DANGEROUS ROMANCE Episode 24 – 25 by RUTHIE LEE

DANGEROUS ROMANCE Episode 24 by RUTHIE LEE

Leo looked back and forth between me and harmony and then the coffee stain on my maroon coloured shirt before saying,

“but Penelope knows her way around the house”

“oh, I guess I didn’t know that” harmony said …” with an innocent smile, while I just rolled my eyes at her and walked away to the bathroom downstairs, I cannot just deal with her right now..

I took my shirt off when I got into the fancy bathroom, I called to the sink and turned the faucet, as the water rushed out of the tap I placed my shirt on the sink and shoved the stained part under the running water. I sighed deeply as I slowly washed my shirt.

I can’t blame Leo for taking her back, he loves her. But she’s just so amusing, rude and..ugh.. I dislike her so much. Even when I first saw her, I know she’d be like this.

The door to the bathroom suddenly flew open, and I almost freaked out cause I thought it was Leo who walked in cause I’m not putting on a shirt, I’m just in a jean pants and a bra, but thankfully, not so happy about it though, it was harmony.

“here” she said stretching a clean white shirt towards.

“no need I’ll wear mine like that” I said and looked away.

“ugh, you’re so stubborn and annoying” she said with a disgusting scoff.

“so you even think i’ll lend you one of my shirt even if I had to, Leo suggested I lend you one of my shirt so this isn’t my doing, don’t get the wrong idea and put it on” harmony added and I sighed and snatched it from her hand while she angrily walked away slamming the door pretty hard.. I sighed and turned the faucet from the sink making the water stop running from the tap I clipped my shirt on a rope line beside the window, I rolled my eyes before putting on harmony’s shirt, wearing her clothes is as annoying as looking at her.

I walked out of the bathroom and head straight to the living room and I met Leo and harmony making out on the couch. I let them cut off their lips till they were satisfied and finally stopped before I said. “so what do you want me to make this morning?”, they both noticed me and turned.

“oh I almost forgot you’re ‘our’ new cook” harmony said standing up.. And I held this huge urge from rolling my eyes.

“and sweetie, I get to decide what you make now,you’ll follow my orders now” harmony said and I suddenly felt like Cinderella.

“what’s this, I’m just Leo’s cook, not your slave” I seethe.

“Leo and I are one now so I get to decide for us now” harmony said and I glance at Leo to see him smiling a bit.

“you know what I don’t even know why I asked cause I always decide since I’m the chef here” I said and started to walk to the kitchen. “hey! Get back here I’m going to be the one deciding now I don’t care if you’re the chef–

“just let her be” Leo tell and she kept quiet.

I got into the kitchen and huffed angrily, she Is just so annoying, if we’re going to continue like this I don’t think I can work here anymore.. I started to Make breakfast that morning my blood still boiling because of harmony.

I was chopping some vegetables when Leo walked in the kitchen and walked to the fridge to get a bottle of water.

“are you okay?” he asked.

“what makes you think I’m not” I said and looked up.

“the way you’re chopping those vegetables, is different from your normal way of chopping vegetables” he tells me and I sighed and turned back to the vegetables,

“well then I’m okay.” I breathed out

“you’re not.” he said and I sighed heavily.

“where are you trying to get to Leo?” I asked tiredly

“is it Harmony, is she giving you a hard time?” he asked curiously and drank from his bottled water.

“I’m glad you noticed” I tell him.

“yeah I did noticed, you two don’t get well with each other and yet standing together you both look like sisters” Leo said with a smile.

“sisters?, don’t make me stab myself with this knife” I warned and he laughed warmly.

“I’m sorry though, I love her and I just can’t do anything if she’s being rude to you” Leo said and I rolled my eyes.

“I know, you don’t need to apologize, she just doesn’t want to loose you, she thinks I’m trying to steal you from her” I explain.

“you’re not?” Leo teased and I rolled my eyes,

“I can’t steal you from her, one. You’re clearly not my type and even if I was trying to steal you from her I would have done that a long time ago cause she’s not a smart person.. No offense” I said and Leo shrugged, taking in the pain of me calling his girlfriend ‘not-smart’.

“maybe I need to explain more to her about us being friends” Leo said.

