01 - HIS NEFES

-SAGE-

“ Dora, you blind hoe. There’s the road.”

“ Can you see it?” She asks for the hundredth time.

“ Of course we can. We aren’t blind motherfuckers like you.” Elliot screamed, he was beyond frustrated. He kept throwing pillows at the screen, screaming like a maniac.

“ What the hell are you two screaming about?” Sabrina, my elder sister walks into the room with anger written across her face.

“ Dora.” I point at the screen.

“ If you two don’t have anything to do doesn’t mean I don’t too. I’m working just in the next room.” She snaps, glaring at us. Sabrina is a surgeon, a hard-working one, unlike me and Elliot. We didn’t even get to put our feet in the medical hospital.

“ This mansion has forty-eight bedrooms in total excluding the halls, backyard, and the living room. Help yourself wherever you want.” Elliot says, turning back at the screen.

Sabrina’s face turned red before she stomped out of the room, banging the door shut behind her.

“ That was mean.” I chuckle, pulling his hair.

“ She deserved it.” he shrugs.

“ What’s with your sour mood?” My tone was playful but the frown on Elliot’s face said otherwise.

“ I don’t like this.” he sighs.

“ We can watch something else,” I say.

“ Not that, Sage. I don’t like the idea of you getting married to my brother next week,” he mumbles.

“ Why? What’s wrong?”

“ I don’t know. I’m just scared of losing you. You’re my best friend, the only person I confine my everything with and I’m scared you’ll forget me after getting married.” he pouts.

“ No, my sugar pie. You and Enrique are both important to me equally and both of you are irreplaceable.” I kiss his cheeks.

“ I love you, Sage,” he whispers hugging me.

“ I love you too.”

Elliot loathes Enrique, probably because he was always in Enrique’s shadow. Enrique excelled in everything while Elliot was worse than failing, the constant comparison and pressure made the brothers hate each other. Even Enrique never made any attempts to fix their bond, he was always busy taking care of the family and the business plus his studies. It’s difficult to decide who is at fault, they both cared for their ego more than their relationship.

A knock on the door sounds again after a few minutes making Elliot groan.

“ Come in, brother,” Elliot yells.

“ I’m sure it’s Enrique, he’s the only person who knocks,” Elliot rolls his eyes.

The door opens revealing a smiling Enrique.

“ Hey love, are you busy?” Enrique asks, leaning on the doorframe.

“ No, thank yew.” Elliot rolls his eyes.

“ You’re not my love, cockblocker.” Enrique chuckles jumping on the bed.

I giggle when he pulls me on his chest, wrapping his arms around me.

“ Really, Enrique? I wanted to spend today with her.” Elliot was fuming at this point.

“ Yeah.” I pout looking down at his handsome face.

“ I’m sorry, baby,” Enrique mumbles kissing the tip of my nose.

“ Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,” Elliot screams stomping out of the room.

“ What crawled up to his ass and died?” Enrique mutters.

“ You.” I giggle when he groans playfully.

“ His ass is the last thing I’ll ever be interested in but can’t say the same about yours.” he wiggles his eyebrows playfully.

“ He’s sad, Enrique.” I pout.

“ Why?”

“ He thinks you’ll steal me from him.” I shrug.

“ Sage, I would never steal you from Elliot,” he whispers cupping my face.

“ I told him th-”

“ You were always mine, I don’t need to steal you from that idiot.” Enrique rolls his eyes.

“ No, you annoyed him.” I snap, slapping his hands away from me.

“ He’s always annoyed. You know, when he was born, he was so ugly that I cried for days.” Enrique says.

“ And what did you do when I was born?” I raise an eyebrow.

“ I was stunned, I couldn’t believe God would create something so beautiful, so precious, and yet gift it to sinful humans,” he whispers caressing my cheek.

“ No one is a sinner.” I giggle.

“ I am.”

“ What?”

“ I love you more than my god,” he whispers.

“ Hush Enrique, we should never say that. There are people we love but he is the one we should most of our trust and love in.” I mumble.

“ I can’t. You’re my everything, Sage. You’re my nefes.” he whispers.

“ What’s that?”

“ It means, my breath. You’re my breath, I’ll die in just four minutes if you aren’t by my side, Sage,” he whispers when a tear rolls down my cheek.

“ Then they can bury us in the same grave.” I chirp.

“ Yup, in the same grave.” he chuckles.

“ So, let’s go.” he pulls me up from the bed.

“ Where?” I groan.

“My room.” he winks. I giggle when he picks me up carrying me out of the room.

I’m Sage Khai Martinez, the youngest daughter of Jared Martinez. My dad is an imperious person, being the mayor of our town, and the only person who leads all of the clothing factories in our state gives him unlimited authority. He doesn’t like competition because he thinks he doesn’t have to put effort into something when he knows he is eventually going to win.

We’ve been living with the Knight ever since I can remember. Enrique was always around even though he was seven years older than me, he used to give me piggyback rides, sneak me candies, buy me ice cream and hold me close when I cried all night remembering my mother’s death. It wasn’t easy to see my mother, lying in her own pool of blood at the age of five, it wasn’t easy for any of us. Shawn, my brother still gets nightmares of that dreadful day, Sabrina still covers her tears up with a smile, and, I still wear my momma’s crucifix as if she’s with me.

He kicks open his door and throws me on the bed closing the door behind him. Enrique's room was the most beautiful and neatest in the whole mansion. He never allowed me and Elliot together in his room knowing we'll cause a chaos here.

I moan wrapping my arms around his neck as he pulls my body flush to his.

He pushes me down on the bed harshly before taking off his blazer and shirt. I bite my lips looking at my man standing there with ripping muscles and six-packs.

" I love you." he whispers, getting on top of me.

" I love you more." I mumble.

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Here’s a little note which might help you recognize the characters well.

Sabrina, Sage, and Shawn are siblings. Jared Martinez is their father, their mom is dead.

Enrique, Elena, and Elliot are siblings. Mason Princeton is their father, Josephine is their stepmom and Lopez is their real mother but she went to London after her divorce.