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Episode 29

The playlist for this chapter is 'Beth Crowley ~ Savior  ' 🎶🎶 do enjoy

Fernando's POV cont'd

"Answer me, Micaela. Why am I your savior? Or more like your guardian angel?" I gave her a glance of extraordinary meaning and breath in her fragrance.

"I... I..don't understand what you mean" she stutters and glances away.

A glittering infectious smile greeted my lips "You don't understand? What about this...." I pause and tilt her chin up and she locked her gaze with me. "Do you remember how you stole a kiss from me one month and a few days ago? If you've forgotten I'll remind you. I was in my lodge on the 18th of February 2021 preparing my bag to vacate my lodge and return to Madrid when you came into my room wearing...."

"Stop!" she cuts me off and I smile slightly.

"I guess I just helped you recall that fateful day," I replied in a covertly triumphant voice.  She took a step back and bows her head low for a moment.

"You don't have to remind me, my memory is still intact" she replied quietly. "And before you remind me of how you saved my life more than once, let me assure you that I haven't forgotten that either".

"Okay then, I'm glad you remember all that. Micaela?" I called her name in almost a whisper and she slowly gaze up at me.

"Yeah?"

"You and I have a lot to talk about and we can't do that by standing here, your feet are going to get hurt if we do".

"So, what do you suggest?"

"You tell me, I'm not familiar with the city".

"I'm really scared to sit out right now after what happened. If you don't mind, we can go to my house and talk".

I don't need anyone to tell me she's still feeling scared over what happened with that douchebag of a guy because her body gestures say it all. "I don't mind" I replied. After all, my backpack is in her house, so going back there to get it isn't going to be much trouble.

"Under one condition" she announced and I raised a brow at her.

"You're giving me a condition before I'm allowed to come to your house?" I snorted and she shrugged.

"I didn't mean it that way. I'm just desperate to know how you find me here. Have you been stalking me?"

"What? Stalking you?!" I exclaimed and she shrugs and her eyes went dim. "Hell no! I'm not stalking you. Your friend Sabrina gave me the address to this place".

"Sabrina? How and when?!"

"We'll talk about that later. Now is my turn to ask a question".

"You've asked a lot of questions already and...."

"And yet you haven't given me answers to anyone of it" I interrupted and she gapes at me. "Perhaps this question is much easier to answer than the rest of them. What were you doing with a rapist at the club?"

Micaela gave a shocking gasp and stared at me in horror. Why is she staring at me like that? I only asked a question though.

"Mario... Mario is not a rapist" she defended and I grunted.

"Oh really? You're even defending the asshole of a guy?" I almost raised my voice at her feeling pissed at how defensive she could be for him.

"I'm not defending him. I'm only saying I didn't know he was a devil in an angel's clothing all this time we've been together without me knowing who he was inside" she replied.

"For how long have you known him?"

"A month now".

"A month, and you trusted him already? Seriously?"

"It's not what you think. Hold on a second, why are you interrogating me and being protective?!" She half-yells with a frown.

I suddenly lost my voice and just stared at her. It's true anyways, what do I care if she's getting involved with men, huh? "I'm sorry if I intruded on your privacy" I apologized and slide my hands into my pocket. "If you are ready we can hail a cab to take us to your house".

"I... I'm sorry if what I said came out rudely" she apologized. A frigid touch of the arm was all it takes to feel a burning sensation all over my body. That same spark I told Antonio about has happened again.

I immediately flinched from her like her touch was burning my skin and she jolted. Her brows creased confusedly at me and I blink away. I think I just overreacted, I shouldn't have acted that way. "I'm sorry, I...."

"It's fine. I'll hail a cab right away" she brittle.

As she turnaround to hail a cab I held her wrist and spun her around. I've been keeping my cool since I saw her. I was afraid I wouldn't meet her alive but seeing her again healthy and more beautiful than ever, I felt so happy than I've ever felt before in my life. There was this relief and excitement that came to my heart when I saw her again. Right now, staring into her eyes and filling my nose with her fragrance is not enough for me. Only one thing is going to make my mind be at ease.

Earth danced under a heat haze when I pulled her to my chest and hugged her so tightly as if my life depended on it. I don't care if is just for a moment but it's all I needed right now.

