Mr. Hephephobias

CHAPTER 173 - Destiny

Rayn and Lucia still have time before their departure to Canada. Both of them sat on the sofa while looking at the beautiful scenery of skyscrapers seen from behind a solarium with glass windows that intercede from the residence to the outdoors.

Lucia sat right next to Rayn, resting her body and head comfortably on Rayn's shoulders. Rayn embraces Lucia's body with one arm while holding Lucia's hand. Rayn and Lucia enjoy a relaxing time together with a romantic atmosphere.

"You really surprised me" Lucia said.

"I just don't understand, all these years you've been hiding your identity, even from me. But now surprisingly, you show the world who you are" continued Lucia.

With his eyes still looking outwards, Rayn responded to what Lucia had said. "I'm not showing the world who the artist behind the Lotus name is. I just showed the world that I exist" he said.

Lucia pulled her body that was leaning on Rayn, she stared at Rayn. "What do you mean by that" he asked.

One might make that decision because keeping secrets is also a burden. But Rayn didn't feel it was a burden. Even he did not care if his talent had to be hidden behind the Lotus name. However, there was something that always bothered him, a silly question but kept on anchoring in his head.

Rayn continues to struggle trying to find answers that already exist. Although the answer was obvious, Rayn closed her eyes and denied it. A sad answer to a scary question.

"What will happen to me if I die?"

A concern for oneself, not a worry about what will happen to the person he leaves behind. For a person like himself, it was not clear what kind of end his destiny was. Not a memory by anyone.

Since Rayn was exiled, since then the figure of himself has disappeared. Other than his father, Mickey, Arka and the bodyguards currently working for him at Villa, other than them, neither knew about him nor his whereabouts. That means Rayn will have an end that will pass.

"No one else will lose or cry for me. Isn't that so sad?" said Rayn staring fixedly at Lucia who was currently also looking at him.

Rayn brought her body closer and slowly hugged Lucia. Thinking about it made her regain the feeling that once tormented her.

"Every once, even if only once. I want the world to know, if I exist. There was a man who was born Rayn, Rayn Dean Anderson. A man who is good at painting, even his work has stolen the attention of the world. A man who had also become the husband of such a beautiful woman. A man with all his shortcomings yet became the luckiest man in the world. A cold-hearted man and also a bitch. Just once, there was at least someone besides them, even though only one of them would remember me like that" Rayn said in Lucia's arms.

Rayn tightly hugged Lucia and leaned her chin on Lucia's shoulder. "Lusia, I really want to be there for you."

Lucia now understood why Rayn, who had been hiding her identity for years, suddenly showed herself to the world. It is not popularity that is the reason, but recognition. He did not want to live and end up with that miserable fate.

Lucia returned Rayn's embrace by slowly stroking Rayn's back gently to make her comfortable.. "Do you remember what I said the first time I stretched my hand out to you. I think from then on my destiny and your destiny changed" Lucia said

That moment was the first day Lucia officially worked for Rayn. The day Lucia asks Rayn to stop touching booze as an escape. At that moment, of course Rayn still clearly remembered what Lucia had said when she reached out to her. Lucia can prove to Rayn, if her helping isn't out of pity.

“I just want to help you not because I love you. Can't you just pick my hand out over them? I can always hold your hand, take you anywhere. I can listen to all your complaints, I can be your friend. Can you take it by taking my hand?”

"You can continue to rely on me, rely on me and ask me to stay by your side. I don't care if you're gonna get well or maybe it's never gonna happen the way you say it will. I don't give a shit. I will remain at your side, be a shield to you and hold your hand like this. I'll make sure it's always on your side, let's do it all together."

Without Lusia knowing, if his words that touch Rayn's heart so that he received a helping hand Lusia. And now, like giving an answer to Rayn's doubts back then, Lucia had truly kept her promise.

Lucia now returned Rayn's embrace by hugging her. "In the end I have given myself a lifetime for you. Even if there will never be a change in your condition, you can continue to rely on and depend on me. You're not dragging me to ruin with you like you said. You're not selfish with wasting my life and I'm not just your defense shield. Because I'm part of you. I'm also you Rayn."

In a relationship, it is not just love that unites two people. But a sincerity that grows before love exists. The fate of life has been outlined by God in one's life. Although it has become His decree, destiny can be changed by trying and pleading with the Creator. Like the fate line of Rayn and Lucia. As the two give in to conflicting dreams, it is at this point that Rayn and Lusia are met by an unexpected destiny.

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*** to Be Continued ***