Chapter 441 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I will carry you every day then,” Bryan said, and she giggled.

Once Matt saw Bryan walking in with Sonia on his back, he grinned at her as he stood, “The queen decided to grace me with her presence. I feel so honored,” he greeted, and Sonia laughed as she tapped Bryan to let her down.

She embraced Matt once Bryan let her down, and he kissed her cheek, “I heard you’re ill. You must be sick of this fool,” Matt said, and Sonia giggled.

“It’s good to see you. How have you been?” Sonia asked as she sat beside him.

“Not good. Candace dumped his sorry ass,” Bryan said, and Matt sighed.

“What happened?” Sonia asked, looking at him with concern.

“She doesn’t trust me to be able to handle her complicated life. I can’t force myself on her,” Matt said, and Sonia nodded.

“It must be tough on you both. Liking each other but unable to do anything about your feelings,” she said with a sigh.

“I’m not sure she likes me that much if she can make such a decision so easily,” Matt said as he picked up his glass of wine.

“Sonia decided to break up with me on the spot too. Was it tough on you?” Bryan asked Sonia, and she nodded.

“Very tough. Don’t give up on her, Matt.”

“She did say she likes you, but she’s not ready for a relationship yet…”

“When did she tell you that?” Matt cut in.

“The night I called. You weren’t in the mood to talk about her, so I didn’t mention it. Listen, if you really love her, you should be patient with her. You can’t expect her to be ready now just because you are ready,” Bryan advised, and Matt glared at him.

“And you just decided to bless me with your wisdom now after taunting me all evening about being dumped?” He asked, and Bryan grinned.

“What fun would it be if I don’t make you feel bad before making you feel good?”

“You’re dating a jerk,” Matt informed Sonia, making her sigh dramatically.

“I know. But what can I do? The heart wants what it wants,” she said, making both guys laugh.

“What’s this knife doing here, by the way?” Sonia asked as she stood and picked up the knife.

“It’s there because of something Bryan said the first time he told me about you,” Matt said, and Bryan glared at him.

“Shut up!”

“Tell me,” Sonia urged him.

“He said he’d rather cut off his dick than fuck you,” Matt said and waited to see Sonia’s reaction.

“But we don’t fuck. We only make love. So there’s no need for it. You didn’t tell him that, babe?” Sonia asked, making Bryan hoot with laughter as he stood up to kiss her.

“Damn! I love you!”

“Don’t! You’re going to get the flu,” she warned as she pushed him away while Matt eyed the both of them.

“You are both a crazy duo. You deserve each other,” he said, more amused than disappointed.

Lucas had a barely noticeable smile on his face as he glanced through Miley’s Instagram page. He noticed that true to her words she had followed him the previous night and had liked most of his posts apart from the ones Rachel had featured in.

She seemed like a very lively lady. Someone who had deeply loved her life and had been happy. She always wore a smile on her face, and her videos were always fun to watch. She even had thousands of followers.

The more he looked through her page the more he realized that she had been telling the truth about not having friends, as Amy was the only other person in most of her pictures apart from those she snapped with her parents, business partners and the staff of the hotel where she worked.

He stopped when he saw a photo of her and Amy. They were both standing on a yacht dressed in matching white bikinis with a white transparent flowing skirt that had a slit up to their thighs.

Miley had a hand around Amy’s waist, and the Amy did the same, and with their other hand they both held a glass of wine raised above their head like they were toasting to something, while their eyes laughed at the camera.

His heart broke when he saw the simple caption. “It should be a crime to look this hot at twenty-five. Happy sexy silver jubilee to me. Cheers to life and all the good things of life.”

He checked the date, and noticed she had posted it four months earlier, before she knew she was dying. He had a lump in his throat as he looked at her smiling face.

“That was during our weekend getaway for her birthday. We had a lot of plans for her next birthday. We planned on both taking a leave from work and traveling to different countries,” Amy said when she caught sight of the picture he was staring at as she walked past him.

Lucas raised his head when he heard her voice. He hadn’t realized that she was back. She was now dressed in a red silk pajamas, but her eyes looked like she had spent more time crying in the bathroom than having a shower.

“It’s not too late. You can still do all you planned to do with her, but in advance,” Lucas advised.

“It’s not the same. It can’t be the same,” Amy said, her lips quavering and tears gathered in her eyes.

“Miley doesn’t deserve any of this. She doesn’t. It’s just not right! I can’t believe that this is happening to her. Is there nothing that can be done? You are a medical doctor, right? Can’t something else be done for her? I tried browsing about her condition but my knowledge on that field is limited. You should know something. Anything that will keep her from… From leaving.” Amy covered her face with her hands as she broke into a sob. She couldn’t bring herself to say the word dying.

Lucas watched her, feeling very sorry. Although he was a doctor, but meeting Miley, and seeing Amy this way made him realize that there were more serious problems in life than being betrayed by one’s girlfriend.

He felt embarrassed for wishing he would die because of the heart ache he had felt after Celsie told him about Rachel’s betrayal of his trust. He felt ashamed of himself that he didn’t value his life enough. While people like Miley were battling with terminal diseases and desperately wanting to live, he had wanted to die all because of someone like Rachel.

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