Ethan's POV
I came down from the airport putting on my shades. I'm finally back to the country, I had been gone for over seven years.
"Boss ". My driver and also right hand man, John walked up to me and bowed.
"Everything is ready your coming Sir ". He said and I nodded.
"Let's get going, it's getting dark and the wind is picking up". John rushed to the backseat to open the door for me and closed it back after I was seated.
" Boss, it would be faster if we followed the bridge". He advised and I gave him a goal ahead.
We were driving across the bridge when I saw a thin frail figure climbing onto the bridge's railing.
"Stop the car" . I ordered, and immediately got off rushing to met the said person.
The figure was just about jumping off the railing when I got to her, taking her thin body in my arms.
Looking down at her, my eyes widened in shock when I saw her face.
Rachel Andrews. Who also happens to be the main reason why I came back to the country.
What the hell did she just wanted to do? My heart skipped a beat realizing that if I had been even a second late I would've lost her forever.
"Are you okay?" I asked her, but she just stared at me.
Her gaze like a child who had lost everything. She kept her gaze on mine until her eyes slowly shut, then she lost consciousness.
"Rachel!" I called her but there was not reply.
"John! Start the engine".
...
I stared at Rachel's beautiful face as she slept. She looked so peaceful unlike someone that had just tried to commit suicide.
It was my fault and seriously, I didn't regret what I did.
Her eyes flicked open slowly, I panicked, standing up from my previous position which was beside the bed where she laid.
She sat up straight as soon as she saw me.
" Where... Where am I?" She questioned looking around in fright.
" You're in my house". I calmly answered walking away from the bed, even though I was anything but calm at the moment.
" You're house?" She repeated looking at me suspiciously.
" Who are you?"
So she didn't even remember me.
I scoffed trying to fight back the surge of emotions that rushed through me when she asked who I was.
" Your savior". I curtly replied walking away from her.
"Savior? Who said I needed saving? You should have just left me there". I heard her yell.
Then I heard shuffling noises.
"What are you trying to do?" I stopped her just in time before she could get down from the bed.
" Leaving your house". She answered shaking my hands off, but I wouldn't budge.
" I doubt you're in the right state of mind to do something like that".
" Let go of me". She struggled, trying to leave the bed.
" What is you're problem! Huh! You can't just stop me from leaving, or is this a kidnapping? " She yelled. Her tone told me she was beyond frustrated.
" It's not but you have to calm down Rachel". I said trying to calm her down.
She stopped for a moment then raised her eyes to mine.
What was she thinking?
If only I could read her mind to know what she was thinking.
"How do you know my name?" She asked glaring at me.
Then it was as if something clicked in her brain. She looked down and then at me, repeating the action a few times.
" You know me? From where? What do you want? " She asked all at the same time.
I looked at her amusedly.
What was going on in that head of her's?
Seeing my amused expression made her intensify her glare.
" If this is a kidnapping I promise you there would be no money, you just saw me trying to end my life and trust me when I say I would've been happily dead if it wasn't for you ". Rachel muttered in-between her clenched teeth.
I clenched my jaw tightly. Is this how much she wanted to end her life?
" Happily dead... Do you really think that there is something called happily dead?" She rolled her eyes murmuring an obviously.
I opened my mouth to speak when I heard a phone ring. Rachel looked around, my eyes caught her bag and I gave it to her.
She brought out her phone.
Fuck! I heard her murmur.
Who the hell could it be?
" Where the hell are you!!!" Despite how far I was from Rachel I could still hear the loud voice of the person from the other side of the phone.
Rachel stretched the hand that held the phone away from her ear wincing at the loudness of her grandfather's voice.
"Grandfather I..." Rachel tried to explain but the man wasn't giving her a chance.
"How dare you child! Why would you agree to divorce your husband!" The man shouted again.
Wow, that man had a loud voice, I could make out everything he said despite being so far away.
Wait a minute, was she divorced? Was that the reason she tried to kill herself?
" It was he who divorced me grandfather, after I caught him cheating". Rachel shouted back.
Her husband cheated on her?
My hands clenched to a fist
I knew she was married, who didn't? The beautiful and resplendent Rachel Andrews got married to her high school sweetheart, that bastard David Hart
Rachel went quiet, her grandfather was probably still talking. And by the look on her face, he was not saying what she wanted to hear.
