Lucky Woman ...
1177 Words
Sofia is a little nervous about meeting eva after five years. back then, they only talked once, but he didn't understand what eva meant, now with the little information he knows, he understands what eva meant at that time.
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flash back
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sofia checks her cellphone whether there is a message from dominic or not.
nothing.
'where is she? we promised to meet here fifteen minutes ago!'
sofia will understand if she has an urgent need, but at least tell her not to wait like a stupid woman in the campus park alone standing under a tree whose leaves are falling into winter.
"the sunset is beautiful, isn't it?" suddenly a soft female voice filled sofia's ears.
sofia turned her head to see who, "oh ..." it was the woman who had recently been close to arsenio, "eva, right?"
the woman named eva smiled her beautiful smile, "you're waiting for someone, sofia?"
"yes, my boyfriend." sofia doesn't know eva, in fact this is the first time they've talked, so it's okay to admit her lover dominic, "who are you waiting for yourself? is it arsenio? he's been home since noon, eva."
i don't know what happened to arsenio, lately he doesn't have time to spend with him and other friends, always goes straight home.
sofia can only think she went home first to be able to have fun with cindy. he stroked his chest which ached at the thought of him being with another woman.
'you can, sofia. you can forget arsenio.'
sofia took a deep breath, then let it out. he felt better if he did, even though the pain was still there.
"oh..." eva mumbled in disappointment "i think i came here wrong."
"you don't have arsenio's cell phone number?" sofia guessed.
eva carved a beautiful smile again, "i know, but i can't ignore the sunset here is very beautiful, i unconsciously came here without telling arsenio."
sofia doesn't think the sunset on campus is more beautiful than watching it on the roof of her house, that's just her opinion, "is that so?"
eva nodded slightly, directing her eyes back to the slowly setting sun, "ah ... if only i had a special person to spend time with right now."
from what eva said it looks like she's in arsenio's friendzone.
'poor her. arsenio is indeed a womanizer.'
"so you're really lucky, sofia," eva confessed, "the luckiest woman to have a special man like dominic."
sofia doesn't understand why eva suddenly said that even though her status is still dominic's lover, not wife or something, "um ... thank you?" he said awkwardly. "i can be your special friend now, eva." he offered himself, he could do it while waiting for his lover to come.
eva smiled broadly at that, "you make me happy. thank you, sofia."
for some reason seeing the spark of happiness in eva's eyes made sofia feel it too, "you're welcome."
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flashback done
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'i can't believe he was talking about dominic at the time.'
sofia glanced at arsenio who had been quietly focused on driving the car to where eva was staying, "you know, you can tell me everything instead of me having dinner with you and him."
he was sure eva didn't expect him to see him again because he was dominic's lover.
"i want you to know directly from mulig eva because you can't get an explanation from dominic," arsenio explained while glancing at him once in a while, "after all, i'm just helping eva get through a tough time."
"to me, you are equally aware of their problems." sofia doesn't really agree with her idea.
"you want the truth, so i'll give you," arsenio said, "if you hear my story, you might not believe it so it's better than eva. eva knows best, she knows why dominic did that five years ago."
sofia didn't protest anymore, "eva doesn't hate me?"
"of course not," arsenio answered quickly confidently with his words, "maybe at first, but after giving birth, he's more mature and tends to ... um ..." he didn't want to continue because he was afraid he'd get angry.
"he why?" sofia is curious.
arsenio laughed awkwardly. how did he say that eva felt sorry for him? "oh! we're here, sofia."
sofia glanced out of the car. he saw a luxurious european-style house with a small river in the front yard, "wow, eva
"you'd be surprised to learn that eva is a fairly well-known lawyer in new jersey," arsenio said proudly, "eva fell into depression, but she managed to get up with her pregnancy, and realized that the best revenge was to be an independent woman without begging. to dominic."
just hearing sofia can imagine what kind of eva. he always admired people who could get through their dark times, rise to the top, "but her daughter definitely needs a father figure, right?"
he understands that eva hates dominic, but their daughter doesn't know about their complicated relationship, what is needed in childhood is the love of both parents.
"i also said that to eva, but skylar is smarter than you think, sofia," arsenio said in awe, "he understood when eva asked if she wanted to meet her father."
"you come here often?"
"this is the first time i've seen each other after two years apart," arsenio replied, "i just got the news via a message from eva."
"then let's go out." sofia, who was a little worried at first hearing about eva and skylar, calmed her heart a little.
"wait!" arsenio held his hand before he could reach the car door handle, "you won't be mad if cindy comes to dinner with us...?"
"cindy? you're kidding, aren't you?"
cindy is the last person sofia wants to see right now!
"i just got a message from eva that cindy is also here." arsenio explained awkwardly, "i swear i know nothing about this, sofia." he really wanted to cancel, but reading the message that explained skylar was excited to meet him melted his heart. he couldn't break his promise just because of cindy.
today is really the worst in this month.
sofia is sure cindy will tease her about her relationship with dominic. he had heard enough from arsenio since yesterday, "you got him out of here."
"i'm not sure i can do it," arsenio knew very well the typical cindy who was stubborn especially when she was also helping eva who was having a hard time, "we'd better go inside, sofia."
"you want this dinner to be a nightmare for skylar?" sofia asked sharply. he's not in the mood to act like an angel tonight.
arsenio scratched the back of his head awkwardly looking outside looking eva and cindy outside waving friendly hands at them "i promise it won't happen as you say."
"arsenio, this is no time to brag."
"they've seen us, sofia." arsenio said surrender.
sofia turned her head, and sure enough, she saw cindy walking towards the car she was in with a wide grin on the corner of her lips.
oh, hell no...
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