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"Kristi."ย 

My eyes opened at the sound of my sister's soft voice and there she sat on the edge of my bed.ย 

Immediately, I sat up and hugged her tight. "Good morning." She chuckled and hugged me. She caressed her hand through my hair and I smiled. "How was your trip? All went well?"

"It went great." Pulling away from the hug, I was pulled into another one by someone on my right.

"Fucking missed you!" Tamara hugged me to death and I chuckled. I hugged her tight while smiling widely. One of her arms was wrapped around the back of my neck and the other around my waist.ย 

"You're going to choke her to death Tamara", Sophia said.

"She likes to be choked though. It's her kink", Tamara answered simply.

I pulled from the hug. "Indeed it is." I winked and she chuckled. She started smoothing out my hair and combed her hand through the ends of it. I yawned and cover my mouth with the back of my hand before taking a glance at the clock on the bedside table. It was already 12:30 pm and my eyes widened. "My god, it's already the afternoon."

"You must've been really tired. We came in at around 8:30 am and you were still asleep. We stayed for the past hours but woke you up -", Sophia said but Tamara interrupted.ย 

"To make sure you weren't dead."

My eyebrows furrowed. "I was breathing, wasn't I?", I asked and Tamara left her mouth ajar in realisation.ย 

"Right . .ย  . yeah you were. But you were still like a damn corpse", she told and I snorted. "To top that, you're a silent sleeper so.ย  . ."

"Just want to add, you sometimes sleep like the undead." Sophia chuckled.ย 

"A vampire in its coffin to be exact. Like this." Tamara laid down and placed her hands one over the other on the top of her chest before shutting her eyes. Just to prove that I sleep like a corpse, she purposely stopped breathing. I took a pillow and smacked it in her face. She started to laugh loudly as I continued to hit her.

"I'm not dead yet!" I chuckled.

That's when I remembered the time and wondered what day it was. There we times, when I can't even remember the day, date, month, or age and sometimes I forget my own name.ย 

"What day is it?"

"It's Saturday sweetie", Sophia answered and I nodded. Make sense. These two are not in uniform.ย 

"Hell, that means I missed one whole week of classes." I sighed.ย 

"Don't worry about it. You had a business to attend to", Sophia said.

"Knowing you, you'll catch up easily", Tamara reassured and I just nodded. "Anyways, Sophia already prepared a hot water bath for you. It's rainy today so you'll need it. Now, go." Tamara nudged me and I obliged.

Sophia opened the curtains and I was about to make my bed but Tamara stopped me.ย 

"I got this. You go take a relaxing bath." Tamara smiled and I pecked her cheek before walking into the bathroom.ย 

I looked at myself through the vanity mirror and thanked God that I didn't have visible dark circles beneath my eyes. Usually, I would after these business trips. I must've gotten a good sleep last night. My skin wasn't dried up, I thanked God for that too.ย 

After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I stripped out of my silk pyjamas and stepped into the bathtub. I sat down and breathed out a sigh of relief.ย  The lovely scent of my favourite jasmine bath oil filled my nostrils. I closed my eyes and relaxed in the hot water. On a rainy day like this, a hot bath is a must need.

Days have turned into weeks, then months and now it was a year.ย 

It really hurts to lose him, but for him, I must be strong.ย 

When I'm alone I would cry, and for no reason at that. Even before I lost William, I would sit in the corner of my room, knees to my chest, and cry my heart out. Almost every day I would cry. It took all my willpower to not break down in front of others.

There was a part of me missing, and I don't think it's just the memories.ย 

The more I think about the past, the more painful it becomes.ย 

The hot tears started to sting my eyes until one teardrop fell.ย 

"When you cry it doesn't mean you're weak. It just means you've been strong for too long."

"If you need a break from the world, my arms are wide open for you."

"Curse you, William. Where are you now?", I whispered.ย 

Pulling my knees to my chest, I cried silently. My tears fell down my cheeks and into the hot water.ย 

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Kristine's Outfit


Today, I didn't feel like wearing any makeup. As always, I did my usual skin routine. After I applied my hair treatment, I left my hair down and applied Body Shop strawberry lip balm on my lips. Lastly, sprayed A Thousand Wishes body mist from Bath and Body Works. It was one of my all-time favourite scents. There was a hint of peonies and freesia. Sparkling champagne was definitely one of its top notes.ย 

I just put on my sister necklace and a sterling silver leaves ring on my right index finger.ย 

"We ordered in your lunch." Sophia pointed to the tray of food on my study desk.ย 

"Thank you."

I took a seat by my study desk and started to eat the Mushroom Florentine Pasta.ย 

"Any plans for the day?", Tamara asked.

"No", I said.

"Maybe we should just stay in today", Sophia suggested.

"Fine by me", Tamara said and I nodded.ย 

"I'll just text Teressa, Isabella, Ashley and Ester to meet for a while later. Missed them", I said and my sisters nodded.ย 

"They actually missed you a lot, and you were gone for only over a week. Imagine if you were gone for a month or more." Tamara chuckled.ย 

"I would actually die", Sophia said.

