《First Love》 Chapter 1 CASSIE¡¯S POV It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s okay. Max would be mine. I told myself and smiled. Erica white was not that bad. She maybe ugly but heart was pure and I liked that about her. I don¡¯t know howe she knew that I love Max. Maybe a women instinct or something else but I am happy that she won¡¯t have any rtion with Max after their wedding. But then again why Max forced her to marry him? What¡¯s his intention? What does he wants? I guess his parents forced him to marry someone and to go against their wish he decided to marry someone who¡¯s both ugly and poor. I shrugged my shoulders and texted Max that I love him to which I get no reply. But that¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll love him no matter what. To change my mood, I decided to click a selfie and post it on my Instagram. It¡¯s been quite a days since Ist posted something. My 60 million followers would be dying to see my another post, right? I frowned. Who am I fooling? They may have followed me but all they do is to troll me. Anyways, I posted my selfie and decided to read thements. In a minute or so, thousands ofments shed on my screen. Since I was bored, I asked my chef to make sd for me so that I enjoy readingments. After I got my sds, I clicked onments sections to read them. ¡°Beautiful.¡± ¡°There¡¯s no such beauty other than you.¡± ¡°Please reply to myment. You¡¯re looking so gorgeous.¡± ¡°Wow.¡± I raised my eyebrows. Ah ha, this all made my day for sure. I know I am pretty unlike that Erica. I would¡¯ve been doomed if I was her. I mean she¡¯s no pretty at all. ¡°Shame that Max chose Erica over you. She¡¯s ugly yet she got him and look at you.¡± ¡± Your beauty is of no use.¡±Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org. ¡°You¡¯re ugly. Erica looks better than you.¡± ¡°Erica and Max are made for each other. Don¡¯t get in their way.¡± ¡°Your beauty is of no use. After all Max chose someone else.¡± ¡°How embarrassing it was for you. I thought you and Max were dating.¡± I closed the Instagram and in next moment, I threw my cellphone away. I stared how it broken down into pieces. ¡°Fuck it damnit.¡± I whispered under my breath. Lighting the cigarette, I inhaled arge blow of smoke inside my lungs while exhaling it from my mouth. I am no damsel in distress that a knight in shining armour has toe to save me. I don¡¯t give two fucks about it. I know such kinds of people. They¡¯re just trollers. And these bastards don¡¯t give a shit about my life. Iughed, a dullugh and decided to pay no heed to them. I was about to sleep when I saw Maxing through the door. He was pissed at something. I felt happy seeing him and all my stress faded away. He looked at my broken cellphone and raised his eyebrows. His mood changed suddenly and he gave a heartedlyugh. ¡°Trolled?¡± ¡°Oh they¡¯re bastards. I don¡¯t give two shits to them¡± I smiled while walking up to to him. Snuggling my arms around him, I hugged him tighter. And strangely this time he hugged me back. I was so surprised that I couldn¡¯t help but look up at him who held a nk face. ¡°Let¡¯s have sex.¡± He said and next I know he was kissing me while cornering me to the wall. I was tired. Too tired to have sex but I don¡¯t want to say no to him. Sex is the only way when he¡¯s closer to me. And I don¡¯t want to ruin it. He took me to the bed and next we did sex. I faked moan as if I was enjoying it but in reality I wasn¡¯t. The sex was painful because I don¡¯t wanted it to happen and unfortunately I don¡¯t want to tell him that. Otherwise he¡¯ll never have sex with me again and I don¡¯t want him to go away from me. Once we are done, wey down on the bed. ¡°What pissed you today?¡± I asked, creasing the skin of his chest. He exhaled. ¡°Erica was stressed out.¡± I frowned. Again Erica? ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Some people were trolling badly for her looks.¡± He said. I nodded my head. I know that already. People will troll you no matter what. Be it Erica white or Cassie Fox. ¡°She cried today and trust me it hurts me here.¡± He pointed towards his chest. I stiffened. Is he falling for her? I looked at his face and the expression he held scared me. Max was definitely falling for her! Chapter 2 ERICA¡¯S POV ¡°Here¡¯s my soon to be wife- Erica white.¡± Max announced to all the reporters. I ducked my head low and felt like burying myself deep into the pits of ground. This is so embarrassing.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . They all clicked pictures of us when max wrapped his arms around my waist. ¡°Smile please.¡± He wishpered into my ears. I pursued my lips together and tried to smile in which I failed miserably. Okay here we go making fun of myself! ¡°Sir, is your wedding arranged or love?¡± One of the reporters asked. ¡°Love.¡± Max smiled with full confidence. s! From where he gets such high confidence? Look at me, I mean I have zero confidence. Fucking zero. And love marriage, seriously? It would be better if we do not get married. Like literally! Next for half an hour, I stood there like a statue in Max¡¯s arms who answered all of their questions. And then after cing a kiss on my cheeks- The fuck? He kissed my cheeks? How could he do so? Who gave him this right? I started fuming over him but he didn¡¯t care about it. He cleared his throat and after blowing a kiss on the camera, he made his away from all the paparazzi. Once we were out of that he¡¯ll, I stomped on his feet. ¡°Fuck you!¡± ¡°Ouch! Are you crazy?¡±He screamed. As if I care! I rolled my eyes and quickly sat in the car to reach home as soon as possible and remove this heavy cum costlier dress. It was suffocating me. As we reached my house, I stepped out from his car. ¡°Bye, darling.¡± Max smiled. The hell! I rolled my eyes. ¡°I am not your darling, okay?¡± He gets out from the car and all of a sudden, hugged me tighter in his arms. I stilled feeling the warmth of his arms. It felt reliving like all my worries started fading away. Everything around me turned different. I was now at peace. ¡°It¡¯s okay you did good.¡± He whispered. I nodded my head. ¡°I know it was difficult for you to face the media but you did good.¡± Heforted me. And strangely his words did the magic, they made me feel good. I was tired of everything but few words of him and it felt relieving. Nodding my head, I went apart from him even though I didn¡¯t want to. His arms wereforting! I licked my lips and awkwardly waved my hands and whispered bye and quickly went inside. Woah! I smiled andy down on the couch to think about today¡¯s event. It was huge and embarrassing but at the end of the day when he hugged me everything turned okay. Not perfect but okay! Smiling, I stuffed baggels inside my mouth and opened myptop to check what¡¯s going over the inte. I saw our picture on the top where I looked like a leech on a beautiful floor. Max looked like a beautiful floor and me well guess it by yourself. ¡°Max Costello, you broke my heart. I thought that you¡¯d my husband.¡± I smiled while reading the randomment. And as I scrolled down I see tons ofments flooding down. I licked my lips and decided to read all of them. I wanted to know what people were talking about me. ¡°Who is this woman?¡± ¡°Eww. She has pimples.¡± ¡°She¡¯s fucking ugly. I wonder why Max chose her instead of Cassie Fox? Just look at her pathetic face.¡± I stiffened while reading the harshments about me. Am I that ugly? Tears gathered in my eyelids as I closed theptop and stared at nk space. Without thinking twice, I called Max. He picked up my phone after two rings. ¡°What happened babe?¡± ¡°Max, why did you choose me?¡± i asked, wiping my tears away. ¡°Why are you crying? Something happened?¡± he asked in concern. Iughed over the phone and asked him again. ¡°Why the fuck did you choose me, Max? Why the fuck? Didn¡¯t you know that I was ugly?¡± He sighed over the phone. ¡°You read thements, didn¡¯t you?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not what I asked, Max.¡± ¡°What did you read? Come on, tell me.¡± his voice was so assuring that I couldn¡¯t stop myself from not telling him. ¡°That I am ugly, I have pimples, I-I¡­ why Max haven¡¯t chosen Cassie Fox¡­¡± ¡°Shh, stop. And now listen to me.¡± ¡°I know that Cassie is much beautiful than you but that doesn¡¯t makes you ugly. You¡¯re beautiful in your way, Erica. So what if you have pimples and frekeles, have you ever seen yourself in the mirror when you¡¯re angry? The way your little eyes zes with fire. You¡¯re fiercest. The way your lips smile when you¡¯re happy which doesn¡¯t happens often, have you seen that smile of yours? You¡¯re bold, Erica. You¡¯re brave, you survived the death of your parents and your boyfriend. No one could ever understand your pain. That pain of yours makes you beautiful. People will call you ugly because they doesn¡¯t know you. They will troll you no matter what. You think Cassie is beautiful so her life is simple? No, Erica. She is trolled thousand times more than you could ever imagine because people are just like that. They hide behind their ID¡¯s on inte and troll others. They aren¡¯t even real, Erica. They¡¯re not.¡± I listened to each and every sentence of him after which a giant smile came to my face. I ended his call and ced phone near my heart. ¡°Thankyou Max, Thankyou for all.¡± Chapter 3 ERICA¡¯S POV ¡°What do you mean, you can¡¯te?¡± Max asked, agitated. I shrugged my shoulders. ¡°I don¡¯t have a dress plus I am ugly.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not ugly, Erica.¡± He stated. I rolled my eyes. He¡¯s such a good liar. Off course he knows that I am nothingpared to all the women he had dated before. I mean I am ugly that¡¯s the most truest fact anyone could ever say. And honestly I am okay with being ugly. ¡°Let¡¯s go shopping then.¡± He smiled, reveling his perfectly white teeth. ¡°Look-¡± ¡°You¡¯re going to be my bride. That¡¯s the least I can do for you.¡± He said his sentence while cutting me in middle. I didn¡¯t feel like arguing him. I mean he will force me toe anyways. Why should I waste my engery. We reached the shop and my eyes, damn my eyes. The shop was like a huge mansion, so fucking big and it even smells costlier than my whole life. I mean, this is some kind of dream, right? I¡¯ve never seen such an amazing shop ever in my life and so what if I¡¯ve seen it, I would¡¯ve never been able to afford this. This ce belongs to people like Cassie Fox and Max Costello not me. Definitely not for Erica white. A girl in her twenties came to us in her neatly ironed uniform. Fuck her uniform was costlier than my own clothes. I felt embarrassed and ducked my head low. Everybody around me red at me as if I¡¯ve came to some wrong ce where I should¡¯ve not been. And Max well he snuggled his arms around my waist and passed everyone a charming smile to which all eyes glued on him instead of me. ¡°How can I help you, sir.¡± The girl asked. ¡°Show a beautiful dress for mydy.¡± He smiled. From my peripheral vision I saw the girl looking at me from tip to bottom before a smirk appeared on her face. She knows that I look pretty ugly and no dress can change it. ¡°Sure, this way mam.¡± She said, smiling. Max unwrapped his arms around me and gestured me to go. That girl purposely told me the prices of each dress that she showed me until Max came. He deselected all the dresses and picked one red coloured gown for me. It was beautiful and fucking costly. He gave me to try it and I was in a such a shame that my fingers irked to not touch the dress otherwise I¡¯ll ruin it luxury. I entered trail room and after despising myself in the mirror, I wore it. Unfortunately the dress had zip closure on the back. I tried reaching it but I couldn¡¯t. After many attempts, I gave up and decided to go out just like that. When I came out, Max smiled looking at me. ¡°You look beautiful!¡± Yeah right! I look beautiful? What a joke! Rolling my eyes, I decided to change it before I heard Max¡¯s step approaching me and that¡¯s when I realized. Shit shit shit. The zip has been undone. I stilled at my ce and was about to turn around when I felt his fingers on my neck¡¯s flesh. Something strange happened into my abdomen like it has been burst with butterflies. He zipped it up and amidst it, his fingers brushed against my skin which made me shiver in delight. I had goosebumps when he touched me. I felt something strange. I don¡¯t know about him but I definitely felt something. Something stronger. Pushing the saliva down my throat, I hurried into trail room and locked the door behind me when I heard Max¡¯s chuckle. My uneven breathing was audible. I shook my head and tried topose myself but all in vain. What the fuck is wrong with me? What the fucking hell? Why his touch mattered this much too me? This wedding is going to so difficult for me. How the fuck of all people I can lose control?All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. Anyways, I tried to brush away my thoughts and looked in the mirror. The woman in reflection was in red gown. Her frizzy hair were tied up in a pony. Her face has freckles and pimples. Her skinplexion was dark. She has big nose and thin lips. Her eyes were small like a botton. She was not beautiful at all! She was ugly. I frowned as tears filled up in my eyelids. No matter which dress I wear, no matter how much makeup I do, I¡¯ll always be called ugly for my looks. Always! Chapter 4 ERICA¡¯S POV ¡°So when is your wedding?¡± Alex asked in excitement. Rolling my eyes, I said. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± He frowned. ¡°What do you mean, you don¡¯t know?¡±Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. I sighed. ¡°I mean I¡¯ll marry him in few days.¡± ¡°Woah.¡± ¡°What¡¯s there to go ¡®woah¡¯ about?¡± I asked. ¡°Idiot, atleast show some excitement for your marriage after all it¡¯s with the Max Costello.¡± Heughed. Yeah right! I was about to say something before door bell rang. Who could be here at this time? I wondered. ¡°You go.¡± ¡°You.¡± Fuck him! He can be ass sometimes though. I went to open the door and son as I did so, my mouth fell open. In front of me stood The Cassie Fox. The fucking singer Cassie Fox. If this was some movie or anything then definitely I would¡¯ve fainted right in front of her. I mean she¡¯s fucking beautiful. ¡°Y-You?¡± I asked still in daze. ¡°Yes, me.¡± She smiled innocently. Wow. Her smile. Such a beauty that anyone wish to be lesbian for her. What? What I am thinking? ¡°Can we talk for a bit?¡± She said in her soft voice. Her voice, damnit. ¡°Sure.¡± I asked her toe in after gesturing Alex to go upstairs. ¡°No wonder that you live here.¡± Shemented, scrunching up her nose in disgust. And that¡¯s when inferiorityplex hit me. She¡¯s so beautiful. I am nothing Infront of her. I am like a stic bag, worthless and she well she is fucking gorgeous. I wonder why Max chose to marry me but not her. I wish I was also this beautiful. Then my life would¡¯ve been much easier. People often love physical beauty no matter how much they spoke about inner beauty. Being beautiful is a blessing. Everybody loves you then. Unlike people like me who are born ugly with nothing but a crave for better face. ¡°Now if you are done with staring me then could we talk?¡± She smirked. I flushed and quickly nodded my head. ¡°So you¡¯re the Erica, right?¡± She asked. The Erica? Why her tone sounded offensive? ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Why are you getting married to him?¡± She asked. She¡¯s talking about Max, right? Off course. They had a scene together, how could I forget that? ¡°Do you want me to be real with you or are we going to behave like those in crappy romantic novels?¡± I asked. She raises her perfectly shaped eyebrows in surprise and then a soft smile appeared on the corner of her red lips. ¡°Be real.¡± ¡°I need money for my brother. He has cancer.¡± I told her. She made a sympathetic face. ¡°I can give you money. Cancel the wedding.¡± I frowned. ¡°Max forced me to get married. It wasn¡¯t like I had a choice. We don¡¯t deserve each other. He deserves someone like you and me? Well I am ugly so I am kind of okay with myself.¡± ¡°I have to agree on that.¡± She smiled. She¡¯s not a bitch. I can tell her by her eyes. She loves Max. I meane on this is no movie where the woman is mean with all the shits going on. This is reality and off course she loves Max. I can tell that. And if you love someone, you¡¯re pure no matter what steps you take. She must have came here to throw fits at me that I shouldn¡¯t marry him because I am ugly so on and so forth but I am not na?ve to say otherwise. But I have no choice. Also I couldn¡¯t take money from her for free. So let¡¯s be mature here. ¡°Cassie, I am not marrying him intentionally. Our marriage will be lifeliess-¡± ¡°Oh cut the crap. I know this shit.¡± She said crossing me in Middle. ¡°I know that you love and your love is real.¡± I said. Her eyes widen in surprise and all she did was to stare me. ¡°H-How do you know this?¡± ¡°Your eyes. They told me every story.¡± ¡°Yes. I love him.¡± She epted, proudly. I smiled. ¡°Even after our marriage, I promise he¡¯ll be yours.¡± ¡°How can I trust you?¡± ¡°Because I¡¯ve also been in love and it was beautiful.¡± I smiled. ¡°You¡¯re kind.¡± She said and let out a soft smile. ¡°You too.¡± I smiled back at her. We both shared a handshake and smiling she went out of the house. I sighed. I¡¯ve dealt with her correctly, no? I mean why should I be harsh on her? She¡¯s not mean and apart from that she loves Max. But why the fuck he¡¯s marrying me instead of her? What could be the reason? I was thinking about her when I received his text. ¡°Be ready till 9. We¡¯re going live on TV to tell everyone about our wedding.¡± I facepalm myself. Okay wow! What a worst way to end my day. What the fuck am I supposed to wear? Chapter 5 ERICA¡¯S POV I am stupid? Yes. I am dumb? Definitely. I am an idiot? Off course I am. I love my brother? I do. That¡¯s it. That¡¯s all the reason why I agreed to marry that Max. I know I am an idiot to agree to marry him but I love my brother. When he told me that from his money I could save my Alex, I just couldn¡¯t ignore the offer. And so what if my life gets messy, atleast I¡¯ll be at peace that my brother¡¯s life is not in danger. And besides I know that this marriage thing will just be meaningless. I mean he¡¯s a fucking yer. He¡¯ll continue to bed women and me, well I¡¯ll just live my life alone just like always. ¡°Umm. Alex, I want to tell you something.¡± ¡°Sure. Go ahead, Sis.¡± ¡°IamgoingtomarryMaxCostello.¡± ¡°What? Come again.¡± I exhaled. Okay this was more difficult than I thought it to be. I mean what he¡¯s going to think that his sister is marrying a yer? I am so ashamed of marrying a pig like him. ¡°Listen to me carefully and promise that you¡¯ll have your faith in me.¡± He scrunched up his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°I am going to marry someone.¡± ¡°WHAT?¡± He screamed looking at me as if I¡¯ve grown two heads. ¡°Rx, okay?¡± I said to him. ¡°Who¡¯s the guy?¡± He asked, getting suspicious. He knows very well that I love Stefan too much. Enough to not marry anyone. ¡°Maxcostello.¡± ¡°Erica.¡± He folded his arms above his chest. ¡°Max. Max Costello.¡± I wishpered. ¡°WHAT THE FUCK, ERICA WHITE?¡± He screamed. His tone now getting irritated. ¡°Language.¡± I warned his in a barely audible voice. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to warn me. What the hell is wrong with you? You just couldn¡¯t marry that guy, Eri.¡± He shouted. ¡°And I thought that you liked him. He was your idol, wasn¡¯t he?¡± I asked, trying to calm him down. ¡°He¡¯s a yer. And how the fuck- call him right now, Eri.¡± He stated. ¡°No.¡± I breathed out. ¡°I said something, didn¡¯t I?¡± He demanded. Uh. Well how am I going to call him here? I opened my phone and searched for Max and suddenly his number popped out. What the fuck? When he saved his contact details on my phone? After one ring, he picked up my call. ¡°Hey, wifey.¡± ¡°Alex wants to meet you right now.¡± ¡°Sure. On my way babe.¡± I rolled my eyes and saw Alex with his jaw opened. ¡°He is seriouslying here? Just at one of your call?¡± I nodded trying to hide my smile. Besides everything, Max is not that bad. I mean he¡¯s a yer but apart from that he not that bad though. I mean can you imagine a fucking Billionaire like him, answering my calls and agreeing to whatever I¡¯ve to say? This is insane, isn¡¯t it? I was wondering amidst of that I heard a tap on the door and Alex ran to open the door. ¡°Hey Champ!¡± Max ruffled his hair. I sighed. Here we go. Alex gestured him to sit on the couch and stood Infront of him. I rested my head on the wall and looked at them from afar. ¡°I know why you called me here. I guess Erica told you about our wedding, isn¡¯t it?¡± Max asked. Alex said nothing, just nodded his head.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. ¡°Look champ, I like your sister. She¡¯s cute and interesting. I am ready to settle with her. There¡¯s no hidden motive of mine behind that. I really like her, I hope you do understand. And if you don¡¯t mind, I would like to take permission from you to marry your sister.¡± He coaxed his words full of lie but strangely they felt so real for a second. ¡°Will you have any affair after your marriage?¡± Alex asked. I rolled my eyes. Wow Alex! What a superb question. Off course he will. ¡°No. I won¡¯t.¡± He answered, looking intently at me. I became nervous under his intense gaze and shifted a little to which he chuckled. ¡°Then you can marry her but remember if you ever dare to break her heart, I promise to destroy your life.¡± Little Alex and his little threats. Iughed. ¡°I won¡¯t break her heart, Alex.¡± Max said in serious tone making me ufortable. Break my heart? Off course you won¡¯t be able to break my heart because it has been already broken into millions of pieces. I smiled, painfully. ¡°So my brother inw.¡± Maxughed. And Alex joined him too. ¡°I am going to tell all of my friends that my sister is going to marry the max Costello, they all be surprised and jealous of me. Wait can I have a picture of you two as a proof.¡± Alex chirped, happily. ¡°No.¡± I said. ¡°Yes.¡± Max said at the same time. And unfortunately I¡¯ve to stand beside him to let Alex click picture of us. Max, the fucking pig pulled me closer to him by wrapping his arms around my waist and smiled. Well fuck him. Chapter 6 CASSIE¡¯S POV ¡°Max?¡± I smiled, as he stepped inside my house. My babe is here. I know he wants sex from me but I am happy that atleast he wants me. I don¡¯t care about the reason. I love him and that¡¯s what matters the most. My love for him is as pure as God. I¡¯ve loved him since forever and now when he wants me for my body, I¡¯ll do every little thing to make him fall for my heart. I want him to know that how beautiful I am from both inside and out. He may have been attracted to me for my external beauty but one day I know that I am gonna make him believe that my heart is pure and full of love. I only belong to him and he belongs to me. Yesterday I¡¯ve seen him on the TV where he had pulled a woman into his arms. At first my heart broke into million pieces but then I saw the face of that woman. She was ugly in her own way. She was nothingpared to me after all I am the Cassie Fox. People would die to have one single photograph with me but as I said my heart belongs to my Max only. ¡°Uh¡­ I need to talk about something.¡± He wishpered. Licking my lips, I unzipped my dress and stood Infront of him in only my undergarments. He looked at me for seconds, his gaze running down my body. I saw his eyes getting darker and that¡¯s what I know very well about him. He may not agree but he has been obsessed with my body. He couldn¡¯t ignore his desire to have sex with me. ¡°I¡­¡± He trailed off. I went closer to him and stood mere inches apart. His uneven breath fanned over my face as I brought my lips closer to him. Encircling my arms around his neck, I pecked his lips lightly and felt him getting hard on. I smirked mentally. See, that¡¯s what I was talking about. He couldn¡¯t ignore my body no matter what. ¡°I¡­ wanted to talk-¡± But before he couldplete his sentence, I started kissing him passionately. The delicious taste of his lips came to my taste buds and everything turned hot around me. He was resistant at first. I don¡¯t know what was stopping him and about what he wanted to talk. He was acting weird though! It took him some time but after seconds of not doing anything, he grabbed me by my waist and wishpered. ¡°Fuck everything.¡± And with that he kissed me. Next, we had sex. The most beautiful thing about sex is that it¡¯s with him. I couldn¡¯t imagine anyone else at his ce. It would be disgusting to think of someone else because Max is my every reason to live. I couldn¡¯t imagine my life without him. Weid down being tired, drenched in sweat but everything felt good and mesmerising. He exhaled a breath and for the first time he shifted his attention to me ever since we had sex. I rested my head on his chest and listened to his rythmic beating of heart. It gave me peace. ¡°I want to tell you something.¡± He said. I was surprised that he was talking casually to me otherwise he never talks to me. ¡°I am getting married.¡± Eh? ¡°Come again.¡± ¡°I am getting married.¡± I raised my head to look up at him and my heart skipped a beat. Suddenly everything turned ck around me as if someone had passed a knife through my heart. The pain was undeniably strong. Tears started streaming down my face despite knowing that my mascara would came down too. He looked at me helplessly but didn¡¯t say anything. He¡¯s getting married? My Max is getting married? ¡°Don¡¯t you know that I love you?¡± I screamed being unable to say anything else. He rolled his eyes but cleared my tears and just one action of him, my broken heart found a reason to breath again. He did something which I never expected. He wiped my tears that was the big thing for me. It means he cares for me. Then why he¡¯s getting married to someone else other than me? What if his parents are forcing him to marry? It could be possible, isn¡¯t it? ¡°Why are you getting married?¡± I asked in-between my tears. He ran fingers through his hair and shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Just because I want to, I guess?¡± His words sounded as if he was confused. What¡¯s wrong with him? Here I love him with whole of my heart and he¡¯s chose to ignore me instead and marry someone else? Which woman would be able to love him more than I do? No one. No one could ever love him as much as I do. ¡°Who is she?¡± I asked. He looked at me then a small blush crept on his face. ¡°Erica.¡± I frowned. And now he¡¯s blushing for some other woman. Wait a second. What did he say? Erica? The woman whom he hugged in the middle of the road. That ugly creature? Seriously? ¡°Do you love her?¡± I asked. He shook his head in denial and that¡¯s when a breath of relief washed down my throat. I wiped away my tears and thought of asking him something which will make me look like a slut but I don¡¯t have any other option. ¡°After your marriage, would you have sex with me or not?¡± He opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. He stared at the nk space before he shook his head. ¡°No.¡± You bet, Max?Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. You couldn¡¯t resist me. Marry or not, you won¡¯t be able to control your temptation when ites to me. ¡°Are you sure?¡± I asked him, moaning and touched him in the south. His eyes again started getting darker just like before and I knew that I have a key to control him. His sexual desires are huge and it¡¯s only me who can fullfil it. I gave him my virginity, my heart, my soul, my reason to live. I¡¯ll not let him go that easily. He will be mine no matter what. I¡¯ll do something to make him mine forever. Go ahead Max and marry that ugly creature. Rica-Erica whatever her name is. But I promise you that you¡¯lle back to me. ¡°Say yes. Say that you¡¯ll have sex with me even after your marriage.¡± He moaned when I kissed him on his chest and amidst all this, he pulled me under him and grab me by my neck. ¡°You¡¯re such a slut, aren¡¯t you?¡± I faked a smile even though from inside my heart hurts to hear him say like this. I am not slut, Max. You¡¯re assuming me to be the one. I love you, Max and that¡¯s the only truth I know. ¡°Say yes.¡± I said. He dipped down to ce open mouthed kisses on my neck and whispered. ¡°Yes, I will.¡± And that¡¯s all I needed to make him mine. Chapter 7 MAX¡¯S POV ¡°What the fuck, Woah!¡± Vishal screamed in excitement. I buried my head under the pillow to hide the fucking blush from my face. Max Costello was seen with another woman but this time he was saving her from her panic attacks. He even took her to the car in his arms. What this could mean? Is she his girlfriend? Is he finally settled to one woman. Or was it just an another fling? I wished to hide six feets deep in shame. Both Vishal and Rehan were watching the news channel with keen interest as if they are live watching the story of my life. Why God? Why? They are so going to make fun of me and I honestly don¡¯t want that. I am the Max Costello, I am the one who make fun of my friends not another way round. ¡°So, Erica huh?¡± Rehan smirked. Well yes asshole! Erica! That woman! What she has done with me? Why I am goddamn so fucking attracted to her? What¡¯s about her that makes her so different and so special? Why I couldn¡¯t get her out of my mind. It¡¯s like she¡¯s stuck in there. Why she¡¯s changing my yer¡¯s instinct? Why I fucking want to settle down to her? She¡¯s no pretty, she¡¯s stubborn, she hates me yet I couldn¡¯t, just couldn¡¯t get her out of my mind. Why do I want to heal her soul? The broken emotions in her eyes are so fragile that all I want is to calm them down. And I don¡¯t know the reason why I see her as my future bride. Bride. Well fuck me! What have I done? I fucking forced her to marry me? I don¡¯t want to marry. Honestly I fucking don¡¯t want to marry anyone. It¡¯s not about her, it¡¯s about me but in the heat of moment my tongue slipped and now I am doomed. It would¡¯ve great if I¡¯ve gotten a chance to know her and maybe she could¡¯ve became my girlfriend but marriage? I don¡¯t want that. But what had happened to me in that moment? She was Infront of me, just mere inches apart, her beautiful eyes staring back at me and fuck I was whipped. I was in the moment and for a second I thought that how my life would be if she bes my wife. Will she fight with me everyday? Will I be able to save her from all her chaos? Will I be able to heal her pain? Will I able to protect her and that forced me to love the idea of her bing my wife. I don¡¯t know what my future holds and why the hell I am getting so intense with her? But definitely there¡¯s something between us that I couldn¡¯t deny. Something stronger than mere an attraction. ¡°You like her man, don¡¯t you?¡± Vishal screamed. I groaned and shook my head to deny him but my heart told me something else. Should I tell them that I am going to marry her? I mean I said to her that I¡¯ll marry her? I must tell them. Otherwise they¡¯ll kill me once they get the news from someone else. ¡°Guys, I need to tell you something.