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Chapter 18 CUBICLE
Time pass by so fast, before they knew, it's already quarter to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Both Georgina and Jaceriel spend the time without talking on the main reason why she's crying all this time. He tried a lot of tricks to enlighten her mood but it doesn't help. Georgina's mind is somewhere so, he didn't try to asked and wait for her to open up.
Now, they are inside the cinema theatre and watching a romcom movie but throughout the play while others are laughing their lungs out, she's silently shedding tears in the corner. Lucky, the place is dim and no one will see her but he couldn't focus on the movie rather got distracted by her cry.
"Hon, do you want to go home?" He asked but she shrug her head while wiping the tears away. "You told me to bring you somewhere where you can forget anything. We already went to arcade, acquarium and even here but your mind is on somewhere,"
Georgina didn't say anything but looks down while tears keep falling again.
"Mr. Stealer, I want to cry..."
"You already cry, then stop and cry again since we met," he chuckled before spreading his left arm, give her a sign to lean on. "I know you don't want others to see you crying like this, lean on me and hide yourself. Like what I told you before I can be your shoulder to lean on,"
She didn't say a word and buried her face on his chest. Jaceriel wrap his left arm around and patted her back without saying anything. Even though she's sobbing like a baby, it can't be heard inside because of the laughter of those people around them. They stay like that until the movie end. People starts to walk outside while talking about the movie but they stay there until most of them leave.
"Are you fine now? Let's go outside," Jaceriel said.
"A-ah... T-thank you." She separate with him.
"Let's eat. I don't want to waste our date." He give a playful smirk and stand up first—offers his hand.
Georgina on the other hand look at him with confused, stares towards his hand. "What's that? Do you want me to pay you for lending your shoulder to me?"
"Money can't buy sincerity, let's go. Since this is our date I'll make sure to make you happy before the day ends." He hold her hands before dragging outside the cinema.
Even if she want to protest, all her energy is gone from crying and thinking a lot. She just let Jaceriel drag her somewhere.
It tooks a few minutes of walk before they reach the front of a known fast food chain. There are many people inside and a long line for those who want to order. They about to enter inside but Jaceriel stop all of a sudden and it make Georgina frown, looks at him with confuse.
"Why are you stopping all of a sudde—" she couldn't finish the word when a familiar figure stands in front of them. It's Kiela and Giovanni who looks surprise to see them too.
"Oh, Georgina. I didn't expect to run with you here." Kiela said, breaking the awkwardness. "You're Jaceriel Yuson, right? Georgina's boyfriend." She look direct to Jaceriel.
"Yeah, I am and you're her ex, girlfriend? Am I right?"
"You're right. Are you on a date too?"
Georgina didn't answer rather look away.
"We're in the middle of our date." Jaceriel answer. "If you are going to eat inside then, why don't you join us. It's a good idea to have a double date."
"Sure, it's not like we have an unsettled issue here." Kiela emphasize the last word while looking towards Georgina that annoys her. "Let's come with them Van, okay?" She saw him cling to Van arms.
"Do whatever you want,"
After Giovanni say those words they went inside the fast food chain. Both Giovanni and Jaceriel order a food for them while Georgina and Kiela finds an available table to sit. They found a table which fits their group near the glass wall, both sit on opposite direction without talking. But after a few seconds of silence, Kiela broke it.
"I didn't know you're good at seducing an innocent man, it seems like you're boyfriend is still under the spell," She mumble but Georgina roll her eyes. "Tell me what's your secret?"
They stare at each other for a few seconds but a smirk form into her lips. "Why? Are you going to use it towards Van? I didn't know you're that desperate to seek for attention,"
"What? Van and I love each other so much, such crazy trick is not needed between us."
Georgina laugh because of what she said, it made her frown. "You and Van love each other? Don't make me laugh Kiela,"
"What?" Kiela's voice raises that catch other people attention near their table.
"I know Van well than you, those stares he give is not love but something else like it's only a pure business."
Kiela gritted her teeth, giving an intense glare. "How dare you say those words? You're just an ex, nothing more or less. For Van, ex is only a past that needs to forget."
