BECOME AN ANTAGONIST
#79
"Oh my ... Why are you so haughty, Lara?" Phoenix cupped Lara's face.
"I'm just afraid of being weak" replied Lara Lirih.
"Look at me" Phoenix said as Lara never looked at her face.
Then slowly Lara raised her head looking at the Phoenix's eyes.
"So you'd be weak if you were nice or sweet to me?" ask Phoenix.
"I don't have to answer it" replied Lara.
"When did you know that I owned that jacket?" ask Phoenix.
"Don't you already know tadu? When I smelled your neck and on that jacket was a golden thread bearing your name" replied Lara.
"Why didn't you tell me that before? Doesn't that mean you've known about it for a long time?" ask Phoenix again.
"You're being chatty now. Never mind, I want to rest. I'm really tired of going 9 hours" Lara replied.
"I can't find you anywhere. Where have you been all this time?"
"That's a secret," Lara replied with a slanted smile.
"Why are you keeping it a secret?" ask Phoenix.
"Because I'll go there again if you piss me off" Lara replied.
"So you intend to do that if you fight with me?"
"Of course," answered Lara opening her jacket and then her shoes.
"I won't let that happen again" Phoenix replied.
Phoenix approached Lara and clasped back to her waist.
"You still want to play games with me?"
"As long as there's Davina around us, I'll always play games with you. Get rid of him, then I'll be serious with you" said Lara.
Phoenix looked at Lara's eyes.
"What do you really want? Its destruction?"
"Hmm, I know that you are the driving force of his company. If you let go, then the company will not be able to be saved and slowly destroyed. I'm waiting for your choice. You choose me or him. The easy choice was actually because I had a card from you. Your baby is in my womb" said Lara firmly.
"Why did you become like this, Lara. You're so different from the girl I used to give you a jacket. You're very different" said Phoenix, who was still clutching Lara's waist.
"Because the old Lara is dead. Do you know who the killer is? Davina," Lara said as she removed Phoenix's hand from her waist.
"Can't you forget your revenge? We're pretty much living away from Davina. No need to do anything to her. Just stay away, that's enough" Phoenix said.
"Oh God ... You still protecting her? Do you want me to leave you again?" Lara smiled bitterly.
"Think of you and our baby. Your happiness is more important to me" replied Phoenix.
"That's not an answer. You're still protecting her, Phoenix!!!!" angry Lara.
"I'm not protecting him. I just don't want you to be like that, Lara. That's not you. I know it. You're not like that." Phoenix insisted on convincing Lara.
Lara was silent for a while and stared intently at the Phoenix's eyes.
"You know? I have 2 jackets from you. The brown jacket you saw earlier and the black jacket you used to help me when I was in an accident. Do you remember that? You drove me to college when I was pretty badly hurt. I'll take the scholarship exam then. But that bitch tried to get me so bad that I almost failed the test even though she actually did it to me by spreading those inappropriate photos."
"You think someone like that should be forgiven? Shouldkaaaahhh???? You never knew you were me. He bullied me, bullied me, beat me, spied on me, spat on me and I accepted everything just because I wanted to graduate school with no problems. Until he finally destroyed it all. My dream was the only one I had built in years. He destroyed it overnight. You know that????!!" lara shouted furiously and went inside the bathroom by closing the door hard.