down, but when he showed me his phone, I burst out.
“This is a video of them, making love. He accidentally sent it to me, because he has a friend named Ash too. I just pretended that I didn’t receive it so he won’t panic.”