¡± I said. They both turned their head to me, smiling like fools. Great! ¡°I¡­ I am going to marry her.¡± Vishal was drinking beer and after hearing my words he spluttered it out all over me. I looked at him in frustration and removed the shirt from my body. This Vishal! ¡°Nice joke, dude.¡± Rehanughed. Do they really think that I¡¯ll joke something rted to it? Well fuck them. ¡°I am serious, man!¡± I told to Rehan. They both looked at each other and then at me and then burst outughing like maniac. ¡°You¡¯ve such a bad sense of humour.¡± ¡°You¡¯re dumb, Max.¡± Fucking Great! I rolled my eyes and stared at them in disappointment. Are they really my friends? Seriously, this is too much! Once I didn¡¯t say anything, they both exchanged looks and in matter of seconds their jaw dropped in shock. ¡°Are you really going to marry her?¡± Asked Rehan. I nodded my head. ¡°B-but¡­¡± Vishal trailed off. ¡°Don¡¯t spoil her life, man. She has lost her boyfriend and I heard from Mayra that her brother has cancer. Don¡¯t overburden pain on her. If you¡¯re sure about your feelings then I am okay with you marrying her but if you¡¯re just thinking of her as a medium to curb your curiosity in her then please don¡¯t marry her.¡± I opened my mouth to say something to Rehan but nothing came out.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. I don¡¯t want to overburden her pain. In fact I want to heal her broken soul. She deserves someone far better than me but I¡¯ve emotions towards her which are hard to ignore. ¡°Rehan I am dead serious about her. I don¡¯t love her and most probably will never be able to do so but atleast I can give her a decent life by marrying her.¡± I faked a smile. Rehan looked at me and then a huge smile came to his face. ¡°Why I am seeing myself in you? Remember how I told you that I couldn¡¯t love Mayra but here look at me, I am lost puppy for her.¡± Your case was different Rehan. Mayra always loved you but Erica she won¡¯t ever. Woah! What the fuck is wrong with me? Why I am getting so serious? Love? Where did that came from? I don¡¯t need love neither do I want to love someone. This marriage thing was just my stupid mistake which I can¡¯t undo. I¡¯ll marry her for the public but in private we¡¯ll just be friends. I¡¯ll continue my yer¡¯s life and she can do whatever she wants with my money. I¡¯ll try to make her smile and ease her pain and if she wants then she can hate me forever. ¡°I am damn happy for you man!¡± Vishal came to give me big hug. Okay wow! That was totally unexpected. ¡°Do the preparation, I am going to marry her in a week.¡± I told them. ¡°What the hell? This early?¡± Rehan asked. ¡°What about our bachelor party?¡± Vishal asked. I paid no heed to them and pulled out my cellphone from the pocket and tapped on Erica¡¯s number. ¡°We¡¯re getting married in a week and be ready I¡¯ll pick you up by eight, I¡¯ve to announce our wedding to the media.¡± I sent her a text. I waited impatiently for a reply which came after two fucking minutes. ¡°Okay. And fuck you Max.¡± I smiled at her temper and was about to kiss her message before I realized that both of them were staring at me. I coughed and put the phone back in my pocket. ¡°It was Cassie Fox.¡± I shrugged my shoulders. They both made a face and ignored me. And that¡¯s when I realised that I¡¯ve a greater problem to deal with and she is Cassie Fox- the woman who¡¯s crazy for me. Chapter 8 ERICA POV I looked at him, dumbfounded. Is he mad or what? The Max Costello asked me to marry him? The yer Max Costello who never gets tired of bedding women? ¡°You are jocking right?¡± I asked. He looked straight into my eyes and something in them told me that he wasn¡¯t. ¡°Marry me.¡± He said the word again. Okay. He¡¯s gone nuts, right? Or am I dreaming? I mean the most handsome man I¡¯ve ever seen just asked me to marry him? Yeah right! I rolled my eyes. This must not be the dream Erica, it should be nightmare. After all yers like him deserves hell. Fuck my sanity! ¡°Are you stupid?¡± I screamed, pushing him away from me. His face got stern as he came forward again, this time maintaining breathable distance from me. Okay. I am thankful for that though. ¡°I have riches, I can easily pay for the cancer specialist for your brother.¡± He said in a hollow tone. I blinked, not knowing how to react. Off course he¡¯s a billionaire, he must have insane amount of money and he can easily took an appointment of the doctor whom I couldn¡¯t afford. Alex could be better in no minute if he helps me but for that I have to marry him? Isn¡¯t this too much? How can I marry a filthy person like him? And most of all, I don¡¯t even want to marry. How can I forget my Stefan? I love him. How can I marry someone else? ¡°Why do you want to marry me?¡± I asked. ¡°Because I find you interesting.¡± He whistled. What? He finds me interesting? What¡¯s there in me that he finds me interesting? I am ugly. I am poor. I am nothingpared to all the beautiful women he had sex with or will have with most probably. He dates Cassie Fox, the epitome of perfection. I mean damn she¡¯s gorgeous. And I am just a piece of scrap in front of her. ¡°What¡¯s there in me to intrigue you?¡± I asked him the first thing which crossed my mind. He shrugged his shoulders in response. ¡°I don¡¯t know¡­ yet.¡± Well. Wow how beautiful! Note my sarcasm. ¡°You had sex with beautiful women and I am ugly, do the maths. What the fuck do you want from me?¡± I spat. ¡°You¡¯re too blunt, Jesus!¡± He mumbled under his breath. Honestly I hate to agree but it hurts me to not get a reply from him which was like you¡¯re not ugly and all. I mean I know I am ugly but still. ¡°Get out of my house, right now.¡± I said. He looked at me in anger but didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°Out.¡± ¡°Do you want your brother to die? Let¡¯s face the reality, you¡¯ll never be able to earn enough to meet a cancer specialist.¡± He spat back at me. Die? And Alex? No. No. No. I couldn¡¯t let that happen. I¡¯ll do more part time jobs, I can figure out everything. I don¡¯t need anyone¡¯s help. I am sufficient enough to take care of Alex. ¡°Be practical, Eri.¡± He smirked. Oh god! How much I wish to wipe away that smirk from his face. I inhaled a deep breath. ¡°Give me some time to think.¡± ¡°Five minutes. You¡¯ve five minutes.¡± He said. I looked at him like he has grown two heads. Is he crazy? To think about marrying him, I need five years of mental preparation not of five minutes. I frowned and looked at him to negotiate but his face told me that he¡¯s not going to change his decision. He started looking at his ssy watch. s! I don¡¯t want to waste away my life but how can I ignore this opportunity which will save my little brother¡¯s life? Let¡¯s be practical here. He said right that at this rate I won¡¯t ever be able to collect enough money. But how can I marry him? This is insane. A fucking suicide! But most of all why does he wants to marry me? What will he get? What he¡¯s up to? ¡°Fine. Let¡¯s assume that I be ready to marry you but why the fuck do you want to marry me? And this time I need honest answer.¡± He stared into my eyes and then said something which blew my mindpletely. ¡°Honestly Erica, I¡¯ve never met a woman like you before. Something in your eyes reminds me of the pain which I want to heal. Your pain connects me with you. I don¡¯t know if I am making sense or not and I am not sure if I want to marry you or not but I want to protect you and give you a better life. So now you do the maths, what shall I do? It¡¯s not like I want to have sex with you, I mean that would be great but right now I would fucking like to marry you.¡± My breath gets caught up in the chest. I didn¡¯t know how to react. That was one of the most beautiful thing I¡¯ve ever heard in my life. Even Stefan never tried tofort me with warm words. He told me that I was beautiful but I knew that he was lying. I for sure love him but I don¡¯t know why Max¡¯s word made me feel good in the stomach. But he¡¯s a yer, Erica. And that¡¯s how I was brought back to the reality. I licked my lips in nervousness and shook my head in denial. ¡°No. I can¡¯t marry you.¡± His facial expressions told me that he was disappointed but instead of that he smirked. ¡°Remeber Alex has cancer and I am the only key to help him with that.¡± And with that he came forward to kiss my cheeks. Wait what? Did he fucking kiss my cheeks? I pushed him aside and stood as much as apart I could from him. His smirk was continuously stering on his face and trust me I hate him for kissing me. How dare he? And what does he thinks of himself? Is he a God or something? Idiot. I closed my eyes and remembered how he helped me when I was having panic attacks. I was about to say thank you to him before Alex came rushing down the stairs with his hands covering his mouth. ¡°What happened?¡± I asked in worry. ¡°Blood, Eri.¡± He said. I realized that he vomited blood. My head started spinning in fear. My nightmare ising true, isn¡¯t it? ¡°Alex, are you okay?¡± Max asked. He nodded his head and tried to fake a smile but he failed miserably. ¡°Go to your room.¡± I told him and he did as being said. ¡°It¡¯s okay. Don¡¯t marry me, I won¡¯t force you but atleast let me help you financially so that you can afford best doctor for him.¡± Max said once Alex returned to his room. But it was toote. I¡¯ve already made my mind. I couldn¡¯t take money from him for free. I am ready to mess my life for saving my brother¡¯s life. ¡°I am ready to marry you.¡±All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. Chapter 9 MAX POV I hurriedly reached the ce where Erica was. From afar, I saw her. She sat on the corner of street, shivering. I ran and as I came closer to her, I found her struggling for breath. Her hands were shivering and tears were streaming down her face. My heart stopped for a second watching her in this condition. At first I didn¡¯t knew what to do. It was like a train wasing to me and I was scared to what to do or not. I stood there like a statue watching her in pain. Vehicles were passing by like a storm and yet I had no idea what to do. Closing my eyes, I inhaled a deep breath and looked around. Okay, I need to calm her down. Think what you used to do when your sister, Zara had panic attacks. I thought to myself and suddenly it became harder. Zara. I remember her having panic attacks when she was pregnant. How hard it was for her to survive it. She struggled just like Erica. I used to hug her to ease her pain. Wait. I blinked and quickly sat beside her on the floor. Ruffling my fingers through her hair, I made her look at me. ¡°Shh. It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s okay Erica.¡± I told her. ¡°Breathe.¡± I added. She looked up at me innocently and huped. ¡°I-I¡­ c-can¡¯t breathe.¡± I know Erica. I know. Without thinking twice I hugged her tightly into my arms. Her fragrance entered through my nostrils and everything stilled. The vehicle on the road no longer mattered. The paparazzi clicking pictures of us didn¡¯t matter. Nothing mattered at all. In this moment all that I care about is to calm her down. ¡°Count with me.¡± I told her, rubbing her back. ¡°10. 9. 8. 7¡­¡± She repeated after me and after a minute or so, her breathe started bing normal. After few minutes being still with her, I realized that I¡¯ve never experienced this kind offort. I always say that sex is cool, itforts me but fuck I was wrong. This isfort. Her arms arefort.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Thankyou.¡± She whispered into my ears. And damn! That¡¯s when I realized my situation. I was on the middle to the road, hugging her. People are gathered around us, some wishpering, some clicking pictures and oh then there was media all around me. Fuck me! I quickly stood up and trust me it took me everything in me to get apart from her because all I wanted was to be in her arms forever. What¡¯s happening to me? What this woman is doing to me? Inhaling a deep breath, I took her in my arms and after my bodyguards cleared the path from people, I went straight to my SUV. ¡°Make yourselffortable.¡± I told her once I made her seated inside the car. She flushed but didn¡¯t say anything. I wonder why isn¡¯t she being stubborn or screaming at me? Is it because I saved her from her chaos? Yeah right! And now you became her knight in shining armour. My inner consciousness mocked me. Rolling my eyes, I started the engine. She looked out of the window still being in flushing state. Okay. ¡°Are you okay, now?¡± I asked. She simply nodded her head. ¡°I wanted to ask you something.¡± I said. ¡°Ask.¡± ¡°You¡¯ve a brother, don¡¯t you?¡± She looked at me in shock. ¡°How do you know that?¡± I smiled. What does she think I am? Off course I have bodyguards and I can easily do a background check on anyone. I am a billionaire for God¡¯s sake. ¡°Will you let me meet him?¡± I asked, further. ¡°Off course not!¡± She hissed. Ah my feisty queen is back. My? Shut up Max. Just fucking shut up. ¡°Stop the car.¡± She said. And I simply ignored her. ¡°Just stop the fucking car, Max costello.¡± She screamed. I enjoyed her reaction and continued to drive to her home. She made a face and turned it away from me. Iughed, pulling her cheeks out. ¡°Awe.¡± She was about to threaten me but before that could happen we reached her house. She quickly get out of the car and ran to her door. I looked at her in confusion but didn¡¯t get anything. Soon she started tapping on the door and then I realized what she was upto. She didn¡¯t want me to meet her little brother. I get out of the car and ran too. She was about to lock the door from inside before I entered. ¡°Fuck you!¡± She cursed under her breath. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t cuss Infront of children, Erica.¡± I told her while looking at her brother who was now gawking at me as if he has seen some God. Frankly it boosted my ego and somehow it made me happy. Atleast someone is here who knows the worth of Max Costello. Smirking I sat on the couch and looked around. ¡°Hey Alex.¡± ¡°Y-You know my name?¡± He whispered in shock. I nodded. ¡°Didn¡¯t Erica told you about me?¡± I asked. He shook his head. Ah! This woman. ¡°I am Max.¡± I smiled. He smiled back but still in surprise. ¡°I know who you¡¯re. Everybody knows who you¡¯re. Even this idiot Erica knows who you¡¯re.¡± And that boosted my ego. Idiot Erica! I smiled. ¡°Nice to meet you Alex. By the way did you know that I am good friend of Erica?¡± I asked to irritate her. And it did the work. She was now fuming in anger. ¡°Alex go to your room, right now.¡± He made a face but after smiling to me he rushed to the room. ¡°And now you get out of the room before I kick you out.¡± She screamed. I stilled, looking at her. What the fuck? Here I am trying to talk nicely to her. I helped her when she got panic attack and here she¡¯s asking me to get out of her house. What does she thinks of her? I agree that she¡¯s in pain but that doesn¡¯t mean she has to be behave like this. I clenched my fist. No one can talk to me like this. Cornering her to the wall, I held her wrist and pulled her closer to me. She collided to my chest and gasped in shock. ¡°Wha-?¡± ¡°Your brother has cancer, don¡¯t he?¡± I asked. Her eyes widened in shock and in seconds her anger bubbled up in air. She frowned and trust me it hurts a little to watch her like this. ¡°I can pay for your brother¡¯s surgery.¡± I told her. She raised her eyebrows and looked at me in surprise. ¡°Really?¡± Yes, I know that her brother has cancer. I know everything about her. ¡°But for that you¡¯ve to marry me.¡± Chapter 10 Max pov ¡°Rehan told me that you¡¯re stalking a girl?¡± Vishal winked. That Bastard Rehan. Why he had to tell Vishal about it? Rolling my eyes, I moved my attention to eating noodles which he prepared for me. Honestly it tastes shit but I have no other option. Crashing at Vishal¡¯s ce means horrible food. By the way I love spending time at Rehan¡¯s house because Mayra is a damn good cook. I wonder if Erica knows how to cook? Erica! This woman. She¡¯s a firecracker who is always ready around me to explode. I couldn¡¯t even dare to win against her. She¡¯s damn stubborn. Above all, she didn¡¯t fall for me. I don¡¯t know how could she resist my looks? Strange! Maybe that¡¯s what intrigues me. Her ignorance. But the pain I felt in her eyes made me forget everything but her. Her pain was familiar. We both lost someone close to our heart. I lost my sister and she lost her boyfriend. I could understand the pain she must¡¯ve gone through. Her eyes reflect it all. Licking my lips, I thought once again about her. Her eyes, they¡¯re so mesmerising. She¡¯s the most fiercest woman I¡¯ve ever met yet her eyes are gentle. ¡°Dude, stop thinking about her.¡± Vishal¡¯s voice dragged me back to the reality. ¡°I am not.¡± I defended. ¡°Yeah! Right. And I am an alien.¡± He and his sarcasm. He turned on the TV to y some music and to my utter bad luck the song yed was of the Cassie Fox. Okay here we go. ¡°Dude, you fu*ked her.¡± Heughed. His irritatingugh was such a headache. Cassie Fox. I looked her on the screen and she looked sexy as hell. Her perfect body, her perfect face. Damn, how could someone be this perfect? Most of all, this time I noticed how talented she is. Her songs are really cool. I mean they could make you want to tap your feet on the rytham. And what about Erica? What does she thinks of Cassie Fox? Does she likes her song or hate them? Someday I¡¯ll ask her about this. Someday! ¡°So tell me about her.¡± Vishal smiled. ¡°She¡¯s not like any woman I¡¯ve slept with. She¡¯s different. Her aura reminds me of my own heart. She¡¯s cute, feisty and off course stubborn. She has this beautiful eyes and shit man! She¡¯s different.¡± I bbered in one breath without realising that it was Vishal whom I was speaking to. He looked at me like I¡¯ve grown two heads and then boom. Heughed, making fun of my emotions. Bastard. ¡°Awe. So sweet.¡± He mocked me in a girly voice. See, that¡¯s the reason I don¡¯t want to share anything with him. He¡¯s aplete ass. But indeed my Erica is different. What the f*ck? My Erica? Where did that came from? I need s*x. I f*cking need s*x. I dialed Cassie¡¯s number and after two rings, she received my call. ¡°Where the f*ck are you?¡± ¡°I am sorry. I was at my concert.¡± ¡°Come to my house. I need you.¡± I said. ¡°But-¡± ¡°I said I f*cking need you to have s*x with me. Don¡¯t tell me you forgot our deal?¡± I almost screamed in frustration. ¡°I aming.¡± she exhaled a breath. I ended the call and decided to leave Vishal¡¯s ce. ¡°Dude. Cassie is crazy for you, isn¡¯t she?¡± He asked. I shrugged my shoulders. ¡°Who cares when I am having a good s*x.¡± He made a disappointed face and clicked his tongue. ¡°Do you have any idea that she was about to have her live concert but you called her and I guess she agreed toe, isn¡¯t she?¡± Eh? ¡°How do you know that she¡¯s having a concert?¡± ¡°TV.¡± He gave me duh look. Uh. Okay. Wow! She left her concert for having s*x with me? That¡¯s interesting. I smiled and excitedly hurried my way back to home. As I reached my room, I saw her alreadyContent is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Sitting cross-legged on the bed. One look of her body and damn, I was turned on. I quickly get to her and after embracing her in my arms I started kissing her. She didn¡¯t say anything just kissed me back with equal passion. *** ¡°I love you, Max.¡± She smiled. F*ck! Why she has to this dumb? Love me? Really? How can someone love the person right after knowing that the other person only wants to bed them and nothing else. ¡°Are you really this dumb or you¡¯re behaving like one?¡± I asked, irritated. She said nothing just smiled widely while running her fingers through my chest. ¡°On a serious note, don¡¯t think that we¡¯re dating because we will never.¡± I spoke, this time making it clear to her. Love is not made for someone like me and I never want a woman like her to love me. She¡¯s not realising yet but it¡¯s not love, she only wants me because of my high societal status. All women want me for the same reason. After losing my sister, I am sure that love will never find me. F*ck a person like me don¡¯t deserves to be loved. Chapter 11 | ERICA¡¯S POV| Come on. Walk faster. I chanted over and over again. Sun has already settled and to say that I am afraid would be an understatement. I never liked darkness but this little one story cafe was the only ce where I found peace and calm. Although I first epted the job only for money but soon, I started loving how I can perfectly make a coffee and cupcakes. People loved them and when theyplimented, I feel like I am good for something although this feeling isn¡¯t permanent but still. Today was a blunder. That Casanova pig had done everything to get on myst nerves. What the fuck does he think of himself? I don¡¯t why he¡¯s doing all this? What does he wants from me? I am not pretty at all. I am nothingpared to all the beautifuldies he¡¯s surrounded by. He¡¯s a charmer, everything a woman would ever wish for but I am unable to figure out his real motive behind whatever happened today. I may have said to him that he¡¯s after me just because he wants to bed me but why would he? I am not like all those gorgeous women whom he had sex with. Jesus! Why can¡¯t I live my life peacefully? I need to collect money so that I can save my baby brother¡¯s life and for that I¡¯ve to work hard instead of wasting my time, thinking about that asshole pig. I wonder if Stefan was alive, would he still thinks I am beautiful? Off course he would. Although I don¡¯t why he loved an ugly face like me but still. ¡± I love you Stefan, I will forever.¡± I mumbled under my breath and sighed. How pathetic my life is. I¡¯ve nothing to be happy about except my little brother. Now all I wish is to try my best and give him the perfect life which I never had. ¡± Erica.¡± A thick, husky voice echoed. I knitted my eyebrows in confusion and turned my head. It was quite dark though but curse to my destiny, in front of me was that pig. s! Why always me? When he offered me to drop home, I somehow managed to escape from the back door so that I can avoid this Bastard. But no! Here he is. Rolling my eyes, I turned back and decided to take a step further but before that could happen, he held my wrist. ¡± I told you not to walk alone.¡± He hissed. I clenched my jaw and tried to remove my wrist from his grip but all in vain. ¡± And do tell me exactly when you said that.¡± I defended. In a swift moment, he came face to face with me. I searched his face in an attempt to figure out his intentions but all I got was a nk face. Okay, wow. ¡± Right now.¡± He shrugged his shoulders.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. This is insane. Am I dreaming or what? Why all of sudden this billionaire is acting as if he¡¯s interested in me when the world¡¯s know about his interests with women. He needs them for sex and nothing much. I don¡¯t know why all the stupid women falls for this pathetic piece of shit, I mean The yer Max Costello. He blinked his eyes and gestured towards his car. I gave him bored look which clearly stated that I don¡¯t want to go with him. ¡± Eithere with me or let¡¯s both of us stay here all night.¡± He said. All of sudden, my frustration went to it¡¯s peak. That¡¯s it, enough. What does he think of himself? He maybe a charming billionaire but for me he¡¯s nothing but a pig. ¡± Leave my hand.¡± I clenched my fist and tried to pull my wrist out of his hold. ¡± You want your job in that small cafe, right?¡± He whispered, in a t tone. And just like that, my every strength went back and reced by a wave of weak emotions dominated by fear. I couldn¡¯t afford to loose my job. I¡¯ve to take care of Alex. I pressed my lips into a thin line and without saying a single word in reluctance, I nodded my head in defeat. He has power and I am very sure that he can easily take my job away from me. He let my hand go and silently I followed him to his car. After we sat, he passed me a huge smile. I took few seconds to admire his smile. Media calls him Sex God but his smile wasn¡¯t of any strong word like that instead it was cute, revealing his dimples like little kids. Jeez. Erica, are you crazy or what? Since when you started finding cuteness in a pig? I rolled my eyes at my immature thoughts and decided to look forward before he finds me staring at him. He turned on the radio and started whistling as the song started. Things were all good yesterday And then the devil took your memory And if you fell to your death today I hope that heaven is your resting ce I heard the doctors put your chest in pain But then that could have been the medicine And now you¡¯re lying in the bed again Either way I¡¯ll cry with the rest of them As the lyrics started invading in my head, a nausea hit me. All the memories of Stefan started flooding back. His ident. How he wished to be alive in hisst few hours of life and how he whispered ¡®I love you¡¯ when he was taking hisst few breaths. My heart sank and everything went silent. Tears started consuming my eyes and for a second, I started imagining being with Stefan in this car. He was passing me a bright smile and whispering something inaudible. He was going to leave me soon, forever. The only person who loved me despite of my look was going to leave me. ¡± Erica? You okay?¡± Stefan asked me. I blinked tears away and held his hand. ¡± No, I am not.¡± ¡± What happened?¡± He whispered, softly. ¡± I don¡¯t want you to leave me.¡± I added. ¡± Huh?¡± He raised his eyebrows in confusion. ¡± I don¡¯t want to live without you, Stefan.¡± And this time, I burst out into tears. ¡± Oh¡­¡± He whispered. My eyes started getting heavy and next I know was ckness consumed me. *** A sharp headache hit me as I woke up. It had taken me few seconds to blink and realize that I was in my room. Relief washed over me but that wasn¡¯t for too long. Suddenly Max¡¯s face appeared and that was enough for me to loose it all again. ¡± What the fuck are you doing here, in my house?¡± I screamed. He said nothing but held a concerned face which soon turned into anger. ¡± Why aren¡¯t you taking your medications prescribed by Mayra?¡± He asked. What¡¯s exactly his problem? Why does he care about me taking medicines or not? ¡± I asked something, didn¡¯t I?¡± I rolled my eyes and decided to keep my mouth shut. I doesn¡¯t owe him anything to answer his every questions. And about medicines, I forgot to take them regrly. ¡± Get out of my house, right now.¡± I added, bluntly. And how does he knows about my home? God! He¡¯s more creeper than I think. I should do my best to avoid him like a gue. ¡± Your job or medicines?¡± He sat on the bed and passed me all my medicines along with a ss full of water. I hate you, Max Costello. I fucking hate you! You¡¯re way worse than I¡¯ve ever thought. I gulped the medicines down my throat and without wasting a single second, I pointed towards the door. ¡°Now get out from here.¡± ¡± Do you live here all alone?¡± He asked with a smile. Pig. ¡°Get out, right now before I call the cops.¡± Heughed a little. ¡± Sure, why not but do tell what are you gonna say that a sexy billionaire is in your house forcing you to take your medicines?¡± I clicked my tongue in frustration. ¡± Look my headache is getting worse, so please do me a favour and leave.¡± He stared at me for few seconds before deciding to get out of my house. As he left, I took a deep breath. Chapter 12 MAX¡¯S POV ¡± Uh¡­ Wee s-sir¡­¡± A brte offered a little smile as I walked into the caf¨¦ named ¡°Coffee and Chats ¡°. I gave her a curt node and helped myself to sit on the corner table near the ss window. Removing my sunsses, I let my eyes catch the picture of the surrounding. It was small, well furnished andfortable more like home which I often don¡¯t find in all the elite restaurants. The lightning was dim and soft smell of coffee was waving in the air. Most of the tables were full and thanks to the busy evening environment that no one has noticed me till now. I blinked, shifting my attention back to that brte girl who by now was sweating. I scurried my eyebrows and searched her face to know the reason behind her scared state. ¡± What?¡± I snapped. She flinched but soon licked her lips and shook her head. ¡± S¡­ Sir¡­ You¡¯re here? I-In this small caf¨¦? Uh¡­ I mean-¡± I pointed at her mouth and gestured her to shut up before she could say anything. ¡± This caf¨¦ belongs to you?¡± I asked. She nodded, hesitatingly. ¡± Erica white works here?¡± She held a confuse face at my question and waited few minutes for me to borate further but when she didn¡¯t received any other word for me, she again nodded. ¡± Good. Now go and call Erica white to take my order.¡± I added. Her face for a second twisted in a hint of jealousy before she mumbled something in eptance and then rushed away. I released the serious look away from my face and loosen my tie. Damn! Acting intimidating is a though job though. My lips curled up at the purpose of my visit to this small caf¨¦ which was meeting Erica White. Rehan had stole enough informations about her from Mayra¡¯s patient record. So here I am to meet that woman who¡¯s being the constant reason for my two continuous sleep deprived nights. I ran finger through my hairs and inhaled a deep breath at the sight of her. She was taking baby steps in my direction with a note pad and a pen in her hand. The free bangs of her hairs were sticking to her neck from her messy bun and her eyes were fixed on the ground. To say that her bodynguage reflected her nervousness would be an understatement. A smirk appeared on the corner of my lips when she stood just an arm distance from me. ¡± Can I take your order?¡± She whispered in a hoarse voice with her eyes still on the floor. I have an urge tough at the confidence she was faking. I agree that her voice didn¡¯t shuttered but she wasn¡¯tfortable too. Her cheeks were burning when she bit her bottom lips and released a shaky breath. ¡± What would you prefer?¡± I asked, trying to sound as casual as I can but couldn¡¯t control my excitement. This woman do intrigues me. There¡¯s something, something about her which was attracting me which is forcing me to remove the frown from her face and rece it with a smile. ¡± Uh¡­ coffee and lemon cupcake?¡± She replied, unsure. I chuckled and stared at her cute face for few good seconds before saying- ¡°Two coffee and two lemon cupcakes.¡± She quickly scribbled on her note pad and walked back as if she was impatiently waiting to rush away from me. My iPhone vibrated and when I unlocked the screen, Rehan¡¯s message popped up. How¡¯s your date going? Date? Where did that came from? Max Costello doesn¡¯t date women either they are Sluts like Cassie or a cute mystery like Erica. This isn¡¯t a ¡®date¡¯. I replied and pushed my iPhone back on my pocket when I saw Ericaing back with a tray on her hand. She clumsily ced the coffee mugs on the table and then cupcakes. ¡± Have a good evening ahead, sir.¡± She mumbled which came out in barely a whisper. ¡± Have a seat.¡± ¡± Excuse me but what?¡± And that moment, her eyes snapped in my direction. Our eyes held a contact and for a second, everything around me stilled. Her eyes were heavy with moisture in them and somewhere in between there resides a familiar pain which I¡¯ve been experiencing. ¡± I¡¯ve ordered coffee for two now since-¡± ¡± I am sorry sir but I can¡¯t.