Why Can't You Love Me The Way I Love You?

Elvira immediately stood up and walked to him. "Ethan it's been a long time since you came to visit us. What brings you here anyways?"

"I came to pick Carissa. We are going to school together" He said, smiling.

Elvira was surprised. Since when did he started taking Carissa to school?

Anyways, she knew from the beginning that Ethan loves her daughter.

Ethan saw Lola belen sitting in the dinning room. He walked over and greeted her with a smile. "Lola" he placed the back of her hand on his forehead and Lola belen patted his back gently, smiling at him, she said, "You have come to take my granddaughter to school. Right?"

Ethan nodded his head, and then Lola belen burst into laughter.

"You have to take good care of my granddaughter. You know she is the only granddaughter I have"

What? Take care of me? I can take good care of myself. I don't need anybody's help especially Ethan's, Carissa thought.

"The both of you look good together. I love you both" Mrs belen said as she pinched Ethan's cheeks that it became red immediately.

Carissa almost choke on her food. She coughed dryly and took the water on the table and drank it. She stood up from the chair and walked to her grandma. "Lola stop saying nonsense. Ethan and I are just good friends. Just friends, okay?"

Lola belen rolled her eyes and sneered, "But good friends can later become good couple"

Lola belen words made everyone burst into laughter except from Carissa. Her face flushed red with anger. She knew Ethan is in love with her, but she just took him as a good friend.

Lola belen turned to Ethan and said, "Don't mind her, okay? Do you hear me?"

Ethan smiled and nodded his head. He subconsciously turned to Leonel who was eating and laughing with them. It was his first time seeing Leonel. He could not help, but ask, "Who is he?"

"Hey, you... Shut up! It's none of your business" Carissa yelled at him angrily.

Ethan saw that Carissa was really angry. He raised his hand innocently and said, "Relax, relax, okay? Don't yell at me like that. I was just asking"

Lola belen hooked her arm around Ethan's and said, "Don't mind her. Wherever she shout like that, that means she is in love with someone. See her face. It's red already"

Truly, Carissa's face was red, but it was because she is angry. Carissa clenched her fist slowly and opened her mouth to talk, but couldn't find anything to say and she continued to stare at Ethan angrily.

"You see, she could not say anything. That's means I am telling the truth" Mrs belen smiled.

"No way. Lola, you got it all wrong" she shouted and still did not move her gaze from Ethan.

Lola belen looked at Carissa's face and saw the burning fire in her eyes. She turned to Ethan and said, "Don't mind that eyes of hers. It's only burning with anger now, but later it will be gentle"

Exactly, Mrs belen was saying the truth. Her eyes will be gentle later when she is calm.

"That boy right there is my grandson" Lola belen said and walked towards Leonel, and then patted his shoulder gently.

'Grandson? Did she just say grandson? I thought Carissa does not have a brother?' Ethan thought.

"He is Carissa's elder brother. His name is Leonel"

Ethan thought, Carissa had never told him that she has a elder brother and he had never seen him before.

Ever since, they found out that Leonel is alive, they had not told anybody about him. They kept it from everyone, but eventually people will get to know soon.

Ethan looked startled for a moment, and then composed himself. "So you are Carissa's brother, but she never told me about you" he said and walked towards Leonel. Leonel stood up and both of them shook hands.

"I am Ethan" he smiled.

"I am Leonel, Carissa's elder brother" he smiled back.

Ethan looked at Leonel for few seconds. Leonel was indeed very handsome. He looks just exactly like his father. Everytime Elvira looks at him, she remembered Nicolas. Sometimes, she sees Nicolas in Leonel.

However, he is Leonel not Nicolas.

Carissa walked over to them and pulled Ethan away. "We will be late for school. Let's go now" she smiled at him dryly.

"Why are you taking him away?" Lola belen frowned angrily.

"Lola, remember he came to pick me. Don't worry, he will come visit you soon"

"Hm, okay, come today Ethan" she said and smiled. And also take good care of my granddaughter. She is delicate and if you don't handle her well, she will break" she chuckled softly.

Carissa frowned and the expression on her face was angry while on the other side, Ethan could not help, but laugh.

It's not that Carissa is that slim. She is not fat-not skinny. She's very pretty and people love her because of her beauty.

And now her grandma is saying she might break if Ethan does not handle her well.