While I ate, I texted the girls and told them where to meet. We now had a group chat with all seven of us in it.

After I was done with my meal, my butler came to pick up the tray.ย 

"Welcome back miss." He smiled.

"Thank you." I returned the smile.

He took the tray out and I thank him before he stepped out of the room door. After he did, I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth again. One way of taking care of my teeth was brushing them after each meal, which I try to do often. I re-applied my rosy vaseline before stepping out of the bathroom.ย 

"You going to see them now?", Sophia asked while laying on my bed with Tamara.

I nodded."You two coming?"

They shook their heads.

"It's you they want to see", Tamara said.

After grabbing my keycards case, just to be safe, I placed it in my jeans pocket before making my way to my closet. I wore my Black Giaro "Galana" ankle boots before walking out of the room.ย 

"Yeah, I got used to doing everything sideways. Didn't really care about how everyone felt. Hiding my emotions down in different ashtrays."ย ย I did mini skips down the hallway while singing Beautiful Scars by Maximillian. "No, you can't just let go. 'Cause, it's a part of you that will make you strong. Embrace your flaws."ย I saw my favourite staircase in the distance and smiled.ย 

While smiling, I ran towards it.ย 

"I'm not gonna fight back what I've become. Yeah, I've got bruises where I came from. But I wouldn't change if I could restart. I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars."ย ย I sat on the stair bannister and slid down. "I've been going way too hard on myself. Guess that it's the reason that I'm feeling like hell ."ย I hopped off and stepped onto the plateau. "But I wouldn't change if I could restart. I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars", I sang happily. This was one of my favourite songs when I'm in a good mood. Actually, it's the song that puts you in a happier mood.

"Maximillian?"

That honey voice.

I smiled and turned around, only to be pulled into a warm embrace. His sweet woody scent filled my nose and his arms wrapped around me strongly. I felt him rest his chin on the top of my head and his arm, which was around my waist, pulled me in close.

My usual reaction would be to push away, but when it came to Ashton, I just couldn't. Maybe I liked being held by him? Somethings happening to me and I'm starting to let it happen.

"Ashton."

His arms tightened around me and I felt him tuck his face into the side of my hair for a few seconds, breathing in softly before letting me go. He took a step back and I looked up at him.ย 

I will never get used to the sight of his gorgeous face and charming smile.ย 

"How was your trip?"

"Good." I smiled.

He paused to look at me a little longer with his charming smile and eyes wandering over my facial features. They stopped at my eyes, he held them and that's when his smile faded.ย 

He took a step toward me.ย 

His hand hesitantly reached up to my face almost to touch my cheek but he stopped and stared into my eyes. He took in a deep breath before retreating his hand and placing it by his side.ย 

"You like Maximillian?", he asked with a sudden enthusiastic smile.

I broke the eye contact.ย 

"Yes . . . I do. I mean I've only listened to his one song Beautiful Scars but -", I blabbered.ย 

"Please don't leave again", he suddenly whispered.ย 

That's when I looked back into his blue orbs and he placed his warm hand on my cold left cheek. My eyes couldn't help but widen at the soft and warm contact.ย 

"I like seeing you slide down the stair bannister", he chuckled lightly and I couldn't deny that I loved the sound of it. His thumb softly caressed my cheek as he continued, "With that beautiful smile of yours. I like hearing you sing too. I like seeing you, every day."

No words left my lips. When you receive compliments, you say thank you. But this felt different. It was different. Way different. Not a compliment. A confession.ย 

"Kristine!" I heard Teressa's sweet voice squeal from a distance.

Ashton immediately took a step back and I turned to see Teressa along with Isabella walking down the hallway towards me. Nicholas, Xavier and Charles walked behind them and all of their eyes were on me. Their expressions were unreadable.ย 

Without sparing Ashton a glance, I descended the rest of the stairs and once I reached the bottom, I smiled. I smiled. I smiled. Quickly, I started walking towards them until something jumped on me and I fell onto the hard ground.ย 

I groaned.ย 

After hearing a bark, I chuckled in disbelief and opened my eyes. Prince started to lick my face and my immediate reaction was to turn my head sideways. It started to feel ticklish so I giggled."I miss you too Prince." I ruffled his neck and he started to make a moaning sound. I smiled at him.

"You alright?!", Isabella asked once she was standing beside me with worried eyes.

I gave her a thumbs up. Now, all of them were looking down at me, including Ashton, who now stood on the other side of me. Slowly, I sat up and Prince got off me. Teressa reached her hand out and helped me up.ย 

"Thank -" Teressa pulled me into a bear hug and I hugged her back just as tight.

"Sorry, just missed you." Teressa chuckled and my smile broadened.ย 

"Missed you too", I mumbled.ย 

She pulled away and Isabella hugged me next. "It gets boring without you around",ย  she said and I chuckled while hugging her back.

