Chapter-294

Invite him!


Keifer's POV


Fvck this party!
I want to wrap up the invitation they gave me. Out of the many
copies they made, I only gave them one that I could give to
my friend.
This is crap!
This won't work with the whole Section E. Who will I invite to this invitation
? It can't be Yuri, neither Felix or Ci-N and it
will never be David.
One person, only. I stared at my secret phone. I want to send it to
Jay but she obviously won't make it. When did I first find out that
her papers were on hold. She can't get a passport and she can't
travel out of the country.
Someone is holding it for a reason. It's like they're trying to keep
her out or out. And I only knew one person.
I smirked after I realized something. That person is who I should invite.
I hid my secret phone and stood up. I left my room with
the invitation.
"Honey." I called.
Out of nowhere, Honey shows up while holding a cigarette.
"Keifer?"
I raise a brow. "Kindly throw that thing away."
She looked at the stick she was holding. "Oh wow. Are you scared of
cigarettes now?"
"Just throw it away."
She rolled her eyes before looking for an ashtray. She faced me
after putting out the cigarette.
"There you go. What else?"
I handed the invitation. "Send this to Angelo. Make sure he will
receive it sooner."
"Okay." She said and walked away.
Keigan has his own plan for my birthday but so am I. I went back to
my room to look at the list that was given to me with the invitation.
There were the famous people who were coming. The
Hanamitchi family is on the list. I'm not surprised but the question is,
would they come? I would be even more surprised if they were coming. Most of the
time only representatives from their families come to these
kinds of parties.
I continued reading the list. I raised my eyebrows when
I saw a familiar surname.
Braselton.
David was the first thing that came to mind. But his family is unknown. Low
profile to the business world despite having many ventures.
Then it hit me. I hope I'm thinking wrong about this. I grab the telephone
and dial Keigan's number.
["Kuya."]
"I want the information of the Braselton."
["Information of who?"]
"Do what I ask." I said and ended the call.
If my suspicion is correct and David's family happens to be related
, this is definitely one hell of a problem.
Of all people, seriously?
I took my secret phone and texted Felix. He needs to watch out for
Jay-jay and keep that David away. But instead of hearing or reading
assurance from him he just laughed at me.
From: Felix Collins
Message: haha... you're welcome Keifer. Go home if you're not worried.
I slap my own face. They're really brothers and Percy. They're not
blood relatives but they behave the same. He definitely poisoned Felix's mind
when they were young.
"...yeah! Demanding!" It was Honey's voice.
I immediately hide my secret phone. Not that long when Honey came in
with her phone. She handed it to me.
"Someone wants to talk to you." She said before I accepted the phone.
I look at her suspiciously before placing the phone on my ear.
"Hello."
["Kepweng? Is tat yu?"]
My forehead crease. Kepâ€"what? I know whose voice it is. Just one
person who's not scared to annoy me aside from Yuri and Aries.
"What do you want Percy?"
["Yown! Talk too!"] He said and sighed. ["Let's talk sensibly
. Get well soon! I sacrificed my honor here."]
He sacrificed his what?
"You're the only one who's not sensibly." I said and he laughed
sarcastically.
["So funny, I forgot how to laugh."]
"Just get to the point."
["Jay is in danger and you're there for what? She needs you here if
you are not fvcking aware."]
"I'm fully aware of the situation. Do you think I'm not
doing anything? Even though I'm here, I'm making sure she's fine."
["Oh really? That's great. Amazing!"] He sounded so pissed. ["
She only got death threats."]
Damn it! Did someone get through?!
"What?"
["Talk to Angelo! What are you doing there? I guess
you're just a girl there."]
"I am not! I'm too busy to do such a thing."
["When I find out you only care about chicks there. I'll
really go see you."]
"And then what?" I ask provoking him.
["Edi...j-join me! You're the only one in the mood, I should be happy too."]
When did he plan to change?
I handed the phone back to Honey without saying a thing.
She accepted it and spoke to Percy.
"You owe me a date." She said while walking away.
I just shook my head. That guy is really stupid. He was making a fool of
Honey when he could have gotten my number from Felix.
He probably didn't use his brain again or
he could be hiding something from his brother.
