"AJ" I teared up when I said his name. I stayed there, hoping that he would take care of me.

"AJ" I called his name again. But he still didn't look at me. So I got up the courage and approached him. He just looked at me without emotion.

"What do you think you're doing?" He said coldly that making me cry even more. I can feel my hands shaking, maybe because of the pain, I feel now. I'm sick, he's the one responsible for why I was hospitalized, he's the person I expected to visit me but I didn't see him or even come

I also started sobbing and violently wiped my tears. "AJ, are you avoiding me?"

"Do you want me to answer that stupid question of yours?" I just nodded and was about to hold his hands when he suddenly shook them.

"AJ---"

"Listen, Clare, the truth is everything is over with us. Everything that happened between us is just trash and garbage in the past so throw that all away. You don't need it and also I don't need you. You have proven to yourself that you are not worthy to change, you will never and you will never will" I was stunned for almost two seconds because what he said. What did he say? I'm not worthy to change and he doesn't need me?

If only he knew! Does he know how much I suffer at night just to forget the past? does he know

When I composed myself and I gave him a slap that I made sure to mark his face. "How dare you!" this time I teared up even more. "What do you know about me? Do you really know me? Yes, you did research on me but It doesn't prove that you know me well. You don't know me AJ, What right do you have to say that I won't change? Tell me! "

He just looked at me and then turned his back on me. I remained standing there while watching him leave until I felt that Hannah was close to me.

"Oh! Clare, what happened to you?" Hannah asked me but instead of answering her question I just pointed at AJ. I don't know what happened to Lance but after I pointed at AJ, he suddenly chased after him.

"Oi, Fernandez, we're not done yet!" Lance ran until he caught up with him and when he caught up, AJ also stopped. Lance put his two hands on his knees and caught his breath. He just stayed like that until his shortness of breath disappeared.

"If you're just wasting time, can you leave now," AJ said coldly. Lance glared at him and Lance managed to push him away.

"Fernandez, what's really your problem? When it came to Annika, I let it go but what? You almost killed Clare!"

Lance Damian's Pov

My nose almost blew because of my anger at the man in front of me.

"Then what's the matter with you?" I couldn't stop myself and I immediately veiled her. But even though I did that, he still doesn't seem to be affected.

"It matters to me because it's my friend that you want to kill," I said bitterly.

"Then why didn't you save him so that somehow that didn't happen to him, right?" He said sarcastically, which is why I punched him in the face. And because of the anger, I feel now, I gave him a strong blow causing him to fall.

"I hope what you said was ok because there was a word of trust that I held onto. I held onto that trust that I fully thought that you would not hurt my friend. Trusting that I hope that you will not make him suffer again when he and Mark broke up. Guess, of all this time. I'm wrong. I wasted all my trust for a creature like you"

"Tell me, is that how you think of Clare? Wow! You just proved to me that I did the right thing to play with, let her down and fool her. Guess, I win this game after all" He is now standing and has a smile on his face and lips. I was about to rush to punch him again because Clare was already ahead of me. And I could see the shock in his eyes.

I did not expect that they would follow us. Hannah was with him and even here there was a trace of shock on his face. It seems that he does not know the real story.

"Did I hear right?" Clare said shakily and her tears were starting to fall a bit.

"If you heard correctly, what about you? What do you care?" AJ's cold response. This time Clare's tears fell one by one.

Clare Victoria's Pov

"Wow! AJ, is that the new greeting of how are you? Oh, how sarcastic!" I let out a sigh before continuing what I was saying. "... And what's your question? What do I care? If you don't mind, you made me rely on this love contract. I hope I can forget Mark, I hope I can move on, and I hope there will be a replacement in my heart All your hopes are like writing on paper that can be erased"

After saying that, I just left. Run while continuously crying. Wherever these feet take me, it's up to me.

I just continued running until my own feet hit the ground. I sat on the floor while still crying.

"You'll die inside if you just keep doing what you're doing" I immediately raised my head and just hugged the person who talked to me.

Even though I didn't know him, I just continued hugging him. What if I meet him, right? It won't matter anyway.

Because they say, to tell someone you don't know about your grudge because after that meeting you will never see each other again.

So that's what I did. I told him why I was running and crying. And at that moment, I felt at ease with him.

His name is Xander. It was almost 4:30 in the afternoon so I decided to say goodbye to him.

"Xander, thank you for your time. I'm sorry, you've seen how ugly I am when I cry" I said making him smile. I waved goodbye to him and when I was about to turn back, he suddenly spoke causing me to look back at him.

"Thank God, we found you to Clare. You don't know how much we searched for you and you don't know where we searched" he said with tears in his eyes.

I raised my eyebrows at what he said. "Ah, are you okay Xander? Are you okay?" but instead of answering my question, he just hugged me. Hug for a moment that stopped and stunned me.

Why do I feel like this? Something seems wrong. Why do I feel related to him? I feel like I've known him for a long time. Why do I feel like I've known him for a long time?

"Clare, if you only knew..." I didn't know why I was suddenly in tears so I immediately let go of his embrace which shocked him.

"Clare, is there a problem?" his aura suddenly changed. I scratched my head before asking him.

"Xander, tell me the truth, what are you saying? Are you okay? You look like you're not okay because of what you're saying" I calmed myself down because I was actually a mess. Because in the first place, he suddenly hugged me which shocked me, and then I just surprised myself crying for reasons I don't know. What is really happening to me? Even to myself, I am confused. It's really going along with what's happening to me now.

"Believe me, Clare. As crazy as it may sound but I'm your big brother" I was stunned for a few seconds because of what he said. Sibling? As far as I know, I'm alone and my parents are gone. What is he saying?

"I-I-I think you've mistaken Xander. I don't have a brother. I'm an only child" and after I said that, my tears fell one by one. I suddenly remembered Grandma.

"I knew you would ask me that so I brought this" and he took out of his pocket an old photo of a girl with her older brother and her parents. He handed me the old photo, I accepted it and looked at the people in the photo.

"Clare, that's our family picture when we were kids. You were 2 years old when that picture was taken and I was 4 years old. As you can see, we're very happy with that picture because you're with us but now we can't smile like that anymore because you're not with us anymore." I don't know why my tears keep falling.

"N-no, Xander. No. You're making a mistake. H-no ---" this time I was crying. "I'm not the girl in that picture. I'm not that. So, please. Just leave. You're making a mistake." I violently wiped my tears. I was about to turn away when he handed me a small piece of paper.

"Take it, just in case you accept the truth yourself" I accepted the paper and turned, and left without saying another word.