POV: Raphael
Dominic and I refused to give up on our mission to find Victoria’s true identity. After Carl called me and told me that the stalker was Miguel Myers, I knew immediately that the rumors may be right after all. Maybe Miguel and Victoria are siblings after all. If that’s the case then it’s good news for her, and bad news for me because I’m going to lose her.
I have already asked Carl to conduct a DNA test for Victoria and Miguel to find out if it is a match. I want to be sure that they are sibling before I would make any move to help Victoria reunite with her family, or maybe I’ll decide to keep her identity a secret until I have gotten the Myers and Kendalls to give her everything she deserves. After she receives her inheritance, I’ll get her away from the Kendalls completely, they don’t deserve her.
I may let her get to know the Myers if that is what she wants, but first, I’ll need to be sure that they are her real family and I will do a thorough background check on the Myers to be sure that they are good people that won’t take advantage of her and hurt her feelings. I don’t trust that Miguel guy, I have to make sure that he is not the one involved with Carlos.
While waiting for Carl to get back to me, I went home to spend a few minutes with Victoria and asked her to forgive me for not trying to stop her when she walked out on me. I am working so hard to give her a better life and help her find her true identity, I didn’t mean to hurt her feelings.
She thinks I chose gee sister’s side and not hers, but that is a lie, I’ll never choose anyone over her. Soon the truth will come out and she will discover that she is a wealthy heiress. She will inherit half of the Kendall’s wealth and another half of the Myers fortune too. But before then, I need her to understand that I truly love her and I don’t want to lose her.
If only I know how to express my emotions like everybody else. I am so bad at sharing my feelings with anyone. I know the words in my heart, I want to tell her that I have developed true feelings for her, I want to make her see that I love her no matter what everyone is saying about her family background.
But that’s not how I am, that’s not how l was built. I am too nasty to be letting my feelings out so cheaply. I’m too busy to bother with love talk and feelings. So, when I finally got to her, I forgot everything I wanted to say, I forgot everything I wanted to say to her, all I could ask her was,
“Do you still remember our contract, Victoria?
Do you realize that you are not allowed to be with any other man while we are still dating and pretending to be perfect lovers to the public?” I asked her sternly, looking into her eyes, trying to force her to submit to me. This wasn’t how I planned it, these are not the words in my head that had me running back home to be with her. I wanted to apologize and profess my love for her. But here I am, being mean to her, as usual
“Go away, Ralph, I don’t need this now. I don’t want to speak with you, please go away. I have a lot in my head right now.” she told me firmly, looking away from me and focusing on her phone. I guess she doesn’t know that I passed by the restaurant where we saw Miguel earlier and I saw her car parked in front of the restaurant.
This could only mean that she had gone back there to meet with him after I asked her not to. Yes, I know that Miguel has been stalking her and she is curious to know who he is, but why couldn’t she just listen to me for once. I looked at her, trying so hard not to get angry because I’d actually come back home to apologize for leaving her on her own earlier. But how could I not be angry when I’d seen her meeting with a guy earlier?
“I passed by the restaurant earlier, I saw your car, Victoria. Did you go back out there to meet with him, am I not good enough for you, do you want another boyfriend?” I asked her trying not to raise my voice too much. I have no idea why I’m even bringing this up, we are way past this. I know she cannot date him because she is his long lost sister and the only reason why he had been stalking her was because he wanted to be with his sister.
Despite knowing all this, I was still furious with her. I just couldn’t get past the thought that she didn’t know that he was her brother yet, but she still wanted to spend time with him. That means she likes him just because he is cute and rich. And if he weren’t her brother, he would have asked her to be his girlfriend and she would have said yes because she likes him.
That’s so fucking annoying!
The truth is that it is not going to happen obviously because he knows the truth and he came to search for her. But she is not aware of their relationship and she still went in search of him why?
“I thought you said you were deeply in love with me, Victoria. So what happened?
Did you change your mind suddenly, did you fall in love with your perfect, cute stranger and suddenly forget all about me?” I asked her in a mocking tone, glaring at her. She raised her eyes to look at me when she heard me say that I saw her with Miguel. I could see the guilt in her eyes and I wondered why she was feeling guilty all of a sudden.
Is she really in love with him, is that why she feels guilty all of a sudden?
Holy shit!
Victoria is in love with her brother, how can she fall in love with her brother, when did she stop loving me?