Mistaken Identity: Chapter 8

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"Mina" Darien whispered out the name.

Unable to divert his eyes away from her face, he kept staring at the beauty in front of him. Serena looking right back at him with no emotions showing on her face yet.

"Mr. Shields?" the manager called out to Darien and Darien finally snapped out of his trance.

He wanted to leave yet he couldn't step back from Serena. She had haunted him for nights and days. He moved towards the seat opposite of Serena and their eye contact was never broken. When Darien was seated, he was handed a menu. Instead of looking at the menu he noticed what Serena wore. A sleek black halter dress that fitted her perfectly and her hair in a bun with a few strands left accenting her delicate jaw and face.

Serena on the other side pretended she was reading the menu; however she was looking at Darien. He wore a dark blue with thin white striped suit and a white unbuttoned shirt underneath. His hair was messy as usual but in a nice way. Serena noticed how tired Darien looked and wonder how he's been doing.

'I wonder why he looks so-'

Darien looked up. They both stared at one another once again.

A waitress came and waited on them.

"What would you two like?"

"I-I would like this one." Serena said pointing to the menu but not knowing what she just ordered.

Darien looked back at his menu and ordered and asked for their best wine.

Serena thought Darien forgave her about the whole charade since he seemed so cool with her.

After the waitress left, Serena tried to break the ice.

"So. Darien, how's it going?"

"I'm doing fine. How are you?"

"Great!" Serena gave a full smile to Darien.

"Darien… I just wanted to tell you how much I missed you over the past few days."

Darien almost choked on his water when he heard this.

"Well… I'm flattered?" Darien wanted to also tell her how much he missed her when he finally came to his senses.

"Mina."

Serena looked up. 'Why is he still calling me Mina? Didn't Edwards tell him?'

"We can't go on like this. This is wrong. We can't do this or let it continue on like this."

"Like what? What's wrong with our relationship?"

"You're my sister."

"What!"

"You know it Mina. Don't deny it anymore. I couldn't. It would've been great if I didn't find out you're my half sister."

Darien looked down at his glass as Serena looked so frustrated at him.

"Darien what the hell are you saying? Didn't your father tell you?"

"Yes he told me. You're his daughter. My sister."

"NO! I'm not!"

"Lets just stop this conversation."

"No Darien… I'm not."

"Mina we can still have a relationship as siblings."

"Darien you don't understand. I'm –"

"Lets just start over from the beginning."

"You want to start over? Fine."

Darien looked at Serena and put out his hand with a forced smile on his face.

"Hello. I'm Darien Shields."

After being so frustrated with trying to explain to Darien but he wouldn't listen, Serena was breaking down inside. Serena took Darien's hand and held it tightly.

"My name is Serena Connell."

A line of water trailed down Serena's face and Darien was taken by shock. He tried to take back his hand but Serena wouldn't budge and held tightly.

"My father is Ken Connell, owner of Connell & Co. My brother is named Yaten Connell. My best friend is Mina Kinston. She is secretary of Darien Shields and daughter of Edward Shields."

Darien was taken by surprise of everything coming out of Serena's mouth. She couldn't go on anymore. Tear after tear came down and she just couldn't bear it anymore. She started to sob and didn't want to do it in front of Darien. Serena finally let go of Darien's hand and stood up.

She left crying and Darien sitting in his seat shocked by those mere words that Serena just told him. Serena couldn't stand being near him. 'How could he just ignore me before?'

Serena rushed past the waitress who was bringing their food and walked quickly out the door.

Serena kept looking back wondering if Darien will follow after her. He wasn't.

Back at the restaurant, Darien looked at the seat where Serena was sitting. He kept thinking over and over the words that was just spoken to him. When the waitress saw him, she called out to him.

"Sir? Sir are you okay?" she was worried after seeing his date rush past her crying.

"What?" Darien shook his head and looked up at the waitress. That's when he realized Serena wasn't there anymore. He looked at the door and ran to it. Darien went out side and just ran at any direction hoping to see Serena somewhere. He couldn't find her.

That night…

Sobbing and choking could be heard bouncing off the walls of Serena's room.

"Oh darling… its alright."

Mina tried her best to comfort her friend.

"Why? Why Mina? Why is he still thinking I'm his sister? Does he really dislike me that much and just want to continue it on like I'm his sister? If he didn't want to be with me, he could've just said so. He didn't need to pretend like I'm the one denying the fact that I'm not Mina. You know how much it hurt every time he called me by your name? Why couldn't he just stop?"

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding. That brother of mine seems to be dense in the category of love. Just forget him."

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because I think …"

"Hmm..?"

"I'm in love."

After running around blocks without any luck, Darien drove his Porsche back home. He sat down and thought about how to contact Serena.

'Yaten!'

Darien took his cell phone and found Yaten's number.

Ring Ring

"Hello?"

"Yaten!"

"Oh hello Darien. What brings you to call me?"

"Its about Serena."

"Oh."

"Don't 'oh' me. You knew all along didn't you?"

"Know about what?"

Yaten tried to play dumb.

"That she wasn't Mina. Don't tell me you also forgot your sister."

"Well.. no"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Ask Serena herself."

"How can I find her?"

"Your father."

Darien hung up right after that and went straight to his father's den. He ran into Edward's room without knocking.

"Darien. That's rude."

"Not as rude as you."

"What are you talking about?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"About what?"

It was Edward's turn to play dumb now.

"Serena! Serena and Mina!"

"Oh so you finally figured it all out."

"How could you lie to me too?"

"Serena really likes you, my boy."

"I-!" that's when Darien stopped.

He ran and ordered a beautiful dozen roses at his personal favorite 24 hour floral shop. He didn't even bother changing and went to get the roses and left for Serena's place.

Yaten called Mina and told her he'll be picking her up that night. When Mina asked why, Yaten told her he knew Darien would be visiting soon. Mina pretended to go out to buy something after she got the call and left Serena in the living room watching Disney movies to calm her down with a box of tissues next to her. Serena was so depressed that she didn't notice Mina was already gone for more than half an hour. That's when she heard the doorbell.

'Must be Mina. She probably forgot the keys again.' But Serena was in no mood to argue with Mina.

She opened the door and a dozen roses came face to face with her.

Authors Note: So what will happen next? Sorry for the wait. But was it worth it? Let me hear all your comments. I know it was confusing at first. But I'm writing this in the middle of the night.