DESCRIPTION Via Kaye is curious about her best friend's mysterious brother Dwayne Maverick La Torre. She got a chance to enter his room without a permission, to see if there's a photo of him and she's lucky because it's not locked. But she's unlucky because the man she wants to see was there, giving her a death glare. When he first looked at it, he was cold like ice! She is annoyed by his clumsiness, his scolding, and she is annoyed because he is like a child who always follows her but she doesn't care about that, she wants to know him. "Don't fall in love with me." That's the word he told her but then she falls in love with him. She can't unlove him no matter what danger comes, she can't unlove him even if she knows what his true character is.
Chapter 1 The winner
Chapter 1
"Here he comes again! DM impresses us every year! Again he is the winnerthe winner! No one can beat him, no one!" The announcer said loudly.
"DM! DM! DM!" People shouted.
DM got out of the car smiling and faced the people. He waved them off before reporters approached him for an interview. He answered all their questions. He also happily accepted the medal and trophy.
"Congratulations DM!" People greet him. He was thankful for them.
"Plan?" Leon asked him. His right hand and best friend.
After they entered the car, he removed the medal, he handed the trophy to his friend. "Like before, you hide there." He said here "Aren't you going to call your best friend to tell him the good news?"
"Jelai? "Do you have another best friend?"
"I'll call her later, let's eat first."
"Eating? Aren't we going straight to drinking? "Leon, Leon! Let's take care of our liver first. I still love myself, I don't want to die. Pass first." He says.
"You're not going to call your girlfriend?"
"I'll call later."
"You and Fevy have been together for a long time, until now you haven't introduced yourself to your family."
"Soon." He said weakly.
"Eh, your family? Won't they call you when they find out you've won again?"
"When have they followed my fight? When have they congratulated me? Even if the quago turns white, they will never call me to congratulate, say hello. Who am I among them?"
Leon shook his head. He did not understand why the La Torres treated their friend like that. Dwayne is famous in the field of Auto racing, everyone knows him. It can be said that he has everything except the love of his family.
Dwayne was just quietly looking outside. He is known as DM, no one knows him by his real name, his real personality and his being La Torre. He is a mysterious person to everyone, especially in the Philippines. Only a few know his true personality.
"Aren't you going home to the Philippines?" Leon asked him.
"I'll be home tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? Have you booked your flight yet?"
"Yeah." He said and got out of the car first after parking it at an American restaurant. He looked at his phone, someone is calling from the Philippines. He signaled Leon to go in first because he was going to talk to whoever the caller was.
"Dwayne Maverick."
He frowned and he smirked. "Milagro y llamo a mi padre?" My father was miraculously summoned?
"Cuándo piensas ir a casa?" When do you plan to go home?"
"It's a surprise."
"Surprise? You know something surprising. Go home now!"
"Chill, I'm going home too. Bye." He said the call has been switched off. He was about to enter but someone called again. "What?!"
"DM."
He closed his eyes.
His boss "Where are you?"
"In my favorite place."
"Go home, I need to talk to you."
"About?"
"Your work."
"What work? "I'm in trouble Dwayne, so I need you."
He closed his eyes and gasped.
"I will risk my life again for you." He whispered.
"What? "Nothing, just wait for me." He said, he called Leon first, he's going to be with her, he needs a back-up in case of trouble.
"It's time for him to play." Leon said when they arrived at the casino where he was considered the boss when it came to gambling. The man smiled when he saw them, maybe he was a loser so he called him again. He's always the one who catches everything, he's the one who wins every time he loses, he's good, especially at cheating.
He is known not only for auto racing, he is also known for gambling. When he lived in Canada, he was only able to show who he was, what he was good at. Only there he feels the support that he doesn't feel from his family.
Via Kaye Pov
"Trust me Via, when you see my brother Brother Dwayne you might even fall in love." My friend Maxene said.
I took a deep breath and continued looking for clothes. We are here at the mall, my cousins Savory and Maxene invited me. It's good that I was allowed, I'm at the right age, but my parents are still strict with me.
"How can Via see Brother Dwayne because he doesn't show it to people." Savory said.
I just listen to them. I know a lot of stories about the La Torre family, especially Dwayne Maverick La Torre, because he is the one these two often tell me about but he is also the one I have never met in all of La Torre.
"Do you know the racer DM?" I heard the woman ask her companion. It's just my age.
"Sure, who doesn't know that? He's great when it comes to racing and he's very handsome, he's even hot. I have a crush on him." Said one.
"Well we know him too." I heard Maxene whisper so I looked at them with surprise Maxene frowned. "Don't tell me you don't know what they're talking about?" She asked me.
"The DM?" I will ask.
My two friends nodded.
I shook my head. They looked at me in shock. "Seriously Via? You don't know who that is? Don't you watch tv?"
"Watching."
"You don't like sports?"
I shook my head.
