Cherish Love

ANNE ALEXANDRIA CHLOE's POV

We are now currently eating here together while these two are teasing each other.

"Hey! Don't just get other people's food, especially when it's already on their plate!" Dylan's younger brother, Darryl said to her younger sister, Diane who is now completely ignoring his older brother nags. Hahaha! How cute ~

"Hey… Have you forgotten that we have a visitor tonight?" I heard Dylan suddenly said that made these two turned to look at him in shock.

"Oh, that's right… We are very sorry, Ms. Chloe…" These two kids said as they both apologized to me. Huh?

"No… You don't have to apologize to me… Well, actually…" I said that made all three of them turned to look at me while waiting to what I'm going to say...

"I'm so happy to see you as close as this to your brother because I couldn't help myself but remembered my childhood to the both of you…" I said while I continue to smile at them that made them both smile once again.

"Really, Miss Chloe?" Darryl suddenly asked that made slightly uncomfortable.

"Yes…" I said asI tried my uneasiness. Goodness… I think that I'm just a year or two older than them but every time they call me that… It feels like I'm already an old woman now...

"What about it, Miss Chloe?" I heard Darryl asked once again. Oh, my childhood memories?

"Yes, can we hear about it, Ms. Chloe?" Diane asked with so much excitement. I don't know why but I really enjoyed talking with these two which is very uncommon to me who's very distant to other people. Oh well, I was about to tell them my childhood story when this guy beside me suddenly interrupts again.

"Darryl… Diane… Show some manners to our visitor." Dylan warns them that made their excitement turns into sadness. Oh geez, this guy...

"Dylan, don't be like that… It's fine…" I told him that made him turned to look at me as if he couldn't believe what I just said. I just ignored him before looking back at these two.

"Of course, I would love to, Diane and Darryl! But before that, will you two please stop calling me 'Miss Chloe' already? Because it feels like I'm too old for my age." I told them politely and with a gentle voice.

"Then what should we call you?" Diane suddenly asked. Hmmm…? Wait a minute! I turned to look at my side who's now eating his food. Hmmm…? I think he's getting better now...

"Why don't you try asking your older brother instead?" I said to Diane that made Dylan arched his brows.

"Hmmm…? About what?" We heard Dylan said before he drinks his water.

"Aren't you listening to us, Dylan?" I asked him a bit annoyed because I know that he heard it but why is he still asking me that?

"I know that but why should it be decided by me?" Dylan suddenly asked that made me just smiled at her.

"Because you are my fiance, right?" I said that made him surprised. Oh come on! Have you forgotten that we should act like a real couple to everyone around us? So that means, it includes your family, you crazy Dylan! I saw him took a deep sighed before he started to speak...

"Then… Just call her sister Chloe…" Dylan said as he smiled at us that made me smile as well. Very good, Dylan...

"Sister Chloe…" Diane and Darryl suddenly said that made me returned my attention to them as I saw them both looking at me with an expressionless face? Huh? Why? I was about to ask them what's on their minds when Diane suddenly speaks.

"Wow! That sounds so beautiful! Thank you, brother!" Diane said happily while her brother, Darryl is just looking at her with a wide smile on his face.

"Then sister Chloe, can you tell what kind of childhood memories that you reminisce while watching us a while ago?" I heard Darryl suddenly asked that made me remember what I've promised them a while ago...

"Well… When I was young, my brother and I used to fight just like the two of you because that's what are siblings for, right? But the only difference is…" I said as I started to remember those times when brother Charles and I used to fight over such a small matter but...

"My brother makes me win always…" I said as I continued. Yes, that's right… My brother may not look like who can easily surrender like that because he really is someone who likes to give orders and would never accept 'no' as an answer but when it comes to me, I doubt he can do that. Hahaha!

"Wow! He's such a nice older brother, sister Chloe! Your older brother is totally different from Darryl…" Diane said as she starts to tease her older brother again. Hehehe.

"What are you talking about? You're actually the one who loves to bully me, Diane." Darryl said a bit irritatedly and sound hurt to his younger sister.

"Oh really? I don't think so ~" Diane said while smiling before ate her food. Ahm… Isn't it time for you to stop teasing your brother already, Diane?

"Hmmm… You're right, Diane… They are different because they are really totally different people but you know what?" I said as I look at her straight in her eyes… Wow, Diane is really beautiful and Darryl is also handsome as well… Hmmm… Their genes are not bad. Hahaha!

"All older brothers loves their younger siblings so much, Diane…" I said as I tried to lighten the mood because I could feel that Darryl is starting to get hurt on what Diane has been saying now though it was just a joke but sometimes even if it's just a joke… It may also hurt other people's feelings...

"Really? I know that brother Dylan loves me but I'm not totally sure with Darryl…" Diane said once again that made all of us sighed. Here she goes again...

"Of course, I am! How dare you!" Darryl said to his sister before he ate his dinner. Oh, he's now really irritated. Hmmm…? What should I do?

"You're really such a joker, Diane. Hahaha! But kidding aside… You are really lucky to have Dylan and Darryl as your older brothers so please don't tease them too much, okay?" I said calmly just like how sister Lily always talk to me and now I finally understand why. Hahaha! I saw her suddenly looked at me in shock before she took a deep sighed as smiled at me and nodded her head.

"I will, sister Chloe… I'm sorry, Darryl…" Diane said as she finally apologized to her brother that made Darryl just smiled as he tapped his sister's shoulder. I couldn't help myself but smile. We should always be aware of what we are going to say whether it's just a joke or not because it might really hurt someone's feelings...

"By the way, how old are you two? And when are your birthday?" I asked as I changed the topic before I ate my dinner.

