My heart sinks and my stomach curled. My eyes started to get teary. I couldn't believe what I am seeing right now.
Breaking news:
The current CEO of Clifford company was found unconscious in an abandoned place. The location is still not specified by the police. Ambulances were fast to arrive and get treated him as soon as possible. Not only Mr. Clifford was on the location but Mr. Crawford, the retired CEO of Crawford company. He didn't give any speech about everything.
After reading it and leave the news, I came back to where I saw the news, and the same news was popping. Some of them were in 1 hour and some were 30 minutes.My heart breaks. So it wasn't fake news? I stand up, abruptly. Is this why Ayden still doesn't want me to go home?
Thinking about our marriage is just next week and this happens makes me mad. I went out of my room and went on the other room— to Ayden's room.
Suddenly, everything went black.
"What the hell?" Was the only one I can blurt. I look around to see no one. My body flinched after hearing the door opening. I look at it and saw Ayden making his way to my room with his known worried face.
My face turns bitter after knowing what happened to Hunter. He came to me with a glass of water in his hand and sat beside me. "Drink this," he said. He gave me a glass of water and stare t me.
I stands up from the bed and sighed. I went near my luggage and start to pack my things. "What are you doing?" I sense him turning towards me, watching me.
"I'm going back home," I said, coldly.
"Why?" I let a frustrated sighed. I didn't want to burst my anger at him as possible but he is making it hard for me.
"Stop asking," I paused. I continue what I am doing while he watches me. I wonder he just sit there and watch me. I thought he will pull me away from my luggage and ask m what the hell I am doing.
"I book a ticket," he blurted. I stand straight, slowly turning my head to him. He just looks at me with his sad eyes. "I book your ticket. I don't want to lie anymore, you maybe saw the news already that's why you're acting this way." My blood boils as soon as I heard it.
"So all this time... You knew everything?" I look at him with my disbelieving look. "Why didn't you told me? is this why don't want me to open my social media and don't want me to go home?" He slowly nods while looking down.
"I've done with everything already," I drawled. My fingertips brush through my hair, frustrated.
After packing my clothes, I just got ready and went to the airport. Ayden go with me while he keeps on telling me to text Shane when I landed there and not to call everyone except Shane. 
Right in his words, I got confused. Why wouldn't I be able to talk with anyone? Why do I only have to talk with Shane?
I shrug the thought of it and went inside. I got on my plane. Since this morning, I can't seem to ease my feelings. What I just saw is enough for me to collapse. I don't know why it has to be done. Why is it occur now? Why does it occur to us?
I didn't sleep throughout my travel, If I fell asleep, it was just a minute. I don't want to overthink but the picture of Hunter laying in the ground with a lot of blood surrounding him makes me worry.
Once I arrived and went out of the airport, I call Shane— I inform her I landed already. "You see your driver? He was there," she said. My brows furrowed. Do they already plan this? I thought Shane would be the one who'll go here to me.
I look for the driver anyway. I saw a black car coming in my direction and when I saw the plate number, I can tell it was my driver. "Go inside already, you were late 5 minutes." I hung up the phone after humming as a response.
People around me are acting weird or is it just me? I let a heavy sighed. "Miss, we'll going to your house and then the maids will do their job inside." The driver look at me, rushed. I nodded and lean on the chair, waiting for us to arrive at the house.
"About dad and Hunter... How are they?" I ask. I've been dying to ask about them. I wanted to just run and went towards them.
"They are fine, Miss," he answered. He said, they were fine but why can't I be at ease?
I went inside the house and witness a maid went to me and usher me to my room. The driver also went to get my luggage out of the car and to my room. "This is your dress, Miss. Mr. D told you to wear this before going to them," she said. I look at her with my confusion.
"Aren't they in the hospital? Why would I wear this when I am only going to the hospital?" I ask. it doesn't make sense to me to wear such a beautiful dress in hospital.
"Mr. D ordered this," she blurted. She bowed and left me there alone.
I've been staring at it before I decided to go in the bathroom to change. As I went outside, there's the same maid who left me behind... She has a necklace and a sandal in her arms. She looks at me with a smile and praises me. I say thank you. "Wear this necklace, Miss and this is the sandal."
"Do I have any party to attend here? Mr. Navarro never told me this before." I continue to furrow while letting the maid wear the necklace to me while I wear the sandals. She just hummed and continue to giggles.
"You're beautiful, as always, Miss." I smile weakly back at her. "Have a great day." After letting those out, she left me out again.
I let a heavy sighed and went down to see the driver waiting there for me, patiently. He bowed after seeing me and open the car door for me. I sighed and went inside.
