I Am The Queen

She wondered if he was going to cut cla.s.ses. And much to her amazement, Daniel unceremoniously laid down on the gra.s.s with arms behind his head, staring blankly at the sky with a melancholic face.

Sisley was instantly mesmerized at the sight of him, shining and sparkling. Lost at the view of his handsome features, she was suddenly pulled in the memory of the past.

It was also like this day. Warm and sunny.

She was being bullied due to her weak stature and meek personality. She was not yet friends with Jen at that time.

She was crying when he happened to hear her. She remembered how his presence alone was enough to scare the ones who had bullied her. Then without a word, he patted her head and smiled.

"Hey, everything"s going to be alright."

Then and there, he became her prince. Her knight in shining armor.

Even though their meeting was short and Daniel seemed to forgot all about it. She however, nourished those feelings. Not forgetting a single moment.

Unknowingly, Sisley found herself walking towards the man.

"Who"s there?"

Daniel immediately stood up and turned around. Only to find a cute pet.i.te young girl with a pink ribbon hairband adorably decorating her shoulder length fluffy hair.

Instantly, he loosened up and flashed a friendly smile.

"Oh, it"s only you. You scared me for a moment there. I thought it was the teacher who found out that I was cutting cla.s.ses." He chuckled, showing that deep dimple on his left cheek.

Sisley blushed and forgot her name when Daniel flashed her a killer smile. Her heart erratically thumped that she feared he could hear it.

"Are you also cutting cla.s.ses?" Daniel asked with his usual friendly tone.

Sisley was still being hypnotized as she dazedly nodded her head.

"Hmm…, I never would have thought that the kind, obedient Sisley Lacroft also knows how to cut cla.s.ses."

Sisley"s heart missed a beat upon hearing her name from Daniel"s lips.

"Y-you… you remember me?!" She couldn"t help but utter those words in excitement.

Daniel looked at the girl in front of him, a warm smile blossomed on his lips.

"Of course I remember you, we are cla.s.smates after all." He chuckled once more while his thoughts suddenly flew to that time when he saved a crying little girl.

That girl was so small and skinny and weak that he couldn"t help but protect her against those bullies.

It was after lunch and he was taking his afternoon nap when he heard a girl crying, being surrounded by boys and girls.

Daniel roamed his ocean blue eyes on Sisley. That small skinny girl turned into a charming young woman with the right curves in the right places.

"Ehehehe, yes. Right." Sisley laughed heartily showing her deep dimples as she playfully knocked herself with her knuckles, her tongue sticking out, looking adorably cute.

Daniel was rendered speechless for a moment. His eyes narrowed watching the girl"s innocent smile and angelic face. Somehow, he felt refresh, and warmth filled his heart.

Being with Evangeline for a year was truly – exhausting.

The icy intimidating woman was indeed a cold and heartless person by nature that without even knowing it, his heart too began to froze.

Daniel, like any other men was enamored at Evangeline"s icy cold, mesmerizing countenance and aloofness. At first, he like her personality and was challenged in making the cold woman submit to him like the goal and dreams of most men.

But it turns out, Evangeline was truly a heartless and cruel person that even with the amount of warmth and attention he gave her, she remained cold and indifferent even to him – her boyfriend!

Sometimes, every so often, he would think why did she even said "yes" to him in the first place.

Every time that they were together, Evangeline wouldn"t even let him hug her nor kiss her nor be anywhere intimate with her. It had gotten to the point that he felt depressed. He felt less of a man. He felt unloved. He felt his heart froze.

But this innocent, charming woman in front of him thawed it with just her simple smile. Watching her pure and heartfelt smile made his frozen heart beat once more.

Without knowing it, Daniel"s lips blossomed in a genuine grin from his heart, different from his practiced polite smile.

In the end, the whole morning, Daniel and Sisley talked and laughed about the things that happened to them in the past years. It was the first time that Daniel felt alive again when talking to the opposite s.e.x.

Evangeline was an extremely possessive person that even with just the slightest hint coming from a female, she would lash out and humiliate that poor girl in front of the whole world to see.

At first, he was happy about it. However, as times went by, he had gotten frustrated and angry at her for treating him like she owned him. Like he was just an object to her.

As for Sisley, she felt like she was on cloud nine. She couldn"t believe that with just one simple move, she and Daniel had gotten a lot closer. If she knew this would happen, she should have approached him in the past.