You Are Mine

Celine excitedly but slowly opened the door to see if Joseph has already climbed the stairs, with the smile fixed on her face.

Her face turned sour when she saw Joseph carrying a woman in his arms. 'How dare her',she angrily mumbled to herself.Before Joseph can see her,she quickly went back to her room and gently closed the door to avoid making any sound. She waited for Joseph to pass her door before she opened it again.Her eyes so red with anger and and her hands trembled.

"who was that?", she asked herself. She was pacing back and forth in her room,her hands clenched into a fist,her nails digging her palms and her knuckles turning white.

" I thought I have already driven them away,it cant be happening", she angrily muttered.She faced the mirror and a devilish smile appeared in her face. "No woman has been successful so far,no woman is as good as you", she said to her reflection in the mirror like she was crazy.

She took a lipstick and started applying it making her lips so red. At age 50, she still has a well proportioned body,curve and bulges in the right places.Her skin so supple and white, her volumptous lips is so inviting that would make anyman want to kiss it.Her nose is pointed and her eyes is brown that would always look sleepy.People admired her for taking care of herself even after she has given birth to Joseph and Jolo.People would always say that when the three of them are together,they are just like siblings.

But it is also noticeable how overprotective she is with his first son Joseph even when her first husband was still alive.

She came from a poor family but although they were poor,she looked and act as if she was from an aristocrat family.Her parents did everything they can to give her anything she wanted. They were the tenants of the Arante family. They worked so hard that the Arante entrusted them the hacienda and the mansion when they migrated to the US.They have an only son Greg who was at that time 18 years old,was in 2nd year college.

Greg would visit their farm every June. Celine at that time was 14 years old, on her 2nd year in high school.At that time,Celine was already a stand out beauty in their school or the whole town to say the least. Everytime Greg would visit,she would volunteer to help in the household chores which was not usual.It was so obvious that she was trying to get Greg's attention.At a young age,she was already certain what she wanted in life and one of them was to marry Greg.

Greg looks ordinary, with thick and big eye glasses. He got a prominent nose and a deep seated eyes which was brown but one would not appreciate it due to his glasses.He is tall at 5 feet and 11 inches.He is not the athletic type so he is rather a little skinny. He is not outgoing and would rather read a book than go out with friends. His classmates would call him nerd secretly,afraid that they will offend his family.

So if one would think about it,Greg is far different from Celine. Celine was tall at her age and was the cheerleader in the private school she was enrolled in.Her best asset would be her full pouting lips and her brown eyes. She was the outgoing type, outspoken and so sure of herself.It was clear to her that she will become the matron of the Arante household and the hacienda will be hers.

Celine would take the initiatives to take Greg out and Greg,just like any other guys fell on Celine's spell.It was Celine's 18th birthday and no matter how her parents tried to convince her not to throw a party due to financial constraints, she did not listen.

"Celine,we cant afford to have such party", her mother was almost begging with tears in her eyes. Her father was clenching his fist,trying to control his anger.They were torn between giving their daughter what she wanted or not.

"You really dont care do you?You dont care if my classmates would humiliate me for not having a party", Celine shouted. She looked at her father with hatred in her eyes.Eversince she was a child,her parents,especially her father never said no to her.She got everything she wanted which includes being in an exclusive school.

"You are useless and I regret being your daughter", Celine said furiously and looked accusingly at her mother and father.

"Pak", the sound of her father's palm hitting her left cheek. Celine was in shock while holding her cheek.The physical pain is much but what hurts most is that for the first time she was denied of what she wanted and worst she was hit by her father.She cant believe it,her fathers never lifted a finger against her no matter what she did before.

"wahhhh", cried Celine still holding her right cheek which is now swollen and red.She fell on the floor.

"You are too much,we have done everything for you and this what we get in return?You have no respect at all", said his father with a quivering voice who was trying so hard to hide his emotions and control himself.He had his precious daughter for the first time and it pained him but he cant show it now.This has to stop and he has to start imposing discipline on Celine.

Her mother was already crying and tried to approach her but was stopped by his father.

"She will not learn if we will not do this, " warned his father.

Celine got up from the floor,looked angrily at her parents and turned away. She run towards her room without looking back. She was very certain of what to do. She cant stay the way she is anymore,she has to do something to change her destiny and secure her future.