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Rebecca's POV
Week 1
I was too scared to reply.
I was too chicken to even say a word! All I could do was hang up right after he made his name known. And that simple action had been eating me up through out the weekend! I could have said something, maybe throw in a little insult and tell him to go suck whatever is suckable. But I just dropped the call.
Sighing, I pulled my hair up in a bun. More like in a messy tangled, complicated bun.
"What are you thinking about?" Emeliano's voice made me jump.
"Me? You wouldn't believe me if I told you?" I smiled, walking over to him and wrapping my hand around his shoulders.
"Try me." He said with the hint of a smile.
"Okay, I've been thinking about my father. Rafael." I said, watching his expression turn from normal to deadly.
"What?" He frowned, looking confused.
I swallowed, "Yeah... He has been on my mind since like... Last week."
"Last week? Why are you even thinking about him?" He asked, pulling my arm from his shoulder.
"I don't know... Ever since I got a call from him."
Emeliano shot up, making me pull back on impulse. his eyes widening in shock. "What?! He called you?"
"Yes? Why?"
"Why? I can't believe you're asking me that right now. Rafael is bad news, you shouldn't be receiving calls from him."
"Its no big deal, Emeliano. it was bound to happen. He's my father, I'm his daughter, we live in Orlando... We're bound to communicate-"
"No, you're not! You don't understand." Emeliano said, looking really confused as he raked his hands through his hair.
"I don't understand what? Is something going on Emeliano?" I had to ask.
His shoulders tensed up, but he was quick to regain his composure.
"No, why would you think that?" He asked, suddenly looking nervous.
"Cause you're acting like something is actually going on... Did you meet with him?" I approached the issue carefully, knowing it was still a tender issue for him.
He paused.
"Emeliano?" I called out his name cause he looked like he wasn't even in the room with me again.
"No... I didn't meet with him." He struggled out, licking his dried lips.
"If you did, you'd tell me right?"
"Yes. I would." He sighed. "I'm sorry for lashing out like that... It's just- I'm not used to the idea of you talking or seeing Rafael, I just feel like it'd change us."
"Change us?" I asked, not getting his point of view.
"Change the way you feel about me."
Why is he even thinking this?
"Nothing can ever change the way I feel about you Emeliano... I'll never leave you, unless you want me to."
He leaned in to kiss me. "I love you." He whispered against my lips.
"I love you too."
I wasn't convinced... Something was wrong. I could feel it, and I couldn't wait to get to the bottom of things... I couldn't wait to clear this little gap between Emeliano and I... Something was missing, something was not in the right place; and I knew this relationship wouldn't work unless I figure it out.
"Aren't you late for work?"
"I am. But I'll be in time for the meeting if I leave now."
"Then hurry." I smiled, making an attempt to brush his hair into right places, but he stopped me.
"No time." He said, kissing me again and rushing out of the room.
When I was sure he was out of earshot, I rushed to my phone quickly... Calling up the only person who could tap me in on what the hell was happening.
She picked up on the fourth ring.
"Becca? Why are you calling my personal line... Emeliano isn't-"
"I know Piper, he just left the house... Actually, it's you I want to talk to."
"Oh... That's a first."
"Yeah, like they say... There's a first time for everything."
Piper chuckled. "Indeed... So what's up?"
"What do you say about lunch? I'll meet you at the restaurant closer to Emeliano's company. Yeah?"
"Um.... Sure, it's fine by me."
"Awesome."
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"So, what did you want to talk about?" Piper asked taking a sip of her soda.
"Yeah." I dropped my coffee mug... "I'm worried."
"Worried? About what?" Piper's brows came together.
"Emeliano." I said, pausing for a bit before speaking. "Is something going on with him? Did something happen between Rafael and him recently?" I asked.
Piper shifted on her seat, looking everywhere but my area. "No why?"
She was lying to me... Something did happen between Rafael and Emeliano recently... But why are they trying to hide it from me?
"Piper, you can trust me... I won't tell Emeliano you told me anything... I just want to end all this family drama... I want us to live peacefully... Emeliano doesn't trust me enough to let me in on everything, and I totally understand that. But if he thinks he can handle everything on his own, he's only trying to ruin our relationship... But I won't let that happen. You have to help me." I said with pleading eyes.
Sighing, Piper leaned in. "I didn't tell you anything... Clear?"
"Clear."
She looked around once more before speaking. "Rafael came over, last week... They had some kind of heated argument, and I heard Rafael telling Emeliano that he was capable of turning you against Emeliano... I think there's something else going on."
I relaxed back on my seat... Was that why Emeliano said me talking to Rafael would change things between us? What could he be hiding from me?
"Rafael is a sly man Becca... If you want to beat him in this game, you have to think like him. The way I see it, he doesn't want you to have anything to do with Emeliano."
"But why? What's his damn business in my relationship? Why does he want to be father of the year? Why does he even care?"
Piper sighed. "There's something else."
"What?"
"I think Rafael is trying to pull another trick on Emeliano. He wants to take over his company... Emeliano doesn't know about this yet, I only found out like few days ago... If I tell him, he'd try to work his butt off to stop Rafael, pushing us all away again... It's up to you Rebecca. If you can find a way to pull Rafael out of the picture, there'd be no obstacle in your relationship with him, and you both would be free from this Rafael madness."
I bit my inner lip, thinking deeply about the issue. "How are you sure about Rafael's plan?"
"There's a mole... I guess, after Rafael left the other day, I overheard him talking about taking over and the plan... He also said something like Emeliano is easy to manipulate and he has already began to plant false words into his head. We have to do something... And we have to do it fast. History is actually about to repeat itself."
Swallowing, I blinked severally... What could I possibly do to stop all this? How do I take Rafael out of the picture? How?
History is actually about to repeat itself.
That's it!
"I've got it!"
"Got what?" Piper asked, scrunching her brows.
"Why not let history repeat itself? That's the only way to get Rafael."
"I still don't understand where you're going with this."
I smiled, relaxing back on my seat as the perfect plan formed in my brain. 'Plan E'
This is it... I'm going to end whatever this is... I'm going to stick to plan E, but this time, I'm going to add a little- no... Not a little, I'm going to add a lot of twist into this plan...
The only way to beat Rafael at his own game, is to think like Rafael.
What would Rafael do?
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