CHAPTER 55

Levi and I almost make out in front of Marichu. I should have just continued. I still can’t forget the pat she did on my hand yesterday when I was holding my daughter’s father. As if she owns him and threatened me. If I'm out of my mind, I will ask her to watch us while we do a miracle.

“I still can't believe you have a child and Levi is the father. Knowing you, Rae, you’re an opportunist,” she whined while pouring whiskey into her wine glass.

I kept my gaze on her as I could clearly see the restraint of her irritation. Levi went upstairs to check on our daughter Ria and until now it hasn’t come back so I was forced to talk to ‘this’ woman.

She looked at me from head to toe and laughed.

"Look at yourself. Not a perfect woman that suits a billionaire like Levi. Your hopes are rising, aren't they?" she was still teasing so I was even more shaken.

I ran my hand through my hair and then sat down neatly on the high chair on the bar counter of the mansion. The party isn’t over yet and I feel like as the night deepens so does the wine right of every person here, especially this one.

“Stop giving me that look, Mari. I am no longer interested in him but he is still crazy about me. It's not hard to change that,” was not my own answer to her, and drank that wine.

I saw how she managed to smile but there was still a trace of irritation in her eyes.

"You know what? You’re so annoying. Why did you come back? We’re fine without you!” She almost screamed at me full of frustration.

I averted my eyes from her when I remembered what I had heard before in CR. That Levi is still blaming her for what happened to us five years ago. I don’t know what happened that night but I’m sure, no one is to blame. It’s the situation that puts us here right now.

“I’m fine without him too but my daughter needs him more than I do. I can no longer keep the two of them apart—”

“But you did that already when you hid her from him for five fucking years! Why don’t you just continue hiding and get out of our lives,” she said firmly to me so I was stunned.

I slowly looked at her. She is crying now in front of me but she is still laughing. It's fake and sad.

“You don't know who Levi really is. I am sure when you find out, you will run away from him again as you did before,” she confidently uttered to me.

My forehead furrowed as I shook.

"I'm not going to let him go again," I assured her making her laugh again.

She raised an eyebrow at me and sipped her whiskey.

"Really? Bet it?” she asked.

I was suddenly nervous as if there was something wrong with what she said. I just avoided looking at her and didn't speak. I just heard her laugh and then left me there.

I heave a sigh and finish what I'm drinking. I decided to go upstairs to check on Levi and Ria because he still doesn't come back. When I got to the second floor of the mansion, I heard a crack in the single door at the end of that floor so I slowly headed.

“Calling me at this hour, huh? Make sure that it is important that you can't wait for tomorrow, Pablo.” I heard a man say in a full voice. It was so familiar.

Out of curiosity, I peeked through that open door only to see Levi’s dad talking to someone on the phone. I just nodded and was about to leave when I stopped walking because of what I heard.

“Are you sure? She’s Apollo Laxamana’s daughter?"

Wait. That was my father’s name. Why did he know this?

“That case was dismissed a decade ago! Are you saying that it can be opened again when someone reopens it because of the new witness?” I kept hearing inside so I stayed there.

I don’t know why I’m so nervous. I feel like vomiting while listening to that conversation. Why do I feel something bad is going to happen?

"It wasn't my fault! That hit-and-run wasn't my fault. I almost died because of that!"

Again, it was as if cold water had been poured on me because of what I had heard. I feel like my heart has suddenly stopped beating and I can no longer hear anything.

Hit and run? Did he kill my father? Or am I just hallucinating and hearing things? I can’t be sure because I feel like the alcohol is hitting my whole being. But why is it so real? Why did I suddenly feel sick?

I calm myself down while trying not to conclude first. This may not be true. It is not possible.

Before I went crazy there, I decided to leave and just go down again. When I got to the living room where no one was there, Levi also came so I almost sat there.

“I saw you downstairs. Where have you been?" He immediately asked me and attended to me.

I was held in my head because I don't understand what was going on right now. I kept staring at my feet while trying to calm myself and trying to erase from my mind what I had heard before.

"Hey, are you alright?" Levi asked me gently.

He tried to lift my face as he held my chin. When he lifted my face, I immediately focused my gaze on him. His eyes would widen and he would seem to fall. He was tired as if he wanted to rest but forced himself not to. He looked down at my lips and looked into my eyes again.

"What's the matter, Rae?" He asked again.

Stop it, Rae. Stop ruining the moments just because you overthink too much!