Chapter 243
“Are you in love with that bastard Camilo?”
He finally said the words and she burst out more in tears moving close to him to touch him. He pulled his hand from her pointing a warning finger at her. His eyes were shut as he tried to process the feelings that swarm into his heart.
“You’re not in love with him Camilo. You’re my sister, and he is our enemy.” He said grabbing her shoulders and his gaze boring into hers.
“Theo I swear to you. I tried to fight it….
“No! No Camilo! You don’t love him, tell me you don’t love him!” He yelled panting heavily. Camilo couldn’t utter a word again so she fell to her knees letting her tears drench her.
“I… I didn’t mean to betray you this way Theo. I swear it, I didn’t. I never wanted this to happen but I just couldn’t stop it, no matter how hard I tried….”
“Stop talking, just stop talking!” He yelled and went to take one of the stools in the room. He was raging and threw the stool across the room destroying more things.
“Theo!” Camilo yelled standing to her feet. She needed to stop him from damaging more things. She ran to him and hugged him from behind but out of anger he pushed her away causing her to fall to the ground. He got worried a bit due to the force she fell with but when he saw that she was fine his heart returned back to feeling angry.
Camilo stood up again and moved towards him.
“You don’t need to destroy anything. It won’t changed the truth. I’ve felt guilty the entire time. I’ve been living in sadness and I was just tired.” She cried while Theo looked at her as she broke his heart. “I was tired of fighting my feelings for him Theo. It was stronger than me. I don’t expect you to understand me but I’m in love ….”
“Don’t you fucking say that word camilo.” He warned. She bit her lip painfully but she knew he needed to hear it and live with the reality.
“I’m in love with Caspian.”
The place fell silent and the siblings stared at each intensely. It was a moment of pain, the feeling of betrayal cut deep into Theo’s heart and Camilo felt like the worst human ever as she saw tears stream down his face.
She wanted to call his name but she couldn’t find her voice.
“You can’t be my sister.” He said and Camilo felt her world falling apart. Was she about to lose her brother?
“Theo… Please don’t say that.” She begged.
“You betray me Camilo? How could you?”
He said. He felt so terrible, so betrayed and so alone that words weren’t enough to tell how miserable he felt right now.
“Please forgive me.”
“Forgive you? Forgive you Camilo!” He yelled now boiling with anger.
“Did you know how many times I risked my life to meet with Caspian’s deadline? Did you know how many cuts I had whenever I failed to meet up? Did you know what pains I had to pass through just to raise money so that I can set you free from him and what did you do?” He was breathing hard and his heart wrenched from pain.
” I’m sorry.”
“Stop saying sorry! You’re not sorry Camilo. I paid every damn debt up till this day and what do I get? You fell in love with him?” Theo burst into laughter but Camilo knew it was coming from a place of pain.
“I took that job that involved going against Angel, I was ready to die as long as I got the money to set you free. I even arranged with friends to get the money to Caspian should anything happen to me and what were you doing? Making his bed warm while I risked my life! You don’t deserve my forgiveness. You disgust me Camilo and if this is what you want then I’ll disown you as my sister right here and right now.”
She gasped in shock hearing him say that, she couldn’t afford to lose her brother. He didn’t deserve what she did but fate played a cruel card on them.
“No Theo, please don’t say that.” She held his hand but he pulled away from her.
“Stay away from me.”
“I’ll do anything just don’t do this. I’m your only family now Theo. I can’t have a life without you. Your my blood.” She cried and he scoffed.
“You’ll do anything? Really?” He said and her words registered in her mind. She haden’t thought of what anything could mean she just didn’t want to lose him.
“I need you Theo.”
“Then choose….” He said and she paused for a moment as a tear spilled down her face.
“W-what?” She stuttered.
With a straight face Theo said again. “Choose between your lover and me.”
Camilo gasped and shuffled. He was asking her to give up on her love for Caspian and have him or lose him and have Caspian.
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Theo left and Camilo weakly walked back to the room she shared with Caspian. Theo’s conditions were too much for her. She had told Caspian that she wouldn’t go back on her words about loving him but that would cost her her brother and knowing Theo, he could leave the country and she’d never see him again so what was she supposed to do?
She was a victim in all this but could she blame her brother for betraying Caspian in the first place? He stole Caspian’s goods so he could get a better life for them and she accepted to be sold off to save his life.
The only thing she did wrong in all of this was to fall in love with the man she wasn’t supposed to.
Caspian had been pacing about the room while waiting for Camilo to return. He was getting quite impatient then suddenly the door opened and he paused seeing Camilo’s weary self. He got worried but then she smiled at him and he sighed in relieve.
He moved towards her slowly when she did same and they met at a point. Caspian welcomed her into his embrace running his hand along her back. He inhaled her scent and felt at home with it.
“I love you so much Caspian.” She said and he held her tighter.
After a while they pulled away from each other and Caspian cupped her cheek in his palm with his gaze boring into hers.
“Your eyes are swollen. What happened in there?” He asked knowing that she had cried her eyes out.
She sniffed back her tears and spoke. “Theo asked me to choose… Between you and him.” She said and at first he wanted to get worried but seeing she was here with him and in his arms he assumed her answer and felt relieved.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
“And what did you say?” He asked for confirmation. He could see the tears that glistened in her eyes and knew how tough the decision must have been for her.
“I chose him.” She said and Caspian was left in shock.
She had chosen her brother over him and to top it all she asked for a favour. To cancel Theo’s remaining debt and also let her be with her brother. He wasn’t ready for it, infact he never knew how much he’d get his heart broken thinking he could have her forever but then nothing last forever.