Erina's Curse (ENGLISH VERSION)

Chapter 19.2

I suddenly remembered that Kesha’s going to celebrate her birthday next week. But as early as now, I can already predict that she would celebrate it earlier because we’ll be extremely busy soon.

"Next Sunday. As always in our house, duh!"

She even frowned at me like I’m asking a very obvious question. This b***h. Kesha came from a very rich family; her father is the Health and Welfare Minister while her mother is the Women government minister of the country. That’s why she celebrates her birthday in their house, I mean in their mansion which is so big I can probably get lost in there.

"What do you want as gift?" Raqi asked.

"Anything," Kesha answered.

"Will a piece of land be fine with you?" I asked. Kesha frowned then acted like she’s thinking about it deeply. "Wow, why don’t you add a house so it would be a house and lot?” I forced myself to remain stoic while standing up. I got the flowerpot in the veranda then walked towards them.

"Will this be enough?" I showed her the plant pot.

"f**k you," she threw a tissue at me while we all laughed.

The next few days were spent through rehearsals. I was very tired because I had to do two rehearsals every day: one for the group and one with Nathan. I still find it hard to reach Silas, but he tests me sometimes so I’m getting by.

"This is good, really good."

One of the producers complimented the final version of the song. We've been working on it for weeks and it feels good that the people in the company liked it. I don’t know if I’m tired because of the process of creating a song or the process of evading Nathan every chance I get. From the song writing, recording, practice and even in the photoshoot of the album cover, we were both evading each other like we have a contagious skin disease. Even the manager shave noticed what was happening that we were scolded because we lack chemistry and that’s not okay especially when we start performing already.  

"Congratulations to you two," Sir Leo hugged us both. Nathan and I met eyes, but he immediately evaded my gaze. I raised my brow but immediately smiled when another producer shook my hands to congratulate me.

The song would be released in three days and the promotional plan includes me and Nathan having a live, so we excused ourselves to prepare and finish early. We walk straight to the studio. He was about to sit on the sofa when I pulled his arm.

"Let's make this clear," I displayed my b***h face and looked him in the eye. "I know that you didn't ask to be in this situation, but so am I. So, if we want to make this work, we need to talk."

"Sorry," I sighed deeply when he agreed.

We fixed our faces and expressions first before starting the live. We sat side by side and greeted our fans. We followed the script given by the management, then we added some adlibs that we though are fun. After almost two hours, Nathan turned the live off and the smile on our faces immediately faded.

"I’ll go first," he just nodded and walk straight out of the door.

I still have time, so I ask the driver to drop me in the nearest shopping mall, I'm perfectly in disguise so I was confident as I strut to the bookstore and bought Kesha a book. She's very well off she doesn't need more expensive gifts.

I immediately went home after because it’s getting late and I need to rest. When I got home, the girls are already preparing dinner. After eating dinner, I was not able to join them when they decided to watch a movie in Netflix. I have an early appointment tomorrow because Nathan and I will do guesting in an early morning talk show. I sent a text message to Silas, but I wasn’t able to wait for his reply as I drifted off to sleep.

I woke up the next morning because of the continuous ringing of my phone. When I saw who’s calling, I immediately stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

"Honey!"

My smile is so wide that it reaches my ears. I missed him; I think this is the only time that he called first because I’m usually the one calling but he always can’t answer.

"I miss you," I can hear the longing in his voice. I miss him too, but this is the job we chose to do, and we really can’t avoid being busy and having little to no time with each other.

"When are you going home?"

"Next week hon, we’ll be finish here soon."

We talked some more but Miss Diane’s already calling me reminding me about my early appointment.

"Hon, I have something to tell yo--"

"Baby, I really need to go now. The managers are blowing my ears off already,” we spoke at the same time, but I really didn’t have enough time to talk because I still needed to prepare so I needed to end the call.

"Okay," after saying our 'I love yous' I ended the call and started preparing.

I chose to wear a Tie dye halter top paired with mom jeans. I also wear a Chanel ribbon as belt, a Chanel Premier chain watch and round locket ring for accessories. I rode a different car because the girls will go straight to the company while I'll go straight to the studio where the interview will be held. I didn't have time to talk to the people in the backstage and just walk straight in the filming set.

"So, how's working with each other?"

Nathan and I smiled at each other first before answering the female host’s question. The questions are already given to us yesterday so obviously, the answers are already scripted. Nathan and I are also extra touchy with each other because the management instructed us to do this to spark an issue about us for good publicity.

