Chapter 26
With my earbuds plugged in my ears, I put on my running shoes and race down the sidewalk. I wave at mama Gina and don't even look at Judah's apartment. He's such an asshole. How can he play me? I mean I know what we had isn't something romantic, but that doesn't mean he had to throw it at my face after having sex with me. Not just any kind of sex. He fucking took my v-card.
I wish I knew the meaning of his words when he said he was gonna ruin me. How can he be such an asshole? And also good looking at the same time. Fuck him.
It's 6:15 am in the morning and the entire street is not yet busy. I run down the sidewalk without a care in this world. Danileigh rap music blares through my earbuds and it makes me feel good.
After I stormed out of Judah's penthouse last night. We haven't talked. He didn't call me and I didn't bother to drop a call. He's
Chapter 27My heart skips a beat at Judah's confession. He didn't mean that, did he? ' I just want you. You make me feel these awkward feelings I've never felt before. What are you doing to me Serena?' I run my fingers through his hair and look down at his beautiful face. His eyes are closed and his arms curl around my waist. He's not letting go of me. How can he do all these annoying things to me and openly make that confession? I wish he tells me what it means." Judah." I call his name but he doesn't respond. He stands upright and removes his head from my shoulder to look at me. He's still wobbly and I'm holding tight to him." What did you take?" I ask him. He smiles. One of his huge smiles that makes my heart beat for him. He's weird. We're both weird." You're so beautiful." He smiles and raises hi
Chapter 28 ♥ SERENA'S POV ♥ "Father." Is he serious?Okay, I don't have bad memories. I can literally recall him telling me his father died of an overdose, including his mom. How's Ransom is dad? I furrow my brows and look at him as I cross my arms. " What are you saying?" " You asked me who's Ransom to me. I told you he is a lot of things to me. He's likely a father figure which I don't value. He's a sick fuck." " Your parents died of an overdose Judah." " Yeah, I know. It's the truth." " And Ransom?" " He took me in. Brought me up and shit." He scoffs. " Wait. I don't understand." I tell him and sit on his lap. Judah wraps his arms around my waist. " Your parents died when you were fourteen and Ransom took you in?" " Maybe." " You work wi
Chapter 29 I look down at the text.What does Todd want from me again? I shouldn't see Todd. I mean I can't be seen with Todd.His father has this huge influence on him and he's always acting like someone who's on drugs." You're okay?" Chloe asks. I guess she noticed my change of attitude." Yeah. Maybe."" Maybe?" Thomas asks." Todd texted me. Want us to meet." I sigh." Why would he wanna meet up with you? After the shit he did to you?" Chloe says. I take in a deep breath and look at Chloe. She's trying to talk some senses into my head with her eyes." What did he do to you?" Thomas asks." Nothing. We just … we fought. It's passed and we're over." I tell him . I mean I have two friends who are ignorant with whatever thing that's going on in my life. I won't blame them. I can't tell them that some
Chapter 30" Are you serious? I mean I remembered I told you I've always wanted to visit LA." Judah smiles at me and nods." Why are you surprised?" He asks. Maybe because I don't see you as the guy who listens. I never thought he would remember that. I wrap my arms around his torso and hug him. I hear him faintly wince as I pull back to look at him." You're okay?" I trail my eyes down his torso and I see the bandage at the side of his ribs." Oh my God, what happened to you?" I panic." Breathe, Candy, I'm fine. I'm gonna be okay." I glare up at him. He sighs and throws his hands in surrender. I grab his forearm and lead him to the couch and make him sit down." What happened to you? Don't you dare lie to me." I ask and sit next to him. He smiles and forces me down on his lap." You're cuter when you car
Chapter 31 With every single perfect kiss Judah plants on my skin, I find myself falling for him deeply. He makes me want him badly and sometimes I'm scared. Scared of whatever thing we have. Scared, I'm gonna wake up one morning and this is over. The realization hurts. No matter how adorable he treats me, I guess I'm still his slampiece. My stomach churns at the thought. In order not to spoil this moment, I push the thought at the back of my head as I look at his green eyes. They watch mine as Judah leans in for a kiss. The kiss isn't desperate or rushed. It's slow and perfect." You're okay?" Judah asks as he stops his penetration." Yeah." I breathe out." You're sure?" I smile and nod.I should probably forget about what this is and have fun. I should think about getting hurt later, not now. I can't ruin this moment
