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I listened as he spoke, not moving. Only my fingers rubbed circles along his back."My mum was always high on something or drunk as f*ck. She never cared where the money came from or what her son did to get it, just that it did.""We'd gotten into a fight that night. She couldn't find money where I'd kept it and I wouldn't give her any either. She threw me out."He moved us so he was laying down and I was on top of him, my cheeks on his chest while his hands remained on my waist."That was when I met Jason. He'd been in one of the shelters set up in one of our streets and he was in a way worse off condition than I was. Naturally, we became close."I rose my head to look up at him. I wanted to see his face as he recalled events from the past. "Jason always used underhanded methods sometimes to get what we wanted. I hadn't noticed much because no one gave a f*ck about us and we just wanted to survive and Jason was doing that quite well.I had come up with an idea and we were looking for
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"What?"Kol's head reeled back in shock like he hadn't expected me to say such words"Why would you... Where did you get that?"He looked at me, his brows raised in question.I only shrugged."It doesn't matter." To be honest, it didn't. All I wanted hear from him was the truth. "Of course not. I haven't been with anyone since Clara and that was a long time ago. Was that really why you avoided me all day?"My cheeks tinged with embarrassment as I realised I could've saved myself from a world of hurt and anger.I pulled the blanket over me and pretended to sleep. I was dying of embarrassment."Tori..." He chuckled beside me as he pulled me flush against his chest."You could've just asked me, you know..."I could feel the heat of his body even through the blanket, warming me up everywhere you could possibly think of.He tried to pull the blanket away from my face but I wouldn't let him."You're so cute when you're pissed off." He was getting on my nerves on purpose. I took off the bla
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"You okay?"I faked a smile at Thea and nodded, my heart still running at a thunderous speed. "Yeah. Would you like some toast?"She looked at me quizzically first because we'd just eaten but a smile spread along her face. I just needed an excuse to collect myself."Of course. Make that two for me." She yelled after me.I picked up pieces of bread, buttered them up and put them in the toaster while I looked at the message again.The sender had no name, nothing.I tried calling the number but the number didn't exist.I racked my brain to figure out who could've sent me the message but absolutely no one came to mind.I figured it was a mistake and deleted the message. I picked up the toast and carried on with my activities.Thea hadn't suspected a thing and for that I was relieved. I didn't want her to be worried for absolutely no reason. "The year is ending, isn't it?"We looked up at the sky from our balcony, wrapped up in blankets."Yeah." I agreed with her. The year had started ex
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The drive back home was silent. Way too silent for my liking.I hadn’t expected him to say it back but I hadn’t expected him to lock up. His jaw tensed as his knuckles turned white, tightening on the steering wheel.“Kol?” He didn’t answer as I followed him inside his house. From the time of the retreat, I realised he had two places. One as a work base and the other his primary home.“Kol?” I called again. Had I somehow pissed him or said something wrong?He stopped in his tracks and whirled around to face me. I stepped back a beat at the sudden motion.“Are you okay?” I was worried about his silence. His smile turned sad as he approached me.He placed both his hands on my face and pulled me closer to his.“No…”“No, I’m not.”“You beat me to it.” He placed a soft kiss on my lips.“What?” I asked, confused.He picked me up and placed me on his kitchen aisle. “You are one of the smartest people I know, the kindest."“You are beautiful, in and out. Your smile lights up my day and I fe
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I looked around the kitchen for what I could make for breakfast. It was a new year and I was feeling brand new as well so I opted for bacon, eggs and a hash brown skillet. I tried to be as quiet as possible as I moved around.I was about to move the skillet from the stove when I felt hands over my stomach. I screamed“That’s different from last night.” I turned around and smacked his chest. He was referring to my screams and I didn’t have to know that.“You’re such a jerk.” I placed the skillet on a platform and dropped the gloves“But I love your screams… I know they’re for me.” His eyes roamed over my body and lowered to my bare legs. I was wearing one of his shirts with nothing else underneath and it was extremely large on me.“Oh My God… just eat.” My face flushed as I could tell what thoughts were spawning in his head. I could barely walk and I didn’t think I could handle him again this morning.“What did Thea say last night? When we were about to leave…” I offered Kol water as he
