Chapter 187 - No Coincidences

She didn't notice a change in his demeanour and started complaining about how both of their good looks were wasted. Yes, she still had a bit of narcissism left in her. He was telling and inwardly laughing and crying while listening to her talking silly like old times as he was caressing the phone screen with the pad of his thumb. Indescribable emotions were swimming in his eyes. 

He didn't say it out loud that it was the most beautiful picture he had ever seen. He quietly took the phone from her hand and sent the picture on his number without her notice. 

When he saw that her pudding was about to end, he opened the container containing choco lava cake and placed it on her lap. She offered him a smile as she took a bite of the cake. As expected, it was delicious. 

"You are not allowed to tell Valencia that I ate all these snacks," She made Santiago swear, who was more than happy to oblige. 

"Of course, I won't snitch on you," He promised her without blinking an eye. Today, he would allow her to do as she wished. She gave him such a huge gift, it was natural that he would want to give her something in return. However, it didn't mean that he would allow her to eat this junk every day. Such treatment was reserved just once in a while. "But you aren't allowed to touch snacks for the whole week. You will only eat what Romeo will cook for you." 

Persephone happily nodded her head.

"Where did you get Romeo?" She questioned him. "I mean he is such a beautiful and delicate boy, burning his abs in the kitchen. It's such a shame for a boy with such good looks." 

Suddenly Santiago was reminded of how chummy she and Romeo were at that time. No, he couldn't forget how both of them fed him disastrous food and what justification they used? That he was sick? No, he didn't want those days to be back. It was better if they stayed only polite with each other, nothing more. 

"Just here and there," he replied vaguely. 

"How badly do you want to screw Alessandro Marino?" Persephone suddenly asked him. 

"As badly as you want to seek freedom." Although he found her question unexpected, he still replied. 

"I never told you about it " Persephone looked at him in horror. 

"Told you, I know you more than you do, "he smiled at him. 

"Perhaps." This time she was convinced that he knew her more than she expected him. And the question still remained unanswered -- how? 

… 

Persephone didn't say anything for a long time. But then something happened and she found herself telling him, "Ellison...I mean Emy's mom is Alicia Palmero." She let out a chuckle. "The girl Lucian lost his life while saving. You know what Santiago, I realised nothing in this life is a coincidence anymore." 

"You are not joking, Percy, are you?" Santiago asked her with wide eyes. 

Alicia Palmero. Killian's sister. They finally found her. He couldn't imagine how thrilled Killian was going to be when he would receive the news that they found his sister in the end. And the little girl he was so attached to was no one else but his own niece. 

Persephone hit his arm and glared. "Why do you think I will joke about this?"

"Ellison, your and Valencia's friend who runs the cafe you are obsessed, with is Alicia Palmero?" Santiago asked her once again." The same girl who was supposed to be dead according to your father is alive?"

Persephone nodded her head. 

"We are going home now," Santiago reacted before he could decipher the words that just settled in his brain. 

"Wait. Why?" Persephone was bewildered. "You can't hurt her!"

She didn't want Salvatore and Santiago to be at loggerheads. If Santiago even tried to touch a strand of Ellison's hair, Salvatore was gonna wreak havoc. 

Moreover, Ellison had Emy. She knew Santiago was not cruel enough to hurt them but still if Alessandro Marino got the whiff that Alicia was alive and worse Salvatore's wife, she dared not to think what he might do to them. 

"Sweetheart, I am not going to hurt her," Santiago sighed. "Hell, I can't even think of hurting her."

"Why?" Her pretty brows furrowed as she heard him. Did he know Alicia from before too? Even if he did, what did it have to do with her? 

"I can't tell you now," Santiago told her as he heaved out a sigh while scratching his forehead. " Not that I don't want to but it's not my secret to share." 

"Oh…" Her face fell. 

"Shall we go home now? I have to tell this news to someone immediately."

"No, you can't!" Persephone cried. "It will put her in danger."

She felt stupid for telling this news to Santiago now. What would Alicia do if someone gets to know that she was alive? Her life would be put in danger. 

Santiago shook his head undertaking where her line of thought was going. "Red, her brother is alive too. He has been looking for her for years now. Let the poor man know. He deserves it."

"Alicia Palmero's brother?" She inquired. 

How the hell did all the dead were coming back to life? 

It was even absurd to think that someone else from the Palmero family was still alive. 

And another question: how did Santiago know that Alicia Palmero's brother was alive? 

Were they acquainted? 

Were they looking for Alicia too? 

Suddenly something clicked in her mind as she looked at Santiago with a look of disbelief. "Killian Palmero?" 

Santiago sighed as he saw that she figured it out on her own and so he just nodded at her. 

"I repeat my words, nothing in life is coincidence," Persephone murmured. 

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Author Note: 

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