Felix's reply to me came back to my mind. Why can't
those things be obvious from David's actions? We are all men in the first
place. Maybe I should talk to Ci-Nâ€"nope! Definitely not! When
I do that, I also announce what I'm doing.
I took my secret phone to look for other options but my fingers
automatically search for her name. I sighed.
Lately she's not responding to any of my messages. Based on my time
calculation it's morning on her end. I typed a message to her and
I send it without having any second thoughts.
I'm not hoping for her to answer my message but surprisingly, she's
calling me.
I quickly answered the call but made sure I wouldn't
speak.
"Hello?" She said and my heart skipped a bit. "Sorry... I just pressed
the call. I'll turn it off."
I immediately sent her a message. Hearing her voice makes
me want to fly back to the Philippines.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: Why are you not responding to my messages?
Even though she called me by accident, I still smiled. I miss her
so much. And I smiled even more when I saw her reply.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: bc ksi me. Dming nangyri khapon.
(I'm busy. Lots of things happened yesterday.)
I stared at the format of her message. Again, the weird format of her
text message. Quite hard to understand but I still miss it.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: Still! You should have texted me at least!
I can't hide my annoyance at her not replying to me. At least
it would have been a message from her.
From: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: demanding! Are you a boyfriend?
And her feisty comeback.
To: MyFutureMrsWatson
Message: no! But I'm your future.
She didn't answer so I put the phone away. I can't
hold my smile while thinking about her.
I'm almost there. I waited a little.
I looked at the time on my cellphone. It's already midnight and I'm still
awake. I'm sure Keigan will be mad at me again when
he finds out.
I'm still not sure about his condition but I don't want to get involved.
I feel like he's affected by what I'm doing. One wrong move and
things happen to him. That's what I observed.
I'm also starting to read research about DID or Multiple
Personality Disorder. I won't deny some of the are so familiar with what I
observe from my brother.
It hurts me. I missed him so much and now
this is what happened. I washed my face. This is my fault. If I
knew this thing would have happened to him I wouldn't have let
that Monster take him away.
I know he had something to do with why Keigan did this. If
I could only know what he did, maybe what's
happening to my brother could have been stopped.
I lay down for a while because I was tired. I didn't realize
I was already asleep. My dreams are all about my Jay-jay, her smile, her pretty
ace, her trash talks and of course the profanity.
Everything is perfect in my dreams but it was cut by loud knock on my
door.
The fvck!
"Kuya, wake up! Ion is here for you!"
"Okay! Okay! I'm awake!" I said and he stopped.
I got up and immediately found my secret phone. I have a text
message from Drew. I didn't understand his message so
I called him.
Two rings before he answered.
["Keifer, Pards."]
He used the word Pards and I think I know what he's up to.
"What?"
["Prads I just have to tell you. But maybe you can borrow money
first."]
I held the bridge of my nose. I knew it.
"Let me just remind you that you owe me ₱300,000."
["Maybe I can wipe it out. It's important to tell
you."]
"I'll decide after."
["Even half."]
"I said I'll think about it." I said in a serious tone.
Yes, I have gold but I still need to be careful when it comes to money.
It's for Jay-jay and I'm future so I need to be smart
with money now.
["Okay, okay. I just heard this. They said they saw Yuri score
, Jay-jay. The idiot kissedâ€"."]
"WHEN THE FVCK THAT HAPPENED?!"
I couldn't control my voice. I was watching David too much,
Yuri was out of my mind.
["W-just a while ago."]
"I'll call you back." I said and ended the call.
She even managed to text me to remind me of our conversation about
her debt.
Damn that chicken head guy.
I need to hurry. Yuri is already making sure while I'm gone.
If I stay here any longer, maybe she'll do something else to make
Jay fall for her.
Another engagement won't work. Just try to make
them regret it. I'll break her face even though she's my friend. Not to
mention that she has Aries now and Angelo on his side.
I got up and went straight to the bathroom. I was the last to notice the time. It's
after lunch already. I must have slept long. But I wish for longer sleep
especially if Jay-jay is the one I see in my dreams.
After taking a shower and getting dressed, I made sure my secret phone was hidden
. It was on vibration mode in case of emergency.
When I left the room, I saw Ion and Honey frowning
. Keigan is walking toward me with a cup of coffee on his hand.
"Not sure if you still want it since it's after lunch already. But I still
get you one." He said and handed me the cup.