Micaela's POV

My legs are trembling, wait…did I just say my legs? Sorry, I meant to say my whole body was trembling just by Fernando's touch on my skin. I stood there like a statue that was being hugged. My heart was about exploding and my breathing became still, I think I'm having a heart attack.

"I didn't realize how much I missed you until right now" he whispers to me in a fruity voice and wrapped his arms around me tighter than I was almost choking on my breath. But you know what, I cared less if I'll die just by his hug.

Fernando Perez, my forever crush, the man of my dreams missed me? My throat went dried and the butterflies in my stomach commenced jubilation. This is so surreal to believe! When did Fernando start missing the female gender and of all persons how could it be me?

"You...miss...me?" I croaked and gulped harder.

"Yes, I miss you so much" his voice was smoky as he pats my hair soothingly.

I was appalled. I can't still believe what I just heard. If there's anyone that misses someone here then is me, I miss him so damn much that it hurts badly. Being apart from him this past month was the loneliest time of my life, it was better if we never crossed paths after Highschool than to cross paths and let go of each other again.

I couldn't hold myself back, I hugged him back and let my head rest on his chest while I sniff in his cologne. It was the best cologne I've ever come across, it was a mixture of sandalwood, orchid, musk, and lavender scent. Don't ask me how I knew about it because I'm a freak of perfumes. I have 10 different perfumes in my perfume collection in my room and I can tell which is which. Most times I mixed 3 to 5 different perfumes and it gives me a unique fragrance that attracts men and ladies to me.

That's by the way, I'm so drowning in his fragrance that I'm almost forgetting one important thing... that I'm deeply in love with a gay. Remembering that, I pulled away from him like I didn't just enjoy his warm embrace.

My gaze was down to the ground because I was too scared and ashamed to accept the fact that Ferd is gay. The worst part is I can't even confront him about it. I can imagine his eyes eating me up already for letting go of him like that.

"You don't like it I guess-" he said and I remained still and didn't gaze up at him. "You don't have to feel bad about it, I understand perfectly well that I shouldn't have said those words neither should I have hugged you".

That got me to glance up at him. "You don't understand anything Ferd, you don't. If you do understand something related to this lady standing right in front of you then you shouldn't have ever become gay!" I blurted and his mouth flew open in shock with his cute charming eyes wide open.

Silence fell amongst us, our gazes dug into each other. I was waiting for him to deny it or admit it, but no response was forthcoming. "So, it's true then? You are a gay and you have the nerves to...."

"Stop it already!" He barks startling me. "What is this? Tell me what story this is. Is this story mine or someone else's?"

"What do you even mean by that? Whose story should I be talking about if not yours?"

"Did you frame this story up or that your sick rapist of a friend told you to tell me this?!"

I gasp at his question. "What are you talking about? What does Mario have to do with this? He doesn't even know about you except for tonight".

"Then it should be your girlfriends. Sabrina the nosy one must have fed your mind with stupid assumptions that aren't true and you believed her!" he growls and I inclined my head in shame knowing he just caught me rare-handed.

Can someone tell me how he guessed so right?

"I'm disappointed in you Micaela, I shouldn't have come here after all!" He shook his head and twirled to leave.

"Leaving again huh? Isn't that what you are good at?" My words halted him but he didn't turn around. "You are always leaving me without a goodbye. Do you know what is so annoying about it all? You couldn't keep to your promise to stay with me forever and never let any harm come to me! You left me all alone despite the fact you knew I was depressed and needed some comfort and help to get over my depression! What kind of man are you?!" I yelled for the world to hear that he is a man of broken promises.

He turned and fixed his gaze on me. Seriousness lurked in the depths of his eyes as he retraced his steps towards me "Does that make me a gay?".

I was caught off-guard by his question. I wanted to answer a 'no' to his question but I kept my cool. "What do you think, please tell me what you think?"

"I'm not a gay and will never be a gay" his response was stern and I could see a flicker in his eyes but that didn't stop me from asking my next question.

"Then why didn't you kiss me back when I kissed you that day? Why did you act like a statue, there were no emotions or anything.  Why was it just me that partake of the kissing and you stood there like it wasn't a lady that was kissing you? Tell me!"

An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded us.