CHAPTER 21
I slowly opened my eyes. At first, I saw Sebastian beside me. I blink a couple of times. I rubbed my eyes to see if it’s true. He smirked at me.
I screamed to the top of my lungs. What’s he doing here? I looked around immediately, if this is our room. It is confirmed, this is our room but, there’s missing. Where did milady and Amelia go? I didn’t expect seeing this guy first thing in the morning.
“What are you doing here?”
“Your mom told me to wake you up, but you were sound asleep. That’s why I stared at you”
“Urgh! Go out! You’re creeping me out!”
“You should be used to seeing this face because I’ll be your husband”
“No, that’s impossible”
“There’s no impossible for Sebastian, my dear and you know that”
“Shut up”
“No, I won’t. I’ll zip my mouth if you’ll give me a kiss”
“I won’t and I’ll never be”
“You can’t say that for sure”
“Go out”
“Yes, yes, my dear”
As soon as I didn’t see his face, I put my head on my palms. I have the habit of spacing out in the morning first, before doing whatever I needed to do. I pulled the curtains up on the window. And gazed the outside for a couple of minutes.
When I came back to my senses. I fold our bed sheets and arranged our pillows. I also, get some clothes to the closet to take a bath downstairs.
As soon as I climbed down, There’s Sebastian leaning in one of the open rooms.
“What are you doing there?”
He motioned me to see it. I walked towards him and saw Amelia tying my sister’s hair. My sister is talking while Amelia is nodding. It seems like she’s preparing to go to school. it looks like they get along we when I'm the biological sister.
“Hey? Ladies”
“Who are you?” my siter tilted her head and looked at him in a suspicious look.
“I am Sebastian, the future husband of your sister”
“Oh? The lover that they were talking about, last night”
“Lover?” he looked at me while furrowing his eyebrows and then, it changed into smirking.
“After the two of you done, go downstairs”
“Okaaaaaayyy”
I walked away hurriedly to avoid the teasing Sebastian.
“So, you were talking about me, yesterday, my dear Scarlet”
“No, we’re not”
“A kid’s never lie”
“Yes, we are talking about how immature you are”
When, I knock to the bathroom. There’s no response, that’s why I entered it hurriedly and slammed the door, leaving no chance for him to respond. I sighed as I put my things on the sink.
• Chantria’s POV
I heard a loud footstep coming from upstairs. It must be the lovers quarreling again.
“Why are they always arguing?”
“Maybe, Sebastian left a huge scar to her heart”
“I wonder, what is it?”
“Let them be”
“It’s better if they can communicate that without hatred. I’m sure they have a lot of misunderstanding”
“You’re right”
I put the dishes to the table. Nanny were packing some lunch for Dairy. I sit first to the table. I hear a loud bang. Are they still going on? What if some physical involved? Oh no! I should stop them.
As soon as I stood up. I saw Sebastian entering the kitchen. I sat down, and he did the same.
“What happened?”
“Whatever I do, it seems to be hated more”
“What did you do to make her hate you like that?”
We stopped our conversation when, nanny sit beside me. She’s done packing. There’s a silence among the three of us. No one utter a single word.
“You know, Sebastian. Our daughter loves you very much and, I don’t know what happened to the both of you. It’s best to treat my daughter with care again. If this keeps up, arguing like this, then there will be no more chances that she will forgive you nor loved you again”
“I’m trying, madam”
“No. all I see is you teasing her up. That’s not good, you must win her heart again”
I listened to the two of them. Ah? Love. It’s good feeling that, you felt butterflies on your stomach. Your day is complete whenever you see her or him, boost your energy, and gives you motivation. That’s a really the best feeling. But, just because of a mistake, everything will fall apart.
I turned a blind eye once. I left the two of them since, they were discussing love matters. I sat down on the sofa in the living room. I reminisce what happened to me in the past.
When I was thirteen years old, my parents got caught up in the car accident. There’s no one to take care of me except my relatives. All of them were arguing who should be the one to raised me.
Then, there’s my loving Aunt who raised her hand to adopt me. I thought she’s willing to adopt me, out of goodness. Little did I know, it had another purpose. It was going so well for a couple of years until, I grow up. I worked as a sales manager in one of the famous organizations in our era.
I bought an apartment to live alone. I send money for the daily expenses of my aunt’s and school expenses of my two step sisters. It was going so well that I thought this wouldn’t last. Until I met the guy on the other department. We became so closed. He courted me for a year. I trusted him so much that I decided to say yes to him.
Our relationship was going so well I’m very in loved to him. He was my first in everything. Until, my stepsister who was unemployed for a couple of months came in our life. I decided to refer her to our company. Luckily, she was accepted
My Aunt pleaded me to let her daughter stay with me. I said yes. My step sister moved in together with me. We were the best of friends or so I thought.