Georgina flinch, clenching both fist under the table.
"What's with the reaction? Are you mad Ms. Ex?" She chuckle but Georgina try to calm herself and look away instead.
After a few minutes, Jaceriel and Giovanni came back with a tray on their hands. Jaceriel sits beside Georgina while Van on the opposite direction. No words came out from any of them, they just eat in silence. In the middle of eating, Georgina accidentally glance towards Giovanni but he's staring at her with those mad eyes. She gulp, looks away out of fear. Those eyes feels like giving a warning look towards her.
"Van do you want to try this macaroni soup? It taste good," Kiela get a spoonful of macaroni soup and try to feed it to him but he just stare.
Georgina chuckle, slice the burger steak she has before getting it with a fork and give to Van that made the three look at her.
"Eat this, I know you like burger steak than macaroni, it's the food you hated the most." She give a sign to him to eat it but they just gaze towards each other.
"What are you doing Gina? You have guts to flirt with my fiancee in front of me and your boyfriend?" Kiela protested.
"I'm just correcting your mistake and reminded you of the fact, am I right Mr. Javier?" A smirk form to Giovanni's mouth before he eat the small slice of burger steak she give.
"V-Van..." Kiela look at him in disbelief.
"Let's continue to eat, it's just a friendly gesture besides I trust my Hon to not cheat on me," Jaceriel said, pat her head with a smile.
They continue to eat again in an awkward atmosphere. After almost twenty minutes, they decided to continue the double date. Both the couple walk around the mall, shopping here and there to digest the food they eat. On the other side, although they are not talking or walking near each other, Georgina still feel the gaze of someone behind her. Everytime Jaceriel will come near or whisper something on their way, a fierce gaze shot on her. Not until they reach a jewelry store, before they can even enter inside Georgina remember the first time she met Jaceriel. It made her remember the necklace he stole. Since the day they met each other in St. Luke High, she didn't see him wearing the necklace. In the middle of her own thoughts she startled when he suddenly intertwined their hands together. She look at her with doubt look but instead to give an explanation he drag her inside.
"Do you remember this place Hon?" He asked while walking.
"Of course, you steal the necklace to me on this place."
"I didn't steal anything from you maybe just lucky,"
"L-Lucky?" She's about to remove her hands on his grip but he tightened it instead. "What are you doing?"
"Your ex walks behind us, do you want to look more stupid?"
She didn't oppose his plan and let herself be drag by him somewhere. Until they reach the ring section. Jaceriel walks towards it, look into each of the item but she didn't butt an eye and look beside where Giovanni and Kiela looking for something too. It seems like they didn't like any of it and went to somewhere.
"Hon look at this ring, isn't it beautiful?" She glance back to Jaceriel and look to the ring he pointed out. It's a simple rose gold ring.
"Are you going to buy it?"
"If you like it, I'll buy for you."
She chuckled. "I don't need a ring, give back my necklace instead."
"It won't happen,"
They continue to walk, looks around on other jewelry section but can't find something to buy so, after a few minutes of walk they head back to the store entrance. Unexpectedly, both the couple reach the entrance at the same time from different direction. Both of them look at each other in surprise but Georgina's eyes lock on Kiela's ear whom she's trying to brag by emphasizing it. She look away out of annoyance.
"Did you buy something?" Kiela asked them.
"Nope. There's nothing that catch our attention," Jaceriel answer for them.
"Well, Van bought me a pair of earrings. It looks good on me right?" She turn left and right for them to see the earrings. "Van choose it by himself and told me this pair suits me the most,"
"It looks good, I didn't know you have an eyes for this matter Van," He blurted while giving a short laugh.
"Where should we go next?" Kiela asked again.
"I need to go in the comfort room first, you can go ahead. I'll follow after," Georgina said.
After she saw Jaceriel nod his head, she start to walk towards the comfort room. It's far from the store so, she walk as fast as she can. She hated the fact that someone is waiting for her for too long.
