CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
MELISSA.
Noon came by pretty quickly, I stared absentmindedly at my reflection as I buttoned the blouse I wore.
A room away was Sebastian, as time went past, I couldn't help but feel he was being reluctant with this meeting with Rick.As much as I was excited to know that he was so concerned about me and couldn't bear for anything to go wrong, it still couldn't compare with the nervousness at the reality of the whole situation before me.
I exhaled aloud to ease the tight knot of tension in my stomach, I was done with the buttons, I started to gather my hair into a loosed bun when the door pushed open and Sebastian entered.His gaze found mine and locked as he walked over in sure strides.
A knot that had nothing to do with the nervousness formed a lump in my throat.This man cared about me? It was almost unbeli
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY THREEMELISSA.He. Is. Alive.I had thought that nothing could be more worse than all that has happened to me since these few weeks.How wrong I was.Three plain words. As simple as it was, it was enough to make the world and everything else close up on me.I inhaled sharply, shaking my head in denial.He was doing this to get inside my head, just as he had been doing, but he was succeeding yet again, my whole body trembled with fear. Panic. Dread, their cold fingers digging through me.I was barely conscious of the phone being tugged out of my numb fingers and Sebastian's voice.I stared at him then, pressing my lips together to keep them from trembling.He swore under his breath, his gaze was glued to my cellphone.There was a flicker of emotion in his gaze that I couldn't quite place as his gaze held mine.G
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY FOUR.**I glanced around the empty tattoo shop in mild surprise.I had not known what to expect when he had asked me to dress up casually, that he was taking me somewhere.I snooped around a bit when I saw that he wasn't looking in my direction.From the slight dust on the seats and table, I could guess that this place hasn't been open for some time.I jolted slightly at the sound of the door closing, he easily caught up with me. I waited for him to say something considering that he had brought us here, when it looked like he wasn't going to speak anytime soon, I broke the silence, unable to contain my curiosity."What are we doing here? ""I own this place " He shrugged.I nodded slowly, noting how he didn't answer my question exactly.I sat on the leather chair he patted
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.**".......And find happiness " I just wish that person could be him, that was the part I didn't add.I was driven by emotions, I swallowed the weight of it down and because of that, I never saw him move until his fingers enclosed the back of my neck, jerking me to his face, so our nostrils almost brushed against each other.The fingers around the back of my neck tightened dangerously, his other hand trailing my bottom lip ever so lightly.The tension between us rose to the point of suffocation, I was only aware of two things, that was his heated gaze and the loud hammering of my heart against my chest."First, I had told you to forget about leaving, didn't I? "His tone was calm, but it didn't make it seem any less powerful, the way his eyes so quickly changed from calm to dark and intense until I felt I would be co
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY SIXMELISSA"You are done? " I straightened to a sitting position as I asked, wincing sharply at the soreness on my back and area.I met the satisfied look of his gaze just before he turned around and walked out of my line of view, probably to returning the equipment.I caught sight of a mirror hung on the wall and approached it in hurried steps.I strained my neck to look behind to see what he had done, but it was wrapped in white gauze.I couldn't suppress the eagerness to see what he had done. I mean, If he looked this satisfied, then the work had to be magnificent, right?I reached to start peeling off the gauze."You can't take it off, not right now" I jolted slightly at the sound of his voice, I hadn't heard him approach.My fingers stilled in their movements, I was dying to see it, but that would have to co
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY SEVENMELISSA**My feet slowed to a stop as I returned the stares, a heated wave of embarrassment swept through me.I had just lied to Gracie that I was at my workplace, and now I was currently staring at her, she wasn't alone, Hayden was on his feet, along with Hazel, they appeared as if they were leaving.How could I have known that they would be here? her stare which showed surprise served only to increase my embarrassment.I was fully aware of Sebastian's presence beside me, I wasn't able to see his facial expression to know what he was thinking, but nervousness was beginning to make my stomach feel queasy.Hazel's loud squeal of excitement broke the prolonged silence."You came back!" She ran with full speed and launched herself towards Sebastian, he stooped just in time to catch her mid air.She dropped a kiss to the sides of
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY EIGHTSEBASTIAN**The disbelief on his face was followed by a prolonged silence as he held my gaze.The silence was cut short by a string of curses that hissed from his mouth and the seriousness in his gaze."How could you do that? You are saying that....goddammit! " The loudness of his voice got the curious stare of Hazel who was sitting some distance away and he quickly toned it down, but the intensity of his gaze didn't lessen a bit."He had kidnapped Gracie and Hazel! I thought you fucking know better than keeping him alive! ""Believe me, I'm regretting it far more than you are!"Even if not for anything, I was regretting that I had lied to her this morning.The relieved look she had worn still made the sickening sensation of guilt surge through me, she had even hugged me tightly while I had lied to her face.T
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER THIRTY NINEMELISSA**We walked into the living room, my gaze almost immediately caught sight of Sebastian and Hayden.They were discussing in low tones, I stood too far to hear what they were saying, but gauging by the expression on their faces, I could assume it wasn't something pleasant.I ventured further into the living room and caught only a name, 'Roberts'My feet stopped in their movements.Were they talking about dad?Sebastian's gaze fell in our direction, his gaze held mine briefly as silence slowly fell.The atmosphere was kind of tense, Sebastian's gaze never left mine, I felt as if he was searching for something, even more, strange was when his brother's gaze darted to me.It was a confirmation that they had really been talking about me.Or maybe it was a different Robert? Many people answered the name, I shouldn't go on all alert about it a
SINFUL OBSESSIONCHAPTER FORTYSEBASTIAN.**"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 h
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