Chapter 60: Chapter 60

I go straight to my parents’ mausoleum. It is the place where I go if I don’t want anyone to find me and if I want to cry my heart out.

I don’t know what the hell happened, but all I know is I became an internet sensation overnight. My goodness, who would have thought that it will be the end of me, just because of my sexual desires.

“Mom, Dad, what should I do? Am I wrong for wanting him? Did I do something wrong? It’s not as if he’s married, right? He’s single. But why is this happening to me? Why?”

What should I do? Where should I go? What about my career? Will I still salvage it? What about my business?

All these questions pop at the same time.

I sit down in the middle of them and succumbs to loneliness. I bury my head on my arms that are placed on top of my parents.

But because of too much paranoia, I could feel as if someone’s watching me here, “Don’t tell me the media and paparazzi are already here?” I thought.

So I shout, “Respect my parents and leave me be, just wait until I go out of here, I beg of you,” I just wish they will honor my request.

“I am afraid not, I can’t and I won’t leave you alone, especially now,” a voice from behind suddenly says.

“Please go away,” I cry and beg the owner of the familiar voice.

“Nope, Avery, I won’t make the same mistakes again. Let me be with you, and comfort you, for once,” the voice says.

So I look back and see Seid’s face, “Seid, what are you doing here?”

“Stating the obvious? Of course to be with you,” he smiles at me.

I wipe my tears and nose, “How’d you know I will be here?”

He comes toward me and sits beside me. He flicks my forehead weak, “You must have forgotten I was your boyfriend for a long time. This was the only place where you used to escape when things get rough between us.”

“And you always find me,” I smile at him. “Thank you, Seid.”

I hug him and lean at his shoulder, “I hope you don’t mind.”

He taps my shoulder like a mother putting the baby to sleep, and he utters, “Of course, that’s no biggie. Come, here.”

“Seid, why did you still come here? I hurt you, and I left you, and now, I have a scandal with another guy, and the new face of ‘Karen’ here in the States. So why?” I ask him crying.

“Because I still love you? Because I want to make up to you, for all those years which only you carried our relationship? Because I am here as a friend?” he exclaims with warmth in his voice, while still tapping me.

“But surely, you don’t believe such ridiculous accusations, right?” I look him in the eye.

“Are you crazy? Of course not, well, the Karen video that is, but the elevator and the hallway scene, err, it is hard to unsee,” he teases and chuckles.

“Seid, you are so mean!” I puff my cheeks.

“Kidding! But you know, I should have gone wild with you, if I knew you would be like that,” he teases again while a grin on his face.

“Shut up, Siegfried Cohen,” I hit him on his arms. “Well, I’ve seduced you many times, but you didn’t give in,” I remind him and applaud him.

“How I wish I am like you, someone who doesn’t have cravings,” I blurt out.

Then his face turns serious, “Who says I don’t have it? If only you knew, Avery, I wouldn’t judge me clean if I were you.”

My eyes widen hearing him say it, so suddenly a question pop into my mind, and ask him, “Why, you’re still a virgin, right? Or did you have an affair while we were together?”

I ask him in a serious tone. But when I see his face gets even more serious than my voice, I knew he wanted to tell something, “Hey, chill. Past is past. Don’t bother explaining, okay.”

He clears his throat, “Well, what if this is the time to come clean?” he looks at me with those tears in his eyes.

“Hey, Seid, why are you the one being so sensitive? Shouldn’t I be the one crying right now?” I bump his shoulder and poke his cheeks.

Then he holds my hands and stares at me with those sad eyes, “Would you still get hurt if I told you that I’ve wronged you in ways you couldn’t even imagine?”

My heart suddenly feels nervous before him, we may not be together any longer, but, how would I react if I came to know one of his secrets that could hurt me?

“Do you really think it is the right time to talk about it?” I convince him to think about it.

He takes a deep sigh, “You are right, I guess it has to wait, promise me, when this is all over, you’ll hear me out, okay?” he manages to fake a smile.

Seid has changed a lot after we broke up. So I, myself, really hope that he could find happiness soon.

“So, what do you want to do now? Where do you want to go?” he worriedly asks.

“Well, two things are certain, I won’t be running back to K and Dee anytime soon, and I won’t be coming home. And secondly, I’ll definitely go to the office tomorrow,” I bravely utter.

“Certainly, you can’t stay alone in a hotel, do you want me to come with you?” he offers.

“Are you not thinking of anything naughty in that head of yours right now?” I tease him.

“Hey, chill. That won’t happen again, okay? I just want to be with you, at least, to assure you are okay,” he explains.

So I agree with his idea later on. Then he takes out his phone saying he’ll call to reserve a hotel, little did I know that he’ll also betray me.

We stay for a little longer since he says he wants to relax a bit, far from work. And we talked about many things, something that we haven’t done before.

My heartbeat races as I see a familiar car parking beside Seid’s car. “This can’t be!” I thought myself.

But after parking, a familiar face appears. Now, he is walking fast towards us.

I look at Seid and he avoids my gaze. So I confront him, “Don’t tell me… You didn’t, did you?”

“I’m sorry, I think the best choice right now is to be with him,” he explains.

“I trusted you. I told you, I don’t want to be with him right now!” I scream, “Why?”

“Even if I hate to admit Avery, this is one of those plenty times, that you’ll be needing him, more than you need me. And he’ll be protecting you, more than I could ever do,” he sadly mutters.

My tears fall. I get what he means, but I am not ready to see or talk to Dee right now. But what else can I do? Surely, he won’t let go of me now.

Dee immediately grabs me. And without even looking at me, he pulls me to his side.

Then he faces Seid, “I appreciate your call, Mr. Cohen, I can take it from here.”

And just like that, I find myself inside Dee’s passenger seat.