CHAPTER FORTY
SEBASTIAN.
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"W..what are you doing h..here? " He stuttered, not giving an inch from the door, hostility, and nervousness reeking from him. "Are you saying I can't come here to find you? " He reluctantly eased his grip on the knob of the door, taking a step backward, but the wariness didn't leave his gaze. I stepped inside the house, taking note of the traditionally furnished living room before bringing my attention back to him."I'm just surprised to see you, if there is something you need, You could have just called me, I c..could have come over to meet you."
"You resigned from the hospital " I spoke as a matter of factly. "How did you find me? I got a more proficient job " I took another glance around the apartment, it had taken some time to find out this place, his old apartment had been vacant when I hSINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY ONEMELISSA.My knees gave way, sinking to the floor of the kitchen, I breathe raggedly as the phone slipped out of my hand, I could barely hear Gracie calling out to me from the other end of the line.I didn't respond. I couldn't. I was far too gone for that.My whole world was crumbling before me.I leaned my head against the wall, My insides were flooded with thoughts, I could feel all the emotions running through me. The questions burning through my mind. How?My father was alive? How was it even possible?Alive...Alive...Alive...The words chanted repeatedly in my head, It wouldn't stop.A choked sound escaped my mouth as I groped hard on my head, I was going insane. So I let my scalp sting. It provided little distraction.He was out there
SINFUL OBSESSION CHAPTER FORTY TWO MELISSA.* * "Then I should tell you that I'm done with you, I'm leaving you and this place, to where I originally belong before we stepped into each other's life! " Even though the words had left my mouth, they hit me hard like the crack of a crop across my face, my mind went blank for further words as my heart panged painfully. I felt as if it was being ripped in two. The anger slowly dissipated out of me, only the suffocating pain of his betrayal lingered. I hadn't belonged anywhere before he had stepped into my life, there had only been emptiness and coldness. In these past weeks, I have felt happier than I've ever been all my life.The blur in my vision hid his expression from me.I didn't want to return to that place. I knew what it meant to be alive now, and It hadn't come easily, even now, &
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY EIGHTSEBASTIAN.**The banging on the door ceased.It was replaced my heart wrenching sobs that pierced my own heart with regrets.The foul taste of it was like that of bitter pills forced down my throat.The fear and panic had been so evident in her eyes, she was not thinking properly. And it was all because of me, I was the one responsible for the state she was in currently.A silent curse escaped my mouth as my feet led me in the direction of the kitchen. I poured myself a glass of water and downed the entire glass, staring into the space ahead.My gaze caught on the spot on the floor which I had initially found her earlier when I had walked in earlier and lingered.I could almost see her bleak resigned expression, the hopelessness in her eyes was something I knew I would never be able to erase from my mind. Words would never be able to explain how miserable I had felt that moment
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY FOURMELISSA.Still trapped by his hypnotic forest green gaze, I shuddered when the warm feel of his palms traveled beneath the shirt I wore to massage the bare skin of my stomach and still creeping upward."Tell me you do want me!" He repeated, his voice was strained and breathless as he held my gaze.My head was too blank to come up with a response, he probably took my prolonged silence as a refusal because the moment I started to open my mouth, he beat me to speak."Don't say no, Not now.....please " Maybe it was the desperation latching in his voice that echoed the burning ache in my chest or it was the pool of desire in between my thighs which begged to be quenched. Even though I couldn't forgive him just yet, my mind was in a confused state, but my body clearly knew what it wanted, there was no denying that I needed this man in front of him, desired him so much that it ached.I raised my pa
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY SIXMELISSA."Tell me why I should trust you with your idea? How do I fucking know you are not working together with your father? " He took a pause, studying me under his scrutinizing gaze. I had expected this reaction before I had approached him and he hadn't disappointed me, there it goes again about the whole trust of a thing. "First off, you had managed to convince Gracie, and now even though my brother for some reason seems to trust you, what exactly is your intention ?" I almost gritted my teeth at him in irritation, His wariness about me didn't seem as if it would come to an end anytime soon, maybe it would be better if he could channel all the animosity and weariness he felt towards the right person.The idea that had struck me earlier today about meeting Hayden had been made easier when Gracie had insisted that I had dinner at their place.Sebastian was not here at present, it gave me the
