NOT MINE

Chapter 1

As the chilly wind caress Andra's face, Adam put a hand over her shoulder thinking the move might block the cold weather for his girlfriend. The couple has just finished their dinner and decided for a walk in the garden which is Andra's favorite spot in their mansion.

"You good, babe? A penny for your thoughts?" Adam whispered.

"Yeah. Just thinking about my photoshoot for tomorrow. How about you go ahead and I'm going to bed?" Andra replied.

"Nope. I don't think that's a good idea, milady. Common babe. I've missed you so much, don't you miss me?"

He make her look at him, making her stand in front of him. With their height difference, her eyes just level with his chest. Cupping her chin, "Look at me, Andra. Alessandra Dela Vega, don't you miss this handsome face of this boyfriend of yours?"

"Adam, I miss you. You know that. It's just that work is getting hectic, and I'm sorry."

"Then, I'm going to spend the night here. I'll just drop by my suite tomorrow morning to change before going to work. How's that?"

"Babe. Cass is going to be here. She just got back from Germany and I don't want her to think that I prefer to spend time with you over her."

He groaned, "Really? She's all grown up, she'll understand. Com'on, Andra." He is beyond frustrated. This has been going on for weeks, excuses and a lot more of excuses why they can't spend time together for long. He doesn't want to think of anything bad but he can't deny that he's getting suspicious.

"Please, Adam. Just for once, please? I'll make it up to you." She begs.

And Adam thinks how she really knows her effect on him and she's using it to her advantage. "You really know how to wrap me around your fingers eh? You sweet little witch." And just like that, because of her sweet plea, his doubts vanished into thin air.

"Thank you and I'm sorry" she whispers as she tiptoed and snake her arms on Adam. She hugged him with emotions unknown to Adam. Almost immediately he put his arms around Andra's small waist. His hug is tight but she can feel his control, like she will break if his embrace become too tight.

He can't tell if he's happy for Andra's promise of making up to him, because he caught a glimpse of pain in her ocean blue eyes. Where every time he stares at it, he's drowning deeper in love. And there's no possibility to survive. Of all the woman that piles up in front of him that he knows because of his fame and wealth, only for this girl he fell. It might be a forced relationship at first, because arranged marriage is the reason why they bonded. Their parents have an agreement to marry off their siblings and Andra, entitled as the first born, becomes his fiance. 

"I love you, Andra. You know that, right?" He whispers as he kissed her forehead. Looking now at her eyes that held many emotions he can't seem to decipher, "Please love me now, make it fast baby. I want to marry you soon."

Andra doesn't know how to feel. He knows how she feels about this relationship thing, she's just forced but she immediately appreciated his effort to make this work but all she felt is gratitude, not love. She also tried hard to make herself fall in love with this man but she just can't. If only there's a way to reciprocate what he feels, she will gladly do it. But she just can't, it's not because she doesn't want to, she just can't.