¡± She cut my words and turned to leave. I blinked not wanting to believe that me, Max Costello just got rejected by some woman but strangely it only made me more interested in her. ¡± Erica.¡± I called out her name and she stilled. ¡± Now we don¡¯t want you to loose your job, do we?¡± She tilted her head in my direction and automatically her eyes narrowed with a little fire burning in them. Ah, so my little Angel is feisty too. My little Angel? What the f-ck is wrong with me? I quickly shake off that Angel thing and noticed her throwing draggers at me. I suppressed augh and pointed her to sit on the chair across me. She muttered something under her breath but did as I said not before removing her pink apron and putting it aside. I shifted the coffee and cupcake near her. After that for not even once, she nced in my direction. Her fingers yed nervously around the coffee mug¡¯s handle. ¡± I am not beautiful, you know.¡± She whispered. I arched up my eyebrows in confusion and took a sip of delighted coffee. ¡± So I wouldn¡¯t be a good f-ck.¡± She added, bluntly. Coffee spluttered out from my mouth which only made the matter worse by staining her T-shirt. Her jaw dropped and she quickly started wiping away the coffee stains. I swallowed a thick lump down my throat and reyed her words again in my mind. ¡± What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± She asked in irritation. ¡± Why you said such words?¡± I countered, ignoring the sting amount of anger which was reflecting from her expressions. ¡± Isn¡¯t it obvious? You¡¯re Max Costello-the yer. Off course you only want to get into my pants but I am confused that why do you want to bed an ugly looking woman like me?¡± She ranted in one breath. I blinked in an attempt to register her words and when I did, a dry chuckle escaped past my lips. Why haven¡¯t I thought this, earlier? Why me this innocent when media is full of my scandals? ¡± Clear me one thing that who is ugly here because all I can see is a cute waitress who is sharing a coffee with me.¡± I passed one of the best flirty smile which soon turned into the poker face since instead of getting affected by my lines, all she did was to stare out of the window. F-ck? Are my charms really fading? Most of the- Every women either blush at such words or throw themselves at me but here she is acting as if I am nonexistent? ¡± What do you want from me?¡± She asked, now looking straight in to my eyes. If only I have any idea that what I want from you, Erica, if only. ¡± Frankly, I don¡¯t know.¡± I replied. She rolled her eyes and cast a look at her wrist watch before looking again out of the window. Her eyebrows were frowned in confusion yet something in me told that she was trying her best to not throw some sarcastic remarks on me. I smirked. I don¡¯t know what I want from her but what I know is spending some time with her wouldn¡¯t be a bad idea. ¡± Why are you staring at me?¡± ¡± Why? Do you have any problem with that?¡± ¡± It is really creepy, if you don¡¯t know.¡± She hissed. Iughed at her antiques and decided to irritate her, a little more. ¡± You¡¯re cute.¡± ¡± Goodbye.¡± She faked a sarcastic smile and then after gathering her apron and tray, she left the table. I chuckled and took a mouthful bite of the cupcake. This shit is delicious. I wonder if Erica has made this? No, she couldn¡¯t. After all Miss bitter couldn¡¯t make something this sweet. But Jesus! Her bitterness is also entertaining. ¡± Your bill.¡± Erica returned with the bill. ¡± I am not going anywhere if that¡¯s what you want.¡± I took another bite of cupcake and smiled. She almost, almost stomped on her feet and clenched her fist. ¡± Sir, you-¡± ¡± Max, call me Max.¡± ¡± Mr. Costello, you¡¯re disturbing me on my working hours so I would better ask you to leave.¡± She spoke in calm tone and held a poker face. This woman. Is she really this straightforward or there¡¯s some undeniable hate for me? But Erica, maybe you don¡¯t know but if Max Costello wants something then definitely he gets that and this time I want Erica White. It will be the first time that I am finding any woman way more worth than being just my bedmate. Now there¡¯s no need to deny that I am having this attraction to her in more than just physical level despite of the fact that ampletely oblivious to the reason behind all this. Let¡¯s see, in which way my curiosity for her takes me. ¡± I am dropping you home.¡± I stated. ¡± Are you insane?¡± She countered.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . I shook my head and stood up. ¡± I am waiting outside in my car. Juste when your shift ends.¡± I said and left the caf¨¦. *** It¡¯s been an hour and still there¡¯s no sight of her. She wille right? Off course she has to after all who can neglect the offer of Max Costello? Yeah, right. Like she had neglected you in the caf¨¦. I scoffed at my consciousness and just waited impatiently for her to step out of the caf¨¦. The sun had already settled down leaving behind the darkness. The street was already vacant with only few people passing by. Hold the f-ck up. A sudden thought crossed my mind which made me to clench my fist in ring temper. Erica walks every night from this dangerous street and that too alone? I pushed my saliva down my throat and purposely shut my eyes for few seconds to calm myself down. How she can be this careless? I quickly took out my phone from the pocket and dialed the number of my trusted head of bodyguards. ¡± Sir.¡± He greeted as soon as my call ringed. ¡± I am sending you the details of Erica White. Her safety is your responsibility and make sure that she won¡¯t catch a hint that your bodyguards are following her whenever she¡¯s out of her house.¡± ¡± You won¡¯t regret, sir.¡± He replied. Again time started speeding off but like past two hours there was no hint of her. My patience started falling off and then I couldn¡¯t help but walk to the caf¨¦, once again. That little brte once again came into my sight but by paying her no attention, my eyes started searching for Erica. ¡± Where the f-ck is she?¡± I mumbled to myself when I found the whole caf¨¦, empty. ¡± You! Whatever the f-ck your name is-¡± I was about toplete my sentence before that brte cut me in middle with her words. ¡± She left few minutes ago, s-sir from the back door.¡± She whispered. My temper red and next without wasting any single second, I rush to my car. Erica white. You shouldn¡¯t have done this. You shouldn¡¯t. Chapter 13 CASSIE¡¯S POV ¡± Do I look okay?¡± I asked to my makeup artist. She clicked her tongue and guided me in front of the wall mirror. For a second, I looked nervously at my reflection but when my brain captured my reflection in the mirror, my lips curled up into small smile. I¡¯ve been dressed in a scarlet, ssy gown which was backless and sophistically exposing my cleavage. My smooth and jet ck hairs were cascading down my shoulders. Teamed up with blood red lipstick and seductive eyes, indeed I look like an epitome of gorgeousness. Call it my luck or blessing of god that I¡¯ve been born with perfection. Everything about me screams attention. When I step outside, every pair of eyes turn in my direction, some in jealousy and some in appreciation. And trust me, I love that feel when I be everyone¡¯s center of attraction. ¡± Perfecto.¡± I pped my hands and blew a kiss at my reflection. ¡± Mam, there are fans outside your house. Would you like to meet them?¡± My personal assistant asked, almost drooling over me. I smirked. I can¡¯t me his hormones after all I know I am hard to resist. ¡± Not now, I have to attend the party.¡± He nodded and called the driver to bring my car on front door. I took onest nce in the mirror and then walked to my car. Chauffeur opened the backseat door and I slowly sat inside while managing not to crease my gown. As the driver turned the engine on and started driving the car, whole surrounding was filled with thousands of people who happens to be my fan. I smiled and waved them before closing my eyes and leaning into leather seat. Being a celebrity is not an easy job. In fact it¡¯s tiring when ites to my fans. It¡¯s been four years since my debut album was released in market and after that, I been praised for my singing talent like there¡¯s no tomorrow. Singing is like a drug for me and my songs are the drug for my fans. Beautiful, isn¡¯t it? ¡± Mam, we are here.¡± I nodded and waited for my bodyguards to open the door and as they did, I stepped out. Once again every pair of eyes were on me but it didn¡¯t made me ufortable instead I was thrilled. I smiled at the paparazzi who were constantly clicking my pictures. Tomorrow I am going to be the face of every magazine¡¯s front cover and headlines of every news channel. Ah. Now this is life! After posing for the cameras, I made my way inside and held a confident expression. ¡± Ladies and gentleman, herees the sizzling beauty, Cassie Fox. A huge hand of apuse for her everyone. ¡± I smiled and searched my eyes through the crowd to find some familiar figures. Actually they all were familiar to me since they all belongs to ssy background but it isn¡¯t like they all are of my standard. I meane on, I am Cassie Fox¡­ No one can match my standard well until my eyes fell on none other then Max, my Max. He was seated on the corner, looking bored as hell. I blushed, profusely as the images of us having s¨Cx invaded into my mind. After taking one long breath, I approached him and took a seat beside him. He startled for a moment before rolling his eyes and maintaining distance from me. I pouted and grabbed his hand which he instantly shoved away as if I was some germ. I maintained a neutral face although from inside my heart shrunk. ¡± Are you stalking me?¡± He asked in irritation. I shook my head with a smile and for a moment admired his face. He¡¯s no less than a Greek god. Everything about him tells the story of his perfection and ss. ¡± Don¡¯t forget that you¡¯re my whore not my girlfriend.¡± He spat, gulping the shot down his throat. My gaze fell on myp and I had an almost wish tough at the irony. I had given him my virginity and he¡¯s calling me his whore? But it¡¯s okay. I have no problem in being his whore if it means having a chance to be with him even if it¡¯s just for s¨Cx. I know that he loves my body but I love him. Yes, I love Max Costello since I was twenty one and it¡¯s been four years but still my love for him, never faded away. He may think of me as a cheap slut who¡¯s clinging to his dear life but in reality he has no idea that to how much extent, I love him. My love for him is pure more than anything else. He must be thinking that we have metst night for the first time. But actually, I¡¯ve been waiting for him since four f¨Ccking years. Yesterday¡¯s night, he was totally drunk and wasted and when he showed a little interest in me, for a minute I thought that he do feels something for me but when his hand roamed over my body, I realized that how wrong I was. He just wanted s¨Cx from me after all he¡¯s yer. What else can I expect from him? But I showed equal interest in him because I wanted him to notice me. I gave him my virginty which I always treasured because from the start only I had decided that my virginity belongs to Max only. Let me confess something that I didn¡¯t enjoyed the s¨Cx. It was rather brutal than pleasurable. He was rough, way rough for my first time but why should I me him? He was drunk and probably had no idea that I was virgin. I faked moans and scream just to make him believe that I was actually enjoying. And today when he called me, I knew that he wanted to f¨Cck me but still after being sore, I went to his ce to offer him my body. He was rough on me and it didn¡¯t took any rocket science for me to understand that he was removing his frustration on me. In someway or another, I was happy that at lest I am some help for him. He didn¡¯t shared his problems with me but at lest he felt relieved by removing his frustration on my body. I love him, I really do and it¡¯s okay if he will never loves me back. I am okay with being his whore. s! I still remember the day when I had first saw him from across the room. I could tell that my heart had skipped a beat at the sight of such a handsome man. It was my father¡¯s business party and he had came there as a guest. From that moment only, I had promised myself to love him forever. Maybe it was love at first sight. ¡± Why are you gawking at me?¡± He clicked his fingers in front of my face, bringing me back to the reality. I flushed. ¡± Uh¡­ Nothing¡­ I just love you.¡± I whispered. He narrowed his eyes and was about to throw some cranky remark before I shut him up by kissing him. After a second, he started kissing me back till we both ran out of breath. ¡± You want to f¨Cck me again, don¡¯t you?¡± I raised my eyebrows. He said nothing just gripped onto my wrist and after throwing few excuses to others, he dragged me upstairs to one of the vacant room and locked the door behind us. Before giving me any further moment of react, he pushed me to the wall and captured my lips. I snaked my arms around his waist and let myself drown into the pool of ecstasy. His lips moved roughly against mine while his hands went back to zip down my dress. Soon I was only in my bra and panty. He shoved his tongue inside my mouth and gave me chance to experience the pleasure of kissing ¨C Max Costello. ¡± Who are you?¡± He asked in a seductive voice and traced the lining of my panty. My body started heating up and every nerve in me throbbed for his touch even if they were rough. ¡± Whore. I am your whore.¡± I breathed out. He smirked in satisfaction before tearing apart my panty and shoving his two fingers into me. I screamed, but this time in pleasure even though there was enough of pain. He unzipped his pant and took me against the wall as fast and rough as he can. I moaned, trying my best to not let the tears escape my eyelids. Once he was satisfied, he pushed me aside only to fell on the floor and without giving me any single nce, he left out of the room. I sat there on the floor naked feeling cheap, dirty, used, disgusting. I felt like I was really a whore. Tears streamed down my cheeks when I tried to get up but didn¡¯t find the enough strength to do so. My legs were numb but still somehow I managed to get up and cover my body with the gown which was now creased and spoiled. Iughed, pathetically at my situation and wiped the tears away from my face. It had taken three hours for me to get ready for this party but it didn¡¯t took three minutes to look like a dirt bag. I pushed the saliva down my throat and went to the bathroom to fix my condition. I rinsed my face through water, removing all the messed up makeups and took out temporary makeup kit from my handbag. I applied a thickyer of foundation and then all the essential things to give me the look of The Cassie Fox. I adjusted my hairs and pulled a smile on my face. ¡°I love you, Max.¡± I mumbled to myself and with that I decided to go downstairs. ¡± Are you okay? You look little err¡­ messed up?¡± A famine voice catches my attention when I was about to took a seat. I tilted my head in her direction and found a woman in her mid fifties, offering me concerned expression . I scurried up my eyebrows and nodded, hesitatingly. She sat to the chair next to me and sighed. ¡°I am okay.¡± I defended and shifted my attention away from her. ¡± Not to be rude or anything but who are you?¡± I asked. She smiled a little. ¡± I am the mother of that man whom you¡¯re dating.¡± Eh? I frowned in confusion but minutester, a bell rang in my head as the realization hit me. ¡± You¡¯re Max¡¯s mother?¡± She nodded and with that stood up only to leave. F¨Cck. I just met his mother and that too in such a disoriented condition? Jesus! What if she found me unsuitable for her son? I bit on my lower lips and quickly typed a message to my driver to bring my car so that I leave from here and lock myself in my bathroom to release my tears which were about toe out. My heart was waiting for any minute to jump out but somehow I calmed myself down and after hiding my face from everyone, I sat inside my car. I love you Max and I am ready to get humiliated thousand times like this. I don¡¯t care about anyone not even me, all I do care is about you and only you.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 14 MAX¡¯S POV I blinked my eyes as they fell on a woman sitting in front of Mayra. Her jet ck hairs were tied up in a messy bun from which several bangs were freely hanging on the side of her face. Her eyes were red and puffy, maybe due to constant crying. Her face was of slightly brownishplexion which was having tears imprints. My first instinct told me that she wasn¡¯t pretty inpare to the women¡¯s I¡¯ve had shared bed with but then I re-remembered her tear stained face and automatically my eyes held interest in her. I scanned her face again and this time, I noticed every single details about her. Her eyes were different, kind of simr to what I¡¯ve read Author describing in their writing as ¡®hypnotising¡¯, she has a cute little button shaped nose and lips which were not pink coloured or full but simple and little dark. Her face was chubby and held few freckles. Maybe, maybe she wasn¡¯t pretty like those models but she was beautiful of her own kind. Her messy kind of aura was intriguing. ¡± Max, please wait outside.¡± Mayra spoke in professional tone making me roll my eyes at her. Damn, she can be quite edgy sometimes. She had spoiled my chance to have an impression on her cute patient. Through my periphery I saw her looking at me. My ego satisfied automatically at her reaction and I secretlyposed my posture with a flirty smile to spread over my face. Well, don¡¯t me me. I just wanted to create an impression on her. My jaw dropped in shock when that woman neglected me and stared back at herp. She should be running into my arms instead of persuading a sulking look on her face. I arched up my eyebrows and simply walked out of here when Mayra gestured me to do so. I let out a breath and walked back and forth in the corridor while waiting impatiently for Mayra toe out so that I can drop her home. My mind started bursting with thousands of questions but most of them were dominated by the woman inside. I don¡¯t know why but there was something different about her. Her eyes¨C hold the f¨Cck. What¡¯s wrong with me? Why in the first ce I am thinking about some random woman? I need to have sex again, don¡¯t I? Damn, Right. Suddenly the door flew open and that woman walked passed by me without sparing me a single nce. I stood there gawking but somehow sifted my attention to Mayra who held a little frown. ¡± Mayra, are my charms fading?¡± I asked in a serious voice. She shook her head and with that we walked outside towards our car. Once I turned the engine on, through my periphery I found her getting lost in her thoughts. ¡± She ignored me, she ignored Max Costello and trust me my ego is damn hurt. I mean how could¨C¡± I was halfway in my rant, when Mayra spoke. ¡± She had lost her boyfriend, Max.¡± I stiffened and automatically my eyes snapped in her direction. The frown on her face confirmed her words. ¡± Oh.¡± I breathed out, now watching past the windshield. Various emotions flickered in my chest. Pain. Now I know that why her tear stained face had held my curiosity. It wasn¡¯t her face but her pain. ¡± What¡¯s her name?¡± ¡± Erica.¡± Erica. I tested the name on my tongue and it rolled smoothly. I tapped my finger against the steering wheel to divert my mind but instead thousands of old memories started invading in my mind like a hurricane. A wild suffocation build up in my chest making me struggle for breath. Death. ¡± Take care, Max.¡± Mayra spoke as soon as we reached her ce.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. I nodded and without wasting single second, I drove to my house. I need a distraction before my mind blow up with all the memories which I¡¯ve somehow managed to bury deep in my heart. I sprawled on my bed and grabbed fistful of my hairs in a tight grip but still nothing happened. Like always, the pain was inevitable. Distraction. I need something to distract my mind. I quickly took out my IPhone and searched all the contacts before my eyesnded on the familiar name. Cassie Fox. I scurried my eyebrows and tried my level best to remember that when I had saved her contact number? That Bitch. Definitely she had done this by herself. I rolled my eyes and after gathering onerge breath, I dialed her number. ¡± Max?¡± ¡± My house in ten minutes.¡± I said and ended the call. Seconds passed into minutes and finally after nine minutes, my rooms door flew open reveling none other then Cassie. I ran my eyes over in lust over her body which was barely covered in ck short dress. I licked my lips and without any dy, I stood up and pushed her on the bed. As shey on her back, I removed my clothes and hovered above her. In a matter of second, I started kissing her as if my life was dependent on her. She moaned and wrapped her arms around my neck. Soon my mind started getting nk and all the emotions started fading from the back of my head. I chuckled in relief and tore apart her dress. Sliding down her panty, I thrust into her. *** ¡± You wanted someone to remove your frustration, wasn¡¯t it?¡± She asked. I sighed and gave her the look to maintain breathable distance from me. ¡± How do you know?¡± She smiled, genuinely and lean closer to kiss me but before that could happen, I shoved her away. Why women has to be this clingy? I just need her for s¨Cx. That¡¯s it. ¡± Because I love you, Max.¡± She chirped. I rolled my eyes but couldn¡¯t help to think that how tempting her body is. Have I mentioned that how good f¨Cck she is? Her body is addicting like any drug. ¡± You had said that you don¡¯t f¨Cck the same woman twice then why you called me?¡± She crawled closer to me andy her head on my bare chest. I clenched my jaw in frustration and pushed her aside. God, this woman is out of her mind. I scoffed and as I was going to ask her to leave my house, something came over my mind and I smirked. ¡± YOU WANT ME TO F¨CCK YOU OFTEN?¡± I let out my words in blunt tone. But like other women, she didn¡¯t flinched instead she nodded with a warm smile. Eh? Is she mentally unstable? ¡± Then be my personal Whore. That whore who will offer me her body anywhere, anytime I want it to f¨Cck. Will you?¡± I ran fingers through my hairs and stood up only to wear my sweatpants back. ¡± I would love to.¡± She spoke. I stilled for a moment before casting a look of her face which was glowing due to her wild smile. Is this woman f-cking insane? I mean who the f¨Cck agrees to became a whore? But fuck it. Who cares? If she¡¯s ready then I am ever ready after all a perfect body like her belongs to my bed. ¡± And listen, don¡¯t you go whoring around with other men. I don¡¯t want STD, got it?¡± I said walked to the bathroom. After having a long shower, I step in front of mirror and found marks of nails on my chest and back. Ah, indeed she is wild cat in bed. I chuckled and rested my head on the ss wall. Erica. Why I am having this constant urge to ease her pain? She must be hurting after the death of her boyfriend. I know very well that how it feels to face the death of loved ones. It¡¯s devastating. Something which makes our heart cry. Erica was indeed different from all other women. She hadn¡¯t caked up her face with makeups and the most of all, she had ignored me. Yeah, I mean it had hurt my ego but somewhere it gave relief that¡¯s she¡¯s not like everyone. Uh¡­ F¨Cck. Now I am getting these weird sensation in my abdomen. Am I turning into gay? Geez, I need to stop over analysing the situation. I pressed my eyes shut and again think about Erica, this time, a low smile crossed the corner of my lips. Well, Erica be ready. We are going to meet soon. I stepped out of the shower and saw Cassie still lying on my bed. Damn, she will end up sending me into shock with her horrible caked up face. Why she has such an obsession with make ups? ¡± You¡¯re still here?¡± I grumbled, drying my hairs with the towel. She just smiled like a fool but didn¡¯t uttered a word. I cringed at her strange behavior but by ignoring her, I started wearing my ck coloured three piece suit. Off course I have to dress decent after all I am going to attend some high ss party. Perks of being a CEO. I scowled, mentally and wondered that how much less frustrating my life would be if I was born in some middle ss family. At lest then I wasn¡¯t forced by my father to run a damnpany. All my childhood, I had craved for my parents attention but unfortunately they were way too busy in their high ss society to even think about me. And when I thought of pursuing my carrier in Arts field, I was called a sick excuse for a son. And then I was forced to study in business stream. ssy, wasn¡¯t it? I exhaled a breath and remembered myself that there¡¯s no point of thinking such things now. Let¡¯s past live in past only. ¡± Get dressed and leave my house.¡± I spat not being in the mood to watch her creepy smile. ¡± Okay.¡± She smiled, once again and quickly wore my shirt. No. Not again. She has stolen my another shirt. I narrowed my eyes but she jumped from the bed and ran to me. I knitted my eyebrows in confusion and she wrapped her arms around my neck and ced a kiss on my cheek. ¡± I love you.¡± She eximed and with that left the room. What a crazy woman! Rolling my eyes, I fixed my tie and walked downstairs. To: Rehan, It¡¯s time for you to return the favour. I am having this strange thing with one of your wife¡¯s patient. Her name is Erica and I need details about her like her cell phone number, address and yes, her full name too. It¡¯s time for you to show your friendship for me. So secretly collect all the informations and please don¡¯t tell a thing about all this to Mayra because you already know that how strict she can be when ites to her patients. From: Max I quickly typed the whole message and pressed on the hit button. After ten minutes, my phone vibrated with his message. To: Max Man, you¡¯re sounding as if you¡¯re whipped for that woman. Since when Max Costello¨Cthe yer started having crushes? Well, anyways¡­ I¡¯ll take your ss on this topic when we¡¯ll meet till then live your life. Peacefully. And about informations¡­ Well you¡¯re asking me to hide something from my wife and you know very well that she¡¯s my lifeline and I couldn¡¯t betray her. But since you¡¯re my best friend, I¡¯ll try my best to help you. From: Rehan Iughed at his reply and once again thought about Erica with a wide grin appearing on my face. This is going to be fun. Chapter 15 ¡°She was nothing like them because her heart use to dance on the rhythm of her own individuality instead of following the trend.¡± | ERICA¡¯S POV| ¡± Rx.¡± Dr. Mayra smiled. I nodded, absentmindedly and sat on the leather chair across the table. She passed me the ss full of water which I dly took and gulped down my throat to calm down my nerves which were ready to burst. I¡¯ve to do. I¡¯ve to get over this. ¡± What was his name?¡± She asked, softly. I clenched my fist and all of sudden, his memories stormed back into my head. I pressed my eyes shut and stayed numb for few minutes before breaking the itching silence. ¡± Stefan.¡± I can do this. I have toe out of my pathetic state and start my life over again but without him? Don¡¯t think about him, Erica. Just don¡¯t. He¡¯s gone, your Stefan is gone. ¡± Don¡¯t think me as your Psychiatrist, consider me your friend.¡± She said, putting my file aside. Friend? I blinked, looking in her direction. Her expressions were just as soft as her voice. She had her hairs tied in high pony in a professional way. Without any lipstic, without any makeup her beautiful face was calm and to say that she was gorgeous would be an understatement. How can someone be so pretty yet so sweet? Usually beautyes with bitchiness. But you¡¯re a bitch without beauty. My eyes fell on her white coat which had a name tag attached on pocket. Mrs. Mayra Malhotra. So, she¡¯s married. No wonder, a pretty face like her can never be unloved. Cursed are the women like me who doesn¡¯t have a beautiful let alone presentable face. But why would a woman like her wants to befriend me? I am nothingpared to her. Is she acting all warm to me just because she¡¯s my Psychiatrist? ¡± Erica?¡± She called out my name, pulling me back into the reality. I cleared my throat and simply nodded my head like a robot. ¡± Excuse me.¡± She whispered, ncing towards her cellphone which was disying the iing call of some person named Max. ¡± Max, I am not free.¡± She answered the call in a strict professional tone and then hummed before ending the call. To my periphery, I catch the glimpse of contact picture on her phone and automatically my jaw dropped in surprise. She was talking to The Max Costello? That yer Billionaire Max? But howe she knows him? Is she his girlfriend but from what I¡¯ve heard about Max Costello, says that he never do girlfriends. Dr. Mayra is Malhotra and he¡¯s Costello. They couldn¡¯t be family rtives then? Wait, did I said Malhotra? ¡± Are you Mayra Malhotra, wife of the Billionaire, Rehan Malhotra?¡± I asked, trying to hide my surprise. She nodded, smiling and let me add that her smile wasn¡¯t out of ego but it was proud that she was d about being Rehan Malhotra¡¯s wife. She¡¯s such a famous personality and here I was wondering that howe she¡¯s so pretty. Off course she has to be pretty since she¡¯s the wife of such an influential man. ¡± Erica, would you like to share something about Stefan?¡± She asked. I stiffened at the mention of him and took a deep breath before mumbling. ¡± He was my boyfriend who had died two months back in a car ident.¡± My heart constricted inside my rib cage and my mind flooded with only one face and that was of Stefan. ¡± Can we skip anything rted to him and focus more on my depression thing?¡± I spat, not being in mood to act as if nothing¡¯s wrong. ¡± Mayra, your husband has f¨Ccking ordered me to drop you home.¡± Suddenly the door flew open followed by a thick husky voice making my eyes snap in that direction. As soon as my gaze went on the owner of that voice, my eyes almost popped out of their socket. In front of me, there stood an exotic species of humankind- Max Costello. His eyes locked on me for a moment before he shifted his attention to Dr. Mayra. ¡± Max, please wait outside.¡± She said in a sharp tone and adjusted spectacles over her eyes. I admired her professional attitude before ncing in the direction of Max Costello who was now throwing some curses under his breath. Rich expressions, straight jawline, perfect stuble, pink plum lips, intimidating figure, deep blue eyes. s! This man was a ma for all the women out there. How can someone be this handsome? Off course, everything screams about him being a yer. And trust me only the yer word itself was a huge turn off for me. I felt disgusted by him and it had taken few seconds for me to realize that we are having an eye contact. He must be thinking that how ugly I am. I pursued my lips together and collected my gaze tond on myp. Through my periphery, I found him shaking his head a little and stepping outside. Everything soon became normal and Dr. Mayra again brought herplete focus on me as if right now I was the most important thing for her. Bless this woman! She¡¯s no less than a healer. But I am still very confused that after being the wife of such a famous man, how can she act with me as if everything¡¯s normal? I look nothing but like a piece of crap but still she¡¯s not bothered by that fact. ¡± Can I go home for today? We will continue this, tomorrow?