SINFUL OBSESSION CHAPTER FORTY SIX SEBASTIAN**The drive to the hospital was a quick and reckless one.It was already quite dark outside, the rain fell lightly making the atmosphere around The nagging feeling that something was wrong still gnawed intensely at my insides, everything had happened too quickly, the only way I could set my heart at ease was getting to the hospital and see the situation for myself.I had received a text from Melissa earlier, giving the direction to the hospital, but when I tried to redial her number, her cellphone had been switched off.I also had tried Hayden's line, it rang a few times, but I got no response, which made everything seemed even weirder to me. Finally, I pulled the car to a stop in front of the hospital. I stepped out of the car, the cold wind whipping across my face as my feet sprinted at a furious pace, towards the tall building ahead.I stepped inside, staring around at my surroundings
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY SEVENMELISSA**I jerked awake from a nightmare, I could feel myself drenched in a cold sweat, my eyes fluttered open.It was dark.That thick kind of darkness that you couldn't differentiate if your eyes were opened or not. Where was I? was the first thought that registered in my mind, at the same time, I tried to move but was struck by a wave of dizziness. The side of my head throbbed agonizingly, I could see black dots if that was even possible. My encounter with Rick and him hitting me with the gun. I must have passed out. I could feel some stickiness where my hair lay against my neck. Was I bleeding? A sudden bump had me hissing in pain, it looked as though he was currently driving and if my guesses were correct, I was currently in the trunk.It was too tight, my stomach rolled with the need to throw up. I tried to change position again but soon discovered that t
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY EIGHTMELISSA**"Watch over her " His accented voice was thickly laced with spite. With his cellphone in hand, he walked out through the door, leaving me alone in the room.Well, not as alone as I had thought, I had almost forgotten about " Mr drunk man" who was standing at the dark corner of the room, his sunken eyes were glued permanently in my direction.Not more than three seconds later, he straightened to his feet and started to approach me, a burning cigarette dangling from between his dark lips as he reached to where I had managed to drag myself to a sitting position on the ground.I narrowed my gaze sharply at him in a glare when he gripped my jaw hard, forcing me to face him in my shackled state."You're too pretty to be caught in this situation, how did you offend him? Huh? " He blew the smoke from his cigarette across my face as he spoke.I tried to tur
EPILOGUE **FOUR YEARS LATER SEBASTIAN. "When are Uncle Hayden and Aunt Gracie supposed to get here? " Trey asked, he was three, soon to be four in a few months.He constantly looked over his shoulders with wide hopeful eyes.I would say I had it correctly when I told Melissa that I had the feeling that we were going to have a boy. Trey looked every bit like me, except when he smiled, that was definitely his mother's.He usually was a very well-behaved kid, the same couldn't be said about Mia, who was for now content in screaming out her lungs, with her mother battling to calm her down. Our gazes met and held.My heart swelled with pride like always, she had been mine from that moment I saw her at that club and now she was mine forever."Daddy, are they still going to come!" Trey asked impatiently, staring at me expectantly and waiting for a response.I smiled and reached to pat hi
THREE MONTHS LATER**MELISSA"We are gathered here today to honor the very unique love between the bride and groom by uniting them in marriage..." The priest began.Standing on the aisle was the most beautiful bride I've ever seen and it was none other than my sister. Today was she and Hayden's wedding.Her eyes were lighted, I could tell that she was happy, it brought tears to my eyes. I also had never expected to get a happy ending in my life either, but somehow I did, with Sebastian.He easily got adjusted to the fact that he was soon going to be a father. As for me, I would be lying if I said that I still wasn't worried, but in this nervousness also came tremendous happiness that I've never experienced. I knew for certain that I would give this child growing inside of me the best of life that I possibly could. A slight whimper broke into my thoughts, I stared at the face of the beautiful baby in my arms. About some three months ago,
CHAPTER FIFTY FOURMELISSA**I hadn't expected him to accept the news so easily, a huge part of me had expected him to freak out exactly the way I did when I first found out. I was struck with a surge of relief, that was until he mentioned staying together as a family.He made it sound so easy, so tempting. Only I couldn't allow myself to give in to it.I had never experienced what it meant to be a real family, I hadn't Still, I understood very well that it would never be real unless there was love. And that was something that I would never be able to get from him, or so I had thought until he had said those words.The emotions that swept through me then were raw, mere words couldn't describe the disbelief mixed with shock and also something else. An explosion of happiness so powerful that shook me with the urge to burst out in tears. His lips silenced the little trace of doubts I had, devouring mine hungri
