“Crystal, have you had enough of following me? Go back and do not block my way here.

“Are you not going to study abroad next month? Why are you still thinking about this? Get lost!”

Crystal stood in front of the motorcycle with her thin body in a daze for a moment before she realized that Octavio regarded the marriage date as a countdown for her to go abroad.

Octavio did not know that Crystal had already been arranged to marry.

When Octavio’s parents told Crystal about this, her reaction was exceptionally calm.

The Carrillo Family had given her a comfortable life for more than twenty years, and marrying into another noble family was her way of repaying the Carrillo family.

The marriage partner was The Prince of Hollywood, Glen Raymond. It was the Raymond Family who took the initiative to propose it, and the wedding would be held next month.

The Carrillo Family also found it strange at first. The Raymond Family, with its wealth and power, had no need to rely on marriage to stabilize the family business. However, the Raymond Family's attitude was very firm, and Crystal also agreed.

At that time, Octavio’s parents were about to tell Octavio, that they were going out for a drink, but were stopped by Crystal.

Crystal did not want the person she liked to know this news and her embarrassment, but she did not expect to be misunderstood by Octavio.

Octavio violently threw the helmet next to Crystal, almost hitting her, but Crystal did not even try to dodge and just spoke persistently.

“Mom asked me to take you back home. You have not been home for three days.”

Octavio's peach blossom eyes narrowed dangerously. He looked down at the trembling Crystal, and spoke slowly after a moment.

“You want me to go back? Sure, get on board and I'll take you for a spin. After that, we'll go back.”

There were whistles around the two of them, and everyone looked at the timid adopted daughter of the Carrillo Family, Octavio's non-blood sister, at ease, expecting her to retreat, run away, and burst into tears.

But Crystal did not. In the bleak cold wind, she looked at Octavio's smiling eyes, and she seemed to be able to hear the sound of her own heartbeat.

It was Octavio's youthfulness and high-spirited spirit that made Crystal's heart beat.

To everyone's surprise, she said firmly, “Alright.”

Octavio raised his eyebrows slightly. He was also a little surprised. In his impression, Crystal was most afraid of this kind of thing.

Looking at the bewildered Crystal, Octavio quickly pulled her onto the motorcycle and personally helped her put on the helmet. His intimate actions stunned everyone around him.

Noticing everyone's gazes, Octavio said unhappily, “She's so stupid. If I drop her and something happens to her, how am I going to explain this to my dad?”

The motorcycle roared, and Octavio had already turned the accelerator to the bottom. The body of the motorcycle rushed up the mountain on the rainy night like a silver lightning.

Crystal's heart almost jumped out of her throat and cold sweat broke out on her palms. She tightly grasped the corner of Octavio's clothes, too scared to open her eyes.

Octavio laughed unscrupulously and freed one hand to grab Crystal's hand, his voice could not be heard clearly in the strong wind.

“Crystal, do you like me?”

Crystal was stunned. Octavio's words exploded in her mind like a bomb, and she even forgot to be afraid.

How did Octavio know that?!

Crystal was so nervous that she was waiting for Octavio's response. Maybe, maybe Octavio liked her too.

Then could they cancel the engagement next month? Maybe the future she wrote in her diary could come true.

But she did not expect that Octavio said it viciously, “You should know that I am your brother. Isn't it disgusting that you like your own brother?”

It was like a bucket of cold water poured on Crystal's head, and Crystal's tears flowed silently.

Yeah, wasn't it disgusting?!

She actually liked her brother.

Because of Crystal's silence, Octavio became even more agitated, and he added another sentence viciously, “Crystal, can you please not appear in front of me again? It's disgusting.”

Crystal's heart ached, and she just said ‘Fine’ in her heart. She knew that she would never appear in front of Octavio again.

In thirty days, she would marry a stranger.

In the strong wind, Crystal gritted her teeth, hesitating whether to tell Octavio the news, but in the end, she could not say it out loud.

Crystal's lowered eyes met Octavio's, making people feel a little depressed.

Octavio glanced at her with an ambiguous look. Just then the rain stopped. He rode away on his motorcycle, leaving Crystal alone on the top of the mountain. 

Before leaving, he turned around and shouted to Crystal, “Tell her I'm not going back.”

Crystal felt a bitter feeling in her heart. The fear she had just experienced on the motorcycle suddenly came back to her. She could not even stand. Tears streamed down her face and her shoulders shook uncontrollably.

Yes, Octavio was his brother. Although they were not related by blood, they had lived under the same roof for more than ten years. How could she like Octavio?

All the scenes of her getting along with Octavio came to mind. When she was twelve years old, Octavio knocked out two of the other person's teeth because someone said Crystal was a motherless child.

When she was fifteen, Octavio ran from the east to the west of the city to bring her a chocolate cake because Crystal missed home, just to see her smile.

When she was eighteen, Octavio personally put a birthday crown on her and promised that he would stay with Crystal no matter where she went.

