I will Love You Forever - Chapter 105

I sat in class but I wasn’t paying attention. I was thinking about Kara and wondered if she had a look-alike since that was the only reason that made sense to me.

I sighed multiple times and didn’t even know when the lecture came to an end.

As soon as the professor walked out of the class, Kel rushed to me. “Ayla…”

I was biting in my nails but when I felt her hands on my shoulder, I stopped and looked at her.

“Did you say something?” I asked because I wasn’t sure if I heard her say anything to me.

She pursed her lips but her expression soon changed. “Would you like to go out for some drinks? Our next class is not until an hour.”

I sighed and shook my head. I didn’t need a drink right now. Rather, I needed some answers.

I looked at Kel quizzically and asked, “That girl from earlier, do you know her?”

Kel adjusted the chair she was sitting on and shrugged. “Not really. I just know that she’s the school’s diva and a brainy.” Kel’s face was visibly showing anger.

“Oh… That’s nice. what’s her name?” I asked wondering if I made a mistake by calling her Kara.

“Kara,” she said half-heartedly. When I heard that she had the same name as the Kara I used to know, I wondered if she was truly the one.

“Ah… I see.” I nodded and turned to look at the wall clock. It was only then that I realized that Gerard could have messaged me. I’d been thinking about Kara that I forgot all about Gerard.

I quickly took out my phone only to see two unread messages from him. It read, “Just arrived.” and the second one read, “I’ll be away from my phone for a while. I’ll message you in a bit.”

I sighed wondered why I let Kara cloud my mind. Now it might take longer to reach him than expected.

“Let’s go for drinks. I think I need some now.” I told Kel and she nodded happily. We left the hall and when to a store where cold drinks were sold.

We sat to drink and Kel began to talk none stop about Derick. “Why do you think he saved you? I mean, he was a jerk and hasn’t even properly apologised for breaking your phone.”

I sighed and shrugged. “He saved my life,” I replied nonchalantly.

Kel’s brow furrowed as she remembered what Kara did in the morning. “He was just doing that for the crowd. He’s still a jerk for breaking your phone and I dislike him.” she angrily pointed out leaving me to chuckle at this defensive act of hers.

Kel was a nerd when I first met her but getting to know her only made me realize that she was much more and she was an adorable young girl who if given the chance would bring light to anyone she comes across.

I sighed at her and smiled slightly before drinking again.

There was an awkward silence between the both of us and I noticed that she seemed to have something on her mind.

“Do you want to say something to me?” I asked with my head tilted to the side.

Her hands clutched each other nervously. “Please don’t get mad at Kara. I’m sure she didn’t mean it and…” she was still talking when I cut her off confused.

“Woah… Wait. Why are you getting worked up over her? Besides, I’m not the type to hold on to things like that.” I responded instantly.

Kel sighed but u could still see the nervousness in her eyes.

“By the way, why are you so worried about her? Are you guys close?” although I had never seen the both of them together, u knew they weren’t at odds either.

“Huh? What? No.” she quickly dismissed it and I smiled.

“Don’t worry too much. I don’t get involved in things that don’t concern me.” I assured and she nodded.

I took a drink again and she asked me again, “By the way, how did you know her name? You looked as though you knew her from somewhere.” although Kel was not present at the beginning of the argument, she could somehow read the situation.

“I use to have a friend who looked like her years ago. We got separated and I missed her so much. I guess that’s why I thought they were the same people.” I smirked and shrugged.

Kel nodded in understanding. “It’s normal to have people mixed up with others and considering that it had been a long time since you both met, you might miss her so much.”

“Umm,” I smiled slightly and nodded gently. Of course, I miss Kara. We were practically siblings who lived in different houses.

I tore my gaze from my drink and stared in space. I was sure that the person I saw a while ago was Kara. It’s no coincidence that she had the same name and face.

I suddenly remembered something from before. Before I and Kara became friends, I was in a fight with my step-sister, Lisa. She pushed me to the ground and started cursing at me.

Kara came to my aid and pushed my step sister to the floor. She was so furious and I ran to Lisa’s side to help her up but my step sister hurried to Kara’s side and tried to get close to her but Kara pushed her again.

This time, Lisa knew that Kara didn’t want to associate with her. She looked up at Kara and pinned the whole problem on me.

“Kara, it wasn’t me who started it. Ayla was the one who stained my dress,” she reported but Kara couldn’t care less.

“I saw everything that happened and Ayla was sorry and even cleaned it off even though the stain was barely visible,” Kara yelled at her with her arms folded in a domineering manner. She then continued,

“You’re nothing but filth in my eyes and I can never walk with the likes of you… You are nothing but a golddigger trying to get attention.”

Remembering this event only made me realize that these same words were used by Kara this morning but they weren’t used in my defence but against me this time around.

‘It can’t just be a coincidence right?’ I wondered as I drank up.

Immediately after we finish the drink, we walked back to the hall where we were supposed to have lectures.

While in class, I got a message and when I checked who it was, I realized that the message was from Gerard.

“Don’t forget your curfew now that I’m not home and make sure you eat more. I’ll call you later in the evening.”

I sighed when I read his message. It wasn’t even a day year but I already miss him. Is that even possible?

I shook my head and focused on what was being taught pushing every other thing to the back of my mind.

##

Gerard got to his destination rather early.

His trip to China was in hours. As soon as he got to his apartment in Beijing, he texted Ayla to let her know that he was there already.

He waited for her to respond but time went by and he didn’t get any response from her and figured that she may have been in class at the time.

He stared at his wristwatch knowing that the people he had come to meet would have certainly sensed his presence and would be having a little chit chat amongst themselves right now.

He sighed and walked to the shower. After taking a bath, he took a nap and didn’t seem to be bothered about the committee.

He was in the middle of his nap when he heard the doorbell ring and his defence senses kicked in.

When Gerard visited China, he always arrived in a house with no guards or security. Although he had so many houses scattered across the country, he always uses this one because he wanted some peace and quiet.

Slowly, he walked to the surveillance camera and saw Madison standing by the door.

His shoulders dropped before going to open the door. He immediately walked away from the door after opening it.

“Woah… Gerard, you never change, do you? You don’t seem worried that the committee would send someone after you?” Madison started complaining almost immediately after she got in.

She felt as though Gerard was being crazy for arriving at the same house where he always came to even though he knew the committee would easily get a hold of him here.

“They can’t even try.” was his short response as he turned wine into a glass and passed it to Madison.

She scoffed. “You are too confident,” she complained after taking the wine from his hand.

“Ah… This place has not changed at all.” she looked around but soon confronted him with the reality.

“The committee already know you’re here,” she spoke seriously and he responded with a smirk.

“I know.”