Foretold by Fate

Chapter 20

Addison's POV

"S-sir?" I uttered when I saw him the moment I went out of the car.

"What are you doing here?" he asked. "Accompanying someone you just met?" he added.

I was stunned because he's also right. I actually didn't know what to say right now.

"A-ahm, I accompanied him because he needs someone to talk with," I answered.

Christian already seen by Sylvester and I got scared because of the way he looked at Christian.

"Good afternoon Sylv, it's been a long time we have seen each other." I was shocked because he knew Sylvester.

"You know him?" I asked Christian.

"Of course, we're friends so why not right Sylvester?" he told me.

"What are you doing with him?" The way Sylvester uttered those words is a bit scary. It is full of conviction.

"What are you talking about? I just invited him to accompany me since he talked to me earlier, what's wrong with it?"

Before the tension gets worse I immediately act as their mediator. I don't want to get the attention of those onlookers here right now.

"H-hey stop it guys! By the way S-sir what are you doing here?" I said.

"I think I should be the one who's asking that question?"

I just smiled awkwardly. "What are you doing here and why aren't you with them?" he asked.

"I invited him to accompany me, and please don't be mad at him, okay? Just calm, why don't you try to come with us instead?" It was Christian who interrupted him.

"A-actually Sir, I am the one who requested that I go separate ways because I want to be alone this time. However, Christian saw me sitting alone and he decided to sit beside me and he even talked to me earlier," I also explained. "B-but before I came here with him, I told David that I am going somewhere with someone and it was Christian that I am referring to," I added.

"I think you forgot to ask permission with me? If ever something happened to you, will your parents blame me because of your actions? If ever that's gonna happen, what are they gonna tell me? f*****g useless? I even promised to your parents that I will protect you at all cost because you are working under me, of course I will do it since they also asked me to do so…" he said sarcastically.

At this point in time, I want to go home and cry. Also, I want to disappear easily into the thin air.

"I-I am very sorry S-sir, if that is the case, Christian I can't accompany you, I'll just go back to the hotel and stay there today." I started walking but someone grabbed my hand—it was Christian.

"You're not going home, you are safe with me, and I am not going to do anything bad with you. Most importantly, I will not help anything happen to you, of course I will be held accountable if something happens to you, right?" he conveyed. "Please stay, I got you okay? Don't worry about Sylvester, I'll talk to him right after we eat okay? Please calm down," he even added.

I took a deep breath because of dismay. I feel sorry for myself today. I thought this would be the end of being lonely but I was wrong—something happened and it brings back the loneliness I felt earlier.

"I don't actually know what to say and what to do, maybe I can go back to the hotel so that you guys won't fight," I uttered.

"Don't go back, let's get inside the restaurant and eat. I know you're already hungry." It was Sylvester who's typing on his phone right now. "David? This is Sylvester, if ever you guys are already done eating or something else, you can go back to the hotel as you wanted to, don't worry about Addison I am with him already okay?" After he called David, he looked at me.

"Let's go." I nodded awkwardly while Christian just laughed—I heard him.

I don't know the history of these two peps yet. Maybe later while we are eating I can ask them both how their friendship started or maybe some other time. I can also sense that their friendship has a barrier. Maybe sometimes what happened before is why they act like that to each other or is it Sylvester who's acting aggressively?

"Just sit here, me and Sylvester will be the one who will order our food okay?" I stopped them.

"Can I do it instead? I am just working with Sylvester, yet, he's the one who will order our food,I think I am being disrespectful?"

"It's okay just stay there, and shut your mouth, you're adding more carbon dioxide here right now." Christian laughed again because of what he uttered.

I just rolled my eyes because of what he told me. "Whatever…" Then they left me dumbfounded.

I got my phone and texted my Mom that we're already here in Baguio. I also checked my social media accounts if they also messaged me there and yeah I got messages from them. By the way, Sylvester is something like a normal stranger without even knowing that he was the famous and richest businessman in Asia. Well, he is really prepared to disguise, luckily people can't recognize him because he is also wearing a cup.

