Her heart pounded in her chest. It can not be true, right? Her suspicion can not be true. She never imagined meeting him again, and this soon? Yeah, she knew something will happen when she comes back to this territory, but this was so unexpected that it was horrifying to her. The abrupt turn of events made her shiver. She wanted to ask the driver to stop the car but nothing came out of her mouth as the pounding heart seemed to just ready to come out of her chest. She was just deeply hoping that her suspicion was not going to be proven true.
The car stopped in front of a familiar house. She was so lost in her thoughts that she did not notice the place nor hear when the driver called out to her to inform her that they had reached the place. She came out of her thoughts when the driver opened the car door.
Bella looked at him, a
As she followed him, she realized that even though the house had changed from outside, it was still the same, familiar place where she had lived three years ago. She did not even want to enter the house which could make her so much weak that she feels suffocated.As she stepped up the stairs and entered the hall, the past came rushing through like a flood in her mind. Each and every corner of this house carried a different time altogether reminding her of the love and passion they both had lived through. She looked at the couch in the middle where they both had made love numerous times a day, the covers on it were still the same ones and the scent was of them both. As she averted her gaze, it fell on the kitchen counter and the dining table. She still remembered that when she had not known how to cook, Damon had made her favorite dishes and then taught her how to cook later
Her eyes went to the two glasses he held in his hands filled with wine. She remembered how he used to bring white wine for her to drink as it was the only alcohol she could drink without making a yucky face. And then her mind automatically slipped back to that day as well when she had gotten drunk on this same white wine when he had gotten engaged to someone else in front of her without any remorse and then refused to separate from her, all in the name of protecting Bella. A hint of a cunning smile came on her lips as she remembered all those painful moments and the consequences she had to face for them.She jerked back to present as he came to stand in front of her mere few inches away. Her eyes met with his dark ones. The unsaid words buried in her heart were bursting deeply to come out but she pushed them back. Her eyes were searching for something by looking in his, but he hid everything very cunningly."You are still as pretty as you were when I last saw you." he said with a smil
Bella shut her eyes tightly as her body stiffened in his hold and her jaw tightened. Her face showed that she was battling with her emotions like fighting for her life.When we decide to move on, vowing to never see the person who had hurt us the most, we forget that it is always us who give them the strength to come in front of us, to feel the same emotions that we had decided to seal for whole life."I had died myself, how could I come to see you?" she muttered.Her words pricked at him like needles, but she did not flinch even once. Seeing her expressionless face, Damon left her arm and took a step back.The look at her face clearly showed to what extent he had pushed her away from himself. His mistakes, an
His gaze softened slowly as he pressed her body against his hard one. his thumb which did not have any blood on it pressed her chin and traced the outline of her jaw. She took a deep, shuddering breath but he did not stop his advances. His hand slid down until he reached her stomach. His eyes lingered on her face but she remained expressionless. He caressed her stomach gently while he pressed his forehead on hers."I am sorry we lost your family." his voice cracked and she could see the vulnerable Damon in front of her again. Although she had closed all paths that made her feel pain for this man, still somewhere he was stirring the emotions to rush back inside her. She held her breath, she did not want to show her emotions to him anymore. She had already had enough of him, not anymore. He was not going to fool her ever again. Neither with his so called love, not with his pretentio
"We will see all that later. For now, I need your answer, Bella."Tightening her fingers in a fist, she gritted out, "FINE. I am staying here but you will not do anything to Hunter and Nikolai, and give back my passport.""I will, when it's time." he smiled innocently.She always knew that he was wicked, but she had never expected him to use all these dirty tricks on her."Your room is upstairs." he murmured and motioned towards the bedroom.Her stomach dropped. It was the room that she used to stay in with him. She was not going to live with him in the same room, but it still brought back a lot of memories that she had forgotten long ago.
She slipped on the bathrobe and then went back into the room. She checked the door to the next room which had a safety lock in place, which made her sigh in relief. Returning back to the bed when she sat down, she did not realize when the exhaustion took over and she fell in a deep slumber in her bathrobe only.When she did not come down till dinner time, Damon started getting worried about her. He knew how stubborn she can be so setting up a plate, he walked up the stairs. With his extra set of keys, he unlocked the door and the first sight he saw was the most beautiful scene for him in all these years.For so many nights he had just dreamt of her, and so many mornings he had wished to see her cuddle close to his body but today when he finally got her back, he knew there was a thick wall around her that he needed to break do
She hated the way he commanded in his demanding voice but it made her weak. She did not even know why she fell prey to his orders.She gripped the glass with her other hand and gulped down the drink in one go, only then he loosen his hold on her and let her go. He left the room after that and she hurriedly flew towards the door to lock it again, leaving a satisfied Damon to walk down the stairs. He was dying to have her in his arms once again but that short moment in which he got to hold her was enough to make his day for now.He called up a servant from the pack house to clean up before heading to his room right next to hers. On the way, he heard her cursing him in a loud voice which caught his attention. He could not help but stop by to eavesdrop if she had told that rich bodyguard of hers about him. He knew that Hunter was
Bella's eyes opened when she smelled a very familiar, rainy - sweet scent coming to her room the next day. Her eyes slid to the clock, which showed eleven in the morning. She had woken up about an hour ago but stayed in the bed with her eyes closed, not really having the heart to get up at all and leave the comfiness.She stood up and went to the large French window looking over the backyard that disappeared into the large forest surrounding the pack. The aroma of the scent grew and spread even more, bringing back a deep buried memory from the past that she hated now.Her eyelids felt heavy but she refused to let any tears escape her eyes, remembering every scar. Just a few days ago she was happy in another country with Hunter and Nikolai with their banter, she did not need anything more but suddenly this Demon's appearance had stirred a need, a deep hollow thought inside her.She tried to block out the smell that was awakening the pain inside