Twisted Love's

Episode 24

"Julia." Surprised to hear my name being called, I looked up and found Miguel standing there.

"What are you doing? still up?" With a bad feeling, I pretended there was no problem.

"Nolan called me. He said that if you might go home alone, he wanted to make sure you were okay."

"Oh, so it is..." Nolan was still worried about me.

"I heard a car stop, so I thought it might be you coming. So, do you want to talk first, Julia?"

"All right..." I'm not sure how many situations Miguel knows, but I still accept the offer. Mostly because I don't want to be alone right now.

Miguel and I sat on a bench next to the pool.

"So, what's going on, Julia?"

"There's nothing..." I lied in front of him.

"As I would have believed it. Nolan won't dress a girl up and let her out of her sight."

"dressed up? But this is mine..."

"You can't fool me. Nolan chose it all."

"Why are you so sure?"

“He dresses you according to his taste. It hurts me to say it, but he's done a good job." Miguel admitted with a strange grin.

He dressed me according to his taste? Really really!?

"Isn't the party great? Why did you leave early? He seems to be very worried about you."

"I really doubt that..."

I mean, anyway, he's just gonna use me.

"Can't you tell me?" He put his comfortable hand on my shoulder and smiled. My stubborn heart unraveled and began to open.

"All right..." Because she knows more about Nolan than I do, I told her everything that happened to her.

"He was just using me. Once he fulfills his goal, I will have no use left to defend."

"That's it..." Miguel said calmly as I finished my story.

"seen? So it's not that Nolan's worried about me... "

"I'm not so sure he's just using you."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't say it for sure because I wasn't there and never heard him say it ... But I really doubt that's the only reason that motivates him. This is Nolan we're talking about. He's not always transparent with his emotions." Even though Miguel smiled at me, I turned my eyes away, unable to believe his words so easily.

"He said it before, right? He always wanted to surpass his father. He always said he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps, but that's not true. He chose the path himself." Miguel

"What does that mean?" Ask wonder.

"She chose to become a lawyer so she could face her father face-to-face." Miguel stated this confidently.

"Faced his father...? Is going beyond father the only thing that can make him happy?" My toot.

"If it is, I can't tell you." I'm a little disappointed to hear that.

"Because no one can say for sure what makes others happy. You can try, but it's nothing more than a guess." Miguel.

"You may be right..." I raised my head, but Miguel looked away.

"Didn't he admit to you that he was being used by his father?" Miguel asked, to the point of making me recall what Nolan had said before.

'That could make him look good, so of course he tried to force me into it.'

"Yes. His father wanted to use it to make himself look better .."

"I make sure it really tortures her. Her father was a hero to her, but now she is being used by him instead. It hurt her more than you know. That's why he hates about the idea of using others for his own good. I can't imagine Nolan would try to use you like that, Julia." Miguel stopped to take a deep breath.

"Despite her stressful job lately, she may start to lose control of herself. Maybe that's why he's not sure about his career and why he doesn't know how to treat you well ..."

... He doesn't know how to deal with me?

While I was trying to understand everything, Miguel smiled at me.

"Is it hard for you to believe that she doesn't know how to express her feelings?"

"It's not like that..." I shook my head.

"You're amazing, Miguel."

"You understand Nolan very well, and you really believe in him ... No wonder he's so open to you."

While a**ku, on the other hand, was always suspicious and thought he was using me ...

"Are you kidding me, Julia? You're more amazing than ever."

"Huh? Why?" I'm rattled.

"In a short time, you can make him share his past story and his dreams ... Guys only say that kind of thing if they really want you to get to know them."

"Really?"

Nolan wants me to know about him? I'm hard to believe ...

"Just that he didn't think of me as the reason why he opened up, I'm sure of it."

"But, you like him, don't you, Julia?"

“A-I? Is that true? Of course I didn't- "I started to deny his words, but I immediately held back.

Is it possible that I've fallen in love with Nolan?

Even if I tried to hide it, Miguel might have guessed it. I don't want to lie about my own feelings.

"You're right. I think I like it ... But he doesn't think of me that way at all. He just invited me to the party because he knew I wouldn't cause him any trouble later. Basically, I'd rather be considered a friend. I'll never be more than that." My voice trembled, Miguel wrapped his hands around my back.

It's really painful to admit it ...

"Why Nolan, hmm? Why not me, Julia?" Miguel sounded so serious that I raised my head and looked at him, completely shocked.

"Huh?"

Her sincere eyes looked at me closer than ever. I can't even speak of anything just being able to swallow a lump in my throat. The next moment, his face softened and he grinned awkwardly.

“Don't look so scared. You broke my heart."

"I didn't mean it!" I rubbed my cheek as if it would fix my face.

"I was just kidding. Although I still want to know what you don't see in me ... "

"Miguel..."

Did he seriously say it? How am I going to answer it? Especially after I confessed to her that I liked Nolan.

“This reminds me of when I was in high school, this happened too."

"What's going on?"

"But this story is a little tragic for me." Miguel shrugged with a smile and continued calmly. "In our second year of high school, a girl who liked Nolan asked for my help. He wanted me to take Nolan somewhere alone so he could confess to her."

"Then?"

Nolan must have been very popular back then ... The girls are probably crazy about him.

"When Nolan said he wasn't interested, he started crying."

"That sounds like something Nolan probably used to do to a girl."

Although now I am in the same situation ...

"Is the girl okay?"

"Well, she cried so long that I comforted her and tried to make her smile. But then he said he liked me ..."

"Really!?" That girl must be a brave man.

"Yes. I had a hard time rejecting it."

"Did you really refuse?"

"Yes. I never really liked that girl in the first place." Something about his tone of voice tells me that there are more stories in this story.

I wonder what he meant by that? No, wait! I shouldn't think about that now ...

"It's okay. I won't need your help asking her out."

What did I just say!?

"Yes. You don't seem to want me." Miguel said this while looking directly behind me.

"What's wrong?" I followed his gaze, only to find Nolan standing there, still wearing his formal attire.