CHAPTER 3: Betrayal

Hazel's button nose scrunched hearing his indecent words. Now she was positive, there had to be some misunderstanding.

She wasn't that kind of girl. The innocence leaking from her face wasn't just deceiving. It reflected her inner self.

"What are you saying, sir?" Her cracked voice beseeched, body working to free herself from tight chains.

Chaining someone to wall was very cruel practice. She would always pass a glare to animal breeders while walking on her way, hating the helpless look of caged animals. Today, getting chained like those animal  only increased her hatred for the notion.

"Oh, that won't work, darling. I suggest you stop now if you don't want any other marks in your beautiful body than mine."

His dark words successfully sparked terror inside her.

"And are we gonna play innocent now?" He cocked a brow at her, calmly running his fingers through her exposed forearms, arising goosebumps on spots he caressed.

"Don't touch me." Hazel shrieked, his touch made her felt dirty. All her life she has never been touched like that. Theodore was very respectful in that matter.

Theodore.

His name made her senses numb. She had rebelled him countless times just to stay here. And now the when she was facing the outcome of her rebellious behavior, she could only hope to make out of this mess, without a strand of hair missing from her.

If anything happened to her because of own carelessness, Theodore would investigate the matter later. First, he would break each bone of her body.

Even in hostage of another man, Theodore's fear inside her was more intense.

"I said don't touch me!" She cried out, struggling to shrink away from his burning touch.

"Oh but baby." He gave her an  innocent smile, removing his hands from her face. "I have plans to do much more than that." His words made her whimper.

"Oh no, sweetheart don't cry." He coeed in his throaty voice, "It's not like it would be our first time, right? That's what you told my fiancé." He gritted the last two words with utter venom. His long lasting love of five years was destroyed by a mere girl.

His Evelyn was severely gonna be punished once he deals with this girl and gets his own back.

"W-What are you saying?! I didn't s-say anything to a-anyone. There is some m-misunderstanding." Hazel sobbed, pulling her knees near her chest. Her shoulders almost scummbed together in terror when his towering shadow hovered above her, darkening her features.

"Evelyn Watson. Does that ring a bell?" He questioned calmly, although his hands were twitching to wrap around her throat and have his way with her.

Hazel's eyes widened in astonishment. Her mouth gaped own at revelation.

Evelyn was his fiancé? She had never mentioned it to her. Not that Hazel was expecting her to. They weren't very closed.

Then, why would Evelyn lie to his fiancé and made him kidnap her was beyond her understanding.

Edward, who was closely analyzing her reaction let out a snort seeing her appalled face. She had audacity to act naive infront of him.

"I-I never said anything to her. You can ask her." Hazel mumbled after a minute, keeping her eyes lowered on the floor, hiccuping softly.

"You think I didn't?" Edward snapped, bringing his hands closer to her hair and fisting them in tight grip. Her painful scream, afterward followed gave him nothing but immense satisfaction.

"I swear I'm not-" Her whimper was cut short by his fierced growl.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He roared near her face making her clamp her eyes shut in fright.

Silence followed afterwards, keenly getting disturbed by his harsh breathing and her terrified sobs.

Edward analyzed her teary face. Suddenly, hesitation sprawled in his nerves for second seeing ever so glowing innocence.

Unknowingly, his grip loosened on her hair. His charcoal orbs deeply stared at stream of tears running down her cheeks. They seemed continuous.

Edward brought his lower lip between his teeth, contemplating thoughtfully.

What if he was wrong all this time? What if she really was saying the truth. His conscience doesn't let him live until he repents for hurting an innocent.

His thoughts were disturbed by her soft voice.

"I-I swear, s-sir." She stammered, "I n-never said anything to a-anyone. Let me g-go."

Edward slowly let her hair ago and took a deep breath. Fetching his phone from his front pocket, he dialed Evelyn's number, placing the phone on speaker.

"If I find out you lied, I would break you apart." Edward growled with darkest irises, bringing his palm up and clamping it on her lips, disallowing her to speak.

He kept his stern eyes on her whilst her blurry orbs were on the flashing screen.

"What?" Evelyn's cranky voice snapped suddenly from the phone making Hazel shrunk back.

Soo scared.

Edward winced inwardly, feeling pain in his chest at his love's cranky voice.

"Evelyn." He greeted softly but was met with obnoxiously annoyed voice.

"Edward Arnold! Don't you fucking get it I don't want to do anything with cheaters. Stop running behind me like desperate manwhore!"

Hazel gasped though it was muffled by Edward's palm. Never in her entire life had she seen someone talking this disrespectfully with him. He had very honorable reputation in university.

Edward felt his blood boiling in rage. If it wouldn't be for girl he loved, he would have slashed her tongue the minute she disrespectally screamed his name.

"I want the name of person who told you I was with Hazel in brothel." Edward murmured calmly, though his hold on Hazel's face had grown tight in painful manner.

The question was raised on his character. He would turn the world upside down to avenge the humiliation he had to face today.

"Why? So you could silence their mouth wi-" Her sarcastic reply was cut short by Edward's deep roar, who successfully lost his patience.

"I. SAID. NAME. EVELYN!" There was silence from other side. Even Evelyn Watson, the girl he loved, knew very well not to anger him. His rage wasn't easy to handle. He preferred keeping people in their limits.

Edward pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. This was the first time he had snapped on his love.

He glared at Hazel's scared orbs. All was her fault.

"Was it Hazel herself?" He tried to ask as calmly as he could. Hazel's body was freezing cold with anticipation. She waited for Evelyn to state the truth so she could get out of this mess.

"What?" Edward frowned, hearing shock in her tone. "Who said that?"

Edward felt his muscles tensing with her reaction.

"Chloe told me that Hazel filled your ears. That she is a-"

Edward made direct eye contact with shivering Hazel before spatting the word in utter dislike, clenching his jaw.

"Prostitute." Hazel flinched, taken back by falsed accusation. The unshed tears in her eyes began to run down like waterfall, wetting his palm.

The honor and character, she protected all her life, was being destroyed. And she couldn't do anything but watch them degrading her character. Her helplessness made her loath her own self.

There was silence on other side for few minutes that kept both Edward and Hazel tensed.

"Yes." Evelyn breathed out, stopping Hazel's heart. "That orphan bitch is a prostitute in nearby brothel. I thought I would be doing her a favor befriending her, but what I didn't know was that she would seduce my fiance and later on rub it on my face. Screw you and her!"

Evelyn cut the call, leaving a very furious Edward and heartbroken Hazel.

The betrayal with such poisonous words shred her insides. However, before she could depress herself in her inner turmoil, she was brought back to the cruel reality by loud noise.

She shrunk back, opening her sorrowful eyes. Edward had thrown his phone against the wall.

"I'll fucking destroy you." His voice had dropped octaves. His eyes blood shot, jaw clenched, charcoal orbs burning in rage. He looked pyscho filled with rage.

Hazel crawled further into the wall, keeping her petrified eyes on his every movement. Before he began to take predatory steps in her direction, dropping her heart.

The vengeance in his irises was clearly pledging one thing.

Her destruction.