"That's why. Come on Via, try watching auto racing, so you can meet the man everyone is talking about." Savory said.
"Everyone's fantasy." Maxene said, she smiled when she saw the dress. His clothing preferences. "You know what, while we're here, go shopping for what to wear for dinner." This is me.
"Huh? "I'm inviting you to come to our dinner tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Why? You're our friend that's why we invited you and another thing is that our family already knows that we invited you and it's okay with them because you're close to our family."
"But– it's embarrassing."
"What are you, Via, you're not different from us." Maxene said, it said a lot more that's why I agreed. To be honest, I have had dinner with them several times and every time I am in front of them I feel ashamed but I can't say anything to the La Torres and I have never been different from them.
"I'll wait for mommy here, so you go first." I told Maxene and Savory. They hugged me and said goodbye. There are still 30 minutes before mommy arrives so I will go around first.
While walking, I heard a familiar name being talked about again.
"Who is DM?" I asked in a whisper. I remember what Maxene said. "You can see mom–." I stopped and let out a low moan because someone bumped into me. Big bulk.
"I'm sorry."
I was stunned when I heard that voice. The depth of his voice, it's nice to listen to the ear. I looked at that man but I saw his back. Tall soya, big body, wearing a hat. It's obvious that this is a nice guy.
From the corner of my eyes I also saw that people were looking at him, I was surprised because it was confusing.
"DM!"
"DM! DM? Don't tell me he's the one they're talking about?
I'm curious, that's why I approached the crowd, I was about to squeeze in, but the DM left in a hurry. I frowned.
"Too bad I didn't see it." I whispered. I'll just watch it later, I'll just look at his face on my social media.
When I got home, the first thing I did was search social media. I sat up to see a picture of a very handsome man. I read his background but only a few things were written about him. There are no photos of him smiling and looking at the camera, all are stolen shots. His full name is also not written there, only DM is written there.
I looked at his picture, I feel that he is very mysterious. Many secrets are kept.
"Via Kaye!"
I closed my laptop and turned to the door. "That's tomorrow." I said.
Mommy came in with a smile on her face. "Busy?" She asked.
I shook my head.
"Get dressed and come downstairs, we have a visitor."
I frowned. "Who?"
"You'll meet him later, and remember don't wear shorts okay." Mommy said and stroked my hair before going out.
I got dressed, even though it's hot, I don't wear shorts, I'm used to wearing shorts when I'm at home, but when I have guests, I wear long pants. When I came down I could hear them laughing in the kitchen. They were still silent and looked at me when I entered there.
"So this is your daughter? She's beautiful." Said a lady, her husband was next to her, I even looked at the two boys who were their children. They looked at me seriously.
"Yes this is our daughter Via Kaye, Via please congratulate them. Your mommy and I were friends when we were in high school, your aunt Guada and your uncle Gerald." Dad's introduction.
I smiled at them and greeted them.
"Meet our son's, Inigo and Icer." Aunt Guada introduced the two children, one Icer was obviously the same age as me and Inigo looked older than me.
We started eating, I just quietly listened to their stories until the topic became about Inigo, who was two years ahead of me. They have many stories about the child.
"What do you think Via?" Mom asked, I was still surprised.
"A-about?"
"About Inigo."
I looked at Inigo with a frown.
"What do you mean?" I asked wonderingly.
Mommy and daddy laughed. "I'm sorry we haven't told you yet. What we want is for you and Inigo to get to know each other." Daddy said.
"Why?" Daddy and mommy looked at each other. I closed my eyes, as if I knew what they meant. "In addition to choosing a man, are you still the buyer?" I asked annoyed.
"Via Kaye!"
"Excuse me." I said to the guests. I stood up and ran to the room. I'm annoyed, here it is again because my parents have already chosen a man for me "Can I sleep with you guys?" I asked Maxene when I called her.
"Do you have a problem? Yes for sure there is! Go ahead, come here with us." He said.
I didn't say goodbye to mommy, I just text them where I am. In less than 15 minutes I reached Maxene, her parents were not there, Brother Kendrick and Brother Cyrus were not there either so it means she is alone.
"Go into the room, I'm just going to get something from the kitchen." Maxene said, I went up the stairs, I stopped in front of a room. It was closed but I wanted to go in. It was Maxene's older brother's room. I'm curious about Dwayne Maverick, I might see some pictures of him in his room.
I looked around, there was no one. I was about to open it but I heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
"Why haven't you come in yet?" Maxene asked.
I smiled. "I really waited for you." I said.
Maxene held my hand and pulled me into her room.
"Good morning." Maxene happily greeted her brother Brother Kendrick who was at the table eating breakfast.
"Good morning." I am shy to say hello.
"You're here Via, did you sleep here?" he asked.
I nodded and sat next to Maxene.
"She will join us tonight. She will be with us at dinner." Max said.
"That's good, but why did you wake up so late? Don't you have school?"
