E/LENA

TWO

She went to see what is happening, that she didn’t notice being line up with the maids, and halted when she saw a BMW stopped, her brows is still knotted as she waited who is the person inside the car. A butler, went to closer to the car and opened it.

She some one is getting down in there and when she completely saw who is it, made her eyes balled out and stilled.

The man, was happily greeting the butler and tell his thank to him before he went towards the door where the maids is waiting.

“Welcome back, Master Sander!” The maid greeted in chorus and bowed slightly after.

“Come on, you don’t need to greet me that way, just a casual welcome back will do.” The man named Sander said.

The motioned the head of the maids to raise her head who was the oldest of all the maids, probably in her 70’s already.

“I missed you Nana Anna.” Sander said, embracing the head of the maids.

The sight had warmed Selena’s heart but that doesn’t mean that her annoyance was gone toward the man that named Sander.

After that, Sander greeted the maids one by one, and halted when he was Elena. He secretly, stared the woman from head to toe without offending her, for the woman, was beautiful and it doesn’t suits for her to be a maid.

“Hello.” He greeted with a smile.

But his brows knotted when the woman just raised her right brows at him looking annoyed.

He was about to open his mouth to say something when he heard a voice from the distance coming from the grand staircase.

“Sander.” He heard Raffy said as he is coming down to the staircase in a hurry,

“Raffy, brother!” Sander said, as his brother went closer, and gave him a man to man hug.

Raffy, slightly, hug Sander back for Selena was watching them, before he separate from Sander and turn to Selena.

“Lets go?” He asked that Selena responded by a nod.

He took Selena’s hand and hold it that made Selena’s brows knotted but didn’t say anything, and turn to face Sander again.

“Welcome back Sander, by the way we gotta go we’re in a hurry.” Raffy said giving Sander a slight smile.

Sander nod and smile as well. “Go on, and take care!”

Selena, was watching the two men, before she felt Raffy leaned closer to her.

“Come on, you don’t want to be late aren’t you?” Raffy said.

Selena just nod again, but at th back of her head she suddenly felt awkward with what Raffy did to her for it was strange and made her uneasy specially when she saw Raffy’s brother watching them.

She saw Sander gave her a smile before Raffy took her outside, and a strange beat of her heart started to beat on her chest.

She secretly hold her chest and calm herself down as Raffy motioned her to get inside the car.

“I didn’t know you had a brother.” Selena stated on their way to the mall.

Raffy never did tell her of him having a brother and she didn’t asked him as well for she never saw Sander, not even once even when they were little so she thought that Raffy is the only child.

“He’s not my brother.” Raffy simply replied.

Selena turn her gaze to Raffy with a brows knotted out of confusion by what Raffy had said.

“What do you mean he’s not?” she curiously asked.

“He just simply not my brother, end of question.” Raffy said suddenly cold that made Selena stilled.

Selena didn’t asked again after that and their trip on their way to the mall was silent, even when they arrived.

Raffy was about to removed his seat belt when she spoke, “you don’t need to accompany to the mall anymore, you seem not in a mood. By the way thanks for the ride.”

After that she went out not letting Raffy to speak and go on in her way.

Raffy grunt In annoyance as he watch Selena getting away, he is pissed for himself for answering Selena like that but he can’t help it.

He hate having about Sander being his brother for he really isn’t. Sandro Mirabello is his mothers husband who died when he was 6 years old because of cancer. His real father isn’t Sandro Mirabello but he took him in when his mother died.

He became Sandro’s rebound child, as his real son, Sander was sent to the US to study and was coming him 2 times a year to visit.

Sander is a good child but he hate his guts. He also blaming Sander for making their Dad treated a rebound. The Don was just calling him when he needed Sander, but Sander wasn’t available.

He also hates being compared to Sander that the Don often did, keep telling him that. Why he can’t be like Sander, who was intelligence who always had the highest awards from his school, whom a good boy, and whom he can brag to his other business partner, unlike him that a shame on the Mirabello Family.

Raffy cursed multiple times out of anger and just drive his car out of the mall parking lot.

He maneuver his car to the high end bar just a few minutes away from the mall where he drove Selena. The sun was still up, but he doesn’t care, he wanted to feel better now, specially that the favorite son of the family arrived.

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“Nana Ana, have you see Dad?” He asked as he went out of his room.

“He’s probably in the library now.” Nana Ana replied.