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I took my clothes from the laundry and folded them absent-mindedly. I was going back to work in a few hours. I should’ve been asleep but my mind had been occupied throughout the new year break. I had also avoided the subject after I had spoken with Kol.I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried that both message and flowers were linked but he had been getting them before I got the message.I’d also been sort of avoiding Kol, trying to figure out if I could tell him. If I should.I looked at the time once more, it was 11pm. I didn’t want to call Thea and disturb her. She was also trying to adjust to her new life in a new place.Now that the clothes were folded, I twiddled my thumbs, seeing if there was anything more I could do. I peered around the room. It was sparkling clean. Taking a deep breath, I fell unto my bed, back down and stared at the ceiling. The glow-in-the-dark stars Thea and I had put there were dimming.‘Oh Thea…’ My eyes pricked with tears and my mouth shook, tryi
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Jason had only come to remind us of the fact that we had been backed against the wall. Even if we took the case to the court, we would have to suspend all activities on the app for as long as the case went on and Jason was intent on dragging it out as long as possible. He had also claimed to have the original file which we weren’t even sure how he got in the first place.Jason was ten steps ahead of us and it wasn’t that he wanted the app. No, he had made that very much clear. “You can never beat me. Nicholas, you never have and you never will.”My palms had itched with a burning desire to give him a twinning mark on the other side of his face. How Josh and Kol had managed to hold themselves back, I would never know. It was only Kol’s grip on me that had held me in place.I picked up everything that had been thrown across the floor. Kol and Josh had gone to ‘take care of some things’. Most likely, people were going to get fired. It amazed me that every single time, he came, he was
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“What the f*ck is wrong with you? You scared me.”I placed my hand on my chest, where my heart raced, trying to calm myself. Josh doubled over in laughter as he let go of my hand.“It’s not funny.” I scowled at him, even though he could barely see my face.The lights of the parking lot turned on all of a sudden, momentarily blinding me.“Was this also your doing?”“What? The lights? Nope.”“What are you even doing here?” “Kol isn’t finished with work and I needed to hitch a ride. Then I saw you…” He shrugged. My heart raced for an entirely new and different reason. Kol was still up there, in his office.“He’s still up there?” “Yup.” Josh said, popping the ‘p’.“Once he gets like that, he doesn’t like to be disturbed.”I was worried about him. He had brushed me off earlier and now, he was pushing everyone away.“When will he leave?” Josh had no answer to my question as he bent down to pick up my stuff from the floor.“Let’s go. I’ll drive.”***I had been so preoccupied that I didn’t
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EPILOGUE“Kol, this doesn’t look right.” Kol pulled the Christmas tree to the left again. I could see his veins about to pop as I shook my head. We’d been at it for almost 30 minutes straight and Kol was getting tired.“A little…” He groaned as he moved the tree a little to the right. There!“Perfect.” I huffed like I was the one doing all the work. Kol collapsed on the rug for a few minutes, probably thinking of new ways to most like strangle me and then stood up.“Baby, I’m sorry.” I kneaded his shoulders, his body relaxing under my touch.“It’s fine.” I placed a kiss on his back hoping to relieve his muscles but he turned rigid instead. I didn’t stop kissing his back though.“I think you should stop. Your dad will be coming over in a few hours and I would prefer the house smelling like hot chocolate and cookies.” He spun around to face me, grabbing my jaw.“Not wild s*x.” He always had a way of leaving me w*t and speechless every d*mn time.Now I wanted the whole place to smell like
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“I cannot believe you woke up late. We should’ve left hours ago.” I smacked my forehead in exasperation.“You mean 30 minutes ago.”“You’re late. It’s all that matters.”Dimitri had an amused smile on his face as he watched Charlie and I bicker in the plane. They were all late, except for Kol and me. That was pretty much a given but Charlie was the latest of them all.“Can you too stop fighting so I can enjoy my champagne?” Josh was pouring a glass for Thea who had her sunglasses on, even in the plane, seemingly unbothered about everything.Both of them had been pissing me off.“What the f*ck is going on between both of you?”“They shagged.” Charlie pipped up beside me.“Ew! I cannot believe this.” My nose wrinkled in grossness.“Pay up.” Kol stretched out his hands. I now owed him a couple hundred dollars. Thea’s brows pinched together in confusion and sudden realisation.“They bet on us.” She pointed accusingly.“Why am I not surprised?” Josh glared at us, mainly at Kol.“How much?”
