[A few hours before Tristan went ho.]
TRISTAN'S POINT OF VIEW:
I looked at my wrist watch to check what the ti is because it's already gettinf dark. It's almost 6 pm. I should go ho now because Justin is waiting for .
I rubbed the butt of my cigarette on the ashtray that as beside to extinguish it. I let out a heavy sigh as I started overthinking again.
If I don't do anything as early as now, I might actually lose the love of my life sooner or later. I don't want that.
I felt a stinging sensation on my chest as negative thoughts flooded my mind. It was like torture to .
I've dated countless of people before, but I've never felt this attached to anyone. Justin makes want to live, and losing him might also make want to... die.
"Goddamn it," I muttered under my breath as I clenched my jaw. I should go see my father right now. Starting today, I'd beg him to just allow us to be together.
Knowing my father, even if we ran away, he'd search for us in every corner of the world. He'd leave us no place to hide. He has the money and power, so nothing could ever stop him from doing what he wants.
Handling a huge conglorate, he has already dirtied his hands a lot of tis already. If he says he wants soone's existence gone, he could do that with a single snap of his fingers. I wouldn't risk Justin's safety for that.
The options I have right now is either lose my love and do what my father wants, or beg.
Beg.
That's what I choose. I'd rather lose my pride than lose Justin.
I headed back to my car and drove to my father's house. I don't know if he's ho right noe or if he's at one of the companies, but I'm still going either way.
As soon as I got to their house, I imdiately went inside and searched for him. I knocked on his door countless of tis, but to no luck, there was no response from him.
"Oh, Tristan? Are you looking for your dad?"
I turned to see who spoke to and saw that it was Mima, the head maid. She has grayish hair from old age and has wrinkles on her face, neck, and arms.
I smiled at her a little and said, "Yes. Is dad here?" She shook her head. "Your dad is still at work. Are you gonna wait for him?" She said as she gave a questioning look. "Ah, yes. I have sothing to talk about with him. When will he arrive ho?" I asked. "I don't know when he'd get ho. If you're going to stay here for a while, why don't you have a al first? It's getting pretty late," she said as she gave a gentle smile.
I don't want to refuse Mima's offer for a al because it's been a while since I've seen her. She'd probably feel sad if I did.
"Okay, Mima," I smiled at her.
As we walked to the dining room, I put my hands in my pocket to look for my phone. I have to call Justin and tell him that I'd be ho late and that I won't be eating dinner at ho.
"Where's my phone...?" I whispered to myself as I kept touching my pockets, desperately looking for it.
I'm pretty sure I didn't leave it inside the car since I didn't use it earlier. Maybe I left it at the cafe? I'll go there tomorrow to ask if I left it there.
For now, I should just borrow a phone and text Justin. But the problem is... I don't morize his number. He changed his number recently, so I haven't morized it yet. As for people who could contact him in my stead, well... I don't morize anyone else's number aside from his.
I sighed as I bit my lower lip.
He'd probably eat without and sleep if I get ho late, right? That's how things have been lately because I got too busy with things regarding the matter between my dad and I.
"You keep sighing. Is there sothing wrong?" Mima asked as she stopped walking and turned to look at . "It's nothing, Mima. I'm just a bit tired. That's all," I smiled at her to reassure her that everything is fine.
She looked at with doubtful eyes but said nothing, probably sensing that I don't want to talk about it right now.
When we got to the kitchen, I waited for the maids to finish fixing the table and for the chef to place the dishes in front of .
The al was great, but I didn't have much of an appetite because I don't feel so good right now. After I ate, I waited in front of my dad's office again.
I waited and waited and waited and waited, until the clock striked at 9.
"What brings you here?"
A deep voice ca behind , and just from the tone of his speech and his voice, I imdiately recognized who it was.
"Dad..." I called his na as I turned around to see him.
He was wearing his usual stone-cold face, and he was looking at as if I was so kind of disturbance.
"I want to talk to you about sothing," I said as I avoided his eyes.
After all that show last ti, lashing out at him and walking out, I'm starting to feel embarrassed about what I'm about to do.
"Co in," he said as he walked into his office first. I followed behind him and closed the door softly. He went behind his table and sat on his swivel chair as he eyed from head to toe.
"You look like a ss. You sll bad, too. Did you smoke?" He asked and clicked his tongue. "I did," I replied briefly.
"So? What did you want to talk about?" He asked.
Before answering his question, I bended my knees and knelt on the floor while lowering my head.
"Please... Please leave Justin alone. Please let us be together. I'd do anything you want. Just... Just don't take him away from ," I said as I gritted my teeth.
A cold laughter echoed in the room. It was as if he found the situation amusing.
I clenched jaw and breathed deeply to calm myself. I shouldn't get angry. I ca here for sothing, and I wouldn't risk his approval for my emotions.
"Is that how you beg soone? Gritting your teeth while speaking as if you're trying to mask your anger?" He said.
I raised my head and I felt all the hair on my body stand on its ends when I saw his facial expression.
I was right. He was amused. He had a smile om his face as if he liked what he was seeing right now.
I bit my lower lip as my eyes trembled while looking at him.
"I'm sorry. I'll... I'll repeat it again," I said in a soft voice and swallowed hard, preparing myself to beg him again.
I lowered my head before speaking again because I couldn't bear looking at his face longer. "Please leave Justin alone. Please let us be together. I'll do anything you want. Anything. Just please don't take him away from ," I said with a pelading voice.
"And if I don't want to? What are you gonna do?" He asked. "I'll stay here. I'll kneel here until you say yes. I'll co back here every single day and do the sa thing over and over again to get your approval," I said as I raised my head to et his eyes.
I was determined. Nothing would stop from doing this right now. I've already let go of the little pride that was left of , so I have nothing to lose anymore.
"Stay there, then."
And I did.
I knelt in front of him as he took care of so paper work thay he brought ho. Silence filled the entire room, and the only thing that made a noise was the sound of him turning the pages of the docunta he had on his desk.
Over an hour as already passed, and he finally said sothing again.
"Leave. You're making lose my desire to work," he said with a firm voice.
It's almost 11 pm. Even if I wanted to stay here longer, I couldn't do that because soone is waiting for at ho.
"Please think of what I said earlier. I'll be back again tomorrow," I said as I slowly stood up.
My legs felt weak from kneeling for a long ti. My knees wobbled as I tried to stand up, but I ended up collapsing to the ground in the end.
I felt embarrassed for that, but I brushed off that embarrassnt and tried standing up again, succeeding this ti.
"Have a good night, dad."
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