Chapter 1

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄

I walked into my house, tired from work and depressed from the emotional stress I was in. I went straight to my room, had my bath and changed into my night wear.

I sat down on the couch and turned on the TV, turned on my Netflix and searched for a very interesting movie that I should watch, so I don't think about the mess that is happening in my life currently…

I finally found a good movie and went to get the red wine with a wine glass. I sat down and started watching the movie while drinking my wine.

Halfway through the movie, I heard a sound like something fell on my balcony.

I turned my head to the direction of my balcony, but I didn't see anything, so I guessed it was from the movie and I ignored it and went back to watching the movie.

After a minute or so, I heard another sound; this time very clear coming from the balcony. I dropped the wine glass on the table and stood up to check what the source of the noise was.

As I was approaching the balcony I saw a figure, it was not really clear because it was nighttime so I couldn't see clearly. I shook my head, wondering if I was already drunk, but then the alcohol quantity in the wine was very little, so I shouldn't be drunk.

I said "Who's there?" I heard no response or anything, it was very quiet almost as if there was never a sound before.

I was almost doubting I saw something and was about to go back to the movie when I saw the shadow of wings... not your regular bird wings, no not that... dare I say; an angel's wings.. My eyes widened and I stepped back and shook my head again to be sure I wasn't seeing things.

But the wings were still there and it seemed to be attached to the figure and the figure was coming closer to where I was Standing. I stood rooted to the ground still in shock.

The figure finally came into the light and I was even more speechless. I gawked at the figure... The figure was a male, wearing a white pair of trousers and a loose white shirt...

My eyes trailed to his face and it was the most perfect thing I've seen...I was about to admire more of the face before I blacked out....

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏

Beep Beep Beep" I groaned as I stretched out my hand to turn off the alarm. I sat up lazily and gave my body a nice stretch.

I took my phone and saw my calendar reminder; today is my 3rd anniversary with my boyfriend Vincent. A smile appeared on my face as I saw the reminder.

Then I stood up to do my morning routine in the bathroom. I then proceeded to make a light breakfast for myself.

All these while I was waiting for Vincent to call to me, but it seems he was busy and probably forgot. I decided to call him first, it rang twice before he took the call.

I said "Good morning babe" He said "Good morning Astrid, How are you? How was your night? Sorry I didn't call you earlier, I've just been too busy lately".

I said "Vin it's not a big deal. I understand you, I'm good and my night was pleasant... How was yours?"

He said "My night was good but it would have been better if I spent with you" I blushed a deep shade of red and said "There you go with your constant flirting"

He chuckled and said "I'm a big flirt only for you" I shook my head, still laughing and said "You're unbelievable..." I paused for a while and continued "Don't you think you're forgetting something important?"

He paused and said "No I actually can't think of anything.. it's not your birthday or mine, so I don't really know what I'm forgetting"

I said "Gosh, You're so unbelievable... It's our 3rd anniversary today, how could you forget?" He said "Oh My God! I'm so sorry babe. So sorry, I forgot, gosh I feel bad right now... it's all the work stress, please I'm so sorry"

I said "I'm not angry, I completely understand that you've been under pressure lately with your work" He said "No it's not okay. How about this, I come and take you out and we spend the rest of the day together".

As he said that an idea immediately came to my head. I responded "No, that won't be possible, I have to go to work this morning... You know we are introducing a new game to the market next week, so there is a lot of work for me to do as a games developer.

So how about we do it like this, I'll go to work this morning and probably leave work at evening, so I'll call you to come pick me up from work then we spend the evening together"

He said "Ok that's good... Take care of yourself today" I smiled and said "Ok babe, you too" He said "Ok see you later in the evening, I'll get going now.. love you" I said "Love you more" and I ended the call.

I smiled to myself as I ended the call. I didn't exactly lie to Vincent about going to work today,

Normally I took today off, but I had a little work to finish off today and I'll be through with the work by noon at the latest, but I plan to surprise him.

I hurriedly cleared the dishes, dressed up for work and ordered a cab to take me to work.

As I was in the cab I got a message from Cynthia, my best friend. I actually knew her thanks to Vincent, she's also his best friend. She wrote "Hey Astrid" I replied "Hey Cynthia, how are you?"

She said "I'm good... What about you?" I said "I'm doing very well" She said "Today's your anniversary with Vincent, do you both have any plans together?"

I almost told her about my plan to surprise Vincent but later decided against it, instead I wrote "We actually have plans but I'm off to work and will not free till it's evening" She said "Oh what a shame, but be safe tho" I thanked her and put my phone back inside my bag.

The taxi came to a stop in front of the office and I alighted. I walked straight to my office and got straight to work on the new game.

In about three hours, I was through with my work and I signed out. As I left the office, I took a walk on the street. My office was located at the center of all the fashion shops in Los Angeles.

I decided to go window shopping in order to have an idea of what to give Vincent as an anniversary gift. While walking something caught my eyes, it was a dress; it was a sky blue flare gown with beautiful floral patterns on it, I immediately entered the shop and bought the dress and changed into it.

After that I went to a shop where they sold accessories of all kinds. I went to the sales girl and asked her for a good gift to give to a boy.