They grew up together, with Octavio by her side through the most pivotal years of her life, offering love and support during the decade she needed it most.

Crystal knew their relationship very well, but she still fell in love with him like a moth to a flame, and wrote down every little detail of their time in her diary, including every touching moment.

She never thought about getting a response. As long as she could stay with Octavio, it was enough for her.

But then everything had changed.

If Octavio knew that she liked him, he would probably just find her disgusting.

That diary, her ten years of girlish thoughts, her heartbeats, were all dug open by Octavio, and then ridiculed.

She stumbled down the mountain, the near-zero temperature making her shiver uncontrollably, and she knew it was time to end.

It was time to end this ten-year secret love.

This was an illicit relationship that should not be exposed.

Ocatvio’s parent kept the news of Crystal's marriage arrangement a secret very well, and only Crystal was silently preparing everything for the wedding.

At three o'clock in the morning, the capital city was still brightly lit. A few gossipers who knew the hidden truth mentioned the matter indirectly to Octavio. Octavio was laughing wildly in the box with a glass of wine in hand.

“Crystal is just a dog, how could she possibly go to the marriage alliance? She cannot even smile when she's with me!”

There was laughter in the box for some reason, and someone started talking.

“Have you heard? Last night on the motorcycle night, Crystal walked down the mountain by herself. It was minus two degrees Celsius. How much does Octavio hate this sister?”

“Crystal, this adopted daughter, was probably raised by the Carrillo Family to take care of Octavio. Isn't she almost like a little servant? Hahahaha.”

“Did not Mr. Carrillo have dinner with Jocelyn Howe yesterday? As for that female celebrity, he must really like her. The photos were all released to the media..."

***

Separated by the wall, Crystal's heart twitched violently, and she remembered the time when she found out that she fell in love with Octavio.

At that time, she had just arrived at the Carrillo Family, and no one cared about this fatherless and motherless child. Only Octavio took her out to play and introduced her to people. 

She met Octavio during the years when she needed love the most, and then she threw herself obsessively on him for a full ten years.

Octavio was at the age where he loved to play, but in order to accompany Crystal, he always went home on time after school and brought various gifts to Crystal every day.

Crystal asked him if he found her annoying, but Octavio said that as long as Crystal did not find him annoying, it would be fine.

The boy's clear eyes left Crystal speechless, and her heart could not stop trembling.

In the last twenty-five days, she would never appear in front of Octavio again as Octavio wished.

She gritted her teeth and pushed open the door of the box.

In the dim room, Octavio sat in the middle, with sexy beauties on both sides.

If Octavio did not go home that day, his parents might really get angry, and Crystal would be the one who got bullied.

Octavio half-closed his eyelids and lazily looked up at Crystal. Crystal was wearing a white dress and looked timid, like a lost deer.

“Brother, Mom wants you to go home.”

As soon as these words came out, the girl who was feeding Octavio wine suddenly stopped and said coquettishly, “Mr. Carrillo, is this your sister?”

Octavio smiled and said nothing. Then the girl spoke again, “Is she a younger sister or a sweet sister?"

Hearing this, Crystal clenched the corner of her clothes tightly. Seeing that Octavio had no intention of explaining, she was interrupted by Octavio just as she was about to speak.

“What? Are you jealous?”

The girl nodded aggrievedly, looking at Octavio with admiration in her eyes.

“She suddenly came in, did not want to drink or play, and wanted to take you back. What should we do…?"

Octavio's eyes fell on Crystal, and some evil thoughts arose in his mind.

“Crystal, drink the wine on the table, and I will go home with you.”

Hearing this, the people in the box looked at each other, not knowing whether they should speak up to persuade them.

The wine on the table was all strong liquor. It would be hard for a man to finish drinking it all, let alone Crystal who never drank.

Crystal felt a bitter feeling in her heart. She had a bad stomach, and Octavio knew it. He used to be most concerned about her health.

In the past, Octavio would watch her eat breakfast every day, and would invite a nutritionist to prepare her three meals a day, so as to arrange each of her meals to be the best.

Everything started to change after Octavio knew that she liked him.

Crystal hesitated for a moment, and under Octavio's gaze, she picked up the first glass of wine and drank it all.

Then, it was the second and third cup... Crystal's face turned red visibly, and Octavio's brows gradually furrowed. As she was about to drink the sixth cup, Octavio said in a cold voice, “That's enough.”

But Crystal acted as if she did not hear it. She drank one glass of liquor after another, refusing to stop as if torturing herself.

“I've said enough, fucking enough!”

Octavio kicked the table hard, abruptly interrupting Crystal's drinking. With a sullen look on his face, he raised his wine glass and smashed it next to Crystal. The glass broke and cut Crystal's fair instep, leaving a glaring blood.

“Can you come with me then?”

Crystal forced a smile, but then everything went dark before her eyes and she fainted.

Octavio almost subconsciously rushed out to catch her. Looking at Crystal with her eyes closed, Octavio cursed under his breath, picked her up and walked out of the box.