Chapter 34

Heaven By Your Side

A1

"You and I, cannot hide. The love we feel inside, the words we need to say."

And she smiled at my behavior but I just ignored it because I knew in my heart that those smiles were not for me but for Chiara who was behind me.

Chiara just came to do two times, she already has a child with Darren, will she still join?

"I feel that I have always walked alone. But now that you're here with me there'll always be a place that I can go. Suddenly our destiny has started to unfold"

I couldn't stop myself because while I was watching him, I couldn't stop crying. Maybe, it wasn't meant for me to be loved by the person I love.

"When you're next to me, I can see the greatest story love has ever told. Now, my life is blessed with the love of an angel. How can it be true? Somebody to keep the dream alive. The dream I found in you"

I just violently wiped my tears while watching him in front while singing with a smile on his lips and in his eyes.

He was very happy, maybe he didn't love me because I was so delusional that Darren gave me that song, right?

I'm not that numb to not feel that that song is for Chiara and I wouldn't be surprised if after that song Chiara just came up to Darren and hugged him.

"I always thought that love would be the strangest thing to me. But when we touch, I realize that I found my place in heaven by your side"

At the same time as he finished the song, I was even more hurt. He just smiled while smiling at Chiara who I think was also smiling at him. Even though I didn't look behind me, I knew that Chiara was thrilled.

I stopped myself from crying because I didn't want to ruin the moment between the two of them as there were so many people here and I heard so many good compliments for Darren.

"That's great. Looks like his sad songs are over"

"It's funny! Destiny really changed Darren!"

Darren finished singing but he still didn't leave and was just looking at it. I didn't realize that I was watching so I immediately stood up and went to the corner. He is still smiling.

"I know you all know that when I was hurt, I started to sing a love song full of pain and hurt. I though I couldn't do it anymore until I met him in an unexpected event. And that unexpected meeting ... taught me one thing, I can move on to my past and face what's ahead of me"

He started to get off the stage and walked closer. At first I thought he would approach me but I was wrong, Chiara was the one he approached.

Almost everyone gasped and the rest muttered. I was even more hurt when the two of them went to the front. I also saw Darren hold Chiara's hand.

Looks like I really have no chance, right? They love each other very much and in the first place if he wants or feels something for me, he approached me and not Chiara, but no, everything is over because Chiara was the one he approached.

What am I against, right?

I just wiped my tears and immediately left the venue. I didn't even say goodbye. What else is it for? I'm not the one in his heart, right?

"I just want you to escape the pain..."

"Aiden?" I just kept crying as I remembered everything Aiden said. He said he wanted to help me avoid the disease.

At first I wanted to laugh at him but now I seem to know what he is saying. He wants to avoid me because he knows I will be hurt, he is indeed Cupid after all.

Maybe this is the right decision for me to make. I'm going to leave him because in the first place we weren't really together because I was just a rebound. I'm the only one hoping that this relationship will work.

And I'm also to blame for why I'm hurt like this.

I looked around the outside of the hotel for a moment before I picked up the phone that Darren gave me and called Aiden. It took 3 rings before he answered.

"Aiden..." I said his name. Just by saying his name, makes me wanna burst my tears some more. I feel like I need someone to lean on now.

"He hurt you, right?" I froze for a moment when I heard Aiden say that.

"How did you?" I asked tremblingly.

"Because, I'm your brother. I've been following you for a long time. I became a person to guide you and hurt you but I failed. And honestly, right now I just want to hug my little sister and make her feel like her big brother is here for here" I burst into tears. Is this the reason why I feel something when I'm with Aiden? Is this also the meaning of why I just trust him that he won't leave me?

Is that because he is my brother?

I can hear sobs on the other line. I knew she was crying and the sound of her crying made me cry even more.

"So, little sis, are you fed up? And do you want to go home? Your big brother misses you so much?" there longing and pain in his voice that you can't help but tear up.

"K-kuya" I said shaking and stammering while wiping my tears as if they didn't want to stop.

"K-brother, can I go home because I don't want to be hurt like this?" there was a crack in my voice while saying those words.

Maybe, It is better for me to leave him in this state because he is okay again. He doesn't need me anymore.