"No bro, our subject is online today, but it's still tomorrow afternoon." Max said and he put the food on my plate.
"Morning."
My heart beat faster and my hair rose when I heard that voice. I remembered the embarrassing thing I did last night, entering his room without permission.
"Oh my gosh you're here!" Maxene screamed deafeningly, she stood up and met her brother. He hugged her tightly. "I thought you wouldn't show up again." This to my brother.
"Do you still need to be here in the Philippines?" Brother Kendrick asked DM "Yesterday." Short answer, he sat next to Brother Kendrick and he was facing me!
"Yesterday? You didn't even say anything brother, you didn't even show up for me yesterday." Maxene said with a sneer.
"I took a walk yesterday." DM said and he looked at me that's why I was nervous and couldn't move from where I was sitting.
"Finally I can introduce him to you Via." Max promised. "Brother this is Via Kaye he and Savory are best friends. And I am referring to Via, my brother Dwayne Maverick La Torre." Happy introduction by Maxene.
I didn't see any reaction from Dwayne. It just chills while I hold back the shivers. I looked away. I tasted it. "H-hello g-good morning." I stammered greeting. He didn't answer. He just put his food on his plate.
We ate in silence, Maxene was the only one who had many stories. I also couldn't eat properly because there was one Dwayne Maverick La Torre in front of me.
I just breathed a sigh of relief and was able to eat well after he finished eating and left. Maxene and I were the only ones left because Brother Kendrick followed Dwayne, or should I call him Brother Dwayne? Or brother DM?
I stayed at Maxene's house because I was with them for dinner. We were here in the living room watching TV, it was just the two of us here, Kuya Kendrick left and Brother DM was either in his room or maybe out.
Maxene and I stood up when her parents arrived. He greeted them with a hug "Good day." I congratulate them.
"Hi Via, how are you?" Aunt Emily asked.
"I'm fine." I greeted with a smile.
"You're here." Uncle Erick said, he was looking at the stairs. Brother DM coming down the stairs. "It's good that you thought about going home." The lady said seriously.
"Are you not going to ask me how I am? If anything, you don't care about me." Brother DM said sarcastically.
Wait....there seems to be something wrong here.
"Dwayne." Aunt Emily said.
"See your grandfather, now." Uncle Erick ordered his son.
"Why else?" Brother DM said nothing and sat on the sofa.
"Aren't you planning to show him?" His father asked.
"Let's go up to the room first." Maxene whispered to me. We climbed up holding hands.
"Aren't your parents and your older brother Dwayne on good terms?" I asked when we entered his room.
"I don't really know about them. They treat Brother Dwayne differently, they are too strict with him. But because Brother is stubborn, he doesn't follow dad especially grandpa. I can't blame Brother Dwayne why He is distant from my parents, my grandfather, because in truth they didn't make him feel that they love brother, well maybe they make him feel that brother doesn't even feel it. I don't know about them." Maxene's story.
"But why is your brother so mysterious? Why don't people know him, well he is known as DM but not as a La Torre."
"People used to see him but he was young then, but when he grew up he didn't appear to people anymore. He lived in the hacienda for a few years. Their story is that he doesn't want to be known as La Torre."
"Why doesn't he?"
Maxene shrugged. "I don't know. My brother is very secretive, so even I, his brother, don't know what's going on with him. What he goes through when he's not here. Maybe he's okay when we're in front of him, but I feel like he's hiding something, that he's going through something heavy."
It turns out that Dwayne is also going through things, because Maxene's stories to me about him are okay, but it turns out that he also has things to hide.
To Be Continued...
Chapter 1 The winner
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Chapter 2 Family dinner
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Chapter 3 The party
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Chapter 4 The mansion
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Chapter 5 the family doctor
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Chapter 6 In love
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Chapter 7 going to jail
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Chapter 8 arranged marriage
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Chapter 9 Jealous
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Chapter 10 continued playing
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Chapter 11 Back to Canada
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Chapter 12 Wanted
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Chapter 13 My Boyfriend
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Chapter 14 The hospital
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Chapter 15 Jealous
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Chapter 16 Best friend
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Chapter 17 Ex girlfriend
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Chapter 18 Part of my job
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Chapter 19 The resort
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Chapter 20 famous boyfriend
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Chapter 21 clarification
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Chapter 22 painful memories
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Chapter 23 The mansion
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Chapter 24 killed my parents
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Chapter 25 the photographer
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Chapter 26 apologizing
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Chapter 27 My Condo
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Chapter 28 Importation
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Chapter 29 My decision
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Chapter 30 Invited
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Chapter 31 The party
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Chapter 32 Graduation
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Chapter 33 Planning
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Chapter 34 the La Torre company
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Chapter 35 forget her feelings
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Chapter 36 Birthday
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Chapter 37 The company
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Chapter 38 dating another girl
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Chapter 39 The boss
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Chapter 40 the manager
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