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“How?” I couldn’t process my words. It was like I had entered a new realm where the sun had been replaced with fairy lights. Concrete had been replaced with soft grass that tickled my feet. I pried open strings of steams and walked into the space before me.“Was that…” Julia Michael’s song played in the background but this song felt different than when I first heard it. It felt like a lifeline, my lifeline. The song that had pulled me out of a wandering abyss at the hospital.I’d been so caught up in the beauty of the environment that I hadn’t noticed Kol in the centre of everything, standing right there. My eyes welled up with tears and my mouth felt very dry.I walked slowly to him and stopped where he stood.“Kol, what is all this?” I gestured to everything he’d set up. His hands found mine and squeezed.I looked up at him and my heart raced within its cage. There was a new emotion in his eyes I hadn’t seen before. Contentment. He seemed content with everything, his life. Gosh, I w
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“Thea, meet Charlie. Charlie, meet Thea.” I motioned to both of them as we converged outside Thea’s new place. She’d moved into Charlie’s neighbourhood and thought we should all just meet at her place since she hadn’t been properly introduced to Charlie.Both of them smiled at each other and Thea being Thea just ran off her mouth.“You’re so pretty. D*mn. If I were into girls, I would lick you up.” I threw her a disgusted look. Some thoughts were better left as thoughts. Charlie didn’t mind though as her cheeks turned rosy.“Can we please go inside?” I rolled my eyes at both of them.We joked around for a few hours and I could tell that they would be fast friends. They were so similar in nature, both beautiful, fashionable and resilient, tough nuts to crack, but would defend what they thought was right with all they had.Thea looked at her phone surreptitiously and turned it off. She’d been acting edgy all day. Was she expecting a call from someone?“What is it?” I whispered beside he
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We sat inside David's study. A room with wood that looked richer than my bank account. It probably was richer. The shelf behind him held so many books that had been considered priceless or just lost to most of the world.His house looked just as elegant as it did outside on the inside. The couches smelled of expensive leather and one could smell a citrus-cinnamon scent everywhere else.We all sat in the living room just staring at one another until Gerald came in to ask for what we'd eat, his stare at me unwavering. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat.We'd all echoed the same thing."No, thank you. I'm fine."When he saw no need for his services, he calmly left the room, sparing me a final glance before exiting the door.I didn't know where to start or how to David's face wasn't welcoming. He looked angry but he hadn't thrown me out yet. So, that counted for something.Instead of leading with a 'why the f*ck did you help me?', I asked something entirely different. "How long have you
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I went up to the room and lay in bed, looking up at the ceiling but not noticing it.First I was shocked, then I was mad. Shortly after I was confused. Why?Kol walked on eggshells around me all night, not knowing how to handle the situation for once. I understood that there was no choice and he was the only option in that moment but why had he done it?I was under the impression that he hated me and that I should’ve died in place of his wife. He’d made that abundantly clear. If you asked me, I thought that was a very obvious opportunity for his wishes to be fulfilled.While I continued staring at the ceiling, Kol glanced at me surreptiously.“I’m sorry.” I turned my face to fully look at him.“I’m not mad at you. I would’ve done the same thing.” I would’ve. His life over any other thing. That would’ve been my choice too.“I’m just… honestly, I don’t really know how to feel.” I moved a lock of hair from his forehead and left my hand on his face, cupping his cheek.“That’s fine. If you
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FIVE WEEKS LATERTori’s POV.“I swear, I’ll kill him if he tries to bring a spoon near me to feed me.” I hissed through my teeth.Thea chuckled beside me as she got the bath ready for me. I’d come back from the hospital and Kol had been treating me like I was made of glass, carrying me everywhere, spoon-feeding me, tucking me in bed.I was tired and he was slowly getting on my nerves. I’d thrown a fit when he’d demanded that I let him feed me. My arms were f*cking fine. I was fine. I still needed bed rest but I could do a few activities without groaning so loudly.“It is so weird to see Kol like this. I think it’s best if you just let him baby you. We don’t know when he’d go back to cold - no emotions Kol.” She was right but it was getting overbearing.I rolled my eyes at her.“I am serious about killing him though. He won’t go beyond holding my hands though.”“What else do you want him to do? He’s scared he might break you.” Her eyes glinted mischievously at me. I scrunched up my nos
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Tori was awake. I couldn’t believe my eyes. The doctors couldn’t either.They were all shocked at her miraculous recovery. She could barely speak or move much. She still needed weeks of rest and medical care but she was awake. It was all that mattered.I watched her sleep and wake up, drink water when she was parched, cleaned her myself and then watched her some more for long hours.My phone rang, disrupting my new position as the room hawk and mother hen according to Thea who was asleep in a very uncomfortable position by the way.“How’s she?” Josh had also rushed over, dropping every other thing when he had heard she was awake but returned back to work shortly after.“She’s asleep.” He sighed deeply and then continued to talk some more about work. We were doing fine, thanks to Josh. The short period when Tori was almost lifeless, there were moments of reflection where I realised that not a lot actually mattered to me in the grand scheme of things. The grand scheme of things being sp
