Seeking After Her

DAMIEN'S POV. 

I retracted my hand from her neck and glared balefully at her. She disgusted me. 

"Get out of my house! I don't want to repeat myself." I yelled and stepped away from her.

Nicola smirked darkly; she simply walked past me and went to sit on my couch. 

My eyes widened in anger and I faced her with disbelief written all over my face. 

"How dare you sit on my couch? After everything you've done? Do you know the damage that you've caused, you ruined that poor girl's reputation!" 

"If you wanted to do anything, you shouldn't have involved her. It's me you wanted, you should have come at me!" I yelled, shaking in anger. 

Instead of showing any remorse or at least fear. She parted her legs and placed one of them on the couch, showing me her panties. 

This was the height of shamelessness. 

The next thing I saw her doing was taking her hands into her gown and removing her panties. She was so desperate to have me but was the first person to push me away. How hypocritical was she?

"If you want me off your couch then come here and show me what you can do." She chuckled sinisterly. 

Quickly, I turned my face away from her. Not because I was tempted by anything she showed me but I couldn't stand her anymore. 

"I have to find Elise," I said to myself and walked towards the stairs. 

"Where are you going?" Nicola asked but I didn't bother turning back to look at her. 

I ran up the stairs and went to my room to take my car keys. Once I got a hold of it, I dashed from my room and briskly climbed down the stairs. 

"I asked you a question! Where are you going?" the demented woman yelled. 

I stopped walking and shot a murderous look at her but she wasn't shaken. 

"I'm going to look for the woman that I love," I replied and walked away. 

"You can go ahead but who knows? You might be returning with her corpse!" 

Her words made my steps come to a halt. I didn't know if that was a threat or if she had already sent someone after Elise. 

Elise had lost her reputation, she couldn't lose her life because of me. I couldn't allow that. 

I didn't know where to look for her because I was certain that she wouldn't return to her parents' house. 

Rushing to the garage, I chose one of the fastest cars I had. I did not care if I had to search this entire city but I had to find her. 

I entered the car and put the key in the ignition. I started the car and the engine roared to life, in a minute, my foot pressed on the accelerator and I sped out of the garage. 

On the way out, I made some calls to a few people who could help me in searching for her. I continued driving on the road, looking at the pedestrian lanes, hoping to see her walking on them. 

"Princess, where are you?" I whispered, worriedly looking out of my window. 

At one point, I stopped the car at the side of the road and anger overwhelmed me. 

I wasn't just angry at Nicola but at myself. I allowed my heartless nature to get the better part of me. Even if I was angry at her, I should have allowed her inside. 

I didn't think about her safety or well-being. If anything happened to her, I would never be able to forgive myself. 

"Princess, I'm so sorry," I muttered and placed my head dejectedly on the steering wheel. 

I sighed and brought out my phone, hoping to get a message or some information but nothing came. Just as I was losing hope of ever finding her, my phone beeped. 

A smile graced my lips as my fingers flew on the screen of my phone. I checked my notifications and to my displeasure, it was from F******k.

I wanted to ignore it but something within me told me to check. I checked the notification and someone had tagged me with a photo of Elise, drinking in a bar. 

Delight filled my eyes at the sight of her picture. I stared long at the photo and recognized where the bar was. 

I kept the phone back in my pocket and quickly started my car. I drove so fast that in a few minutes, I arrived there but to my dismay, she wasn't anywhere in the bar. 

I looked around and showed people her picture including the bartender but they hadn't seen any trace of her around. 

My shoulders dropped and sadness filled my heart. I left the bar and checked up to three bars but she wasn't in any of them. 

Unable to bear the regret and pain I was feeling, I decided to stay in one of the bars and drink. It was obvious that I had lost the woman I loved.

She was the first person to cherish me for who I was. She didn't fall in love with my money but with me. 

Without hesitation, she came to me in her time of need but I pushed her away.

"What have I done?" I sighed heavily and ran my fingers exasperatedly in my hair. 

"Sir, what do you want?" the bartender asked. 

I told him to give me a shot of whiskey and slowly I drowned myself in alcohol. I went from being tipsy to being fully drunk. 

I burped slightly and made up my mind to leave. I was still going to drive and had to focus even a little. 

"Thanks," I said to the bartender as I dropped my cash on the counter. I came down from the chair and was about to leave when my eyes beheld the love of my life walking into the bar. 

"My princess." I smiled in relief and staggered a little as I rushed to her. 

My hand cupped her cheeks and I looked into her eyes. My eyes weren't deceiving me, she was Elise but she seemed disoriented and drunk. 

"Elise," I called her name softly. 

She smiled at me, probably not recognizing me. 

"Your voice sounds so sexy." She said and laughed drunkenly. She almost staggered backwards but I got a grip of her waist. 

"Are you okay?" 

"No." She shook her head and leaned forward, instantly pressing her lips on mine. 

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A hotel room was the next place we ended up, we were presently on the bed being consumed by passion. 

I couldn't stop myself from kissing her, rolling my tongue in her mouth and sending her clothes to the east. 

The taste of alcohol in her mouth made her more intoxicating. I didn't want to stop kissing her. I wanted her as much as her drunken self wanted me. 

My princess was back, we would be together forever but then I forgot our lives weren't a fairytale. It was actually hell on earth.