¡± I whispered in a cracking voice and nervously rubbed my fingers together. ¡± Sure.¡± She smiled, gently. *** ¡± Still you¡¯re watching TV.¡± I sighed and ruffled his hairs while sitting next to him on the couch. ¡± Sis.¡± He scoffed, wrinkling his nose. Iughed at his actions and munched on the chips. Alex kissed my cheeks. I smiled and for a second nced at his teenage face which was still in the process of undergoing changes under puberty. Sometimes I can¡¯t believe that my baby brother is already seventeen. In my whole twenty five years of life only he¡¯s the constant person otherwise everyone have left me at some point or other. My parents had died five years back when I was only twenty with a huge responsibility on my shoulders to fulfil that is to take care of Alex. Is still remember my mother¡¯sst word. ¡± Take care of your brother. ¡± Since then I¡¯ve done my level best with my small, energy draining jobs to give him better life. This year he is about to graduate from high school and then he will attend college. I am trying to save as much as possible for fulfilling his future college expenses. I can manage everything but if only everything¡¯s goes with my wish then today he hasn¡¯t been suffering from cancer. Yes, cancer. The most horrible reality which I never want to ept. He¡¯s continuing his life on the edge of medicines. Doctors had said that he can be saved if I¡¯ll get him appointed to one of the cancer specialist but for that I need lots of money. I don¡¯t know how I am going to gather this much money but I know I will, even if it means giving up my own life. I will give him beautiful future and that¡¯s my promise to myself. ¡± What are you thinking, Eri?¡± His voice brought me back from my trance. I blinked the tears away and forced the smile to touch down my lips. Only he¡¯s the reason why I am taking appointment to Psychiatrist foring out of the depression and making my mind stable so that I can put everything together. I¡¯ve no hope from my own life and why would I? After all I am cursed to stay unhappy, forever. First my parents left me then Stefan¨Cthe only person who dared to love me despite of my ugly face also left me, forever because god decided to take him away from me, too. I¡¯ve nothing left in my life except Alex and now he¡¯s suffering too. Sometimes I think that maybe I am cursed that people around me can never be happy. ¡± He will be fine, he has to be.¡± I mumbled under my breath and shifted my attention back to Alex who was now gawking in my direction as if I¡¯ve grown two heads. ¡± What?¡± I arched up my eyebrows. ¡± You¡¯re crazy.¡± He rolled his eyes. ¡± So you¡¯re my baby brother.¡± I winked. He scowled and clenched his teeth in irritation. ¡± I am seventeen, I am no longer a baby.¡± ¡± You¡¯ll always be my baby brother.¡± I shrugged my shoulders and with that we both started arguing till he gave up and decided to fix his concentration on news channel ying on TV screen. ¡± Max Costello and Cassie Fox were spotted kissing,st night.¡±Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org. Iughed, humorlessly at the news and took a sigh. Why this media has to create such a big deal? I mean Max Costello was nothing but an Asshole who only uses women for his bed. I will never understand that why women falls for his charm? Okay, I¡¯ll agree that he¡¯s got everything from riches to panty dropping look but what about his disgusting image of yer? Why women can¡¯t see that they will end up broken hearted? Once a yer, always a yer. He can¡¯t ever love any one. ¡± Sis, see, how cool he is.¡± My brother eximed as if he was talking about some fucking god. Did I mentioned that The Max Costello was his idol? Ugh. Teenagers these days. ¡± Cool? Alex he¡¯s a bloody yer.¡± I said in irritated tone. ¡± That¡¯s what makes him even more cool. Just look at him, he¡¯s perfect. I so want to be like him, when I¡¯ll grow up.¡± He chirped, happily. As if I¡¯ll let that happen. But who knows after all Alex has got the charming look unlike his sister that¡¯s none other then me. Right now, all the girls of his school are crazy for him and if he continued to walk on the road of Max Costello then god knows what will happen. ¡± He had kissed, Cassie fox.¡± He eximed, further. ¡± Cassie, who?¡± I asked in a bored tone. ¡± Cassie Fox, that famous singer. You don¡¯t know a thing, idiot.¡± He pinched my nose. I narrowed my eyes but took a look of image of Cassie Fox, disying on the TV. My jaw dropped in awe as I saw a pretty cum sexy woman. Indeed, Max Costello had kissed her after all they both seems perfect for each other. What¡¯s with me finding beautiful women, today? First Dr. Mayra then this Cassie Fox. Ah, Dr. Mayra reminds me that I¡¯ve forget to tell Alex that I¡¯ve seen his hero face to face today. ¡± Alex.¡± ¡± Hmm.¡± ¡± I¡¯ve seen Max Costello, today.¡± As soon as those words slipped out of my mouth, Alex jumped in front of me and stared my face for a good few second before screaming to give him details. ¡± He had came to meet his friend Mayra Malhotra who happens to be my psychiatrist.¡± I said, stuffing chips inside my mouth. Alex jaw dropped, almost hitting the floor. ¡°Mayra Malhotra is your Psychiatrist? Wow. She is wife of Rehan Malhotra and he¡¯s also my inspiration. He had got perfect look and duh! Everything about him screams power and charm. Both Rehan Malhotra And Max Costello are best friends since high school, I¡¯ve done research on Google about them. Eri, I so want to be like them.¡± Hepleted his rant. I rolled my eyes and restrained myself from throwing the damn TV away from my house. Alex is getting crazy day by day. ¡± And why do you want to be like them?¡± I asked. ¡± They are billionaires, Eri. They have money, power, riches. I see you crying everyday with your hard working job. I want to give all theforts to you. You¡¯ve struggled a lot, I just want to make you happy, sister.¡± He said with a little smile. My heart filled up with enough emotions to just hug him tightly. Tears started streaming down my face and at that moment, I once again repeated my promise that I won¡¯t ever let Cancer won over Alex¡¯s life. Chapter 16 ¡± It¡¯s Not About The Game But The yer Who Is Known For Breaking Hearts.¡± ~?~ | MAX¡¯S POV| ¡± Turn off the goddamn rm.¡± I mumbled, burying my face on the pillow. ¡± Baby it isn¡¯t rm, your cellphone is ringing.¡± A slutry, annoying voice dropped into my ears. I groaned and parted my eyelids only to saw a naked woman lying next to me. Scrunching up my nose, I straightened my limbs. ¡± Hello.¡± I yawned, bringing the iPhone to my ear. ¡± WHERE THE F¨CCK ARE YOU? I¡¯VE BEEN CALLING YOU SINCE AN HOUR. MOTHER F¨CCKER, YOU BETTER BRING YOUR ASS TO MY PLACE RIGHT NOW.¡± Vishal, my oh-not-so-good best friend screamed from the other side making me roll my eyes at his sudden PMSing self. Asshole. ¡± Well, good morning to you too.¡± I replied with sarcasm dripping from my voice. ¡± F¨Cck off.¡± He spat and ended the call. I stared at my phone screen to realize that it was already half past ten in the morning. ¡± Baby, won¡¯t you go for another round?¡± That nasty woman purred and started brushing her finger over my bare chest. My eyes fell on her face and to say that I was shocked would be an understatement. I mean who the f¨Cck cake up her face with makeup in morning? It means she had woke up before me then caked up her face and then once againy beside me not to mention naked. Women these days. I licked my lips and decide to leave from¡­ well wherever I am. ¡± Baby, won¡¯t you have morning s¨Cx with me?¡± She pouted and trust me it was damn disgusting. After ignoring her, I grabbed my denim and quickly wore it. As I was going to zip up the zipper, her manicured fingers pressed up against my V cut as she licked my chest with her lizard like tongue. Without wasting a second, I shoved her aside and ran my gaze to search for my shirt which I am sure that I¡¯ve thrown somewhere near the bed yesterday¡¯s night. ¡± I love you, Max. I couldn¡¯t forget how you gave me multiple orgasms,st night. Since now we are together, should I make our rtionship public?¡± She chirped. I rolled my eyes and pushed my iPhone in my Denim¡¯s pocket. ¡± Rtionship? Hold your tongue, whore. Last night was just one time thing. I guess I forgot to mention that I don¡¯t f¨Cck a same woman, twice.¡± I hissed and spot my shirt lying beside her. ¡± Pass the shirt, Cindy, ra or whatever the hell your name is.¡± ¡± B-But I love you¡­¡± And here she started acting like a top ss bitch by faking crocodile tears. In a matter of second, her mascara smudged around her eyes and streamed down with her tears. Her face became more horrible. F¨Cck, this is getting way much disgusting. ¡± Look woman, stop whining and¨C¡± I was about to say more but before that could happen, she took my shirt and wore it. Great! F¨Ccking great. ¡± I¡­ Love you.¡± She hupped in between her sobs. ¡± And my name is Cassie.¡± I sighed in frustration and walked out of her house. Grumbling under my breath, I turned the engine of my car and drove to Vishal¡¯s ce. ¡± What the hell do you want, Vishal?¡± I yelled as I entered his hallway. ¡± Are you out from jungle?¡± Rehan, my other best friend asked. Oh so this Bastard is here, too. ¡± Something like that.¡± I replied and sprawled on the couch. ¡± Why are you shirtless? Don¡¯t tell me that the woman whom you had f¨Cckedst night had stole your shirt along with your heart?¡± I raised my middle finger at Vishal¡¯s patheticment and chuckled, dryly. ¡°I don¡¯t have a f¨Ccking heart.¡± ¡± Why don¡¯t you stop all this?¡± Rehan breathed out. ¡± Stop what?¡± I raised my eyebrows and found both of them sharing a look with each other. ¡± Your yer ways.¡± Vishal replied. I rolled my lips inside my mouth and waited impatiently for them toplete their ¡®Let¡¯s irritate, Max¡¯ talk. ¡± You know I have a very bad morning breath plus after having a rough s-xst night, I am stinking from dried sweat. So can I use your bathroom, brother?¡± I asked Vishal. ¡± Why this f¨Ccking formality? What¡¯s mine is yours too except Tara.¡± He muttered. Iughed at the mention of his girlfriend. Both of my best friends has this huge possessiveness with their women when ites to me. I f¨Ccking love to piss them off. I walk to bathroom not before grabbing clean pair of sweatpant and T-shirt of Vishal. It was almost my usual routine to crash at either Vishal or Rehan¡¯s ce in the morning to at lest get few moments of calmness. I turned off the shower after having a bath and used Vishal¡¯s brush to clean my teeth. Gross, I know but who cares. Changing my clothes, I stepped back into hallway and again sprawled on the couch. F¨Cck, these days, my tiredness level was at it¡¯s best. ¡± Notorious Billionaire, Max Costello was spotted yesterday¡¯s night with the famous singer Cassie Fox. Rumors tell that they had shared a kiss in public whileing out of the club. Were this couple dating or was it just an one time fling for our Mr. yer?¡± I rolled my eyes at the news channel broadcast and threw a cushion at Vishal to change the channel but instead he came and sat next to me with his jaw almost hitting the floor. ¡± Dude you f¨Ccked Cassie¡­ The Cassie Fox?¡± He nudged my shoulder. ¡± So? What¡¯s the big deal?¡± I shrugged my shoulders. ¡± Man, she¡¯s famous celebrity. She had won numerous awards for her songs.¡± He exaggerated. I gave him bored look and ran fingers through my wet hairs. ¡± Trust me, I didn¡¯t knew her name till morning. She was crying out loud while confessing her love for me. I mean that¡¯s pathetic man. Her face was looking damn horrible when mixed with her mascara and tears. Ew, gross.¡± I shuddered andughed when Rehan passed me disappointed look. ¡± Learn to respect women, Max.¡± Rehan said in a stern voice. Respect my ass. ¡± I only respect two women. One your wife, Mayra.¡± I pointed at Rehan then at Vishal. ¡°Another your girlfriend, Tara.¡± ¡± You better otherwise I¡¯ll chop off your balls.¡± Vishal snickered. I smiled, a genuine one, if I may add. Mayra and Tara both are like sisters to me. And I respect them not because they are women of my best friends but they deserve to be respected. There¡¯s this hole in my chest when ites to sister and somewhere both Tara and Mayra fix that hole. And talk about other women, they are only good for my bed but only for one night. I feel disgusted to f¨Cck the same woman twice. Call it my over confidence, I know that no women can resist the charm of Max Costello. After all I¡¯ve everything for which they are crazy about like money, fame, panty dropping look, ss. What else they could want? But if only they knew that behind my fa?ade, I am nothing. ¡± Are celebrity singer Cassie Fox and Billionaire Casanova Max Costello dating?¡± ¡± F-CKING CHANGE THE CHANNEL.¡± I yelled and in a matter of second, Vishal shut the television off. I pressed my fingers over my temple and inhaled a breath to calm myself down. Hell with this mood swing. ¡± I am¡­ I¡­ F¨Cck¡­ I am sorry, okay?¡± I apologized and heard Vishal cursing under his breath. ¡± Do you want me to take an appointment of psychiatrist for you?¡± Rehanughed. ¡± I am ever ready if that psychiatrist would be your wife.¡± I winked which made him instantly scowl in response. I sighed and waited for few seconds before deciding to lighten up their mood. ¡± Vishal, I don¡¯t know about her singing talent but I must add that she was quite a screamer.¡± I smirked. ¡± Who, Cassie Fox?¡± ¡± Duh.¡± ¡± Dude, why had you called me here?¡± I asked, suddenly remembering that he had ruined my sleep. ¡± Rehan needed a little favour.¡± Vishal replied. I nodded and shifted my attention to Rehan who was munching on the bagels. ¡± I have to meet Drew¡¯s ss teacher, can you pick Mayra from her clinic?¡± He asked. ¡± Off course.¡± I smiled. I looked at Rehan and automatically my mind started wondering that how lucky he is to have a loving wife and son by his side. ¡± Max you¡¯re so single.¡± Vishal whined out of blue. I rolled my eyes at his annoying behavior and shifted my gaze to Rehan who was chuckling at Vishal¡¯s statement. F*ck them, they can be so irritating sometimes. I was about to throw a cranky remark but caught my tongue back as a better idea struck into my mind to make them burn in jealousy. ¡± What can I do Vishal? The two perfect women whom I would have loved to call as my girlfriend are alreadymitted.¡± I faked a little sulky tone. Vishal¡¯s expression turned to curious one as he shared a look with Rehan. I smirked mentally and worked more on acquiring a gloomy look. ¡± Who?¡± Rehan asked to which Vishal nodded eagerly. Seriously? They still didn¡¯t get the clue? Well maybe they have so much smitten in the love that theirmon sense was no moremon. ¡± I am talking about Mayra and Tara. I mean those two are like perfect. I wish they were single so-¡± But before I could finish, they beat me with their loud cursing. ¡± Bastard.¡± ¡± Asshole.¡± I doubled overughing at their funny as f*cked face and shoved my middle finger in the air. ¡± Beware, you don¡¯t know about my charms. I can totally make your Women head over heal for me and then you two would be like a love sick vagabond who will cry their tears out at all those pathetic breakup songs.¡± I added which worked like a fuel. But after a few seconds they both burst outughing making my lips to curl in genuine smile. This is good. This all is good. We are once again back to our High school friendship. They both are like my family and at this moment I can ask nothing but their happiness. Now everything¡¯s right and I will hope that it will always remain like this. ¡± But really man, you should get serious and find someone who¡¯ll be worth spending your life with.¡± Rehan spoke.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. I rolled my eyes but couldn¡¯t help to feel the emptiness taking over my heart. Someone worth spending my life with? I swallowed a thick lump down my saliva and avoided that thought. ¡± Why should I settle down when I can f¨Cck sexy women, whenever I want?¡± I raised my eyebrows at them. Rehan threw a bagel at me and Vishal just rolled his eyes, once again switching on the news channel. ¡± Max Costello was caught storming out of the Cassie Fox¡¯s house this morning, that too, shirtless. Seems like they are having an affair.¡± I groaned, finding my pictures on the screen. Motherf¨Ccking paparazzi. I nced at them who were all ready to throw some mockingments but before that could happen, I threw my hands up in air and stood up from the couch. ¡± I am going to pick Mayra.¡± I announced and left Vishal¡¯s house. Chapter 17 ERICA¡¯S POV ¡°Here¡¯s my soon to be wife- Erica white.¡± Max announced to all the reporters. I ducked my head low and felt like burying myself deep into the pits of ground. This is so embarrassing. They all clicked pictures of us when max wrapped his arms around my waist. ¡°Smile please.¡± He wishpered into my ears. I pursued my lips together and tried to smile in which I failed miserably. Okay here we go making fun of myself! ¡°Sir, is your wedding arranged or love?¡± One of the reporters asked. ¡°Love.¡± Max smiled with full confidence. s! From where he gets such high confidence? Look at me, I mean I have zero confidence. Fucking zero. And love marriage, seriously? It would be better if we do not get married. Like literally! Next for half an hour, I stood there like a statue in Max¡¯s arms who answered all of their questions. And then after cing a kiss on my cheeks- The fuck? He kissed my cheeks? How could he do so? Who gave him this right? I started fuming over him but he didn¡¯t care about it. He cleared his throat and after blowing a kiss on the camera, he made his away from all the paparazzi. Once we were out of that he¡¯ll, I stomped on his feet. ¡°Fuck you!¡± ¡°Ouch! Are you crazy?¡±He screamed. As if I care! I rolled my eyes and quickly sat in the car to reach home as soon as possible and remove this heavy cum costlier dress. It was suffocating me. As we reached my house, I stepped out from his car. ¡°Bye, darling.¡± Max smiled. The hell! I rolled my eyes. ¡°I am not your darling, okay?¡± He gets out from the car and all of a sudden, hugged me tighter in his arms. I stilled feeling the warmth of his arms. It felt reliving like all my worries started fading away. Everything around me turned different. I was now at peace. ¡°It¡¯s okay you did good.¡± He whispered. I nodded my head. ¡°I know it was difficult for you to face the media but you did good.¡± Heforted me. And strangely his words did the magic, they made me feel good. I was tired of everything but few words of him and it felt relieving. Nodding my head, I went apart from him even though I didn¡¯t want to. His arms wereforting! I licked my lips and awkwardly waved my hands and whispered bye and quickly went inside. Woah! I smiled andy down on the couch to think about today¡¯s event. It was huge and embarrassing but at the end of the day when he hugged me everything turned okay. Not perfect but okay! Smiling, I stuffed baggels inside my mouth and opened myptop to check what¡¯s going over the inte. I saw our picture on the top where I looked like a leech on a beautiful floor. Max looked like a beautiful floor and me well guess it by yourself. ¡°Max Costello, you broke my heart. I thought that you¡¯d my husband.¡± I smiled while reading the randomment. And as I scrolled down I see tons ofments flooding down. I licked my lips and decided to read all of them. I wanted to know what people were talking about me. ¡°Who is this woman?¡± ¡°Eww. She has pimples.¡± ¡°She¡¯s fucking ugly. I wonder why Max chose her instead of Cassie Fox? Just look at her pathetic face.¡± I stiffened while reading the harshments about me. Am I that ugly? Tears gathered in my eyelids as I closed theptop and stared at nk space. Without thinking twice, I called Max. He picked up my phone after two rings. ¡°What happened babe?¡± ¡°Max, why did you choose me?¡± i asked, wiping my tears away. ¡°Why are you crying? Something happened?¡± he asked in concern. Iughed over the phone and asked him again. ¡°Why the fuck did you choose me, Max? Why the fuck? Didn¡¯t you know that I was ugly?¡± He sighed over the phone. ¡°You read thements, didn¡¯t you?¡±ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . ¡°That¡¯s not what I asked, Max.¡± ¡°What did you read? Come on, tell me.¡± his voice was so assuring that I couldn¡¯t stop myself from not telling him. ¡°That I am ugly, I have pimples, I-I¡­ why Max haven¡¯t chosen Cassie Fox¡­¡± ¡°Shh, stop. And now listen to me.¡± ¡°I know that Cassie is much beautiful than you but that doesn¡¯t makes you ugly. You¡¯re beautiful in your way, Erica. So what if you have pimples and frekeles, have you ever seen yourself in the mirror when you¡¯re angry? The way your little eyes zes with fire. You¡¯re fiercest. The way your lips smile when you¡¯re happy which doesn¡¯t happens often, have you seen that smile of yours? You¡¯re bold, Erica. You¡¯re brave, you survived the death of your parents and your boyfriend. No one could ever understand your pain. That pain of yours makes you beautiful. People will call you ugly because they doesn¡¯t know you. They will troll you no matter what. You think Cassie is beautiful so her life is simple? No, Erica. She is trolled thousand times more than you could ever imagine because people are just like that. They hide behind their ID¡¯s on inte and troll others. They aren¡¯t even real, Erica. They¡¯re not.¡± I listened to each and every sentence of him after which a giant smile came to my face. I ended his call and ced phone near my heart. ¡°Thankyou Max, Thankyou for all.¡± Chapter 18 ADRAIN¡¯S POV ¡°How are you feeling now?¡± I asked Sarah. ¡°Better.¡± She tried to fake a smile. I nodded looking around, the white walls of hospital and the smell of medicine reminds me of the times when Sarah was diagnosed with Depression and PTSD. It was hard for both of us to adjust to our newly disturbed life. After all she was the one to suffer most. She suffered hell. All because of that- ¡°Where is Lily. You didn¡¯t bring her?¡± Sarah made me jump out of my thoughts. Lily? My throat went dry at the mention of her name and I looked at Sarah, dejectedly. ¡°Forget about that bitch.¡± I told her. Her eyes went wide as she stared at me in confusion. ¡°What happened?¡± ¡°She provoked you tomit suicide.¡± I said. She clicked her tongue and said. ¡°I am sorry for trying something this stupid because you know the pain was unbearable but Lily wasn¡¯t at fault. She didn¡¯t even know about the reality. She just said what I asked her. And nothing else.¡± I nodded, not buying her reasons. ¡°She provoked you, that¡¯s all I know.¡± ¡°But why will she provoke me?¡± She asked. I blinked trying to answer her but nothing came to my mind. Why will she provoke Sarah? Fuck. ¡°Can I ask you something?¡± ¡°Sure, Adrain.¡± ¡°Did she purposely told you about her brothers?¡± ¡°No. It was me who wanted to know more. And I made a guess about her kidney transntation then one thing led to another in my mind. Every piece of memories returned back. And it became unbearable for me to breathe. I tried to calm myself down but those haunting memories catb me strong enough to think aboutmitting suicide.¡± She replied. I ran fingers through my hair and sighed. Shit! What I¡¯ve done? ¡°So she wasn¡¯t at fault?¡± I asked, trying to assure myself that she was. ¡°No. She wasn¡¯t.¡± Jesus Christ! What I¡¯ve done? I hurt her again even after promising myself to not hurt her ever. I brought her two worst fears true. She¡¯ll never forgive me for this. Maybe she was right to say that it was me who made Sarahe to home even after knowing the reality of her situation. I should¡¯ve not made here back before confirming that she was okay. Now what shall I do? Sighing, I ced a kiss on Sarah¡¯s forehead and decided to go home. As soon as I reached, my heart beat quickened. How am I going to face her? What will she think of me. Stop overthinking. I told myself and went straight to my room where I didn¡¯t found her. Getting confused I looked around but she was nowhere to be seen. I rush to bathroom and found the door open. Could she be inside? After thinking for few seconds, I decided to go inside. And as i did I saw her naked. Oh¡­ okay fuck. I quickly turned around, my back facing her. ¡°I am sorry. You should¡¯ve locked the door.¡± I bbered. ¡°Don¡¯t please.¡± I heard her whisper. Huh? ¡°Don¡¯t please. I can¡¯t swim.¡± she added. What¡¯s wrong? I turned around to watch her face. It was quite difficult to focus on her face when her body was naked Infront of me but anyways I realized that she didn¡¯t even notice me. She was trying to turn on the shower but she couldn¡¯t. I don¡¯t know the reason why but she just couldn¡¯t. So to help her out, I turned on the shower but suddenly she started screaming. ¡°No. No. No. Please stop. Please I can¡¯t swim.¡± ¡°Hey. Hey. Hey.¡± I said trying to calm her down but she screamed more with her face now full of tears. In that moment I had no idea what to do so instead of saying anything to her, I pulled her into my arms, hugging her tightly. She moulded perfectly into my arms as if she was made only for me. ¡°It¡¯s okay. I am here.¡± I whispered now realising that she¡¯s fearing water. I should not have done that height and water thing. It has broken her for sure. I started creasing her back when realized that she was burning in fever. I furrowed my brows and quickly took her up in my arms. Rushing to bedroom, Iy her on the bed and covered her body with nket. I touched her forehead and it was burning more. I sat beside her and looked at her as my eyes filled up with tears. She is such a pure soul. And what I did to her? And in that moment I realized that I¡¯ve fallen for her. Not attraction but more than attachment. I love her. I fucking love her.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . I started cing my handkerchief soaked in cold water on her forehead to bring her temperature down but nothing was happening. ¡°ease don¡¯t.¡± She wishpered, quitely. ¡°I won¡¯t ever hurt you, Lily.¡± Chapter 19 Lily¡¯s POV ¡°Where are we going?¡± I asked, worriedly. But still like past five minutes, he didn¡¯t reply. He just kept on driving the car. ¡°Adrain?¡± I called out his name meanwhile looking at him. His expressions were pissed as if he was trying to control his anger. He grip on the driving wheel was tightened and his teeth were clenched. Okay. Are we going to see his sister? Is he angry with me? But what have I done? Sarah didn¡¯tmit suicide because of me then why he¡¯s angry? He should be crying right now instead of taking me on a ride. I looked back realising that we¡¯re going up hill. What the fuck? This couldn¡¯t be the road to hospital. And now I was scared. Is he nning to kill me? Or something like that? But I didn¡¯t do anything. He went up and up till we reached the top of mountain. ¡°Out.¡± He demanded. Without wasting a single minute, I get out of the car and as I did so, my legs automatically went jelly. I have Acrophobia. Fucking acrophobia. I felt dizzy to look around. Everything around me was scary. Just imagine facing your worst fear. I quickly shut down my eyes tight and stood like a statue. ¡°Open your eyes.¡± He said, holding my wrist. I shook my head but due to his tighten grip on my wrist, I was forced to open my eyes but everything around me was dancing. I was not able to concentrate at one ce. I am scared, I am really scared. ¡°You¡¯re scared of heights, no?¡± Heughed. I looked at him with my head spinning hard. Why he¡¯s doing this to me? Why me? What have I done? ¡°This is for making my sistermit suicide.¡± He said and pulled me forward. I blinked trying to process everything. In front of me was a huge ocean. And then it hit me. Fuck! He asked me about my fears because he wanted to test them. He wanted to make me Suffer. But why? What wrong have I done to you Adrain? Why? I was lost in my thoughts before I felt myself getting pushed. And in next moment, I felt myself thrown from the top to the ocean. My nerves froze in fear. The pulsating beating of my heart stopped and everything turned ck. As my skin touched water, my worst fear came true. I couldn¡¯t swim. I-I¡­ couldn¡¯t. And my lungs started suffocating. I struggled to swim above water but my legs and hands were frozen. It was as if someone had packed me in a box and threw me in the ocean. I did my best to swim but I know I won¡¯t be able to survive this. My end seems near and it is now. I will never forgive you, Adrain. Never. And with that I felt my eyes getting forced shut and next I know I was ck out. *** I parted my eyelids and a sharp headache hits me harder. I coughed water out of my lungs before I saw Adrain hovering above me. He sucked water through my mouth and pumped up my chest. I vomitted water out and tried to get up but I didn¡¯t have enough strength to do so. My mind didn¡¯t remember anything unless he said something. ¡°Had fun?¡± I looked in his direction and that¡¯s when everything came shing back to my mind. He fucking pushed me from the heights to ocean. In that moment I felt dying. The fear of death was unforgettable. I will never forgive him, never. What have I done to deserve all this? What have I done? ¡°Why?¡± I asked. ¡°Because of you my sister tried tomit suicide.¡± He deadpan. I stood up and in anger and pped him. I pped him over and over again as tears streamed down my face. ¡°Because me me, huh?¡± I asked as I pped him again. ¡°Yes. Because of you.¡± He said. ¡°You know what you¡¯re a monster, Adrain.¡± ¡°I know.¡± He added. ¡°And your sister tried tomit suicide because of you not because of me. You were the one to bring her home just for the sake of making me yours. I didn¡¯t do anything wrong. Just like she talked about her brother, I did the same thing.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. I never knew that she¡¯ll try to do something like that or else I would¡¯ve never talked to her. ¡± I cried out, pping him again. He stilled. His eyes searched my face for minutes in silence before he decided to run away from me. I saw him rushing and that gave me peace. He tried to kill me almost. He¡¯s nothing but my worst nightmare. I hate him, I hate him from the bottom of my heart. Chapter 20 Lily¡¯s POV ¡°How do you know their names?¡± I asked in shock. She didn¡¯t say anything but just kept on staring at me. ¡°Tell me something more about them.¡± She added after a minute pause. Eh? ¡°But-¡± ¡°Just tell me.