📣Mr Graham's pov 📣
I got the text from Cross and I'm somehow scared, I went to the address he texted and met the shock of my life. Flora was lying helplessly with blood in her mouth and a poison bottle beside her,....... she actually poisoned herself....

Cross was also lying there, I think he had the attack again.

I quickly called the emergency line and an ambulance came in a jiffy..

Cross was rushed to the hospital and Flora was taken to the mortuary after being confirmed dead...

I pity her somehow but I also think she shouldn't have done that, she should have been more patient, that's just her major problem, she lacks patience...

Cross became okay after some medications and I found a way to contact Gerrard Anthony about Flora's death.....

♦️ Gerrard Anthony's pov ♦️
It's a Friday evening, I'm at home with my twins, enjoying the cool evening breeze when a call came through, it's an unknown number...

📲 Hello, pls who am I speaking with?

📲 Harry Graham, I just want to inform you that Flora is dead, she poisoned herself and she's been moved to the mortuary....

I hung up and my heart felt heavy. I looked back at the twins and found them gaping at me, they've been listening to the conversation, and they both stood up and hugged me tightly....

"Why would she poison herself, she should have been more patient, I've been thinking of talking to you about her lately" Tonia said sadly...

"Same here, she shouldn't have done that" Bennett answered as I hugged them more tightly....

We traveled to New York to give her her last respect at her burial and we returned back to California the second day...

🌹 Wendy's pov 🌹
A month later...

The exams are around the corner and everyone is busy reading,

I was rushing to the school library to read today when I collided with someone, my books fell down but we picked it up together...

"I'm sorry Wendy" he said, handing over the books to me..... it's him, Romeo...

"Oh Romeo, how have you been?" I asked, smiling...

"I've been good, what about you?" He asked..

"I'm fine too but some people can lie till Jesus will come" I said, rolling my eyes...

"Which people?" He asked...

"You're one of them, you told me you'll call didn't you?, But you didn't even give a beep or flash" I said, making faces...

"Oh Wendy, you can be so dramatic, I was about to tell you that I called you up to ten times yesterday but you didn't pick" he said, staring at me, making me feel uncomfortable..

"Really?" I said and checked my phone, it's actually true cos I missed ten calls from an unknown number...

"I'm sorry" I said...

"There's nothing to be sorry about, are you heading to the library?" He asked...

"Of course," I answered...

"Same here, let's go together" he said and we went to the library together...

Bennett attends a different University and offers medicine like his dad...

Tonia has been scarce after their mum's death, I called her and she told me everything is ok, though I don't believe...

🦋 Cross's pov 🦋
Mum's death is such a great blow to me, I almost cried my eyes out during her burial, she might not be my biological mother but I still love her,

she shouldn't have drank poison, Tonia came with his dad and twin brother but she didn't talk to me, she has every right to be angry with me...

Weeks after her burial, I'm through with my exams and one Saturday, I suddenly thought about someone, Wendy,.... now I feel like a fool for hurting and embarrassing her...I'm just too gullible....
I have to find her and tell her I'm sorry, I have to beg her even if it takes everything I have.... sorry to say this but I think I'm starting to develop feelings for her, maybe I've loved her from the beginning but my foolishness for Kira was what blindfolded me...

Thank God I'm done with my exams, I still have her as my Facebook friend, I got her address in California and I got a
ticket, I just told dad I'm going to visit a friend in California and he allowed me, I travelled the next day.....

🌸💮🏵️

I got to California and stayed with Mr Michael, he's daddy's friend therefore he's my godfather....

I located her address with the help of my godfather ...

"I'm coming" I heard someone say after I've knocked..

Minutes later, a lady came to the door...

"Good evening ma, I'm Cross and I ask for Wendy" I said....

"I'm Lizzy, Wendy's aunt, may I know why you want to see her?" She asked, folding her arms...

"I'm a friend from New York" I answered....

"Oh, hold on" she said and got her phone, she dialed her number but she's not picking...

"I guess she's not with her phone, but she said she's going to Pascal studios, you might just find her there" she said and I thanked her before bidding her goodbye...

I searched badly for Pascal studios before seeing it...

🌷 Wendy's pov 🌷
We've just concluded the semester exams and I and Romeo have become so close now, if not for the fact that I'm a girl, I'd have confessed my feelings for him but I don't want to be taken for granted twice...

Today, I decided to go to Pascal studios for some shoots with my camera and Romeo offered to come with me, I agreed...

We took many pictures and he made a comment that I'll make a good photo artist, I'm glad that came from him

We went to the studio hall to rest and it's unusually empty, we're the only ones there...

"How old are you?" I asked seriously..

"I'm nineteen, what about you?" he asked...

"I'm eighteen" I answered...

"Puppy baby" he said jokingly...

"You silly noodle, don't call me that" I said as I hit him playfully...

"So tell me, what were you doing in the flower garden that day when I found you?" I asked....

"I came to meet my girlfriend there but unfortunately, she broke up with me, saying she can't continue to date an asthma patient, whereas it's not my fault, I've had this thing since I was fifteen, that's why I had an asthma attack that day" he said and started tearing up...

"Stop crying, your love story is not worse than mine, at least you were not humiliated, mine was one sided love, I loved him, he loved another girl, knowing this, he took me for granted" I said, remembering the incident last year...

"What do you mean by he took you for granted?" He asked and I told him what happened between me and Cross..

"He's cruel and callous, how can he take your pride in such an embarrassing way and then go back to his ex!!!" Romeo said, squinting after I told him the story....

"I know right, but I've forgotten about him" I said..

"It's the best, and I want to ask you something," he said, looking at my eyeballs...

"What?" I asked, getting scared..

"I'm not sure of how to say this but...."

"Just tell me" I said, getting more anxious

"Will ......you be ....my... girlfriend and.... let's work ...this out together?" He asked, stuttering and standing up...

"For real?" I asked with surprise.

"I'm not a Playboy" he answered and I stood up too ...

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll be your girlfriend" I said, beaming with smiles..

He took my hands and drew me closer for a kiss, his hands on my waist, our lips almost touched when someone shouted...

"Noooooo" I was flabbergasted when I looked in the direction and saw Cross, standing at the door with tears in his eyes, pointing at us...

"No please don't" he said but I've said yes already, no going back, I pulled Romeo closer, my hands on his shoulders and his hands on my waist and crushed my lips on his, I kissed him and he responded in the presence of Cross....