"Missed my jokes?"ย 

"Fuck no", she said and I laughed.ย 

When she pulled away from the hug, I glanced at the three males, who were all staring at me.

"Did you miss me?" I quirked an eyebrow and grinned.

ย Xavier gave me a smile after a soft chuckle. Nicholas also did and when I made eye contact with Charles, he eventually did too.ย 

"How was your trip to New York and Paris?", Isabella asked intently.

"It was great."

"I miss Paris. I would do anything to go back there." Isabella sighed.ย 

"If you want, we could plan a trip to Paris together. We can even stay at my family's place", I said and Teressa's eyes widened.ย 

"No way! The Valiente's family mansion??"

"Um . .ย  . .yes?"

"Fuck it. I'm in", Teressa said.

"I was already in when you offered to go together." Isabella smiled.ย 

"Wait. You said family's place, not your place. You have your own house in Paris?", Teressa asked.ย 

"Apartment", I said and she nodded in understanding.ย 

Isabella laughed. "I was beginning to think you own an entire apartment building." Teressa then laughed too but I stayed silent. Once they noticed, their laughter came to an abrupt halt and they stared at me wide-eyed. "You own an apartment building?"

"Papa bought the building. It was an old run-down place and I helped redesign it. Papa left it under my management and my name. He taught me everything there is to know about business since I was 12, so I can easily manage these things", I explainedย 

"You are so cool", Teressa breathed out and I chuckled.

"You're back!" Somebody jumped on me and I stumbled a bit. Once I noticed it was Ashley, I hugged her back and smiled.ย 

"Hey, Ash."ย 

She pulled back from the hug and smiled. "One week is just too long", she exaggerated.

"Is it, Ester?" I smiled and glanced at Ester over Ashley's shoulder.ย 

"Yes, it is." She chuckled and walked toward me. We both hugged and pulled away seconds later.ย 

"What do you guys want to do for the rest of the day?", Teressa asked.ย 

All of us stayed silent.ย 

"My sisters and I planned to stay in today. Would you all like to hang in my room? We could snack and watch Netflix, have a facial -", I suggested and Isabella interrupted.ย 

"Did you say facial?"ย 

I nodded. "I have all the tools, masks, products."

"I'm in", Isabella said.ย 

"Oh my gosh, I've been meaning to ask you this. I just need to do so before I die", Ester said and I looked at her.ย 

"Ok . . ." I lowered my eyebrows.ย 

"Can I please see your closet? And maybe . . . . try on a few things?", she asked shyly while looking down at her feet and I laughed.ย 

"Sure."

"Yes! I'm so in", she cheered happily with a jump on the spot.ย 

"See her closet . . . really?", Ashley asked her in an 'are you serious' tone.ย 

"She's a fashion icon for god's sake", Ester grumbled.

I chuckled.ย 

"It's like many girls dream to see your closet . . . . . that sounded weird." Ester clasped her lips together.

"Uh . . . . . I've heard weirder things", I mumbled.ย 

"I'm in for the snacks", Ashely said.

"Could you give me some makeup tips? I've been dying to ask you that", Teressa said and a huge smile made its way to my lips.ย 

"Are you kidding me? I would love to!", I chirped, "You girls may test try my unreleased products even."

Teressa's and Isabella's eyes widened.ย 

"Are you serious?", Isabella asked and I nodded.ย 

"You're my friends. I brought an entire suitcase full of ANGELIX products from New York. You may keep some", I said and Teressa squealed.ย 

"Now, I'm excited. Let's do it", Isabella said.ย 

"Just . . . . . us girls right?", I asked and glanced at the guys.ย 

"Definitely", Teressa said.

I nodded. "Let's go. You coming, Prince?"ย  I rubbed his head and he barked. I smiled and looked at the four guys, "I'll see you four around."

When I turned to walk away, somebody stopped me by grabbing a hold of my wrist. I turned back around.ย 

"Can we talk?"

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After I told the girls where my room was, I gave them my key card just in case Sophia and Tamara left my room. They made their way toward my room, while I stayed with the four guys. Prince also stayed and sat down beside me. It wasn't hard to notice the smirk Isabella gave me while glancing at her brother before she walked away.ย 

The four stood in front of me, looking more intimidating than usual with their tall height and good looks. Their eyes pierced through me.ย 

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous right now.ย 

"What is it you want to say?", I asked softly.

Xavier took a few steps forwards until he stood directly in front of me. When I looked up, his eyes bored into mine. He leaned down so we were face to face. I kept my stoic face as his face came closer to mine. His lips curved into a smirk and he twirled a strand of my hair around his index finger. He had this daring look in his eyes, as he continued to pierce through my soul.ย 

"Just tell her", Charles barked.ย 

Xavier tilted his head at me and chuckled, inaudibly. His face turned serious and I felt the back of his index finger run down my left cheek.ย 

"We wanted to tell you . . . .", he started, his voice low and deep. He inched his face closer to mine.

ย "We like you, Kristine."


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