SINFUL OBSESSION CHAPTER FIFTY-FOURSEBASTIAN**Time slowly ticked past while we stared at each other in pin-drop silence.Whatever I had been expecting her to say as the reason she was confused and scared, I would never have expected it."You wanted to know, Yes, I'm pregnant Sebastian! " She repeated louder, her eyes becoming a little blurry.For the first time in my life, I could say I was left speechless, my throat was too tight for me to utter a single word. She stared at me unblinkingly, probably waiting for my reaction to her revelation, surprise couldn't even begin to justify the surge of emotions that assaulted me the next moment.I've never given a real thought about having my own kids, my brother's daughter had given me quite a scare when I had first met her. It was majorly because I had never been a kid myself. I didn't know how to handle them or know how to behave myself around them, so I neve
SINFUL OBSESSIONFifty-ThreeSEBASTIAN**"Your medicines " I spoke, tearing the silence.She jerked slightly as though she hadn't seen me approaching, in fact, maybe she hadn't. It hadn't gone behind me that she was a lot more different since these past two days since she got discharged from the hospital, often at times, I would catch her staring ahead into space. I could amount the number of words she had spoken to me since we returned.She mumbled a word of thanks as she accepted both pill and water from me."I'll help you change your bandage" I spoke, accepting the glass from her, placing it on the table."I can do it myself, it doesn't even hurt anymore since these days" She muttered under her breath, her eyes wandering everywhere in the room but me."I wasn't asking if you can or not, I just want to do it for you"This time her eyes snapped to meet mine, there was a mix of emotions burning in those
SINFUL OBSESSIONMELISSA**The sky outside was beginning to brighten up, indicating it was already morning.I sat on the small bed, barely of the doctors and nurses who were flocking around me, I couldn't even answer any of their questions.I couldn't tell if my current state was due to the shock I experienced a few hours ago. Was it hours already since that horrific moment?Everything had happened too quickly, but thankfully, Sebastian was fine. A bullet had grazed his side, but according to the doctors, it was not anything life-threatening. That cold fear that had taken control of me when he had been lying on that ground was something I never want to experience again.I didn't mean to blurt those words aloud like that, maybe it was those words he said or the way his eyes had seemed so tender, I knew I just had to let it all out. It felt as if some huge burden had been lifted from my chest, only the
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FIFTY ONE**SEBASTIANThe last few hours had been one of the longest of my entire life, that raging fear that I was too late to save her, that something would so easily go wrong and she would end up even more hurt than she already was, or that Robert would pull the trigger on her at any time. It would have been so easy to tackle Robert if only he didn't hold her so dangerously close to him. I've always known she was important to me, but at that moment, I would gladly have laid down my life in exchange for hers without a second thought. Thinking of a life without her in that crucial moment had been agonizing. I realized I wouldn't ever be able to do it.Fuck whatever this is called, all I knew was that I needed her with me at all times.And never think of letting go.Robert had made the mistake of thinking it was just me, that was the first advantage I had over him, and just as he had fired tha
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FIFTYMELISSA**And behind him was...Sebastian!Oh god!My heart rocketed high in both shock and disbelief. An intense wave of relief made by legs weak.I couldn't tell how he got to be here, not I thought I wouldn't be able to see his face for the last time, but somehow here he was .He came for me. Gun in his hand, his stormy gaze met with mine and remained, my heart squeezed so tightly in my chest, I felt it would burst out any moment. There was a dark chill in his eyes that I haven't seen ever before.He was furious.From where I stood, I could feel the cold rage radiating off him in full waves. I couldn't tell if it was directed at me, or dad, or perhaps at our situation right now. But then, the ice in his eyes cracked, replaced by a softened look, a flicker of communication passed between the both of us at this moment before it all faded into bubbles.A sudden pain
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTY NINEMELISSA.**"Leave it to you to bring me this surprise, when I thought we would have to wait" He patted Rick's shoulders twice, his expression seeming almost proud.I stared at the man unflinchingly.The silence echoed after his statement. His second one since the moment the door had pushed opened.Except for the sounds of their approaching footsteps which were heavy against the cold tiled floor, there was nothing, except maybe the heavy pounding of my heart.I stood still where I stood, barely aware of the sound of the seconds slowly ticking past from the wall clock on the side of the room.I didn't know for how long past, we both stared at each other. Studying the other. He was perhaps searching my gaze for shock, or maybe it was terror, I was supposed to feel at seeing him, this was the surprise Rick was talking about giving me, and even though I had fully anticipa