I accepted and took a sip. It's not bad even though I don't like
coffee like this.
"Would you like to have lunch outside?" Ion asked with a sweet smile.
I noticed Honey making a face while imitating
Ion's action. It seemed like her annoyance at this was not going to go away.
"Yeah. Let's eat together. We have a lot of things to talk about."
She came to me and held onto my arm. I returned the coffee cup
to Keigan. She smiled before accepting it. But there was something different about her smile.
"Enjoy." He added.
Ion walk while holding me. I have no choice but to let her drag me.
She kept talking while we were walking but
my mind wasn't on her.
"Your birthday is coming soon. I heard it's a grand celebration. Your
cousins and other relatives are preparing it for you." She said I just
nodded.
We arrived at the hotel restaurant.I let her choose a
seat. She chose the table besides the huge glass window. I pulled the seat
and helped her before placing myself.
The waiter brought us the menu but I also let her order
or us. She was clearly struggling so I sent the waiter away.
I knew it would take her a while to order.
"I'm sorry. I'm not sure what to order. Maybe you don't like it."
She said still eying the menu.
"Why can't I let you order if you don't like it either
." I said and she slowly looks at me.
She smiles a bit before looking back at the menu.
"You sound like him."
For the first time since we met, she started talking about him. About the
guy that he left.
"Don't be surprised."
"Yeah, I just remembered, he's big."
I almost snorted. And I can't believe I use to idolized that guy.
"So, Keigan is planning to introduce you at my birthday." I said
changing the topic.
But not really.
"Yes, I'm a bit nervous but at the same time excited."
"By means of introducing you it means to everyone."
She looks at me and nodded while smiling a bit. She remains calm and it
irritates me.
"So, are you ready?"
"I can't tell. But I guess I doâ€"."
"Are you ready to see him and introduce yourself as my fiancee?"
She froze and slowly put down the menu.
"W-what do you mean?"
I smirked and picked up the same menu that she put down. It's starting
I wanted to enjoy his reaction. I thought he wouldn't be affected.
You're not the only one who knows how to play this game.
Keep pretending.
"I invited Angelo." I said in monotonous.
She sighs and secretly calms herself.
"H-he's not goingâ€"I think we should order." She looks for a
waiter and raises her finger to get their attention.
"You look tense."
She turns to me with an amused expression.
"I'm not."
The waiter approached us. He was tense and obviously suddenly, so
he couldn't say what he wanted to order.
I ordered for us. She kept sipping the wine that the
waiter gave us. He was missing a sip from the bottle itself.
"It will definitely be fun. Don't you wanna see your old friend?" I ask
almost mocking her.
She didn't answer and just drank her glass again. I took advantage of
the situation.
"Why do you want to marry me again? For money? Friends favor? Visa?
Why don't you tell me Ion?"
She stopped drinking and faced me. Tears are about to fall from her
eyes.
Just tell me your fvcking reason.
"You will never understand."
"I understand it clearly. You're planning to use me." I lean closer to
her. "You need a reason to show up to
him. So that you can give me an answer when you two meet and
he asks you why you came back."
A tear fell from her left eye. I chose to harden my heart. I'm not
happy with what Keigan and I are doing. If I have to squeeze him
now to tell the truth, I will.
Not in the same trap.
"I want to go backâ€"to him." She shook her head. "But I know, he no
longer cares about me." She breaths heavily. "I like it more when
he was looking for me. Because I know he cares about
me. But now that he's stopped, I'm more scared."
He wiped his face with his palm and simply avoided the
approaching waiter. With our orders, he dropped everything on the
table before leaving.
"You need to stop. Use someone else and don't use me."
"I can't. I'm not the only one who planned this." She said almost
begging. "You're the only hope that I have."
"And you will ruin the little hope that I also have. That hope is the
reason why I keep fighting, why I'm still here and why I continue even
though my whole system is about to give up."
That hope is to be with my Jay-jay.
"K-keifer..."
"Stop before this marriage news spreads like a fire in the
Philippines."
He bent down and bit his lip. She's obviously thinking.
"...Stop now. I will talk to Keiganâ€"."
"No Keifer. We will not stop this. Like what I said the decision is not
only mine."
My fist clenched. This is what you want then pay for the consequences.