"Hello Mom and Dad, I really miss you!" As they answered my video call.

Yes, we're doing a video call right now.

"Nice to see you again Honey!" Mom said. "Maybe some other time, if you have much time we can go there also, right Dad?" I saw my Dad nodding at my Mom's statement.

"I wish that both of you are also here, so that I can be more than happy. Anyway, I am with Sylvester and his friend right now Mom, we're going to eat snacks I think at the moment," I said.

"Where is he Honey?" Dad asked about Sylvester.

I flipped the camera into the back cam and showed where Sylvester is. Both of them asked where he was at the counter, and I told them he was wearing a white polo and a black cup.

"Oh so he's disguising right now, nice…"

Our conversation continued until the men came back. I bid goodbye to my parents and we started preparing our food. I don't know, it feels like I am not a servant at this point in time, because they both prepared the food on our table and I am just looking at them. I tried to help them but they stopped me from doing so.

"Hmm, can I ask you a question guys?" I broke the silence that was happening among us right now. We already started eating.

Sylvester just looked at me while Christian replied to me. "Sure, what is it?" he said.

"When did you guys start to know each other? And how did your friendship start?"

They both stopped eating and looked at each other. I don't know, there is something wrong with them.

"Should I tell him?" Christian asked Sylvester, "He might know our dark secrets," he even added.

"Lols, just tell them how it started, what dark secrets are you talking about?" Sylvester replied.

"Okay, I'll tell it to him. Actually, our friendship started when we were in grade school. We're classmates way back then but it was not yet the start of our friendship. It all started when someone was bullying him in the school. Since I am older than him, I helped him against those bullies. There is actually an exciting moment that day," he explained.

"What is it?" I asked.

"He was actually being pushed in the canals, I couldn't even recognize him before since the dirt was all over his face." Christian was laughing while stating those to me. He can still reminisce about what happened before.

Meanwhile, Sylvester is just smiling awkwardly in front of me right now. Maybe he was shy because it actually happened before and Christian is not lying.

"After that incident, I helped him go to the bathroom, and he immediately took a bath. I introduced myself to him that time also, take note it was only the day I introduced myself to him since our class started—like legit cause this man, nah! He's so picky when it comes to friends." he vocalized.

Our conversation continued and I learned that they became best friends. Well, you know When we are born, we get associated with our family by blood relation. However, there is a relation, which we choose ourselves. That relation is a friend. Friends make our life beautiful. The adventure of life becomes beautiful when good friends surround us. We all belong to a family, where we have our parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, etc. We get immense love, care, attention and guidance from our family.

Our life doesn't revolve only on the family phase. We all have our own purpose in life. Some members of our family go to school, some go to college, and our parents go to work. We all have a life outside our family. No journey of life seems interesting when traveling alone. We tend to make friends outside our family boundaries as that makes all life activities enjoyable.

We continued eating and I was shocked when I saw Sylvester smile. It was my first time seeing him like that. He is so damn handsome.

"You're handsome S-sir when you are smiling I really mean it," I said out of the blue.

He was shocked the moment he heard it from me. He was stunned and he can't do anything right now except blushing. Why is he blushing? Is it because of the spicy food he is eating right now? While Christian is just laughing beside him.

"I think someone is not going to sleep tonight and he will be productive," told by Christian.

"Huh? Why? Who's that?" He laughed so hard again.

"Stop it Christian!" Sylvester ordered him to stop but still he continued laughing. What's wrong with these men?

"Never mind, let's continue eating…" So I did.

Seeing Sylvester right now is a bit different. Friendship is really different. I mean it has a significant impact on our lives. We connect very quickly with people with whom our interests match. Infants are playful by nature. They always look for the company with whom they can play and explore their curious nature. Hence, when they meet any other infant of their age they connect easily over their common interest of playing.

A friend highlights mistakes and guides us in many ways. They also motivate us to realize our full potential. Also, we can easily discuss and share such issues and thoughts with our friends which we cannot share with our parents.