Cherish Love

ANNE ALEXANDRIA CHLOE's POV

I am now fixing my french braided hair into a bun right now because today is the day that I will be going back to school since that incident happens when I suddenly heard a knock on my door.

"Come in." I said before I stood up and looked at my reflection in the mirror. Perfect.

"Good morning, Chloe…" I heard sister Lily suddenly said as she slowly opened the door and enters my room.

"Oh, sister Lily… Good morning." I said as I walked closer to her and kissed her on her cheeks.

"Why aren't you wearing your uniform, sister Lily? Where are you going?" I asked because it's pretty rare for sister Lily to skip classes.

"Yes. Last night, I received a call from the Main Mansion and they are asking for my presence." I heard sister Lily suddenly said as she smiled at me. Oh…

"So brother will also skip classes today?" I asked sister Lily that made her just nod.

"Yes. Oh, by the way, breakfast is ready. Let's go now?" I heard sister Lily said happily that made me just nod before I wear my school uniform's coat and get my bag on my bed as we both left my room.

"Chloe, may I ask you something?" I heard sister Lily suddenly asked as we are walking towards the staircase. Hmmm…?

"What is it, sister Lily?" I asked her while we're now walking downstairs.

"We don't actually mean to see that but I was just curious…" I heard sister Lily said that made me furrowed my brows.

"What do you mean, sister Lily?" I asked while we've finally reached downstairs as we are now walking towards the dining room. I wonder what does sister Lily mean by that? I heard she took a deep breath first before started speaking once again.

"What were you two doing outside last night? If you don't mind me asking." Sister Lily suddenly asked that made me stop from walking as I turn to look at her in shock. Wait! What did she just saw!?

"You saw us last night, sister Lily?" I asked sister Lily as I saw her simply just nod. Eh!?

"Actually, your brother also saw the both of you last night." Sister Lily suddenly said that made my eyes grew even wider. What!?

"What?" I asked in shock as I saw sister Lily slowly nodded her head. Oh gosh...

"Yes..." Sister Lily said. Oh my gosh… Is that really true!?

"H-he did?" I asked as I saw sister Lily just nodded her head.

"Yes…" Sister Lily said seriously. No way! Oh my gosh!

=====FLASHBACK=====

"Let's go back now, Chloe. We still have classes tomorrow." I heard Dylan said that made me just nod. Oh, we didn't notice that we've been here already for quite long now.

"You're right." I said before I returned the tea cups on the tray.

"Let me---ah!" I said as I stood up when my vision suddenly went black. Oh my gosh.

"Hey, are you okay?" I heard Dylan's voice that made me slowly opened my eyes and saw him holding me close to him while looking at me with so much worries in his eyes.

"Y-yes… I-i just got dizzy when I suddenly stood up." I said as I heard Dylan suddenly took a deep sighed. My goodness. That was so sudden.

"Take a seat first and wait here. I'll just get something…" I heard Dylan said before he helps me to sit back once again as I saw him brought with him the tray as he goes back inside the house. I just sighed and closed my eyes. I'm just sitting here at the garden while my other hand is on my head. Why did I suddenly felt dizzy just now? I just took a deep sigh once again while resting my head. Maybe because of too much stress that I have been facing since this family tradition suddenly brought up but I was lucky that Dylan immediately catches me or else, I might have fallen down a while ago…

"Chloe…" I heard Dylan gently called my name that made me opened my eyes slowly as I saw him getting close to me holding a small bottle.

"Are you okay? Here. Smell it. It can help you relieve dizziness." I heard Dylan said that made me just nod and do what he says. Oh, it's a Lavender Oil.

"Thanks, Dylan…" I said after a few moments of silence. I saw him smiled at me as he nodded my head.

"That was nothing. How are you now?" I heard Dylan asked once again that made me just shook my head.

"I'm fine now… Let's go back inside now before---ah!" I said as I stood up when I suddenly lost my balance maybe because my body still feels weak but luckily, Dylan's reflexes are so fast and he immediately catches me and pulled me into a hug that made me stop.

"Hey! Are you really alright, Chloe?" I heard Dylan suddenly asked me that made me just nod as I lower down my head. Oh geez. When did I become so weak just like this?

=====END OF FLASHBACK=====

"As in 'everything'?" I asked once again to ensure if they have really seen that or not. Did they see that? Oh my gosh! Did they!?

"I'm not sure about that but we saw you two hugging last night." I heard sister Lily suddenly said that shocked me. WHAT!?

"What!?" I said in disbelief that made sister Lily laughed before she pinch my cheeks.

"What are you so afraid about anyway, Chloe? Both of you are engaged so there's nothing to worry about. I just asked that because I was just curious on what happened to the both of you last night…" I heard sister Lily said while still smiling at me. No, that's not the reason why I'm worried like this… I'm just scared that my brother will used this to annoy me!

"Hmmm…? What's happening here?" Our attention was suddenly diverted when we heard dad's voice from behind us and saw Dylan and brother standing beside him. W-what are they together!?

"G-good morning, dad…" I said in nervous as I saw my brother's devilish smile. Oh no… I'm dead now.