¡± I nodded my head. Okay. Here we go. ¡°You know Dennis is younger than Jack. They both always protected me from everything. Not for once I felt absence of my mother because they were always by my side. But they ruined my dating life by being too overprotective. They always made sure that no guy cane near me. I¡¯ll tell you one incident. Once after having permission from they I went to my friend¡¯s house for a party and one handsome guy came to me smiling, he asked me for my number and I happily gave him. But what I didn¡¯t know was that my brothers were also at the party and were watching me intently. As soon as they saw that guy, they knocked him out by throwing a punch and that¡¯s how my dating life was ruined since that day because after that no guy came near me.¡± Iughed. I thought she will find it funny she didn¡¯t. Instead tears started streaming down her face. ¡°Hey. Hey. What happened?¡± I asked in concern. ¡°Y-you needed a kidney transntation, didn¡¯t you?¡± She questioned. The fuck? How did she know this much about me? Maybe Adrain told her. I guess. But then why she¡¯s crying? ¡°Yes, I needed a transnt. But why are you asking so?¡± She didn¡¯t say anything just cried. I thought of calling Adrain but the fear that he¡¯ll do something to me knowing that I made her sister cry stopped me from doing so.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. ¡°Why are you crying?¡± I asked. She put a hand above my kidney and cried further. I felt weird and shifted away from her. Okay that was totally unexpected. I guess I should call Adrain. I rush downstairs and found him cooking food. ¡°Adrain.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Sarah¡± ¡°What, Sarah?¡± He asked getting serious. ¡°She¡¯s crying.¡± ¡°What?¡± He quickly stopped cooking and ran upstairs. I followed him too and when we reached her room, we found it locked from inside. Adrain gets tensed and knocked on the door. ¡°Sarah, open the door.¡± ¡°Sarah, fucking open the door.¡± He screamed. After she didn¡¯t open the door, he turned to me. His tired eyes filled with anger stared straight into mine. ¡°What did you do?¡± ¡°Nothing¡­ I just¡­¡± ¡°I JUST WHAT, DAMNIT?¡± ¡°I just told her about my brothers.¡± I answered taking a step away from him. He looked at me in disbelief and then facepalm himself. ¡°What happened?¡± I asked now getting confused. He pushed me aside ruthlessly which made me fall on the floor and he tried to break open the door. After he was sessful he rushed inside the room and suddenly his scream came to me. ¡°SARAH.¡± I quickly stood up and went inside the room only to find that she has cut her veins. My breathing became abnormal as I watched her in horror. ¡°Why Sarah?¡± Adrain cried while taking her in arms. ¡± L-Lily¡­ Your¡­ Mantra- d-din¡¯t work¡­¡± She shuttered. I licked my dry lips and decided to quickly call 911. *** I waited impatiently for some news from Adrain. Is Sarah okay? Or she¡¯s¡­ No No. No. She must be okay. She has to be okay. But why the fuck did shemit suicide? Was it because of me mentioning about my brothers? And how did she know that I had a kidney transntation? Isn¡¯t it strange? And about my brothers, how did she know their name? This all is too confusing. Adrain told me that his parents died in a fire. There¡¯s no way that my brothers had killed them then? I mean he would¡¯ve told me if the story was so. After 3 hours 23 minutes and 47 seconds, Adrain returned to the house. Yep, I counted that. I quickly rush to him and was about to ask him that how is she but he told me already. ¡°She¡¯s fine.¡± A breath of relief passed down my lungs and then only I saw Adrain¡¯s face. Tears were gathered in his eyes and the broken look on his face told me that he was really hurt. I thought he was going to hug me or something but instead he grabbed my wrist and after cornering me to the wall, he asked. ¡°What¡¯s your worst fear?¡± I got confused and was about to ask him to exin before he said further. ¡°Fire. water or Height?¡± Oh that. I licked my lips. ¡°You know I¡¯ve Acrophobia and Hydrophobia. And-¡± ¡°Come with me.¡± He cut me in middle. Chapter 21 Lily¡¯s POV ¡°Adrain, stop the car.¡± I screamed in horror. He smirked at me and then pressed the elerator pedal further to speed up the car. I didn¡¯t have enough strength to look at the meter to know the speed. The car was rushing on the road with an immense speed. I feared getting into an ident due to his stupidity. ¡°Stop the car, please I beg you.¡± I screamed again. ¡°First say that you¡¯re mine.¡± He smirked again. I greeted my teeth in frustration and decided to not say a word but soon I saw a trucking Infront of the car. I looked Adrain in horror and that¡¯s when I realized that how dangerous it could actually get. We could be in a fatal road ident. ¡°Fine. I am yours. Now stop the car.¡± I said getting afraid with my eyes fixed on the truck.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. ¡°See I¡¯ve told you before not to mess with me.¡± He slowed the speed to normal and a breath of relief passed through my lungs. I looked at his direction in anger and I don¡¯t know how but I pped him straight on his cheeks. I don¡¯t know from where I got the guts to do so but when I came back to my senses I realized that what have I done. It was just a reflex action but now I am doomed. He stiffened and without even looking at me stopped the car. I stayed rooted to my ce in fear. Jesus! Save me! ¡°Get out.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°I SAID FUCKING GET OUT OF THE CAR.¡± What? Is he going to leave me on the middle of the road? I looked at him in fear and shook my head. He stared at me for a second before my legs automatically decided to step out. As I came out, I thought that he¡¯ll leave me but to my utter surprise he came out too. I stand against the car and he came to entrap me there. His breath bing audible to me. He was angry at me, I could tell this from his facial expressions. He grabbed my face in his hands and next I know he was kissing me. His lips moved against mine rather ruthlessly. He was trying to dominate his authority on me. I tried to push him away but instead he shoved his tongue inside my mouth and smirked. ¡°You¡¯re mine, Lily.¡± I frowned and let him kiss me. I stood like a statue there and he kissed me however he wanted. He bite on my lips and when blood oozed out, he licked it purposefully. I inhaled a deep breath when he parted away from me. ¡°Why are you doing this, Adrain?¡± ¡°You fucking couldn¡¯t just p me. How dare you?¡± He hissed. ¡°I am sorry for that but why are you constantly telling me that I am yours? I-I¡­ don¡¯t want to be like this, Adrain. Please let me go.¡± I said as tears streamed down my face. I feel suffocated with him. He looked at my tears stained face but didn¡¯t say anything. He came forward to wipe my tears but I pushed him away. ¡°Please, I am begging you. Let me go!¡± ¡°Why can¡¯t you understand that I can¡¯t let you go no matter what.¡± He whispered. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Because you¡¯re mine.¡± Yeah! Right! I wiped away my tears and looked around. The road was almost empty. I started counting in my head and at five I started running in forward direction as fast as I could without realising that he has a car. I ran and ran till my legs stopped working and when I stilled to have some inhtion, I found him Infront of me in his car. He blocked my way. Stepping away, he came to me and grabbed my arm and forcefully pushed me inside his car. I realized that there¡¯s no way that I can get away from him. He will never let me go, never. I¡¯ll have to stay with him forever without my wish. ¡°Run like that again and next time I¡¯ll make sure that you don¡¯t have legs to run.¡± He said, inly while turning on the engine. I nodded, silently crying at my fate. What was my fault that I have to suffer all this? Why me? Why he has to kept me hostage? What wrong have I done? ¡°Stop crying.¡± He hissed. I nodded, once again like a puppet and tried to stop myself from breaking down but it was hard to do so. ¡°You¡¯ll never leave me, got it?¡± He asked. I didn¡¯t react in any way. ¡°At one cost.¡± I said. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Bring your sister back home from Rehab.¡± I said, knowing that he will never do so. He loves his sister more than anything, I¡¯ve noticed that. And now when I asked him something like this, he will surely decline. ¡°You know right what you¡¯re asking for?¡± Yes I know. I know I am being selfish but I don¡¯t want to be with him. I just want to stay away from him as much as I could. He will never agree to that and then I¡¯ll ask him to let me go. ¡°I know.¡± I replied. He clenched his jaw and focused his attention on the windshield. ¡°You won¡¯t leave then?¡± ¡°No. I won¡¯t ever.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s see.¡± He smirked. And that smirk of him told me that I¡¯ve done the biggest mistake of my life. Chapter 22 Lily¡¯s POV I walked inside the Rehab with him and trust me if I say that I am nervous it would definitely be an understatement because I am hell nervous. What if she doesn¡¯t likes me? What if she thinks that I am one of Adrain¡¯s y toy? What if she thinks that I am¡­ The fuck? Why I am getting worried about all these shit? Who am I to Adrain? Obviously no one. Then why the hell should I bother this much? Biting my lower lips, I tried to ignore everything but the nervousness was indeed strong. When we reached Infront of her room, he took my hand in his hands and knocked at the door. I looked at our hands that were together and it felt odd. I never knew that the person who was once a monster to me will one day hold my hand and let me meet his sister. What¡¯s wrong with him? Is this one if his game? Or has he actually started liking me or something like that? If thetter is true then fuck, I so want to escape him. I don¡¯t want to be liked by a demon. He burnt me with milk and then those spider things, I¡¯ll never forgive him. I¡¯ll hate him forever. I don¡¯t care what he feels about me, I just want to go away from him. That¡¯s it. ¡°Come in.¡± A soft voice echoed and it was of his sister. We both stepped inside. And the first thing that I noticed about his sister was that she was really beautiful. wless skin, long hair, my god! I¡¯ve never seen such a beautiful girl in my life. ¡°Sarah, this is Lily and Lily this is my sister.¡± He introduced us to each other. She looked at me inly and tried to force a smile but failed miserably. ¡°It¡¯s okay I can understand your situation. No need to fake a smile.¡± I said. She tilted her head in Adrain¡¯s direction and they bothmunicated through their expression which I didn¡¯t understand. ¡°Hey, Lily.¡± She said. ¡°Hello.¡± I smiled. I sat on the chair and that¡¯s when Adrain passed her the bouquet. She took it and was about to throw it in the dustbin before she found out that it was something different this time. I knew that already. She¡¯s depressed and she must be hating all those things which she used to love. So that¡¯s why I brought rose for her. She opened the paper and read what I wrote. A small smile appeared on her face as she looked back at her brother who I guess was surprised to see her smiling. I felt happy to know that I made someone¡¯s day. Adrain must be happy to watch her little sister smiling. ¡°Thank you for this.¡± She said to him and he nodded. They both talked for a little while before it was time for her therapy session. She was reluctant to go at first but after Adrain insisted her, she went to take therapy. ¡°How did you know that she¡¯ll like red rose?¡± He asked, once she was gone. I shook my head. ¡°She didn¡¯t like red rose. She liked the note that I wrote to her by your name. It gave her assurance that she¡¯s okay and if anything happens then you¡¯ll be by her side.¡± He nodded, with a huge smile. ¡°Thank you.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± I replied. We both stared at each other in silence, getting lost in our own thoughts. And we were having a moment before I blinked and he cleared his throat to hide his blush. Eh? He¡¯s blushing? What¡¯s wrong with him? This is wrong. This is so wrong. He can¡¯t like me. What if he gets obsessed with me? He will then never let me go, right? I shuddered at the thought and decided to talk him about it. When we left the Rehab and sat inside his car, I looked at him. ¡°Adrain, I want to talk about something.¡± ¡°Go ahead.¡± He smiled. ¡°Do you like me?¡± I blurted out the very first thing that came to my mind. He stilled, looking straight through the windshield. Once again like before a small blush crept up to his neck and it irritated me a hell lot. ¡°Don¡¯t fall for me, Adrain.¡± I stated. His grip on the steering wheel tightened and he shifted his attention to me. ¡°You really think that I¡¯ll ever be able to love you?¡± He asked.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . I shrugged my shoulders. Who knows what¡¯s going through his mind? ¡°I don¡¯t know but trust me after what you did to me, I¡¯ll never be able to like you. So please let me go, it¡¯ll be better for both of us.¡± I said in one go. He held his breath and stared as if he¡¯s going to kill me any second. I pushed saliva down my throat and tried to shift my attention but his burning eyes stopped me from doing so. ¡°WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY?¡± He screamed. I flinched away in fear butposed myself. ¡°Say that you¡¯re mine.¡± He hissed. I clenched my teeth in frustration and shook my head.¡±I won¡¯t.¡± ¡°Fine then get ready to face the consequence.¡± And with that he speeds up the car. Chapter 23 Lily¡¯s POV ¡°You¡¯re not leaving me Lily. Now you¡¯re fucking mine.¡± I blinked trying to process his words. What does he mean by saying that I am his? And why should I not leave him? Off course I will do. He can¡¯t keep me here forever. ¡°But you said that I should think about pursuing my career as a singer, didn¡¯t you?¡± I tried to get some courage out of me. He exhaled and then pulled himself away from me. ¡°But you can stay here with me and pursue that.¡± I frowned. ¡°But Adrain, I want to leave.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not going anywhere. Say that once more and I¡¯ll not think twice before killing one of your brother.¡± He deadpanned. I nodded my head. ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t fucking frown Infront of me. I don¡¯t like it.¡± He said in irritation. Then how else am I supposed to act, Adrain? You tell me. I feel suffocated here. You tortured me enough to believe that you¡¯re no good. You¡¯re the monster no matter how much you smile. I remember fearing you since the moment I met you. You were always this nightmare who came into my life and made me sick to my stomach. I won¡¯t ever be able to forgive you for your actions. Your actions aren¡¯t justifiable. My brothers did nothing to you yet for unknown reasons you took revenge on me and now you¡¯re acting as if I am yours? Since when I became yours? I remember you calling me your whore and bitch and now all of sudden this melt of heart? Well fuck you, Adrain. Fuck you for scaring me to death and threatening me to kill my brothers. ¡°So where were we. Yes, you and singing right.¡± He tried to build up a conversation. Ignoring him, I turned my face away. ¡°You like smell of coffee, right? Wait a moment.¡± He told me and went out of the room. I wondered where he has gone and before I coulde up with any answers he returned with two cups in his hand. And the cup was filled with coffee. He handed me one cup with a huge smile dancing on his face. I took the coffee from him and as his aroma entered my nostrils, I felt heavenly. My favourite scent was now Infront of me after months. I sipped the coffee and shit it was delicious! I looked up at him and found him grinning from ear to ear. ¡°Now I couldn¡¯t make the rain for you but this the least I could do.¡± And damn! His words made my heart soft once again. All the anger that I had for him vanished into thin air. I passed him a low smile and sipped on to my coffee. I wish he could get some cupcakes too. But I am not going to tell him that. I mean I don¡¯t want to go more soft. ¡°Lily, be mine.¡± He whispered. I bite on my lower lips and tried to ignore his words. What¡¯s with him and this mine thing? ¡°What do you mean?¡± I asked. He smiled. ¡°Mine and only mine.¡± Okay. Jesus! No seriously, what do you want from me, Adrain? ¡°Are you nning to make me fall for you and then crush my heart?¡± I blurted out. He scratched the back of his head and shrugged his shoulders. ¡°I don¡¯t want you to fall for me. I just want you to be mine.¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you be more clear?¡± I asked, irritated. ¡°I have a sister, her name is Sarah. Would you like to meet you?¡± He asked, smiling. What? He has a sister and above all he wants me to meet her? Oh my God! Is he going crazy or am I dreaming? Something is not right here definitely. ¡°Sure I would love to meet her.¡± I faked a smile. I want to meet his sister no doubt but I can¡¯t smile right now. Fuck, I am nervous. I mean I am having this strange feeling in my belly which I can¡¯t ignore and that too for meeting his sister. ¡°First tell me what she¡¯s like?¡± I asked. A huge smile dropped at the corner of his lips and it seemed like he loved his sister. Right. First he punishes someone¡¯s sister then he loves his own. Height of fucking hipocray.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . ¡°She¡¯s sweet. She loves choctes and white lillies. She used to be this happy kind of girl but then-¡± ¡°Then?¡± ¡°Something happened and she felt into the arms of depression.¡± He frowned. Depression? I thought of asking him that what happened but decided not to. He¡¯ll tell by himself if he thinks that there¡¯s something to tell about. ¡°Where is she?¡± I asked instead. ¡°Rehab.¡± He said in a sad tone. ¡°Oh.¡± AndI don¡¯t know why but I felt something different in my heart? I felt sorry for him. It must be difficult for him to deal with all the chaos. First losing his parents then her little sister fighting with depression in Rehab. He¡¯s in pain, isn¡¯t it? Pain of losing parents and pain of his sister in Rehab. ¡°When will you take me to her?¡± I asked with a genuine smile to lift up his mood. He blinked and quickly stood up. ¡°Let¡¯s go now.¡± ¡°Now? But I am not ready yet.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay. She won¡¯t mind.¡± ¡°Okay then.¡± Chapter 24 lily¡¯s POV It¡¯s been past few days since Adrain is behaving differently. He talks to me, asks me for food, smiles often and most of all didn¡¯t torture me. Something must¡¯ve happened to him, I guess. Let¡¯s see when he¡¯ll let me go? If he doesn¡¯t want to torture me anymore. ¡°I never got a chance to know you.¡± He smiled. He smiled again. See that¡¯s what I was talking about. He smiles often nowadays. ¡°Andst time you said so-¡± ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about the past.¡± He cut me in the middle. How can I not talk about the past, Adrain? I will never be able to forget those horrific moments of my life, no matter what you do. ¡°My name is Lily, I like writing songs. My favourite movie is beauty and the beast and yes I love the smell of rain and coffee.¡± I bbered in one go. He looked at me and then at the nk space. ¡°I am beast and you¡¯re the beauty, no?¡± ¡°I never said that. You¡¯re Adrain and I am Lily.¡± He chuckled. ¡°And you write songs? Do you sing them too?¡± I nodded. ¡°Sometimes, yes.¡± ¡°Sing me a song created by you.¡± He said. Licking my lips, I thought of declining it but then I don¡¯t know something in me told that I should sing the song. Not because he asked but because I want to show him my worth. I want to show him that I am good at something. ¡°When Ist met you in the autumn, Your smile was shining like burning wood, Creating memories and endless love, Oh, When Ist met you in the spring,ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . Yourugh was shining like ming gorge, Diving my heart and endless love, When Ist met you, You were this beautiful Friday, I still remember how you touched me for the first time, I still remember how you held me for the first time, Oh my love, I lost you forever but your fading memories hold me tighter, When Ist met you in yourst rites, Your face shining brighter than light, You were this fragile being, Saying goodbye to the world of my life, You made meugh, you made me dance and now when you¡¯re gone, I remember when I met youst. I finished singing the song which I wrote when I lost my mother. It was indeed one of the finest lyrics I¡¯ve ever wrote and every time I sing, it breaks my heart to think about my mother. I lost her when I was very young. Fresh out of high school, I came home and found that she had been in an ident which took her breath away. It was hard for me to ept the reality and to cope up with pain I wrote this song for her. I thought that maybe that¡¯s how I can connect with her. Losing someone close to our heart is not easy, it breaks us into millions of unstitched pieces. I tried to stitch them but I couldn¡¯t. I saw Adrain looking staring at my face, his eyes were soft but something in them told me about his pain. He had also lost his family that too in a fire. It must be hard for him to move on. Losing parents is hardest part of all. Because it leaves us with nowhere to go. ¡°I am sorry. I forgot.¡± ¡°Mhmm?¡± He askeding back to the reality. ¡°I said I am sorry.¡± ¡°No. It was beautiful. Your voice it¡¯s beautiful.¡± He said, still staring my face. I flushed. ¡°And the lyrics. They were¡­ They were painfully beautiful.¡± He added. ¡°Thank you. I wrote them when I lost my mother. It was a old song of mine.¡± I said. ¡°Oh.¡± He said. Next an itching silence dropped between us. We didn¡¯t say anything to each other, just sat and stayed rooted to our ce. I wonder what he was thinking right now? Was he happy that I lost my mother? Was he sad for him own family? There are thousands of answers but I want to read his mind, to know that what¡¯s going through him. ¡°Why haven¡¯t you tried to pursue a career in singing?¡± He asked. I shrugged my shoulders. ¡°I never thought about it. It was kind of more like a hobby to me.¡± ¡°You should think about it. I mean you could be a hit singer.¡± He smiled. And s! His smile killed me almost. He looks darn sexy with that smile of him which hides thousands of unspoken pain. ¡°I¡¯ll think about it.¡± And this time I smiled back. We were smiling at each other, looking like fools and then something came up to my mind. I couldn¡¯t be here forever, right? Now that he¡¯s no more angry with me and I guess doesn¡¯t want revenge on me, will he now let me go? Will I be free from his hostage? I couldn¡¯t be here forever. I don¡¯t want to be here forever. I have a family, I have my life, I have my dreams which I can¡¯t left behind. ¡°Adrain, when will you let me go?¡± I asked. He stilled for a second, staring at my face and all of sudden his temper changed. He was no longer smiling. His eyes changed their dilution and he was now angry. I feared this side of him. ¡°What did you say?¡± He asked, trying to stay calm. I couldn¡¯t collect enough strength to say anything. My lips started trembling in fear when he came closer to me. He grabbed me by my jaw and looked straight into my eyes. We were just inches apart and his breath was fanning over my face. I was afraid that he might do something to hurt me but what he said terrified me thousand times more. ¡°You¡¯re not leaving me Lily. Now you¡¯re fucking mine.¡± Chapter 25 ADRAIN¡¯S POV ¡°Come inside.¡± She said, nkly. I went inside and sat on the chair. The pale walls of hospital itched me. Why my Sarah has to stay here? What was her fault? ¡°How are you?¡± I asked. ¡°Good.¡± She answered, inly. ¡°Okay.¡± I felt myself going out of words. What else am I supposed to say when she clearly don¡¯t have any interest in talking to me? She acts as if I am stranger to her. There used to be times when she was this bubbly girl who go aroundughing everywhere. But then everything turned upside down. ¡°Here I brought you your favourite flowers and choctes.¡± I tried to build up a conversation. She took them from me and stared at the flowers. ¡°You know that I longer like these flowers, right?¡± I countered. ¡°But you used to.¡± ¡°Things have changed, Adrain.¡± I licked my dry lips and watch her throwing flowers and choctes in the dustbin. I frowned. She was never like this. Never. I took one deep breath and decided to tell her everything that¡¯s going on. Maybe hearing that will give her some peace. ¡°Sarah, I have a good news for you.¡± ¡°I am going to die?¡± Sheughed, in hollowness. Tears gathered in my eyelids at her harsh words but somehow I managed to control them. ¡°Why are you talking like this?¡± ¡°My death would be only good news for me.¡± She added. I kept my voice off. ¡°Do you remember what today is?¡± She asked, frowning. ¡°I do.¡± I replied. ¡°We lost everything on this day. Our parents died. And you think you visiting me here would make me happy?¡± She spat. I shook my head. ¡°I just wanted to meet you, Sarah.¡± I lied. The truth is I came here today because I knew that she won¡¯t be able to survive today without crying and I don¡¯t want that. She¡¯s my little sister and will always be no matter how old we grow and it¡¯s my responsibility to make her feel good and end all her pain. ¡°So I was telling you that I¡¯ve a good news for you.¡± I said. She gestured me to continue further. ¡°They have a sister, Sarah.¡± I spoke. She knitted her eyebrows in confusion. ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°Her name is Lily and now she¡¯s with me.¡±Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org. ¡°With you? Are you dating her?¡± She asked. Rolling my eyes, I smiled at her innocence. ¡°I forced her to stay with me.¡± Her eyes went wide in shock but she didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°She¡¯s the perfect person to leash my vengeance on her.¡± ¡°You¡¯re kidding, right?¡± She asked, unbelievably. ¡°No. I am not. I held her captive and did my best to hurt her and cry enough to wish for her death.¡± I told her. ¡°What? What you did to her, Adrain?¡± She asked. Ah! Here¡¯s the fun part. ¡°I burnt her with hot milk then put spiders to roam all over her body and let the mice to bite her feet-¡± ¡°Stop, please stop.¡± She screamed. I flinched and and the smile which I had was now long gone. ¡°Please say that you¡¯re telling me a lie?¡± She screamed, again. ¡°I am not, Sarah. Aren¡¯t you happy?¡± ¡°Happy? Do you think this low of me that I¡¯ll be happy to punish an innocent?¡± She said now at the verge of tears. I was shocked to hear her say something like this. She should be the one to be most happy and here she¡¯s saying that I am punishing an innocent? How can Lily be innocent when she¡¯s their sister? ¡°I¡¯ve never thought that you¡¯ll be this low.¡± She whispered. ¡°I am doing this for you, Sarah.¡± I said in frustration. ¡°But I never asked you to do so.¡± She countered. ¡°You¡¯re doing the same, Adrain.¡± she said. And just one sentence of her, everything turned different. I find it difficult to breathe. Suffocation started building up inside my chest. I am not them. I didn¡¯t¡­ I¡­ ¡°What¡¯s her name?¡± She asked. ¡°Lily.¡± I told her in seconds. ¡°She¡¯s not at fault Adrain. Don¡¯t hurt her, please. I am begging you. Think wisely, you¡¯re doing the same thing for which you¡¯re taking your revenge.¡± She added. I froze. And that¡¯s how guilt consumed me to the fullest. She¡¯s right, isn¡¯t she? I may not ept what she said but we both know that she¡¯s telling me the truth. I am also bing a monster like them. I never thought about this. I was so blinded in revenge that I ignored the fact that Lily is innocent. She has nothing to do with it. That old man also said the same thing to me. Why didn¡¯t I think like this before? ¡°Adrain.¡± ¡°Mhmm.¡± ¡°I am proud of my brother, please don¡¯t do anything that¡¯ll snatch away my pride. It¡¯s okay that we suffered but that doesn¡¯t have us any right to punish an innocent soul for it.¡± She tried to smile but failed miserably. I felt bile rising up to my throat. And everything started shing in the back of my head in slow motion. All the things that I did to hurt her, everything shes in the back of my mind. Fuck! What have I done? I don¡¯t want my sister to despise me and when she¡¯s telling me that I¡¯ve been doing wrong then definitely it was wrong. She¡¯s such a pure soul, she knows everything that is right or wrong. I have my trust in her and if she can say that I am punishing an innocent then howe my actions are justified? ¡°I am sorry, Sarah.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say sorry to me, just let her go.¡± She said and I nodded my head. Chapter 26 ADRAIN¡¯S POV ¡°Pack the choctes and white lilly.¡± I told the shopkeeper and handed him the money. Wrapping everything together he gave me the items with a soft smile. ¡°You¡¯re going to see your sister?¡± He asked. I nodded my head without ncing towards him. ¡°Just like always lilly are her favourites.¡± He tried to build up a conversation which I was nning to ignore from so long. Exhaling a breath, I looked at him. The old man has now wrinkled smile. I¡¯ve know him since past 15 years and his attitude towards me didn¡¯t changed a bit. He still cares for me like before. ¡°Come inside.¡± He smiled. I couldn¡¯t help but ept his offer. As I entered inside, I saw a familiar room which was now redecorated. His daughter must¡¯ve changed everything after she returned from abroad. ¡°How is she?¡± He asked. I looked down at my palms and whispered. ¡°Who?¡± I lied. ¡°You know who I am talking about.¡± He raised his eyebrows. I licked my lips and shrugged my shoulders. I don¡¯t want to talk about it. ¡°Tell me.¡± he demanded. What am I supposed to tell him? How should I tell him that I¡¯ve been hurting her since the day I forced her to stay with me? ¡°I hate her!¡± I told him, tly. He clicked his tongue and stood up to brought two cups of tea for us. He handed me one and sipped the other one. ¡°Adrain, I know you¡¯ve been waiting for this day since a long time. And I understand that you despise her- Wait. What¡¯s her name?¡± Slut! Her name is slut. I thought to myself. ¡°Lily.¡± ¡°Ah, such a beautiful name she got. Just like your little sister likes white lillies.¡± He smiled. I cleaned my fist and decided to rush out of here but his eyes stopped me from doing so. I know what he was about to say. I fucking know. ¡°Listen to me carefully. I am not saying that you should forget about your vengeance but taking that on an innocent girl? What¡¯s her fault, my son?¡± ¡°Her fault is that she¡¯s their sister. And she has to pay for their sins.¡± I hissed in anger. He patted my shoulder to calm me down and smiled brightly. I don¡¯t know why but his smile soothes me since forever. ¡°Inhale.¡± I nodded and did as he said and soon my anger dispersed into the thin air. ¡°Now for a second think about her.¡± I nodded again and closing my eyes I thought about her. Lily.