Rachel's POV
The 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?". He said with a smirk.
It was at if he could read my mind at tell what I was thinking.
"No, it's just that... The Ethan Wright I knew was..."
" Was what? " He took two steps towards me.
" Weak? Easily bullied? A fool? Lovestruck? " He kept on walking towards me.
I stepped back in fright which made me fall back on the bed.
Getting up quickly I stook my hands stopping him.
" Nerdish... I wanted to say nerd...ish" I said dragging the word so he could understand.
His smirk told me that he wasn't yet convinced.
"Look here, yes, I agree that some of the words you used to qualify yourself were the of the words that came to my head... But trust me when I say lovestruck? Was not one of them".
I let out a sigh of relief when he stopped walking towards me.
He just stared at me.
Why was he staring at me?
And the look, it was so deep, does he what to look into my soul or something?
I looked trying to fix my eyes on something that was not Ethan's gorgeous face or muscular body.
Think of something, Rachel...
Yes!
" You still haven't explain why you saved me, because anyone could clearly see that I was trying to kill myself not some drunk ass looking for relief " I said as I remembered that I could've been dead by now, the I wouldn't have to deal with the repercussions of my actions, all of them.
Ethan just stared at me, even after I finish talking.
Was there something on my face?
I touched my face just to be sure, but I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.
" Is there something on..."
"Do you want me to help you?" He said cutting me off.
" Rude". I muttered under my breath but I could swear he heard it.
Help me?
"How can you help me?" I scoffed.
Ethan smirked again.
" Do you think I'm the same Ethan Wright that you knew in highschool? The weak one?" He walked towards me again.
"No..." I shook my head putting out my hands in front of me.
Why does he keep walking towards me?
The way he kept looking at me made my heart race wildly.
" Let me phrase the question again, why do you want to help me? You don't even know my plight. Let's say you know, why would you want to help me? Like you rightly said you were my favorite pastime back in highschool. I bullied you severally to the point you had to leave school, that was all because of me. So why would you want to help me now? ".
I finished my words and looked at the handsome man I'm front of me.
This is Ethan Wright
This is Ethan Wright.
This is fucking Ethan fucking Wright! How did he get so rich?
When I woke up I was too preoccupied with the fact that I was in an unknown place with an incredible good-looking man to notice how beautifully furnished the room I'm in was.
From the furniture to the walls even the floor, everything was so exquisite and beautiful.
Or was he just a help?
No, he can't be just a help, I answered myself.
His posture and aura says otherwise.
How can I just come to terms with this beautiful god was the piece of trash of yesterday? Time really does some people good, while some others, it destroys them slowly, for example myself.
When I was in highschool and college, I was the queen bee the one all girls want to be like and all guys wanted to date, but I foolishly picked David and this was where my miserable life had brought me.
Pitiful.
I shut my eyes realizing that I was really pitiful.
Seconds passed but Ethan didn't say a word. That got me worried so I opened back my eyes.
I looked down in shame.
" You should have just let me die. I know alot of people who want the same thing, me dead, and for the first time in forever I'm ready to give them what they want, I want to be free, I want to be at peace! " I yelled.
Some of the terrible things I've done flowed back into my mind one by one.
My eyes blurred with tears when Ethan gave me no answer. Maybe he wanted the same thing the others did, me dead. Even if he didn't want it now, I could bet there was a time he did.
I bowed my head feeling ashamed of my wrongdoings.
Ethan walked towards me and cupped my face in his large hands.
Wiping my tears he said
"Let me help you get revenge on each and every one of those people who hurt you".
I've never felt so touched my a person's words. But why was he helping me? What did he want from me?
" Why? What would do you want in return? " I asked him in expectation.
He trailed his hands to my back and I flinched. Not only because of the way he touched me but also because that was where I landed when David threw me across the room when I tried to fight Lana.
I saw the way he clenched his jaw when I flinched. As if he knew I had been hurt and was feeling just as much pain.
" I don't want anything, I came back just to make a few people suffer, I'll just add your enemies to the long list".
"No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free".
Ethan went quiet for a while.
I held my breath waiting for what his request might be.
If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him even though I was somehow broke right now.
"You're right I do want something". He said after thinking for few minutes
"What?" I asked slowly.
" Until you get your revenge on David, Lana and every other person you want, you will live here".
Live here as in...? I shook of the rest of the sentence from my head. I didn't want to insinuate anything.
" Wha... What are you saying? ". I stammered hoping he wasn't saying what I thought he was saying. I tried to step back but I missed a step and almost fell on the bed but Ethan caught me holding me in his muscular arms.
Ethan moved his face closer to mine be was so close, our nose almost touched.
" I want you to be with me! ".
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
Rachel's POV" What happened in that house Rachel, tell me!"I flinched at how loud Ethan's voice sounded. He was so close to me causing his voice to be more powerful and loud than normal. There was alot of consequences if she revealed the truth to him, but he didn't look like he was going to take no for an answer. " I... Lana is... " I darted my eyes everywhere looking away from his piercing gaze. But then I stopped. A thought suddenly came to me. It was my family. I didn't have to inform him about anything. With that thought in mind, I pursed my lips and glared at him." It's not your business"."Wha... What do you mean its not my business? " Ethan's face slowly became rigid. He brought his face closer to me, causing me to backup. " I... Er... I mean exactly what I said. ". My back touched the headboard with a slight sound.I couldn't move anymore, but Ethan's face kept coming closer.The he raised his hand to my face. I shut my eyes ever so tightly to brace myself for the sla