Chapter Eighteen

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~¤ SOMETIMES  EVEN WE TRY SO HARD  TO FORGET  OUR PAST , IN THE PRESENT IT COME TO HUNT US. THE MORE WE RUN FROM IT , THE MORE IT COME AFTER US. ¤~

~★ Athena Sevilla  ★~
¤¤ AUTHOR-BROKEN VOWS SERIES ¤¤

After what was happened last night, Athena cursing herself for being so careless. This morning on their way to Lucas parents she didn't even try to talk. She just shut up her mouth even she really wanted to asked why he's  driving with another car. She clearly remember that there were none, or any single car last night at the beach. But, she didn't really need to wonder. In what's Lucas high profile status right now, of course he always have his way.

She didn't move on her seat when they reached at  his parents home. Even Lucas opened the door for her she didn't even try to move. She just faked her sleep. He just nod, smiled at her and left her inside.  the car to pick their daughter for her early  morning  class.

On their way home, Quien excitedly talked to her father about how happy she is in what was she discovered, that the grannies she met at the gift shop appeared to be her real grandparents.

Until they reached home, her daughter kept repeatedly  asking to both of them on when she can visit her grannies again, she just answered her with "soon." 

Lucas left as soon as they reached their home. He  just kissed their daughters goodbye then left.

To forget her disappointment for being  weak at Lucas  charm, she busied herself at work. She decided, in order to keep herself away from Lucas trap she needed to stay focused. She just need to remember everything that he have done to her. She  always need to remember in what was she gone through for this past seven years. And also Lucas have already his own life with his beautiful  famous fashion model awaiting for him.

"God! Why I am so stupid to fell for his trap! Athena! he's happily in love with that woman. You clearly read to  their interviews  that they were planning to get married soon."  she devastatingly whispered while thumping her forehead at her office table. "Stupid....stupid..." she continued banging her head when suddenly her office phone rung.

"Good day, this is Athena Sandoval speaking." she greeted cheerfully.

"Hello beautiful. How's your day?" a man's  mellow voice greeted her on the other line.

"Ohhh! Hi Leend, I'm good." she replied.

"That's nice! Anyway, I've already pitched Princess at her school. But, you cannot talk to her right now. She's eating her lunch at this moment. " he teased her. " But me, I have a free time for you anytime.

"Dr. Pierre, that's a lie. Remember, I'm just in a second row, into the lists of  your very hectic schedule." she laughed heartily while teasing him back .
                            
"Oh! Of course! Our Princess is always comes first." he laughed too.

 "See... I told you."  she laughed at him too.

"Anyway, what happen to your cellphone? I called you this morning but it's just kept on ringing. And a while ago I called you again but my calls answered by a voice  mail? " Leendon asked with so much concerned in his voice.

"Sorry, I misplace it and I can't find it." she lied.  She remembered just now, that it is in her bag and her bag is still with Lucas.
                               
"Okey, don't waste your time searching for it.  Maybe it's a high  time to buy a new phone. That's a three years old  anyway." he said .

"But, I will try to find it. You gave that  to me.  So, that phone is so  important to me." Athe sighed.

"That's alright, beautiful! Don't feel so guilty. Okey? Don't worry I'm not mad at you." he joked.

"Sorry." she said sadly.

 "Don't be sad. Okey? And anyway,
Can you  be my date tonight? One of my patients  invited me at her birthday party. Please be my date." he sweetly pleaded.

"Okey" she answered straight away. "But what about Quien? Liz, has also have a dinner date tonight." she informed.

"Don't worry, I will ask Mom to watch over our Princess, I drop her to my parents house after work. Definitely, Mom will be very happy to watch over Quien tonight. And since it's been a while they don't see her. I am very sure that they're already miss her so much." he happily stated.

"Okey. I think Quien will love that idea." she happily agreed.
                              
"Great! Okey,  I will pick you at seven at your house?" he asked excitedly.

"Alright, seven. Bye!" she cut the call before she can change her mind.

"Okey! bye beautiful take care."  he happily replied before he ended the call.

NEW YORK- WORLDCON MAIN OFFICE 8:20 PM.