Chapter 32 ♥ JUDAH'S POV ♥ " Why are you just telling me this?" She asks. I don't even know why I told her. That shit was kinda creepy. Who admired a girl since she was nineteen? Probably the fuck headed me. The memories are still fresh in my mind. She cladded in that perfect red dress that hugged every part of her body and I couldn't stop staring at her. She was beautiful. She was likely the most beautiful girl in that room. I watched her dance with her twin and I couldn't take my eyes away from her. I guess it's from that day, I badly wanted to have her. To kiss her, and touch her. I can still remember I didn't want to attend her birthday party. Albert made sure I followed him like I'm his damn escort. She was the first person I set my eyes on when I entered Sebastian's house. Who knew h
Chapter 33 I take a quick shower and hurry out of the bathroom. I look around the bedroom and there's no Judah. He's probably in the kitchen smoking. I look for a blow dryer and hopefully I find one. I blow dry my hair and sit on the dresser chair to straighten my hair. After picking a dress from all these numerous collections, I slide it up my body. I sit down to apply makeup as my phone rings. I look at the caller ID." Hey Chloe." I say on the phone after clicking the speakerphone." Damn, Serena. I thought you were gonna call once you land in Los Angeles."" Shit, I'm sorry. I got pretty occupied by the view. Hollywood's amazing."" So when did you arrive?"" Not quite long. What's up with you? And Thomas?" She giggles on the phone." I'm great, Serena. Thomas is cool. Sadly he's stuck with Bree. I think he finally told her h
Chapter 34" What the fuck are you talking about?" He asks. I watch his slow strides into the kitchen as I back away from him." What did you do Judah?" I ask him. He sighs as he walks to my form." What the fuck did they tell you?"" I don't fucking know, all right!" I yell at him, tears already welling up in my eyes." I don't know what to believe anymore. I don't even know you. The next minute you're leaving next door to me. And I don't even know what this is cause I don't even know what's happening anymore." Judah sighs again." I care too much about you to hurt you and you know it."" Oh yeah. Maybe you should explain to me the reason you moved next door to me. Todd was right…" I sniffle back the tears." Serena, what the hell are you talking about?"" Who killed my parents? You know who did it. What are you hiding from me?
♥ EPILOGUE ♥ I squeal loudly as I run into the waves.Judah took me to a fucking island.A vacation I've always hoped for.An isolated island with a beautiful home and a man you're in love with by your side.Isn't that dream worthy? Judah sweeps me off my feet as we kiss.We were always kissing ever since we settled our differences. Aunt Adele went back to London the previous day before we came here. Diana threw a big party in her father's house that evening and we party the hell out. I talked with Todd and he apologized for whatever thing he did to me. Summer apologized too. Confessed she's been jealous of me all this while and she envied my life. My fucked up life. Judah took me to Italy and we spent a week there. We visited his neighborhood and it was fun, seriously. Seeing his childhood neighborhood and all that.
Chapter 42 ♥ SERENA'S POV ♥" 'Cause I'm leaving the country."God, no.He can't just do that to me.We can't just fight and have issues and he's planning to leave." Good luck then." I twist the doorknob but Judah stops me." Leave me the fuck alone!" I yell at him." You can't just hurt me and make me mad and then come back to me and ask me for forgiveness. It doesn't work like that, Judah. If you wanna go back to Italy, just go. Leave me alone. You're not human Judah. No matter what the reason is, I don't expect you to sedate me and give me to Francis fucking Ryland. You're mean Judah. I forgive you alright, get off my face." I push past him and storm inside the apartment, making sure I lock my door. I sniffle and sob. I hate that I feel this way." Fucking hell." I hear Judah mutter and a thumping sound follows. Did he pu
Chapter 41 ♥ SERENA'S POV ♥ " You know it's not his fault right?" Hero asks, leaning beside my kitchen door. " Yeah?" I chuckle sadly as I sit down. " You know most times, we're placed in this situation where we don't have a choice." " I believe every single person has a choice. It's about facing the consequences that come with the choices." " I agree though. Same time we're all fucked up. Him especially." Hero smiles apologetically and leaves. " And one more thing, if you choose to forgive him anytime soon, don't forgive him too easily. He needs to be dealt with a little." Hero says as he walks out. I chuckle sadly.Forgive him? Can I even forgive him?I can't do this. I take a deep breath, drawing back the tears as I pick up my phone. Aunt Adele is the first person I need to call. " Hey sweet cheeks. You're okay?" " I'm not." My voi