“our friendship haven’t even gotten to the ‘E’ in FRIENDS, It hasn’t even been a month since we met. Or get to know each other so you really need to tell your red-haired girlfriend to leave my single life alone” I say Calmly to Leo and he smiled

“sure, I’ll tell her that” Leo said and I nod and turned back to the vegetables..

“anyway why are you here, aren’t you supposed to be with her?” I asked

“oh, she’s actually taking her bath, so…” Leo replied and I shrugged and stayed quiet.

I thought he was about going when he paused and turned.

“so, when are you moving into your apartment?” he asked.

“maybe tomorrow” i muttered

“so you’re taking tomorrow off again”

“yeah can I?”

“Of course, you can take any day off” he said.

“thanks” I smiled.

“do you want me to come with your tomorrow, when you’ll be moving?” he asked but I shook my head negatively.

“thanks, but I don’t want to be murdered by harmony” I tell him and he just chuckled softly and walked away.

I prepared breakfast that morning and got everything set on the dining table, Leo and harmony walked in both of them dressed in all back looking like grim reapers..they really suit each other. Harmony sat down and sat down and start to eat. Before Leo and could even blink

“wow.. How nice I didn’t know such good cooking skill could come out from someone like you” harmony said and I rolled my eyes, Leo sat down and they both start to eat and I just didn’t know why I suddenly remembered Richard. I wonder how he’s doing with Olivia. Why do I even care if they’re doing well..

“aren’t you eating” Leo suddenly asked breaking and avoiding me from entering the world of me getting jealous over my ex.

“oh..” I breathed out and sat down.

“wait, why would she eat with us?” harmony asked suddenly with a loud voice.

“cause she always does” Leo replied lowly.

“no way, when Annie Beth and Carly was here, they don’t eat with us they–

“Mony! Just.. Look pen’s not Beth Annie and Carly, okay just let her be” leo said calmly and harmony glared at me and continued eating, I glance at Leo and he gave an apologetic look while I just shrugged and stood up.

“maybe it’s best I just eat In the living room” I said grabbing my tray of food.

“or the bathroom.” Harmony added,

“seriously, harmony,” Leo breathed out while I just walked to the living room with the tray in my hand..

The day went by slower than I could ever imagine and I almost committed murder because of harmony, she Just kept pissing me off and even though I was getting pissed of by her blabber mouth I just ignored her.. I didn’t eat lunch or dinner with them, and I could never be happier when it was time for me to go home.

“so you’ll be back here tomorrow again right?” harmony asked as I put on my shoes.

“why do you care, you don’t like me anyway” I said and tied my shoe lace before standing up.

“I don’t.. that’s why am asking” harmony replied and I rolled my eyes and walked passed her.

Leo came down from the stairs and I glance at harmony before turning to him.

“I’ll be leaving then” I tell him.

“okay,” Leo breathed out. And I glance at harmony one last time before walking out.

I got home safely and soaked myself under the shower, after that I wrapped my self in my towel before changing into something comfortable. I got in my bed tiredly and sighed, harmony voice and face flashed in my head and I rolled my eyes.. She’s a pain in the neck, head, hips, she’s a pain everywhere.

I got down from my bed and looked around my room, tomorrow’s my moving day, there’s a lot of things for me to do. I haven’t even gotten a chance to clean my new apartment before moving in, gosh there’s going to be a lot of work for me tomorrow, but thank god nothing in the apartment needs repair, the place’s still new and that’s what am happy about. Since there was still time before going to bed, I started to arrange some of my stuff in some cardboard boxes we have in our attic, so it’d easier for me when moving tomorrow,.. I got a black maker pen from my drawer and after placing all of my shoes in one of the boxes, I carefully wrote ‘shoes’ in the body of the box. I picked an outfit for tomorrow and carefully folded my clothes and after placing them in a nylon bag, I placed them in another box and titled it ‘clothes’.. I did that for some time and my room started to become empty little by little.

I heard a knock on my door and yelled ‘come in’

My mom walked in and I gasped softly, and smiled “mom, when did you get back, I was too busy with all these I didn’t know when you got back” I said,

And my mom slowly looked around my room.

“oh I almost forgot you’ve gotten an apartment” My mom said. Smiled and walked up to me..

“yeah, all Thanks to dad” I said. And thanks to Leo too but I better leave him out of this cause my mom doesn’t know who he is and I don’t have the strength to explain who he is to her.

