The First Curse of Love
38. Clarissa Hwang's

Not wanting to receive many questions from the others and having to explain his position, Qiara finally decided to dodge for a while. He joined Dean back to Banu Island and stayed in one of the hotel rooms that Dean managed.

And since returning from Shanghai, Qiara kept shutting herself in her room, pondering over everything that happened. And since he came back from Shanghai too, Danny hasn't contacted him once. At the end of her despair, Qiara was still trying to trust Danny, and was waiting for an explanation from Danny's side.

However, when he discovers that Danny has not contacted him since his last time in Shanghai two days ago, Qiara cannot lie to herself, he starts to worry. He began to fear everything around him.

One of the worst possibilities was already in his head. It's likely that his marriage to Danny won't happen next month. Qiara was struck over that one possibility. He fell into a pit of pain that broke his heart, almost destroying it.

Then the memory of when he always said that he loved Danny, but no one got the same answer from Danny, further aggravated the situation now.

Qiara sat in the corner of the bathroom after turning on the shower. Then, still wearing her white sleep dress, Qiara cried with a muffled sobbing sound. Letting one tear at a time, flushed with water, but not pain and worry.

As Qiara was enjoying every pain that was eating away at her heart, Celine suddenly just came and opened the bathroom door. Celine was aghast before finally rushing over to Qiara, turning off the shower, then sat down and hugged Qiara's already shivering body wryly.

"Qi, I'm sorry. Sorry because I didn't get my suspicions the same and let you go to Shanghai without knowing anything." Celine looked on regretfully.

"Cel... I got married to Danny, right? Next month, Danny's gonna be my husband, right? Yeah, right, Cel?" Said Qiara with a trembling voice.

Every word he said somehow felt like stone-throws that hit his heart.

Celine nodded. Her tears trickled slowly looking at Qiara's current state.

"I'll make sure you get married. If necessary, I'll drag Danny to the altar myself. You believe me, right? Hm?"

The sobs that had been muffled by Qiara finally broke in Celine's embrace. At least in the presence of Celine, Qiara would not hide anything. He will cry out so. He will shed as many tears as he can.

...****...

The next day, after finishing his job, Danny returns to the hospital to check on Pricilla. Last night, Mia contacted him and told him that Pricilla was going through a critical period.

Before entering Pricilla's room, from the glass slit in the door, Danny could see Pricilla sitting on a mattress facing blankly against the window. While Mia faithfully sat on the sofa, monitoring every move Pricilla made.

Danny threw away all his doubts and opened the door. At that very moment, Pricilla turned to face him and looked at Danny with a smile on her lips.

"Dann's? You came?"

"Where are you?" Danny sat in an empty chair next to Pricilla's bed.

"As you can see." Pause for a moment, "sorry already made a fuss." Next later.

Danny did not say anything and just looked down with a thin smile. Not long after, Danny's right hand moved and grabbed Pricilla's wrist, which was covered in bandages. Danny rubbed it gently. As for Pricilla, he just fell silent while looking at Danny with astonishment.

"Sorry, for letting you go through these three hard years alone. Although I have never been kind to you since three years ago, but I am one of the people who want to see you live a happy life, without pressure, without feeling depressed. But one thing I never realized was that I was the cause of your greatest pain. Sorry."

"Dann─"

Pricilla choked when Danny suddenly rose from his chair and hugged her. Gently, Danny stroked Pricilla's hair. Unlike before, this time Pricilla can feel the warmth and a sincerity flowing from Danny's embrace.

...****...

Previous night...

Danny and Mama Pricilla sit side by side in a waiting chair in front of Pricilla's room. Since three minutes ago, none of them had the intention to open a chat.

Just as Danny was about to leave the hospital a moment ago, Clarissa suddenly called out to him. The one thing Danny caught was, no anger pressure was heard as Clarissa called out her name. Even as Danny turned around and stared right at the beads in his eyes, Danny clearly caught a weariness from the usually haughty-looking look.

"I may be less concerned about my daughter because of all my ambitions, but one thing I have known for three years is that not a day does my daughter not think about you. He always imagined the days when you would meet again, and he was ready to let go of everything to get back to you. It made me so angry that it pressed him from every direction."

Danny didn't say anything. He still lowered his eyes.

"When she was twelve years old, Pricilla witnessed an affair I had with a man younger than me. It hurt her so much because she knew how much her father loved me. He was disappointed, but could not say or do anything as I snatched him from his proud Papa. He endured all his grief for many years and lived as a submissive child, until finally, one day you were present in his life, he said, and brought him to know things he had never known before. For the first time since her parents' divorce, Pricilla was able to smile and laugh. That's when I knew that you were precious to Pricilla."

Clarissa smiled warmly on the sidelines of the story. But Danny still didn't say anything. Of course he knew all those stories very well.

"For that Danny─"

Clarissa and Danny raised their faces simultaneously and looked at each other. "I beg you, at least until Pricilla recovers please accompany her. Right now, the only person she needs is you. So, please stay by her side for these moments. And you can go after that."

^^^To be continued...^^^