“Thanks, Nana Ana.” Sander said and went to where the library is.

He really don’t know why his Dad asked him to came back in this country. He just got his Masters degree there a few months ago and was currently training in one of their office in the US.

He knock first before opening the door. He found Sandro Mirabello, his father, reading documents and didn’t even bother to raised his head and throw a glance at him.

Sander cleared his throat first to caught his father’s attention before he spoke, “I’m here chairman.”

He announce his arrival in a formal way, for that was his father want, business is business, father and son to father and son, and because he came home because of a business he is calling his father a chairman instead of Dad.

Sandro, finally rose his head, and nod. “Good thing you’re here, come and sit.”

Sander did what his father said and sat on the cough just across where his father is seating.

“How’s the office?” Don Sandro asked.

“Its was good, everything is running smoothly there.’ He replied, pertaining to their office in the US

“Good, I called you here because I want you to run the company, now that you succeeded your training there.” Don Sandro directly said.

Sander stilled from what his father said, he don’t know what to say for it was all of a sudden.

“B-But Dad, no I mean chairman. Isn’t too all of a sudden?” Sander asked feeling overwhelmed.

“No it isn’t, don’t worry I have Mr. Vaughn to help you, you know Mr  Vaughn right?” Don Sandro asked.

“Yes, I had met him a few times.” Sandro answered.

“Then, all is good. I want you start tomorrow.” The Don said with finality.

Sander didn’t have any choice but to nod and obeying his father.

“Dad?” He called to the Don after a few seconds.

“How about Raffy? Isn’t it just about time to trained him as well?” He asked.

He saw his Dad put down the documents he is reading and caress his temple as it heard Raffy’s name, and withdrew a heavy sigh, before looking at him.

“Don’t mention that ungrateful brat, he had always been a failure to this family, and I regret adopting that brat.” Don Sandro said.

Not knowing that Raffy heard it. His fist clenched as he continue to listen to the Don from the slight opened door.

He was just back from the bar when he passed to the library, and saw the door slightly open. He felt an extreme rage because of what he heard and walk out to mansion again.

As he haiedl on his car, he punch the steering wheel multiple times to let his anger out, and harshly maneuver his car out of the Mirabello’s premises.

That freaking old man, I will surely make him pay, he said to himself as he speed his car up.

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Its 3 o’clock in the morning, when a loud knock, disturb Selena from her sleep. The knock sound like whoever is knocking wants to destroy the door of her pad.

Scared, she slowly stood up out of her bed, to went out of her room. She was about to take her vase to use as a defense, when she heard a familiar voice calling out her name from the other side of the door while knocking.

“Selena, open the door! Selena!” The male’s voice called her.

Slowly she made her way to her door and peek on the peephole, and find Raffy leaning to her door while knocking.

“Oh my gosh!” she exclaimed.

She hurriedly, unlocked her door and open it, but as she opened it, Raffy collapsed on the floor, that made her gasped.

“Raffy!” she shouted in surprise.

“Oh my gosh, what happened to you?!” She asked, not knowing what to do.

Raffy just moaned, and turn himself to face Selena, and smiled slightly before he pass out again.

Selena, stared at Raffy after he pass out leaving her not knowing what to do.

What the hell happened that made Raffy seems drowned himself with liquor? She asked to herself, and decided to pull Raffy inside her pad.

“Amp!”

She moaned out of struggle as she pull Raffy’s heavy large frame towards her living room. She even can’t help but to curse as she felt her sweat starting to came out from her forehead.

“W-Why are you so heavy?!” She asked out of breath.

She was just made to pull Raffy halfway to her living room. She releases a deep heavy sigh and stared at Raffy’s sleeping face while fanning herself.

“You reek of alcohol, just how much did you drink? You always came here looking like that, psh!” She said talking to the sleeping Raffy.

Another heavy sigh, come out of her before she decided to continue to pull Raffy, but she was about to reach Raffy’s hand to pull him when she head a phone rang.

She halted, and went besides Raffy, and squatted. The phone rang continuously, as she continue to seek for Raffy phone, and found it, in his pants pocket.

Carefully she took it, to see who is it, for it might be important as seem the caller doesn’t have any intention to stop calling. She saw the call coming from an unregistered number. She is thinking whether to accept it or not, but when she was about to answer it, the call died. But after some time, a text message arrived.

Its me Sander, where are you? Can you please answer the phone?