The emotion on her face went from anger, to hurt in an instant.
" What should I do? Grandfather he cheated on me, David cheated on me". Rachel's eyes turned red as she sniffled.
My heart felt like it was being pulled.
I hate seeing her like this.
Her grandfather stopped shouting because I couldn't hear anything else he said. But whatever he said to her definitely hurt her because her lips trembled and she shut her eyes tightly to hold back her tears.
" No, I am not going to apologize to him, he should apologize to me". Rachel said defiantly shaking her head.
Does her family want her to apologize to a man who cheated on her?
"Arghh!" Rachel yelled throwing her phone on to a wall as soon as she was done with the call.
"What happened?" I came forward to ask.
She turned to me sharply, her glare made me take a step back.
" This... This is all your fault. If you had just let me die in peace I wouldn't be in this mess right now. Like seriously what the hell is your problem? Who in their right mind saves a stranger from committing suicide? ". She yelled.
She was almost at a point of breaking down but when I went towards her she pushed me away sharply.
" By now I would be dead, free from everything. From my failed marriage, from the disappointment my family feel toward me, from the hate I feel towards myself, from the betrayal of my best friend and my husband, everything would be all gone, but you... " She pointed at me poking me in the chest.
"... You just had to save me. Why would you save me? Who said I needed saving huh? Why? " She yelled and I suddenly lost control of my feelings.
" You are no stranger to me Rachel and I would save you over and over again no matter what the yell you put yourself through ".
My breathing stopped realizing what I had just said. I almost admitted my feelings for her.
Rachel raised her head up to look at me shocked by what I had just said.
"Who the yell are you?" She asked stepping back a few meters away from her.
I don't want her thinking I was a stalker or anything, for God sake I just came back to the country today.
It would be best if I just told her who I was, so I did.
" Ethan... Ethan Wright your favourite passtime". I answered with a hint of sarcasm.
She thought for a moment before her eyes widened in realization.
" No, you can't be, are you... goggle glasses Ethan?"
Rachel's POVThe gorgeous stranger just said he was my favorite pastime. What the hell could be my fav... Holy shit!I shook my head, as it dawned on me who this familiar handsome man could be. " No, you can't be, are you... goggle glasses Ethan?"My eyes widened even more when he nodded his head. This was goggle glasses Ethan? What?" But you're not... This... " I became really confused. Ethan Wright, as he called himself, my favorite pastime and he was right. Back when we were in highschool, there was a boy who I always picked on because of his big glasses which was always on his face, and that happened to be the gorgeous man in front of me?" Unbelievable". I muttered my eyes glued to his strong biceps budging out of the tight t-shirt he wore. The Ethan Wright I knew back in the secondary school was a normal looking, thin scrawny looking nerdy kid, with a tidy uniform and big glasses, while the man staring back at me, is a huge, muscular, handsome god! " Surprising isn't it?
Rachel's POVMy eyes widened in surprise. Ethan's words kept ringing in my eyes. Be with meI want you to be with meWhy would he want to be with me?Hello... I was his nightmare!We should be enemies, seriously if I were him I would gloat at me in a situation like this, but instead he wants to help?I was about to say something when I felt a slight discomfort in my throat, and I..." Archeeeew". A huge sneeze escaped from my lips. Breaking the weird silence between us. " Are you okay? How long were you standing on the bridge before I found you? You must have caught a cold".I stared at Ethan confused by his questions. Few seconds ago, he was so close to me that I thought he would do something, but now he's so concerned about me that it was scary. As if to answer his long lost of questions, my knees gave away and I lost my balance. I braced myself for the fall, but Instead of my face harshly hitting, I felt a warm embrace. My heart beat increased as I looked up at him. " I onl
Rachel's POV. I groaned awake shifting on the huge really comfortable bed. My eyes finally flipped opened after turning around for a while. All what happened yesterday to this morning flashed before my eyes and I remembered everything. I got down from the bed to inspect the room properly, I didn't have the time to do that when I first arrived. It was huge, and beautiful and blue and... My phone went off with a ding. I picked up my broken screen cellphone to check who it was. "Why!" I suddenly screamed surprising even myself. The door opened with a bang and Ethan burst. "What's wrong? Did anything happen?" Ethan worriedly asked coming to stand next to me. My chest went up and down as I heaved for breath. I shook my head to answer his question."It's nothing". From Ethan's expression, I could tell that he didn't believe me. He reached for my hand which held the phone and took it from me. He read the stupid message which was just sent to me aloud. " Come to the house right