"I'm 15 years old and my birthday is on the 17th of July." Diane said actively. Oh geez. She's so hyper. Hahaha! Diane is totally different from her two older brothers. Hahaha! Though Dylan also loves to tease me sometimes. Hahaha!

"I'm 16 already and my birthday is on the 8th of August." Darryl said while still smiling. Oh, look at that smile. He's getting more handsome when he's smiling.

"Oh, so it already passed by but I want to greet you both a belated happy birthday." I said while still smiling at them that made the two of them looked at me in surprise. Hmmm…? Why?

"Thanks, sister Chloe!" They both said in unison that made me smile even more. I don't know why but I have a feeling that I like them both...

"Wait a minute… Why do I suddenly feel like I was left out just now?" I heard Dylan suddenly said that made the three of us turned to look at him. Oh, he's still here. Just kidding. Hahaha!

"Because I already know you so there's nothing I should need to learn more about you?" I said while still smiling at him but I was left off guard when Dylan suddenly speaks.

"Oh really? Are you sure about that, Miss Chloe Ramirez?" Dylan said meaningfully that made the three of us looked at each other before we all started laughing.

Our dinner just ended, Diane already washed the dishes while I was helping her to wipe and dried up the dishes while those two boys are fixing the table. Honestly, this is really the first time I have experienced all of this but I must admit… I enjoyed it. Hahaha! I was brought back in my senses when Diane suddenly came.

"Sister Chloe..." I heard Diane called me and when I turned to look at her, I saw her holding a tray with a tea.

"Oh my… Thanks for the tea and also for the delicious dinner we had just now, Diane." I said as she gave me the tea while the other one is for her before she sat beside me. Well, we're at the living room right now while those two boys are doing something we don't know in the kitchen.

"Your welcome, sister Chloe… Are you staying here for the night?" Diane suddenly asked that almost made me choke.

"Hmmm…? Ahm… Well… Sad to say, I can't because my parents will get worried if I hadn't returned home especially my crazy older brother…" I said as I smiled at her before I take a sip on my tea again. Hmmm… This tea tastes so good. I'm currently enjoying my tea when I heard Diane suddenly speaks.

"I wonder how does it feels like..." Diane said so meaningfully that made me confused.

"Hmmm…?" I asked her that made her just took a deep breath before showing a weak smile at me. What's wrong?

"To have a parents who will get worried for you when you got home late…" Diane said sadly that reminds me of what my brother had told me before about their parents...

"I heard that your parents died three years ago..." I said as I tried to sense the atmosphere if I can ask that question to her. At first, I almost regretted it because she suddenly becomes so sad and when I was about to take it back when Diane suddenly looks at me and smiled at me.

"Yes and until now, I missed them so much, especially my older sister…" I heard Diane said that shocked me.

"You have an older sister?" I asked that made her just nod.

"Yes… Her name is Daniella… She is the eldest among us." Diane said. Ah okay… I thought that Dylan was the eldest among them.

"But you know what, sister Chloe? You we're right..." Diane suddenly said that made me returned my attention to her.

"About what?" I asked before I saw her smiled gently at me.

"That I'm very lucky to have brothers like them because if it wasn't for them… I don't know if I can overcome my sadness that time for losing both of our parents and our older sister at such a young age..." Diane said that made my heart aches. I know that I don't know how it feels like to lose someone important to you but I already felt that kind of sadness that you wanted to be with that person but unfortunately, you can't...

"Sister Chloe…" I heard Diane suddenly said that brought me back in my senses.

"Yes, Diane?" I asked her while she's still smiling at me.

"You know what? I have never seen my brother as happy as this before even though he already brought a girl here before…" Diane said that shocked me.

"Really?" I asked her that made her just nod while still looking at me.

"And also…" Diane said that made her took a deep breath before she started speaking once again.

"I like you better than the girl brother Dylan brought here before…" Diane said that made me caught off guard. W-what?

"R-really?" I asked that made her just nod before she becomes serious once again...

"Yes that's why…" Diane said as she lowered her head down.

"Please take care of my brother, sister Chloe…" She said as her tears started to flow down on her cheeks that made my heart skip a beat. Diane… I put my hand on her shoulder as I gently calms her down.

"Don't worry... I promise you that I will take care of him, Diane…" I said. I promise to take care of him for as long as we are under that contract…

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"Dylan…" I called him that made him took a quick glance on me before returning his attention to the road.

"Hmmm…?" Dylan asked. We are now on the way to my house right now. Actually, I already told him that I can just call our driver to pick me up at their house but he still insist on accompanying me even though he's still sick. I just sighed. He's such a headache sometimes...

"Diane is the youngest, right?" I asked while he's still driving.

"Yes. Why did you ask?" Dylan simply just nod. I really hope that his fever would not get worse because of his stubbornness.

"Well, she just gave you to me a while ago while telling me to take care of you." I told him that made him take a quick glance on me.

"Seriously? Diane said that?" Dylan asked in disbelief that made me just nod.

"Why? Do I look like I was just joking?" I asked him that made him shook his head.

"No… It's not that. I'm just shocked because Diane usually hates the girls we introduced to her before…" I heard Dylan said while still focused on driving.

"You mean, Darryl and you?" I asked.

"Yes…" Dylan said. Oh, but Darryl is still young, right? Oh, well whatever...

"But she just did and she also cried to me while saying those things…" I said that made Dylan took a deep sigh. I think I know what he's thinking now...

"Somehow, I suddenly feel guilty because we're just lying to them..." I said that made him sigh before he nods at me. So, I was right… We're thinking the same thing...

"They will definitely understand us soon…" Dylan said simply but seriously that made me just sighed.

"I hope so…" I said because to be honest, I don't want to be hated by them...