Inside the comfort room, she bump into some group of woman who's about to go outside. She let them go first before walking inside. It's too silent inside. All the cubicles are open, it only means she's alone. A sigh escape her mouth and look in front of the mirror. Her eyes is a little bit swollen from non-stop crying before, she even look haggard. She couldn't believe for this entire time, she's walking around with this ugly looking face. She take out a lip balm inside the pouch and about to apply on her lips when the door slam open, it made her startled. Through the mirror, she look towards the door but both eyes widened. The lip balm she holds slips into her hand.
"V-Van..." She mumble in surprise. "T-This is the woman's comfort room, you enter in a wrong one so, better leave before others will notice you."
She step back when he didn't say a word rather walk straight to her direction with those mad eyes. There's no way she can read what's on his mind. His mood swing change abruptly based on the situation. All this time, he's been staring at her with those same eyes but to see it in actual makes her tremble.
"V-Van... W-what are you doing?" She asked but he didn't break the gaze into her.
She continue to step back again, almost reaching the wall on the far end.
"The movie is very good, it's funny all the way it made my stomach hurt."
"You're right."
"Let's retouch and go back to others,"
Georgina flinch when the doorknob moves, a cold sweat is falling down her temple but this man in front of seems not bothered by the fact that there's another woman outside. If they caught them, he'll be branded as pervert.
The time seems stop on her sight when the door open, she look around to find somewhere to hide but out of nervousness she can't think anymore. As the woman walk inside, she startled when Giovanni drag her inside the cubicle and lock it. He pinned her on the door while still giving an intense gaze. All of a sudden her heart doesn't stop from beating fast not only because they are close to each other in this narrowed place but out of fear too. She look away clench both fist while the two woman outside keep talking about their own stuff. For a while, they didn't talk to each other, only the sound of their breathing exist inside the cubicle. Not until they heard the footsteps of those woman walks outside the room. Once they heard the door close, Georgina get that chance to open the door but he stop her hand, grab it and pinned on the wall.
"W-What are you doing? Let me go outside,"
"Do you know how mad I am Gia? I'm f*cking mad at you and to that crazy bastard," he said with anger on his voice. It give chills down her body.
"You don't need to get mad, we're not in a kind of relationship where you have rights to get jealous," she gain all the courage and talk back but it only made him mad. His menace aura is getting bigger than before.
"We don't need to be in a relationship for me to have the rights to get jealous," he said. "Don't act like you didn't know, I'm f*cking jealous since yesterday and that crazy bastard is getting on my nerves," this time his voice raises which made her jolted out.
"What the hell are you talking about? Don't try to meddle with my own privacy. I agree to be part of your plan and help you out to sue the evil witch, I even told you I'll do whatever you want so, you'll forgive me someday but..." She couldn't finish her word and look away.
"I didn't forget any of it, the deal is a deal. But Gia, the pain you left on me, the pain your family left on us is too hard to accept. The fact that seeing you happy and contented with someone made me feel in rage. I shouldn't be the one feeling miserable here when you're the cause of it." He said. "Remember this well, as long as I'm not contented on what's happening in your life. I will never let you be happy,"
A tear falls down into her eyes while hearing those painful words from him. Even though she want to protest about the unfairness of what he wants, she couldn't do anything but feel hurt. More than her, Giovanni is the one hurting a lot and it's because of her. She glance towards him but saw a tear falls into his eyes too.
"D-do whatever you want. Since from the start I didn't know who am I anymore, there's a part of me that felt missing but... I don't want you to feel the same thing, if you don't want me to be happy just give me an order. I'll treat it as a punishment for ruining your life," she look straight to his eyes.
"You want a punishment? Then I'll give you what you want..." He touch her face, brushing his thumb into her lips. "You're not allowed to love or be loved by someone, think of me and suffer a lot alone. It's your punishment."
She nod her head while tears keep falling down.
"Good." He wipe her tears away. "This tears is my joy Gia," he added, whispers to her ear.
He lower down his head, lift her chin up. She look at him with confuse but the next thing she knew their lips touch each other. Download Novelah App
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