CHAPTER 22

"Seriously? At this hour? What's going on? Tell me, this is freaking me out!" I was asking Barry. I don't know what's going on because he's not telling me.

"Calm down! Andrei planned this, we're going somewhere far and this is for your own good." He answered patiently like he's tired of all my questions after questions. Barry's eyes are tired, he needs to rest that's why I was stopping myself to ask him multiple questions.

"Fine! And where exactly we're going?" I rolled my eyes. My eyes didn't let his smile pass and it feels like all of my worries were blown somewhere.

"We still have I hour and 20 minutes to reach Ozamis so I'd rather you sleep, you're sleepy."

I ain't familiar with that place but I'm wrecked for days so I don't want to bother myself thinking about that. I just closed my eyes, trying to sleep it all.

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I slowly opened my eyes, he's peacefully sleeping beside me. I was really asleep the whole ride that I didn't know how the hell we're already sleeping inside this unfamiliar room. I darted my eyes on him, I don't want to wake him up. Even if he's asleep, he still looks tired. The windows were closed but the rays of the sun have its way to enter the room. I checked on my wrist watch and to my surprise, it's 7:30 in the morning.

I am still sleepy but I am hungry, I just left him sleeping and went outside the room. I roamed my eyes around, the house is fine, there's a round table and the furnitures are all fine. I went to the counter, hoping that there's a food to eat but there's none so I decided to drink water.

I felt dizzy again that the glass of water fell on the floor. Shit, my hands went numb and I couldn't move it, there's a small bruise on my wrist too.

"Savannah? Goodness, are you alright? Don't move, stand still." I heard Barry's voice. He's worried and it really fucks me up when I kind of worrying people. I rolled my eyes like I am fine.

"Stop rolling your eyes, just stop!" He said and raked his finger through his hair. I just went to him and wrapped my arms around his neck. He's just so handsome. He's almost perfect!

"So, we will continue our agreement here? Sounds good."

"Savannah. . . let's stop this!" I was taken aback with his answer, my lips parted in disbelief. I couldn't fathom that. Did he say what? Stop this? We're going to stop this? I stepped backwards, trying to shove those words in my head.

"Why? Is it hard? Come on, why are you depriving me of my happiness? Just do our agreement well, I'll suffer alone in the end so why are you suddenly backing out?" I held my breath because I thought he's cool with it. Is it hard to do now? Is it hard to pretend?

"Let's stop this, we're just looking for another pain!" His jaw tightened, I frowned. I don't understand, "I love you, that's truer than my other truths! While you were thinking that I fooled you, I am fighting my own pain too. Eloise and I are just friends... quite a long story but I don't love her! I am not the father of her baby!"

Hearing those words. . . it feels like the chamber of ecstasy is about to open its door for me.

"W---what?" I don't know what to say. "What are you talking about?" I added under my heavy breathing.

"Back then, Eloise secretly told my friends that we're getting married, I was agitated ! I am all aware that she loves me, my friends are fan of her too. When Anya's confined in MH, Eloise paid me a visit. She told me everything, about her sudden pregnancy. . . about the missing heiress. . ." He paused, he's catching for air. "You helped me, you helped my sister! When Charmalagne told me everything, I was losing myself again. . . things were just so complicated. I was despondent, Anya's still recovering. . . my grandmother nearly had a heart attack that time too. . . I needed work, money! Eloise called me, she told me that your family's looking for your personal bodyguard and I am qualified, the salary's really good but she gave me ridiculous conditions. Nevertheless, I agreed to her conditions that's why she introduced me as her boyfriend, she's having fun because she fucking loves me. I was thinking, you helped my sister and to pay you means protecting you even if it means dying because I am willing to catch bullets for you not because you helped my sister but because I love you and you deserve the happiness in this world."

My lips quivered hearing those words from him. My tears betrayed me, they fell no matter how I tried to stop them. I feel like a ticking bomb in front of him.

"A mere dust like me is nothing to a moon like you! I j---ust want you to hate me. . . to forget everything about me! To stop loving me! The 8 months agreement? Let's better not do that because in the end, we're gonna part ways."

"HOW COULD I FUCKING NOT LOVE YOU? HOW COULD YOU ASK ME TO FORGET YOU? ARE YOU EVEN THINKING ABOUT ME? GOD! THIS IS FUCKING TORTURE!"

I wiped away my tears, he's fucking coward! How dare him say that in front of my face? This is not about the 8 months agreement anymore, this is between us.

"Am I a battle that is not worth fighting for? You saved my life too, Barry! How dare you call yourself a mere dust? And what made you think that we're gonna part ways in the end? Are you thinking that like in some movies, we're not compatible because you think that I am way higher than you?! Come on, Barry! Let's not deprive ourselves, ain't we tired of pain? Of lies?"

I saw how he passionately laid his eyes on me, he was silent for minutes and so do I.

The Galaxy opened their gates at me again the moment his lips landed on my forehead, he wrapped his arms around me. He's wiping my tears away.

"I hate it when my moon is crying," he said so I just buried my face on his neck, "Te amo, let's not deprive ourselves anymore. I love you, my moon." He continued like he's scared to lose me again.