Chapter 21
SEBASTIANâS POV
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I was fast enough to catch Celineâs body before she fell to the ground, lifted
her up, and carried her bridal style. Just I was about to walk out of the room, I
felt someoneâs fingers wrapped around my arm.
âSâSeb..â Hearing Bryleeâs voice prevented me from moving. âWhere are you
taking her?â
I heaved a deep sigh before shaking off her hand and continuing to walk, but
another woman pranced over and she looked like she was on the verge of
blowing a fuse.
My mother cast a suspicious look in my direction before interrogating me
with the question, âWhat in the world are you doing, Sebastian?â
âHer temperature is risingâ¦â I said, oblivious to the eyes that were
surrounding me and anticipating my next move. âI canât just leave her here
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âWhat the hell are you talking about?â She glanced at me with eyes filled with
disbelief and astonishment.
âIâm taking her with me, momâ¦â I donât want to meet her gaze because Iâm
afraid Iâll become hypnotized and make her stop me. âSheâs going home with
meâ¦â
As I walked away from mom, I felt someone heavily place their hand on my
shoulder. I didnât look around to see who it was because I could tell by the
way he was pressing his hand on my shoulder that he was angry with me.
âJulio⦠what is it that you want?â
âSheâs my daughter, Iâm the one who will take her home, Sebastianâ¦â he was
now in front of me and wearing a fake smile, his voice sounding ingratiating.
And as he was talking, he extended his arm to take Celine from my me, but I
retreated a step in the opposite direction. âSheâs not going home with you.
Iâm bringing her to the hospitalâ¦â
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The strangeness of the situation was exemplified by Julioâs frozen smile and
the twitching of his lips where no one could see. âOf course⦠to the hospital it
âDonât bother.â I stated it without changing my tone. âIâm going toââ
âSebastian.â It didnât occur to me that Brylee was already standing next to
is not necessary for you to do it for my sister. Are you going to leave our
engagement celebration, which has already been ruined because of her?â
I caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye that my mother moved closer
to me, revealed how her stare was filled with an infinite amount of disdain as
she looked at Celine. âSebastian! Hand her over to Mr. Lauren!â
My momâs voice didnât budge me a bit. I stared at the unconscious woman in
my arms, my heart skipped a bit and I couldnât help but feel sorry for her. I
canât give her to her father. I witnessed him inflict both physical and
emotional pain onto her.
Hef But another deep sigh as I gazed up at the people in front of me, mainly
at julle who was walling for me to hand his daughter to him,
âSince my clothing is already soaked, please allow me to be the one to take
her to the hospital.â I spread the word. âThat ought to spare the
Inconvenience for everyone elseâ¦â
Only then did everyone realize that because I had been holding the soaking
Celine, my clothes were also sodden. Everyone stepped aside and gave the
way to me as I walked out of the hall.
âBryleeâ¦â Bryleeâs voice was shaky and when I turned to look at her, she
fluttered her eyelashes and she suddenly burst into tears.
âDonât cry, Bryleeâ¦â mom whispered to her ear, loud enough for me to hear.
âKindness has always been my sonâs weaknessâ¦â
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Before I could finally exit the room, I saw dad hurried over to Brylee to comfort
her since she was now a sobbing mess.
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CELINEâS POV
I opened my eyes into an unfamiliar room. There was a faint cigarette smell
wafting in the dark room, in which only a lamp in the nightstand was on.
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attempted to sit up but failed miserably because I had the impression that
the room around me was whirling. âWhere am I?â I massaged my temple
with my fingers, the aftermath of the sickness still leaving trails of dizziness.
All I could recall was that I cried on my momâs body in the hospital, and read
her letter for me.
In the room, there was a man smoking, but I couldnât make out his face or
identify him. Most likely my father?
âYouâre awake?â a magnetic voice suddenly rang out in the night making me
flinch. I had to use all of my willpower to get up, but once I did, I immediately
leaned my back against the headboard and put my instinct for
selfâpreservation on high alert.
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The room was instantaneously lit with blinding lights the moment the switch
was flipped.
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I wasnât in the best of health at the time, so I didnât Instantly Identify his voice
when I heard it, and it wasnât until then that I realized who else was in the
room with me.
Sebastian, who was dressed impeccably in a suit that accentuated the
perfection of his figure, approached me with his hands stuffed into the
pockets of his pants as he stopped at the foot of the bed. He looked at me
with a serious expression on his face, and the air around him was tinged with
an icy chill.
âWhere am I?â I asked, my voice was scratchy and hoarse. âWhat are you
going to do to me?â Deep lines creased my forehead as I stared at the man
who was standing ramrodâstraight and shrouded in an indescribable chill.
Uneasiness gripped me.
I tore my gaze away from him and let my gaze roam around the room, but as
soon as I realized that this was the same place where I had given myself to
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him, my heart leaped into my throat,
Did Sebastian bring me here? Why?
In a fit of anxiousness, I began to fiddle with the fabric of the sheets with my
fingers. I regarded him with suspicion as I went over in my thoughts the
possible reasons as to why he had brought me back to this place,
âSo⦠you donât remember what you said to me, huh?â The manâs lips were
twisted into an indifferent arc, and his eyes were so iced cold that they
chilled the bones in my body.
Whatâs he talking about?
âI⦠I donât understandâ¦â I was a little uneasy about him. I squeezed my eyes
shut⦠trying to recall what happened, and my eyes widened in horror as I
opened them.
My hands clutched the sheets tightly to my chest with both fists, the reality of
my motherâs death hit me so hard. I was able to remember quite vividly how
Juha Tauren had slapped me in front of the people who were inside the hall,
on well in how Bryles had arter, claiming that she cared about me while in
reality she didnât
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Everyoneâs scomtul glances of me were like spikes that pinned me to the
slake and set me ablaze, and it felt like I was the target of a witch hunt.
The memory of the scene emerged once more in my thoughts.
Unconsciously, I bit my lower lip so hard that it bled. Sebastian gazed at my
eyes, which were becoming more and more clouded by sadness, as well as
my shoulders, which were slightly shaking.
My eyes widened in surprise when he leaned down. I moved my head back
subconsciously, couldnât figure out what he was playing at.
His eyes flashed with a hint of obsecure dark light and before I could react, he
grasped my chin with his fingers and whispered in my ear⦠âSo, youâre
playing a trick on me, huh?â
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