Erina's Curse (ENGLISH VERSION)

Chapter 10.1

"Why are you still here?"

I asked him after he led me to his car. We were both soak in rainwater and I fear that I would trash his fancy car. Instead of answering my question, he extended his hand to get something from the backseat.

"Use this," he said while giving me a white towel.

I took the towel immediately because I was freezing, and pride would not get me warm.

"How about you?" I glanced at him still wet without a towel draped around his freezing body.

"I'll be fine," he said while smiling briefly. "Do you want to change your clothes? I don’t want you to get sick,” he added.

He extended his hand to get a brown paper bag from the back seat then he handed me a white shirt. I think I can change clothes here because his car is heavily tinted. I took the shirt he gave me and raise my eyebrows at him. He understands what I was about to say, and he immediately turn his back at me and face the window. I quickly removed his hoodie then my shirt. This is why I am so cold because I’m wearing too many clothes.

"Are you done?" he asked while still looking away. I finished wearing his big shirt so I told him that he can now look. I handed him the towel for him to use. I do not want him to freeze to death.

He was drying himself with the towel when I averted my gaze to the house. I remembered what happen earlier and I forced myself to stop the tears from falling, but of course I failed miserably. This is the first time that we had a big fight like this. And I'm not used to it and I don’t know how to f*****g fix this mess.

I was crying silently while looking at the window, so he will not notice that I’m crying again. I do not want him to see me like this. I do not want him to see me weak, wounded and crying.

"Erina......"

"What?" I tried to make my voice sound natural, but I think I failed because I heard him take a deep breath.

"Look at me, you’ll have stiff neck with what you’re doing,” he sounded so concern and if I were not thinking about the girls and our problem, I would feel giddy.

"I don’t want to...."I refuse to look at him. "My face is very puffy, and I look so ugly because I’ve been crying for hours”.

"Crying isn't a weakness, Erina. But if you really do not want me to see you crying, I'll look the other way," he said.

I look at him and I saw that he is looking at the window to not see my tears. Since he is not going to see me cry anymore, I leaned back and cried my hearts out. It is like losing all over again. Back then, I lost my parents, and now, it felt like losing my friends.

I cried for almost ten minutes when he handed me a bottle of water. I drank all the water because I felt like I poured all my liquids into tears and I will be dehydrated soon. After crying so hard, I felt like a little of the burden was lifted off my shoulders.

"Thank you," I uttered which made him look at me. He smiled and I smiled back.

Sometimes, what a broken heart needs is someone who is willing to listen to its cries. Just by listening and letting me pour my hearts out, he was able to make me feel better more than what comforting words can do.

"Where do you want to go now?"

"I don't know," I answered him truthfully.

Because I truly do not know where to go. I obviously can't go back in GreyHouse because the atmosphere there is going to kill me faster that global warming. I am tired and I don’t want to fight with the girls again.

We all need to cool our heads first. It's better to talk when all the people involved have open minds and calm hearts.

"Just bring me to the nearest hotel," I’ll stay there for a while, maybe. I'd be risking my safety, but I really don’t have any choice. My plan is to not get out and have room service do everything for me.

"That's risky, Erina. Why don’t you just go to your parents’ house?”

He suggested while looking into my eyes. I averted my gaze and shut my mouth. He was oblivious to my dysfunctional family. Well, no one really knows except GreyArea and H&H, of the truth about my family because the company didn't want my family affairs to go in public. According to them, having a separated parent will ruin my perfect image. The fans think that my parents are somehow somewhere around the world having the best of their lives after raising a perfect girl like me.

Which is kind of the truth. Except that they’re with their new families now. I can still remember my life back then. I grew up in Spain because my mom is half-Portuguese who migrated in Spain when she was young. She met my father there. My dad works in a factory while mom works as a Sous chef in a local restaurant near our home. I thought back then that whenever my dad travels back here is because he misses his own parents, we were unaware that he has his family here, a wife and a child.

Growing up, people always told me that I look different, in a good way. That if I polish my looks and dress well, I will look like a celebrity.  Because of my mom, I have this Latina look which distinguishes me from other idols, I look Spanish and I’m paper white because of my Asian father. Another feature which set me apart from others is my green eyes. Only about 2 percent of the world's population have green eyes and I am one of those people. Back then, I didn’t really think that I’d be a singer and a model. I didn't care about my looks and we didn’t really have the resources to buy beautiful clothes. We’re not rich, we just get by, but we were happy. I just didn't know that that happiness would end sooner than I expected.

"I'm sorry. I don't know your story, but I can clearly see from your eyes that it's a sensitive topic," he looked at me apologetically.

"It's okay."

It is a sensitive topic but I don’t really get mad when someone bring it up. I can't change my past and my past is tragic, but it made me who I am today.

"What do you think of staying in my condo for a while?"

"W-What?"

He was looking at me with serious eyes but we're also both blushing. Is he serious right now?

"Silas, I'll be okay. I don’t want to bother you with my problems," I avoided his eyes because it was awkward. I love him but I’m not yet ready for mature roles! I don’t even have any experience.

"Look Erina," he made me looked at him. "I have two guest rooms and I'm always busy so you wouldn’t even see me in my own condo that much. Please do this for me because I wouldn’t be able to sleep knowing that you're staying in a hotel alone when I could've helped you. You have a big name and that comes with a great threat to your security."

He has a point. Staying in a hotel is like living in the open. And I wouldn't trust their security because we’ve gone through several actors and actresses whose personal information was leak because of unethical hotel staff.

"Fine, but I promise that I'll moved out as soon as possible."

I hope I can fix this problem the soonest. I miss them already. It felt like a part of my soul was taken away from me and the only way to be happy again is too be with them.

He smiled at me then started driving. The sun is slowly setting because its already five in the afternoon. It's still raining outside so I indulge myself staring at the vehicles passing us. The city lights are now open, and they look majestic, like start in a dark sky. Shining so people will be guided on their way. Everything was peaceful except for the traffic. Its almost 7 pm already when we reach the third-floor parking lot of his condominium building. He helps me get out of the car and then he led me to the VIP elevator.  Because it’s an exclusive elevator, we reach the top floor without stopping at other floors.

He opened the door and led me inside. I wasn't wrong when I thought that he might have a huge space when he said that he has two guest rooms. I wasn’t shock that he owns the penthouse. He’s Silas Kim after all. The condominium is loft type because of the industrial designed stairs I saw in one corner. The interiors are mostly white and wood with a touch of a little black.

He led me to I guess one of the guest rooms and then left me there to get some clothes that I can use.  The guestroom didn't look like a guest room at all because it's spacious and it has its own entertainment area. There's also an en suite bathroom which I use to take a bath and clean up.

I was applying shampoo when I heard someone knocked on the bathroom door.

"I'll leave the clothes in the bed," I heard him said. I answered him briefly and proceeded to showering.

After taking a bath, I wore his shirt, boxer shorts and jogging pants. I look like homeless, but I really don’t have a choice, do I? I let my hair down because I wasn’t wearing any brassiere underneath my shirt. After checking myself in the mirror, I went out of the room and walk towards the living area.