She smiled and said "I know exactly what to give you" She brought out a box and opened it. There was a Rolex watch in the box. It was so pretty I couldn't take my eyes off it.

The sales girl said "This is a limited edition of this particular Rolex watch and I'm sure your boyfriend will love the gift" I smiled and said "Thank you... please how much does it cost?" She said "******$" I paid for it and left after thanking the sales girl.

Since I already had a perfect gift for Vincent, I took a cab to his house. I was So excited about my surprise and gift, imagining Vincent's reaction, but somehow I kept having this like something bad was about to happen.

I shook my head to ward off any evil and sad thought. It was already noon by the time the taxi came to a stop at his house, I came down and paid the taxi driver, I even gave him extra tips, that's just how excited I was.

I came to his door, only to discover that it was not locked, which was weird because Vincent really liked to keep his door closed.

I opened the door and found the sitting room empty, I shrugged and went up the stairs to his room, while I was going up the stairs, I kept replaying how the surprise would turn out. As I was approaching his room I started hearing very funny noises from his room.

With each step I took the sound became louder and clearer. If I wasn't mistaken it sounded like what you would hear when two people were having sex or something of that sort. I wondered if Vincent was watching a movie.

I came to the door and opened the door and never in my wildest dream did I imagine what I saw... The weird sound was coming from no other than Vincent and Cynthia.

They were having sex on Vincent's bed and they both looked so happy and engrossed doing it... I forgot to breathe. I couldn't believe my eyes. I suddenly remembered the first time I met Vincent at college.

He was a nice person and was very kind to me, which was why I started having feelings for him. He was very handsome and intelligent too, so when he asked me out I agreed but gave him a condition that I wasn't ready for sex and till this day I have not had sex with Vincent, was this the reason why he's doing this? But I planned to actually have sex with him today...

They were so concentrated on each other that they didn't even notice me by the door.

The gift bag I was holding eventually fell off my hand and it made a crashing sound and that was when Vincent and Cynthia realized that I was standing there. When they saw me, the shocked look on their faces needed to be recorded.

Vincent was at a loss of words and started putting on his clothes, while Cynthia hid her face in the duvet.

Before Vincent could finish wearing his clothes, I was already out of the door and heading downstairs as fast as I could.

I heard my name but I couldn't care less I was already out the front door. I started running as fast and as far as I could from there.

I was so devastated, I didn't know what to do or where to go.

Then it struck me at that moment that I was utterly alone in the world. I didn't even know my parents, I was raised in an orphanage and the people I considered my family have been cheating on me.

I didn't even realize when I started crying until I felt something wet on my hand. Just then a taxi passed by and I stopped it and said "Please take me to the cathedral" Coming to the Cathedral, I found the entire place empty and quiet, which I liked and appreciated.

I walked to the door of the cathedral and took off my boots and walked into the church barefooted. I walked straight to the Altar and knelt down praying, asking God why he decided to punish me this much.

I was already an orphan and now the boy I loved was also a cheat, leaving me utterly alone in the world. I knelt down there crying till I eventually slept off.

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3rd Person Point of View

Have you ever heard that churches were the playing field of angels? Most people may not believe it.

But on this fateful day, in the quiet Cathedral, there was a being; an Angel seated at the wing of the chapel.

He was wearing a white loose shirt and white pants. His hair was long and black contrasting beautifully with his white attire.

His lips were the perfect size and were also red, he had perfectly shaped eyebrows and long lashes, and his black bright eyes could make anybody weak at their feet.

He was holding a book and a pencil drawing. He was none other than Archimedes, one of the angels and also known as the quiet one, because he loved staying alone and drawing sceneries, which was exactly why he was here at the cathedral because he knew nobody would disturb his peace; not humans or other angels.

He kept his eyes glued to his book making a sketch of a garden with lots of butterflies, when he heard the sound of a vehicle outside...

He had a slight frown on his face because he knew that nobody would be at the cathedral at this time. He didn't stand up to check who the person was, he only continued drawing.

He only stopped drawing when a figure came to his line of sight, he was slightly puzzled because he never heard her come in and his sense of hearing is very strong.

He noticed that she wasn't wearing any shoes. He watched her go straight to the altar and kneel in front of it. He dropped the book and the pencil and flew to the altar.

He stood in front of her, and for the first time in his existence he was caught by surprise by the face of the human girl.

She was the most beautiful and perfect creation he had ever seen, but she was crying and he made up his mind to take away her pain.

He used his powers to go through her mind and find out why she was crying.

He discovered that she was cheated on and felt disappointed in herself. Archimedes felt very angry at the human boy that treated this perfect human girl poorly.

He couldn't bear her crying and he made her fall asleep and watched her the whole time till she finally woke up...

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(ASTRID'S POV)

I woke up from my sleep and discovered that I was still in the church.

I didn't even remember how I fell asleep, but I somehow felt refreshed and called me weird but I feel like there's someone here with me... maybe this is the thing the nuns at the orphanage always said about the church

. I bowed and stood up, went out of the church and wore my shoes, then left the cathedral to my house...

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(3rd Person's Pov)

This was the first time a human piqued Archimedes' attention.

He watched her wake up and bow before leaving the church. He was determined to find out more about her.

He flew back to his usual position and took his book and pencil, before flying up to Heaven...