Is It Okay if I Call You Mine? (formerly Complicated)

Blake's POV

Jethro and I arrived at Mactan Cebu International Airport around 9 in the morning. I was so excited to see Cassie again. We hailed a cab and asked the driver to take us to La Playa Ysabelle. It was only a 30-minute hour drive from the airport but it felt like hours. I was dying to hold Cassie in my arms again.

"Relax Blake. Everything will be alright."

"I hope so."

When we arrived at the hotel/resort, Jethro and I checked-in first in one of their rooms. Luckily, we were accommodated even though we didn't have any reservation. Once we settled in the room, I decided to look for Cassie. Jethro opted to stay inside the room to rest and at the same time let me talk to Cassie alone. I went to the front-desk to ask for her.

"Hi sir. How may I help you?" the hotel staff asked.

"I was wondering if there was a way for me to talk to Ms. Cassandra Rivera, I mean, Sanvictores. Cassandra Sanvictores."

"I'm sorry sir but Ms. Sanvictores is not here."

"May I know where can I find her?"

"I'm sorry sir but we are not allowed to give any information regarding our guests, much more of our employers."

"I understand, but Ms. this is important. I really need to talk to her..." I didn't notice that my voice became louder.

"Excuse me. Is there a problem here?" a man in his 50's approached me and the hotel staff.

"Sir, our guest, Mr. Gonzales, is looking for Ms. Cassandra." the hotel staff explained.

The man turned to me and said, "And what exactly do you need from my daughter?"

I was surprised. I didn't expect that I am going to meet Cassie's father at this time.

"Umm, sir..." way to go Blake. Now is not the time for you to get nervous, I scolded myself.

"Follow me to my office." He said, walking ahead of me. We sat in the receiving area of his office. "Well, are you going to tell me now why you need to talk to Cassandra?" Cassie's father asked me again.

"I'm Blake Gonzales sir. I was dating your daughter Cassie. For some reasons, she decided to leave without my knowledge. I was looking for her ever since. I love her. My intentions are real. There was someone who told her something which definitely is not true."

"Blake Gonzales... Alonzo Blake Raphael Gonzales... you're the reason why my daughter decided to come home after 4 years and you are the reason why I haven't seen my daughter smiling ever since she came back."

I chose to ignore the fact that he knows my real name. He probably had me investigated. Rich fathers and their money... "I didn't do anything that could hurt your daughter. She was just being fed with lies, which she immediately believed without giving me a chance to explain. Sir, with all due respect, I would like to ask you to allow me to talk to your daughter, and at the same time, to ask your permission to date her."

Cassie's father was in deep thought. Afterwards, he said, "Cassie is here to watch the sunset every day. You can talk to her later. And Blake...." He paused, and I looked at him, waiting for what he would say next.

"No. I cannot allow you to date my daughter."

***

I left Jethro and mine's hotel room in time of sunset. I can finally talk to Cassie. On my way to the beach, Cassie's father's stern voice kept repeating on my mind.... "No. I cannot allow you to date my daughter."

When I came back to the hotel room, Jethro asked me how it went and I told him everything. He, too, was shocked when he heard what Cassie's father had told me. But then he told me that it would still be up to me if I wanted to follow her father or not. And now, here I am, still undecided on what I should do. I love Cassie, but I am not sure if everything will work out for us. I thought of what his father told me. What if the same thing happens in the next years? What if there is a misunderstanding between us? Is she going to leave me again? The next thing I knew, I was already at the beach. I saw a girl sitting on the shore, throwing small rocks to the water. There's my angel... my heart beats faster... I can finally hold her. I ran towards her, and when I was only a few inches away from her, I softly said, "Angel..."

**

Cassie's POV

I was sitting on the shore again, throwing small rocks at the water. Suddenly, I heard Blake saying, "Angel..." Great! Now I'm hearing things... Next thing I'll know, I'll be talking to myself, debating to the voices I heard in my head. I think I'm going crazy...

"Cassandra..." I heard the voice say once again. I stood up and turned around, expecting to be disappointed. To my surprise, there he was... Blake... the reason for my sleepless nights, the reason why my life is miserable... the reason why I'm crying right now... Wait, why am I crying? I should be happy, right?

"Sssshhh..." Blake wiped my tears and hugged me tight. "I missed you, Cassandra... I missed you, angel...."

"How did you find me?"

"It's not important... what is important is I'm here... you're here with me now."

"But what about Aubrey?" I pulled myself away from Blake. I remembered Aubrey.

"What about her? It's you that I love Cassie. I don't love her anymore."

"No, Blake... just be with Aubrey. You and I... we can never be together..."

"What are you talking about? Don't you love me anymore?"

I stared at Blake and said, "I think now's the time for you to know my story... Let's sit..."

Blake and I sat side by side on the shore. I let him hold my hand... gathering strength from him.

I swallowed hard before I spoke. "I was in my senior year in high school when I met Bianca. She was a transferee from Iloilo. We immediately hit off as friends. She was pretty, talented, and carefree. I admired her for that. Bianca began to introduce me to things I had never experienced before. Being the pampered "princess" in the family, I never imagined I had missed a lot in life until I've met her. I began to lie to my parents, I sneaked around, went to every party possible, tried to smoke, drink, and even tried to do drugs, all because of her. The only thing she didn't convince me to do was to give my virginity to my then boyfriend Harvey. My parents asked me to stay away from her because she's a bad influence on me but I didn't listen. I still continued befriending her. I almost lost all my savings because all we did was spend money shopping and buying stuff for all our vices. And then, one day, after several tries, Bianca finally convinced me to sleep with Harvey. Bianca was the one who looked for a place for Harvey and mine's first night together. Bianca said it was their family's rest house near the woods so we could have our privacy. We agreed to just meet at the place that night. She said she'll be in one of the rooms so that we can talk about my first time in the morning. That night, on the way to the resthouse..." I looked at Blake, and he nodded, urging me to continue.

"I was so nervous. Harvey and I didn't even kiss. I didn't even have a first kiss, and there I was going to the some place where my virginity would be taken away. On the way to the resthouse, I received a phone call. My grandmother was in the hospital. She had a heart attack. I loved my grandmother so much. I couldn't afford to lose her. I went to the hospital right away, forgetting everything about Harvey and Bianca. Fortunately, my grandmother was saved. I was relieved. That was the time I remember to call Bianca and Harvey. I found several missed calls from my phone, both from Bianca and Harvey, so I decided to call them. I dialed Bianca's number first, but it just kept on ringing. Then I dialed Harvey's number, but it was unattended. I was on my way out of the hospital when an ambulance arrived. Everyone was attending to the patient in the ambulance. When the patient lying on the bed from the ambulance was carried in front of me... I was shocked. In spite of all the bruises and blood on her face, I recognized the patient... It was Bianca." I couldn't help but cry remembering what happened from that day...

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