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . The strangest girl I¡¯ve ever met. I don¡¯t despise her but she¡¯s the key to everything. Nowadays I feel strange near her, like I am getting attracted to her. She¡¯s beautiful. Her eyes, they¡¯re so pure that sometimes I regret being harsh on her. She¡¯s sweet and off course courageous. I wonder if we met under normal circumstances where she wouldn¡¯t be the sister of men who took everything from me, will then ever she be mine? Like my girlfriend? I shook my head at my stupid thoughts and remembered how I pushed her on the ss pieces. Honestly, it felt good to do so, to see her crying. It felt good! And when I burnt her with hot milk, what a satisfying feeling it was. And when she cried due to spiders roaming all over her body, I felt peace. I enjoyed her being helpless. After all that¡¯s what her brothers felt when they¡­ I stopped myself from going there. I know I am crazy, my mental state is not stable but I couldn¡¯t exin the amount of peace I get when I hurt Lily. I just want to torture her forever since herst dying breath. But I also want to keep her safe from all the chaos. When those men touched her in the party, I lost my mind. Nobody else can hurt her except me. She¡¯s mine since the first day I saw her. And she¡¯ll be mine, forever. I¡¯ll not let her go. I¡¯ll torture her everyday but at the end of the day I¡¯ll smile knowing that she¡¯s mine. I wish we met under normal circumstances. Then I would¡¯ve been kind to her. And she would¡¯ve loved happily with no hatred towards me but fuck my destiny, she has to be their sister. ¡°She¡¯s innocent, Adrain.¡± ¡°She is their sister.¡± I shrugged my shoulders. ¡°But-¡± I cut him in middle and stood up to go away from here. ¡°Say my hello to your sister.¡± He frowned. I gave him a curt nod and get out from his room. I was feeling suffocated in there, like someone has grabbed me by my neck and I am struggling to breathe. That old man knows everything. He knows that whatever I am doing is wrong but how can I exin to him the amount of satisfaction I get when I torture Lily? It¡¯s just unexinable. Driving the car, I reached Rehab and exhaled a breath. It¡¯s been a month since Ist met her, I hope she¡¯s getting better. I entered the Rehab after check in my ID and went through the lift to reach seventh floor. As I saw room number 306, my heart clenched in pain. Long gone was Lily and my vengeance because at this moment all I care about is my little sister. I knocked on the door and waited impatiently for her to open it. After few minutes, she did open. ¡°Adrain.¡± ¡°Sarah.¡± Chapter 27 Lily¡¯s POV I woke up and found myself in Adrain¡¯s arm. And all the memories of nights before came rushing down my mind. Quickly getting away from him, I ran to another room. Standing on the balcony, I let my thoughts to settle down. Adrain. This man! I¡¯ve never met a person like him before. At first he hurts me and then in drunk state he says that he doesn¡¯t want to hurt me. What does he mean? Why I am having thoughts that he¡¯s getting soft on me? What could be the reason? Is he trying to y with my emotions? Something like making me fall for him and then break my heart? But then again why would I fall for my captor? I don¡¯t have Stockholm syndrome nor will I ever get it. I hate Adrain, I hate him so much! He did everything he could possibly do to break me and now he¡¯s acting innocent? And most of all did he really went to my brothers and asked them to hit him? And what about yesterday? What was about that day? I blinked trying to process everything but nothing made sense. Did my brothers kill his family? Or anything else had happened? I shiver ran down my spine. No. No. No. This should not be the truth. I¡¯ll be at guilt forever if they killed his family. Let¡¯s assume that they killed his family, will I be the one to suffer his revenge? I frowned, biting my lips at confusion. I don¡¯t know why even after everything he did to me, I feel sympathetic for him. If my family killed his family then maybe I will always be the one to suffer most. I¡¯ll always be on guilt. Why do I feel sympathy for him even though he did everything to torn my heart apart? I exhaled. It seems like I am getting soft towards him instead of him getting on to me. Isn¡¯t it? I shook my head and went back to the room. He was still sleeping. His face had bruises but in his sleep he looks innocent. Like a little child who has hold on to his past. What could be his past? What my brothers did to him? Smiling painfully at myself, I decided to prepare him a breakfast. No, I am not attracted to him nor I am falling for him but I just want to make his day a little better. Why the hell am I justifying my actions? It¡¯s okay for me to prepare him a breakfast, isn¡¯t it? After all yesterday he got beaten up badly and that too because he didn¡¯t want to hurt me. I went to kitchen and made omelette, orange juice and toast for him which made my stomach grumble in hunger. I too wanted to eat it but I don¡¯t know what if he gets angry or something like that. I entered the room with a tray in my hand and found him waked up. His forehead was resting against the bed and he was lost somewhere deep in his thoughts. ¡°Adrain.¡± I brought his attention to me. His tired eyesnded on me and without wasting any minute he patted the bed next to him. I silently went to him and sat besides him, cing the tray Infront of him. ¡°You prepared this for me?¡± He asked in surprise. I nodded my head but didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°Let me eat. I am starving since forever.¡± He said and next I know he was dly eating everything on the te. In the middle of that, he stopped and shifted his attention to me. Passing me one omelette he once again began to eat. After suppressing my smile, I ate the omelette. ¡°I never knew that you could cook.¡± He spoke breaking the silence between us. ¡°I don¡¯t know how to cook, I just tried to make something and it turned out to be like this.¡± ¡°You mean delicious.¡± He smiled. And shit! His smile wooed me. I¡¯ve seen him smiling hardly for two times. Onest night and another right now. A small blush crept up to my face and without even trying to ignore it, I ate my omelette because I was hell hungry. ¡°How are your wounds? Are you in pain?¡± I asked in concern voice.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. He looked at my face intently as if he was searching for something. I am really concerned, Adrain. ¡°You¡¯re difficult to understand.¡± He said. I smiled. ¡°Not more than you.¡± ¡°Yesterday was hard for me. That dayes every year on the calendar but the scars it takes are unforgettable. I lost my parents in a fire. That¡¯s why I was reluctant toe near you because I no more want to hurt you, Lily.¡± He said in one breath. I stiffened. He lost his parents in a fire that means my family didn¡¯t kill them. A breath of relief passed but then again why he was taking vengeance on me when my brothers didn¡¯t kill his family? And what did he say? He didn¡¯t want to hurt me? ¡°Why?¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Why you don¡¯t want to hurt me?¡± He shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Because someone told me that it wasn¡¯t your fault.¡± And I went more confused. ¡°What was not my fault?¡± ¡°Someday I¡¯ll tell you.¡± He smiled. Chapter 28 Lily¡¯s POV My eyes open at the creaking sound of the door. Crinkling my eyebrows, I yawned and looked in the dark. It must be Adrain. But at this time? It maybe half past twelve or so. Yesterday he told me to stay away from him and now he¡¯s here in my room? A sharp fear rushed down my spine while thinking about him. What if he¡¯s here to take another revenge on me? I stood up to turn on the lights but before that could happen, I saw shadow of Adrain who seemed drunk. A breath of relief passed down to my chest. Drunk version of him is thousand times better than his real monster self. Quickly, I turned on the light and shifted my attention to him. And one look of him made me restless. He was drenched in blood, his face had bruises, his knuckles were bleeding. He took disoriented steps towards the bed and all of sudden fell on the floor.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . Hurriedly I rushed to him and tried to get him up but he shoved me away. ¡°Stay away from me.¡± He stood up and stumbling,y down on the bed. Bedsheet became red with the colour of his bed and somewhere deep down I felt bad for him. I know he did wrong to me but I am not inhuman to ignore the pain of person right Infront of me. Licking my dry lips, I went closer to him. ¡°S-Stay away from me.¡± He screamed, clenching the fistful of his hair in his own hands. I flinched but stayed rooted to my ce. ¡°Why?¡± I asked him, softly. ¡°Because I don¡¯t want to hurt you.¡± He whispered. I blinked. What had happened to him? ¡°I FUCKING DON¡¯T WANT TO HURT YOU.¡± He screamed and with that all of sudden started hitting his forehead on the wall. My pulse dropped in fear and my legs became paralyzed. How am I going to stop him? He¡¯ll hurt himself? So? Let him do that. He deserves to be hurt. My other voice told me but by ignoring it, I rushed to him and tried to pull him away from the wall but all in vain. He kept on banging his head to the wall and now blood was oozing out of his forehead. ¡°Y-You¡¯re not hurting me, Adrain.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not!¡± I tried to assure him but nothing helped. Atst I pulled him harder for onest time and he came rolling down to the bed. I pulled him into my arms tightly and started rubbing his back. ¡°You¡¯re not hurting me.¡± I lied. He tried to get away from me but after sometimes he stilled in my arms. Amidst rubbing his back in assurance, I soothed him saying that he¡¯s not hurting me over and over again till his breathing became normal. We stayed in the same position for minutes. And honestly, it felt good to be in his arms I don¡¯t know why but it did. Even after knowing that he hurt me beyond repair, I couldn¡¯t help but feel an urge to save him from all his chaos. I don¡¯t know why he¡¯s been like this but I¡¯ll try not to let him do all this. ¡°Today is the day when I lost them.¡± He wishpered softly. And the cracking down of his voice was bit clear. Is he crying? He pulled away from me and rested his head on myp, I felt his tears streaming down his face. Lost them? Who? ¡°Who, Adrain?¡± He shook his head like a little child but didn¡¯t say anything. I thought of asking him again but chose not to. ¡°Why are you hurting yourself?¡± I asked instead. ¡°Because I don¡¯t want to hurt you.¡± He answered. I exhaled a breath and asked him to sit. At first he was reluctant but soon he did so. I went to bring medical box for him and took a closer look of his face. It was covered in blood and bruises. What had happened to him? ¡°What happened to you, Adrain?¡± I asked in concern. He looked straight into my eyes and for a second we both stared into each other eyes, being unaware of the fact that he has kept me on hostage. ¡°I went to your brothers.¡± He stated. My jaw dropped in shock. What? ¡°Why? And how did you get these bruises. Did they hit you?¡± I asked, cleaning his wounds. ¡°Do you care for me?¡± I blinked at his question, not understanding how to answer. Off course, I hate him. How can I care for him but then why it clenches my heart to see him in this condition? Why I am cleaning his wounds with precaution so that I won¡¯t end up hurting him. When he heard no reply from me, he frowned. ¡°I asked your brothers to hit me.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°I wanted to get hurt so that I won¡¯t hurt you.¡± He smiled. And that was the first time when I saw him smiling. He never smiled but today his face was full of content as if he was happy that he didn¡¯t hurt me. I had no words to describe my inner conflict. My heart became heavy and everything around me turned different. What¡¯s wrong with him? I applied ointments to his bruises and that man has not for once let out a voice in pain. How much could he endure pain? How much? ¡°Come let¡¯s sleep.¡± I said. He nodded like a child and patted the bed besides him for me toy down. Blush crept up to my cheeks but after ignoring it, Iy beside him. He snuggled closer to me and rested his head on my arms. I waited impatiently for him to fall asleep because it felt strange in my belly. After an hour or so he felt asleep and left me wondering for whole night that why he¡¯s acting different? Chapter 29 Lily¡¯s POV ¡°Call your brothers.¡± He said, handing me his phone. I looked at him in confusion because this wasn¡¯t expected from him. Is he actually going to make me call my brothers? Is he being soft towards me? Will he let go of me? Thousands of questions came to my mind and without wasting a single minute I grabbed his cellphone. In a swift moment, I typed number of Dennis and brought the phone to my ear but before I could talk to him, he snatched the phone away. I looked at him, dumbfounded. ¡°Cry.¡± ¡°What?¡± I asked in confusion. ¡°I said cry as much as you can bitch.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°Are you fucking dumb or what? Can¡¯t you understand anything at once?¡± He screamed. I pushed saliva down my throat but didn¡¯t say anything. Why he was asking me to cry? I really couldn¡¯t understand anything. He exhaled a deep breath as if he was trying to calm himself down. ¡°Cry in front of your brother as if i am torturing you otherwise i swear I¡¯ll ce those spiders again on your body.¡± I nodded my head in fear. I don¡¯t know ever want to experience that horrible thing again. I¡¯ll die out of heart attack. ¡°Hello.¡± Dennis said on the other side of the phone and hearing his voice made me cry on my own. I didn¡¯t need fake tears to let him believe that Adrain is torturing me. After all he had done already enough to let my brothers know that he¡¯s been torturing me.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. ¡°Lily? How are you lily? Why are you crying cupcake? I am sorry that I couldn¡¯t save you from that monster. It¡¯s all my fault that you¡¯re there suffering horrible things everyday. Forgive me.¡± He cried from the other side. My heart clenched hearing him cry for me. No body can love me more than my brothers and Adrain was purposely hurting me to hurt my brothers. Now i know, it was never about me. It was always my brothers. He wanted revenge from my brothers and i was just a way he can do so. ¡°I am okay. Please don¡¯t cry.¡± I said, trying to act brave but my voice said otherwise. ¡°Bitch. Fucking say that you¡¯re not okay. Tell him how i pushed you over the broken pieces of ss and put spiders all over your body.¡± He screamed loud enough to let Dennis know. The voice of his crying became audible and i so wanted to wipe away his tears and assure him that I¡¯ll be okay but i know I couldn¡¯t do anything. ¡°I am sorry- It¡¯s all my fault. Please forgive me. Kill me instead but let her go.¡± He pleaded to Adrain. His fault? Howe all this was his fault? I looked at Adrain who was now fuming in anger, his face told me that if given a chance he would happily kill my brother and that scared me. ¡°Please cut the phone.¡± I said, now not being able to hear the tears of Dennis. Adrain looked at me for seconds before ending the call and I wondered that what¡¯s happening to him? Why he his acting soft to me? I mean if it was like before then he would never have ended the call instead made me cry Infront of Dennis to hurt him more. What¡¯s wrong with him? And what¡¯s wrong with me to think all this shit? ¡°I wish I could kill him.¡± He muttered under his breath. I huped and looked at him in despise. Why he has to be like this? What my family has done to him? Why this much hatred? ¡°Then why don¡¯t you kill me if you hate us this much.¡± I said on the edge of breaking down. He looked at me then rolled his eyes in annoyance. ¡°I don¡¯t hate you.¡± ¡°Then why all these tortures.¡± I asked, wiping my tears away. He sat on the bed besides me and whistled. ¡°Because I hate your family.¡± He said, inly. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Someday, I¡¯ll tell you why.¡± He chuckled darkly. ¡°Kill me then, my family will suffer most.¡± ¡°I am not that bad, Lily.¡± He chuckled, again. ¡°But you can kill my brothers, right?¡± He closed his eyes and clenched his fist, gulping the saliva down his throat. It seemed as if he was controlling his temper. ¡°Don¡¯t talk to me about your brothers.¡± He hissed. ¡°Okay.¡± I tried to smile softly to see if there¡¯s any reaction on him. And yes something happened. His eyes automatically diluted and he unclenched his fists. ¡°Okay.¡± He said. There¡¯s something wrong happening with him. He¡¯s definitely turning soft towards me. Does he likes me? Yeah off course that¡¯s why he pushed you on the broken sses. My inner consciousnessughed at me. But on a serious note, why he¡¯s acting like this? He called my name instead of calling me bitch or slut. That¡¯s weird. Scratching my head, I looked at him and found him staring back at me. ¡°You¡¯re strange.¡± I wishpered. ¡°And you¡¯re my whore¡± He winked. Ah! And he¡¯s back. He stood up to get out of the room and as he reached the door, he turned back at me. ¡°Stay away from me for yesterday.¡± I raised my eyebrows. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Now we don¡¯t want to kill you, do we?¡± Chapter 30 Lily pov I stilled. Looking at him in horror, I pushed saliva down my throat. He will not do anything with me, right? ¡°Come on baby, let me fuck you.¡± He smirked. No. I never meant like this. And here I thought that he couldn¡¯t hurt me. How can I forget that he¡¯s the person who kidnaped me? Off course he can hurt me. He had already done damage to my body and mind. He can easily force himself on me and exploit me sexually. And I fear him for that. He jumped on the bed and in next moment I knew I was trapped beneath me. He was hovering above me like a monster ready to leash it¡¯s demons out. ¡°Please. Don¡¯t.¡± I pleaded. He smirked and ran his tongue over my cheeks. I shivered at his filthiness. Trying to push him away, I cleared his saliva from my cheeks. ¡°I promise I¡¯ll be easy on you.¡± He said and bites my earlobe ever so softly that for a second I forgot everything but the pleasure. He rolled his tongue down my neck and bites on my flesh making me shiver in delight. The temperature in the room suddenly rose and I felt like I was about to go deeper into the pools of pleasure before he decided to tear apart my top. I stiffened realising that I was actually enjoying all that. Frowning upon myself, I looked straight into his eyes who was staring back at me. His orbs were beautiful like I always said before. But I don¡¯t know why in them resides pain which was unfamiliar to me. He was definitely hiding something. We both looked at each other in silence but this time the silence wasn¡¯tfortable. ¡°You don¡¯t want to do this to me, don¡¯t you?¡± I asked, still in daze of his beautiful eyes. He blinked, softening his eyes and the temper in them. Slowly he shook his head and get up to maintain distance from me. He went out of the room without uttering a single word. Iy there dumbfounded. What had just happened?Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org. And what¡¯s wrong with me? How can I get pleasure when he was sucking my neck¡¯s skin? Shit! I hate him! I wore one of his shirt when I found nothing else to wear and after bandaging my feet again. My feet were still hurting but somehow I managed to walk out of the room. Adrain was sitting on the floor. He was drinking alcohol. I thought of going to him but I was confused that what if he does something to me. He will not harass me sexually, will he? No. He won¡¯t. My inner concise told me. I took baby steps towards him and silently sat beside him. He passed me alcohol bottle, the one which he was drinking. I thought of declining his offer but I needed something hard to ease my pain. ¡°I¡­ I didn¡¯t¡­¡± He trailed off. Huh? ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to¡­ I will never r-rape you.¡± He shuttered. Blinking my eyes in confusion, I looked at him. He was staring back at me. ¡°Okay.¡± I mumbled. ¡°I have kept you on hostage to hurt you not rape you. I am not like your ¡­¡± He was about to say something before he closed his mouth. I gulped down alcohol and tried to forget everything for a moment. I needed break from everything that¡¯s happening to me. Maybe he too needed break from whatever he¡¯s doing to me. ¡°Why did you needed kidney transntation?¡± He asked, now beingpletely drunk. I raised my eyebrows. Why such questions? ¡°My kidney was not okay since I was kid.¡± I replied. He looked at me and then chuckled. ¡°Wow.¡± ¡°What?¡± He shook his head. ¡°Nothing.¡± ¡°You are sick, I hope you know that.¡± I said under the influence of alcohol. He took the bottle from my hand and after gulping down for another round, heughed. ¡°I know Lily, I know but you¡¯ve no idea that who¡¯s been sicker.¡± I clicked my tongue at his words because they made no sense to me. ¡°You didn¡¯t answer properly that how much do you hate me?¡± I asked. ¡°I¡¯ll twist your feet again. I see you¡¯ve applied fresh bandages, are you sure that you want to waste more blood?¡± ¡°I am not scared of you, Adrain.¡± I answered. He scurried his eyebrows and intently watches my face to observe a bit of fear but he found none. ¡°I don¡¯t care. As long as your family suffers, I don¡¯t care.¡± What my family had done to him? Why this much hatred? ¡°Adrain.¡± ¡°Mhmm.¡± ¡°What my family has done to you?¡± I asked. And in matter of seconds, he grabbed my hair into his fist and squared me to the wall. Staring into my eyes, he wishpered. ¡°You¡¯ve no fucking idea, do you?¡± I shook my head in denial and waited for him to let me go but instead he dipped his head low to kiss me. To my surprise, this time the kiss was slow and soft. He let go of my hair and encircled his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him. ¡°But I am going to make you suffer even though you¡¯re innocent.¡± ¡°Why?¡± I asked in-between his kiss. ¡°Because you¡¯re mine.¡± Chapter 31 LILY POV I tried to push my eyes open when a sharp headache hits me. A nerve cracking pain erupted from my feet. Blinking, I screamed in pain and tears starteding out on their own. ¡°What the fuck happened to you?¡± Adrain came rushing through the door. I instantly stopped screaming and tried to suppress my tears but all in vain. My feet were hurting and so do my heart. I am tired. I am tired of all that¡¯s happening to me even though I am not at fault. ¡°Why the fuck are you screaming? I was sleeping, damnit. You fucking ruined my sleep.¡± He hissed. I shivered hearing his harsh tone and decided to stop crying otherwise he might get into worse mood but I can¡¯t help it. The pain was unbearable. ¡°M-My feet. I-It¡¯s h-hurting.¡± I shuttered. He looked at me intently then at my feet and then rolled his eyes. ¡°So what?¡± I cried. What else could I expect from him. He¡¯s a monster. He will never be able to understand that how much it hurts to suffer his torturers. I really want to die. I want to end this pain and it¡¯ll only happen when I¡¯ll die. My feet is bleeding. Broken sses are still there in my feet. What else am I supposed to act in such situation? He only cares about his sleep, don¡¯t he? He came to me and sat on the bed near my feet. Shuffling his fingers through his hair, he yawned. ¡°I was having such a good sleep.¡± He mumbled. I looked at him in disbelief but stayed still, crying my heart out. He stood up and get out of the room and I was about to remove ss pieces before he returned, now with a box in his hand. He sat besides my feet and ced them on hisp. I blinked not understanding his actions. Is he once again going to make me suffer? Will he apply something on my feet which will make it hurt more? But to my surprise, I found medical kit in his hands. My mouth went wide in shock and all I did was to stare him. What happened to him? Is he really going to clear my wounds? He held my feet and mercilessly removed all the pieces in one go without even giving me a chance to react. And trust me when he did so, the pain was too much. I flinched and tried to pull my feet away from him but he held them still. ¡°P-Please don¡¯t hurt me, Adrain.¡± I stammered. He looked at me and thenughed. ¡°I am doing otherwise, bitch.¡± He then applied ointments and bandaged my feet. After finishing it, he pped his hands together and looked at me. What¡¯s wrong with him? Why he¡¯s acting strangely? I remember calling me as his wife Infront of everyone. What¡¯s he¡¯s up to? ¡°Can I ask you something?¡± ¡°Go ahead.¡± ¡°Why did you call me as your wife?¡± I asked, hoping to get a straight answer from him. He shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Nobody else can hurt you. It¡¯s my right to do so after all you¡¯re my bitch not someone¡¯s else. You¡¯re here to quench my thirst of revenge and only I have right to do so.¡± He said, looking straight into my eyes. I became frustrated of him and all of sudden my tongue slipped. ¡°Then why this care? Why you applied ointments?¡± He stared at me and then in matter of seconds, he twisted my feet. I screamed in pain and heughed like a maniac. Blood again started oozing out from my feet but he paid no attention to it. ¡°I want you to be alive so that I can peacefully take my vengeance on you.¡± He spoke, bluntly. I blinked away the tears. ¡°Why? What have I done?¡± ¡°You took everything from me.¡± He hissed, twisting my feet further. ¡°I-I¡­¡± Trailing off, I cried. ¡°Fine. Let¡¯s y question and answer but¡­¡± ¡°But?¡± I asked. ¡°But on your every question, I¡¯ll twist your feet. Are you ready?¡±ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . Fuck you, Adrain. You¡¯re really a monster. ¡°I am ready.¡± I said. Chuckling he softly massaged my feet. ¡°Ask.¡± Come on Lily, you can endure this pain. Just ask him questions of everything that¡¯s rushing through your head. ¡°How much do you hate me?¡± I asked. I closed my eyes in pain when he ruthlessly twisted my feet. Blood spluttered out my feet. ¡°Enough to kill your soul without actually killing you.¡± Can¡¯t he be more specific? I am bearing pain for his answers after all. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Next question.¡± He chuckled. Biting my lips I thought of asking something else. ¡°What¡¯s your favourite movie?¡± I don¡¯t know why I asked so but I did. He stilled, ring my face being unable to understand my question but anyways he twisted my feet without even answering me and that¡¯s when I knew how to hit his nerve. I am no damsel in distress. I am stubborn and today he¡¯ll get to know that. ¡°What¡¯s your favourite movie.¡± I asked, again. And once again he twisted my feet. You think you can hurt me more Adrain? No. You¡¯ve already done worse. ¡°Say that again, Bitch.¡± He said. And that¡¯s when Iughed. Iughed to let him know that I don¡¯t care no more. Hurt me however he wants, I just don¡¯t care. ¡°What¡¯s your fucking favourite movie, Adrain.¡± Iughed. He stared into my eyes and greeted his teeth in irritation. He was now burning in anger. Good! I thought to myself and turned my face away from him. He came forward to grab me by my neck and looked straight into my eyes till I started struggling to breathe. Tears came down my face but I didn¡¯t utter a word. That¡¯s okay. If he wants to kill me then do, I don¡¯t care. ¡°Don¡¯t try to mess with me, Lily.¡± He hissed. ¡°I¡­ I-Lily? And now you¡¯re taking my name?¡± I asked. He grabbed my neck harder and I closed my eyes in pain. ¡°Fuck you, Bitch.¡± ¡°Y-You¡¯ve already f-fucked my life.¡± I stammered. He left my neck and stood up to stare at me. Watching me smile, he fumed in anger but I was not scared of him anymore. What else he can do? Kill me? Go ahead, I am ready for it too. ¡°Then let me fuck you.¡± And now it was his turn tough. Chapter 32 LILY¡¯S POV I flinched when I heard his sick voice again in my head. He was calling me his bitch but still like yesterday I wasn¡¯t able to shove his voice away. It was like those words were locked inside the corners of my brain. I hate him, I hate Adrain more than anything else. He messed up my life and made me worthless even in my own heart. He crushed all the hope I¡¯d ever had for my future and now only pain remains. He made me hate my own body and soul and now I couldn¡¯t tolerate more. I wiped my tears away and turned the shower on to clear my mind. Wincing a little, I let the cold water soak over my skin thoroughly. I know my body will be clean after this bath but the taints on my soul will never fade. I will never be that old Lily, never. Part of me already died and now it¡¯s like, my body was only awake while my soul was fading every second. I pressed my eyes shut and sat on the tilted floor under the water. My thoughts went nk and mind automatically started creating the lyrics which will give me some strength to tolerate this situation but nothing worked. I was always the one to plot songs which will give strength to those who have no reason to live for tomorrow but now I realize that no amount of lyrics can ever ease the pain or maybe I choose not to ease my heart because I know very well that however harder I¡¯ll try, Adrain will crush me with the point of no return. I Chuckled dryly at my pathetic condition and nced at bed only to found Adrian waking up from his deep sleep.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. He had made me sleep whole night on the floor, naked in this cold temperature. That¡¯s the other thing that not even for once my eyes asked to sleep. And why would they? After all the cool breeze was enough to give me goosebumps and shiver whole night. ¡± Good morning, bitch.¡± He mumbled in his rough morning voice and ran his gaze down my body. I stayed rooted to my ce¡­ ¡± So do you enjoyed sleeping on the floor?¡± He asked, smirking. I resisted the urge to puke and clenched my fist to stop myself from remembering about that horrible incident. ¡± SAY YES.¡± He screamed, switching to his rage full voice. I forced myself to nod my head in fake approval and it had taken all in me to not cry again. ¡± BITCH, ANSWER ME PROPERLY.¡± ¡± Y¡­ Ye¡­ s.¡± I shuttered taking a step when when he get up from bed and took few strides towards me. My body started shaking in fear and all I did was to take steps back till my body came in contact with wall. I looked straight into his eyes which were reflecting nothing but haunting emotions of pure rage. He clenched his jaw then came forward to grab fistful of my hair and capture my mouth in brutal kiss. He moved his lips forcefully against mine and roughly bit on my lower lips which instantly caused blood to ooze out. I yelped and tried to push him away but he was way to powerful than to be moved by me. ¡± I AM FUCKING HUNGRY, GO PREPARE A DAMN BREAKFAST FOR ME BEFORE I EAT YOU ALIVE.¡± He said and shoved me away which only made me to stumble on the floor. I touched my bruised lips then nodded slowly while getting up and walking towards his kitchen. I rested my head on the kitchen counter before starting to prepare the breakfast for him. What¡¯s wrong with him? What¡¯s with the sudden rage? He was smirking a moment ago and then ended up with change in mood? I pursued my lips together and shook my head to clear my thought about him. He¡¯s nothing but a sick man without any humanity left. I turned the gas on and ced pan on it. My body was way to tired to do anything but I didn¡¯t have any other option left. So, I tried to cook whatever was possible. Seconds passed into minutes in utter silence before I felt someone¡¯s hand on my back. I gasped in shock and before I could turn around to figure out that who it could be, I heard the familiar chuckling sound which confirmed that he was Adrian. ¡± Fuck¡­ Your ass is damn fuckable.