Two long hours passed.
Aaron was continuously practicing. His eyes were only darted on the net, eyeballs freezing like dead cells and his ears could only take the sound of dabs until he heard a noise behind him. His focus broke and he turned around.
He got stunned at the sight of Haya tripping over, holding her head. She was still standing there while Aaron didn't waste a second and ran across the court.
"What happened?", he wrapped his palm around her arm. Her eyes almost closed shut and she could hardly stand straight.
"Are you feeling dizzy?", he asked again as she shook her head. Without delaying much, he bent over, sliding his arm down to her thighs and another arm wrapped around her broad waist.
He lifted her in his arms while her head fell heavily against his chest. She was still in sense but mumbling.
He carried her to the locker room and made her sit on the bench.
"Water?", he brought out his water bottle which was dangling a
The vision of the last night flashed before Haya's eyes when she had eye contact with Rubel. Cold shivers ran around her body as she felt a sharp pain in her elbow. It was bleeding. "Oh! Are you okay?", a soft girly voice chimed. Haya didn't realize Harper was standing beside him. Her eyes wandered to her. Harper knelt in front of her and clasped her arm. "Oh no! It's bleeding. Rubel, couldn't you walk carefully or what? Now say sorry", she looked up. "What?", he blurted out. "Say sorry. It won't harm you. Her elbow is bleeding", Harper replied. "No, that's.....", Haya strived to say nervously. "She could've moved instead of bumping into me", he glared at her. Haya's heart was pounding heavily. How could she forget that they were in the same college? The risk was still there. She couldn't escape. A mini crowd gathered them as Riley examined the situation from the platform. "Another drama is going on. I'm getting so piss
"You're out of the team", the harsh words from the deen pricked Haya's ear as she pressed her eyelids tightly.After a long period, something good had happened to her but it went in vain again."I don't know about the supplements", she said for the tenth time but no one tried to listen to her."How can we trust you? We found those pills with you, most importantly, you were practising for 14 long hours. It isn't a joke. Especially for a girl like you", the lady scanned her chubby body from head to toe. Undoubtedly, she was pointing out her figure."Because I had no option", Haya tried her best to clarify. "I was indeed exhausted but–""If you want to prove it, you'll have to go through a urine test", the head of the organizers said."Urine test?", she stammered.The one test that could change the entire dimension of her life. She rem
Haya's heart twisted with the words as she abruptly parted ways with Aaron. Her entire body was shivering. She was just trying to handle herself but then the sudden chaos happened. Her devastated eyes lingered upon Rubel who was at the door, his face was stern and ruddy."What happened?", Aaron frowned, gasping in a calm voice."What the fuck was happening here?", Rubel spat, walking faster towards them."None of your business, Rubel", Aaron groaned. "As far I know, you have nothing to do with any of us. So, it shouldn't bother you"Haya gulped, taking her shivering steps behind as she pinned against the bookshelf. Her body was producing the unreal shiver."I got everything", Rubel's ruddy gaze turned to her as she remembered his words.One mistake, you and your pack, finished.She didn't know what she should do to escape that reality of her life. Aaron was there, he didn't know anything about Rubel, nor about her connection
Haya's POVHis touch felt like a curse to me then. My brain wasn't working anymore after the allegations by Rubel. I could bear everything but not this one. I had never come in contact with any other men when I was with him, nor before him. He was the first. However, I was so wrong about him. I was nothing but the worst creature on that earth.How did I think that a man like him could be trustable who was cheating on his mate with me?I was blind."Now, what's this new drama, Cinderella?", Aaron scowled at me, his brown eyes turned darker in shade."It's Haya", I shrugged off."Cinderella", he hushed, reaching close to my face as I again felt the familiar breath. I didn't mind the closeness until I realized something.Why couldn't I be the only one? To anyone?The thought of him being with plenty of girls made me realize that I was the same for him. I was roaming with him for the last 36 hours. With a guy like
Haya"Why are you doing all this?", my voice shook but soon after it, I came out of my muse.Our eye contact broke and I felt his touch on the irresistible place, my waist. Heat flowed inside my body and I pushed myself away from him. It took me a while to control myself and speak back."Please go. I told you not to interfere in my life again""As far I remember, I didn't say that I'd obey your words", he spoke.Frustration took over me. I was gonna take such a crucial step which took me a lot of courage and he was making it more difficult for me."Just leave", I screeched my heart out, stepping away from him. "For goddess sake, just go. Why can't you understand that I wanna be alone? You may think you know everything about me. But I bet you don't. So, just get the hell out of my sight, please"I turned around, breathing heavily. My shoulder touched the wall for support to stand properly. For a few minutes, he didn't speak. But I knew
HayaI bit my tongue right away, realizing the way I reacted. However, I didn't bother to look at him after that."Woho! That was really intense, Cinderella", my heart skipped as he called me Cinderella after so many hours. Why did I get so used to this name?"I'm sorry. I just—" I stammered."Are you actually so dumb— I mean so innocent or you just want to act like a good girl?" His question made me frown."What do you mean?""You didn't need to say SORRY. I said something sick to you and you gave it back to me. Don't you think I deserve that bitter statement by you?" He didn't look at me while driving but indeed left me speechless. "So, you're too innocent to be real", anger thrummed through my brain now. A groan was about to escape from inside but I pressed my lips."I'm not fake. And if you have so many problems with me, my behaviour, my decisions, then why the heck are you with me? Why are you chasing me all the time?
Haya"I'm here", his husky voice came softer this time.His arms spiralled around my torso protectively as I sensed myself deeply buried inside his chest. The cosy feeling inside him emerged deeper. I couldn't hear my sobs anymore but my heavy breaths were still vibrating inside my head.His other hand started to go down as I quivered without reacting. He slid his hand under my knee, scooping me in his arms. I coiled my arms around his neck tightly. I was not leaving him.Taking the heavy burden on my heart, I was surviving for the past four years. It was tough, not because I was ignored and humiliated, but because I found no one to speak my heart out, no shoulder to keep my head on, no chest to embrace me tightly.I felt a huge jerk as I parted my eyelids and lifted my head, finding his
Haya"I— no. Nothing happened""Come on. I'm your friend. You can tell me. I swear I never expected him to approach you", she bit her tongue after saying. "I mean I thought""I got it. You don't need to explain", I lowered my head. "And trust me there's nothing between us. You're my friend, that's why I'm explaining to you. And I believe you trust me"I found her rolling her eyes and folding her lips."Okay. But now everyone thinks—""I don't care what everyone thinks about me. I can't change their view and perspective", I said. Frustration was still eating me from inside after I got to know about the conspiracy."Good going, Cinderella"My eyes shot up and I swivelled immediately, looking around me to find him."What happened?", Natalia asked.I could see him nowhere. He could only listen