21 Fear

----William's POV----

"What fear?" I was eavesdropping upstairs where Clark and Stephanie seem to have reading some mystery letter. I got them suspicious when I noticed they both give each other a look when receiving the letter. That's when I got a hint of it.

As I heard Stephanie reading the letter out loud, I was quite surprised by the contents of it. Fear? Gift? Admirer? All of them are connected that give ring a bell to me. It can't be!

"How long have been you eavesdropping us?." Clark glares at me as his hands in his pocket. Stephanie was still sitting on the near couch. Her head facing down feeling stressed and bothered. Wait... What going on!?

"Answer me! What fear!?" I yell at them, my patience running out. Clark just look away giving me cold shoulder while avoiding my question.

"Stephanie!?" I look at Stephanie. She didn't answer me. She's so... Gloomy... Her reaction was... nothing... Clark sighs.. leaving him no choice. Goddamnit! Just tell me!

"We were once in a mission... It was on a yacht. Stephanie cornered our target. We were about to capture him but Stephanie slips then the man took advantage of the situation and pushed her unto the sea." Clark explains fiercely.

What... I'm so confused...! No one ever told me about this thing.

"That thing left Stephanie... a trauma... You were there but... we decided not to tell you."

"Why! Why didn't you tell me!" I grab his collar yelling in his face. Why... Why? Why! This... I never even noticed something like this happened! It even left Stephanie a trauma!

"You bastard! Let me go!" Clark says grabbing arms. We both glare at each other as our faces close to each other.

"That time... My mind goes blank... Every second I try to escape, the water just keeps dragging me down making me even harder to breathe. Being afraid that something might pull me down deep." Stephanie who is gloomy the whole time finally speaks but still left no reaction.

I can see her frightening face that I never saw before leaving me a shock. Clark and I both stop and look at her in worry. I let Clark go leaving me speechless as He fixes his shirt up.

"But... someone saved me. It wasn't brother. My eyes were blurry at that time, I couldn't see it clearly. It was a man whom I didn't meet before."

"What I don't understand is that... How could that bastard know what happened 2 years ago."

Stephanie continued but this time her face full of anger. She was extremely pissed as she grips her fist tightly. That bastard!? Could it be?

"Don't tell me... That so-called admirer of yours is still following us." I ask flustered.

"He is," Clark says indifferently.

That bastard! I swear if I met him I'll burn him into ashes that no one could ever find him. I was about to burst out on anger, my blood becoming boils as hell.

"Now, we are really sure that this man was really serious about her and not planning to let what happened yesterday go. He's definitely going to do something as a payback." Clarks says seriously as he's eyes turn sharp.

"Yesterday?" I ask confusedly.

"I used you to check whether he's really serious about me... And eventually making him hates more than his guts." Stephanie says.

"I'm sorry..." Stephanie says silently.

So... She just used me...? I thought... it was for us to have a fun time together. A pain struck my heart deep.

"He hates me huh?" I say irritatedly.

Well, I hate you more than your mother who gives birth to you! Let's see who'll win in the end you bastard!

"I'm leaving now, I'm going to be late." Stephanie stands up was about to head downstairs. She's still gloomy and wasn't still okay. When she passed me she whispered something to my ear.

"It's true you... but the things 'we did' wasn't an act. Remember that."

Her gently voice shock my head completely. When we were in my room or when I pinned her down the wall wasn't an act. It's true... It isn't planned to piss that bastard.

As soon as Stephanie finished, she went downstairs. What the... That surprised me. I started to blush crazily. I faced the other way of trying to hide my excitement. This woman...

"Hey... What did she tell you?" Clark got alert a bit.

"None of your business!" I say right in front of his face.

"I gonna go too." Clark was about to leave too but I remembered something.

"Wait! I've got things to something to ask you!"

"What? Make it faster! If I'm late you're dead."

Clark glares at me coldly.

"Like I'm scared!" I mumble silently.

"What did you say?" He glares me even more intensely.

"Does Stephanie ever... Ummm.... been blushed... in front of some man before...?" I ask in embarrassment... I look away trying to hide my awkwardness. Clark became silent as soon as he hears what I said. I've been thinking about this the whole trip yesterday! I became flustered thinking if I'm the first one! Well, I should be or else... I kill that man...!

Clark suddenly walks close toward me. What the hell.

"Ow! Damn you!" He suddenly smacks the back of my head. You asshole that hurts!

"What the hell is going on that little brain of yours?"

Little brain!? Are you looking for a fight?

"Just answer the damn question!" I yell at him as I still massaging where he hit me. Damn... That's stings like hell.

"Do you think she's that kind of woman who blushed easily by some man?" He raises his left eyebrow at me.

"Even if she does she'll tell me." He says like a total fool of himself.

Wait! Does that mean... I'm the first!? Wtf? Really? As in... For real. Come to think of it... He's right... Stephanie's heart is not that easy to capture. It'll take you to cut off one mountain to do that...

"Now will get out of my way before I'll kill you," Clark says in annoyance as he was about to walk toward me. Wait...! I have one more! I grab his arm right away stopping him.

"You'll let me go or I'll cut off that hands of yours," Clark says coldly at me. I let go of him right away.

"What happened last night?" I ask him seriously.

Clark didn't look quite surprised by what I asked. His smirk tells me that this jerk been expected this to happened.

"The rat finally revealed himself."