¡± He coaxed, pushing more into me. I cried, letting my tears streamed down my cheeks and that¡¯s the only thing I can do beside feeling the intense pain. I clenched my teeth at his sick words and swallowed a thick lump down my throat. Today I promise myself that I won¡¯t ever defend a word to him because he¡¯s not worth. My feet were limp but somehow I stood straight with help of counter and fixed my eyes on the floor. ¡± Lie down on the floor.¡± I inhaled a shaky breath but followed his words into actions, anyways. My eyes searched his face in fear that now what he¡¯s up to. My thigh and back was already sore and the pain was inevitable. I scurried my eyebrows when I saw him kneeling down with the te full of pancakes which I¡¯ve made in his hand. Before I could understand anything, he parted my legs apart and shoved the burning pancakes in my vagina. I ended up screaming at the burning sensation but he didn¡¯t let me move a bit instead he bend down only to attach his lips to eat the pancakes. I stayed there flinching like a fish out of water. He was burning my vagina. My toes curled in unbearable feeling and he shoved another burning piece of pancake followed by biting it along with my flesh. This was torture, a pure torture. I couldn¡¯t take this anymore. If this is how he¡¯s going to make me suffer then I don¡¯t want to stay alive. It is better to die than to tolerate his actions for hurting me. Physical tortures are worst of all because they hold the power to desire for death. ¡± P-Please¡­ d-don¡¯t¡­¡± I pleaded. ¡± Wait, let me capture this moment.¡± He ignored my words and quickly pulled out the cellphone from his pocket and turned the video recording on. I closed my eyes in shame. What could be the mental state of my brothers and father after witnessing the sick games which Adrian was ying with my body? What does he want from us? Why he was doing this to us? Is there any reason behind all this or he¡¯s doing all this just for fun. No, there isn¡¯t any reason. He¡¯s doing all this just to calm his sadistic thoughts and have some fun at my suffering, I know. ¡± Do you want to Skype your brothers?¡± Heughed. My eyes went wider in horror and quickly I shook my head in denial. I couldn¡¯t face them, I couldn¡¯t face the hurt in their eyes at my this pathetic state. ¡± Awe, my bitch doesn¡¯t want. But you¡¯ve to baby girl.¡± He said and in a matter of second, two familiar faces shed on his cell phone¡¯s screen. I stilled at my ce and rolled my bottom lips inside my mouth to scream the names of my brothers for asking help. They had always promised to protect me but now that promise even doesn¡¯t meant a thing. Both Jack and Dennis eyes were on me. There face was hollow yet I was able to feel the hurt residing deep in their eyes. Dennis mouthed a sorry and clenched his eyes in frustration while all Jack did was to stare at me, helplessly. A little relief I have that Dad wasn¡¯t there otherwise he might have not beeen able to tolerate my pain. ¡± Why are you doing this to her?¡± Jack finally broke the silence. To my periphery I saw Adrian holding a void look on his face. A trembling sob escaped my lips when he poured the hot milk on my breasts. My skin itched to wipe them away but my fingers didn¡¯t have any strength left to do so. Being unable to control more, I broke down crying. Tears continually escaped through my eyes while my lungs started getting out of breath. ¡± Fuck. D-Don¡¯t¡­ Please¡­ don¡¯t hurt her.¡± Dennis pleaded, folding hands in front of Adrian but that only fueled him to pour more burning hot milk on my abdomen. I screamed again this time more louder but my screams were only his pleasure. I struggled to keep myself sane but nothing happened. My body started getting out of control to remove those flesh on which milk was leaving behind the bruises. ¡± Forgive me Lily, fucking forgive me for being unable to save you.¡± It was Jack this time who yelled in guilt and turn his face away from not being able to watch this anymore. Dennis ran his fingers through his hairs and in frustration I guess he threw the cellphone away that¡¯s why the connection end. ¡± This was just a start.¡± Adrian whispered under his breath and pushed his cellphone back in his pocket. I became stunned in worry and nced at him who whistled and threw a wink at me before storming out of the kitchen. Kill me Adrian, just kill me instead. I don¡¯t have enough strength left to bear anything else. You¡¯ve already made me suffer hell, now just do me a little favour and end everything by killing me. Chapter 33 LILY¡¯S POV I flinched when I heard his sick voice again in my head. He was calling me his bitch but still like yesterday I wasn¡¯t able to shove his voice away. It was like those words were locked inside the corners of my brain. I hate him, I hate Adrain more than anything else. He messed up my life and made me worthless even in my own heart. He crushed all the hope I¡¯d ever had for my future and now only pain remains. He made me hate my own body and soul and now I couldn¡¯t tolerate more. I wiped my tears away and turned the shower on to clear my mind. Wincing a little, I let the cold water soak over my skin thoroughly. I know my body will be clean after this bath but the taints on my soul will never fade. I will never be that old Lily, never. Part of me already died and now it¡¯s like, my body was only awake while my soul was fading every second. I pressed my eyes shut and sat on the tilted floor under the water. My thoughts went nk and mind automatically started creating the lyrics which will give me some strength to tolerate this situation but nothing worked. I was always the one to plot songs which will give strength to those who have no reason to live for tomorrow but now I realize that no amount of lyrics can ever ease the pain or maybe I choose not to ease my heart because I know very well that however harder I¡¯ll try, Adrain will crush me with the point of no return. I Chuckled dryly at my pathetic condition and nced at bed only to found Adrian waking up from his deep sleep. He had made me sleep whole night on the floor, naked in this cold temperature. That¡¯s the other thing that not even for once my eyes asked to sleep. And why would they? After all the cool breeze was enough to give me goosebumps and shiver whole night. ¡± Good morning, bitch.¡± He mumbled in his rough morning voice and ran his gaze down my body. I stayed rooted to my ce¡­ ¡± So do you enjoyed sleeping on the floor?¡± He asked, smirking. I resisted the urge to puke and clenched my fist to stop myself from remembering about that horrible incident. ¡± SAY YES.¡± He screamed, switching to his rage full voice. I forced myself to nod my head in fake approval and it had taken all in me to not cry again. ¡± BITCH, ANSWER ME PROPERLY.¡± ¡± Y¡­ Ye¡­ s.¡± I shuttered taking a step when when he get up from bed and took few strides towards me. My body started shaking in fear and all I did was to take steps back till my body came in contact with wall. I looked straight into his eyes which were reflecting nothing but haunting emotions of pure rage. He clenched his jaw then came forward to grab fistful of my hair and capture my mouth in brutal kiss. He moved his lips forcefully against mine and roughly bit on my lower lips which instantly caused blood to ooze out. I yelped and tried to push him away but he was way to powerful than to be moved by me. ¡± I AM FUCKING HUNGRY, GO PREPARE A DAMN BREAKFAST FOR ME BEFORE I EAT YOU ALIVE.¡± He said and shoved me away which only made me to stumble on the floor. I touched my bruised lips then nodded slowly while getting up and walking towards his kitchen. I rested my head on the kitchen counter before starting to prepare the breakfast for him. What¡¯s wrong with him? What¡¯s with the sudden rage? He was smirking a moment ago and then ended up with change in mood? I pursued my lips together and shook my head to clear my thought about him. He¡¯s nothing but a sick man without any humanity left. I turned the gas on and ced pan on it. My body was way to tired to do anything but I didn¡¯t have any other option left. So, I tried to cook whatever was possible. Seconds passed into minutes in utter silence before I felt someone¡¯s hand on my back. I gasped in shock and before I could turn around to figure out that who it could be, I heard the familiar chuckling sound which confirmed that he was Adrian. ¡± Fuck¡­ Your ass is damn fuckable.¡± He coaxed, pushing more into me. I cried, letting my tears streamed down my cheeks and that¡¯s the only thing I can do beside feeling the intense pain. I clenched my teeth at his sick words and swallowed a thick lump down my throat. Today I promise myself that I won¡¯t ever defend a word to him because he¡¯s not worth. My feet were limp but somehow I stood straight with help of counter and fixed my eyes on the floor. ¡± Lie down on the floor.¡± I inhaled a shaky breath but followed his words into actions, anyways. My eyes searched his face in fear that now what he¡¯s up to. My thigh and back was already sore and the pain was inevitable. I scurried my eyebrows when I saw him kneeling down with the te full of pancakes which I¡¯ve made in his hand. Before I could understand anything, he parted my legs apart and shoved the burning pancakes in my vagina. I ended up screaming at the burning sensation but he didn¡¯t let me move a bit instead he bend down only to attach his lips to eat the pancakes. I stayed there flinching like a fish out of water. He was burning my vagina. My toes curled in unbearable feeling and he shoved another burning piece of pancake followed by biting it along with my flesh. This was torture, a pure torture. I couldn¡¯t take this anymore. If this is how he¡¯s going to make me suffer then I don¡¯t want to stay alive. It is better to die than to tolerate his actions for hurting me. Physical tortures are worst of all because they hold the power to desire for death. ¡± P-Please¡­ d-don¡¯t¡­¡± I pleaded. ¡± Wait, let me capture this moment.¡± He ignored my words and quickly pulled out the cellphone from his pocket and turned the video recording on. I closed my eyes in shame. What could be the mental state of my brothers and father after witnessing the sick games which Adrian was ying with my body? What does he want from us? Why he was doing this to us? Is there any reason behind all this or he¡¯s doing all this just for fun. No, there isn¡¯t any reason. He¡¯s doing all this just to calm his sadistic thoughts and have some fun at my suffering, I know. ¡± Do you want to Skype your brothers?¡± Heughed. My eyes went wider in horror and quickly I shook my head in denial. I couldn¡¯t face them, I couldn¡¯t face the hurt in their eyes at my this pathetic state. ¡± Awe, my bitch doesn¡¯t want. But you¡¯ve to baby girl.¡± He said and in a matter of second, two familiar faces shed on his cell phone¡¯s screen. I stilled at my ce and rolled my bottom lips inside my mouth to scream the names of my brothers for asking help. They had always promised to protect me but now that promise even doesn¡¯t meant a thing. Both Jack and Dennis eyes were on me. There face was hollow yet I was able to feel the hurt residing deep in their eyes. Dennis mouthed a sorry and clenched his eyes in frustration while all Jack did was to stare at me, helplessly. A little relief I have that Dad wasn¡¯t there otherwise he might have not beeen able to tolerate my pain. ¡± Why are you doing this to her?¡± Jack finally broke the silence. To my periphery I saw Adrian holding a void look on his face. A trembling sob escaped my lips when he poured the hot milk on my breasts. My skin itched to wipe them away but my fingers didn¡¯t have any strength left to do so. Being unable to control more, I broke down crying. Tears continually escaped through my eyes while my lungs started getting out of breath.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . ¡± Fuck. D-Don¡¯t¡­ Please¡­ don¡¯t hurt her.¡± Dennis pleaded, folding hands in front of Adrian but that only fueled him to pour more burning hot milk on my abdomen. I screamed again this time more louder but my screams were only his pleasure. I struggled to keep myself sane but nothing happened. My body started getting out of control to remove those flesh on which milk was leaving behind the bruises. ¡± Forgive me Lily, fucking forgive me for being unable to save you.¡± It was Jack this time who yelled in guilt and turn his face away from not being able to watch this anymore. Dennis ran his fingers through his hairs and in frustration I guess he threw the cellphone away that¡¯s why the connection end. ¡± This was just a start.¡± Adrian whispered under his breath and pushed his cellphone back in his pocket. I became stunned in worry and nced at him who whistled and threw a wink at me before storming out of the kitchen. Kill me Adrian, just kill me instead. I don¡¯t have enough strength left to bear anything else. You¡¯ve already made me suffer hell, now just do me a little favour and end everything by killing me. Chapter 34 DENNIS¡¯S POV I wiped the blood away from my mouth as I stumbled on the floor of my room. Sharp headache hit me and all I did was to scream in frustration. Lily, my little sister. She will suffer hell. Her heart must have been torn apart. She was about to get raped in front of my eyes yet I wasn¡¯t able to save her from that motherfucker. All my life I had promised myself that I will always protect my Lily but I failed, I failed to save her from the dark world. How much it hurts my heart to see my sister in pain. Her tears were like salts on my unseen wounds. The way she was silently pleading through her eyes for escaping from pain, the way her innocent face was twisted in fear, the way her tears were running dry, the way her dreams were shattering, every single thing was heart clenching. I never had any feeling of humanity towards anyone except Lily. She was like pure light for me, Dad and Jack. She was the reason for me toe home. But in few seconds, everything ended. Now she was trapped with that Bastard who will do his best to hurt our Lily for hurting us. He knew that Lily was the only source to make us weak. I couldn¡¯t let her free from him because he had said that if we tried anything then he won¡¯t think twice before killing her. I don¡¯t know who was he but something in me told that I¡¯ve seen him somewhere. Who he could be? ¡± Dennis, eat something.¡± Jack¡¯s voice came through the door. I screwed my face in his direction and found him with the te full of meal in his hand. ¡± How can you expect me to eat, Jack when you know very well that Lily must be starving? That fucker will make her life, a living hell.¡± I asked, getting on the verge of tears. He sighed and put the te aside and stared out of the window. ¡± Don¡¯t forget that she¡¯s my sister too. I know in how much pain she was but brother, think wisely. We won¡¯t do anything if we want Lily to stay alive. I know that he won¡¯t kill her until we do something stupid. So please, for Lily¡¯s life, let her stay with him.¡± ¡± But it hurts Jack. It hurts to think that our little sister will go through enough pain.¡± I said. My chest constricted as I remembered about that one childhood incident which remains in my heart, forever. FLASHBACK ¡± Lily.¡± I shouted her name and in response she hummed while concentrating on the dolls which were scattered on the bed. ¡± Dennis, let her y with dolls.¡± Jack said but after ignoring him, I took two of male dolls and threw them out of the window. Lily looked at me then started crying, holding her single female doll to her heart. Jack hit on my head and then started finding ways to stop Lily from crying. I blinked in confusion that why she was acting as if those dolls really meant a thing to her when I know that she doesn¡¯t like ying with male dolls. ¡± Lily, why are you crying?¡± Jack asked her, wiping her tears. ¡± Daddy said that those dolls will protect me but Dennis threw them.¡± Sheined in her baby voice. I shared a look with Jack and then we both burst outughing. ¡± Why you two areughing?¡± She pouted.Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org. ¡± You don¡¯t need the dolls to protect you, sissy.¡± Jack replied. ¡± Yes, you¡¯ve got two brothers who will always protect you.¡± I added. She thought for a second before she started pping and dancing on the bed. ¡± Yayy, I have bodyguards.¡± I shook my head at her childlessness and smiled at Jack who was grinning from ear to ear at the happy state of Lily. Dad had said that Lily is our sister and her safety is our responsibility. ¡± Pinky promise, that you both will always protect me?¡± She asked showing her little finger. Jack was the first to promise her followed by me. FLASHBACK ENDS ¡± We failed to fulfill her promise, brother.¡± I whispered to Jack who cast a look at me before nodding his head in shame. ¡± I know Dennis, I know.¡± *** LILY¡¯S POV I woke up from my unconscious state which was just a way for coping the pain of my body but what about that pain which my heart was holding? How am I going to cope with that pain? Just few hours ago, everything was normal and then in a matter of second everything changed for a worse. Why Adrain has to be monster on me and end everything? Till now, my tears has also dried but what about this deep wound on my soul? I diverted my nce towards my condition and found myself lying on the floor. My body was sore and I have not even a slight strength left to stood up. Every single muscle of my body was aching. I ran my eyes slowly in the surrounding only to saw a pale lighted surrounding which seemed like dusty storeroom. Am I in Adrian¡¯s house? B-But why? He hurt my family, now what else could be the reason left for him to trap me in his house? And what happened to me that I feel this much pain? ¡± Wakey wakey, slut.¡± A sick voice echoed through the door and all I did was to shiver in terror at the realization that Adrain was here. Through my periphery I saw his shoes taking steps towards me. I froze in fear and still collected enough guts for trying to get up but I failed miserably. The scary sound of his dry chuckle dropped into my ears and in a swift moment, he pulled my body to stood up. My feet was already limp but still somehow I managed to stood without falling back on the floor. ¡± You must be thinking that why are you here, right?¡± I didn¡¯t say anything to his question just stared on the floor. He gripped my forearm and pushed me on the near wall making me wince in sudden back pain. ¡± Y-yes.¡± I stammered. ¡± Your father and brothers are safe in their own house, I let them go.¡± He added. A huge relief passed through my chest at his statement. But then the question hit me that what I was doing here? ¡± But from now on you will be my personal bitch with whom I can do whatever I wish.¡± He spoke bluntly. I gasped and instantly held an eye contact with him. eyes were nk;pletely emotionless but his lips were twitched into that smirk which was reflecting the start of his brutality. Whore? What was my fault to be one? ¡± W-Why are you d-doing this?¡± I asked with every strength I had. ¡± I want to make you suffer till your tears bleed.¡± He replied with a malicious grin. I flinched. ¡°W-Why?¡± ¡± Because you deserve it.¡± He clenched his jaw and forced a smirk. ¡°YOU FUCKING DESERVE IT.¡± I startled at his sudden temper and held back a sob when his expressions turned into pure rage. He was scary, even more than his actions. I rolled my lips inside my mouth and bend my head low to avoid his eyes contact which was no less than torture itself. ¡± Get one thing, straight into your head.¡± He tapped his finger on his chin then grabbed my mouth, forcing me to look at him. ¡± You¡¯re my toy. Who are you?¡± ¡°t¡­ toy.¡± I whispered. ¡± Good.¡± He smiled. With his word, my heart dropped a little more into the pits of my stomach. It was like he was deciding a n for me where my soul would be tore apart every single moment. He wants my pain? What else there¡¯s left for me to cry in pain when he had already bruised my heart? ¡± Want to know a little secret?¡± He smirked.¡± Your family would enjoy the recording of your pain through videos I¡¯ll capture for them.¡± My lips parted in heartache and automatically tears stung down my cheeks. ¡°P-Please, don¡¯t¡­ b-bring my f-family in a-all this.¡± I pleaded in a low whisper. ¡± Tsk. Tsk. Darling, forgive me for not hearing your pleading because I am going to enjoy the show of hurting you by my sick games then hurting your family by your pain. Two birds from one stone. Amazing, right?¡± I chocked on my saliva. ¡± From tomorrow, you will witness that how much worse your life could be.¡± He said and with that sped my wrist only to pull me out of the room. He dragged me out into the hallway and threw me on the couch and then all I did was to close my eyes to remember the once happy life I used to live. Chapter 35 LILY¡¯S POV I pushed my eyes open and a slight hiss escaped my lips as a sharp headache hit me. Groaning a little, I adjusted my eyes in the surrounding which was quite different. Eh? I scurried my eyebrows in confusion and tried to get up from the floor. Since when I started sleeping on the floor? Licking my lips, I ran my gaze all around and then only the shbacks invaded my mind. Fuck? Was I kidnapped or what? ¡± Ah, she¡¯s awake.¡± A familiar voice made my eyes snapped in opposite direction only to be held a contact with an intriguing pair of deep eyes. I stared into his eyes, which were expressing nothing but a story of how dangerous he could be. I shifted my attention to his handsome face and realized that he was none other then that man who had sneaked into our house and had pointed gun at us. And just like that my nerves dropped in shear fear. The beating of my heart, paced up with harsh breathing. Am I going to die? No¡­ N-No¡­ This must be any nightmare. Yes the nightmare and I know when I¡¯ll wake up then everything will be over. ¡± Lily.¡± Dad¡¯s vulnerable voice echoed through my ears and that¡¯s when I lose it all. Dad, Jack and Dennis were tied up with on separate pirs. My eyes watered at their condition. They all were covered in their own blood with hundreds of fresh bruises covering their body. I gasped in horror and silently wished to wake up from this dangerous nightmare. ¡± OUT.¡± He barked and one by one all of his men left the basement. I stayed, rooted to my ce and sped my palm together to generate some heat into my already shivering body. Fear was at it¡¯s best which was making my heart constrict in my chest. ¡± Now. Now. Now. Shall we have a little fun, here?¡± He shifted his attention towards me and then at my family. Jack struggled to say something but their mouth were stuffed with clothes so they were unable to let out a single voice. I rolled my bottom lips inside my mouth and peeked a nce at that man who by now was taking small steps in my direction. My eyes went wider in fear but before I could react in any way, he gripped my arm and pushed me over the table which was present in front of Dad, Jack and Dennis where they were tied. I flinched and tried to get up but he came forward to adjust my back on the table and cast a look at me. I frowned in confusion and saw a tainted smirk, curving on the corner of his lips which was enough for me to realize that what he was up to. Fear gripped inside my vein as I struggled to wriggle out of his hold but he had held my arms rather tightly. No. No, I couldn¡¯t let him touch me. ¡± Bitch if you don¡¯t want me to kill your family then stay still.¡± He hissed, removing his hold from my arm and staring at Jack and Dennis in particr. He licked his lips then rolled his shirt¡¯s sleeve upward. Clicking his tongue, he bend only to rip apart my sweatpant. I froze in shock and looked at Dennis who was clenching his eyes shut. Please god. Don¡¯t let this happen with me. I¡¯ve never had done anything wrong. I-I¡­ Promise, just save me and I will visit church regrly¡­ Please. ¡°I can easily rape you but nope it won¡¯t be fun. I¡¯ll make you suffer till yourst dying breath.¡± He hissed getting away from me. I quickly get up when he parted away and looked at him with a small breath of relief. ¡°Now. You have two option either let me kill your family one by one or stay with me, I promise I¡¯ll let them go.¡± He smiled. Everything screamed sick about his smile. At the mention of killing my family, I shuddered in fear and shook my head. ¡°No¡­ No¡± I stammered. Closing my eyes, I thought about my father and brothers. No, I can¡¯t let them die. I¡¯ve to stay with him. I will stay with him. I can do anything to save my family. Anything. ¡°I¡­ I¡¯ll stay with you.¡± He smirked. ¡°That would be perfect.¡± Next he called his men and gestured them to release my family from his hostage. His men one by one took my family out of the room. I looked at them in fear, wondering if this was thest time I am seeing them. My father had tears in his eyes, I was always the one he loved most. Gulping my saliva forcefully down my throat, I cried too being unknown of my fate. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going to happen next? Will he kill me? Will he chop up my body into pieces and feed it to dogs? I shuddered at my own thought and shifted my attention to him who was staring nkly at me with fire burning inside his eyes. ¡°Why?¡± I asked, not understanding the reason behind what he just did. He was about to force himself on me but he stopped. Why? And why did he say that he will make me suffer? What wrong did I do to him? I don¡¯t even know him. ¡°Because I f*cking want to make you miserable.¡± Heughed.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. ¡°What have I done that you hate me this much?¡± I whispered. He came forward to me in one stride and grabbed me by my jaw. ¡°DON¡¯T SAY A WORD.¡± I nodded after realising the anger in his eyes. ¡°I¡­ I don¡¯t want to die. Please don¡¯t kill me.¡± I pleaded. He scanned my face before his lips twitched in distaste. ¡°One day you¡¯ll wish to die, I promise.¡± Chapter 36 LILY¡¯S POV I groaned, burring my face deeper into the pillow and resisted the urge to get up and kick asses of my two stupid brothers. ¡± Wake up sleepyhead.¡± ¡± Lily,e on sis.¡± Ugh. These two are intolerable. Can¡¯t a girl have enough of her beauty sleep? I mumbled some colourful words then sat up only to saw a huge grin spreading on the face of two assholes. I rolled my eyes and threw my pillow at Josh who step aside and the pillownded straight on the face of Dennis who pouted, cutely. Iughed at them and shook my head at our usual morning routine. ¡± For f-ck¡¯s shake, you two are men not boys, okay? So better act more mature.¡± I said which only made meugh more at their funny expression. ¡± Rest of the joke for breakfast table. Now hurry upzyass and have a bath, you¡¯re stinking.¡± Dennis said and both of them hi-fived each other. I rolled my eyes at their immature behavior and walked to the bathroom. As I stood in front of mirror, I couldn¡¯t help but smile thinking about how bless I am to have big brothers like Josh and Dennis. They both treat me like I am their world. What else I could wish for? Josh is older then me by five years which made him of twenty eight and Dennis is four years older then me. Apart from my dad, they both are only person close to my heart. You see, I am not born in normal family. My father and brothers are not someone whom I can proudly show off to world with a tag that they are best human being. They indeed are not human; they do things which make them worst then animals. I feel ashamed of them as a person but I can proudly confess that they are best father and brothers in whole around the world. Dad is one of the most wanted criminal of the country followed by Josh and Dennis. They all are involved with illegal things like killing, smuggling, drug dealing and god knows what. They had always made sure that I¡¯ll never be able to find their reality but unfortunately I did and that¡¯s what I regret most. Because since the day I found them being a cold hearted murders, my human instinct have hated them but somehow my family instinct won the battle and I ended up with making peace with them. I hate them. I do. Because they¡¯ve done many heart wrenching things but I also love them too. I was always my daddy¡¯s princess and little sister of Josh and Dennis. They adore me and treat me, affectionately. When they found out that I know their secret, they all were guilty and worried that I might leave them. Trust me, my hatred for them told me to cut all my ties with them but I was not able to neglect my family love for them which I felt from childhood. They might be criminals but they still were my only family. That¡¯s how, I made peace with my mental turmoil by pretending that I¡¯ve never knew about their cruel reality but deep down, I still feel guilty for living with them when I know that they all deserve to be behind the bars of jail. But I care from them. And if given a chance to choose between them or my instinct to let them punish for their heartless deeds, I will always choose them. My mother had died when I was only two years old so I don¡¯t know what to feel about her. Dad had never made me crave for motherly love because he loved me enough to meet her love. With Josh, Dennis and Dad by my side, I feel gratitude. So somehow I had put a stone on my heart and tried to remove the fact from my heart that they do things which are inhuman. I took a long shower and quickly changed into somefortable piece of clothing which was a ck hoodie and a sweatpant. Grabbing my hairs into messy bun, I walked down the huge stairs. Right, my family was rich. Not just rich but more like richest, or whatever you can call. ¡± Good morning, Dad.¡± I chirped, grabbing a seat on the dining chair. He tilted his head in my direction and passed a small smile while flipping the pancake. A delightful smell washed into my nostrils and I couldn¡¯t help but wait impatiently for Dad to finish cooking the breakfast. Yep, he¡¯s a great cook. Whenever he¡¯s at home, it¡¯s like his usual routine to prepare the mouth watering breakfast for us. ¡± Gee, at lest wear something decent. You look absolutely nerdy in that shitty hoodie and sweatpant. Oh and that messy hairs, eww. Girl you look like you¡¯ve came directly from asylum.¡± And here goes Dennis with his usual asshole self. ¡± Dad, please tell them to stop.¡± I whined. ¡± Aww, little Lily is out ofebacks?¡± Dennis faked a frown. I rolled my eyes and smiled wholeheartedly when Dad ced the breakfast on the table. By ignoring everything else, I started shoving as much as pancake in my mouth. Damn delicious. ¡± Gross.¡± I heard Dennis muttering in the background. ¡± Look dude, better shut that shitty mouth of yours otherwise I¡¯ll shove this pancake down to your throat.¡± I threatened, being not in the mood to hear them throwing insults at me. And that¡¯s how I, Jack burst outughing at the scowling expression of Dennis. Well the thing is, Dennis hates pancake. ¡± Okay kids now stop your regr episodes of mocking each other and finish your breakfast.