A LOVE UNTOLD - CHAPTER 48&49
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LUCIAN’S HOUSE***
“Take it gently Aaliyah, it hurts”. Tinsley said between pains, as Aaliyah treats her wounded wrist.
“How can Alvin do this to you Tin, has he gone mad or something, Lucian is definitely going to hear about this”.
“No Aaliyah, don’t tell Lucian”.
“And why not Tin”.
“Lucian is going to get mad at him, and spank him”.
“That’s even more better, at least that scattered brains of his, will rebuild and function properly, am definitely going to tell him, or maybe I should do it right now”. Aaliyah said.
She takes her phone to dial Lucian’s number, but Tin snatch the phone from her.
“Don’t call Lucian Aaliyah”.
“I have to tell him Tin, if I don’t Alvin’s madness won’t stop, how could he have hurt you this way, because of a silly girl he just met at school”. Aaliyah ranted.
“But still that doesn’t mean you have to report every single thing that happens here to Lucian, am Fine, you don’t need to tell him”.
Aaliyah sighs and asked.
“Do you love my stupid brother that much, to cover up for him”.
“He’s my brother”.
“You don’t see Alvin just as a brother right, you love him romantically right”.
“Huh”. Tinsley muttered looking surprised.
“I know you love my brother romantically Tin, come to think of it, his not your biological brother, so is neutral to fall for my handsome jerky brother”.
“How do you know, neither Alvin or Lucian knows about it”.
“That because am a lover of Romance drama, especially from the Filipinos, am a fan of their dramas, and I have watched lots of drama Where best friends always have a one side love, just like in MUST BE LOVE, and also in the movie, SHE’S THE ONE, and with my experience from all the Filipino dramas have watched, that how I got to know you have feelings for Alvin….what I want to know is that why him of all people, fine I know he’s handsome, but his a jerk”.
“You can’t tell your heart whom to love Aaliyah”.
“That kinda right….. will you tell him”.
“No”.
“Why not”.
“He likes Yulia, so there’s no point doing so”.
“To hell with that Yulia girl, her name even sucks”. Aaliyah said, and Tinsley smile.
“So please Aaliyah, don’t tell Lucian about this okay, please”.
“Fine I won’t, am going to let this slide, but the next time he does this to you again, I won’t hesitate to run my mouth like tap”.
“Thanks Aaliyah”.
“You also need to take some drugs, you might fall sick, your face shows you cried a lot”.
“I’ll Aaliyah”. She muttered sadly.
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MILITIA MARKUP HOUSE***
Jamila couldn’t concentrate on the makeup she was wearing on a customer, her mind was occupied with Lucian and Seraphina.
How he has ran inside the building to save her, and how both of them hugged each other.
She even went as far as imagining them kissing each other.
“Ashwn!!”. The customer screams in pain.
And that when Jamila came back to reality, and realized that she has almost blind her with the eyeliner she was holding.
“Am sorry ma”.
“Your sorry!!, What if you have blinded me, will your sorry bring my eyes back”. She yells at Jamila.
“What’s going on here”. The manager of Militia makeup house asked, walking up to them.
“Is this stupid intern of yours, she almost blinded me!!”. The customer ranted.
“Am sorry about that Ms, I’ll have another person attend to you….. Jamila”.
And Jamila looks at her.
“Come with me this instant”. She said and leaves.
Jamila sighs and follows her.
“What going on with you Jamila, you have been making lots of mistakes the entire day, this is the sixth customers that’ll be complaining about you, do you want to cut off the sales of Militia”.
“No ma, am sorry”. Jamila muttered.
“What’s going on with you, you used to be lively before, so what’s the reason for this dull and absent minded of yours”. She asked.
Jamila looks at her, but didn’t say a word.
“You seem to be bothered by some thing, so you have to take a break”.
“Please ma, don’t fire me, am going to concentrate from now on, please”. Jamila begged.
“Am not having you fired Jamila, am only giving you some days off, resolve wh@??ver is bothering you, and only come back whenever you have fixed wh@??ver is bothering you okay”.
Jamila looks at her and slowly nods her head.
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ABI COMPANY***
“Is so good to finally have you here Lucian, how’s Seraphina doing”. Roberto asked Smiling.
“And why’re you asking about her”. Lucian asked, sounding jealous.
“I was just asking”.
“You don’t have to ask about her, she’s not yours but mine”.
“Huh”.
And Lucian’s jaw fell the moment he realized what he just said.
He clears his throat and said.
“Well I…I…what I meant is am still her manager, so is…is…. where’s my office”. Lucian said changing the topic.
He might have a running mouth, but his not a good liar.
“Come with me”. Roberto said.
Lucian nods and follows him.
They entered a well designed office, and Lucian couldn’t believe his eyes.
He never expected his office to be so beautiful and well package, is this Seraphina’s doing, he thought.
“Every one is so eager to see you Lucian”.
And Lucian looks at him.
