Chapter 2


    (Sky’s POV)


    I need a miracle.


    As to where or how the miracle will happen, I do not know because I was still raging in annoyance


    when I got home. One of our drivers, Frank, panicked, seeing me leaving my car in the middle of the


    driveway, and as he approached me, I tossed the key to him, my nostrils ring in anger as I walked


    into the house.


    The maid must have known I wasing because she had already opened the main door before I


    could hold the knob. She lowered her gaze as I walked past her, and I doubt if any of the female


    servants would want to look me directly in the eyes except for Elenita, our housekeeper, the one who


    managed the house and the household maids after Mom divorced my father two years ago.


    Elenita was only twenty when she was hired as my nanny when I was born, and now that I am twenty-


    four years old, she is still here, focusing on taking care of my eight-year-old sister and managing the


    house since Mom left and Dad got sick.


    “Sky!” I heard Elenita’s voice calling me from the living room.


    I rolled my eyes, wanting to escape her and ran to my bedroom, but she had already seen me.


    “Sky!” She called again.


    I heaved a deep sigh, walking toward the living room in the direction of the woman I considered my


    second mother. She is braiding Olivia’s long hair while my young sister reads a children’s book. My


    forehead creased seeing my brother, Finn, ying a video game with my cousin Leo.


    “What happened to your face?” Elenita asked worriedly, leaving Olivia and walking toward me.


    “What are you doing here?” I asked, my eyes fixed on Finn, ignoring Elenita. “You’re supposed to be in


    school.”


    “The principal suspended him again,” Olivia flickered her eyes on me, exining briefly why our


    irresponsible brother, who was supposed to be in school, was here enjoying ying video games with


    our cousin.


    “Did you get into a fight?” Elenita carefully held my face, checking the skin.


    I brushed her hand off and walked toward my brother, and when he did not answer me, I unplugged the


    Xbox.


    “What is wrong with you?” Finn res at me, standing up, facing me to show how pissed he is with me.


    “You should be asking yourself that,” I snarled at him, poking him in his forehead. “How long do you


    think you will stay in high school, Finn?”


    “Stop acting as if you’re Dad.” He kicked the throw pillow he was sitting on the floor a while ago and left


    the living room furiously.


    “Then act like a responsible son!” I shouted, clenching my hands before I could hurt anyone in the


    room.


    “Woah! What happened to your face?” Leo asked, standing up to check on my lower jaw, which was


    not exactly swelling, but the skin was red and tender.


    “Aww!” I hissed when Elenita pressed a coldpress on my face and then took my hand to hold it.


    “What happened? I told you not to go out today because your horoscope is not good,” she snarled,


    returning to what she was doing when I came in, braiding my sister’s hair. If there was one downside to


    Elenita’s personality, that was believing too much in the horoscope.


    Olivia turned her head to Elenita. “Yeah, but you also said Sky will meet his true love today.”


    I shook my head, slumping on the couch and cing the coldpress on the side table. “True love?


    Pfft!” I sneered and took a deep sigh.


    I was in a hurry to catch Line at the airport, and though I promised her I woulde, I still missed


    my chance to see her, myst chance to prove I loved her, and I gotte because a monster on the


    road appeared, wasted my time, almost broke my jaw, and damaged my car.


    “Bad day, huh?” Leo asked, sitting beside me and creasing his forehead as he looked at me. “I told you


    to stop chasing Line. A lot of women are dying to have your attention, Sky.”


    I pursed my lips, glowering at him but not saying anything because what he said was true, and these


    women didn’t care about having a one-night stand or a not serious rtionship with them. All they


    cared about was that one moment with Sky Mars, the son of the billionaire and the future captain that


    would steer the direction of the Mars Group of Companies. But Line is all my heart want, no one


    else.


    “You shoulde with me to Jake’s party tonight. Give yourself a break.”


    I leaned my head back on the back pillows of the couch. “Break…” I whispered, my voice trailing off.


    Since dad got diagnosed with cancer, he became more aggressive in training me, honing and


    preparing me to handle everything and be ready as the next CEO of thepany.


    Leo and I are of the same age, but I never got the freedom to party because I had to study, work, and


    look after Olivia and Finn. At my age now, I was already shadowing my father in doing his work.


    My young sister is manageable, but Finn loves to bring me problems as if his goal in life is to piss me.


    Dad always reminded me to have more patience because, unlike me, Finn didn’t take their divorce


    lightly. I wish to tell him that, like Finn, I didn’t take it lightly, and like any normal child, I wanted to enjoy


    my life, but how could I resist, say no, to my beloved father.


    “I don’t know,” I sighed, standing up. “Elenita, I’ll just check on dad.”


    “No need to check on me, Sky. I’m here.” Dad came in, walking slowly with a cane in his hand. He


    could still walk without it, but he felt safer with something to rely upon on his body weight when he


    walked.  “Leo already told me about that party. You go and enjoy.”


    I kissed him on the cheek and shook my head. “I have papers to review, Dad,” I lied, wanting to resign


    now to my bedroom, calling it a day. I want to n my getaway to follow Line, and at this point, I


    don’t care if I have to follow her at the ends of the world.


    “That’s why I went out of my room, Sky, to tell you to have a break. Go to that party with Leo and have


    fun.” When I shook my head again and stepped to walk past him, he grabbed my wrist. “Son, you’re a


    good son. You deserve a break. Please, don’t make me think I’m drowning you with all these


    responsibilities and taking a good life from you.”


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    I want to tell him it is precisely what he is doing when he finds out his cancer is terminal already,


    changing his will, suffocating me with responsibilities, and letting go of Mom, agreeing to the divorce


    she has been begging for many years.


    Leo kissed Dad on the cheek. “The guys have an offering for the god, Uncle Steve,” he whispered but


    audible enough for Olivia to turn to him, raising her eyebrows and probably thinking what he meant by


    what he said.


    Heughed at his joke when I glowered at him. He knew I hated it whenever they called me the god.


    Dad chuckled gently as he sat on the couch. “Just make sure my son won’t do something stupid that


    netizens and media would love to feast on, Leo.”


    “Of course, Uncle. We won’t let the Mighty Sky do something stupid and fall into the ground,” he


    promised. “He might really meet his true love tonight,” he winked at Olivia.


    She giggled, running to my father when Elenita was done with her hair and sitting on hisp. “Daddy,


    Sky’s face is hurt. I think someone punches him in the face.”


    Dad raised his eyebrows and stared at me, confirming his cute daughter’s words.


    I groaned, closing my eyes. “I did not get into the fight, Dad,” I said, touching my lower jaw as I opened


    my eyelids. “A monster threw potato on my face and my car,” I gritted my teeth, hating the ugly woman


    I met a while ago.


    “A what?” Leo guffawed, imagining what happened to me.


    “I was in a hurry to go after Line at the airport when suddenly a teenager appeared out of nowhere,”


    I did not add that I almost hit her.


    Olivia’s beautiful eyes went round. “Elenita is right. She must be your true love,” she said, amazed with


    her realization.


    “You read too many fairy tales, Olivia,” I scoffed at her and scowled at Elenita. “Will you please stop


    influencing Olivia with this silly horoscope?”


    “They’re not silly, Sky,” Elenita frowned at me. “She might be your true love.”


    Remembering her face, looking hideous because her left eye was swollen while she could hardly open


    her right eye, her face puffy and red with spots or rashes-like, I could not even bear just imagining her


    ugliness.


    “If she’s my true love, then,” I heaved a deep sigh, shook my head, and frowned at her. “I’d rather stay


    single for the rest of my life.”