¡± Dad said in light tone. I nodded with a huge grin and turned my attention towards my family who was now busy in eating. Their face held nothing but an emotion of calmness. I wonder how such content smiles can hold so much darkness? How can they be this cruel and ruthless when they are so sweet to me? I quickly shake off that thought and decided to st the bomb. ¡± Dad, I have a date, tonight.¡± ¡± WHAT?¡± ¡± FUCK, NO.¡± I scoffed at my extra possessive brothers and stered a poor look in front of Dad. ¡°Please Dad. I am already twenty three and I don¡¯t want to die single.¡± ¡± Lily, you can¡¯t date. You¡¯re still small and not to mention naive. So total no.¡± Josh gave me duh look. ¡± Exactly.¡± Dennis added. I frowned and bend my head low. They always do this. Not once I was allowed to date. I¡¯ve never had any boyfriend because they act so protective of me that sometimes I really want to kick their ass. Tears gathered in my eyelids but I tried my best to take them back. I do want to have a normal life. ¡± Let the girl live.¡± Dad broke the silence making my head snapped in his direction. ¡± Princess, you can go but before that I am meeting that young man.¡± I started screaming in happiness and jump to hug Dad. ¡± You¡¯re best.¡± ¡± But who¡¯s that kid with whom you¡¯re going out?¡± Josh butted in. I clenched my teeth and red at him who was smirking. Bastard. ¡± I won¡¯t share any information with you two.¡± I pointed my index finger towards Josh and Dennis who simply turned to Dad for help but he too just shrugged his shoulders. ¡± How¡¯s your work going, princess?¡± Dad changed the topic to my utter relief. I licked my lips and inhaled a deep breath. ¡°Everything¡¯s good. Just these days, the schedule is kind of hectic.¡± Well not to mention, a total energy draining schedule. I am on my internship as civil engineer. I know I shouldn¡¯t be working for someone else when I have enough money but I don¡¯t want to let my degree go waste. I love spending my time doing something instead being worthless. ¡± And what about your singing thing?¡± ¡± Uh. Well I am nning to quit. I mean, I don¡¯t like being famous and all.¡± I exhaled a shaky breath and stared at my sweaty fingers. Singing is more like my passion. It is more like the desire to let go of my nerves while voicing a sweet melody which will calm the nkness of souls. I used to write the type of lyrics which were based on the healing nature of love and then sing them. I still remember how it all started, when I was in high school and won the inter school singingpetition with the song of my own. After that it all grew and I don¡¯t know how I ended up with acquiring a title of young singing sensation. From what I¡¯ve heard from my manager and media, I guess people adored my song but the thing was that I¡¯ve never revealed my true identity. My fans know me as someone who is invisible. I just don¡¯t like the limelight thing. But nowadays it feels like I am tired of everything. I just want to live my days peacefully, without any pressure. That¡¯s why I am hoping to take a break and forget every single thing for few days. Mhmm, maybe I can take a vacation for few weeks. ¡± You¡¯re depressed soul.¡± Dennisughed. ¡± But no one knows who you actually are. They only know your fake name ¡®Angel¡¯ and nothing else. Then why this sudden change of mood?¡± Josh questioned, shifting to his concerned self. I shook my head and smiled politely. ¡± I am Lily not Angel. And Lily has personal life. So yeah, actually I just want¡­ no I just need a break from all this.¡±All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. He nodded in understanding and soon both of my brothers started discussing that where they are sending me for the vacation. I shared a defeated look with Dad who just smiled at their immature sons. ¡± Ah, such a cute family timing.¡± An unknown voice echoed through my ears. I scurried my eyebrows in confusion. Who could be here, at this time? I cast a look at my brothers who were now stood up with a gun in their hands which was pointed towards the hallway. Ever so slowly, I turned my head and my eyes automaticallynded on a pair of deep ck orbs. For a second, our eyes held an contact before he cracked his eyebrows up in a dangerous manner. I bit the corner of my bottom lips in hesitation and searched his face only to find him extremely handsome. The six o¡¯clock subtle, straight jaw line, perfect lips and those beautiful eyes. Woah! Absolutely an exotic look. ¡°Put the guns down.¡± He spoke in a thick husky voice which made Dennis snicker in the background. ¡± Who the f-ck you are?¡± This time Josh spoke in a cold tone which caused a shiver to rush down my spine. What¡¯s happening here? I blinked in confusion but before I could process anything, a sharp pain ignited through my arms and all of sudden, everything was ck in front of me. Chapter 37 ARIA POV I walked down the staircase, searching for them. My legs wobbled in fear that what if Damiano came to know about all this. Hush Aria! Looking around his grand mansion, I felt nothing but awe. His home was beautifully designed but with all the walls painted in ck colour. Ew. What else could I expect from him? Dark Demon! Actually mental Demon! I started searching for Rico and Alex and after fifteen good minutes, I saw them. I quickly rush to them. They both looked at me and then boom burst outughing. Are theyughing at my face? Am I that bad looking? I wondered. My eyes filled with tears and I was about to turn back when I realized that their eyes were fixed at my cor. Oh! Iposed myself and sat next to them on the couch. ¡°My doll. Damnit.¡± Ricoughed, reading the cor on my neck. Laugh as much as you can. I rolled my eyes. ¡°Looks like a little girl¡¯s crush got crushed.¡± Alex joined him. Idiots.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . ¡°I need your help,¡± I said in a nk tone. ¡°We can¡¯t help you to escape. It¡¯s toote now.¡± Rick said, seriously. I frowned. ¡°Damiano will kill us,¡± Alex added. I nodded. Maybe they¡¯re right. How can I be so selfish to think only about me? If they help me in escaping from here, they might get killed by Damiano. ¡± Okay then please tell me what¡¯s his obsession with dolls?¡± I asked. ¡°We don¡¯t know,¡± replied Alex. ¡°You don¡¯t know or you don¡¯t want me to know?¡± I challenged. They both looked at each other before Alex exhaled a breath. ¡°His desires are tainted.¡± ¡°And you¡¯re too pure to be in his world but sorry we can¡¯t help you now.¡± added. Rico. Okay. ¡°At least tell me what¡¯s wrong with him? I am begging you.¡± They both once again look that each other as if they were talking through their eyes mentally debating if they should tell me or not? Why it is so difficult to know about him? I know my crush got crushed as he said but still I want to know about him I want to know about the reason behind his unstable mental state. I know I am a teenager but still, I can understand things I am not dumb at least. Why can¡¯t riko and Alex tell me about him? I know they must be thinking I am dumb but I am not. I may not be beautiful but at least I have a brain. A brain without beauty can also be epted in society. I have read enough of fairy tales, they also beautiful female characters but in real life, its brain that is appreciated. Beautiful without a brain could never be beautiful. ¡°We don¡¯t know much but he has the obsessivepulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder¡±. Said Rico. Huh? Ok. Now I agree that I am dumb. I am a girl without beauty and without a brain. I am f****** stupid. ¡°What?¡± I asked. ¡°that¡¯s why we said that you are the teenager with no knowledge of anything.¡± Alexughed. ¡°It¡¯s not true I know many things.¡± ¡°Like?¡± ¡°I know that with one word I can get both of you killed.¡± ¡°Ah, feisty.¡± Rico smiled. They both then exined it to that what is OCD and PTSD. I understand that he has OCD but PTSD? Why PTSD? I asked. They both shrugged their shoulders and said that they don¡¯t know. Damiano never told them. Although I didn¡¯t believe them something in me told that maybe they¡¯re not lying. ¡°But we can show you something interesting,¡± Rico smirked. I hate him! ¡°Definitely,¡± Alex said. ¡°There is this one room in the house, I guess you haven¡¯t noticed. It remains locked up, if you want then we could give you a little detour.¡± Rico smirked, again. My curiosity reached its peak. Is it something rted to Damiano? What it could be? Maybe he had locked up the dead body of girls like me? Maybe my fate was also the same. Oh hush, Aria. Just shut up. Don¡¯t overthink. ¡°Sure,¡± I said. ¡°But before that let me warn you. Don¡¯t ever speak a word about it to Damiano otherwise, he¡¯ll take no time to kill all of us. You don¡¯t know him, we do.¡± Alex warned. Off course. I know that already. I am never going to dig my own grave. Everybody knows that he¡¯s twisted and I am in no mood to y with fire. His desires may be tainted but my desires are simple, I need to live an uplicated life. But with him, I would never be able to do so. ¡°Let that sink in that the thing you love most is the thing that scares you most. No matter what happens never fall for him. Get over your stupid crush as soon as possible.¡± Rico blurted in a serious tone. ¡°And now we¡¯re going to show you the deeper reality of Damiano. You may get scared but trust me it¡¯s important for you to know.¡± Alex said. Why are they scaring me? Which reality are they talking about? I know that he¡¯s crazy but to which extent? I blinked. ¡°Take me there.¡± ¡°Ah. Little Aria is acting all brave, huh?¡± Rico joked but this time no oneughed. They both stood up and silently, I followed them. We went Infront of the room which was locked from outside. Alex took out the key from his pocket and looked at me for onest time asking, ¡°Are you ready?¡± I nodded. He unlocked the door and asked me to go inside. My mouth started running dry but after collecting enough guts, I stepped inside. Rico turned on the lights and that¡¯s when my breath caught up in my throat. I stilled. Wh¡­ how¡­ What the hell is this room? Chapter 38 ARIA¡¯S POV We were about to get in the car when Daminao stopped in his tracks all of sudden. I looked at him in confusion and was going to ask him that what¡¯s wrong before a man approaches us. Looking at him, I realized that I¡¯ve seen him before. ¡°Hello, Daminao.¡± He said in his strong ent. I arched up my eyebrows. I know this voice, don¡¯t I?ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org . ¡°And hello to you too, Aria.¡± He smiles. And shit that smile. It was gorgeous. Wait a second, I know this smile. F*ck. It¡¯s Lorenzo. The guy who kind of let me stay at his ce when I ran off. But this idiot, why has to bring my name Infront of Daminao? What will he do if he gets to know that I stayed at stranger¡¯s ce and that too of a man? ¡°You know her?¡± Daminao asked, his voice telling me that how angry he was. ¡°Off course, didn¡¯t she tell you?¡± Daminao looked at me like I¡¯vemitted a biggest sin. He held my wrist tightly and pulled me towards him. His grip was tighter and it hurts. But I chose not to utter a single word. ¡°Back off. She¡¯s my girl!¡± Daminao said. My girl? I am not yours, Daminao. I have an identity. I am Aria Hale. Sucking for air, I tried to pull my wrist from his tight grip but all in vain. He was hurting me. ¡°Woah! Okay man! But did she tell you that we spent a night together at my ce?¡± Well f*ck him! That bastard. Son of a bitch. He¡¯ll get me killed, for sure. Damiano didn¡¯t look at me next, all he did was to gesture me to sit in the car. I did as said and waited impatiently for him toe inside so that I can exin my side to him. He talked something to Lorenzo for few seconds before punching him straight to the face. My breath gets hitched up in shock. And that¡¯s when he starteding back to the car. Lorenzo wiped the blood from his face and then looked at me. He winked with a smirk and then left in his car. What kind of man he is? I always got negative vibes from him. But now how am I going to face Daminao? He will kill me, no? He sat inside the car and didn¡¯t pay a single look to me. All he did was to drive the car. His grip on the steering wheel was rather tighter. Great! I am so going to die today. Why the hell I nned to go on a pic? Why haven¡¯t I thought earlier about the consequences? As we reached his mansion, he asked me to get out and I silently did so. After taking baby steps to his room, I sat on the edge of the bed. ¡°Open your legs.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°I SAID F*CKING OPEN YOUR LEGS.¡± He screamed making me flinch in fear. I removed my pants and parted my legs away as he said. I was ashamed to be in this position but what else can I do? ¡°You love being a whore, don¡¯t you?¡± He asked. I gaped at his words and looked at him in disbelief. How could he say such a word when he was the one to take my virginity? ¡°What the hell are you saying?¡± I asked in shock. He let out a mercilessugh and in next moment I saw him near my legs. He parted my legs furthermore and all of sudden inserted his two fingers deep inside my vagina. My body froze in shock as he thrust deeper into my vagina. Something strange started happening inside my body. It started acting as if I was in heaven. A sense of pleasure delighted me before he said something so disgusting that it broke my heart. ¡°Such a slut you¡¯re. I can¡¯t believe you¡¯re actually enjoying this. Tell me did Lorenzo made you feel the same. Did you enjoy f*cking him?¡± He asked, shamelessly. My body stiffened and suddenly all the pleasure I was feeling was now long gone. My vagina dried up and I felt an urge to vomit. ¡°You-¡± He didn¡¯t let me say anything just thrust his fingers deeper now making me flinch in pain. ¡°You¡¯re not my doll. You¡¯re fu*cking not my doll. You¡¯re whore, my whore.¡± Heughed, emotionlessly. I frowned hearing such a dirty words from his mouth and tears started streaming down my face when he rolled his fingers over my clitoris. It hurts, it hurts both physically and emotionally to watch him behaving like this. ¡°Did Lorenzo f*cked you good?¡± He asked. I bite on my lips and chose to ignore his harsh words. ¡°You¡¯re getting it wrong, Daminao.¡± ¡°Shut the f*ck up, bitch.¡± He screamed. Bitch? Till morning I was his doll and all of sudden I became bitch? Tears continued to stream down as he forcefully thrust his fingers in and out of my vagina. Somebody tell him that what he¡¯s doing is not a punishment. It¡¯s sexual harassment. ¡°I thought that you¡¯re an innocent little girl but look at you spending a night at a man¡¯s house and all.¡± He chuckled. ¡°You¡¯re getting it wrong, Daminao.¡± I tried to told him but he pays no attention to my words. ¡°Come on, now say that you¡¯re my whore.¡± He said. I shook my head in denial and that¡¯s when he thrust his fingers roughly which made me hiss in pain. Closing my eye, ¡°I am your doll, Damiano.¡± I wishpered. He looked at my face intently and then without uttering a single word went out of the room. I put on my pants in shame and after wiping my tears, I decided to drop the idea of making him a better person so that he can visit a psychiatrist. He can do whatever he wants with me, I no longer care. If he don¡¯t have any believe in my then why should I bother at all? You want me to be your whore, right? Fine harrass me to be one just like you forced yourself on me. I am tired. I am tired of being yours be it your doll or newly made whore. I want to escape from here. I want to go away from you. You¡¯re just a pretty face with ugly heart, that¡¯s it. Chapter 39 ARIA¡¯s POV ARIA¡¯s POV ¡°What are you doing, my doll?¡± He asked. Groaning internally, I rolled my eyes. Obviously while looking away from him. He¡¯s such a pain in the ass. I meane on, why always this doll thing? I f*cking hate it. I hate him. Oh really Aria? My inner concise mocked me. I rolled my eyes, again. ¡°Your doll is nning a pic for you.¡± He raises his eyebrows and looked at me like I¡¯ve grown two heads. ¡°Are you dumb?¡± ¡°Nope.¡± I smiled. Well obviously I am going to enjoy this pic thingie. I meane on, I¡¯ll get a chance to have some fresh air. ¡°You think a f*cking Mafia like me would go to a shitty pic?¡± He hissed. Oh no! That Mafia who fantasies me as a doll? Wow! Well do note my sarcasm. ¡°Pretty please, Daminao. Your doll wants to go on a pic with you.¡± I batted my eyshes. He stilled, staring at me. He stood up from the bed and took strides towards me, cornering me to the wall. His breath fanned all over my face and I couldn¡¯t help but look into his fascinating eyes. Oh damn to those eyes which drives me crazy. I took a moment to admire his beautiful face, his subtle jaw, his plum lips¡­ oh damn. I am gone! ¡°Say that again.¡± He said which sounded more like a whisper. ¡°What?¡± I asked, not being able to focus at all. ¡°Say what you earlier stated.¡± Yeah right! All of sudden he spoiled all of my mood! I greeted my teeth. ¡°Your doll.¡± I said, inly. He shook his head. ¡°No. Not that.¡± Eh? I rewinded my mind but nothing made sense. ¡°Then what?¡± I asked. ¡°Say my name.¡± Ohe on. He can¡¯t be serious? But his facial expression told me otherwise. Knitting my eyebrows, I yed with his shirt¡¯s button and smiled, shyly. ¡°Damiano.¡± My tongue rolled out his name like I know him since forever. ¡°Again.¡± He said, licking his lips. ¡°Damiano.¡± I said, again. ¡°F*ck.¡± He cursed under his breath and came a little closer and bend his head low till his nose touched mine. ¡°It sounds sexy as hell when you say my name, my doll.¡± He chuckled. And it took his one sentence for me to feel wet down there. I held my breath and felt my legs going wobbly. Oh Damiano, f*ck me already. I was about to kiss him before he parted away from me. I blinked trying to process that why he did so? I freaking wanted to kiss him and do much more than that. ¡°Let¡¯s go to pic.¡± He passed me a smirk. This son of a bitch. I hate him! Groaning I nodded my head and started preparing basket for the pic. Sandwiches. Chips. Choctes. Water bottle. Perfect, I am ready. I wore a peach jumpsuit and borrowed a casual clothes from Alex for Damiano. ¡°Here. Take this.¡± I offered him the clothes which he took dly.Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. I don¡¯t know why he¡¯s acting this soft though. He changed his clothes Infront of me, proudly showing his glory in tight underwear. My mouth ran dry and I couldn¡¯t help but stare at his mini state, shamelessly. Gulping the saliva down my throat, I tried to avert my gaze but he caught me looking at him. My cheeks flushed all colours of red and I fixed my eyes on the floor. He chuckled and quickly wore the clothes I gave him. I sat beside him in the car and happily looked at him. He was driving and trust me he looked deliciously hot! Hush Aria! ¡°You¡¯ve changed.¡± He smiled. I knitted my eyebrows and shook my head. ¡°What do you mean?¡± He licked his plum lips and smiled. ¡°Now you¡¯re behaving like my little doll.¡± And my mood got crushed in seconds. I averted my gaze away from him and looked out of the window. Trees were passing by and they seemed more beautiful than my current situation. I don¡¯t want to be anyone¡¯s doll. I don¡¯t belong to anyone. I don¡¯t like wearing the cor he gave me, I just don¡¯t. But that¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll manage to bring the real man out of his psycho self. Atleast I can hope for it. We reached a pretty site. A small garden full of tulips and roses. I smiled brightly and decided to forget everything and just enjoy the moment. In-between flowers, I ced the basket that I brought and opened it. Daminao sat next to me and to my surprise, he was happy too. ¡°This is beautiful.¡± He grinned. And I don¡¯t know why but it made my heart skip a beat. I mean I¡¯ve always seen him being all dominant and ruthless, but today he¡¯s grinning like a little boy. I wonder how his childhood was? He was happy kid or sad? I don¡¯t know anything about him, about his obsession with dolls. What could be the story behind that though? I offered him sandwich and he ate in in silence but this time the silence between us was soothing. It didn¡¯t irk me. ¡°Damiano.¡± ¡°Yes, doll.¡± ¡°I love you.¡± I smiled. Hold on. I don¡¯t love him. Nope that could never happen. Now I realize that I am too young to fall for him but simply it was part of my act that I need to continue till he agrees to see a psychiatrist. He chuckled and nodded. ¡°Thank you.¡± I made a face at his stupid reply to which heughed. ¡°What else am I supposed to say?¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°It¡¯s your job to love me, my doll.¡± Yeah, right! His obsession! ¡°What are you doing, my doll?¡± He asked. Groaning internally, I rolled my eyes. Obviously while looking away from him. He¡¯s such a pain in the ass. I meane on, why always this doll thing? I f*cking hate it. I hate him. Oh really Aria? My inner concise mocked me. I rolled my eyes, again. ¡°Your doll is nning a pic for you.¡± He raises his eyebrows and looked at me like I¡¯ve grown two heads. ¡°Are you dumb?¡± ¡°Nope.¡± I smiled. Well obviously I am going to enjoy this pic thingie. I meane on, I¡¯ll get a chance to have some fresh air. ¡°You think a f*cking Mafia like me would go to a shitty pic?¡± He hissed. Oh no! That Mafia who fantasies me as a doll? Wow! Well do note my sarcasm. ¡°Pretty please, Daminao. Your doll wants to go on a pic with you.¡± I batted my eyshes. He stilled, staring at me. He stood up from the bed and took strides towards me, cornering me to the wall. His breath fanned all over my face and I couldn¡¯t help but look into his fascinating eyes. Oh damn to those eyes which drives me crazy. I took a moment to admire his beautiful face, his subtle jaw, his plum lips¡­ oh damn. I am gone! ¡°Say that again.¡± He said which sounded more like a whisper. ¡°What?¡± I asked, not being able to focus at all. ¡°Say what you earlier stated.¡± Yeah right! All of sudden he spoiled all of my mood! I greeted my teeth. ¡°Your doll.¡± I said, inly. He shook his head. ¡°No. Not that.¡± Eh? I rewinded my mind but nothing made sense. ¡°Then what?¡± I asked. ¡°Say my name.¡± Ohe on. He can¡¯t be serious? But his facial expression told me otherwise. Knitting my eyebrows, I yed with his shirt¡¯s button and smiled, shyly. ¡°Damiano.¡± My tongue rolled out his name like I know him since forever. ¡°Again.¡± He said, licking his lips. ¡°Damiano.¡± I said, again. ¡°F*ck.¡± He cursed under his breath and came a little closer and bend his head low till his nose touched mine. ¡°It sounds sexy as hell when you say my name, my doll.¡± He chuckled. And it took his one sentence for me to feel wet down there. I held my breath and felt my legs going wobbly. Oh Damiano, f*ck me already. I was about to kiss him before he parted away from me. I blinked trying to process that why he did so? I freaking wanted to kiss him and do much more than that. ¡°Let¡¯s go to pic.¡± He passed me a smirk. This son of a bitch. I hate him! Groaning I nodded my head and started preparing basket for the pic. Sandwiches. Chips. Choctes. Water bottle. Perfect, I am ready. I wore a peach jumpsuit and borrowed a casual clothes from Alex for Damiano. ¡°Here. Take this.¡± I offered him the clothes which he took dly. I don¡¯t know why he¡¯s acting this soft though. He changed his clothes Infront of me, proudly showing his glory in tight underwear. My mouth ran dry and I couldn¡¯t help but stare at his mini state, shamelessly. Gulping the saliva down my throat, I tried to avert my gaze but he caught me looking at him. My cheeks flushed all colours of red and I fixed my eyes on the floor. He chuckled and quickly wore the clothes I gave him. I sat beside him in the car and happily looked at him. He was driving and trust me he looked deliciously hot! Hush Aria! ¡°You¡¯ve changed.¡± He smiled. I knitted my eyebrows and shook my head. ¡°What do you mean?¡± He licked his plum lips and smiled. ¡°Now you¡¯re behaving like my little doll.¡± And my mood got crushed in seconds. I averted my gaze away from him and looked out of the window. Trees were passing by and they seemed more beautiful than my current situation. I don¡¯t want to be anyone¡¯s doll. I don¡¯t belong to anyone. I don¡¯t like wearing the cor he gave me, I just don¡¯t. But that¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll manage to bring the real man out of his psycho self. Atleast I can hope for it. We reached a pretty site. A small garden full of tulips and roses. I smiled brightly and decided to forget everything and just enjoy the moment. In-between flowers, I ced the basket that I brought and opened it. Daminao sat next to me and to my surprise, he was happy too. ¡°This is beautiful.¡± He grinned. And I don¡¯t know why but it made my heart skip a beat. I mean I¡¯ve always seen him being all dominant and ruthless, but today he¡¯s grinning like a little boy. I wonder how his childhood was? He was happy kid or sad? I don¡¯t know anything about him, about his obsession with dolls. What could be the story behind that though? I offered him sandwich and he ate in in silence but this time the silence between us was soothing. It didn¡¯t irk me. ¡°Damiano.¡± ¡°Yes, doll.¡± ¡°I love you.¡± I smiled. Hold on. I don¡¯t love him. Nope that could never happen. Now I realize that I am too young to fall for him but simply it was part of my act that I need to continue till he agrees to see a psychiatrist. He chuckled and nodded. ¡°Thank you.¡± I made a face at his stupid reply to which heughed. ¡°What else am I supposed to say?¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°It¡¯s your job to love me, my doll.¡± Yeah, right! His obsession! Chapter 40 ARIA ¡°Good morning,¡± I whispered. He yawned and rubbed his eyes. ¡°Morning, doll.¡± Oh god! Again doll! I rolled my eyes but didn¡¯t say anything. Let him do whatever he wants but only for 10 days. After that everything will run ording to me. I shrugged my shoulders and ced a soft kiss on his cheeks. He was taken back by my action and looked into my eyes as if he found something precious to look at. Uh. Okay. ¡°From today onwards I¡¯ll wake you up every day in the morning.¡± I smiled. Off course that smile was fake. I mean this is all for only 10 days. I am not going to wake him forever. Furthermore, he himself is a grown-up man, she should wake up by himself. But damn his morning voice! It turned me on. Oh shut up Aria! He pulled me closer to him by my waist and now I was above him. He ran his fingers above my shoulders and smiled. Bless that sexy smile! ¡°My doll is happy today, what happened to her?¡± He asked, still smiling. Come on Aria, this is the time. Say some sugar-coated lies. ¡°Your doll is happy because she is with you.¡± His facial expressions softened further and a huge grin appeared on his lips, on those delicious lips. For once I thought of kissing him but then I remember what he did yesterday to me, he practically made me taste my own blood and no I¡¯m not going to kiss him. ¡°You are happy because of me?¡± he asked in excitement. His voice was like a child who just found a gift. Frankly, it made me sad to see him like this I mean he is a f****** Mafia for god¡¯s sake and here he is acting as if I am his lifeline. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s true or not, maybe it¡¯s his obsession but I kind of like to be his doll, not where he tries to kills me but somewhere along the line when he reacts sweet to me, it feels good. My parents had passed away very early in a car ident and since then I craved for love. But there was no one to look after me. I have to make sure that I am enough for me and maybe that¡¯s why I am a hopeless romantic girl. I always fantasized finding a guy who will love me enough to erase all my bad memories. I wanted someone to love me because I have never been loved in my whole life. Maybe my parents sent Damiano to me, or maybe it¡¯s just a whole coincidence but whatever it is I feel happy. Even in his obsession, I see someone who cares for me and that¡¯s enough maybe that¡¯s the reason why I don¡¯t want to run away from him. if one day he bespletely okay with his mental state and still decides to be with me I promise I will never leave him because I know that no one will ever gonna love me and If Damiano does then it would be my best luck ever. But then again if his mental state is normal then why would he like to be with an eighteen-year-old girl. He could easily find a perfect woman for him but that¡¯s okay let¡¯s see where these ten days take me. All I could do is to wait and hope for the best. ¡°Can I ask you something, Damiano?¡± I asked. ¡°sure,¡± he said with a huge smile on his face. ¡°Will, you ever leave me?¡± ¡°I promise I won¡¯t ever leave you and don¡¯t say that to me again I don¡¯t want to be angry, don¡¯t force me to be.¡± He hissed.Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org. Ah, he¡¯s back. I rolled my eyes and kissed him on his forehead and that¡¯s how he once again started smiling. ¡°Will you watch a movie today with me?¡± I asked. ¡°Not Beauty and the beast.¡± He made a face. Of course not! I thought. I don¡¯t have any wish to get myself killed. ¡°We will watch something more beautiful okay?¡± *** This time it was me to set up a movie date. I took the help of Rico and Alex to set up everything perfectly. I arranged an open sky movie theatre and of course popcorns and cold drinks. After a while, I called Damiano and made him sat next to me. When we both getfortable and I started the movie. Guess which movie it was? Cindere, my favourite fairy tale. off course after beauty and the beast. As the movie started, I was an honest little bit scared that what if in this movie something ignites his anger and I kept on looking at his face to read his reaction but to my surprise, he was rxed. In fact, he was actually enjoying the movie which I got to know by his wide smile after the movie ends. Cupping his cheeks I look straight into his eyes. ¡°I am also like Cindere, I never had anyone with me but then you came like Prince to me and I feel good. I really do feel good.¡± I said. He looked at me nervously, without a word-forming out of his mouth. His expressions were hrious, he really thinks that I feel like Cindere? Oh hell no! Soon he smiled brightly and pulled me to kiss. But this time his kiss was soft and tender unlike other times and that¡¯s how I knew that I could tame the beast inside him. A/N Check out my new book- COLLATERAL LOVE ¡°She wakes up in one world and dreams in another.¡± Sarah hated Daksh with everything she could. She can¡¯t even tolerate being around him. He was this annoying, charming, popr bad boy kind of a guy who goes to the same college. Meanwhile, in her dream, she finds a way to the parallel world where Daksh carry apletely different individuality being all sweet and generous. She starts falling for him. Things getplicated when in real-world Sarah and Daksh get into a series of ugly events which reminds them about their past. For how long, Sarah will hate him and love him at the same time? For how long she will wake up in one world and dream in another? The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!