I turned around and came face-to-face with Mr. Mayor, who had patched up his head and come back for God knows what.I burst into tears at the sight of him. He looked exhausted and confused when he stared at us."I came here to check on you," Xavier said, lowering his gaze from my face."Check on me?" I murmured in embarrassment. The person who hit him was me. I should have been the one to reach out to him. The fact that he came rushing back instantly from the hospital was enough to make me feel guilty."I don’t know, I just felt like you were not okay," he mumbled, not raising his eyes to look me in the eye. I have never witnessed him so polite and humble. But he looked broken, void of hope."I---- I didn’t mea----" I tried looking for some words to undo the damage, but guess what is the bad thing about words and actions? You can’t take them back. Obviously, I was talking about my perspective of him prior to knowing that there was his side of the story that I needed to know as well."
"You are bleeding. Let me help you." I took a step toward him, but he stepped further away from me."I can heal my own wounds," he muttered, lowering his eyes to grasp a grip on reality and maintain his strength."You are taking it wrong. He came here and forced a hickey on me," I yelled, and he raised his head to stare at my face. He groaned and frowned at my comment until his muscles relaxed."If that was the case, then why were you two hugging and expressing love through words? Why didn’t you yell at him and ask him to leave when he stood here while you acted all comfortable around him?" he yelled. "You have the audacity to look me in the eye and lie to me," he muttered."It seems wrong. There was a lot happening here, so I forgo---," I tried to talk, but his grunt silenced me."That you forgot about the person who broke into your house and assaulted you? He forgot he was standing right behind you? Or you forgot that I caught you hugging him? I kept my silence thinking maybe you tw
I frowned and shut my phone down, not paying too much attention to the person. I was tired of everything happening around me.Resting my head back, I recalled the misty eyes of Xavier. If I hadn’t moaned and enjoyed his touch earlier, I could have said I wasn’t even into him. I never led him on, but now I felt guilty. With Jace, it was different. He led me on and then believed some messed up story in his head and mistreated me. With Mayor, he led me on and I hurt him, and then he found out I was also sleeping with his assistant."Ugh! I am not sleeping with that asshole," I grunted, remembering how Jace scared me for my life. Home is supposed to be a sanctuary. He wrecked me when he crossed all his limits."I must text Xavier and ask him how he is," I murmured, remembering all the blood on the back of his neck and shirt.Me: Hey. I am aware you might not even want to hear from me or speak to me, but I was kind of worried about you. I mean, I hurt you. It is my responsibility to make s
"I came here for you." I didn’t lie this time. His grip around my arm softened for a moment, as did the harsh expression on his face, before he let go of me and stepped away entirely."You shouldn’t have." He walked over to his chair but stood beside it and looked outside the enormous window."Well, I am here now. You need to rest," I said, approaching him, but he didn’t act aggressively to get away from me. He kept looking outside the window while I stood beside him."Leave, Phoenix," he demanded, not putting a lot of pressure on his commands."I didn’t come here to leave," I whispered."You don’t need to feel like you are responsible for this," he said as he turned his body slightly and pointed at the bandage on the back of his head, which was rolled over his forehead."I came here because I care," he scoffed as soon as I said that. "Fine, if you truly think I’m the type to lead you on and then go behind your back to kiss and make out with that asshole, then I’ll leave," I yammered
He was sleeping beside me peacefully. Too peacefully. I have never quite seen him this peaceful before. I changed sides, and my eyes caught the sight of my phone.It had some texts from the same unknown number I couldn’t figure out about.Unknown: I know what you have been doing these days. Hiding behind a powerful person. Did you really think you could get away from me?I frowned, turning my face to look at Xavier, who was still sleeping. So it wasn’t him teasing me.Unknown: Enjoy to your fullest, but your days are numbered. You should have thought twice before messing with me. In fact, you should have to think twice before accusing me of anything.I steadily sat up in bed while staring at the messages. This could be only one person,"Jace!" I muttered his name under my clenched jaw and sighed. How would I ever make him confess it was him?Unknown: You know you cannot run away from me. I am coming for you, and this time, I won’t lose.My heart started beating loudly, but then the si
"I am so done with this family. Everybody is busy causing troubles for me," Derrell was walking back and forth and breathing like an angry bull. I wondered what went wrong.Oh right! He must have heard the rumor."I am not a fucking teenager anymore," Zoe yelled at the top of her lungs from over the top of the staircase, and I got the idea it wasn’t actually me who had irked him this time. Derrell raised his head before he tried to bolt upstairs. Mia rushed between them and gently pushed him back."She is your daughter. For heaven’s sake, don’t treat her like that," she yelled in whimpers, breaking down as she saw the anger in her husband’s eyes toward her daughter."My daughter is whoring herself out," Derrell yelled, slapping his forehead and making me even angrier with his mentality. He can go around and do whatever he pleases, but his daughters cannot wish for anything."What is going on?" I asked, walking in the staircase's direction and stealing their attention."Ah! Now I see w
I had been in my room thinking about Xavier and everything. There were still a lot of things that needed clarification on his side. For instance, his whole affair with Zoe. I will never be comfortable with him until I find out the truth about them.I sighed, biting my teeth, and wondered if he would be back to his sweet self in the morning. That’s when my phone beeped and I was made aware of an incoming text from Jace."Now what?" I rolled my eyes, checking his text.Jace: I heard you leave the mansion. Did he kick you out?Jace: You really thought you would go there and he would accept you with open arms? You messed up. There is no way he would want you around again.Jace’s way of taunting me surprised me. If he knew there was nothing between us, why did he accuse me of leading them both on?Me: So you knew there was nothing going on between us?Jace: Where did you get that idea from? I just know after knowing the truth about you leading us on, he will never fall for you again.The w
I watched her face for a few seconds before I realized I was ready to know about this girl.“What about her?” I asked, my body feeling a little itchy as her eyes got watery.“There was this terrible morning when these people dragged her out of her home and stripped her naked,” I got goosebumps as she kept going on, “I was only a helpless teen back then, but it was so much for me to see. The humiliation they caused her was so bad that she finally ended her life in front of the whole town.” As Nancy recalled the whole thing, her eyes welled.“But why?'' I asked, my voice quivering.“She was rude and disobedient to Mayor’s father, who had asked her to stay away from someone. The girl did nothing wrong. She was just trying to be a good friend. But Mayor’s father stood beside her and watched her get the punishment from these people. That’s the problem here. After that day, these people think they have a right to do things on their own too. And Phoenix, these two ladies were the ones who ha