After almost two hours of interviews and mini activities in the talk show, we needed to bid goodbyes because we still have radio shows to attend to. After that, we are scheduled to appear in a noontime talk show. Our schedule is full because its Saturday and it’s our day off tomorrow.

It’s almost 10 pm already when I finally got home. After the guesting, we headed straight to the company for final rehearsal. The girls are already asleep. They slept early because we’ll travel early tomorrow to go to their mansion. After taking a bath, I went out of the room and went to the living room to wrap my gift for Kesha. I tried calling Silas but he’s still not answering so I just texted him.  

After gift wrapping the book, I was about to sleep already when I received a text message from Silas.

From: Honey w/o a bee

I love you.

To: Honey w/o a bee

Miss me already? Haha

I laughed out loud when he replied are you really asking me that? We were just exchanging text messages because that’s the only thing the signal in there permits. He was telling me about how one of the casts hurt himself while doing an act, but I guess because of too much work, I fell asleep.

The next day, we all woke up early. I checked my phone and saw that Silas sent me an I love you so I texted him back. I just wore a black jumpsuit with elbow-length sleeves. I partnered it with a black Ryker slide sandals and my Navy tumbler bag. I decided to wear it casual because Kesha said that the party is not that formal.

Their limousine fetched us from the house and after almost an hour, we reached their grand mansion. The garden is already filled with table and decors as the event coordinators are already there.  We walked towards their front door when we came across her dad.

"Dad!"

Kesha exclaimed then run towards her father. Tito Bernard also greeted us and ordered us to get in the house so we can relax and not be disturbed by the noise in the garden. Kesha’s relatives are coming one by one, so she didn’t have the chance to even sit as she entertains them. When the clock ticks at 12pm, the party officially started. The foods are great and the background video playing while the guests are giving their speeches is really funny too. It's a video of Kesha when she was younger. She’s already such a brat even when she was young.

But the highlight of the party was the opening of gifts, Kesha has already opened almost all the gifts when Tito Bernard and Tita Eunice handed her a key. Every guest’s head turn into the garage as it suddenly opened, and a red sports car appeared.

"Why does she look like she won a lottery or something?" I asked as we saw Kesha run towards the car.

"True. She got better cars than that," Sassy added.

"That's a Lykan Hyper Sport, the most expensive car used in Fast and Furious movies," Leina answered. Sassy and I nodded our heads in understanding.

"And with her family's wealth, I bet my life that that's the exact same car used in the movie," Raqi explained.

Our mouths formed the letter ‘O’ and we can’t seem to shut them up. That’s why, that must have cost millions of dollars. Kesha is such a spoiled brat.

We were supposed to go back home but Kesha used her birthday card to force us into a sleepover. I just finished taking a bath when I remembered to check my phone. Silas did not send me any message, so I went to check i********: instead. Oh, Sassy already posted pictures of the party earlier, I'll search my gallery later so I can greet Kesha online too.

"What do you want for our midnight snacks?" Kesha asked.

"Pizza and Chi---"

The girls immediately went to where I’m standing as I stopped talking and dropped my phone on the carpeted floor.

"Erina, what happen to you? What’s wrong, babe?"

I didn’t catch on who spoke or asked a question because I’m still disoriented as I picked the phone up to double check If I really saw what I saw. They saw what is in my phone which made them speechless too.

"Maybe that’s just one of the scenes in the drama Erina," I throw a glance at Raqi as she spoke.

She's right. So, what if they were photographed kissing? Silas and Suzy? They’re actors! For sure that’s one of the scenes and just a publicity stunt. Yeah, that’s just that. The fans are just overreacting and they’re shipping of course! They’re the leads, they should have scenes like that, Yeah, convince yourself Erina…... I beg my heart to stop hurting and my brain to stop overthinking. Silas will never hurt me.

I tried to calm myself then smiled. But the smile on my face immediately vanished when I scrolled up. There are two different pictures edited to fit the frame. The first one was a picture of them posted in Suzy’s i********: account while the other one was a stolen photo of the two of them inside a pet shop. The fans are claiming that that are dating after the shoot. There are also people commenting that they are totally different persons.

But I knew better. Maybe that’s the case if you really love someone. Even if half their face is covered, and even if the picture was blurry, I knew that it was Silas. I know his posture. I know his body shape. I know everything about him.

That’s why he can’t even text or call me now. He’s busy taking care of someone else.