The Broken Promise

Chapter 4

Zane looked at Luciana and asked. Luciana waited for a while and quickly pecked on his lips with a shy face.

"I like you" She whispered and only Zane could hear her voice. Zane stayed like a frozen mountain and looked at her again before walking away without any response. Luciana didn't care about his attitude, she just stood there like a lovesick girl and watched him leave. Luciana was happy because she could spend time with Zane.

"Are you happy now?" Lina asked Luciana and Luciana nodded at Lina with a smile but her eyes were still watching Zane's fading silhouette.

"Lucy I don't understand the way you acted in front of everyone" Lina sighed as she remembered her friend's past actions.

"Why? I like him and everyone should know that he's mine" Lina raised her hands and nodded because she knew there's no way for her to win against Luciana.

Meanwhile, Zane's heartbeat was like a rapid fire. He tried to calm himself but he couldn't because he could still feel those soft lips on his. He let out a deep sigh and shook the weird thought away.

"Who knew she was the president's daughter? I've heard about her but never seen her because she really kept a low profile" Zane didn't reply to Shawn, he just walked out of the building and walked towards his car.

"Zane, you like her?" Suddenly Shawn asked, Zane leaned against his car and looked at Shawn and shook his head.

"She's a kid. Ignorant and childish." Zane spoke with a small smile on his face and quickly that smile was replaced with his same coldness.

"But why do I feel like she would be a great match for you?" Shawn's words turned Zane into a silence.

"Give me a cigarette." After a deadly silence between two friends Zane asked Shawn. Shawn took out the cigarette box from his pocket and gave one to Zane with the lighter. Zane lit his cigarette and placed it between his lips as he took a puff of the cigarette.

"I'm going. Tell my father I went to my apartment and I'll meet him tomorrow" Zane got into the car and said as he blew a beautiful smokering. Shawn nodded and waved him goodbye.

Zane went home but he couldn't get Luciana out of his mind and he didn't know why and how. He shook his thoughts away and went into the washroom to grab a shower.

After taking a shower he changed into sweatpants and laid on the bed. He placed his hand on his chest and touched the scar on his chest. He still couldn't forget that moment because it's still haunting him. He shut his eyes tightly and took a deep breath to calm himself and forget it before sleeping.

"Zane.. I know that nothing can save me now. Leave before they find you. We should finish the mission" Zane's hands were covered with blood and also his body. His tears rolled down from his eyes for the second time in his life as he looked at his best friend who took a bullet to save him. Blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth and his eyes were red.

"I can't leave you here" Zane said as he wiped his tears and tried to help his friend to move.

"Take…. the photo in my…. Pocket and leave. Give it to my little brother" He couldn't even talk properly because he's losing all strength alone with his soul.

"No.. No.. You're going with me" Zane shook his head violently and his breath became heavy.

"f**k OFF FROM MY SIGHT ZANE. I f*****g HATE YOU"

Zane's eyes snapped open as he immediately sat up on the bed. He looked at his trembling arms. He didn't even know that he fell asleep. His body was covered with sweat and he got up from the bed and strode into the washroom.

He took a cold shower and came out of the washroom as he heard his phone ringing. He checked the time and it's almost one in the morning. Who the hell is calling at this hour? With that thought he answered the phone.

"Zane, were you sleeping?" He heard a pleasant voice of a girl and he immediately recognized the owner of that voice.

"Zane? It's me Luciana" She again spoke because he didn't reply.

"Hmm.." Zane hummed and acknowledged her as she started to giggle. Zane's heart filled with an unknown warmth as he heard her voice.

"I remembered you and called you." Her voice was cute and Zane's heartbeat quickened.

"Where did you find my number?" It was a question to him because it was his new number and he didn't give it to anyone.

"I stole it from Uncle Henry." Luciana's words made Zane let out a deep sigh. She stole? Why can't she tell me that she took it? He smiled with that thought.

"Hmm. sleep" He simply said as he tried to hang up on the call.

"Wait Zane," He again heard her impatient voice and he stopped and listened to her.

"Dream about me and don't think about other women. You're mine.. mwahh" She said with a serious voice and even gave him a kiss through the phone and just hung up the call before Zane could even tell her anything.

He sighed and stared at his phone before placing it on the table. Then he walked towards the big glass window in his room after grabbing a cigarette. As he lit the cigarette and started to take puffs and watched the beauty of the city. He missed this city for ten years and now he's back. He left the city and joined the military force after the day of his mother's death. His mother's death was something that he couldn't bear so he left without even letting his father know.

Most painful tragedies happened after he joined the military. He was a man who had a soft heart and who grew up under his mother's wings ten years ago but his soft heart turned to stone while he was training in the military. He witnessed how cruel the world is. While losing his comrades and his leaders, his soul became stronger and brave so he survived from the calamity of six years ago.

He lost the teenage boy who always had a smile on his face and was replaced with a man without emotions but he couldn't understand the feelings that Luciana was giving him.