“I can’t believe my daughter’s all grown up, I can still remember the first time you started walking and now you’ll be leaving home, I couldn’t be more proud Pen” my mom said and I smiled at her.

“so? Is there anything you’d like me to get for you, like a microwave, or a mini fridge or a–

“it’s okay mom, I’ can get all those myself,” I smiled.

“okay. I can’t believe it’s going to only just me and your father tomorrow” my mom breathed out.

“I can still stay here tomorrow, like sleep here if I don’t get everything done by tomorrow” I tell my mom and she nods.

“okay well do you want me to help you with anything? Should I help you in gathering your stuffs?” she offered but I shook my head negatively,

“no it’s okay, I’m almost done I don’t really have much stuff here” I tell my mom and she nods and walked to the door. “okay then since you don’t want me to help you with anything, how about I help you book up a pick up truck tomorrow” my min said and I smiled

“that would be nice mom thanks,” I said and she smiled and walked away.

I continued with packing my stuff and like I expected I got a call from Mason, he calls me like every night before going to bed, its not like its a bad thing though, it just keeps me kind-of connected to him.. Since I was busy I just placed the phone on my bed and switched it to speaker, so I can hear him from where I was seated,. We talked about a lot of things, he made me laugh a lot and he made me feel lively and I got more strength to pack my stuff and before I know it, it was only my bed and closet that occupied my room the rest were lying inside the cardboard boxes. He told me he changed the date he’s coming back, he told me he’s coming tomorrow instead of next week and I just wished him a safe journey and hang up before going to bed.

The next morning, I woke up and stretched like never before, I looked around my room and almost freaked out when I noticed all my stuff was gone but then I calmed down when I let my mind travel back to Memory Lane of last night. I breathed out a sigh of relief and sat down properly, I noticed something stuck to my forehead and when I touched it, it felt like a piece of paper, I removed it from my forehead and noticed it was a note from my mom.

Classic mom. She couldn’t find a better place to stick her messages note but my forehead, I set the paper before my eyes and read what was written there.

“honey the pickup truck comes here, at exactly twelve pm on the dot and make sure you get ready for it and stay healthy, love you,.. Mom” I dropped the note on my bed and rolled my eyes, she’s such a mother.

I went to my parent’s room to take my bath, cause I already cleared out my towels from my own bathroom so I had to use my mom’s..

After taking my bath, I went back to my room, which won’t be my room anymore after today, I guess.

I changed into something nice and took my boxes downstairs one and by one and waited for the pickup truck.

Finally the stupid truck arrived with me after waiting for hours.. I got to fix my boxes in the truck all by my self, the driver didn’t even lend me a hand..

//fαst forwαrd//

The truck safely delivered my stuff to my new apartment and I also got a new key for the apartment also. Just as I stood at the front of the building thinking of how to carry the boxes up there to last floor. I heard a loud voice call my name and someone suddenly hugged me..

“h-hey Olivia..” she’s so loud.

“is today your moving day?, are you finally going to move in today, do you want me to help you move those boxes to your apartment?” she asked happily

“yeah thanks, I was actually looking for someone to help me with that” I said nicely and she grinned.

Thanks to Olivia, my stuff got to my new apartment and I couldn’t stop thanking her, she wanted to help me clean but I thanked and told her what she’s done is okay but she disagreed and then I came with the idea of pretending to be hungry and just like I expected she hurried to a store down town to get me food. Just as she left I started to clean my apartment,

My new sweet home.

It didn’t need any cleaning though, cause it was so neat already but I still gave it the cleaning of its life.. After cleaning I was glad olivia isn’t back here and cause I wasn’t ready for her loud voice.

I bent down beside a box and opened it to see it was filled with my pictures, I smiled and started to look at all of them one by one.

“hey.” I heard a familiar voice said and I looked up to see Leo standing by the door, and I quickly stood up.

“w-what are you doing here?” I asked surprisingly, isn’t he supposed to be with harmony of something

“I came to help you out” he smiled.

“aren’t you supposed to be home, with harmony?” I said making it sound clear.

“harmony’s not home, she went to a family meeting or something, so I came to help you out” he explained and I smiled.

“well thanks” I breathed out.

“sure, anything for a friend” Leo said and we both smiled at each other before he started to unpack the other boxes.

He keeps saying anything for a friend, but I actually feel like he’s giving the whole world to me, but just not as a friend.

