Chapter 4: The Talk

Simone Laverte's POV

I woke up with a start as I heard someone was closing the door loudly. I was rubbing my face as it was only 1 AM. Holy hell! Can you be considerate of others who tried to sleep?!

I yawned as I was getting some water for my thirsty throat. I was not sleepy as the jet lag has started in my head. I have to do something so that my mind will be tired. I drank the water before I settled with my laptop as I was sitting in my bed.

I opened my files and I went to read about Celine Lebrun. She was a fascinating subject. They never indicate that she was adopted. All I know was that she used her sister, Sabrina, to do her bidding on the experiment but her sister was able to getaway.

Now, I was yawning again as I was reading the 5 pages of 22 reports on her. It was long, complicated and not so good. I know she was not what the media or press has stated in their articles because it was biased. They never heard her story.

Maybe I will do that in the morning but for now, I have to get some zzz or I might be a walking zombie in the morning. I switched off my laptop before I went to lay in the bed. It was not as comfy as what I had grown up with but this will do for now.

Maybe I have to get used to it if I ever wanted to stay here after all. When my head was on the pillow, the darkness claimed over my body.

The sound of the alarm clock was ringing and it hurt my head. I was groaning before I went to switch it off. It was never a good thing to snooze your sleep. It will make you even tired and I don't want dark circles under my eyes.

I was out of the bed and took a quick shower. It was refreshing and nice. I was washing my body as the thought of Celine's delicate hands on my mind. I was in the trace as I imagined she was in the bathroom with me, smirking at me with her delicate mouth.

I wanted to kiss her so bad!

I jerked from the shower as I cannot have my mind distracted right now. I have to stay focus if I wanted to stay on this island for more than a month. I have to show that I was good at my work and maybe Sean will see that and offered me a permanent job.

I was dressing as I was in a hurry. I was late as I was delaying in the shower, trying to get the clean shave that woman liked on my face. I hoped that Celine will like it too. I hurried down the long hallway as I was coming in communication with Sean.

"Dr. Sean," I said as I was smiling at him. He looked at me as he was going to his room. His eyes were red as if he did not get any sleep. Maybe he was stressing out with Lucia.

"Are you alright?" I asked him as he was nodding at me and without another word, walked passed me and entered his room. I heard a soft click, an indication that he was locking himself in the room.

Maybe he stayed up late to do some research, who knows?

I went to the assigned room for my patient as I don't want her to be there before me. It will show that I was incompetent to be punctual and everyone knows how Sean liked to keep it on time and punctual.

"Well, about time you show up, doctor. I have been waiting for 5 minutes," her sweet voice was filling my eardrum before I turned to look at Celine who was sitting in the table as she crossed her leg over the other at the knee.

"Celine, please get off from the table," I said as I went to take my seat with 2 long strides toward her. Her scent was filling the room and I think I loved it. It was a mixture of apple and peach. What an allure!

"So, shall we begin, doc, or do you need a minute?' Celine asked as she was smirking at me, looking quite amused by my action.

"No, let's begin, shall we?" I said as I took out my notes of her diagnosis. Now, I will get the story from her point of view.

Celine Lebrun's POV

"So, tell me about your achievement," Simone asked me as he was focusing his violet eyes on me. If anything, it was undressing me. I cannot concentrate with the heat of his stare at me.

I blinked a few times to him as I was mishearing his question. Was he asking to tell him about my achievement?

"I thought you already know about that," I said as I was crossing my hands in front of my chest. A defensive move.

"Well, I know all the bad things about you, but the question remains, surely you have achieved something great before you were a rotten egg?" He asked as he was looking at me. I was gulping as he was telling the truth to that statement.

"Well, what do you want to know?" I asked him.

"Everything if you please," he replied before I scoffed at him.

"Well, there was nothing much to say. I was a bad egg, remember?" I smirked at him. He nodded as he was hitting his pen at the notes. It was irking me.

"Well, I was trying to understand you so I don't think you want to share that with me yet, I understand. It was hard to open up to someone that you don't trust right? Don't you trust me, Celine?" He asked me as he was looking at me. I blinked again as I just heard he called my name for the first time.

He never did call my name before. It's always Ms. Lebrun or ma'am, which was worse than my surname.

"Cat got your tongue, Celine?" He asked as he was smirking at me. I blinked again before I turned to look away and cleared my throat.

"Well, it was a surprise. You never called my name before," I said honestly at him. He chuckled before I turned sharply at him, narrowing my eyes in the process.

"I just wanted to show you that you can trust me and you have my word that I will not tell anyone," he said as he was crossing his heart and hoped to die. I rolled at his gesture but a smile was threatening to get on my face.

"Whatever you say, Simone," I said as I was smiling as well.

"Now that's the first time you ever said my name,"

"Was it?" I taunted him before he gestured me to tell me about my achievement.

"Well, what can I say? I was an orphan as well as my sister. She was the only family that I have. We got separated by the time I was 6 and she was 5 years old. I have been naughty as I wanted to get away from the foster care but every time I did it, we have to move until someone took Sabrina away." I said as I was trying to control my anger.

I don't hate my sister but she irritated me. She was more good looking and all the boys that I loved when I was living with her again as I was being taken by the same foster parents that took her in because they don't want us to be separated, and I was living behind her shadow.

I will never forget the feeling of being a shadow of someone else's.

I sighed as the painful memory was coming to my mind. I have been declaring that I will ruin her but instead, I was ruined.

Sabrina was better than me, after all.

"Is she alive now?" Simone asked me as I was looking at his violet eyes. If Sabrina was here, will he look at her like he looked at me? Or will he succumb to her charm as well?

"Unfortunately, yes. She is in France while I stuck on this island," I said grimly as I looked at Simone who was amused by my declaration.