"Good morning. What are you two doing here? Your mom is already in the dining room together with Dylan's siblings." Dad said that made sister Lily and I looked at each other.

"We're now heading there, father." I heard sister Lily said politely that made father just nod. Hmmm…? Why are these two together this early in the morning? Did they talked about something?

"Is that so? Then let's all go there together now." Dad said seriously that made all of us just nod before dad starts to walk again as we followed him from behind.

"Hmmm…? I smell something fishy, Lily." We heard brother suddenly said in a low voice that caught our attention including Dylan who's walking beside me. W-wait!

"Charles, stop teasing your sister." I heard sister Lily said while gently looking at her crazy husband. Huhuhu. Sister Lily, help me!

"I am not. I just said that I smell something fishy..." Brother suddenly said before he took a short glance at us while giving us a weird smile.

"What's with your brother, Chloe?" I heard Dylan suddenly asked as we both stopped walking.

"He got something against us." I said seriously that made Dylan confused.

"What do you mean by that?" I heard Dylan suddenly asked that made me just sighed.

"He saw us hugging together last night at the garden." I said seriously before I took a deep sigh. Honestly speaking, aside from worrying that my brother might use this to tease me everyday… I'm also worried about Dylan because knowing my brother… His temper gets triggered easily, especially when someone is being involved with me. That crazy brother of mine is really crazy...

"Oh that..." I heard Dylan suddenly said simply that made me returned my attention to him.

"What's with that reaction?" I asked him as I arched my brows. What's with that? I saw him shrugged his shoulders before putting his hands on his pants pocket.

"Don't worry about that because we already talked about it a while ago." I heard Dylan suddenly said that surprised me. What?

"What?" I asked in surprised as I saw him nod his head while taking a deep breath. Really?

"That crazy brother of yours suddenly barge in the room so early in the morning just to confront me about that and believe me… He almost choke me to death." I heard Dylan said that made shocked me. What!?

"He did that?" I asked in disbelief. Oh no… This is what I'm afraid about to happen. That crazy brother of mine… I'm gonna punch him later...

"No, I was just kidding about choking me. Hahaha! But your brother was so serious a while ago, Chloe that gives me goosebumps so early in the morning." I heard Dylan suddenly said in amus.e.m.e.nt. What's with that reaction? I just shrugged my shoulders as I sighed. These two are really best friends… Two Crazy and Annoying Best of Friends...

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We just arrived at school right now and as we walk towards the campus… We saw that almost all the people here including the teachers and students are staring at us before they starts to whisper to each other. Wait a minute… What's wrong with them?

"What's with them?" I asked Dylan while we're both walking beside each other.

"I honestly don't know either. We just came here, right?" I heard Dylan suddenly said. Hmmm…? I have a bad feeling about this…

"But you know what? I can feel that something is wrong here…" I heard Dylan said once again while observing our surroundings. Yes, I do feel that also but I wonder what is it? I just came back to school after a long absence, so I can't think of any reasons of why are they acting like that… Did I do something wrong?

"Alex! Dylan!" Both of our attention was diverted when we heard Rachel suddenly calls us and saw her running towards us together with… If I am not mistaken, this guy is Dylan's friend… I think his name is Marvin…?

"What's with the rush, Rachel? What's happening here?" I asked as they finally reached us.

"Princess… Dylan… There's a rumor spreading around the campus." Marvin said as he whispered to us seriously that made me stopped. W-what?

"What kind of rumor was that?" Dylan suddenly asked him seriously before I suddenly felt his gazed diverted to me. W-what rumor?

"Just come with us." Rachel suddenly said before she pulled my hand as we all walk fast towards the School's Bulletin Board. Oh no… My heart is pumping so hard right now. I'm so scared… What kind of rumor was that? Is it something related to what happened to me before? I mean, when I suddenly committed suicide… No way… If that was really the rumor spreading around the campus then dad will definitely get mad at me…

"It's here." I heard Rachel and Marvin said in unison as we finally arrived. I took a deep breath to calm down myself first before I turn to look at the bulletin board to read the school headlines.

SCHOOL HEADLINES

The only daughter of the Ramilan Empire, Anne Alexandria Ramirez is already engaged to the future heir of the La Flair Conglomerates, Dylan Ethan La Flair.

That was what's written on the bulletin board that shocked me. W-what!?

"Is this true, Alex? Ethan?" I heard Rachel said as I continue to look at the bulletin board in disbelief. No way… H-how did they know about this? Oh no… What should I do? I can feel all the gazes of our classmates, schoolmates and all the people around us right now and I honestly don't know what to do anymore because we haven't talked about this matter to dad if we can tell everyone about our relationship because the Martinez Family still doesn't want to give up on me. Oh no… What should I do? My attention was suddenly diverted when I suddenly felt someone held my hand and when I turned to look at that person… I saw that it was Dylan and he is just smiling at me as if he's calming me down…

"Listen everyone..." I heard Dylan suddenly said before we both turned around to look at them as I saw everyone looking at us. Wait, what is he doing?

"I have something very important to announce." I hear Dylan said as he held my hand even more tightly. No way… What are you going to tell them, Dylan!?