“What is he even doing here?” Kyle asked from beside me as the party resumed.I turned around to face Ethan and narrowed my eyes at him. “What’s going on?”“That’s your reaction to seeing your brother?” He asked me with an incredulous look.“Did you invite him?”“Maybe.”“What’s that supposed to mean?”“That’s supposed to make you go to him and thank him for coming here,” Ethan said. “Or do you want me to escort you?”“Thanks. You’ll just ruin it.” Kyle said. “I’ll go with her.”“Wait, I never told you I’m going to meet him.” I protested.“Why?” Zac and Lana asked together while Lana continued. “Come on, Nick is here. Literally. Not even dreaming.”“He wouldn’t talk to me anyway,” I said.“You would only know about it if you try,” Tyler said. “Come on, let’s go before he changes his mind.”“Hey, didn’t you hear what I said? I’m handling the situation. So back off.” Kyle said, taking my hand and pulling me towards Nick.My friends remained behind and watched us walk over to him. I push
I looked up to find Nick looking at me with confusion. My eyes widened, even more, when I realized what Ben did.He purposefully swirled so that I could dance with Nick. Ugh, why did I even agree to dance with Ben in the first place.? That guy gets nothing right.Nick looked down at me and groaned inwardly. Having no choice left, he pulled me to dance with him. I awkwardly danced with my brother, hiding from the teasing looks my friends were giving me.Nick seemed to be mad at Ben too because he never stopped glaring at him. On the other hand, Ben moved as far away from us as possible, just in case Nick resorted to acting violently.I mumbled slowly, “I never got the chance to thank you for coming.”He avoided my gaze. “I told you I didn’t-”“I know you didn’t come to me.” I cut him off. “But I’m still glad you’re here.”“Why are you doing this, Skylar?” He said. “I thought you were never going to forgive him for what he did.”“I didn’t forgive him, Nick,” I said. “I still remember wh
I never made a big deal out of it. Nor did I ever react in a manner like he just did! He could have at least thought that I kissed him for the exact same reason.Endless tears stained my face as my heart refused to take the rejection from him. I felt disgusted pour through me for kissing me. I felt so weak at the moment that it seemed impossible for me to control myself.Although we aren’t in love anymore, I never felt the disgust in kissing him. I still had something that made me make the first move. But his rejection proved an entire new point in this relationship.Images from seven years ago poured in front of my eyes. Several events of people leaving me because they didn’t want me slipped before my eyes. My mom, dad, Nick, and now Ethan.All my life I was abandoned by people I loved. No one could love me back like the way I did. And now, Ethan left me too, again.I laid there on the floor until my sobs mellowed down. I got up from the floor and straightened my dress. As I couldn’t
EthanI stared down at Skylar she came out from the water. She hesitantly looked at me while I grabbed a towel. Swinging it over her, I wrapped it around her body. She started to feel uncomfortable as it was after a long time that she was bare to my eyes.I helped her out of the tub and helped cleanse her. Her eyes still looked swollen as tears remained in her eyes and the sight of her made my heart churn.My chest tightened at the mere sight of her appearance. She looked devasted. The bastard laid his hands on her seven years ago and I refused to believe her back then. Heck, it was partly the reason why we broke up.My eyes burned when I looked at the bruises on her shoulder. It took all of my strength to not break down in front of her. She needs me to stay strong for her. I can’t break down.When she laid there, helpless with her dress stripped apart, my entire body shook with anger. I felt as though my blood boiled with the anger that needed to come out. I could only imagine how di
“Skylar, let him explain!” Ethan said in annoyance once I shut my mouth.My face turned toward him, fixing him with a hard glare. “I told you I don’t like it here.”He sighed. “Give me a valid reason as to why this place is bad.”“He doesn’t respect me!” I said, looking at the manager who was now worried about his employment in the hotel. “Where is my freaking name?”“He said Mr. and Mrs.Parker!” Ethan complained. “Don’t complain that he didn’t go with the first name. He probably doesn’t know your name.”I glared at him harder.Actually, when we finally reached the hotel here in London - yes, that’s exactly where he planned our honeymoon - I had literally seen every freaking thing named as ‘welcome Mr. And Mrs.Parker.’So I politely asked the manager to not do stuff like that and if he really wanted to welcome us, he should also mention my name in it.To this, he disagreed. So to stay in his hotel, I disagreed. And to this behavior of mine, Ethan disagreed.“Just get me the key and le
My heart stilled for a second. “Jake?”“You know me so well, sweetheart.” He said. “How are you doing? Missed me?”I gulped and looked around to find Ethan. He was talking to the salesgirl who was taking his card from him.“Uh-uh, don’t call your husband, baby.” He said. “That won’t be a smart move considering the hooded guy behind him.”Sweat began to form on my head as I looked beyond Ethan’s shoulder to find a hooded guy with a mask gesturing me to shut my mouth. I gulped at the sight of him and spoke into the phone.“What do you want?”“You.” He said, with an evil laugh. “Haha, I’ll have you later baby. But now, I need you to remove the changes you’ve pressed against me.”“Rot in hell, Jake,” I said. “I will-”“Do you see that guy behind your husband?” He asked. I looked back at the hooded guy to bow see that he held a pistol underneath his gloves.My eyes widened. “No..”“It won’t take a second for him to shoot your husband..” he said. “He is a very loyal person to me. He will ki
He smiled and shook his head. “You think a lot about the people around you, don’t you?”I shrugged.“Then to what do I owe this horrible treatment from you?” He gave me a tight smile.I smirked. “Well, unlike you, people here are nice and less annoying and controlling.”“Don’t you dare call me controlling.” He said. “Everything in this marriage is basically controlled by you!”“Excuse me?” I laughed with fakeness dripping from the core. “I’m controlling this marriage? Please, I didn’t even know where we were going for a honeymoon until I landed here. You tell me nothing and do everything according to your wish!”“That’s not true.” He said. “We’re in London because you have always wanted to go here for a honeymoon.”“When did I-”“Remember the time in high school where we used to pretend we’re in the future and you always used to say how you wanted to go to London for a honeymoon because it’s romantic?”“Yes.. but that.. how do you even remember it?” I asked, shocked my self.“Of cours
Ethan’s P.O.V.I got out of the hotel cellar when my phone rang in my pockets. I grabbed it from the inside and took the call.“Who’s it?” I asked in a hurry.“How are you doing, cousin?” Jake’s voice rang in my ears. “Did the news reach you?”I gritted my teeth in anger. “I’m not even surprised. How can you fall so low on your part?”“Well, you got me arrested. Who puts their family behind the bars for some chick who’s going to be in your life only for the next few months or perhaps, years.?” He said.“Skylar is my family. At least for the next few months. So don't you dare go there right now.” I said.He chuckled in response. “Well, you know you can’t trust her completely. She did get me out of the jail.”I gripped the phone in anger. “And such ungrateful piece of shit you are.”He laughed again. “Ungrateful? What are you talking about, brother? I’m going to make sure to have her in safe hands.”“Yes, like being with you is the safest place she could be in,” I said.“Hold on there.