DANGEROUS ROMANCE Episode 25 by RUTHIE LEE

Leo helped me with some things, well actually a lot of things, he helped me unpack most of the boxes and after helping find a spot for my TV and other little things, we got to hanging pictures and frames on the wall which wasn’t very hard but we just had to look for a good spot on the wall.

“where should I put this” he asked holding up a portrait frame picture of me, my mom and my dad when I was just nineteen. When I graduated from high school.

“oh no, don’t hang that up, I’ve always let that one stay beside my bed” I tell him and he suddenly wore an understanding look and brought the picture to his face, he laughed and I arched my brows and gave him a stern look.

“what’s so funny?” I asked and stared at him as he looked and laughed staring at my picture.. Wait! Is he laughing at me!? Or how my graduation dress was bigger than my small and petite body.

“are you laughing at me?” I asked and walked up to him pretending to be angry so he’ll hand over the picture.

“you look so small and different” he laughed.

“I knew you were laughing at me, just give me the picture” I said and stretched my hand out to him.

“when was this taken?” he asked ignoring my statement of him handing over to the picture to me.

“none of your business” I said

“come-on, you don’t have to be rude, just tell me when this was taken and I’ll give it you” Leo said and I breathed in heavily before saying,

“can’t you tell by looking at it, that was taken like five or four years ago when I graduated from high school”

He looked back and forth between me and the picture and held the urge to laugh, “wow.” he breathed out.

“for a girl, you’re sure a late bloomer” he said and I gave him a confused look.

Late Bloomer? What does he mean by th–

I suddenly gasped when I understood what he means.

“you!” I said not knowing what to complete the ‘you’ with and he Just laughed. I can’t believe he said that. That’s for Mason to say, not that I like the idea of being a late bloomer, it’s just that Mason say all these kind of stuff a lot and it’s weird when Leo says it..

“it’s not my fault for being a late bloomer” I said and he shrugged.

“it’s true but you look so different here, without your.. You know.. Woman features.” he said hesitantly and I rolled my eyes.

“hand over the picture or I’ll throw you off the window” I threatened.

“you’re bluffing” he tells me

“you wish I am” I replied.

“you can’t even lift my forefinger and you’re going to throw me off the window”

“Leo! Just give me the picture”

“it’s funny when you say my name” he said, I sighed tiredly and moved closer to him to snitch the picture from him since he doesn’t want to hand it over to me.

Just as I was about to snitch it from him, he noticed and suddenly stretched his hand up preventing me from taking it, cause he knows he’s taller.

“thinking you’re taller than me or.. you stretching your hand higher than your head, you think I can’t take that from you” I said boastfully, I can’t actually reach that.

“then take it” he smiled.

“I can, and I will” I said looking at the picture in his hand.

“you know I won the most tallest girl in Class in College” I said and he laughed.

“and in which century is that valid or when is it a game or competition to be tall, or you can just stop babbling and just take it” he said and I stood on my toe and stretched my hand to grab it from his hand but he lost balance and was about to fall, I stretched my hand to catch him, but me being a light-weighter couldn’t pull someone as heavy as him and unfortunaty we both fell down, with me on top of him.

“am I missing something here or am I interrupting you guys?” we both heard Olivia’s voice and immediately I got up from Leo’s body so she wouldn’t misunderstood, but it seems like that was too late.

“no you weren’t missing or interrupting anything.” I quickly said, and she glanced at Leo who was standing up. “okay you said you were hungry earlier, so I helped you get a perfectly wrapped sandwich and a bottle of coke” olivia said and pushed every stuff in her hand to mine.

“thanks.” I smiled.

She looked around the room and gasped. “wow, you’re almost done”

“yeah, my stuff isn’t that much, that’s why we’re almost done, it’s just remaining my bed and I’ll be do–

Leo’s loud ringing phone prevented me from completing my sentence and when I gave him a look, he returned an apologetic look before walking to the small balcony to answer his call.

“anyway thanks for the food” I said and sat down on the clean, shiny concrete floor, and she sat down next to me immediately. “so how do you get to know Richard” my mouth said without me controlling it. And I sighed, I’m a jealous nerd and I know that and I seriously hate it.

“oh Richard?” she called and smiled to herself and as his name escaped her lips a tint of bitterness laid on her lips but her eyes lit up in pure bliss and love.