My coworkers started to tell me that there’s something's going on with my boyfriend and stepsister. At first, I didn’t believe them. I thought that it was all a lie, that he’s truly loved me. There are lots of evidences that points he’s a cheater.
I was called a martyr to all of my colleagues and best of friends. I turned blind eye to it and as if I never heard some bad things. I'm hoping that he still loves me even if it's a little bit.
One night, when my boyfriend stayed in my apartment for a night. I caught their lascivious acts. I pretended to be fallen asleep. I noticed my boyfriend gone out to go to my stepsister’s room. I heard their moan and their conversation. I cried in silent. My heart was torn to pieces.
In the morning, the three of us were eating together. I saw their glances with desire. I can’t take it anymore. I broke up with my boyfriend for four years and throw my sister out. I never wanted to see them. And in that morning, I found out that I’m pregnant.
My Aunt called me on that same day. She was furious telling me that I will face the consequences of throwing her daughter out. I don’t care if she’s sleeping on the streets, that’s not my problem anymore. Little did I know, that’s the beginning of living in hell.
I render overtime. It’s already late in night that I walked to the streets. As I walked across the intersection someone grabbed me and throw me, inside to their van. I struggled so much but, the strength of the man is different to a woman. I can’t fight it off. They spray something that made me lose my consciousness.
I was woken up by the cold water. I was in an old room or an isolation room. There are no things, only me and the unknown strangers who kidnapped me.
When someone opened the door. I saw my aunt coming towards me. She holds some documents and my stamp. I need you to signed these things before coming out alive. I refused. The man punched me every time I refused. It repeated for days that I felt my face began to be swollen and numb.
I know what those papers are, those are my inheritance. At the beginning, I thought their warm welcome is true. Until, I discovered their façade. They wanted to lie to a thirteen-year-old in signing those papers but, I didn’t and never will. They thought I was naïve. Thanks to the novels I read I know better.
Since then, they didn’t treat me as their family. They treat me as nuisance and only her eldest daughter was so good to me that I didn’t expect her to betray me like that. If I only knew, she was envious of my beauty and intelligence. I will never put my whole trust to her. I know that when she visited me here in the dark room. She snatched my lover away which make her satisfied.
After a couple of weeks, my face goes back to normal. I was treated very well but, I’m still on the dark room. I grew suspicious by it, because they remained silent.
One day, there's a big slammed of the door. It was the strangers again who kidnapped me. I let out a scream but no one can hear me. They spray something again that I lose my consciousness.
When I regained myself, I was in front of the dead body. My hands and clothes were covered in blood. When I examine who is it, it was my former driver. It’s Brother Xi. I cried when it sinks to me that, they used dirty tricks just to eliminate me and get the inheritance. Not only that, he's my trusted brother during my parents were alive.
There was a policed coming in, arresting me. As soon as I came out, there are newscasters everywhere. I saw the family of Brother Xi screaming in contempt at me and, my aunt, stepsister and my ex laughed devilishly. If only I knew this would happen to me, I would never let those three get away.
After my hearing and trial. All I ever heard is their lies. But, it’s really heartbreaking hearing the side of Brother Xi’s family. They told me, that they trusted me so much and I became their family which is true, ended up a murderer. They were looking at me with contempt, wishing that I should be sentenced to death. They hoped for their justice.
On the other hand, my aunt and step sisters cried crocodile tears. Telling everyone that she raised me so well but ended up doing a crime. My ex-lover pinpoints me that I was a psycho, manipulator and always playing the victim which is not.
After the long session, the judged ended up a jury that it’s a life imprisonment and the inheritance will go to my guardian. The people there rejoiced. They were success and I didn’t receive my justice.
I laid down to the cold floor. There’s nothing to eat because my share is always snatched away by the other inmates. That’s where my last breath take away, together with my baby. I told my best friend who’s in overseas that I’m pregnant to a bastard father.
I still remember our last call, the she will save me, that she will bring justice to light. I’m thankful I have a friend like her. I’m blessed that I get to hear her voice before my last breath. It's the thought that counts. I wonder if I'll ever did get my justice?

I stopped reminiscing when I felt my tears flowing down on my cheeks. I looked down only to see the sister of Scarlet and Amelia.
“Are you okay, big sister?”
“Yes, I am. There’s a dust that fallen on my eye”
I rubbed my eyes as if there’s a dust. Dairy looked at me in worry eyes. I patted her head telling her I’m alright. I gave her a reassuring smile.
“Let’s go eat?”
Dairy nodded and held my hand. The three of us goes to the kitchen.