Sophie’s POV
“This is my parents’ house; I came here to visit them today.” Lance said to me with a huge smile on his face.
My mouth went agape. “Y-Your paents’ house? Y-You mean M-Mrs. Hastings is your mom?”
“Yes.”
“Oh my God…” I mumbled to myself.
“How about you Sophie, may I know why you’re here?” he suddenly asked me.
I looked at him. “Err… actually—
“Lance!”
Mrs. Hastings suddenly appeared and came running to Lance and hugged him. “Oh my God, Lance I missed you so much!”
“I missed you too, mommy.”
I was just looking at them while they were hugging each other. They seem to be close to each other.
“Are you hungry? I asked the chef to cook your favorite food today.” Mrs. Hastings said to Lance.
“Really? Sure! I missed eating here too.” I was surprised when Lance suddenly looked at me. “You too, Sophie. Come and eat with us."
"H-Huh?"
"Do you know each other?” Mrs. Hastings asked while looking at me.
Lance nodded with a smile. “She’s a student from the university that I’m working at.”
“Oh, I see. Yes, you can invite her over too.”
“Huh N-No, I’m—
“Come on, Sophie. Don’t worry, I’ll send you home after we eat.” Lance said as he grabbed my hand. I was just looking at his hand holding mine and my heart started beating incredibly fast already. I didn’t say anything until we reached the dining hall.
Lance pulled a chair for me beside him. “This is where I usually go during weekends or during class vacations.”
“I didn’t know that.”
“I’m living alone so I miss my parents more often. I go here whenever I miss my mom’s beef steak.”
I just smiled and we continue eating. I could see Mrs. Hasting staring at me whenever I talk to Lance. I don’t know what she’s thinking but that made me feel nervous.
***
“Lance.”
Lance looked at me while he was driving. He insisted to send me home so I let him. “Hmm?”
“About the younger brother that you mentioned before, may I know his name?”
“My brother? His name is Vincent. But I used to call him V before.”
Now that I thought about it, Vincent got surprised when I called him V before. Maybe he remembered his brother.
“Why did you ask?”
“H-Huh? Nothing. I’m just curious. Maybe he looks exactly like you too.”
I saw a smile on his face. “Actually, people often ask if we’re really brothers because we don’t look like each other. Vincent is much more handsome than me. He’s more popular with girls in our university before too.”
“Really? But you are popular with girls in our university right now too even if you’re not a student anymore.”
“Hahaha! I’m popular because they need me when they’re sick.”
“By the way, Lance. I think you’re so close with your parents. Especially with your mom.”
“Yes. I’m her favorite son. She told that to us so many times before. She always dreamed of having a doctor son that’s why she asked me to be one.”
“You mean, she was the one who told you to be a doctor? It’s not your personal choice?”
He shook his head. “At first I was forced to do it even though I really wanted to a pilot, but then as I go to school and know more about medicine, I began loving it too.”
“Our mom just wants us to either be a doctor or a pilot, because that’s what our grandparents’ occupations are. She wanted to continue their inheritance.”
“So, that’s why even if you don’t really want to do it, you’ll be forced to just do it for them.”
“I am the oldest, that’s why I wanted to succeed our family.”
I stared at him for a while. I know Lance for a quite a while now but I didn’t realize that there are lots of things that I don’t know about him.
“By the way, Sophie. May I know the reason why you left the infirmary? You weren’t feeling good that’s why I got surprised when I didn’t find you there.”
“Err… I was feeling better when I got to rest, that’s why I already left. I forgot to inform you about it that’s why I just left…”
He nodded. “That’s good to hear then, I thought you got mad at me for some reason because you seem to be avoiding me too when you brought those papers to me.”
“N-No, I’m not mad at you… I’m so sorry if you felt that way…”
“You don’t have to apologize. Just knowing that you’re not mad at me makes me feel at ease.” He said then he smiled.
How can he be Vincent’s brother? Why of all people?
“I will never get mad at you, Lance.”
“Thank you, Sophie.”
He opened the door of his care for me when we finally reached the gate of Vincent’s mansion. He doesn’t know that Vincent lives here too that’s why it’s just alright. I just have to make sure that they won’t be able to see each other. “I’ll be going inside now.” I said.
“Okay. See you tomorrow, Sophie. “
“See you tomorrow.” I said as I was about to walk inside when he called me again.
He was hesitating to say it at first but he spoke after a while. “Can I ask you to go with me somewhere tomorrow?”
My eyes widened. “H-Huh?”
“I-I just think that, it’s been a while since we last go out with each other. Y-You can ask Sabrina to go with you too if you want.”
“S-Sure.”
“Thanks. Er… goodnight.”
I smiled. “Goodnight.”