I wanted to ask but I can't. I am confused.
"Have a good day, Miss." He smiles and gestured at me before I went out of the car fully. I smiles at him and nodded. Ass I was about to turn around, I shouts when I felt someone's hand impact my shoulder and face. They put on a cloth to cover my head. I continue to shouts, getting nervous.
I felt a soft hand caressing the back of my hand. Somehow, I got calm. "Shane?" I got the idea of who it is. Besides the soft hand, she knows how to calm me down from my emotions. Whenever she does it, I would stop and calm down. However, If someone did the same as hers, I wouldn't be calm because I get used to Shane was the one who does it.
"Shane..." I called. Still, I didn't get an answer but a faint giggle.
Soon, we stop walking and I couldn't feel their touch anymore. I felt my anxiety grew again, thinking I am left behind. My tears slowly filling my tears but not until I felt a hand in my hand. By the perfume of it, I could tell it's Hunter... His hand... I can tell he is Hunter.
"Hunter?" I called. I didn't get an answer and it makes me sob. I don't want to get kidnapped. I don't want to end up dying like this.
I pray and pray when I felt someone is pulling the fabric in my head. My anxiety went to its limit and sat down on my knees while bursting into tears. "Hunter..." That was all I could enunciate. 
My heart sinks while my whole body is shivering.
I don't want to end my life here. I shouldn't be thinking something like this but I can't help it.
"Hey." I stop sobbing when I heard a soft voice. It's familiar, it sounds like Hunter. However, I don't like to anticipate. Tears continue to flow my eyes. I felt a hand caressing the back of my palm. I flinch very hard. "Alexandria, I am Hunter," he said.
He takes off the clothe in my head and pull me in his hug. I close my eyes because of the sudden light. I was slightly calm after feeling his heartbeat. "Hey, It's okay... It's okay." He keeps on patting my back. I open my eyes and saw the place where we are.
There's no one standing there. There's only a table set for two people then beside the table, there's a lake in there. The cold wind is blowing us making me shiver. "Hunter," I whisper. My tears keep on falling.
"Don't you know how much worried I am to you?!" I push him slightly. "Why you're not calling me? Ayden stops me from coming home. He stops me from using social media. I felt more depressed! There's no news about you both and just yesterday, I heard you and dad were found in an abandoned location!" I look at him with many burning eyes. "What are you both thinking, huh?! Don't you know there's someone worried for the both of you?! Huh?! Did you even think about how I feel when I heard the news?"
"I had a feeling this won't turn out well and it happened! This didn't turn out well!" I gritted my teeth and take a deep breath. "I love you," my voice lowered. "I don't like to hear something happened bad to you." I lowered my head. My knees weaken a minute and it made me fall towards Hunter. I weakly punch his chest. "I don't want you to get hurt, I know you know that."
"I'm sorry," was all he can say. "I'm okay now, we're okay now." I sniff.
"What if it didn't go out well? Why do you always think positively about everything? What if it didn't go well? What will you do? What will you do?!" All of my feelings were mixed making me say and think randomly.
He shhhed me, "I'm so sorry." He hugs me again.
We stayed like that until I was calm. He moves away from the hug and wipes the tears in my eyes. My gazes passed by him. "What is that?" I point at the table behind him. He sighed and look down.
"I am planning to surprise you but it turns out not well." I blink continuously. My heart beats fastly.
"Who said?" I ask. His head pops up to look at me. I smile widely at him. "Your plan will go on," I chuckled.
"So," he started. He held my hand and was about to walk us to the middle when I stop him.
"I don't like to be ugly in the picture. Wait." I took my phone out of my slim bag and check my face.
"You're always pretty." I turn my phone off and look at him.
"You're always like that." My cheeks heated while looking down. He chuckled also.
He walked us to the middle and romantic, clam music played. I giggles and the smile on my face seems not to wipe out of my face. "What is this? I have different feelings here." My gaze falls to his grey suit, he seems so expensive. His look from the prom is far from him right now.
"What do you feel about this then?" He went towards me. His hand travel to my waist and pulled me towards him makes me bump into his chest. I whimper and smile.
"You're not failing to surprise me with your sexy plans, huh?" He laughed. I giggles. He held our hands in the air while we sway slowly along with the music. "Is this part two of the mascaraque prom?" he shook his head.
"This has a lot of difference from that." I nodded, agreeing with him. "This is more special than that." He stares down at my eyes while I had to look up to see him and his green eyes. "But that also serve as my special day because I could see and dance to you for the first time..." A mischievous smile appeared on his smile. His eyes also fall from my eyes to my lips. "I could taste your sweet lips for the first time."