As soon as they left the house, Leonel stood up and was ready to leave the house. His mother helped him get his lunch pack and gave it to him. He walked towards his grandma and placed the back of her hand on his forehead. He said, "Bless me Lola"

"May the Lord bless you my grandson" she said and hugged him tightly.

He waved goodbye at them and left the house. Just like Nicolas, Leonel also loves bikes. He got on his bike and drove off.

In the Toyota wigo.

Carissa and Dyosa were discussing something in the car on their way to school. Ethan's mind flashed back to what Mrs belen said: "The both of you look good together" That sentence kept ringing in his mind.

He is actually in love with Carissa, but she only saw him as a good friend. Only a friend just like what she said the other time.

Ethan became sad when he remembered Carissa's word: "Ethan and I are only good friends. Just good friends, okay?"

He was staring at her with a sad expression on his face. Carissa noticed him and gave him a questioning look. "Why are you looking at me like that? And why are you also sad"

"Why don't you love me the way I love you? What kind of guy do you love? I am rich and I will give you everything"

"Huh" Carissa was speechless.

Was he really confessing his love to her?

Carissa was shocked. She was not expecting him to say that. Dyosa was also surprised.

When Ethan noticed what he'd said, he immediately changed the topic.

"Why didn't you tell me about your brother? He looks like you and he is also handsome" he said and Carissa could only reply with a "Yes" still in the state of shock.

Ethan turned his head to look at the person beside him who is still in the state of shock because of what he'd said. He felt embarrassed.

He wanted to slap himself twice for not thinking before talking.

He shifted his gaze away from her and looked out of the window. Carissa sensed that he was embarrassed, so she stopped staring at him.

Soon, they got to school. Carissa was the first to jump out of the car. She rushed into her class without looking back. Dyosa could not help, but smile at Ethan. He saw her staring at him and gave her a questioning look and then the smile froze on her lips. She shook her head and ran after Carissa. Ethan sighed heavily before leaving for his class.

At camp crame.

Leonel parked his bike at the parking space. He remove his helmet and placed it in the lockable panniers. Today, he was dressed in a blue police uniform and a black boot. His gun was in his gun belt. He greeted everyone he met on his way. As soon as he saw the general police coming out of his office. He stood upright and raised his right hand to his forehead as the general police walked passed him. He put his hand down and walked to his office.

In his office, he sat on the Chad and began to check the new cases brought to him that morning. One was of a criminal who has being kidnapping kids for a long time. The other was of a missing girl and the other was of a pickpocket and so on.

His phone rang and he picked it. The call was from his mother, so he accepted the call.

"Anak have you eaten already?" that was the first question she asked him.

"No" he said and glanced at his wristwatch. "It's not time for lunch break"

"Oh... Don't stress yourself too much, okay? I don't want you to loose weight" Elvira on the other side was sitting at the corner of the kitchen.

Leneol laughed. "Don't worry about me nay. I won't loose weight"

"I am just worried that your work might be too stressful. You know, you will go after criminals and before you can even catch them, you will go through a lot of stress. That's too tiring"

"Don't worry, it's not tiring. I love my job" he said, still smiling.

Leonel might be a young man, but he has so many dreams for himself. He had promised to give justice to his adopted parent's death and that's why he became a police. His adopted parent's dream for him was to be the CEO of cabela corporations, but he had to put that aside.

Now he is a police, he has two mission to complete before thinking of fulfilling his parent's dreams for him and he has to protect his family too.

"Okay, take good care of yourself, okay?"

"I will" he said and hang up the phone.

He raised his head subconsciously, only to find his two friends, Horace and Cyrus standing right in front of him.

Flabbergasted, Leonel stood up and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Horace and Cyrus looked at each other and then back at Leonel and said at the same time. "We have been transferred here"

Leonel was stunned. His eyes opened wide as he said, "You guys should stop joking. April fool has passed already"

Horace and Cyrus burst into laughter and said, "Do we look like we are joking?"

After they said that, they sat on the chair opposite Leonel's. Leonel was really surprised. He sat down back on chair slowly with his mouth opened a little. He continued to stare at them.

"Don't you really believe us when we say, we have been transferred here" asked Cyrus.

Leonel shook his head in disbelief. "No, no, no, I can't digest that information yet"

"Seriously? Horace asked as he raised his brow and with a smile on his face.

"Yes"

"Okay, fine. if you don't believe us, why don't you ask around"

Now Leonel was even more puzzled. His friends were telling the truth. They have been transferred.