The Fateful Day (2)

I am all good and was reqdy to go out when I heard a knock on the door.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"Who is it?" I asked.

"It's me Yvy ." It was a familiar voice that always brought my heart into a frenzy.

"Seph…" I called out my stepbrother's name. "Please, come in." I replied.

The door opens and Joseph, my stepbrother comes inside. He was also wearing a black suit and trousers that signifies that he was in mourning, but like me he was wearing luxury brands.

"Are you ready?" Joseph asked me with his normal way of talking but my heart was already racing inside my chest.

"Yes, I am." I replied with a smile, acting normal as if there was nothing out of the ordinary.

If there is one thing I am good at, it is that I am good in masking my romantic feelings towards my stepbrother.

I looked at his face and he was as always looking as handsome as ever. I have always enjoyed watching his face but for some reason there was a sharp pain I felt in my heart. I held my chest and took a step back, not knowing where this pain came from.

"Yvy , are you alright?" Joseph quickly caught me in his arms looking very worried. "You don't look too well, your face is a little flushed."

Joseph put his hand over my forehead and felt my temperature. The sharp pain in my chest went away and I felt giddy being in my stepbrother's arms.

"You are a little hot…" Joseph said worriedly. "Why don't you skip the reading for now? I can just tell you about it after."

I shook my head.

"I am fine. I have already drank medicine. I would feel better in a while." I replied to him. "This is an important thing and the board members will also be present, and so I have to be there. I woudn't want to miss anything."

Joseph sighed.

"If that is what my little sister wants." Joseph patted my head as he has always done. "Then just hold on this brother's arms so that you won't need to exert yourself."

"Come on now, Seph." I jokingly said. "I am not a little girl anymore."

"That's right, you have grown up to be a rebellious little girl that want to shake off her big brother." Joseph retorted sarcastically with a snort.

"It is more of a young woman who wants to try to stand up for herself and be independent." I said. "But I would love to take your offer for now. I think I would need your arm since I am feeling a little fuzzy."

"That's a good girl." Joseph sweetly smiled at me. He took my arm and interlocked it on his. "Then let's go."

We exited my room and walked towards the stairs going down. A black Rolls Royce was waiting for us just outside of the front doors.

I felt I little happy knowing that Joseph was here with me by my side.

'You can't…' A small voice inside my head said. 'Don't let your feelings get the best of you.'

I felt wave of pain on my head and a vision just flew by in front of my eyes. In this memory I saw a red Ferrari parking just behind the Rolls Royce that was waiting for us outside. The driver was no other than my stepbrother's fiancée, Dianne. She was also invited to the reading of my stepfather's last will and testament because she was to be Joseph's wife. In the memory, she asked Joseph to go to the venue with her in her car and let me take the car alone meant for us stepsiblings. Since Joseph asked me nicely, I had told them I was okay to be alone but it felt lonely to be left alone inside the car.

I opened my eyes once again and Joseph and I were still at the foyer of the house.

"Yvy…Yvs.." Joseph called to me. "Are you okay? Like I thought, it would be better if you just rest for today?" He said worriedly.

"I'm okay. It is just that a wave of headache have just come and gone." I assured him.

"Are you sure you are alright?" Joseph was insistent.

"I am fine." I clutched his arms tightly. "Let's go. We don't want to be late."

I forced him to walk forward but my mind was in shock right now.

'What was that I just saw?' I thoguht to myself when we were walking towards the front doors.

Not long, the thing that I just saw started to play on real life. A red Ferrari stopped just behind the black Rolls Royce that was waiting for us in front. The driver's door opens and Dianne, Joseph's fiancée hops out.

"Seph!" Dianne calls out dearly.

"Dianne, what are you doing here?" Joseph asked in surprise. "I thought you would go straight to the venue?"

"That was the plan, but I thought it would be best to go there together with you." Dianne said. "Since we are already engaged, it would be best to show the board members we are together."

Joseph and Dianne was talking to each other but their words started to blurr out. I was in shock that the vision I had just saw a few minutes ago is now playing in front of me. I did not realize that I was holding Joseph's arms tightly.

"I am sorry, Di. But I cannot leave Yvs like this." Joseph looked at me worriedly. "I will go with Yvette since she did not feel well earlier. You can drive right behind us."

"Oh, is Yvette not feeling well?" Dianne asked and looked at me.

'I know that look.' I thought to myself. 'It was a look of contempt.'

Since Dianne started dating Joseph, I knew she had always faked her kidness towards me. She might seem kind when others are looking, but when others turned their back I can see her stare at me with such contempt. She didn't really fully showed her contempt towards me, but the signals I feel from her says it.

"I am sure she will be fine by herself, right Yvette?" Dianne asked with a pretty smile. I remembered in the vision I saw that I have caved in to her demands.

I felt a little rebellious now and did not want to give in to her petty tricks.

"Do I have to go alone?" I asked Joseph and acted a little weak. "I don't want to go alone, Seph."

"I am sorry, Dianne." Joseph replied. "I will go with Yvette first. You can follow us from behind."

"Hmm, okay." Dianne pouted.

"Please understand." Joseph let go of my hand and went to comfort Dianne. "It is just for now. We will be always be together after we are married that you would be sick of me." He kissed her forehead sweetly.

"Oh come on, who is going to be sick of who?" Dianned giggled. "I am afraid that you will be the one sick of me."

My heart ached seeing them lovey dovey.

"Excuse me!" The driver interrupted. "But if we don't get going, I am afraid we will be late."

"Okay…" Joseph ushered Dianne to the driver's side of her car. "Drive safely. Let's see each other at the venue."

"Okay." Dainne smiled and went in her car.

I was about to walk to the car myself with a heavy heart but in an instant Joseph was by my side and hel my hand carefully.

"Let's go." Joseph smiled at me and my heart skipped a beat.

Joseph ushered me inside the car carefully and went in after.

'You have to stop your feelings for him.' A voice in my mind said. 'Things won't end well if you push yourself on him.'

I treated the voice inside my head as my conscience stopping me from falling even more. I thought that it won't be bad following my conscience advice. I knew myself that my feelings will bring confusion to our stepsibling relationship.

'Then I should just follow my the voice in my head says.' I thought to myself.