I slap his shoulder. His gaze went to my eyes again to my soul. I shiver down his stare. "You know, when Melanie came to our friendship—" I rolled my eyes.
"Enemyship," I corrected him. He chuckled.
"Okay. You know my life is not complete without getting your attention to me." He licks his lips. 
"I would get irked when my eyes can't find you. I always wanted to look you in your eyes because, in that way, I could talk to you. I love your eyes," he complimented.
"Why are you saying this?" My heart beats fast than usual. "This is embarrassing." I look down to hide my blush.
"What do you think?" He inquires. The music finished and he step back a little away from me. I watch his every action, weirdly. He looks at the side where we came from then looks at me. "Before I could go to the main purpose of this event, I want to introduce someone to you." He starts to walk away while I watch his figure faded.
My gaze falls to the girl who was with a sweater and jeans. Melanie. My system changes and my heart falls. She was the one who makes my life miserable then after her, everything seems to be problematic for me. I let a heavy sighed and fight for my tears not to fill my eyes.
She made her way to me and stop in front. I stare at her in the eye while she looks down with her little pout on her lips. I also noticed her eyes were a little puffy. "I'm s-sorry," she started.
She looks at me in the eyes while her pupils start to shake. "I am just jealous of you. You get every attention when you first step into the university." I think of what she just told me. Me? 
Getting everyone's attention? Since when? I am not famous or anything in our days. I am just with my books every second. "Though no one's going to you or anything, you were getting attention. I am the owner of the school so I should be that one. I just carried away with my jealousy."
I look at her with pity. "Just then, I heard Hunter is hitting on you. He never laid his eyes on anyone. He never waste so many years to bully someone, he would get tired of that person and will just find someone. However, he stays bullying you for many years." She looks down again.
"I-I am in love with him and our families were friends... So I thought I will get a chance to him but when you came... Even if you're not doing anything, when Hunter spends time with you, it makes me irritated. It feels like you came my way to Hunter." I saw her gulp while I remain silent.
"Love and Jealousy," I started after a minute of silence. "Two emotions. Strong emotions. People always get blinded by two emotions," I chuckled. "I can't believe it," I continue chuckling. "You love Hunter but he likes me. I can't find words to tell you." I sighed and stand straight. "Hunter may not be the one who meant for you." I look at the side and saw Hunter. "Maybe you meant for someone better than him. He doesn't deserve you because you deserve more. I'm meant for him because I am better for him. Our personality fits. Our story may starts from worse, at least it ends well, right?" I giggles. "A blessing in disguise." I sighed.
"If you were thinking about my brother's words. This isn't what you deserve. This is just your lesson. No one deserves to be in pain for many years, maybe now, you regretted everything... When you be a good people in this cruel world, the world will give you what you deserve. Light will come to your life, just don't lose the light in yourself." I gave her a smile when I saw a tear in her eyes for the first time.
I went to her and hug her, hesitantly. "I wish you the best. I forgive you," I whisper. I patted her back while I got tears too. Mom raised me well, I can feel the relief after forgiving her.
"I'm sorry," she also hugs me.
Just then, Hunter came towards us. "Can I take my soon-to-be wife?" He inquires. We both move away from the hug. She wipes the tears that are attempting to fall from her eyes. She gave us her sweet smile which was new to me.
I feel bad for her because my brother just uses her for revenge when she loves him. "I'll leave now," she whispers. Hunter holds my hand and intertwined them while we watch her walk out of the venue.
When her figure already faded in our sight, Hunter turns to me and walk in front of me. "So, are you ready for my second announcement?" I look at him weirdly. Why he has to put some suspense? I slap his chest a little.
"Just say it already." He laughed.
"You have to ready yourself for this announcement. Well, you should ready yourself for the third announcement also." My brows furrowed.
"Aren't we going to eat?" His face falls into expressionless then gulp. I heard a loud laugh from the outside of the venue. I knew the laugh was coming from Shane because it's contagious. I look at him, confused.
"Why?" I chuckled. "I am really hungry because I can't eat properly on the plane and I am in a hurry when I landed here," I explain.
"Okay, after this second announcement, we will eat. After eating, we will have the third announcement so you will have time to ready yourself." Here he is again, putting suspense. Full of questions runs into my mind. I cut him before he could speak further.
"Are you pregnant?" I ask. A laugh echoed the venue again.
"Of course, no!" he denied. I nodded so he would stop getting annoyed.
"Okay then stop putting suspense. It's freaking the hell out of me." He smiles and took a deep breath.
To be continued.