"No! You couldn’t even wait," I muttered, feeling hurt that he put me through so much just because he couldn’t wait. "I love you, Phoenix," he whispered, stepping closer and pulling me in another hug, placing his chin on my head. "I hate you," I mumbled back while I had my face resting on his chest. I didn’t fight to get out of his embrace this time. The previous few days had been very difficult for me, so I was glad it was all over. However, his chuckle made me frown. "You don’t," he said through a laugh and quickly tripped me on the bed."Ouch," I yelled, "get off me." I tried to push him off of me, which was annoying, but damn, he was strong. He pinned me under him and stared into my eyes. "Make me." A smile brightened his eyes. I wanted to be upset, mad, and hateful towards him for hurting me, but maybe that’s how love is—that you just forgive as soon as you look them in the eyes. "Don’t eve-" he didn’t let me finish. "I will never hurt you again." He lowered his face and ki
The oldies gazed at me as I embarrassed myself. Why does she have to get in the way of my every move? I remember the first time we met on the road, and she offered me a ride. She was so sweet and helpful."Where is he?" the old man, who looked very pissed now, asked Miranda, annoyingly."Sir, I’m so sorry; it looks like Mayor isn’t feeling well. He is sleeping." She played with her fingers and made that constipated face to gain sympathy."What? he is sick?" I stepped forward and demanded that she look me in the eye."Yes!" She didn’t even look at me and mumbled while turning her back to me and facing them, "Maybe you guys should delay the meeting. As soon as he wakes up, I’ll let you guys know." She claimed.I got it. He wasn’t ill; he was just being lazy."No wait. Nobody is going anywhere. The meeting will be held at its assigned time." I declared. They all stared at me with a face that was yelling, *And who the hell are you, lady?*"Phoenix, you stay out of it." Miranda approached
I was angry and mad at all the games he has been playing with me. I wanted to leave the town, but not before I knew the whole truth. I stood by the door silently as Jace told him all the stories, beginning with the abduction thing, but he didn’t include most of the conversation we had. However, I didn’t really care anymore. He asked him to do all that, so he did."She really loves me." Mayor’s soft whisper came from inside the room."Xavier, don’t hurt yourself for this girl. You are making the mistake you have made all over again." Jace advised. I don’t know what was going on, and to understand it, I had to listen to it all carefully."What are you talking about, Jace? You just said she didn’t leave the town; she didn’t agree with you over anything against me. That proves she loves me, and she is the one." His voice sounded like he was annoyed with Jace for talking about me like that.I was also shocked at how Jace was making me look like a bad person in front of him, just like he ha
"Do you like it?" His whisper fell on my ears like a humming tone. I truly liked it. In fact, I was amazed that somebody was doing so much for me."You did that all for me?" I was beyond happy. His dedication to me was totally adorable."Come, let’s have a seat." He walked ahead, holding my hand tightly as he didn’t want to let go."It’s beautiful," I mumbled, looking around and taking a seat."I was afraid you would not like it. I was doubling down on my options, thinking maybe I should have picked a fancy restaurant," he said while rubbing his palms. He looked charming in that suit, just like his name. His beautiful blue eyes were sparkling, and his smile was drowning me in the ocean of his love."My fancy place is where you are," I smiled at him. He looked amazed at my complimenting him. Soon the server came from somewhere, holding a tray full of food in his hands."Let’s eat." He nicely filled my plate and helped me with everything. He was sort of babysitting me at that moment, an
In the morning, he dropped me off at the mansion and left for some work himself. I was tired and craved sleep in my own bed, but there were things that needed my attention. All that list stuff has terrorized me. I had promised myself to prevent him from committing any more sins. If he was purposely making those people suffer that it was wrong and before he finds himself strangled in wrong deeds, I needed to save him. I took a long shower of an hour because my mind was still stuck on Xavier and the only thing keeping me calm was the warm water. What if the key is a test? If he is taking another test, then what’s the point of staying together? He has to trust me. With that thought in my mind, I quickly blamed myself for not doing the same. If I trust him, I will give him time to decide when he wants to disclose his past to me. I ended up giving him some time. This back and forth about what I should do had left me hungry.My stomach growled, and that was a hint that I needed to feed it
"Why Phoenix, why?" Xavier’s eyes were on the picture, and seriously, I expected him to say something like, *it is not what it looks like* or * I can explain* but why Phoenix?That was not what he should have said. "You tell me why?" I yelled at him as I refused to let him walk all over me and pretend like only his traumas matter. He raised his face to look at me in shock. He had tears in his eyes for that girl? He was playing with my feelings to serve her justice."What are you talking about?" he continued, acting innocent.“I am your revenge on Derrell?” I shouted till my lungs bled."What?" His eyes narrowed at me. He made a tight fist out of his hand, rolling the picture in his palm as well.“I'm your---“ I started crying really loud this time. I was naïve enough to believe in him."You used me to hurt Derrell. What the fuck were you planning?" I shouted in sobs, feeling betrayed. “That was Zoe,” his raised voice made me look up at his face. "Yes, she was my way to destroy Derre
My head was spinning when I woke up, and my neck was aching badly too. I rubbed my eyes; it took me a few minutes to determine what had actually happened. I quickly sat up in bed and looked around. It was dark. Where the hell was I? Oh, wait, I heard the doorknob being swirled. Someone got inside and locked the door behind him again. It was Jace! ‘’Why?’’ I slowly whispered, shivering inside my skin. I tried to get up, but I was weak. Everything that had happened in the last few hours had left me traumatized. "You will know." Jace came out of the dark, revealing his face as the dim light from the lamp fell on his face. "Why are you doing this to me? What do you want?" I yelled my lungs bleeding, but this only formed a smile on his lips. I was already dealing with a lot, and this was making me go insane. "I want many things from you, but trust me, right now, I want nothing from you." He was more concerned about the surroundings than looking at me. He kept roaming across the room wh
I shook my arm free from his grip and stared at his face blankly. He didn’t turn to return the favor of staring; he knew what he was doing, and by the look on his face, he looked proud. "How can you treat me like this?" I uttered, my heart seemed to have stopped beating."I want you two outside." He didn’t bother answering me. He can’t get away with it. Either he answers me or I will cause so much ruckus that he will not be able to rest. "Xavier!" I yelled, finally able to get his attention. His eyes were slightly red; his breaths were calm, but one could feel the tension in his body.‘’Answer me.’’ I demanded. Jace and Miranda both halted behind him."You are not in a state of li," I said, but my mind blew off before he could say anything. He can’t treat me like this. What state? He had kidnapped me, and I was not in the right state. Before any of us could realize, I slapped him with my full strength. Miranda covered her mouth in shock while Jace stepped forward along with the guar