“Why”.
“Because everyone knows you’re Seraphina’s manager”.
“Oh”. Was what he could say.
“And now that your Finally working here, it won’t take time, before you hits the jackpot, just worked hard on your artworks, and if it reach the first ranking sales, you can kiss being poor a goodbye”. Roberto said.
Lucian looks at him and nods.
A knock came on the door, and a girl enters.
“Good morning Sir Roberto”. She greeted smiling.
“Oh Jae-hee”.
And Jae-hee smiles.
“Lucian this will be your assistant, she’s always going to report to you, about how your artworks are being bought at the artworks market, and she’s going to help you in case you need anything, Jae-hee, this is Lucian, your boss”.
“Good morning Sir Lucian”. Jae-hee said smiling.
“Just call me Lucian, am okay with being called Lucian”.
And Jae-hee nods, and she couldn’t stop herself from drooling over Lucian’s cuteness.
“I’ll leave him to you Jae-hee, you can tell him everything he needs to know”.
“Alright Sir Roberto, I’ll do that”. She answers.
And with that Roberto left.
“Lucian right”. She asked smiling.
Lucian looks at her and nods.
“Am Jae-hee”.
“I already know that, Roberto told me not too long ago”.
“Oh…that right”.
“Jae-hee”.
“Yes Lucian”.
“Why’re you answering Jae-hee”.
“Well, just like Seraphina Rodrigo, am also a Half-breed, my mom is an Australian, while my dad is a Korean, we resided here in Australia after he died”.
“Sorry about that”.
“Is fine, he died a long time ago anyways, I also heard your Seraphina’s manager, will you be able to handle working for her and for ABI”.
“Yes I can, Sera also said she can handle herself when am here”.
“Really, I didn’t know the face of Australia, was this Nice”.
“Yes she’s, she’s nice and beautiful too”. Lucian said with a smile.
“Do you need anything”. Jae-hee asked.
“No I don’t”.
“What about the introduction, the rest of the workers wants to see you”.
“I’ll be there in sec, just need to take a little more look at this office, you can leave”. Lucian said.
But Jae-hee still stood, admiring his looks.
“Jae-hee”.
“Yes”. She said snapping out of it.
“You can leave, I will join you in a sec”.
“Alright Lucian”. She said smiling, and leaves the office.
She Peeps through the window, looking at Lucian from it.
“He’s so handsome”. Jae-hee muttered looking at him from the window smiling.
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ROOFTOP***
“Why were you giving some days off”. Vance asked.
“That’s because I couldn’t concentrate on what I was doing”.
“Lemme guess, you were thinking about Lucian and Seraphina again right”.
“I can’t help it Van, you saw how Lucian ran inside the burning building, just to save her right,…..are they by chance dating”.
“Am sure if they’re, we’ll be the first to know, Lucian always tells us everything”.
“Well I hope they’re not dating, is going to be the ended of me”.
And Vance looks at her sadly.
“Jam”.
“What do you want”.
“Can you stop loving Lucian”.
“I can’t do that, I already told am head over heels inlove with him, and as my best friend, you should help me get closer to him, rather than asking me to give up on my love for him”. Jamila said.
Vance sighs and said.
“Since your taking some days off from work, and am not doing anything at the modelling industry, let’s go to Manly beach, my aunt works there, so she’s going to accommodate us”.
“I don’t want to go Van”.
“I thought you said you don’t want to give up on your love for Lucian”.
“And what’s that got to do with Manly beach”. She asked.
“I’m going to ask him to join us, there you can spend sometime with him and if possible, confess your feelings for him”.
“You’ll do that for me”.
“Yes Jam, I don’t like seeing you sad”. He muttered.
Jamila smiles and happily hugs Vance.
“Thank you so much Van, thank you”. Jamila said smiling.
And Vance pats her.
Even if he loves her, he’ll allow her to be with Lucian, if that makes her happy.
That’s how much he loves and cares for her.
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SERAPHINA’S MANSION***
“Your doing a great job Aaliyah”. Seraphina said after Aaliyah was done showing her, the dance moves she has ealier thought her.
“You think I’m”. She asked smiling.
“Yes you’re Aaliyah, you might take over from me once you become famous”. Seraphina said, and Aaliyah laughs.
“But there’s one thing missing”. Aaliyah said.
“Which is”.
“Your beautiful face, can I have it”.
And Seraphina laughs.
“Sure you can, but you’ll have to buy it at a high price, is not Free”. She said.
Then both of of them laugh.
“Where’s Lucian”.
“Oh, he went to ABI”. Serafie answers.
“Seraphina”.
“Yes Aaliyah”. Seraphina muttered as she drank some water.
“Can you date my brother”. She said.
And Seraphina choked from the water she was drinking, and coughed so hard.
“I’m sorry Seraphina”. Aaliyah said helping pat her back.
After the cough die down Seraphina asked.
“What did you say again”.
