Mia’s pov
Sadness clung heavily to every space in my chest as I dragged myself out of the bed.
I had woken up with my thoughts of my twin sister hanging heavily in my mind, and it had come along with a wave of sadness. As I bearily washed up, my mind soured even more as various memories began to flood through my mind.
Maeve and I used to wash up together like this, standing side by side since we were very little. We had a bond so beautiful, it made so many kids envious.
The school we went to, we were popular in it, not just because we were twins, but because of the family we were from. It made us quite popular. We had to get accompanied by guards everywhere; even to school, but the guards stayed outside of the classes. That prevented us from socializing with other kids our age while growing up, but because we were two, it didn’t affect us, we were never bothered by it, because we had each other to keep ourselves company.
Thinking about it now was making me sad because I had complete trust in her, and hadn’t bothered to try making another friend. There were a lot of potential friends back in high school, but since I was always self reserved, I never made any attempt to get close to anyone.
As I dabbed my face, I tried thinking about where she could possibly be right now, or if she was alive. Sure, she was way forward and bolder than I was, but the world was a very dangerous place, and like me, she was also sheltered. Could she be somehow doing fine out there? I had barely survived outside all on my own in only a few hours, much less someone who had fleed for months now.
After I got abducted, I wondered if my father had finally made an attempt to look for Maeve now that I was out of the question. We were the only children he and my mother were able to create, and now that they were practically childless, would he have made an attempt in looking for Maeve now? Has he found her but is keeping her hidden away? Or is she no longer alive?
With a small sigh, I exited the bathroom and flopped down on the bed. I couldn’t explain why but I was feeling extremely down today. The fact that she had thrown me into her own dilemma just like that without second thoughts still manages to make my heart ache despise the fact that it was now in the past. It still managed to make me feel hurt all over again whenever I thought about it.
I layed in bed throughout the rest of the day because I was feeling gloomy and down. When I finally made my way down the stairs, Lorenzo was situated on the couch, a laptop beside him and a glass of drink in his hand. He was in a crisp blue shirt with the first few buttons missing, it was obvious that he had recently just arrived from work.
“You’re always working everytime.” I muttered as I flopped onto the couch a few feet away from him. He arched a brow in my direction before the side of his lip got pulled in a small grin.
“It’s either that or I get taken down by one of my enemies, and we can’t have that, can we?”
I pushed my hair out of my face and let out a small breath. “They had better, if not, who’s gonna protect me?” I mumbled and he grew silent at first before speaking.
“I’m always gonna protect you.” He spoke, and there was no playfulness in his voice when he spoke, causing me to sit up straighter as color flooded my cheeks. I had only been joking when I said that, but his response had been so chilling and serious, it made that buzzing feeling in my chest to heighten even more.
“Oh.” I mumbled, not knowing what to say. Lorenzo took another sip of his drink before nodding towards me.
“So, what did you do today?” He asked as I settled against the backrest of the couch once again. It was an unusual question, for weeks now, things have been going quite well between us and we’ve been having conversations like this for a while now.
“Didn’t actually do anything,” I responded on a mumble. Lorenzo prodded me but I was hesitant to reveal the mail reasons behind my gloominess, which was Maeve, so I remained silent and reassured him it was nothing.
“What makes you happy? What can you randomly think of?”
“Hm… I’d say the piano. Playing it makes me happy in a way.”
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When Lorenzo arrived the next day, he arrived with the biggest surprise of my life.
Lorenzo bought a brand new piano.
“It’s not a big deal.” Lorenzo muttered with his hand awkwardly scratching his neck after I had let out an ear piercing scream. I ignored his words and slinged my arms around his neck, tugging him into a hug before I could stop myself. He was frozen for the first few seconds before loosening up and wrapping his arms around my waist and holding me against him.
“Thank you so much, I can’t begin to word how much this means to me.” I whispered as I pulled away while my heart felt like it was about to burst from how much feeling was currently engulfing me.
The piano was huge, way bigger than the one I had back at home. Maeve and I had to pick skills like this to learn, I settled on piano and Maeve settled on violin playing. The piano keys were shiny, pearly white ivory and I couldn’t wait to play it.
“You’re welcome.” Lorenzo murmured as he brushed my hair out of my face. I leaned into his touch while my heart pounded so fast against my chest, it felt like it was about to burst.