SKY POVThe ride to the Campbell manor was short and very haste. And before I could even settle with my mind, we pulled into the giant private estate and drove down a long, narrow paved road that delved deeper into the vast, enormous yard. I watched as the car rolled past the trees, causing my mind to go down memory lane. Although I didn’t have happy memories of this place, I had one person who made all the pain worth it.Heavy sadness settled in my heart when my mind reminded me that the very same person who made me smile when I was young, was the very current epitome of my pain, situated right at the heart of my heartache. The main reason why I was so conflicted, hurting almost every second of my day. Sooner than I had hoped, we rolled in front of my childhood home and watched Tobias as he stepped forward to open the door. “Hey,” Arthur called out, I peeled my eyes from the door and settled them on him.“We’re here with you. Nothing is going to happen.” His reassurance almost had t
KAYDEN POV“And that’s our cue to leave,” Cassie mumbled softly under her breath before pushing her seat back and standing up. I was still awestruck by Sky's sudden outburst that my tongue felt heavy. But I wouldn't lie and say I wasn't moved by her brave declaration of our love in front of her senseless family. To think that they would orchestrate such a thing was still beyond my understanding. What did they take us for? What did they take me for? Some prize to their daughter who clearly wanted nothing to do with me?“Oh, Cassie. We can still continue with our dinner plans, I mean there's so much to talk about.”“That’s right Mrs. Smith. Don’t loud the bad apple to sour your taste.” Marcus added up to his wife’s crazy rumbling causing the food in my mouth to turn bitter in an instant. Exasperatedly, I threw the cutlery onto the plate and got to my feet as well. Arthur followed suit.“Excuse me.” I didn’t wait for their approval as I tore off from the dinner table and took off after Sk
SKY POVI couldn’t take it anymore!This immense pain that continued searing deep inside me day and night, making me feel like my own soul was slowly detaching from my body in the most gruesome way possible; leaving as a ghost shell of my former being, I just couldn’t take it anymore. I was tired of drowning in the lake of my own tears and feeling like nothing but a pile of waste on this earth.“You should drink something.” Cassie smoothed out gently by my side while continuing to rub my arm. I had no energy left to fight anything or anyone. But in all my life, I have never felt so neglected as this. I knew nobody ever held me in the highest regard but this… this was extra.Cassie’s voice rang painfully in my ear as she addressed some maids to brew something for me. I sat there trying to figure out what the hell had just happened. How could I be so stupid to think that a few words would suddenly flip things aside and force the universe to smile down on me? In a room full of people, t
KAYDEN POVEverything hurt.My brain, my heart, and even my bloody toes hurt. I tried to find ways to distract myself from everything that was going on around me but there was no perfect distraction to totally capture my mind until I had forgotten all there was about Samantha, as well as her phantoms and wantons.I had reached a point where I was convinced that everyone wasn't being entirely honest with me, that everything and everyone was out to get onto my nerves on because no matter what I did, there was just something or someone to stand in my way and make me lose my shit. There was no way I could possibly stomach everything that Arthur had told me and be cool with it.If per say all he said was true, that Samantha indeed fell out of love with me, why the hell couldn’t she bitch up and be upfront about it? Why let me suffer all these years, crying over the ghost of her and hoping she would show up? I mean she did eventually, but not in the way I hoped she would. I have always been
KAYDEN POV“My husband and daughter.” The words rippled against my ears, creating a holographic echo that rumbled inside of my mind until they forged a series of unintelligible, incoherent mumbling that wanted to know WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK was going onACTUAL FUCK . I opened my mouth to respond, only to pinch it shut again because there were no words formed, just awkward puffs of hot breath as I tried to breathe down the suffocating buyer's remorse. My chest filled up with a pressuring force that created an illusion that I was sinking, drowning in deep, black water. My vision gave out and distorted until all I could see were blurred figures, coaxing me to shut my eyes and reopen them again.“Her name is Gianna De Luca, the only daughter of Leonardo and Samantha.” The smile etched on her face as she continued was one that resonated from the depths of her being. It was as if she was talking about some kind of god who descended to earth, to make her life magical. I fought hard to voic
SKY POVIt was hurting.The mere thought that I had lost the battle even before I could fight was so gruesome that I had a hard time believing it. Of course, I knew that the ol’ little Skylar was never a match to her undemandingly unflawed sister, but I had a hope, a little glimmer of hope that danced inside of me, like a candle in the dark illuminating my very dark world; that maybe, just maybe Kayden will put even an ounce of effort and fight for what we had. Whatever it is we had.I guess I may have overestimated myself and my feelings for him, thought and believed upon myself that he will stand by me as I did him, and not be swayed by the dire temptation that made him lose focus. But the idea of everything that we had, those little moments where he held me close to his body and looked at me like I was the only thing in this world, in his world, they were hard and made all of this sixty-four dollar distressingly unbearable. From a very prime age, I never thought I would have a sho
KAYDEN POV“Where are you going?”I asked as soon as my eyes landed on Kennedy who was searching his pockets for something, all dressed up well and clearly evident that he was off to somewhere. He raised his head to look at me, but then broke the gaze before continuing his search.“On a date with my boyfriend.” He didn’t let out much, so all I could do was nod at him.“How has he been?” I asked walking further into his room. Something about the way he was closed off was unnerving and rather shady, almost as if he was hiding something from me. And speaking of which, all of the guys, Jord, Dwight, Brandon; they were all off. I mean we were all friends and each one of us had our own lives which I couldn't bring myself to interfere, but the way they were distant made me wonder what the hell was going on. Whenever I called them to talk about something, it was either they couldn't talk at the moment because they were busy, or made excuses like bad network reception and shit. It was so out
SKY POVFrom the single couch where I was perched surrounded by people who have been the legit anchor in all of this wax and wane, I watched as Kayden bypassed Luna who was still seething in front of him, then dropped down onto the couch, his head facing down and his body shaking terribly.With teary eyes, I looked up at the other guys and nodded, silently begging them to give us some time. He was here now, I needed to get done with it and not withhold anything any longer. I was tired of carrying this partial secret and not sharing it with the one I needed to share it the most. It was eating me from the inside every single second of my days and I was strong enough to continue carrying it.“You sure? We can stay.” Oli jumped from the other side of the room and came to perch herself on the armrest of the couch I was sitting on, causing her to protrude upwards. I smiled and sniffled along, then gave her a quick nod before holding her hand that was on my shoulder.“I will be okay,” I conf