Chapter 40 ♥ JUDAH'S POV ♥I feel terrible.Whatever shit I did, I don't have a choice. But I probably got it covered. It was out of my will, I didn't know what to do. I can't see her get hurt after seeing all the shit she passed through." We need to talk." Ransom said on the phone. I sat across from him. He knows I'm not happy with whatever shit he wanted to say." Where's the fucking heirloom Judah?"" I don't know what the fuck you're talking about."" You're playing smart ass huh? Do you wanna see her get hurt or what?"" I don't fucking know what you're talking about, Francis." I told him." You know I brought you in. Made you who you're today."" No shit, you didn't. You only made me worse. You made m
Chapter 39 Wait.I thought my father's friend, Francis Ryland died months ago in Cuba. What the hell is going on that I'm not even aware of." I need to go." I say as I proceed to follow Genevieve and Francis. Todd pulls me back." Where are you going?"" Let go of me." I grit out. He nods and lets go of my hand." What do you even want from me? What do y'all want from me? You know I just witnessed a miracle today. I saw my father's old friend who's supposed to be dead."" Who?"" Francis fucking Ryland."" That wasn't Francis. You are mistaking him for someone else." I roll my eyes and walk back into the tavern. I need to get the hell out of here.I stop by our table." I'm sick. I wanna go home." I say." Why? Something wrong? What did Todd say to you?" Diana asks ." Nothing, I'm fine. I'm gonna call an Uber, you gu
Chapter 38 ♥ JUDAH'S POV ♥" I'm falling in love with you Judah, and I'm a damn fool for it." Fuck it.Fuck all of this.This is new.This is crazy. This is fucked up.It's kinda weird to hear someone tell me they love me. I don't even think anyone has ever told me that.Fuck this shit.I lean my elbows on the railings as I stare out the city. I groan and rake my fingers through my hair.God I'm going insane.I pull out a stick of cigarette and light it.Without pulling it out , I exhale the smoke through my nostrils. She's fucking with my entire thinking system. I don't feel good.This isn't right. She isn't supposed to be falling in love with me. She shouldn't have told me that.I grew up to understand that nobody cares about me. Nobody gives two shits about you
Chapter 37 ♥ SERENA'S POV ♥" Serena." I'm already down the hallway when someone grabs my forearm. Without turning back, I know who it is. Of course it's Judah, you can easily tell. I turn to face him." What? You should be with Mercedes."" Why?" He asks. Is he insane?Or is he high or what? I look into his eyes and there's nothing wrong with him. They are the perfect shades of green that I've always admired." Serena." The girls waltzes in. They stare at me and Judah as they shift their gaze to my form." It looks like you're safe. We are gonna be inside." They say and walk back inside one after the other." You know this can't work right? You don't just take a girl to her dream vacation and ignore her calls afterwards. And there you're with some other gi
Chapter 36Wanted?Like criminally wanted?I feel like passing out.This can't be true right?Judah's is weird, he's mysterious and he can't be criminally wanted right?But how the hell did Phoebe know a lot about him? About what he told me only? Who the fuck told her that?I'm not insane. I can literally remember he told me that story when we were alone. By ourselves." It's a lie." I say at once." What? Serena what did he do to you?" Michael asks." I should be asking all of you what this man did to you. He's lying. Judah's not a bad person."" Judah is not bad? He told you that right?" Albert asks.Who the fuck is he?How can he be so manipulative?How the hell did he even convince two detectives who knew their jobs?But why do I even trust Judah?I mean he asked me why I trusted him and yet I have no damn reason. Judah c
Chapter 35 I stare at this camera on my countertop and think of who to call. Judah or maybe Phoebe. Who would do this? How come I'm just seeing this? I run my hands down my hair and itch it. I'm going insane. One tiny little heirloom is trying to consume my life and I don't even know what to do with myself anymore. Who would plant a camera in my kitchen? And that's when something clicks. What if it's everywhere in my house? I carry a kitchen stool and take it to the living room. I drop it close to the wall and climb on it. And that's when I see another one. I pull it out and go to the extreme of the living room. Another one. I throw them on the floor and sigh. This has passed becareful. " Damn it, my bedroom." I hurriedly went to my room and searched for any cameras. There are none. I breathe in a sigh of relief and sit down on my bed.