LUCAS MONTERO  felt so exhausted from his very long day of work. After he received the emergency call  from his secretary  while waiting for his daughter to finished her breakfast this morning. He immediately left them and  worked non stop for the whole day.

His original  plan is to get back home today, but it seems it will takes a week before he can go back home. One of the building they currently constructing has a major problems that needed his personal attention.

He stopped from working to the pending paper work that were scattered on his office table. When he remember that he forgot to mention this morning to Athena that he needs to go back to New York today.

So, he immediately grabbed his cellphone into his pocket and call Athena right away but his call just answered by a voice mail. He also tried to call her, at her cellphone several times but he remembered that he kept her bag inside the cabinet at the beach house.

"Oh! What a digital bad karma!" he cursed himself while he dialed her home phone number again. He tried to call her several times but nobody pick up the call. "Where are you? " he asked impatiently to himself then he tried to call her office number but then no one's answer his calls too. "Where really are you? Oh please!  I wish both of  you are safe. " he stood at his seat and looked at the wide skyline of New York. "They are fine Lucas. Don't be paranoid." he consoled himself. He's so determine to call  her house again when he unexpectedly received​ a call from his cousin Tyron Sandijas.

"Hello Marky boy!" Tyron lively greeted at him.

"It's Lucas." Lucas corrected him.

"Hey man! Seems that you're not in a good shape tonight! Oh!  lately I thought, you were back from your old self. Oh no! Troubling on how holding your beast inside? What happen Marky boy?" Tyron continued playing on Lucas bad mood.

"Tyron!" he warned by using his outrage tone.

"Chill Couz." Tyron laughed loudly, enjoying Lucas uncomfortable mood.

"What do you want?" Lucas asked while he can still  control his rage.

"Well,  where are you?" Tyron asked back.

"New York." he plainly answered.

"What? Hey Man! We're waiting for you here at Mandy's friend birthday party. Marky, we're already agreed on this, that you will come to her birthday party tonight. She is the one we are going to introduce to you! " Tyron sighed with disappointment. "Oh Wait!  hold on a second. Wow! Look, who is in here? I think you're gonna get interested on this. Guess who?" Tyron said excitedly.

"Ty, I'm tired. I am not in the mood to play your Guessing Who games. Bye!  Enjoy the party! " Lucas slowly took away his cellphone from his ear.

"It's Athena Sandoval." Tyron said loudly before he ended the call.

"Again. Who?" Lucas interestedly shouted.

 "Your young sweet love, the mother of your daughter, the woman you left seven years ago, the beautiful sexy Athena Sandoval and tonight she is  escorted by a handsome philanthropist Doctor Leendon Pierre." Tyron said with complete details.

"Are you messing me up?  I don't believe in you. Good night Mr. Sandijas. Say hi to Mandy for me! Bye! Enjoy the party!" Lucas ended the call and sighed deeply.

But after a few minutes, his cellphone beeped for a new incoming message. He almost throw his cellphone when he saw the picture message that Tyron sent to him. It was Athena and Leendon dancing sweetly at the center of the ballroom. And after a moment Tyron called back again.

"Hey! Marky boy! Do you like what you have seen " Tyron asked happily.

"Give your phone to Athena, I'd like to talk to her!" he furiously ordered his cousin.

"Hey! Are you really serious man?" Tyron asked unbelievably.

"Do I look I'm joking to you?" he seriously replied.

"Lucas! Man. I think it is not good to talk to her right. Maybe later after you cool down yourself. What happen to you today, seems your in the very bad shape?" Tyron asked with his calm concerned voice.

"I'm fine! Just please  pass your phone to her." he sighed while trying to control his anger.

"Oh My God! Man! Are you mad because you were jealous with Dr. Pierre? Wow! Welcome back Marky boy, at last you've got your emotions back! It's really a Wow!  Congratulation man! For that, I can't afford not to grant to your request. Wait! I ring you as soon as I get a chance to talk to her. Bye Marky boy, talk to you later." Tyron ended the call before Lucas can  argued with him.

After a  very long  thirty minutes of walking back and forth inside his chilly huge office, Lucas grabbed harshly his cellphone and impatiently call his cousin. Tyron answered his call after a moment of  long wait.

