Sophie’s POV
I’ve been glancing at Vincent and that Monica for a while now. And ever since she arrived, Vincent seems to forget about me already. It’s not that I’m complaining, I mean, I can’t blame him because he never really get to see her for years.
“I can smell jealousy.” I was startled when Lance suddenly sat next to me.
I looked at him. “L-Lance.”
“Do you want me to call Monica so that you will get to be alone with your husband already?”
My face automatically turned red. “N-No, no. You don’t have to do that. I’m not jealous.” I turned y gaze away from him. “I already know that they are childhood friends.”
“And she’s also V’s first love.”
“I know.”
“But you don’t have to worry about anything, Sophie. V is your husband now, and I don’t think he would marry you if he still loves Monica.”
He just married me because my father couldn’t pay his debt to him.
How I wish I could tell him that.
“I-I’m not jealous.”
Lance smiled. “Vincent and I met Monica during our kindergarten. Her father was the owner of that school and so our parents became their business partners. Monica was a nerd back then, she always gets bullied and Vincent and I always save her. One time when she was kidnapped, Vincent really did everything to find her.
She fought with the kidnappers by himself that he almost got comatose. Good thing our father’s men and the police officers came.”
I just nodded.
“Then we grew up and decided to go to the same university, but then Monica suddenly left without saying anything. She went to Australia and after a month we just knew that their company got bankrupted. Vincent also told me that Monica likes me.”
“M-Monica likes you?”
Lance nodded. “I didn’t actually know that. I thought that she was in love to Vincent too that’s why I just kept my feelings to myself.”
“S-So you loved her too?”
“Yeah. But my brother is more important to me.”
“Did Vincent confess to her?”
“He was about to confess to her, but then Monica suddenly admitted that she likes me.”
I glanced at Vincent who’s still talking to Monica on the other table. “He must get hurt.”
“I’m sure he did. Monica was the only woman that V loved.”
I don’t even know why but it felt like something pierced my heart.
“But good thing you came into his life, because he finally found someone who loves him too. Someone who would make him happy.” Lance said.
I smiled at him. “I wish I could really do that.”
“Of course, you can. And you already did. V smiles way better now than he usually before when he was still living with us. He became happier when you came to his life. That’s why you need to promise me, Sophie. You need to promise me that you will remain by his side no matter what happens. I know my brother is not a perfect husband, he’s stubborn, he loves being involved in any type of trouble and he is sometimes selfish but he has a good heart. I swear you won’t regret loving him.”
“L-Lance, why are you saying these things to me?”
“Because I know that you’re the one for him. I know that you’re the woman that he needs in his life.”
I gave him a smile. “Lance, do you even know that Vincent is so lucky to have an older brother like you?”
Lance shook his head. “That’s not true. I wasn’t even able to stay beside him when he needed me the most. That’s why I think that the only thing that I can do for him is to help him find a girl that would change him for the better. Someone who could make him feel completely happy.”
“You are the best brother.”
“That’s not true.”
“Lance!”
Both Lance and I turned around when Monica called him while running towards us while Vincent was following her. She grabbed Vincent’s arm and pulled him to us. “What do you think of my gift to him? Isn’t it cute? I personally chose those ties!”
Monica showed us the blue necktie that Vincent was wearing. It has bears on it.
My eyes widened upon realizing that it was the same as my gift, although mine has dogs on it.
Lance also realized it and so he looked at me but I just beckoned him not to mind it.
“Y-Yeah, it’s cute.”
“I told you, it’s cute!” she said to Vincent.
Vincent then scratched the back of his head as if he was shy. “But I don’t really like bears…”
That was the first time that I saw him blushing like that.
“How about you, Lance? Where’s your present for V?” Monica asked Lance.
“H-Huh? Oh, yes. Here’s my present.”
Lance handed his gift to Vincent.
“I’ll open it later.” Said Vincent.
Then all of them suddenly looked at me. Lance smiled. “Sophie, you should show your gift to V too.”
“H-Huh?”
“May I see your gift?” Vincent suddenly asked me with a smile on his face.
“Err…”
Then I saw Monica’s face, she was glaring at me.
“I-I think I actually forgot about it. I-I’m sorry, I’ll just go inside.” I said then I started walking away from them. I even heard Lance called me but I just pretended not to hear him.