Rachel's POVFamily? Did my mother just call that evil jealous bitch Family! I couldn't believe my ears. My mother was indeed clueless about the situation, and they were using it against me!I'll have to tell my mother the truth later, for now I had to face the bitch who destroyed my marriage and almost my life. " Get away from my grandfather you conniving whore!" I instructed. " What are you saying Chelle? " My eyes widened like I was in a TV show or something. Lana put on a pitiful expression on her face, her eyes were already so red making it look like she was at the brink of tears. I scoffed. Never would I imagine that my actress of a friend would try to put on an fake pretense act on me. " Still that rubbish, what are you even pretending for?" She already got David, and by the look of it, he was madly in love with her, so what's with the pretense?" I don't understand". Her eyes began to water and one by one the tears came down like a cascading river from her eyes. She l
Rachel's POVI felt my entire body quiver in pain. My face shifted to the other side. The slap sounded so loud that my ears began to vibrate. I raised my hands to my face, holding it in shock. I heard shocking gasps from everyone in the room. Some even placed a hand on their mouth, their eyes widened at what had just happened. My grandfather, just slapped me. The thought rang in my head before I finally came to terms with it. " You slapped me... For her?" I said in disbelief pointing at Lana who stood at a corner behind my grandfather. Did he not hear anything of what I just said?" I've been your granddaughter for over twenty years, and yet you slap me for someone you just met?"My body shook in anger, and pain.My lips trembling with unspoken words. " Grandpa, please, don't hurt sister anymore..." Lana said coming to stand in front of me.I couldn't say anything, still holding the cheek I was so mercilessly slapped on. She just called him grandpa. I could never call my grandf
Ethan's POVI stared at the pile of documents on my desk begging for my attention, but I just simply couldn't bring myself to work. Rachel had been on my mind since in the morning, all I could think of was her. I so badly wanted to know if she was alright, or at least back from her visit to her family home, but she didn't have a working phone a any longer so I couldn't contact her. Oh shit, I could just call home.The moment the idea came to me, I picked up my phone and called Victoria, my house manager. The old lady was elated when she saw I brought a lady home, she had been with me since I was little, almost like a mother. She answered in three rings. " Hello?" " Yes, Aunt Vicki... Em... I just called to ask, is... is Rachel back at home?" I asked immediately she picked up the phone. " Mr Wright, I can see you're very worried about Ms Rachel, and am I. She's yet to come back and I don't know how to reach her"Victoria answered me, her tone expressing how worried she was. "Oh
Ethan's POVI just arrived at the location John sent to me. I could see him pacing outside the car, beside a building. " Boss..." He respectfully bowed when I got out of my car.I walked over to him rather quickly. " Which way did she go? " He pointed towards a direction and I nodded." Go back home, I'll find her".I heard the doors of Rachel's family house open, two women came out. One, the older one, unfamiliar, and the other a much younger one, I knew. The girl that always followed Rachel everywhere claiming yo be her best friend, the same one that betrayed her Lana. She glanced at me, but by her expression I could tell she didn't remember who I was. I wanted so badly to make her pay for her betrayal to Rachel, but I had to find Rachel first. I turned my gaze back to John who gave me a nod and went to carry out my order. I also went back to my car, speeding towards the direction John pointed at. It has been a few hours now, and was starting to get late, but yet I saw no sign
Rachel's POVI heard the loud muffling and shuffling of objects waking me up from my sleep. Then followed by the shifting of the large curtains which made way for light to enter into the room. Someone was arranging the room, a young maid. How did I get here? I shook my head refusing to allow the memories of what happened yesterday come back to me fully to taunt me. I have a whole day to be taunted by them, but most definitely not now. I pulled the bedsheet over my head, blocking the soft sounds and the light so I could sleep longer. " Ms Rachel, are you awake?" I heard the maid who was arranging the room ask as she walked towards me. I was about to answer when I felt the pang of an headache. I winced in pain under the sheets. "Ms Rachel... Ms Rachel..." The maid continued to call.I had clench my teeth to withstand the pain. "Yes". I replied but it came out more of a whisper. Something was wrong with my throat. It felt rather dry and hoarse. I coughed to clear my throat. "Ye