Veronica took a deep breath and drank from the bottle Katerina had just placed on the table in front of her. She needed a drink for the story she was about to tell.
"Rember when I found out that I was going to be engaged to Miguel?" Veronica asked.
"Yeah, you ran away in the rain that night and got hospitalized." Nicole said as she recalled events of that night. She was considered too young to attend etings like that so her parents had left her behind at ho while they took Miguel to et his fiance and her family. It was supposed to be a formal introduction of the couple to one another.
"Everyone said that it was my older brother that found in the park. They said he found unconscious and carried to the hospital, but I knew it wasn't Ram." Veronica confessed. When she was told this story by her parents, she was confused and she doubted her mory. But as the days and months went by, her mory of that night only beca more vivid as she recalled the details.
"So, who was it?" Katerina asked. "Don't tell it was so random guy that you think is your soulmate." Katerina teased.
"No, it wasn't." Veronica replied, maintaining her serious tone. "It was Miguel." When she ntioned his na she felt a stabbing pain in her heart. She decided to take a gulp once again from the drink on the table.
"Why would everyone lie to you?" Nicole asked.
"I think they assud things about again." Veronica said with a sigh. The mbers of the Abad family liked to think that they knew Veronica well enough to predict what she was going to do, but they couldn't be more wrong. "They probably thought that I would have been more mad if I knew who had rescued ."
"So he rescued you, and you fell in love with him?" Nicole asked.
"I fell for him because when I ran away from the eting he chased after , he didn't care about the rain and he didn't care about getting sick. When I saw him approaching in the park I wanted to hug him and accept him, but I guess the stress got to and I fainted before I could." Veronica said with a sad look. "Even when I was unconscious, I felt safe in his arms. I knew Miguel would protect . I was shocked when he left and just stopped contacting . That's when I thought, maybe if I let myself get close to other guys he might get jealous and co. I never imagined that my attempt to get him jealous would end up with having feelings for Jason."
"So you really liked Jason?" Katernia asked. She wasn't sure at the ti if Veronica really liked the guy or if she was simply attached to him since they were really good friends.
"I liked him, but my feelings for him weren't as strong or intense as how they were for Miguel." Veronica confessed. "When Jason hurt and I finally agreed to leave and change my na, I wanted so desperately to run to Miguel in Arica."
"That's right, my older brother was about to return from Arica so he could work in Saints, then he suddenly accepted a job in Paris instead. We never heard anything about it prior to Miguel deciding to work there, the job wasn't even a good fit for him, it was way below his abilities." Nicole recalled.
"Do you guys know why I chose the na Veronica?" She asked Katerina and Nicole.
Although they had a pretty good guess, the two girls shook their heads. They both wanted to hear it directly from Veronica.
"Growing up Miguel gave that pet na, and hearing people call Veronica, made feel closer to him when he was halfway across the globe. It made feel like it was him calling ." As Veronica said this Nicole and Katerina could see her blushing, they weren't sure if it was because of the mory or if Veronica was simply turning red from the alcohol she had consud.
"When we were in Paris, I thought it was my chance to be with him, but I was a very awkward girl." Veronica said with a laugh as she rembered how she acted around Miguel when they first lived in the Paris mansion. "I couldn't approach Miguel while we were there. Miguel decided to learn how to cook, so he would cook for the two of us every morning. It didn't matter if he was busy or not, he would make it a point to cook every ti."
"Wow, I never realized that my older brother could be so sweet." Nicole said with a laugh.
"I genuinely thought at that ti that he might like too." Veronica said as she took another sip from the alcoholic beverage in front of her.
"You an he didn't?" Katerina asked. "That's impossible. Miguel has loved you since we were teenagers."
"Well, sothing happened." Veronica said in a sad tone. "Living with Miguel was amazing, he cooked for , he would go shopping with , and we would even take the occasional trip when I was bored. One day, I was at school when I realized I wanted to tell Miguel how I felt and how I was willing to give our relationship a chance. I was so excited to tell him, I couldn't wait till after class. So I decided to go to the hospital to et him. I thought after confessing to him we could have dinner and go on a date."
Katerina and Nicole looked intently at Veronica. This was a story she had never told the two of them and they were her closest friends in the world.
"When I got to the hospital, I asked a nurse where I could find Miguel. She blushed at the ntion of his na and pointed towards his clinic." As Veronica said this her voice began to crack. The mory still hurt even if it had happened a long ti ago. "When I approached his office, I heard funny sounds from outside. I may be a virgin but I know what sex sounds like." As she recalled this, tears fell from Veronica's eyes once more.
"Oh, my dear." Nicole said as she hugged Veronica. "I hate my brother! He's an as***le!" Nicole cursed.
"Are you sure it was him inside?" Katerina asked. She found it odd that after so much devotion Miguel would just give into so primal urge and sleep with another woman.
Veronica nodded and spoke. "After running out of the hospital, I realized it might not be him. So I went back to check, and the scene that greeted hurt even more." Veronica said. "I saw him hugging another woman, and the woman's hand was in a place it shouldn't have been in. After that I just ran. I ran ho and cried and locked myself in my room. I saw him everyday until I finished my studies, I didn't have a choice, my family said I had to live in that house while I was in Paris. It was so painful seeing his handso smile everyday and knowing that that smile didn't belong to ."
"That's why you froze your heart towards him." Katerina said slowly as she realized why Veronica had always seed guarded when it ca to Miguel.
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