“Well I…emmm I…..said if you can date my brother, I really want you both to be together”. Aaliyah said.
Seraphina smiles and caress her hair.
“Fine I’ll”.
“Really, You’ll”. Aaliyah asked smiling.
“Yes, but only if he ask me to”.
“So you mean you’ll agree to be Lucian’s girlfriend, if he asked you to”.
“Yes I’ll, because I love him”.
And Aaliyah screams in exitment.
“Seraphina loves my brother!!!”. She screams, jumping.
And thankfully the practice room has a silent proof attached to it, else everyone, even people passing by could have heard what her tiny voice was saying.
“But I don’t know if he feels the same way”. Seraphina muttered.
“Am sure he does, his just too shy to say it, you know he has never had a girlfriend all his life”.
“Really, what about Jamila”.
“That big forehead girl, my brother doesn’t love her, they’re just friends”.
And Seraphina smiles.
“So you love my brother”. Aaliyah asked again.
“Yes I do, but don’t tell him okay, if he loves too like you claims, then I’ll have to wait for him to make the first move”.
“Your secret is saved with me Seraphina, padlock and sealed”. Aaliyah said with a demostration.
And Seraphina laughs.
Lucian was right, his siblings was a whole lot of comedy skit, especially Aaliyah.
She was so fun to be with her, and if she’s just 13, she never acts like a kid.
***
Seraphina sighs for the Tenth time, as her eyes never left the window.
Aaliyah left earlier, and since she left, Seraphina has being waiting for Lucian to come home.
It was already late, and there was no sign of him, and she misses him so much, even if it hasn’t being 24 hours yet.
“Is he planning to sleep in ABI,, why can’t he just come home already”. Seraphina said like a nagging wife.
She sighs again, and when Lucian drove inside the compound, she quickly jumped to a chair.
She sat down, holding a book pretending she was reading and not waiting for him.
Lucian enters the house, and her eyes fixed on the book.
“Sera”.
“Hey”. She muttered with the book still on her face.
“Have you been waiting for me”. He asked.
Seraphina scoffs and said.
“Of course not, why will I”.
“Then why ain’t you sleeping yet”.
“I just feel like reading”.
Lucian looks at the book in her hand, and it was turn upside down.
“So who have being reading”.
“Yes I have”. Seraphina said, with the book still on her face.
Lucian walks closer to her.
He takes the book from her, and turns it the right way.
“This is how you read a book Sera”. He said smiling.
“Is my new version way of reading okay”. Seraphina said not showing how embarrassed she was.
“Just admit it Sera, you have been waiting for me”.
“I wasn’t, turning the book upside down, is how I get to understand the book perfectly”. She said.
She turns the book upside down and used it to cover her face.
Lucian smiles, he knew she was lying.
“Is your call then, I’ll be in your pratice room, I have some drawings to draw”.
Seraphina scoffs, with the book Still in her face.
Lucian looks at her, and smiles, before leaving.
And when he left, Seraphina threw the book away, not like she has been reading it anyways.
“Really, that’s all he got to say after he wasn’t here the whole day”. Seraphina said with a frown.
She later went to the practice room, and sees Lucian looking so forcus in the artwork he was drawing.
“How was your first day at work”. She asked sitting beside him.
“It was okay, everyone was cool, I also have an assistant, she’s a Half-breed just like you, her name is Jae-hee, and she’s beautiful too”.
Seraphina frowned.
“But your more beautiful Sera”.
And Seraphina smiles widely.
“That’s why am the face of Australia anyways”. She said with proudness and Lucian smiles.
“Ain’t you going to eat”.
“I’ll but after am done with this”.
Seraphina nods.
She picks a painting brush, and when an idea enter her head, she smiles.
She dip the painting brush inside one of the paints, and said.
“Lucian”.
And when Lucian looks at her, she brushed the painting brush containing paint on his forehead and laughs.
Lucian looks at her as she laughs.
“So you wanna play huh”. Lucian said dipping another painting brush Inside a paint.
“No, I don’t want to, I was only jocking”. Seraphina said running around the practice room, as Lucian Chase after her.
“Well it seems I fell for your silly jokes”. Lucian said going after her.
And since Seraphina wasn’t a good runner, Lucian caught up with her and design her face with the painting brush.
“Now you like the map of Australia”. Lucian said laughing.
Seraphina frowns, she took a can of red and blue paints and pours it on his face.
“Now you like the map of Korea”. She said laughing.
“Then should I draw the map of Thailand on your face”. Lucian said going close to her.
“Don’t come anywhere near me, don’t or am going to ki|| you”.
“It’ll be a great honor to be ki||ed by the face of Australia right”. Lucian said chasing her around with paints in his hand.
Both began designing each other’s face and clothes with paints, and laughing at the same time.
The only people who’ll be crying the next day will be the maids, since the whole room was already occupied with different colors of paints.
And after playing with paints like elementary kids, they slept in each other arms, cuddling.
TBC