"Marky boy! What an impatient guy you are!!!" Tyron greeted him. "Bad timing she's talking at somebody on her phone right now." Tyron informed  him.

"She have a new cellphone?" he seriously asked.

"Hmmm I guess its her phone,  it's a pink one so I believe it's her cellphone." Tyron replied while laughing on his cousin stupid question. "Marky boy, in our era everyone has using a cellphone." he teased his cousin even more.

"Are you going to preach me about a cellphone  trivia or are you going to pass your phone to Athena so I can talk to her." he cut in to the words his cousin wanted to say.

"Okey please wait Master Lucas." Tyron started teasing him again while walking towards Athena, that so engrossed talking on someone over her phone at the far corner of the ballroom. Tyron stood closely to  Athena while waiting for her to finished the call.

After five minutes of talking to her daughter, Athena finished the call then she slowly walked back toward the table she shared with Leendon and to his friend Donovan.

Earlier tonight, Leendon surprised her with a new cellphone on the way to this party. She kept refusing in accepting at the new cellphone when Leendon and she agreed that she will return the new cellphone if she already find the old one.

"Hi Good evening Athe. Do you still remember me? Tyron Sandijas. Lucas cousin and Leendon new friend." Tyron smile at her.

 "Of course. Hi! Good to see you again." Athe smiled back to him.

 "Good to see you too. But anyway. Can I ask a little of your time?" Tyron asked

"Yes of course." she replied

 "Well , there is someone who wish to talk to you over the phone." Tyron said while giving his phone to Athe.

"Someone? to me? " she weirdly asked

"Yes, to you. Please talk to him so I can enjoy this party." he pleaded and put the phone into her hands." I'm just over there after you finish the call." he pointed  the closer table and leave her.

"Hello."  she just nodded and greeted to the mysterious person on the phone.

"Athena Sandoval! What part of the earth where you go earlier? I kept calling you today but I can't reached you?" Lucas furiously asked.

"Lucas?" she curiously asked.

"Yes, the one and only Lucas Montero the father of your daughter. Oh and let me refresh you. Your man for the past seven years until last night." he whispered.

 "Stop! what do you want? Where are you? Are you also here at this party? Why don't you show up so I can kick your ass!!!" she angrily whispered.

 "Sorry to disappoint you, you cannot do that right now. You need to wait for a whole week to do that to  me." he talked softly he felt so relax after he heard her voice.
                   
 "Why? You suddenly  get coward? Needed a whole week to gather your courage?" she asked  bravely.

 "I am in  New York at this moment. Sorry, I  forgot to mention it to you this morning. We have an emergency situation here, so I needed to go back here today. " he informed her.

"Okey, anything  more you wanted to say? Because Leend is already waiting for me." she sighed while looking at Leendon.

"Did you got a new cellphone? Tyron mention to me earlier that your talking to someone over the phone." Lucas asked.

 "Yes I have a new cellphone. Leendon give it to me this evening, he said it's very important for me to carry a cellphone for a security reason." she directly replied.

"Return that cellphone, I'm going to buy you a new one." he calmly ordered.

"You don't need to buy me a new one. I am already satisfied in this one. " she plainly said.

"Athena, just return that cellphone to him. Wait, are you and Leendon are dating?" he asked coldly.

"Do I need to answer to all your questions? Cos I think, it is not your God damn business if we're are dating." She angrily said.

 "Watch to all the words that you were going to say. Keep this into your mind! You are mine, only mine. So try compose yourself  especially if you are at the public places." he sternly warned her.

"Oh really? Don't worry. After this call I'm going to ask Leendon to marry me. Let me refresh you,  you don't own me!  So you don't have the right to order me on what will I needed to do. Goodbye and go to hell Mr. Lucas Montero! she angrily shouted to him.

"Don't  try me Cheeky Pie. What Lucas Montero want Lucas Montero get. Oh! Anyway, don't forget to watch  at the Entertainment and Business News tomorrow! You will definitely get entertain." Lucas warned her while  laughing at her.

"Goodbye Mr. Montero." she annoyingly said

"Definitely! So brace yourself, Mrs. Athena Sandoval Montero. I love you and I miss you so much." he ended his call before she can talk back to him.

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