“yeah Richard” I replied

“well I met him not too long ago in a subway station, I was walking behind him and he dropped his wallet by mistake and I picked it up for him and went to hand him the wallet but he started saying rude things like I stole it, and it got me very angry, I wanted to yell or throw curses at him but I calmed down cause judging by his looks, voice, eyes and well the paleness of his skin you’ll know he’s going through something depressing.. And I just had this sympathizing feeling toward him all of a sudden.. And I gentle dropped his wallet on his hand and walked away, thinking I wouldn’t see him again I let my mind forget him for good but fate had it way, I met Richard again around this neighborhood in a bar in the mid-afternoon where he was drinking and could not be easily seen, and I suddenly forgot why I came to that bar and sat down in a corner and watch him drink and then I saw him cry silently, I felt like crying too even though I didn’t know the curse of his tears but it seemed like it was my eating him, he became drunk and when he start to leave, I had to follow him, out of curiosity about him, out of care, cause I didn’t want anything to happen to him. That night I became like a guardian angel, guarding him, I followed him to his house without his knowledge and when he got in safely, I went back to mine, I suddenly had this engrossed interest in him and then he started to hang around a coffee shop where I worked and then I stated to talk to him and he kind of became friendly with him but still he doesn’t feel transparent towards me, even if we’re just friends at least he can just share a little detail about himself or what happened to him cause I know he’s not like this before” Olivia explained and sighed, and suddenly my jealously chart dropped.

“so you guys aren’t dating?” I asked inquisitively.

“I wish” she scoffed.

So they’re not dating.

“Richard may seem open and calm a little around me or even close to me, but I don’t think he’s interested in me one bit. I think he’s in love with someone’ else…. And that is making me go crazy” olivia said and huffed angrily folding her arm.

She loves Richard,..

“do you like him?” I asked to be sure.

“isn’t that obvious?” she replied, wow she’s really admitting it. I took a slow bite out of my sandwich and Olivia suddenly gasped making me turn to her,

“What?” I asked with my mouth full.

“you’re suddenly asking questions about Richard. Do.. D-do you like him” she asked, looking at me strangely with her her huge eyes.

I smiled at her question

“no” I breathed out.

“then why do you want to know so much about him?” she asked.

“I don’t want to know anything about him cause I already know so much about him” I replied and continued my journey into the sandwich..

“you know so much about him?.. Do you happen to know him before, like were you guys friends?” Olivia asked.

“well Richard and I had some kind of history together” I replied, I know she’s going to ask me about the history we both had together and I was ready for it. “history? what hist–

She hasn’t completed her words when Leo walked up to us and interrupted her.

“uhm. Sorry, pen I have to go, harmony’s back and well we’re goin–

“no it’s okay, you can go you’ve helped me out a lot actually I really appreciate that” I smiled and he smiled back before walking away.

I sighed and gulped down almost the entire bottle of the coke Olivia bought

“who’s harmony?” Olivia suddenly asked

“his girlfriend” I replied plainly.

“his girlfriend?? I thought you were his girl…

“oh no Leo and I are just friends” I tell her.

“wow.. Then you guys must be really close friends.” Olivia said

“we just met like a month ago we’re not that close” I primped.

“but you guys act like you’re more than friends.”

I wanted to reply Olivia but I was too busy pulling my phone out from my pocket, cause it was ringing and vibrating on my butt..

“I have to take this” I tell Olivia and stood up when I saw the caller, .. Mason.

“hey Mason” I said Into the phone with a smile.

“hello, are you my-pen by the way.” I heard a strange voice say into the phone.

“my-pen, what the hell is a mypen” I muttered.

“pen, how about Pen, does your name happen to be pen” the strange voice said.

“I’m sorry this happens to be my friend’s phone, may I ask who, you are please?” I said calmly.

“my name’s doctor Ralph, I’m calling from the private hospital of Breek and this happened to be the phone of one of our patient who got into an accident a few minutes ago, and h—

I didn’t hear the rest of the word the doctor was saying but the sound of my heart beat so fast.

Mason, in an accident??

My breathing hitched and I couldn’t speak, what kind of accident.. Why Mason.

“hello.. Mrs pen” the doctor said into the phone.

“what w-hat hospital.. D-did you mention earlier..” I faintly said.

“Breek’s private hospital” he repeated and I quickly hung up on him… I slid my phone into my pocket and found myself running out of the apartment and leaving olivia confused.

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